The Story of Film Episode Six – Sex and Melodrama

Episode 6 – Sex & Melodrama

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1953-1957: The Swollen Story: World Cinema Bursting at the Seams

The Story of Film Episode 5- Post War Cinema

Episode 5 – Post-War Cinema

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1939-1952: The Devastation of War…And a New Movie Language

Story of Film – Episode 4 The Arrival of Sound

Story of Film – Episode 4 The Arrival of Sound

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The 1930s: The Great American Movie Genres…

…And the Brilliance of European Film

Story of Film Episode 3- The Golden Age of the World Cinema

Episode 3 – The Golden Age of World Cinema

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1918-1932: The Great Rebel Filmmakers Around the World

Story of Film-Episode 2 The Hollywood Dream

Story of Film-Episode 2 – The Hollywood Dream

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1918-1928: The Triumph of American Film…

…And the First of its Rebels

Story of Film- Episode One- The Birth of Cinema

The Story of Film Episode One- The Birth of Cinema

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Introduction

1895-1918: The World Discovers a New Art Form or Birth of the Cinema

1903-1918: The Thrill Becomes Story or The Hollywood Dream

Introduction

  • Saving Private Ryan 1998 dir. Steven Spielberg
    • Film-making is lies to tell the truth
  • Three Colours Blue (1993) dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
    • Cinema can be an empathy machine
  • Casablanca  (1942) dir. Micheal Curtiz
    • Romantic Films are not generally classical
    • Japan films are classical
  • Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) dir. Yasujiro Ozu
    • Japan is Classical
  • Odd Man Out (1947) dir. Carol Reed
  • 2 or 3 things I Know About Her (1967) dir. Jean Luc Godard
    • Many Films Take Inspiration From Each other
  • Taxi Driver (1976) dir. Martin Scorsese
  • The French Connection (1971) dir. William Friedkin
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(1895-1918) The World Discovers A New Artform

 

Traffic Crossing Lead

 

 

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The Forbidden Cookie Cinematographer Pre-production journal

Summary

After our director came up with a vision for the film. The cinematographer has to determine the mise en scene and the camera angles and different types of shots for the film. Such as the focal lengths. When we were

Test Shots

Focal Length 18mm

Wide Angle Lens. This provides a wider field of view in the frame which is used to show the background of the setting as the shot is focusing on a character.

Focal Length 155 mm

This is a closeup shot. It is used to show characters expressions.

Focal Length 300mm

This is an extreme closeup shot. It is used to show characters’ expressions, sometimes for comedic purposes.

We will be using all of these shots in our film.

Lighting Tests

After taking some shots of the woods that we were thinking about filming in, we decided that the natural light from the sun would be sufficient for this film. We would do color collecting if necessary in post.

Equipment Checklist

Two Canon T3i Cameras

Shoulder Mount

Audio Deck

Boom Mic

Collaboration with Director

Our group did not have a screenwriter so we both worked on the script together. I had to show information about the script in the shots. An example of this, is how I showed that Zac didn’t want anyone to take by cookie. I did this by putting lots of sticky notes on the plate in the shot that said “Do Not Take”. This not only added some comedic effect, but it also showed that Zac didn’t want anyone to take the cookie.

Set-up Sequence Workflow

Our team had an online calendar that we would mark important dates on. Every day in class, the director and I would plan the script. I would plan out what angles and shots that I wanted to use in the script.

Map of Each Location

Storyboard Notation

What I Learned

During this project, I relearned many aspects of cinematography. I learned how to manage production time on online calendars and how to storyboard. A problem that I solved was that we needed a shot showing that on of the characters made cookies. I decided to add a pan shot panning by cookie making materials which show that the cookies were recently made. The shot also helps show the theme of the film.

Goal Setting, Collaborative Film Project

This Camera by girlwparasol. Image found on Flickr.com. Found 9/10/19. Image published on 3/18/10

Core Film Production Roles

I am most proficient in, cinimetography, sound design and editing. You need patience and knowledge of editing softwares for editing. For sound design, you need knowledge of the equipment required. However, it has been a long time since I participated in either of these roles to I will need a basic review of the equipment Before editing I should review some of the basic features of premiere pro. I enjoy being a cinematographer. To be one, you must have knowledge of what certain shots mean in a film.

