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This was my favourite exhibit as I’m always fascinated by light. I did enjoy some of the photography on display though, it inspired me to take my own pictures on the way back from the BFI.

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I edited the pictures I took on the way back from the Tate. I was inspired by our lecture on camerawork and specifically the rule of thirds. The example that was used was the film Amelie which happens to be my girlfriend's favourite film.

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SHORT FILM INSPIRED BY SYNOPSIS WORKSHOP

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SHORT FILM INSPIRED BY SYNOPSIS WORKSHOP

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Gladys gave us a lesson on writing synopsises and we had to write one in a group. I believe I wrote mine too close to a screenplay as I gave camera directions and far too much description.

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The camera workshops were enjoyable and informative. I have a massive interest in many cameras so learning about new ones was extremely exciting.

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I've never done any work with sound equipment, so I really enjoyed working with particularly the boom mics. The only downside is that I have relatively bad sensory issues, so it was a struggle to listen to at points.

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Our short films had to be a portrait of sorts so I made mine a portrait of me through the people I surround myself with and my photography. I named it “I WORSHIP YOU AS A PART OF ME” and used the song Heaven by I Monster to sync my videos and images.

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I really struggled with the poster, I knew that i wanted it to have a hazy quality paired with some vibrant colours, mimicking a happy memory but, getting the balance right and using the right pictures proved to be difficult.

In the end I used a picture of my housemate Scarlett’s eyes as I thought it was one of the most striking visuals in my film. I used motion blur on the image and the font to create that hazy effect without losing the detail in either of them.

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My group’s presentation was about Silence of the Lambs, particularly focused on how the film portrays femininity. My section was about the portrayal of Buffalo Bill and how it falls into some unfortunate stereotypes about gay men.

The presentation overall went well though I was extremely nervous about speaking in front of many people. We did have some issues with one member of our group not contributing whatsoever but after bringing this up with Abby it was sorted out.

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My treatment was extremely fun to write, I enjoyed experimenting with the order of events, the film starting just before the end of the story and going back to explain how we got there. Though I am proud of what I wrote, I wish I’d given myself more time and that I had thought of a better title.

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I loved working on the video essay which was supposed to be a character study. I chose John Trent as my character as his arc is simple yet interesting. I also chose him because In the Mouth of Madness is my favourite John Carpenter film of all time and is extremely underrated. I worked quite strangely, writing, recording audio and editing at the same time. Having downloaded the entire film and splitting it into scenes I deemed important to John’s character, I edited the opening visuals and audio before I had even written anything.

I edited all my audio in Adobe Audition but always did the visuals first as I struggled to think of points without having anything to focus on.

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The character descriptions for my main guys

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I learned over time in this uni that I really enjoy writing in particular, this inspired me to challenge myself to write a feature length film outside of uni since all my writing has been short films. Though my project still remains unnamed, I have had a great time figuring out my characters and the broad plot. I made a document to get my ideas down and write short character descriptions and eventually, in december, I began actually writing it.

The film is a mystery thriller where two detectives hunt down a killer while one is being stalked by the murderer.

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I personally did not enjoy the challenge but it was caused by an overly ambitious director who was unwilling to compromise his “vision”.
He was repeatedly told that his idea would be more than 3 minutes (which was our time limit) and refused to listen. When told by me directly, during the editing process, that without scrapping some scenes the film would be way over 3 minutes, he suggested that we ignore the time limit entirely. I refused to do this as it was the point of the challenge, the rest of the group agreed that it would be best to do a three minute version for submission and if he wanted to he could have the raw footage to edit a longer version. He then edited a 5 minute version using some of my edit (without permission) and submitted that regardless of what everyone else wanted.

Though the experience was irritating, I was proud of the quality of my edit and the speed I did it in. Overall it took me 19hrs in one day to complete, I only slept for 3 hours in order to finish it.

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My group is 4A and I’ve found them pleasant to work with.  Given that we are a small production, most of us have taken on multiple roles. I worked on sound design (recording + editing) mainly but also helped with costume and props. I helped specifically with the scarecrow, I was the one to make his clothes look weathered and deteriorated and I also helped with the construction of the scarecrow.

Recording sound was difficult due to the weather conditions, the first day was extremely windy and the second extremely windy. A lot of the sound needed to be foley but due to the setting being relatively simple and the story requiring few none atmospheric sounds, it wasn’t too difficult.

We couldn’t have predicted the weather weeks in advance when we were getting permissions in place but I wish we’d have had better luck as the process would’ve been a lot more straightforward. My group was mostly helpful and determined to do their best to finish our project to the best of our ability, they’re probably the best group I’ve had all year.

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I received the final edit on 16th April, the film was due on 27th April. Since I was travelling back to uni on the 16th I couldn’t work on it that day. My journey was over 10 hours so I had no time that day, giving me 10 days to finish the sound. Overall I found the entire experience very challenging, my sensory issues were making me miserable, I barely slept and my director, while lovely, was giving very difficult instructions. Such as, “make this scene sound like sunshine”. I believe there was 4 or 5 edits total with 7 audio tracks in the final version. Even after exporting what I thought would be the final version, I was asked to make minor changes. Even though the experience was gruelling, I can say I’m proud of my work but I now know that sound editing really isn’t for me.

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Personally I disliked a lot of the films we watched though I don’t want to be misrepresented as someone who hates experimental cinema. I love films that violate the norm I just found many of these films to be pedestrian, veering on pretentious. I know we were shown works by very popular experimental film makers but some of them really felt like “baby’s first experimental film”. I especially disliked the last one, we were given no warning for nudity which I don’t at all appreciate and seeing a naked child made me walk out of the lecture, horrendous.

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Since we have such a short time to make a three minute film, I’ve decided I’d take inspiration from music. A lot of my work is me listening to a song and then channelling the feeling it gives me into something that is almost entirely unrelated aside from the vibe. Recently I’ve been enamoured by Frank Sinatra’s “The World We Knew (Over And Over)” and since the prompt we were given was memory, I thought it would be perfect as a back in track and starting point. I’ll work backwards from the song but this time I’ll keep it related. The song is beautiful, a passionate declaration of love while also melancholy, as the days of their romance are over.