In these two lessons we looked at a couple films to help give us ideas about things we could do for our movie opening.
First we watched The English Patient. The opening to this is an extreme close up of a hand painting. The camera pans while hand moves, creating one long lasting shot. It then cut to a sweeping shot of the desert. We learnt that extreme close ups were very good at creating suspense and mystery. The sweeping shot taught us how it they are useful for exposition.
We then watched Made In Dagenam which had a lot of camera angles we could use. For example there was a panning shot from left to right that gave us a greater sense of where we were.
Then we split up in our groups and decided on what we should do. My group decided that we should make a Film Noir Opening.
Very thin, Charlie! Look back at the class blog and see what you have missed:
ReplyDeleteOur brainstorming: how could we open with a CU of a hand writing on a document? Our brainstorming: where could you find realistic establishing shots for atmosphere and authenticity?