Question 1:
A LOVE LOST
A romantic drama of a man who lost the love of his life being displayed in an amazing cinematography. The narrative of the film initiates by the character narrating his emotions which is a very brilliant way to give an idea to the audience what is going on. The camera techniques used were very fluid and serves the genre as they were of slow paced. The restaurant scene definitely intrigues me the most as a standard 180 rule proves to create a scene to look so magnificent. Lighting was mainly the reason as they have multiple light sources coming from multiple directions including the light between the two characters. I find that switching on the lights at the background would make the scene even brighter and more ‘grand-looking’. Overall, this film is one of my favourite shorts screened during that night.
Le Hole
A comedic short that involves much body gags tells a story about a man finding a date by catching his ‘victims’ through a massive hole he dug. The film also has repetitive comedic elements such as falling down in the hole dramatically and escaping it as well. For instance, the old lady falling down the hole and climbing up the hole with the aid of her dog takes a moment along with dramatic acting and the lead character carrying his soon-to-be date up with some awkward motions and gestures. The use of body motions has been used throughout the film to support its comedic genre until the end in which the lead character did vigorous and big movements as he drops his fork on the ground. However, the ending was not too clear initially, but it makes sense after awhile as viewers will realise the date obviously ended catastrophically for him and he is now plotting his new catch- an impressive ending with a new beginning.
Pranking Frank
Frank, a nervous pranker who cannot seem to make his pranks right but ultimately finds his partner in crime. The concept of the film is what draws my attention the most, especially with the use of their dialogs. Great scripting and as well as acting. Frank, the amateur was being pulled off by the actor convincingly. The transitions of the scenes were very fluid as well. The linking of the two scenes were nicely done and smooth. The narrative is clear. Finally, the ending has a major twist and audience will never see it coming. “Yeah, this is actually a sexploitation horror. This is the part where we get hot and sexy and I kill you”, the few last lines of the film generates a dark humour as the twist.
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Question 2:
I’ve learned many things for the last twelve weeks in this semester particularly in this course especially when it comes to planning a film. My goal is to make a good film, and I’ve learned many things especially in pre-production and during production. I have always neglected lighting but now I see the importance of it on how it can affect a film. I am pretty bad when it comes to organising things and somehow throughout this course I have fulfilled my goal of learning from my mistakes and experiencing what it is like to work in a group of people you just met. To produce a great film within such a short period of time is a challenge and I could have done better in pre-production in terms of knowing what is going around with everything. In terms of editing, I’ve learned a lot as well. Hours of cutting, triming has improved me a lot. Honestly, I find our film to be quite terrible at some shots and hours of figuring out ways to fix it has improved me.