In class we watched a scene from Goodfellas, the scene where all of the crew are introduced in one continuous long shot. After watching this scene, I decided to watch it, I had been meaning to anyway! I felt quite inspired by what we watched…
In this class we chatted about the actors role in film and decoupage, I really enjoyed this class! As Robin said at the end of the class, once you’ve touched on it and start thinking about actors and how they do their jobs in films,…
Reflections: NO WORD Creating a scene Brief Thoughts about Coverage The Background Action The Wild Bunch Scene Analysis: Animal Kingdom Scene Analysis
I decided to analyse a scene from David Michods 2010 film Animal Kingdom. This is the link to the scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sFu4iEF8dk. I believe this scene starts off very pleasingly. The first two shots are motivated by movement of the characters, which gives a satisfying effect. As the…
A scene that I found really interesting in Part 10 of the work from home series was from The Wild Bunch. I rewatched this scene a few times to figure out whether or not the camera was following the 180 degree rule or not. I…
I read Tom Reilly’s chapter on The Background Action: How to keep it real and get it right. Reading this made me think about the series I am currently rewatching, Orange is the New Black. The episodes I am currently watching are about the prisoners…
In Part 11 of the working from home series a question was posed. Does lens choice influence or determine coverage or does the desired coverage demand the use of specific lenses? This question confused me originally but after coming back to my notes some days…
I decided to re do a storyboard, shot list and floor plan that I had created for the first assignment again. These are the results: I know the instructions for this part were to keep the camera position to around 3 to 4. I struggled…
For Part 14 of the working from home series I decided to plan and shoot the script NO WORD. I enlisted my mother for the main role of the shoot and began planning. This is the link to the video: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o75FCN4VKO2qspCK-mdBKUL9Ee7_PM0J this is the shot…
For this exercise I decided to analyse a shot from my favourite recent film, Parasite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7JPNXt_oqM. In this scene the family is trying to clean up the mess they have made after taking advantage of the Park family’s wonderful home while they are away. …