For this assessment I’d like to focus on the homework pieces for the studio thus far. I’ve loved the class exercises, but if I want to truly reflect, then I have to reflection what is truly mine and not a collaborative effort, (despite how educational they are).
In the pitch of a film or within the basic concept in the mind of a director or writer, we seldom give much thought to more menial tasks. Whenever people think of creating a piece they tend to think of the more action based scenes, or intense dramatic scenes. In all of my previous works there’s always been some sort of motive, be in from myself or of the character. Everything had a purpose. If something was deemed redundant to a scene, then it would be omitted from the final cut.
what was new for me was having to decide the task at hand and then portray that being acted out. If given a certain task or piece of imagery then I would be able to construct a more cohesive and clear piece, but if having to fully decide something on my own I tend to falter. I’ve found that that tends to be my downfall in a directing role – however it is usually not up to the director to create the imagery as a whole, but more interpret it.
This task has been invaluable to me as that not only did it force me to create and conceive a task, but to focus on something that is so often overlooked; of which I am definitely guilty of. How would this task be carried out? How is it framed? Is it stylised? These alterations and the questions at hand should continue to effect the decisions I make from here on out.