When presenting our film and sound piece we did discuss our evaluation, however there is no evidence of this on our powerpoint.
I think on the whole we did work really well as a group. We did struggle with a few communication issues which obviously made the task harder for ourselves, and meant we struggled with time. However I think we have all learnt from this task, and we all are aware our communication is something we need to work on should we work together again. However we did complete the task in the short time we ended up having due to Hannah joining our group late. I think we each used our skills to the best of our abilities, for example I really enjoyed the sound design aspect, and therefore took this role onboard, while Josh believed cinematography was his strong point, and editing being Hannah's. We did have some issues such as timing and shots being discoloured etc. However as a group we overcame each of these issues and I believe we have created something we can all be proud of.
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Telling Lies
Telling Lies is a short experimental film (by Simon Ellis) which follows Several of Phil's phone calls following a night out the previous day. This film shows Phil and the other characters as lying to each other. The film doesn't actually feature any footage of the characters and just includes the texts of what the characters actually mean which is contrasted with the voice overs of what they are actually saying. The lack of any footage means the audience fully focus on the text's in which are being presented to them. This may have been used to make sure the audience weren't distracted by what was happening on screen and would notice better the lies in which were being told. I found Ellis's approach very interesting as it shows what cannot usually be portrayed through the traditional film making techniques.
The quote "Some film-makers set out to create films that challenge orthodox notions of what a movie can show and how it can show it' best describes Ellis approach to this film. I believe this as he doesn't follow traditional film making techniques, in terms of not using any live footage, but still manages to capture the attention of an audience.
Bordwell, D/ Thompson, K (2012) Film Art: An Introduction (10th Edition), McGraw-Hill Higher Education: New York
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