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Masterclass diarY

Week 1

The course started off with producing, the very cornerstone to a film being made.

To start the day of Paul Fraser came in to have a discussion with us and get us doing some writing exercises, allowing us to be as creative as possible. We passed our paragraphs to people across our table, as each person extended the others story. These all ended up being criticised by us at the end and we all came together to evaluate them.

Afterwards, Caroline Cooper Charles came in to present to us the stages in how a fame is made and where the producer lies in all three stages, pre-production, production and post-production.

Week 2

This week I undertook a cinematography masterclass, learning the basics of different angles of shots such as extreme long shots and close ups. Afterwards my team was assigned roles such as director and sound designer to create a very short experiment using our collective information of what we have learned over the course and get acquainted with the camera. I took on the role of assistant camera man for the first part of the film and I directed some of the shots nearer the end of it, and later on became the main camera man for the second part of filming our short. In terms of the finished product I realise that I will need to become more adjusted in using hand held camera as well as sitting it upon a tripod to get a diverse range of stylised shots. Familiarising with the types of shots will make us become more decisive and insightful when going through the shot-list later on as a team.

Week 3

We viewed a screening of ‘The Runaways’ directed by Richard Heap, who came in afterwards to have a discussion and to answer any questions we had.

He gave us a deep insight into how a film is made, showing us photos and presenting his work from ‘The Runaways’ and the struggles he encountered and that we may encounter in the future, and gave advice as to how we can get our own films and ideas financed and funded from institutions such as The BFI.

Week 4

This week I took part in an editing masterclass, learning how to clip video shots  and arrange certain sequences in Adobe Premiere. My team practiced our new skills on a previous short film test as well as learning from the field how to alter and assemble the sound for the finished product. For future reference we will need to continue to develop these skills to be able to utilise the, for our 3-4 minute film.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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