#13 – 2/5/2016

“Performance within the mundane”

Today’s class was quite a profound experience for me. After presenting to the class and our special guests on my idea of ‘the long shot’, I must admit that I was feeling a little lost. I wished to explore the connotations behind ‘the long shot’ and how they contribute to the meaning within cinema, but really didn’t know how I was going to go about doing this piece of study. One of our special guests pointed out to me that my examples that I showed to the class, were both performances. Simple, but succinct performances.

Today I had a chat with Robin to help me figure out what direction I was heading in with my final assignment. We decided that I was obvious that I was interested in the idea of performance within the context of a long shot. Robin challenged me to study the notion of the mundance and how performance can alter a mundane activity. We spoke in detail about the characteristics from my chosen scene analysis that I enjoyed and how I could portray these to my audience.

I’m really excited to begin brainstorming how i’m going to portray the idea of performance. I have many talented friends that i’m keen to get in front of my camera and start experimenting on coverage and the different ways in which I can convey information through the use of the long shot.