This morning, please take the first 5-10 minutes to post a COMMENT in the COMMENT section of this blog about your experience creating your silent film projects. What did you learn about making a short film from the experience? What worked for you, what caused you problems, etc.?
After commenting, let's screen your films:
Before we leave film comedy for good, let's begin screening the screwball comedy: Bringing Up Baby, 1938 directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant & Katherine Hepburn.
Please complete the Cornell Notes looking for examples and scenes that fulfill the Screwball Comedy characteristics:
After commenting, let's screen your films:
- The File by Turon, Britney, Kordae
- Spring Cleaning by Alquasia
- The Prank by Joshua, Pahz, Akhiyar, & Isobel
- He's Here by Kyla
- The Water is Burning by Ja'Miah
- Mango by Jenna
- Broken Girl by Raeona & Kemani
Before we leave film comedy for good, let's begin screening the screwball comedy: Bringing Up Baby, 1938 directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant & Katherine Hepburn.
Please complete the Cornell Notes looking for examples and scenes that fulfill the Screwball Comedy characteristics:
- Mistaken Identities
- Crossdressing
- Romantic storyline or plots (often with the lovers being mismatched)
- Class or economic issues
- Fast-talking dialogue (witty repartee)
- Ridiculous situations
- Farce (sudden or unexpected entrances or exits, physical humor, etc.)
15 comments:
I realized that, when filming a film project last minute, you have to consider the time everyone has to film and the other commitments they might have. Brainstorming ideas as we worked worked for us.
I enjoyed filming and editing our silent film, and I learned that I have amazing creativity since we had no idea what we were going to do for this film. The hardest part was figuring out what to do next. We had a lot of fun filming this despite the fact that one of us had to leave in the middle of it, and our time schedules were all messed up.
I learned that making a short film is very difficult and complex; as well as, time consuming. I found that editing really worked for me, in improving the film's overall appeal. However, trying to get select angles proved to be a bit more difficult, working with a child and the unpredictable weather of Rochester. Overall, this experience was fun and enlightening.
I learned that making a short film can be really fun, especially if you are working with your friends and you can work on ideas together. I liked directing the film instead of actually being in one. The most difficult part about making the film was the editing. My software was being stupid and made the second half of my video look weird. I went through a process asking someone else to recreate the entire video using their software so that it didn't look as bad. Meeting up with them was inconvenient and made me feel anxious because the deadline was coming up and we pushed the video to the very last day. Oh well.
Overall the project was successful I would say our problem was timing because we spent more time writing it and we had to film and edit it within a week which should have taken us longer. Another minor issue was transferring it from our phone to the computer because we used two phones and it didn't look the same. Other than that, the project was great!!
I realized when filming there was a lot to consider with what actions should take place when and how a reaction can have a large effect on the overall themes and ability to convey a subject. However, the biggest difficulty I faced was convincing people to let me film them.
I enjoyed filming. It was difficult trying to figure out the right time to film since Raeona and I were pretty busy. Trying to figure out what to actually make the film about was kind of difficult. It had to make sense without having an actual script.
I cheated. i didn't film it myself. i asked my uncle who does mini skits to film my silent film. the only thing that took me so long to record and get things down was my idea. I had the worst writers block in the world and I was going to give up not do it but I did more research on silent films and just came up with something cool.
I enjoyed the process of putting this film together. It was all relatively easy, but I did come across a few annoying challenges. One of them was I used a friend who had never acted before, so she wasn't sure what to do. The bright side of this was that it was a silent film, therefore I was shouting commands as I filmed. Another challenge was using the camera. I'm not as skilled as I'd like to be with using a camera to film, so that was irritating me. Lastly, the sound got on my nerves. I was told we can't use sound that comes from a source within the film, and that kind of ruined some of the things that I wanted to happen in my movie. The chains rattling, the knife on the wall, the chainsaw all would have been more unsettling had they had a sound effect. Other than that I had a lot of fun making this, and now I want to make another.
I realized that I am such an asshole when I'm directing like I have such a specific vision for what I want to happen and then when people don't deliver I get mad
It's kind of annoying when you have to do a shot like 6 times because you messed it up
you should also start the project early so you have adequate time to do things correctly and good
Once again, directing is very fun and it gives you a say in the project, but then you also want the actors do perform a certain way and then they don't do it and you know damn well that you should do it but who is going to be the camera man because its only supposed to be you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Filming is fun
when you can't use words its not that fun
Getting people to be in it is difficult because time
^ thats me joshua
I enjoyed filming the silent film. I learned that this is one of the hardest things I've ever done. The camera work would've been near impossible if I didn't have help. My movie was literally completely made up. There was no script and honestly, that made shooting the movie easier. However, the schedules are what messed up the process. I still had fun but honestly, I never want to do this again.
I learned that with the little resources and time that I had, filming wasn't too difficult. I was happy for writing a script to allow myself a story film to make filming even easier. Finding the right angles and and shots came easy to capture the story effectively.
I wished I had better equipment and was able to use more locations. Hopefully with more time this'll be done.
Overall I had fun making the film. However, I wish we would've started making the film earlier. Procrastinating caused difficulties regarding time, place, and the actual making of the film. The most difficult part aside from coming up with a decent film idea is trying to capture all the ideas from everyone in the group on screen.
I absolutely enjoyed making the film, and I realize that this is something I am really interested in. I realized that in making a film it is easier to make several clips or scenes and then put them together rather than doing a complete run through recording because then you have more room to edit, add effects or things like that. Plus, with the combining of all these different clips and scenes it's more fulfilling to see it all come together. Honestly, I really learned that you can make something out of nothing, I procrastinated, honestly did it the day before it needed to be turned in (I know bad but I'm a professional procrastinator), but that pressure to get it done still didn't take away from the enjoyment of the process of filming, from directing the actors to get the vision complete, from editing and placing the clips together so that the film could be effective, it was just so much fun.
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