| Film Chosen | Moonlight |
| Time Signature | 0:00:40 – 0:02:40 2 minutes |
| Sequence / Scene description | Opening scene where Juan arrives in his car and talks to his drug dealer friend. After this, a group of kids run past and it is revealed that Chiron is being chased. This scene first introduces the characters in a unique way. |
| Micro Element | Cinematography |
| Macro Elements | Mise-en-Scene & Filmmaker’s intentions |
| FILM | PREFERENCE | MEMORABLE | FILM ELEMENT FOCUS |
| Across the Universe (Taymor, 2007) | 7/10 | The Bus Scene | Editing & Sound |
| FILM | PREFERENCE | MEMORABLE | FILM ELEMENT FOCUS |
| Pan’s Labyrinth (del Toro, 2006) | 4/10 | The Scene where the root gets found and put in the fire. | Cinematography |
| FILM | PREFERENCE | MEMORABLE | FILM ELEMENT FOCUS |
| MOONLIGHT (JENKINS 2016) | 8/10 | Opening Scene with the car pulling up in front of the camera | Cinematography |
Which Technique we are using (from list) –
Extreme High/Low Angles.
Where We Are Shooting (Location) –
On the stairs outside art.
Who We Are Shooting (Subject) –
We are shooting Charles as he walks up the stairs.
What Specific Meaning We Are Trying To Achieve In Relation To Storytelling –
WHO WERE BUSTER KEATON AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND ARE THEY STILL CONSIDERED TO BE GREAT CINEMA PRACTITIONERS? NAME AT LEAST ONE FILM MADE BY EACH DIRECTOR.
Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin are American directors. They were both very popular all over the world. They didn’t just direct the films they would also act in them.
Both Keaton and Chaplin are still considered to be revolutionary and an incredible contribution to the film industry.
An example of a Charlie Chaplin film is ‘Modern Times’.
An example of a Buster Keaton film is ‘The General’
DW GRIFFITH’S FILM BIRTH OF A NATION SO SUCCESSFUL WHEN ITWAS RELEASED IN 1915 AND WHY IS IT SO CONTROVERSIAL NOW?
This film, Birth of a Nation, was so successful due to the fact that it was a full length feature film, being 3 hours long. The production quality of this film was huge and unlike anything seen before.
This film features the accompaniment from a main organ, playing many different pieces of music.
This film is now massively controversial due to the fact it featured the horrific time of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and they were almost glorified in the film, making them out to be heroes. During this film, black people were seen as inhumane and hugely in superior.
As time has gone on, equality has increased massively, and humans are just seen as humans, with a lot less racism, homophobia and white supremacy. This decrease is seen massively in the figures.
The KKK member figures decreased from 3,000,000 to a mere 8000-9000 at present, showing the wake in realisation of how bad this really is.
These were the slides that we used to back up our talking –
Link to Final Sequence –
C. Reflection on collaboration in the core production team (8 marks ) REFLECTION The post where you assess what you have learned and what you’ll do next time.
Once we had filmed our shots, we each had a copy of the rushes and edited them to each of our own styles, so we each had something personally creative. I edited in Adobe Premiere Pro as that is what i am most familiar with.
Overall, I think our film/sequence turned out ‘alright’ but nowhere near the standard that we desired. I think once we reflected as a team, on what went right and what went wrong, we were definitely ready to give it another go on the next task that is set. I am going to explain what i think went well first, and then what i think we could have done to improve our standard. First of all, what went well. I think the main thing that we did quite well was equipment. We all communicated well, on when we were going to shoot, as so we all turned up with all of the right gear at the right time, meaning we had everything we needed for the shoot. Also, I think, our planning for location was quite good, as we went on a location recce, to help our ideas flow so that we felt more ready on the day of filming, to get going. Now onto what we could’ve done better in order to make our film better. First of all, a huge thing that we definitely got wrong was planning. We did not have a definitive written plan before we started filming, we only had a rough idea of what shots we wanted. This lead to our film, looking ultimately, rubbish. You could 100 percent tell that our film was a student film and now we have reflected, we now know what we could’ve done to improve. One main thing, for me, is that we could’ve added a greater variety of shot types, to make our film less confusing, or at least easier to watch. For example, we could’ve used an establishing shot for the start and used close-ups with zoom to build tension. More suitable outfits could’ve been worn in order to present characters more, and the actors would’ve maybe been able to present their acting better. Overall, i think we need to take our time more next time.