Upon editing my first attempt of a monologue, I realised a huge error had been made- there wasn’t any sound! This occurred when our attempt to be tech savvy by using the boom and mixer was thwarted by a dodgy… Continue Reading →

I was meticulous in my planning for my scene recreation from Gossip Girl. I had written out a shot list as it had appeared to me and story boarded each shot. I was determined to get the framing of every… Continue Reading →

Indeed our whole semester is dedicated to decoupage and it is involved in each of our exercises or lessons in one way or another. Whilst before this studio I had no understanding of what découpage was, I’m now grasping the… Continue Reading →

For my individual exercise I planned to experiment with panning and a larger shot list.I struggled a bit with planning as I found my thoughts were quite disorganised. Despite writing a shot list and drawing a story board that looked… Continue Reading →

It was after shooting our individual exercises that I developed a rough idea of what I wanted to focus on for the rest of the semester. After watching a class mate creatively shoot a monologue for their experiment, I was… Continue Reading →

Week 5’s Wednesday class was devoted to shooting the scene we had planned in the previous class. We were all appointed roles and encouraged to dedicate all of our energy to our specific job. Knowing that I needed lots of… Continue Reading →

Week 5’s reading consisted of 3 exerts from Tim Bernard’s book Decoupage. Bernard analyses Luis Bunuel’s article Decoupage, or Cinematic Segmentation; rarely agreeing with him and often critiquing him. Bernard provides a basic yet sound definition of decoupage- “…the decoupage… Continue Reading →

After re-reading the description of The Scene in Cinema, I have realised just how much I have learnt about film making and that I have developed a great interest of coverage/decoupage. The description does make a great deal more sense… Continue Reading →

This week’s 3 hour class was devoted to repeating an exercise that was previously carried out in small groups of 3-4. This time however, we worked on it as a whole class. With Robin as our director, we were all… Continue Reading →

Luis Banuel in his article Decoupage, or Cinematic Segmentation, attempts to communicate the complex concept of decoupage and its importance in successful film making. Banuel describes decoupage as the “simultaneous separation and ordering of the visual fragments contained amorphously in… Continue Reading →