Monday, 25 November 2013
Fade to Black: AS Film - Sound in Film lecture November 2013
Fade to Black: AS Film - Sound in Film lecture 19/10/12: Click on this link for the sound lecture from 2012. In this lecture I again focused on the use of music in Trainspotting, but also looked at the use of dialogue in Pulp Fiction
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
AS Film - use of Mise en Scene and Cinematography in 'Scream'
Following on from last Friday's session, here is the opening sequence to Wes Craven's Scream (1996).
You can use this for your 1500 word sequence analysis if you wish, but remember the analysed part should be between 5-6 minutes in duration, so you cannot use the whole sequence.
You could also use this for the use of editing and also for the incredible use of sound.
You can use this for your 1500 word sequence analysis if you wish, but remember the analysed part should be between 5-6 minutes in duration, so you cannot use the whole sequence.
You could also use this for the use of editing and also for the incredible use of sound.
Monday, 14 October 2013
Fade to Black: AS Film - Cinematography lecture 11/10/13
Link to the film sequences used on Friday 11 October - Shaun of the Dead, The Notebook and Jaws (the li-lo sequence)
Fade to Black: AS Film - Cinematography lecture 05/10/12: In this entry you will find the sequences studied today with regards to cinematography. Remember, we considered the size of six different ki...
Fade to Black: AS Film - Cinematography lecture 05/10/12: In this entry you will find the sequences studied today with regards to cinematography. Remember, we considered the size of six different ki...
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Fade to Black: AS Film - Mise en Scene: Lecture 3 - 28/09/12
Fade to Black: AS Film - Mise en Scene: Lecture 3 - 28/09/12: Third and final week of focusing mainly on mise en scene. Firstly the opening three minutes of Steven Spielberg's war epic, Saving Priv...
Link to previous post for Saving Private Ryan and Schndler's List sequences - for last of the handwritten initial review analysis
Link to previous post for Saving Private Ryan and Schndler's List sequences - for last of the handwritten initial review analysis
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Fade to Black: AS Film - Mise en Scene: Lecture 2 - 27/09/13
Fade to Black: AS Film - Mise en Scene: Lecture 2 - 21/09/12: This is the link for today's lecture session on Mise-en-Scene - it is from last year, but is still the same. You will need to analyse one of the sequences as part of your progress check on AS Film.
Friday, 20 September 2013
AS Film Facebook Group 2013-14
Follow this link for the AS Film Facebook group for 2013-14. Only students enroled onto this course at the Bournemouth and Poole College will be allowed to join.
All future blog postings will be linked to the group.
AS Film Facebook group 2013-14
All future blog postings will be linked to the group.
AS Film Facebook group 2013-14
Thursday, 12 September 2013
AS Film: Mise en Scene - Lecture 1 13/09/13
Welcome to the supporting teaching blog for your AS Film Studies.
In today's lesson we considered one of the major cinematic techniques - Mise en Scene. This, as you will remember, translates as "everything in the frame". Mise en Scene includes: setting, location, costume, props, lighting and character placement, and has a vitally important role in how meaning is constructed by film makers, and consequently understood by the audience.
In this blog entry you will find the sequences shown today.
You may choose one of these sequences for your 1500 word coursework analysis. Other film sequences will be shown in the lectures the coming weeks which you can also choose from, as well as those which I did not show in the lessons.
IMPORTANT: You will be required to undertake a short 400-500 analysis of one of these three sequences as part of your initial review on the AS Film Studies course. This will help me assess your analytical and written skills in order to progress further onto this AS Level course.
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Lurhmann (1996).
Consider how Lurhmann provides a modern take on a classic play in order to engage the contemporary audience. This is achieved by its modern setting, costumes and props, while still retaining the original language. Note how the repeated visual motif of fire set up the violence ahead.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg (1977)
Think about how Spielberg shows both fear and wonderment of the alien contact, through the eyes of the mother and her son. Note how ordinary, everyday objects ,or props, take on a new life in this extraordinary setting. You should also note how Spielberg uses creative lighting techniques to endorse the meaning of the sequence.
28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle (2002)
A sequence full of meaning, which Boyle achieves with his creative use of a deserted London as a setting, the use of costume and props, together with how he places the main character within the various locations.
In today's lesson we considered one of the major cinematic techniques - Mise en Scene. This, as you will remember, translates as "everything in the frame". Mise en Scene includes: setting, location, costume, props, lighting and character placement, and has a vitally important role in how meaning is constructed by film makers, and consequently understood by the audience.
In this blog entry you will find the sequences shown today.
You may choose one of these sequences for your 1500 word coursework analysis. Other film sequences will be shown in the lectures the coming weeks which you can also choose from, as well as those which I did not show in the lessons.
IMPORTANT: You will be required to undertake a short 400-500 analysis of one of these three sequences as part of your initial review on the AS Film Studies course. This will help me assess your analytical and written skills in order to progress further onto this AS Level course.
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Lurhmann (1996).
Consider how Lurhmann provides a modern take on a classic play in order to engage the contemporary audience. This is achieved by its modern setting, costumes and props, while still retaining the original language. Note how the repeated visual motif of fire set up the violence ahead.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg (1977)
Think about how Spielberg shows both fear and wonderment of the alien contact, through the eyes of the mother and her son. Note how ordinary, everyday objects ,or props, take on a new life in this extraordinary setting. You should also note how Spielberg uses creative lighting techniques to endorse the meaning of the sequence.
28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle (2002)
A sequence full of meaning, which Boyle achieves with his creative use of a deserted London as a setting, the use of costume and props, together with how he places the main character within the various locations.
Consider how directors use Mise en Scene in other films which you have watched.
More on Mise en Scene next week.
More on Mise en Scene next week.
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