Past week

The past two weeks I have enjoyed. In Andy's classes Coronation Street and the history of editing was the main focus.

It has opened my eyes on how important Coronation street is. Andy talked about interweaving of stories, Narrative structure and hooks which are all massively important.  

We also began a group assessment online using Moodle, which i think is a new and refreshing way to execute such tasks.

15 Jan 2009

In the history of cinema lecture today we learned that people like Thomas Edison and George Eastman helped the development of cinema. Eastman created flexible transparent roll film stock and Edison invented the Kinetoscope a box in which film was transported on a loop to give the illusion of movement. These are only few examples of developments that gave rise to the birth of cinema in 1895. Cinema was something that was a new way of entertainment that the everybody could see.

13th and 14th nov 2009

On Tuesday in our screenwriting class we went over things we had cover last term from story hooks to story structure. We were first exercising our creative minds. Two people from our class had to stay in a position of their choice, and the rest of us had to write a scene or an idea from their stance. I found it particularly difficult to think of an idea because my mind was a bit rusty from the Christmas holiday's.



In our technical class, we had an introduction to lighting.We learned about colour temperature, white balance, different types of lights, how to set them up and use them. Lighting can be quite technical but it appeals to me. Lighting plays a big part in production because it sets the mood, character and story of a scene. I love to see beautiful lit scenes, it brings so much more to film.



Today Andy talked about family viewing, where families sit down to watch an unmissable show (appointment viewing in a sense). If broadcasters make good, challenging family programmes they will find an audience. The BBC restored Saturday nights as a cornerstone of family viewing with the new Doctor Who, something they hadn't accomplished over 20 years.