This is what I think is a near-perfect scene from what I think is a pretty good movie. To describe what is happening from a pure action standpoint, this scene is really quite uneventful. A woman and a man are driving, they get pulled over, the policeman talks to the man, they show off their … [Read more…]
After having one of my very favourite movies in Fargo criticised for its lighting (which I think I disagree with, as I feel the lighting in the particular scene captures incredibly well that time of day where despite being morning, you still have to turn lights on – the difference of yellow on blue, compared … [Read more…]
We got through a lot in this class. One of the main subjects we focussed on was something that I’ve been wanting to learn more about for a while: lighting. From experience, my lack of experience with lighting is often the main flaw of the things I film. Having never really used proper film lights, … [Read more…]
A type of dream that I’m very compelled by, however disturbing, is a nightmare. I personally do have nightmares occasionally, and they vary in their scariness. Some of the lesser ones involve being late for work, which I do consider nightmares, but they’re kind of boring. Then there’s the similar anxiety based ones, that involve … [Read more…]
Having done my proposal today, I can say that I’m feeling quite comfortable with what’s ahead, as it was ultimately a success. I felt that I got the message of what it is I wanted to explore across reasonably well, and the panel seemed to understand what I was on about. I found the feedback … [Read more…]
For the rest of this semester, I plan to explore dreams and how they can best be represented on film. The elements of dreams that particularly interest me are the surreal and absurd. Things like strange locations, strange characters and a weirdly accepted lack of logic, that all somehow manage to feel connected to reality, … [Read more…]
My plan is to explore dreams in some way. I want to capture the surrealism and absurdity of dreams, without forcing them to fit into or aid a greater plot. I think I might do this by taking some of my own dreams, and simply shooting them without making them ‘make sense’ or adding cause … [Read more…]
In this class, the set task was based around editing the footage from last week. However, I had done most of this editing in the last class. Luckily, after a discussion with Robin, where he agreed with most of my problems with my scene, I was able to go out and ultimately reshoot the entire … [Read more…]
For this class, we were asked to shoot some kind of idea or technique that appealed to us, personally. The basic concept that I was trying to explore was someone walking towards something, and being shocked upon looking inside that something. This was inspired by the final scene of Rosemary’s Baby (1968), where Rosemary walks … [Read more…]
This post is going to take the form of a list, which I feel is the true ultimate form of blogging and pure journalism (I don’t actually). Anyway, the list is based off a podcast that I listen to called Filmspotting, which provides weekly episodes where a film is reviewed, accompanied by a top 5 … [Read more…]