ISP Week 24 – Michael Curtiz – Auteur? Watch these three scenes from Angels with Dirty Faces (Curtiz, 1938) and take notes on the film form elements: Directional lighting to create shadows Functional/studio lighting to create high contrast of light Film noir Carefully detailed mise en scene and set design- shadows on the walls, poster ‘voice your protest against corruption’Continue reading “ISP W24: Michael Curtiz Auteur?”
Category Archives: ISP
Component 3 Storyboard drawings
ISP Week 23: Component 3 Story board key sequence drawings
ISP W22: Filmmaking Tips
ISP Week 22: Filmmaking Tips Tips from Gretta Gerwig Don’t judge your drafts right away and don’t throw your ideas before Get others to read it- it forces you to listen to your own work from another perspective Give yourself a chance Story structure is within us- how we create meaning in our everyday lives Continue reading “ISP W22: Filmmaking Tips”
ISP W21: Classical Cinema and André Bazin
Classical Cinema in the 21st Century Cinema Year Zero: Tik Tok and the Grammar of Silent Film: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/cinema-year-zero-tik-tok-and-the-grammar-of-silent-film The social media platform Tik Tok built on an expanding user base of short form video-makers using one-minute video loops, shot and edited entirely on a mobile device For the majority of Tik Tok creators, their output hasContinue reading “ISP W21: Classical Cinema and André Bazin”
ISP W20: Influential Soviet Films
Sergei Eisenstein’s influential film: Battleship Potemkin (1925): Based on the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled The film was used to consolidate power and spread soviet information- propaganda The film was banned in the UK until 1954 as there was worry it would influence a working classContinue reading “ISP W20: Influential Soviet Films”
ISP W19: Soviet Montage Cinema and Sergei Eisenstein
ISP W18: Storyboarding Prep
Birdman (2015): Opening scene Hot Fuzz (2007): Opening scene Oceans 11 (2001): Opening scene No Country for Old Men (2007): Opening scene The Godfather (1972): Opening scene
W17 ISP: Screenplay Errors
ISP Week 17 Task: Identify Errors of a Screenplay Doesn’t use ‘FADE IN’ Slug line needs to be in CAPITALS Use correct terms in slug line (INT./EXT.) Doesn’t need specific time (eg. 9am)- use either DAY/NIGHT Character name should be in CAPITAS (Eg. CHRISTINE or EBONY) when they first appear in scene Character name beforeContinue reading “W17 ISP: Screenplay Errors”
ISP W16: Character Profile Development
2. Notes on how to embed subtext in screenplays: Text, Subtext and Context: Dialogue is a conversation confronting conflict Exposition is explain something with the purpose of informing the audience Text- words that are written on the page for the actor to speak Subtext- emotional charge of an idea and the intentions of the characters.Continue reading “ISP W16: Character Profile Development”
ISP W15: Pan’s Labyrinth Exam Question
Mock question: For 10 marks – With reference to one scene of your choice, explore how mise-en-scene is used to reflect genre conventions in Pan’s Labyrinth. Mise en scene is used reflect genre conventions in the Pale Man sequence of Pan’s Labyrinth, for example through the use of the low-level tracking shot of the pile of greyContinue reading “ISP W15: Pan’s Labyrinth Exam Question”
Emma Coe Film Studies 