In the first week of our second year on the course we were given a week to produce a video. I wanted to stick to the theme of independance that is running for the mini masterpieces contest.
Loosely based on a true story, this drama piece followed Chris Johnson at university, he just wants to be alone but this is made increasingly difficult by Ved (played by himself, me) and Will.
I was pleased with the filming process, it was a lot of fun and everyone worked really hard. I was pleased with Reubens camera work also, especially the opening shot.
The finished film suffers slightly because it starts off following Chris, however half way through the camera starts to follow me which is a confusing way of telling the story, the style of the piece also changes when we start to follow Chris and myself using the camera handheld which gave it more of a documentary feel when it was originally meant to be a drama. I'm glad I've learnt from this as it's the first time in the course I've done a drama video and that is the area I'm most interested in working in.
Thursday 9 October 2008
Tuesday 7 October 2008
Classroom Exercise on storytelling
It was a Monday morning and Phil was late for work at the university, he hoped his students would still be there as he was going to be at least a quarter of an hour late.
Whilst in a traffic jam just a few minutes from Uni, a crazed old man starts attacking Phil’s car, at the same time gibbering madly.
In fear, Phil pulled out a gun, which he keeps in his glove pocket and threatened the crazed old man by pointing it towards his head. The crazed old man pushed his own head into the barrel of the gun; Phil pulled the trigger, blood poured down the man’s face, yet he remained alive.
Phil’s face turned white and Mandy, who was in the passenger seat, glanced at her watch and realised it was going to be a long day.
Just then, the lights ahead turned green. Phil gently tapped the accelerator and ran over the crazy old man, continuing on his journey.
Mandy looked back and noticed the car tyre had squashed the crazy mans head and now lays motionless. Could this be the solution to killing these…things…if there were more of them?
Phil looked at Mandy with a approving nod, as if saying that was the best journey into uni yet but as they were driving up the drive they spot another of these “creatures” but it turned out to be another crazed old man.
Phil and Mandy decided that the solution was inevitable, they would have to begin therapy sessions for their prejudices against old men and would have to stop calling them creautures and things and just accept that the old are always going to be here. They kissed.
As they were kissing Phil crashed into a fence and they both laughed heartily at their impulsive actions. They carried on to the Uni and Phil arrived at his lesson two hours after the lesson, however his students were waiting there with him and when they saw him they all cheered.
Whilst in a traffic jam just a few minutes from Uni, a crazed old man starts attacking Phil’s car, at the same time gibbering madly.
In fear, Phil pulled out a gun, which he keeps in his glove pocket and threatened the crazed old man by pointing it towards his head. The crazed old man pushed his own head into the barrel of the gun; Phil pulled the trigger, blood poured down the man’s face, yet he remained alive.
Phil’s face turned white and Mandy, who was in the passenger seat, glanced at her watch and realised it was going to be a long day.
Just then, the lights ahead turned green. Phil gently tapped the accelerator and ran over the crazy old man, continuing on his journey.
Mandy looked back and noticed the car tyre had squashed the crazy mans head and now lays motionless. Could this be the solution to killing these…things…if there were more of them?
Phil looked at Mandy with a approving nod, as if saying that was the best journey into uni yet but as they were driving up the drive they spot another of these “creatures” but it turned out to be another crazed old man.
Phil and Mandy decided that the solution was inevitable, they would have to begin therapy sessions for their prejudices against old men and would have to stop calling them creautures and things and just accept that the old are always going to be here. They kissed.
As they were kissing Phil crashed into a fence and they both laughed heartily at their impulsive actions. They carried on to the Uni and Phil arrived at his lesson two hours after the lesson, however his students were waiting there with him and when they saw him they all cheered.
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