Thursday, 27 October 2011
Friday, 14 October 2011
What I'm Doing
Currently, I have started filming and I am focusing on getting all of my research together.
I decided to start again and do something that I am a bit more capable of. I think that the sequence I am doing will allow me to use a range of cinematography and editing techniques.
I decided to start again and do something that I am a bit more capable of. I think that the sequence I am doing will allow me to use a range of cinematography and editing techniques.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Influence's
My influences for my sequence:
This scene is from the film 'Donnie Darko' (2001, Richard Kelly). The character of Donnie in this sequence has been smoking marijuana. The cinematography used makes the audience feel as if they are actually there, for example there are tracking shots used to make you feel as if you are walking down the corridor. The camera follows one character down the corridor and then that leads onto to the next character that it follows until eventually the camera focuses on one of the teachers that walks out of the school. The part we see is like a ‘trip’, parts are slowed down and parts are sped up. It makes the audience feel bizarre because it’s not usually done however it fits the piece because it’s supposed to make you feel uneasy just like the drug does. The track used non-diegetically on the piece is ‘Tears for Fears – Head over Heels’ the song is a bout young love, growing up and finding a job. I think it relates to the scene because you see all of the characters doing their own thing however the males in the piece are doing drugs such as Donnie and Seth.
This scene is from the film 'Donnie Darko' (2001, Richard Kelly). The character of Donnie in this sequence has been smoking marijuana. The cinematography used makes the audience feel as if they are actually there, for example there are tracking shots used to make you feel as if you are walking down the corridor. The camera follows one character down the corridor and then that leads onto to the next character that it follows until eventually the camera focuses on one of the teachers that walks out of the school. The part we see is like a ‘trip’, parts are slowed down and parts are sped up. It makes the audience feel bizarre because it’s not usually done however it fits the piece because it’s supposed to make you feel uneasy just like the drug does. The track used non-diegetically on the piece is ‘Tears for Fears – Head over Heels’ the song is a bout young love, growing up and finding a job. I think it relates to the scene because you see all of the characters doing their own thing however the males in the piece are doing drugs such as Donnie and Seth.
This video influenced me because it’s from the characters perspective and we see everything that he sees. The video is for the song ‘Smack my Bitch up – The Prodigy’ which is about going out to a club and getting intoxicated and taking illegal substances. The cinematography within the video features a lot of jump-cuts which reinforces the fact that he’s on drugs because it simulates the blackouts that occur. The camera is constantly moving because it’s made to look like we are seeing through the characters eyes so it’s very disorientating and makes you feel quite unpleasant which also reinforces the ‘night out’ feeling of being on these substances.
The video to ‘Underworld – Born slippy’ is fast paced and there is a lot going on within the video. Different clips fade in and out of each other in time with the beat of the song. It reflects in some ways what it going on in his head from being on drugs. Throughout the video a lot of shapes appear such as squares and circles, they flash and judder and then another one will appear this can represent the ‘trip’ as a whole and how random it can be.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Aims and Context
Context - To create a sequence from my imaginary film 'College Life'of the teen-drama genre in which I will use the stylistic conventions that I have already established in the 'Genre Conventions' post. The part I am going to show is where in the film it is showing the story from Sid's perspective. The audience see Sid buy the drugs from his friend Steve and then we see him take them.
My aim is to make the audience involved with Sid's lifestyle by using sound and editing for them to be able to go through Sid's trip with them as I will use different techniques to make the audience feel disorientated.
I will be taking on the role of director, editor, producer and cinematographer, etc. to create my sequence within my imaginary short film. I will targeting a mainstream audience, of ages 16-24. This is because people under that age may not be able to empathise with the characters and understand what is going on. Audiences over this age range may want to see something with more puzzles or maybe will not have the time to go see a film. I have picked this age range because people of this age are likely to have disposable income in order to be able to socialise and go to the cinema. The characters within the film are of the age of 18 too so they will be able to relate to the narrative more.
I have a number of texts that have influenced my film/sequence, such as the 'trip scene' in Donnie Darko, Human Traffic (Ladism), The Prodigy's music video to 'Smack my Bitch up' and the music video to Underworld's 'Bornslippy', all of these I will discuss in more detail in a later post.
Learning about spectatorship in my first year has helped me to do this a lot because I am constantly thinking about how the audience will react to a certain scene depending on how I choose to show it, for example I plan to show the beginning of the 'trip scene' in slow motion and using an effect called ghotsting, which is like a visual echo, on top of this I will also use Disney song 'Scales and Arpegios' from The Aristercats and will also use an echo ( as if what you can hear is from the characters head). I am doing this after learning in first year the effect contrapuntal music can have on a particular scene. I think it will make the whole scene seem very dark as the music is from a children's film.
My aim is to make the audience involved with Sid's lifestyle by using sound and editing for them to be able to go through Sid's trip with them as I will use different techniques to make the audience feel disorientated.
I will be taking on the role of director, editor, producer and cinematographer, etc. to create my sequence within my imaginary short film. I will targeting a mainstream audience, of ages 16-24. This is because people under that age may not be able to empathise with the characters and understand what is going on. Audiences over this age range may want to see something with more puzzles or maybe will not have the time to go see a film. I have picked this age range because people of this age are likely to have disposable income in order to be able to socialise and go to the cinema. The characters within the film are of the age of 18 too so they will be able to relate to the narrative more.
I have a number of texts that have influenced my film/sequence, such as the 'trip scene' in Donnie Darko, Human Traffic (Ladism), The Prodigy's music video to 'Smack my Bitch up' and the music video to Underworld's 'Bornslippy', all of these I will discuss in more detail in a later post.
Learning about spectatorship in my first year has helped me to do this a lot because I am constantly thinking about how the audience will react to a certain scene depending on how I choose to show it, for example I plan to show the beginning of the 'trip scene' in slow motion and using an effect called ghotsting, which is like a visual echo, on top of this I will also use Disney song 'Scales and Arpegios' from The Aristercats and will also use an echo ( as if what you can hear is from the characters head). I am doing this after learning in first year the effect contrapuntal music can have on a particular scene. I think it will make the whole scene seem very dark as the music is from a children's film.
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