For this week I decided to just get the ball rolling and create something to practice editing match cuts. Below is a (very, very) rough draft of the exercise I ended up with, called “Fruit Salad”. Obviously the cuts aren’t exact… Continue Reading
Through the past couple of weeks during class exercises and reflection, I have become interested in the power of editing as well as creative visual techniques in relation to coverage. In an effort to combine editing and cinematography, I have… Continue Reading
During the first half of Wednesday’s class, Robin showed us a series of clips from various French films. Whilst different in terms of content, genre and style, each of these extracts had something in common: the extraordinary fluidity and originality… Continue Reading
During this week’s exercise, we were asked to investigate something of formal interest to us and then directing and editing a small experiment. After watching a video essay called “How To Do Visual Comedy” in which the author showed a… Continue Reading
Forgacs, David, 2011, ‘Face, body, voice, movement: Antonioni and Actors [Excerpt]’ in Rhodes, John David (ed.) & Rascaroli, Laura (ed.), Antonioni : Centenary essays, Palgrave Macmillan, New York/Basingstoke, pp. 167-181. Linking nicely with my reflections regarding acting from Week 5,… Continue Reading
How do you view the relationship between technical competence/expertise and creative aspiration? I’m not really sure how to answer this question, but I think that the bottom line is you can’t have one without the other. At its core, a… Continue Reading
As I’ve gotten further into my degree, I’ve noticed that the majority of my focus on film and TV is regarding visual aesthetics. I am more so interested in things like cinematography, editing, coverage or ‘decoupage’ and less so in… Continue Reading
Barnard, Tim 2014, Découpage, Caboose, Montréal. In this book, Barnard tackles découpage by responding to a number of quotes from other writers on the subject. Reading these selections probably made me more confused about the term, as the first few… Continue Reading
In sense, our whole semester is dedicated to decoupage. It could be valuable then to investigate the meaning of the following terms: mise en scene / montage. You may like to: Consider their relationship to decoupage; Consider the precision/vagueness of their… Continue Reading
In this week’s exercise, we were asked to shoot a longer scripted scene in groups that resembled mini film crews. I have always been more comfortable behind the scenes and refuse to be in front of the camera, but this… Continue Reading