Terminology to remember: match cut, parallel editing, low angle shot, motivated edit., verisimilitude, authenticity
Exam method: deal with each technical area in turn (so, all of mise-en-scene first, then camerawork, then editing then sound)
Monday 26 November 2018
TV DRAMA: HOMELAND
We watch the opening of Series 1 Episode 2 and analyse film language.
Terminology to remember: match cut, parallel editing, low angle shot, motivated edit., verisimilitude, authenticity
Exam method: deal with each technical area in turn (so, all of mise-en-scene first, then camerawork, then editing then sound)
Terminology to remember: match cut, parallel editing, low angle shot, motivated edit., verisimilitude, authenticity
Exam method: deal with each technical area in turn (so, all of mise-en-scene first, then camerawork, then editing then sound)
FILM INDUSTRY: SUNSET SONG
FILM INDUSTRY: SUNSET SONG
Film review by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
BFI film review
Sunset Song was a UK/Luxembourg co-production part-financed by Creative Scotland, who awarded £450,000 towards the development of the film.
To capture the beauty of the landscape, and showcase the Scottish locations as characters in their own right, the film-makers chose to shoot on 65mm film, a creative decision aimed at creating depth, clarity and emotional impact on the screen, on an Arri Alexa [a film-style digital camera].
The film received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) - widely recognised as the most important film festival after Cannes - and screened in competition at the London Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival. It went on general release across the UK in early December 2015, to a string of 4 and 5 star reviews – Mark Kermode called it ‘a lyrical triumph’ – and Agyness Deyn was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer in the British Independent Film Awards 2015.
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| From the Producers of Sunset Song |
Case study of independent, low-budget UK film: Sunset Song (director Terence Davies, 2016)
For the second half of the exam, we look at Sunset Song directed by Terence Davies and examine what made it a critical (artistic) success, its casting, the ways in which it shows a different funding model to Hollywood movies and the ways in which its themes are different from the 4S megafranchise model.
It was produced by Iris Productions, SellOut Pictures and Hurricane Films and backed by BFI, Creative Scotland, BBC Scotland and Luxembourg Film Fund.[3]
BFI film review
Sunset Song was a UK/Luxembourg co-production part-financed by Creative Scotland, who awarded £450,000 towards the development of the film.
To capture the beauty of the landscape, and showcase the Scottish locations as characters in their own right, the film-makers chose to shoot on 65mm film, a creative decision aimed at creating depth, clarity and emotional impact on the screen, on an Arri Alexa [a film-style digital camera].
The film received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) - widely recognised as the most important film festival after Cannes - and screened in competition at the London Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival. It went on general release across the UK in early December 2015, to a string of 4 and 5 star reviews – Mark Kermode called it ‘a lyrical triumph’ – and Agyness Deyn was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer in the British Independent Film Awards 2015.
5 things about Sunset Song:
- Terence Davies as Britain's greatest living auteur: themes are often hardship and poverty of working class lives
- 'Filmic' quality: beauty and brutality: shot on 65mm using an Ari Alexa (film-style digital camera)
- Lyrical rural beauty of countryside (exteriors) contrasted with claustrophobic domestic conflict (indoors). First time Davies has focussed on outdoors: this meant expensive shoots in Scotland and New Zealand
- Literary adaptation from Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy: on the eve of the Great War, a beautiful farmer's daughter endures the hardships of rural Scottish life as she comes of age
- Box office figures: it was a critical / artistic success, loved by 'prestige' audiences. Grossed approx. $160 thousand worldwide (Box Office Mojo)
AUDIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE
We will use Google Forms to create an audience questionnaire.
First, decide what questions you want answered, such as these below.
Use the BFI Exit polls on the film '71 as a base.
First, decide what questions you want answered, such as these below.
Use the BFI Exit polls on the film '71 as a base.
AUDIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE: FILM
1.
What
age are you?
Under 35
Over 35
2.
What
gender are you?
Male
Female
3.
Do
you watch the trailer before the film?
Yes
No
4.
Which
of the following influence your choice? Tick any box that applies
News articles
Talk shows
Interviews
Reviews
and so on......
Have you asked some questions that relate specifically to the type of film that you yourself are planning to make?
You may have yes / no answers
A different follow-up question depending on yes / no answers
Tick all box answers
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