Film Project - The Chase - 25th-29th November - Week 1

25th November

We were introduced to the brief during this class. We then started learning techniques for story development and narrative in film. This included learning theory about moral premise and story premise. I found this class really interesting, as it took a lot of thinking and getting my head round learning how the moral premise and story premise work, and how they are used to help develop the story in film.

27th November

We began working on our ideas for story, developing them on our own at first, before merging into a group to pick an idea together. We then developed this chosen idea together. Our idea was about a transgender person, attempting to hide this from their friend, before having to reveal it at the end. We went through quite a few different ideas developed from this in this session. During this class we also watched a couple of short films, discussing the way the narrative and moral premise worked in them.

29th November

After developing our ideas a bit further, we were introduced to the more technical parts of filming the actual piece. The things we were taught about included the 180 and the 30 degree rule. We struggled with idea development, trying to get the three-obstacle table we were given filled. We couldn't quite figure out the best idea that was actually doable within the week we had left to film and edit.