For this week’s course.  With the first of these, we compared two versions of the same story-a scene from a Swedish film starring Ingrid Bergman called “A Woman’s Face” (1938), and the equivalent scene from the Hollywood re-make of 1941 with Joan Crawford.  I think these two scenes are different from each other. One is to use the panoramic view to become a mid-shot for shooting.  The other shot changed from mid-shot to close up.  Close-up footage can express feelings more complete.  It is very guiding.  Allow the audience to enter the movie with the actor’s emotions.  For me, the panoramic footage will directly allow the audience to watch from the third person’s perspective.  The emotions expressed in the two scenes are different.  The scene in 1941 will look like it happens every day.  The scene in 1938 seemed to happen by accident, so the mother would be very moved.

I see also that two other clips were shared. One from a Western called “The Wild Bunch” (1969), and one from a French film made in 2015, “My Golden Days”. I think the editing method for these two clips is  different.  But they are all show montage techniques.  The first is to use split-screen editing. This way can enhance the visual experience and create an atmosphere.  The second way is to switch.  By quickly switching screens, this form can also create an atmosphere and drive the enthusiasm of the audience.  Many shots in the second clip use zoom in.  The final effect of this method will make the movie look more tense and make the pace of the plot faster.  

Through these clips, I can learn a lot of shooting and editing methods to express emotions and atmosphere.At the same time, it also allows me to know that the same scene uses different shots, so that the emotions expressed are different.

For my exercise 2, I chose this dialogue fragment in the classroom among the five scripts.   When I read this script, the first thing I thought of was that in a classroom, Evie was sitting behind Martin.   When she saw this comment, she patted Martin excitedly and sat next to him to share what she saw.  I think that Martin is not as excited as her.   Instead, he kept responding coldly, and finally let Evie  left angrily because of a word. But because I couldn’t shoot in the classroom, I ended up choosing it in the living room. In order to achieve the effect of one person in front and one behind, I arranged one of my friends to sit on the sofa and the other to squat by the table. This conversation takes place in such a scenario. I imagine that the communication between the two is not face-to-face.    But during the shooting process, I found it difficult for the camera to find a suitable site to shoot a scene where a person is talking. Seeing the feedback, I also felt that the first one shoot was wrong. The first shot should be dynamic, cut in slowly. Then Evie’s expression when reading it should be a mid-shot shot.  During the shooting, there was another problem with Evie’s location.  The position of Evie in the screen is relatively high.  As a result, Martin needs high angle shooting. It looks strange.  Overall, my preparations are not very good.  I didn’t think about the location of the shooting and the location of the actors carefully before.  I didn’t think of a good solution when I encountered these problems during shooting.  I hope I can prepare for the next practice.The storyboard must be prepared, it is important for shooting.It is easy to shoot this.

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