Tayler Roberts Coursework Blog

Trying out surrealism... EVALUATION: How does your film conform to the conventions of the film movement you chose? The film movement i chose was surrealism, the conventions of surrealism are an unconventional narrative, juxtaposition for disturbing effect, minimal characterisation and the stimulus is normally dreams and desires. Firstly i decided to have an unconventional narrative, i did this through editing. I made sure there was very little to no continuity to enhance the effect of the lack of narrative. I could have possibly made it even more of a uncanny narrative by introducing different props and ideas. Instead of  having normal mundane food in the picnic basket there could have been a dead bird or I could have include more dubious shots such as a random pig on a bed  however i thought with the shot of the boy on the picnic blanket being the same in the beginning of the film as in the ending it would reflect a dream like interpretation as it is almost ...

PRIDE VLOG

Kuleshov effect 

Surrealism video 

PRACTICAL MID-POINT For the practical part of my practical part of my mid point i was given the scenario of making, serving and eating dinner as a family in the style of Edgar wright. I researched Edgar Wright as an Auteur and i found that some of the main things he does throughout his films are: - Action to music - Shot reverse shot - Pan transition - Short and sharp shot lengths As a result of casting issues i decide to interpret the scenario in my on way which is apparent in my sequence, i included action to music and short shot lengths within the sequence to try an incorporate Edgar wrights style into my work.

Cuts And Transitions As a class we watched a YouTube video on cuts and transitions, we then used what we learnt and tried to create some of the different cuts and transitions. In my group we used match on action and whip pan.

Bus Stop Montage We were given a task to create a montage with the given stimulus of waiting for a bus at a bus stop. Our inspiration came from the rocky and Up montage.