SHOTS:
- entering frame
- reframing for new entrance
- long take
- fixed series of actions
EDITING:
- colour grading
- exploring slow-motion fabric movement
- consider sound (diegetic VS non-diegetic)
IDEAS:
- day time VS night time
- communicating abstract themes: affection, respect, compassion, time, to reminisce, to surrender
- movement: clothes, blanket, body movements (esp. hands)
- relationship between body and objects: upper body sliding onto bed, finger(s) tracing doll, hands feeling pillow, sniffing pillow, “dancing” with blanket, mirroring “dance” movement with folding movements (big vs small)
LOCATION:
- bed
WEEK 7
– Thur 20 Apr: shop for props, plan fixed series of actions (sit and look out, open window, fold blanket, fold clothes, sniff pillow, trace doll, interact with bed, close window)
WEEK 8 Entering Frame & Hand Movements (Inspired by Departures and Pickpocket)
- Thur 27 Apr: blog about film that inspired, plan blanket shots
- Fri 28 Apr: shoot blanket, explore relationship between body and objects (props)
- Sat 29 Apr: edit blanket, post blog
WEEK 9 Long Take (Inspired by An)
- Tues 2 May: blog about film that inspired, plan long take shots, consider which action to highlight/downplay (based on last week’s edit)
- Thur 4 May: shoot long take
- Fri 5 May: edit long take, post blog
WEEK 10 Reframing for New Entrance (Inspired by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance)
- Tues 9 May: blog about film that inspired, plan reframing movements, consider what is unnecessary
- Thur 11 May: Shoot reframing
- Fri 12 May: edit, post blog
WEEK 11 Exploring Camera Stillness (Inspired by Jeanne Dielman and Fire At Sea)
- Tues 16 May: blog about film that inspired, plan angles
- Thur 18 May: Shoot angles
- Fri 19 May: edit, post blog (consider which actions are best depicted through which cam movement. why?)
WEEK 12 Combining Techniques