Exhibition Photos

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Evaluation

I am both pleased and disappointed with my final piece. Admittedly, my final piece was very different to what i had previously planned, due to both a change of ideas and the fact that some scenes were proving to be exceptionally hard to film. The structure of my film changed dramatically, as I felt that a sense of repetition would prove to be better than a normal structure, In the end I was particuarly pleased with my choice of structure. I felt that some of the camera work may appear rushed and extremely amateur, however, I was pleased with other parts, I believe that i should have included the use of a tripod in all my scenes, so not all of it was shakey. Some of my scenes had to be perfect within one take as I could only take them once. Although initially my film was going to include stop motion as well as live action, I opted not to do so for the sake of both time and effect. I think that I originally only had a small concept that would give full illustration of my idea to the audience, hoever, I believe that my final film allowed the audience to interpret it in their own individual way. My soundtrack music was easy to create, but I feel that added a unique atmosphere to my film as one member of the audience quoted "It felt like it was never going to end", which is just what i was aiming for, as well as to create an sense of Unease and edginess, for my editing I made some scenes in black and white and even reversed some, i think that this added well to the way that the audience may interpret my piece. I only decided toreverse some of the scenes during editing as I felt that it would look better visually, and it also sped up the scene as it was too long at the time. The thing that I was probbaly most pleased with was my exhibition, I did this in a dark room and projected my film against a friends back, although the film was still easy to view, I believe that it was a rather unique way to show it and the exhibition itself added to the experience of viewing the film. The part that I was most disappointed with was the fact I did not include all ideas for shots, I took nearly a third of them out, and admittedly the final film looks nothing like the original storyboard, I think that If I had taken the time to film these shots, my final piece would be better compiled and could flow better. All in all, I would say that I am pleased with both my reaction and audeience reaction to my final piece, and although it was not as originally intended it came out better than I had hoped in some ways.

Chapter 3- Narrative and Non-Narrative Structures

Some films have a very straight forward Narrative, whilst other may have a more complex one, or none at all. An example of a film with a clear narrative is 'Eel Girl', the scene is immediately established and the story is easy to follow and understand, with Main Characters pointed out and easily understandable dialogue. An example of a film with a rather complex Narrative is 'girl chewing gum' because to start with, it is thought that the narrative is simple- a man directing actors with what to do, before it soon becomes clear that this is spontaneous and not pre-planned, the only part of the film which has an intended narrative is the dialogue, whilst everything else is left down to chance.

Chapter 1- Discuss both past and present works

Although there is a long lapse of time between the creation of many of these films, They hold similarities with each other, be it the concept of the film or the craft, you can find something in common with most films. For example Gisele Kerozene and Everything Turns are both stop motion pieces of film, and although Gisele Kerozene and Everything Turns hold a gap of over 20 years between each other, it shows that some methods of cinematography do not die out. Some films are keeping up to date with the happenings in the world, for example doll face by andy huang can be seen as a protest to today's impact of media on people's ideas of perfection. Although today many films from some time ago are viewed as primitive, chances are that equipment used was state of the art at the time of production. Some films are particuarly high budget e.g. Eel Girl, whilst some are seemingly low budget, e.g. Girl Chewing Gum, however, each film, whilst with similarities, has it's own individual effect on the person watching, as the creator of it would have desired.

Everything Turns- Matt Hattler

For me, Everything turns by Matt Hattler was a short but effective piece of film. Created using what i believe to be stop motion it has a metaphorical concept of time. The audience seem to be watching time in fast motion and viewing the progression of both life and objects, I believe that the title everything turns is taken from the images conveyed in the film as most of them are spinning. The film is relatively new and gives the impression that eventually everything is going to come to a stop.

Eel girl- Paul Campion- 2008

Eel Girl, which is probably one of the most recent and more disturbing films that I have viewed. It tells the story of a fictional science lab and a so called experiment of a hybrid creature, Half eel, half Human. Originally the film was going to be a music video, but it was later decided to cut it down and make into a short film. I believe that the concept of the film is the typical ‘song of the sirens’ or ‘Venus flytrap’ idea of someone succumbing to seduction and then having to pay for it. The film seems to be quite high budget as it utilises some special effects to be rather convincing. The whole atmosphere of the film seems to be rather bleak and artificial, in an abstract yet realistic setting.

Gisele Kerozene

For me Gisele Kerozene was a very intriguing piece to watch, it was an earlier example of Stop Motion and I think that the way it was used worked very well. The concept seemed to be a pursuit of witch like characters trying to retrieve an object from another, although it was initially hard to grasp the whole idea, the foundations of it was easy to get. The flying effect created in stop motion, which presumably was made by taking pictures of the actors jumping in the air many times, was rather effective as it made the viewing seem very jumpy, and for me, added to the aura of the characters.

Girl chewing gum- John Smith- 1976

The girl chewing gum, made by John Smith is a very simple yet unique film. The film uses a simple concept; the director is instructing his “Cast” of actors what to do, from speech to the smallest action such as pointing. It is eventually revealed in the film that the director actually has no control, and he is simply directing previously seen observations, as he is in a completely different area to the one shown on screen. The film is shot in Black and White and is seemingly quite low budget compared to other films I have viewed. I think that there is meant to be a mild amount of comedy behind the piece and I also think that the film manipulates the audience for quite some time- causing them to believe that the director is indeed ordering the slightest action whenever he pleases, until eventually they realise that this is not possible and the comedy sets in. The title of the film “Girl chewing gum” comes from a part of the film that holds no particular significance, but easily illustrates the whole ideas of the film.