Monthly Archives: February 2013

St. Mark’s on Mise en Scene

Posted on February 24, 2013 by markreid1895

Thursday before half term, I went to St. Mark’s in Holloway to see Katie Jones and her film club group.  They were:  Jojo, Jodie (x2), Tyreese, Tyler, Simran, Joel, Lucy.  (Apologies for spelling..) We worked on Exercise 2: taking exactly … Continue reading →

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First discussion of the final ‘film essai’ on staging

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Michelle Cannon

After some editing of  last week’s steadycam/tracking shot practice (including a revelatory film experiment with and without boom-enabled sound), the boys get into a circle for an initial discussion on the final brief – the film essai – which is … Continue reading →

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So, did watching the 400 Blows leave any trace at all on your film-making?

Posted on February 7, 2013 by markreid1895

Last week (31st Jan), Sam brought in a light-weight kind of body-mounted jib, in order to take fluid tracking shots.  One of the groups followed Kai in a circular stroll around BFI Southbank; not one of the exercises per se, … Continue reading →

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Batman!

Posted on February 1, 2013 by bugsymeadows

For mise en scene inspiration, wee been using a lot of still images from films and photographs. Stills from scenes include Citizen Kane, WallE, Pursuit of Happyness and The Dark Knight. In fact, the interrogation scene from Dark Knight is … Continue reading →

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