Assignment 4 reflection 3
Presentation review
After finishing the meeting for our presentation, I was so impressed by all of my classmates. My idea for the research project is about long take also called continuous take or continues shot, is a shot lasting much longer than the conventional editing space either of the film itself or films in general. What brings me to do this research is I had a discussion with Robin about this before and also I watched 1917 which surprised me so I have interesting to do this topic. It was so enjoyable to watch some smooth and skillful continues scenes.
Jack shared the elevator scenes which is similar to David’s. They both focus on scenes in a limited space. The area of elevator is a rectangle which needs measure specific to take place in. And also, Jack mentioned the lens coverage in elevator and showed us some example. The dialogue in elevator usually no long but give us the theme and information of the film. I was so surprised to this idea.
When Ada talked about car chase scenes, I was impressed. I am fond of action movies and there were some exciting car chase theme in action movies such as Fast & Furious, Mad Max…She focused on which special shooting equipment may use, the movement of the car, camera movement and how to approach. There must be a lot of safety measures for a car chase. In Fast & Furious, there were a number of expensive cars by sponsor which created luxury visual. Some of the chase scenes, due to safety problem, may use visual effect. I watched some behind the scene of chase car scene before. When some directors shoot these scenes, they put the car on the moving trolley. The vehicle is not moving, but by the movement of the surrounding objects, it looks like the car is moving, but what is actually moving is the pulling trolley. That is an amazing idea for shooting car chase safety.
Each of my classmates showed their great idea for the research project. And thanks for Robin and Brian gave us some suggestion and advice.