Finally added everyone else's blog =)
Thought i should blog now as Mr.V's Friday ''study'' threat didn't appeal to me.
Here's what's been happening:
Liv, Hannah and I have made some cheeky progress on the filming task. Olivia's brilliant story idea, which i won't give away just yet, really gripped me. Although the filming of it may a bit tricky in places, i think it'll all go smoothly. We will probably start filming tomorrow in fact, hoping to have all filming done before we break up.
With Mrs Francis, we've been looking at Todorov's theory:
1. Equilibrium
2. Disturbance
3. Resolution
We have been applying this to British film.
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Movie making and watching
I haven't blogged in a while so i thought i'd update you on what's been happening.
Just 2 minutes i go i wrote all of this blog out and clicked publish and hey, it doesnt work, tells me to click back and try again and all of my writing has gone, brill!
Our latest task in media for Mr. VS is to make a 2 minute opening to a movie genre of our choice. So, i've been scanning youtube for various movies. For comedy i looked at the Waterboy, classic. Gladiator for action, enough said. Finally i looked at Scream which takes me back to when i was 9. The reason being is that's the first time i watched it. And yes, i had nightmares about the scream man for 2 years. I can happily say i'm out of that funk now =)
However, im still reluctant to watch the scream movies haha.
Just 2 minutes i go i wrote all of this blog out and clicked publish and hey, it doesnt work, tells me to click back and try again and all of my writing has gone, brill!
Our latest task in media for Mr. VS is to make a 2 minute opening to a movie genre of our choice. So, i've been scanning youtube for various movies. For comedy i looked at the Waterboy, classic. Gladiator for action, enough said. Finally i looked at Scream which takes me back to when i was 9. The reason being is that's the first time i watched it. And yes, i had nightmares about the scream man for 2 years. I can happily say i'm out of that funk now =)
However, im still reluctant to watch the scream movies haha.
Sunday 9 November 2008
the media effect
I noticed Johnny Colbert wrote a little bit about this which compelled me to put my views across as well. It's all about how, since we started looking at cinematography and editing etc, media has changed my perception of movies and general TV watching.
Every time I sit down to watch something nowadays I'm consciously thinking to myself, mise en scene, why has that been put there? What's the author trying to tell us? oh there's a cut, and another. But the worst one has to be sitting there and thinking to yourself, close up, another close up, establishing shot, oh, there's a pan and so on.
Will i ever be able to watch television again without flooding my mind with media questions?
We shall see =)
Every time I sit down to watch something nowadays I'm consciously thinking to myself, mise en scene, why has that been put there? What's the author trying to tell us? oh there's a cut, and another. But the worst one has to be sitting there and thinking to yourself, close up, another close up, establishing shot, oh, there's a pan and so on.
Will i ever be able to watch television again without flooding my mind with media questions?
We shall see =)
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