Many stories follow the rule that the protagonist should be a strong, powerful, and relatable character who ends up successfully completing his task in the end. This week’s second reading was an extract from Robert Mckee’s Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting (1997). It…
This week’s first reading was an extract from Michael Rabiger’s Directing the Documentary 5th Edition, (2009). The main focus of it was the three-act structure. According to the text, the three-act structure is “an invaluable tool for organizing story elements today”, (Directing the Documentary, Michael…
So, last week, we were given a small exercise to work on. It was just a simple thing that I did considering the fact that I didn’t have much time on my hands, but even if, I’m quite happy with it. Here it is!
The screening for this week was a 1998 Will Smith film, Enemy of the State. It’s about a lawyer who becomes a primary target for a corrupt government official, after he accidentally gains information about a serious political crime. It was directed by Tony Scott,…
For our lectorial this week, we each individually received a beating for not writing enough blog posts. Just kidding, but we were given a serious talk about having to write more. It was helpful because they then explained the rules we have to follow, and…
Hello my fellow film people! I just thought I’d share some YouTube channels with you that have really helped me with short films in the past. https://www.youtube.com/user/filmriot/videos – If you can get past the super lame humor, then Film Riot can be really helpful. They…
Problem 1: Don’t you just hate it when the interviewee has joined their ‘ums’/’uhhs’ to the end of their previous word? I know it’s just a natural thing we do, but-aarrrgh, it’s just frustrating to work with. At least my subject didn’t really do it…
The topic we just studied in Introduction to Cinema studies was on ‘Cinematography’. And who better to study than David Fincher? So we were made to watch Zodiac, which, I had seen before, but happily watched again anyway. Now, I can’t say that this is…
Last weeks seminar was pretty much the usual, we discussed the readings, and were given a small project to work on. We were, however given a serious talk about how we need to up our game with these blog posts. They say ‘minimum four per…
I think I got my readings mixed up. Although the title of this is ‘Week 5 Reading 2’, this is indeed about Reading 1 (I have already written about Reading 2). But anyway, I’ll keep this one short and sweet, as we pretty much discussed…