A Canon DSLR + tripod is available to borrow if you do either Media or Film Studies.
Loan period will finish at the end of the Summer Term (Friday 10th July 2020).
You will need to pay a £50 deposit, which is returned to you when you return the complete kit.
See Mr Gregson to arrange the loan.
To film and edit a continuity sequence that builds to a tense climax.
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Find Continuity Edits in Hell’s Club
Identify two examples of each of the following. Note the time code when the following edits / shots takes place in the sequence.
“Film a character walking down a corridor, opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.”
In the edit you must demonstrate understanding of
Here is the script which we would like you to use.
You will be working in groups of three for this task and must each shoot the sequence, which you will be editing later this week.
Edit your sequence in WeVideo
Here are two example preliminary tasks made by teachers, spot the mistakes:
Creative Intention as the title
Here is a great analysis of framing and editing and answers the question ‘Who Wins The Scene’
Think of cut as connectives in a sentence
…so, and, then, but, however, meanwhile…
How then does does editing create meaning if it’s just simply links in the film?
Well first of all, the edit constructs the meaning in the minds of the audience.
Recap by defining and exemplify the Kuleshov effect…
So…OK…it’s the connectives of film, such as: ‘so’, ‘and’, ‘then’, ‘however’, ‘meanwhile’… which the audience link to make connective sense of two images.
Identify the editing techniques used in this sequence.
Analyse how these editing techniques create meaning and sense for the audience.
You should use this handout to complete your TEA and then upload to your reflective journal under editing, along with a link to the clip.
The graphic match:
Complete a textual analysis of the denouement of The Dark Knight and answer the following question.
‘Analyse and evaluate the representation of Batman in the final sequence of the The Dark Knight (2008) Nolan.’ You should use specific examples of mise-en-scene and cinematography to discuss how Nolan highlights the messages and themes in the film.
Read, discuss, understand this key note article on Batman by Pete Turner.
‘All cultural products, including film, are a reflection of the time in which they were made!’ Discuss
How can we test this idea? We can see if it applies to our films? Therefore…
Is it possible to see, in the characters and themes of The Dark Knight, the significant events after 9/11 attacks and the ensuing ‘War on Terror’ prosecuted by the American government?
Can we also get a sense of social attitudes at that time and how Gotham, it’s inhabitants, the police and Batman echo this social structure (and divide)?
This is a video which covers most of the important historical contexts.
Watch it and make notes
There are a lot facts in the above video on the socio-political context in America after post 9/11. Also it explores some of the social divides created by wealth or lack of it.
As we’re watching this video, make a note of how you think these are echoed in The Dark Knight.
What conclusions do you each about the nature of The Batman post 9/11?
Embed the video into your journal
Summarise in 3-5 bullet points the key historical events that you argue echo in The Dark Knight.
The Joker represents, ‘…the spirit of terrorism. The embodiment of anarchy and chaos of a particularly destructive and nihilistic nature’
Douglas Kellner – Cinema Wars
Analyse Christopher Nolan’s use of cinematography & mise-en-scene in one of the six sequences below in order to answer the following question…
How does Christopher Nolan use mise-en-scene and cinematography to represent The Joker as a ‘new’ kind of villain that Batman is unable to defeat?
Embed the sequence and your typed up notes into your reflective journal.
Write a 200-250 word summary of your key findings from the analysis.
Help Documents
The Rules of Composition in Cinematography are described and exemplified in this video:
Embed this slideshow in your reflective journal as a new post called Advanced Cinematography.
Select 3 frames from one or more of the cinematographers in the video below and describe the composition in those selected frames:
The frame uses the rule of thirds and lead space. Places the dead soldier on the point of interest and the expanse of frozen desolation ahead of him. The barbed wire acts as leading lines and the angles posts serve to frame shot.
Archetypes in literature are fundamental or prototypical characters that are used in stories. They have recurred in literature and art since the earliest writing.
They personify universal patterns of human behaviour.
Film uses and reuses archetypes in various forms and with varying degrees of nuance, between realism and hyperbole.
In this exploration of Batman the Dark Knight we are exploring two archetypes, the hero and the villain.
We will explore how the context in America, especially the events of 9/11, have reshaped the superhero and super villain in order to help the audience understand the ‘new’ world they lived in and help them contextualise their fears.
I want you to explore how the superhero has become darker and the super villain has been redefined in this time of anxiety & global terrorism.
Complete one slide in this slideshow with an analysis of one Superhero that you have been given.
Read this article from the BBC about Hollywood use of Archetypes and their roots in Greek myth. It also goes on to describe what it is about us humans that continue to retell the superhero story across the generation.
Embed the slide show into your reflective journal and also find a clip of your superhero online and reflect on how the film’s narrative at that moment conveys their heroic characteristics and/or their very human flaws.
In pairs or three review the previous posts on narrative; summarise for each other and then a whole class discussion.
Complete a narrative analysis of The Dark Knight
Watch this video essay and summarise the key points in 5 bullet points, in your reflective journal, on the nature of The Joker as the ultimate antagonist.
Complete a narrative analysis of The Dark Knight.
Take a copy of this slide show and then: