Robin suggested doing something like having a match cut from a door to a car door. This is kind of that. Ignoring all the shoddy filming/lighting issues, the main point of this exercise was to practice 1) cutting during the… Continue Reading
After three semesters of Media, I think (definitely know) I should know better by now that things are never going to go the way you want them to go. You set out to achieve a plan with grand ideas and… Continue Reading
In order to further my investigation into match cutting, I thought I’d do some research and write up a little summary on how they are used in editing. So the basic idea of the match cut is to connect two… Continue Reading
Going with Robin’s suggestion, I have had another go at editing the fruit salad exercise since the first draft was done in such a rush. It’s not perfect, but I am happier with how this one turned out – the… Continue Reading
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