Monthly Archives: March 2015

24 Mar

WEEK 4 REFLECTION: FILM IS FORM

WEEK 4 REFLECTION: FILM IS FORM

FRIDAY CLASS THE DISCUSSION: The discussion about the previous week’s exercise was enlightening. Robin reminded us that these exercises are about making scenes, not short films. They are fragments of …

 
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23 Mar

3. DRAMATIC DISREGARD FOR CONTINUITY (W.I.P.)

3. DRAMATIC DISREGARD FOR CONTINUITY (W.I.P.)

I want to momentarily revert back to week 2’s reflection where I discussed the tactic of ‘cheating’ continuity / disguising lack of continuity. I talked …

 
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23 Mar

2. SUBTLE CONCEALMENT

2. SUBTLE CONCEALMENT

Chosen scene: opening torture room scene in Slumdog Millionaire (2008, Danny Boyle). I had to choose a scene from one of my all-time favourite movies. This scene …

 
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20 Mar

WEEK 3 REFLECTION: SHOOT AND EDIT

WEEK 3 REFLECTION: SHOOT AND EDIT

SHOOTING Friday’s exercise (week 2) didn’t go so smoothly. In fact, it was very rough. The task was to shoot our given scene in three to …

 
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12 Mar

WEEK 2 REFLECTION

WEEK 2 REFLECTION

WEDNESDAY’S CLASS Although I was more satisfied with my group’s shot construction this week than last week (despite the extremely overexposed shots), I didn’t find the exercise …

 
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12 Mar

1. CLOSE-UP CONCEALMENT

1. CLOSE-UP CONCEALMENT

BASIC ANALYSIS OF FOUND SCENE Chosen scene: Opening restaurant conversation scene in Léon: The Professional (1994, Luc Besson). I came across this scene and it immediately struck me because I’ve …

 
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12 Mar

WEEK 1 REFLECTION

WEEK 1 REFLECTION

EXPECTATIONS OF ‘THE SCENE IN CINEMA’ I was only able to attend the Wednesday class, not the Friday class, during week 1. Although I missed out on hearing …

 
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