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Month April 2016

The good and bad of group work

In preparation for our next project we looked at the good and bad of group work… Good Speaking your mind Shared ideas Support Shared workload Bigger projects Bad Lacking in directing Lack of communication Members not showing up People not… Continue Reading →

Spacial dimensions of the screen

Split screen Two or more frames with their own dimensions within a single larger frame      Eg Thomas Crown Affair Scene playing horse polo Screen divided up into smaller segments Spatial montage Spacially arranging shots within the screen More… Continue Reading →

Titles…

One of my most hated tasks to do when making a film is giving it a title. It takes me forever to come up with something! And with project 3 due on Tuesday I need to come up with one… Continue Reading →

Types of Forms in Documentary Films

Categorical Presents things in categories and by subject Eg. Olympia by Riefenstahl and Gap Toothed Women by Les Blank Rhetorical Form Presents an argument Persuasive Eg. The River by Lorentz Experimental Usually difficult to classify More of an open structure… Continue Reading →

Narrative Exercise

1 . What is the ‘controlling idea’ of your portrait? In other words, what is the most interesting thing about your participant/interviewee that you want to communicate? The main idea of my video is Ben’s commitment to lacrosse and the… Continue Reading →

Narrative

This weeks reading was all about how you tell a story. Filmmakers have so many choices when deciding how they will construct the plot. Because unlike audiences, filmmakers build the plot from the story as opposed to the story from… Continue Reading →

Narritve: Character

Here is a general description of a narrative protagonists and antagonists from todays lecture.. THE PROTAGONIST … Doesn’t die (usually) Is the one whose life is made difficult Is the person whose head we are inside is the person who… Continue Reading →

Day at the beach

These are a few photos I took over the weekend at Rye back beach. All of these were taken on my Iphone.

How to reflect on the light bulb moments

Choose something to reflect on Brainstorm Plan structure Extra research Write Edit Post DIEP D – Describe objectively ONE thing you learned I – Interpret the insight E – Evaluate the effectiveness and usefulness of the learning P – Plan… Continue Reading →

Reflective Practice

1. What is it? It is to think deeply and carefully about it Ability to reflect on ACTION (reading, making, thinking) 2. Why is it important? One of the main methodologies of our discipline Make tactic/practical knowledge explicit Supports the… Continue Reading →

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