Saturday, 31 May 2014
Film on Twitter
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Friday, 23 May 2014
Introductory Presentation Instructions
In pairs you must do a presentation on the short film and the film trailer that is assigned to you.
Your presentation must include:
- A screening of your short film and your trailer.
- Detailed analysis of camera angles, shots, movement and composition; editing; sound; mise en scène.
- An understanding of how the film-makers tell stories quickly.
- Ideas (camera angles, shots, movement and composition; editing; sound; mise en scène) that you think you could pay homage to in your own film / trailer.
- Sam Knappett and Izzy Miller - Get Off My Land // The Others
- Izzy Morris and Tash Boddy - Two and Two // Funny Games US and Austrian
- Sam Cowie and Mel Corney - Big Society // American Beauty
- Chloe Woods and Emelia Ridealgh - My Dream / My Reality // Anchorman
- Megan Brown and Megan Williams - Exit Strategy // Pulp Fiction
- Katie Bird and James Looby - Two and Two // 12 Years a Slave
- Mollie Sisson and Chris Spink - My Dream / My Reality // Jarhead
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Short Film Examples from the BBC Film Network
A young couple on a countryside walk meet the farmer who owns the land they're walking across.
Two & Two by Babak Anvari
In a school governed by a strict regime, the pupils are informed that simple facts are no longer true.
Kids Might Fly by Alex Taylor
An offbeat and touching portrait of young people in East London.
Big Society by Nick Society
The film documents one man's controversial new approach to tackling social issues.
An Ode To Modern Democracy And The Hairdresser By The Room
A hairdresser's mind wanders as she trims the Prime Minister's fringe and imagines the consequences of an assassination attempt using only hair salon essentials.
Exit Strategy by Frederic Casella
A husband organises a surprise for his wife: her funeral.
My Dream / My Reality by Jon Hardy and James Ward
A drama based on a true story about the emotional and psychological impact of sex trafficking from the point of view of the victim.
Dad’s Dead By Chris Shepherd (mixed with animation but good dream like techniques)
Through a series of ghostly reminiscences a young man tries to piece together fragmented moments from the past.
Waiting for the End of the World By Lee Deaville
Deprived of human contact, and with only an overactive imagination to keep him company, Petr sets about his nightshift at the supermarket.
Domestics By Rob Curry
One tempestuous couple see how far they can push their relationship in a tale of love, death and ice cream.
Litterpicker by Ashley Horner
Two men clean the city's streets: one compulsively, the other poetically.
Film Trailer Genre Examples
Action Trailer - The Bourne Ultimatum
Adventure Trailer - Super 8
Comedy Trailer - Anchorman
Crime and Gangster Trailer - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Crime and Gangster Trailer - Pulp Fiction
Drama Trailer - American Beauty
Drama Trailer - Silver Linings Playbook
Epic/Historical Drama Trailer - 12 Years a Slave
Horror Trailer - The Others
Sci-fi Trailer - Moon
War Trailer - Jarhead
Western Trailer -
The Assassination of Jesse James by
the Coward Robert Ford
Western Trailer - Django Unchained
Arthouse Trailer - Funny Games 1997
Arthouse Trailer - Funny Games 2010 (Shot for Shot Identical)
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