A portrayal of elegance involving the drug use: white lighting showing in a close-up a display of only the needle and the drug objects, GLAMOUR, TEMPTATION slow-motion ritual of loading and shooting, dynamic and attractive image + VISUAL IMPACT crude scene. Sharp and slow music, provocative, very sharp, distorted (minor chords, harmonic minor scale) Feel: SEX, DRUGS, EDGY MUSIC.
No narrative built up at first sight, but then they are connected.
Angles: Dutch angle on the druggie's house, ankward shot in where he is cut in half on the left frame but his missing half is seen on the mirror. Low angle.
Close-ups on the drugs: Importance on them over their trivial car conversation
Costumes portray the characters (Lance's costume), and mise-en-scene: the set shows the hippie-like ambience of the house, conveying the sense of Vincent's addiction. Outcasts of society, piercing conversation. CONVENTION OF CRIME GENRE. (See the Dutch shot)
Editing showing both Vincent's pleasure face by close-up with the elegance of the drugs, also in close-ups. The Vincent's driving shots are shaded, portraying
CONNECTION/CONTEXT: "Madman" heroin which Mia shoots as cocaine after, overdosing and causing trouble in the plot.
Contrast in use of shots: Mid-shots showing Vincent and Lance in a trivial conversation, but Extreme Close-ups when showing the druggie preparing the drug.
SUBVERSION OF CRIME GENRE CONVENTIONS: Lance's place, a rather normal, mundane house, a typical environment, ahowing a more real scene.
-Not an exotic place: daylight, normal house, druggie relaxed and on bath robe.
-Vincent is not glorified, talks about someone ruining his car, and in an ankward moment talking about Lnace's wife.
-Relaxed, real-like ambience, no tension created on storyline, no conventional danger and dark-mood
-No heroism or morality (or inmorality) pronouncement showed, as the studios pastly asked for
-In the whole movie, not a single cop is shown, no law, only the "bad" side of the law is shown
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES: -Drug use, sex talk
Production Journal: Post Processing
Deadlines seem to be far too near but systematic and efficient work solves the problem, although work is tough and time consuming: I have been involved in the transcribing of interviews from video to paper, which I have now selected and grouped toghether according to their content, for example:
-Sensations which people feel about the insecure situation
-General opinions about the situation
-Probable causes for this dilemma?
I have transcribed the quotes which seemed to be able to have a greater impact on the audience, although some of them may well not be used in the final cut.
I have also been creating a general storyline, which, together with the sequence of quotes and the transcription of those, will be finished for tomorrow, in order for our editor, Honorio, to be able to work efficiently according to a plan.
After the presentation of the rough cut, I am going to be heavily involved in creating english subtitles for the quotes
Although the deadline for this rough cut (next thursday) is very near, efficient and organised work can deal with it properly and meet the task, we will be relying on our own organisation now.
-Sensations which people feel about the insecure situation
-General opinions about the situation
-Probable causes for this dilemma?
I have transcribed the quotes which seemed to be able to have a greater impact on the audience, although some of them may well not be used in the final cut.
I have also been creating a general storyline, which, together with the sequence of quotes and the transcription of those, will be finished for tomorrow, in order for our editor, Honorio, to be able to work efficiently according to a plan.
After the presentation of the rough cut, I am going to be heavily involved in creating english subtitles for the quotes
Although the deadline for this rough cut (next thursday) is very near, efficient and organised work can deal with it properly and meet the task, we will be relying on our own organisation now.
Production Journal
I have been, as a scripwriter, translating all of the lines I think could be used in the final project from the interviews. I focused on the impacting and catchy lines, also managing to pick some which could be used together with similar ones from other interviews.
An example of this is the answer to their feelings, to which many of them answer with "fear" or "helpless"
An example of this is the answer to their feelings, to which many of them answer with "fear" or "helpless"
PRODUCTION JOURNALS - becoming more analytical
Watch the student film, "Treehouse". Initial comments as to its strengths/weaknesses?
The film quality was remarkable, including the election of music, sonic and visual purity, editing artifacts. The storyline wasn´t ideally attractive and the project was far ambitious, but the filming was excellently done. Maybe, a couple more of shots, as establishing ones, could have been used.
Read the commentary extract from the director's production journal. To what extent does it meet the guidelines above?
The journal gives some evidence of the work done, including graphics and stills, but there are areas unexplored, as the inclusion of the storyboards, which is not analysed. All production stages are commented on, including the meaning of the election for some costumes, music, characters, etc.
For US: We should become far more specific, including graphic displays, examples, and analysis of meaning.
The film quality was remarkable, including the election of music, sonic and visual purity, editing artifacts. The storyline wasn´t ideally attractive and the project was far ambitious, but the filming was excellently done. Maybe, a couple more of shots, as establishing ones, could have been used.
Read the commentary extract from the director's production journal. To what extent does it meet the guidelines above?
The journal gives some evidence of the work done, including graphics and stills, but there are areas unexplored, as the inclusion of the storyboards, which is not analysed. All production stages are commented on, including the meaning of the election for some costumes, music, characters, etc.
For US: We should become far more specific, including graphic displays, examples, and analysis of meaning.
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