Holly's blog

Representation ~  how media, such as television, film and books, portray certain types of people or communities

Genre ~ a type of film

Audience ~ a group of people who watch something

Narrative ~ Structure through which movies tell stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcJF3PIB7UU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWAuGcQ8Zc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55XY1i9YRMw I found all these very useful videos from a great YouTube channel. The tips are probably more for university film students rather than a-level but I feel as though I could still use or at least adapt some of the tips. :) I would really like to incorporate some of my A level music technology skills into my piece through foley or an inner monologue.

I still feel unsure for my ideas of narrative in my 5 min short film at the end of year 13. However, I have had some thoughts of the type of shots and the framing of them I would like to include. I like the idea of seeing someone asleep and an unnerving figure behind them and the person wakes up to look around but they're gone. I would use a close up on the face of the victim. two person shot to show the situation and a panning zoom when the figure disappears. I also like the cliché of a character waling away and the figure is in the mirror reflection or a character closes a door and the figure is behind it. I know it can be over used but I feel as though it is affective. I would use most likely medium shots as I wouldn't instead the shots to last long and I would want the audience to gather as much information as possible and be left slightly shocked and confused. I feel like these shots may be hard as I picture allot of them happening at night and I don't have the bu...

On a recent particularly rainy day me and my dad sat down and watched the 2019 horror/mystery "Midsommar".  My dad thought it was too long and too boring and that it didn't make any sense. However, I thought that it was a very clever film that normalised what was happening. Once it had finished I reflected on how the outrageous and graphic some of the scenes were, I felt as though while watching it everything is done subtly and the "anti" is slowly upped so that in real time I felt less shocked or felt that some how these steps were rational in a way.  I also really enjoyed the juxtaposition of the naturalistic imagery of flowers and fields and cliffs and stone to the violent imagery of blood and suicide and graphic death. (Levi Strauss theory of binary opposites). I loved how they kept the audience guessing and left/revealed little clues and hints along the way so that in the end it all "made sense", I liked how the end left the audience wanting ...

  My 5 minute short film, silent style no dialogue, a scorned lover gets revenge My thoughts after having made my 5 minute short film: I though i edited my short well and cut the music to fit actions and it seemed smooth. This maybe because one of my other subjects is music tech. I also think I chose my locations and actors well also the lighting seemed good. I think if I was to do this again I would of put some very neutral subtle music over the completely scielent part. Also I think that I would of been a bit more strict with one of the actors who couldn't make it to on of the shooting dates so I had to improvise.