MOMI VISIT

The visit at the Museum of the Moving Image, was very interesting. However I feel that the amount of people made the tour a bit difficult and my group didn't get to see much.
The tour guide was very knowledgable and could explain pretty much anything we wanted to know, we saw old video cameras and the first TV sets as well as very interesting movie props from Star Wars, Freddy Krueger, The Exorcist, Blade Runner, the Mask and so forth. He also showed us some costumes from famous TV series and movies as well as portraits of the first movie stars. But the tour guide spend most of the time explaining and talking about sound effects and how important they are for a movie. We saw examples from Titanic, the many layers of sound in a professional movie and how keen they are to create mood, space, and enhance the movie experience. It was very interesting that Titanic sinking had used animal sounds, and it is curious how we wouldn't notice that unless we were told. It is an amazing process!
We ended our tour inside the Egyptian movie theater, in which he talked about the beginning of screening movies and how the Egyptian people build their own theaters.
I wish we had also seen the foley part, I love the creative process of film and foley is amazing as well as incredible hard. But again the tour felt rushed and we couldn't see much, since there were so many people around that day. I will definitely  visit  the Museum of the Moving Image again and try to see as much as possible.

Final Project Idea

Progress For Final Project 

The idea for the final project is to record a student going through the stress of taking a test. The stress is so much that the student even dreams about it.

We have worked on a shot list, and specific ways we want to shoot this assignment.
 props: timer or clock/ paper/ pen/ calendar
sounds effects: walking/ writing/ ticking clock/ alarm sound/ possibly music
shot list:
The idea is not to show the student's face until the end, we still haven't decided whether we will show the student's face or not, but we will shoot both ideas and decide the ending in post.

1st shot: establishing shot:  FS school entrance
2nd shot: MS student arriving at school's entrance
3rd shot: POV student grabbing ID followed by CU
4rd shot: CU hands going through scanner
5th shot: MS student going up the escalator, camera follows
6th shot: MS student walking inside classroom/ professor background, student foreground
7th shot: MS student sit down
8th shot: CU hand on paper writing
9th shot: CU professor's hand on timer
10th shot: MS clock
11th shot: series of CUs student bitting lips/ hands/ sweat
12th shot: CU clock...time is up
13th shot: FS professor approaches student
14th shot: CU student's handing in the test but not letting go
15th shot: MS professor takes the test and walks away
16th shot: MS student sees another test on the table and panics
17th shot: MS student waking up at library
18th shot: CU calendar - wrong date for test
19th shot: MS student sigh in relief

Here we will shoot showing student's face, as well as from student's back where we don't see the face.

Relationship Between Shots

Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Year: 2001. Directed by: Peter Jackson
Oscar: Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Make up, Best music.
Scene: The Bridge of Khazad-Dum.

           The Lord of the Rings takes the viewers to a journey in which they can forget about reality. It is filled with epic battles and classified as action, adventure and fantasy. In this particular scene there an emotional twist, nobody expects Gandalf to die therefore it is a shocking and dramatic scene, with great visual effects, camera movement, mise-en-scene and astonishing music.

          The first scene starts with FS, LK lighting and we see the characters running away from something, and fire in the background. Next shot is a CU of Gandalf’s face, the edit here is seamless, you don’t even notice it because of the tension of the moment and the fast cuts along with with upbeat music. Next shot is again a FS in which we only see Gandalf and fire, next camera tilts up and we have a FS of the beast coming out from the fire, camera moves forward closer to the beast’s mouth, no cut portraying its ferocity as fire comes out of its mouth. Shot reverse shot, HA Gandalf staring at creature, creature LA staring at Gandalf. The HA puts Gandalf in a vulnerable position while the beast is shot from a LA (Gandalf’s P.O.V) puts the beast in a superior position. The wizard is clearly small in comparison to the monster. The background is out of focus, which leads our attention exclusively to the beast.
       
           Next it cuts to a FS, LA in which we can see the characters running away, this shot permits the viewers to clearly see the size of the monster in comparison to the tiny characters. Next cut, characters crossing the bridge, long shot, crane moves higher we have a Bird’s eye angle, this portrays the vulnerability of the characters facing a monster as well as showing the depth of the abysm they are crossing. In this same long shot Jackson decided to play with camera movement, combining bird’s eye angle, and a sort of Dutch Angle, stopping at a HA, FS from the other side of the bridge, allowing the audience to watch the characters and the beast at the same time. These combinations of angles in one single shot, clearly show the contrast in size, (beast and characters), it perfectly reveals the urgency to get away as well as what the characters are up against.
       
          Next cut, CU, HA, LK lighting of Gandalf ‘s face confronting the beast. This portrays the power of the beast, background is also out of focus. Cut to MS, LA Frodo watching the wizard followed by a HA, FS of what Frodo is seeing. Here we have a series of quick cuts from FS, MS and CU in which portray the tension of the moment also allowing the audience to see the scene from multiple POVs as well as reaction shots to what is happening.

         The music throughout the scene is Non Diegetic, it creates great tension and it portrays danger. At the beginning it is very fast-paced, right before Gandalf’s fall music slows down showing an second of uncomfortable silence which mirrors that something is about to happen. Slow paced music starts once Gandalf falls, and slow motion increases the drama switching the scene from an action to a dramatic scene. This combination of music, slow motion, and reaction shots are keen for the scene because it allows the audience to feel the shock of losing a main character so soon in the film. At this point the sound of arrows hitting the walls is the only Diegetic sound, and it is mixed with the non-diegetic music. Music plays a huge role in setting the mood.

           Finally, it cuts to the outside, once the characters are out of the mines, we see an ELS, and the Mise-en-scene sets the mood of what just happened, although darkness is left behind, the whiteness on the rocks portrays the feeling of sadness. Here we see available lighting, and aerial shot. Music continues Non-diegetic, there are several cuts CU, MS, reaction shot, portraying the characters sadness with the loss. Even though the characters are crying and some are speaking, we cannot hear it, because the director’s choice was to use the non-diegetic music to maintain the emotion in the scene a bit longer.

Project 2: Love

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Interviewing Tara was great. At first I had the idea to ask more about her interest in traveling, however along the interview she told me about her online dating which became real life dating. I thought that was very interesting because her boyfriend is French and he came all the way here to see her. Along with the love story, she also now plans to go to France in order to explore and be with him. For that reason I decided to add some music in order to set the mood, but nothing more because I thought it was really important to focus on what she had to say. Music fades in and out and it is not played throughout the whole piece.
I believe Tara's story is inspiring and it makes people believe that Love can really happen no matter the circumstances.