Film 3: 8/9

Today we had meetings with Paul to discuss ideas in regards to our proposals for the next project (what we’ll be working on for the rest of the semester) and how we might go about presenting these in Friday’s class. It really helped to understand where I’m heading, especially in regards to this being more about leaving space for development and planning in order to experiment and learn rather than to complete a final piece. With that in mind, here’s a really rough idea of what I think I will be talking about on Friday:

– Talk about my interest in character, and how my work so far has explored character in different ways, not explicitly or through dialogue but through film techniques/emotion
– Introduce Edgar Wright. Explain for those who don’t know that he’s a master of visual comedy, and in using the camera to emphasise narrative, humour, etc. Show gifs and explain his technique through them and how I can learn to adapt these for my own work.
– Explain that for some exercises I could attempt each of the eight techniques represented in the gifs
– Introduce the idea of ‘the close up montage’ and how I would like to use this to explore character. Show short clip from Scott Pilgrim OR from a youtube clip where Wright explains what the close up montage is (undecided, both are very short though)
– Explain that I have an interest in the kinds of characters that John Hughes has in his films and I think it would be fun to show a character dressed as though they’re from an 80s teen film but introduced in the style of Edgar Wright
– Explain that Wright’s style would really be the basis for my work, particularly in learning to become a better filmmaker, but that character is still an important focus and so that’s why I’d like to bring John Hughe’s style into it aesthetically
– Suggest possible exercises, such as adapting an existing scene from something into the style of Edgar Wright, introducing characters dressed like John Hughes’ characters in the style of Edgar Wright, learning how to match shots and do transitions like Wright does, playing with comedic timing and the eight comedic techniques that Wright uses in his films, imitating shots to learn more about the style, playing with sound and lighting, etc.

 

Kiralee

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