Noticing
In last week’s workshop, we did a small exercise to see how well we noticed what Louise was wearing. I do think of myself as someone who has a fairly decent memory. This is also a common exercise in improv…
PB3: Nearing The End
Due to an unexpected, highly hectic, and very fun weekend, I ended up not getting the bulk of my editing done yesterday (surprise, surprise). As I had yet to miss a lecture yet I decided today was probably the day…
“Casablanca”: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage
I found “Casablanca”: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage by Umberto Eco to be an interesting read if not a little scattered. The main idea I took away from this reading is that nothing is new and everything is taken from someplace. This…
PB3: Cont’d
Tonight, I got back to working on PB3. I hadn’t really looked at it much since I did the interview as I waiting to shoot some B-Roll this past Thursday . I was then was planning on getting the bulk…
The Protagonists You Love to Hate
The concept of characters audiences “love to hate” is especially prevalent in Reality TV (Kim Kardashian , any of the Real Housewives) as well a soap style drama’s a la Scandal. Generally, this designation is restricted to the antagonists like Papa…
The Guilty Pleasure (And Why does Everyone Hate On Rom-Coms?)
“Romantic comedies are rarely seen as art, unless they are Annie Hall or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (again: prestige filmmaking that rely on filmmaking gimmickry as much as they do realistic human emotion, also: a male perspective). Nora…
Music and Story: TOP 5 Movie Soundtracks
Previously in Media 1 we discussed editing an example of good editing shown in the week two lectorial was THIS SCENE from Casino. In this scene music played a huge part in filling in the gaps of the story where there…
THR: SCREENWRITER’S ROUNDTABLE 2016
Tonight I watched The Hollywood Reporter’s Screenwriters Roundtable for 2016. I always love watching these roundtables as I enjoy seeing people who are all at the top of their craft discuss their process. This roundtable included Amy Schumer for her…
PB3: Narrative Structure Q&A
In the workshop today, we were instructed to answer the following questions in relation to Project Brief 3. I found this very helpful as a starting point for think how I am going to structure the material I have collected….
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Who is the protagonist?
While reading about protagonists in this week’s reading Robert Mckee’s The Substance of Story. While reading about what a protagonist does and does not do I started to think of many examples and how they do or do not fit the…
