Monthly Archives: February 2023

Decentring sound

Posted on February 21, 2023 by markreid1895

This week’s excitement with London Nautical boys involved trying out exercise 2: using a sound element to decentre, dislocate, or otherwise disorientate the central action. Two clips here: one finds a use of the alarming hand dryer noise, that so … Continue reading →

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Exercise 2 Off screen sound

Posted on February 20, 2023 by markreid1895

Exercise 2 of centred/ decentred is about how sound can refocus an audience’s attention, recentring the shot, or the action. a few years ago, during Shown/ Hidden, there was an exercise that did this very nicely, so I’ll put it … Continue reading →

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Frame within a frame by LNS

Posted on February 9, 2023 by markreid1895

For our third week with London Nautical, we used Saskia van Roomen’s ‘frame within a frame’ activity. Starting with discussion of Wes Anderson’s compositional style – unique, like his handwriting, he says – we looked at a neat little three-minute … Continue reading →

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