planning	shooting	editing
sound 1- trapped in hard-drive	done	done	done
sound 2	done
cinematography 1	done
cinematography 2	in progress
screen writing

FILM CHOSEN (incl. Director and Date)​	Across The Universe (Taymor, 2007)​
Time Signature (Hours00Mins00Seconds00) + Duration​	35:09-39:18 (4 mins 9 secs)​
Sequence/Scene  Description​	“come togther” JoJo coming to New York sequence​
Micro Elements (choose 2 at least)​	Mise En Scene, cinematography ​
Macro Elements (choose 1)​	post modernist theory

FILM​	Preference(/10) ​	Memorable Scene​	FilmElement Focus​​
Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016)​	5  /10 ​	When juan puts chiron at the head of the table.​​​	Mis-en-scene​

Title	Score of 10	Memorable scene	Film element
Pans labyrinth	7	Monster with eye hands	Mis-en-scene

Title	Score of 10	Memorable scene	Film element
Across the universe	8	I want you	Mis-en-scene

Film to focus on- across the universe 

Company name and project: total fiction- boucle 

Meeting date- 14/07/20 

Atendees- olivia (screenwriter and sound editor), charlie (director), lawrence (cinematographer and editor) 

Agenda items 

watch une chien andalou 

in dream loads of expressioniasm- wakes with white face- kaligari- look in mirror and relaise go8ing insane 

Mexican stand off at start with more people appearing- guns go and cut to something mad 

End he dies fade to black and then noice of him waking but no visuals 

Action points 

1)- liv- research german expressionism- write acting as over the top 

2) charlie – ideas for casting main role plus extras 

3) Lawrence – location scouting and shot lists plus equipment.     

liv-screenwriter/sound

charlie-direction

lawrence-cinematography/editing

My inspiration for this character came from the fiance in ‘The cabinet of Dr. Caligari’ In my head my character, like the fiance, is clinically insane and suffers from dissociative amnesia. I kept with the grainy black and white theme of the 1920 film as I felt that the character would fit in a horror film in that time period. I did her makeup with the characteristic sharp and thin drawn on eyebrows and red cupid bow lips of the time period. I decided on a white dress as it makes her the focal point in the dark background as well as giving her an air of childlike innocence and purity.

Which technique(s) being used: Framed Subject, Deep Focus

Where (location) we are shooting: The street

Who (subject) we are shooting: Charlie, Myself

We were inspired by the scene in which young Kane is about to be taken from his parents. The scene artfully uses blocking techniques and deep focus to show the emotions of Kane. We replicated the camera movements by utilising a bench that we moved in and out of the way.

In my opinion, the best scene in citizen Kane is when a young Kane is being taken from his parents. The scene is pioneering in its cinematography which utilises deep focus in a way that was technologically impossible in films previous. The scene also uses blocking techniques using the window that draws attention to young Kane. The use of deep focus keeps audience attention fixed on all characters and shows their reactions to situations better. The camera movement itself is one of the reasons the films stands out against other films at the time. The movements were fresh and new compared to most other films of the period that used the same, boring, barely moving movements. One example of Toland’s innovative camera movements was during the scene mentioned previously which, in order to get the smooth shot wanted, a table was cut in half and moved together in time for the camera to move through it, creating the illusion that the table was there the whole time. Extreme closeups allowed a clearer look at the emotion of characters faces which gages a clearer audience response.  The film is incredibly fast paced and changes genre suddenly and often which helps keep audience engagement. The newsreel montage at the beginning of the film was also creative and innovative. It gave a more comedic spin to what previously looked like a horror or drama and was an interesting new experience for audiences who had never experienced that kind of intradiegetic gaze in cinema. The montage also gave a fresh way to showcase information for the audience without having to explicitly using dialogue. 

Which techniques – tracking shot, table movements, high and low angles

Where (location) you are shooting- corridor, drama room, hall

Who (subject) you are shooting- Liv + Andrew

What specific meaning you are trying to achieve in relation to storytelling- loss of identity