FLIM School: Day Three part I
Exciting, exciting.
Got to learn the technique and kind of shots - zoom, dolly, boom etc; use of lenses - wide-angled lens, normal lens, telephoto lens...
The most interesting was continuity. First, we were introduced a cool hand sign with the 2nd and last finger pointed out. The left finger will be camera left and right finger will be camera right. So, the idea is to be consistent. If the character appears on the left, he will be depicted on the left in the next scene.
"Rock on!" prof Lind exclaimed as she pointed to us the sign.
"Continuity is a basic element on the film. Some major films neglected one slightest detail. And people went flooding the internet forums going 'oh my god can you believe it?! Superman had a scene with the watch on!' "
Errr....you get the idea....I was trying to mimic what prof Lind said...she did much better than that...
Screening: Delicatessen, Strangers on a train by Hitchcock, Godfather (Baptism and murder scene), Magnolia
GreatgreatGreat films were screened.
An example of parallel action was shown from Delicatessen. It's a scene about a closely knit community of people living in a block. Man and women having sex, woman beating a rug, girl practising on the cello, man painting the ceiling, boy pumping a tyre etc. The sounds converge to a rhythm, ending with a blast...orgasm...tyre explodes, cello string breaks, tyre blows, man falls over ladder. These parallel scenes all occuring in the black, connected by shooting from one ventilation hole to another and the sounds.
The next parallel action example came from Godfather. It was the 'Baptism and murder' scene. Starts with the solemn and holy ritual, the baptism of an infant to the Godfather. Then paralleled to the ritual of preparing the gun...the preparation of a grisly chain of murders that was to come. The playing of the grim church music connects the scenes together. Then, a third parallel was the presentation of the victims who were ignorant of what was to come. Then the baptism culminates. The wiping of the baby, the wiping of the sweat of the henchman. The killing spree starts and the priest declares to denounce Satan. The 'Yes' by the Godfather that was to be followed by the gunshots of his henchmen.
Awesome.
The next parallel example was a scene from Magnolia. A really touching moment that was to present the emotion of people from different situitons facing the same emotional level. All connected by a really lovely song. Really beautiful...
This is the art of film. It conveys an emotional mood in a visual manner. It does not need to show dialougue. It is able to bring the audience together on the same emotional mood. Imagine a film making the audience feeling happy, sad, touched, surprised...Such is the beauty...such is the art!
The second half of the day...was the test shoot! We finally got to work on our baby...the precious ARRIFLEX 16S. Got to play with the adjustment of exposure, loading a REAL film which can be wasted at the slightest mistake, rack-focusing etcetc
Got to learn the technique and kind of shots - zoom, dolly, boom etc; use of lenses - wide-angled lens, normal lens, telephoto lens...
The most interesting was continuity. First, we were introduced a cool hand sign with the 2nd and last finger pointed out. The left finger will be camera left and right finger will be camera right. So, the idea is to be consistent. If the character appears on the left, he will be depicted on the left in the next scene.
"Rock on!" prof Lind exclaimed as she pointed to us the sign.
"Continuity is a basic element on the film. Some major films neglected one slightest detail. And people went flooding the internet forums going 'oh my god can you believe it?! Superman had a scene with the watch on!' "
Errr....you get the idea....I was trying to mimic what prof Lind said...she did much better than that...
Screening: Delicatessen, Strangers on a train by Hitchcock, Godfather (Baptism and murder scene), Magnolia
GreatgreatGreat films were screened.
An example of parallel action was shown from Delicatessen. It's a scene about a closely knit community of people living in a block. Man and women having sex, woman beating a rug, girl practising on the cello, man painting the ceiling, boy pumping a tyre etc. The sounds converge to a rhythm, ending with a blast...orgasm...tyre explodes, cello string breaks, tyre blows, man falls over ladder. These parallel scenes all occuring in the black, connected by shooting from one ventilation hole to another and the sounds.
The next parallel action example came from Godfather. It was the 'Baptism and murder' scene. Starts with the solemn and holy ritual, the baptism of an infant to the Godfather. Then paralleled to the ritual of preparing the gun...the preparation of a grisly chain of murders that was to come. The playing of the grim church music connects the scenes together. Then, a third parallel was the presentation of the victims who were ignorant of what was to come. Then the baptism culminates. The wiping of the baby, the wiping of the sweat of the henchman. The killing spree starts and the priest declares to denounce Satan. The 'Yes' by the Godfather that was to be followed by the gunshots of his henchmen.
Awesome.
The next parallel example was a scene from Magnolia. A really touching moment that was to present the emotion of people from different situitons facing the same emotional level. All connected by a really lovely song. Really beautiful...
This is the art of film. It conveys an emotional mood in a visual manner. It does not need to show dialougue. It is able to bring the audience together on the same emotional mood. Imagine a film making the audience feeling happy, sad, touched, surprised...Such is the beauty...such is the art!
The second half of the day...was the test shoot! We finally got to work on our baby...the precious ARRIFLEX 16S. Got to play with the adjustment of exposure, loading a REAL film which can be wasted at the slightest mistake, rack-focusing etcetc
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