Hello all, hope you enjoyed today. Well done again for a very generous and well run joined workshop last week.
I also really enjoyed your films.
Can we start using blog again to document, reflect, challenge and update?
What are you learning about film acting?
Also, fringe 2013 http://brightonfringe.org/participants/2013
Get on it fast before we lose good venues and opportunities.
You have the afternoon this Thursday after the HE research conference to discuss and come up with ideas and a plan. The brighton festival site gives really good advice. You might also talk to the musical theatre students and tutors who might also be part of the fringe.
Please see me about any concerns; i will be available for tutorials on thursdays from next week, or email/find me for a chat.
Thank you Vanessa. I enjoyed the day too. I find there is less pressure when you ask us to do a task at short notice. I really enjoyed the other films and thought Radley's poem was great. The first years were also welcoming of us and were enthusiastic which helped.
ReplyDeleteSomething important I learnt today, I did a lot of research that was set by Joe and felt very happy with myself that I'd obtained loads of information and after I reeled it all off he asked me what I had gained from the knowledge, I had no answer! He said that when we research into something we should have ideas about how Directors work and what their styles are etc. There is no point just having pure facts. I shall remember this for future reference.
I also learnt about crossing the line. This shouldn't be done while filming unless the camera pans around to a new establishing shot. This is a mistake I made in Unlikely Justice. I used two shots that crossed the line and I knew they didn't look right but I thought it was because I rushed to complete the film. I hope to experiment with this technique at a later stage as at the time I was trying to show a different angle to the character's emotions.
Interesting day and right up my street! :)
Great. Yes I remember your film did jump the axis. But in that context it really worked. It became disorientating which meant the characters swapped and our respective did too. Lucky accident!
DeleteThank you! That is interesting to hear that and I definitely want to experiment with this now to get more feedback!
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