Skills and Interests in a Team

I struggle with organization so having organized teammates would  be great. I also struggle with writing scripts so having very creative teammates would be nice.

Filmmaker Goals

Goal 1: This year I want to remember what I learned in freshman year in this class and practice it.

Goal 2: I want to become proficient in cinematograghy

Core Team Members

Neil: Cinematographer

Hunter: Director

Contrast and Affinity: Rhythm

  • Summary

For this project, our class split onto groups and created our own personal projects. Our main goal was to apply certain film concepts to the film. There were four people in my group they each had a different element, I had rhythm.

 

Terms and Concepts

  • Alteration

the process of altering or being altered

  • Repetition

doing something over and over again

saying something that has already been said

  • Tempo

The rate of speed or motion or activity

  • Rhythm of Stationary Objects

The arrangements of things in the frame and the lines that are created by these objects are a major element of Rhythm.

  • Accented and Unaccented

Accented means in focus, unaccented means out of focus

  • Rhythm of a moving object

How things moving in, out and around the frame are synchronized, or how the rate of things moving is.

  • Primary Rhythm

the movement of a whole object, entering or exiting the frame

  • Entering and Exiting the Frame

If a character exits the frame on the right, then it must enter on the left in the next frame

  • Passing another object

only objects of importance should be focused on when characters are passing them in a film

  • Moving and Stopping

when the characters are meant to be moving, they shouldn’t make random stops and pauses unless the stops are important

  • Changing Direction

Changing direction can be used to signify a characters change of emotion but it shouldn’t be done randomly

  • Secondary Rhythm

When a part of the object moves seperatly

  • Editorial Rhythm

The length of each shot, usual done in editing

  • The Event

the rhythm of events, are the rhythm of the events in the film, events happening faster can signify time passing

  • The continuous Event

events that are edited together to form a continuous narrative

  • Fragmented Event

a fragmented event, is a jumble of events that challenges the viewer to piece together the film

  • Rhythmic Patterns

patterns of rhythm, (like during intense parts of movies) could inform the viewer that is is an intense part or it could foreshadow future parts of the movies

  • Contrast

means difference between different sections of the film

when their is a higher contrast, the film is more intense

  •  Affinity

means more similar

less visual intensity

  • Slow/Fast

Fast rhythm means that the shots are faster and their is more visual intensity

slow rhythm means that the shots are longer and their is less visual intensity

  • Regular/ Irregular

uniform, patterned movement is regular movement, this can be less intense like everyday life) or intense (like in the giver)

Irregular movement usual means more intense (like in horror movies)

Controlling Rhythm Production

Film Without Commentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfJk9MOqiYQ&feature=youtu.be

Audio Commentary

Film Production Process

Before the start of this project, I had to plan out where and how we would film to control rhythm. I worked with Dzung to finish the script and incorporate our elements. During this project, we got to be creative with our production. We were able to compose our own script. We decided what roles we would take, I was the sound designer so after we composed the script, I made a list of sounds we would need for the film. I was always present on set because I had to record audio for the film. I collected all the sounds we needed and did all the ADR we needed, so it was up to the editor to add it.

 

What I Learned

In this project I learned that controlling rhythm is more difficult than it sounds. Rhythm is very hard to define. I learned that the main two aspects of rhythm are shot length and the amount of space in the shot.

Dialog in a Screenplay

Summary

In this project, I had to record a short conversation between two people to get natural sounding dialog. After that, we had to write a screenplay of the conversation. The purpose of all of this was to understand how people talk in actual conversations.

Recorded Conversation

Conversation Screenplay

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What I Learned

In this project I learned that it it very hard to be a screenwriter. It was very hard to get the recording because people would always say that you couldn’t use it, or there would be two many sound in the conversation.