After reading academics’ ideas on the construction of the frame, its configuration and the elements within it, these concepts have assisted in the development of a broader understanding of the frame as a whole and as singular parts. This investigating of a range of attitudes and ideas could then be applied when watching films each week within a tutorial. Concepts such as the invisibility of style, subjectivity and media materialism were translated into films such as In the Mood for Love, Drive and Inception. After analysing and exploring filmmaking crews and their implementation of film theories and concepts regarding the frame, as a class, it has allowed each of us to implement them into our own major projects. As a process it has developed a personal understanding of the frame, from academics, to filmmakers, to our own creative practice.

The exploration of the frame has developed an understanding of the frame – what is within the frame and what is omitted. Through this, the process that is the creation of a frame has become more detailed and intricate. Due to gaining an awareness of the frame as many components, the current practice of creation has been developed to thoroughly think through a frame and the through process behind creating an intended image.

 This studio is extremely beneficial in developing your own personal and intricate understanding of the frame. Through studying academic resources and concepts, then seeing them translated onto the big screen, it is pivotal in creating an independent and thought out understanding that has been influenced by a range of other complex and well-practiced individuals. After developing more thorough understanding, projects created will be mature and advanced, reflecting a better-informed understanding of film and the art that it is.