What key learning did you do in this week’s workshop? Reflect and describe the main conceptual elements of this studio that you learnt.

Due to this being the first week of semester 1, I primarily learnt about the class goals and overviews of future assessments. I also learnt some key course definitions such as the basics about what framing is, and how to define the golden age of cinema as a continual concept being explored within the class.

I found that framing primarily refers to how all elements of a frame are positioned in the camera’s view, such as props, actors, and VFX. I’m not yet sure what the difference is between framing and mise-en-scene, but I look forward to learning more about it.

Likewise I also discovered that the class’s titular reference to a ‘Golden age of cinema’ predominantly refers to a few key time periods in which filmic uniquity and revolution occurred within the cinema space.

According to Ishita Babbar (2024) in his journal article “Evolution of Cinema”, this was especially prominent in 1927 when technological advancements such as the invention of ‘talkie’s’, and the implementation of technicolor technology “…revolutionized the film industry, dramatically changing the movie experience for audiences around the world.” (Babbar, 2024).

References

Babbar, I. (2024). Evolution of Cinema. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, Volume 6(Issue 2), 1-4. https://doi.org/xxxxx