In our Tuesday class, we were shown a number of documentaries, each with different structures. There’s ‘The Heat’ which is a linear narrative following the life of a female boxer and her struggles, ‘Sriracha’ took on the essayistic/autobiographical approach by exploring what ‘sriracha’ is, and…
I’ll be talking about Mother’s Day, a short documentary by Elizabeth Lo on kids whose mothers were in prison and the special day on which they are able to meet. Mother’s Day follows the children of the imprisoned, from when they gathered to get on…
film analysis video essay
Fork Over Knives (2011), directed by Fulkerson Lee, is a documentary highlighting the relationship between Americans, health diseases and food diet. “A movie that can save your life” as Roger Ebert labelled it, Fork Over Knives is as informational as it is persuasive in converting…
This tuesday, Kim discussed the different modes of documentary and showed us examples of each modes. In this week’s reading by Broderick Fox, documentary is categorised into 9 modes including: reflexive, poetic, expository, observational, participatory, performative, autobiographical, essayistic, and lastly, interactive. For a food related topic, I think…
My name is Joanna Danielle, I’m a 3rd year student in RMIT studying Communication (Media) and this semester I’m in the studio “Food on Film” by Kim Munro! When I saw the list of studios available to choose from this semester and saw one that…
Our last assignment is to make another short film. I’ll be breaking the process into three steps. pre-production: Firstly, I had to pitch my idea to the class. Thankfully, it was not as nerve-wrecking since I’d done it a few times. In “Just a Minute”,…
Hi guys, so for last assignment I produced and directed the movie “The Other Side” featuring Niki Butterfield as Elena. This movie is a mix of experimental and narrative short film. It portrays Elena’s emotional struggle with a climax of a conversation between her and…
For my film, I had to do edit my recorded voice to sound like it’s coming from the other side of the door. Not knowing how to do it, I searched tutorials on youtube and found this video. Basically, all we had to do was…
With all the footages in hand, the next step is therefore editing. Unlike my last project, this time I am editing on my own. Thus, I have more freedom in the whole creative process and have it completely done the way i want it to…