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Continue reading →: CS4 Blog 8 – Table reads, rehearsals, challenges
Probably one of the most frustrating parts of production for me, table reads and rehearsals with actors who are doing you a favour and have their own lives to tend to is definitely not the easiest thing. Firstly, as I mentioned in a previous blog, our actors were all from…
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Continue reading →: CS4 Blog 7 – Pre Production: Props and Script
After the script is written ensure EVERYBODY on the production team has a copy and is aware of any changes made. This is to ensure everybody is on the same exact page in the same exact book. Okay guys repeat after me: Props and script MUST coincide. It doesn’t make no…
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Continue reading →: Blog 6 – Pre-Production: Playing Your Roles
Ahh… This time again – Pre-Production. Figuring out who should do what, marking our territories and proclaiming best director, writer, producer, sound designer or camera operator. As if we haven’t already seen each other’s individual work and know what we are each best at. Some would say school is a…
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Continue reading →: CS4 – Blog 5 – Sound Design: Wall-E
After that rant about the silent film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” I figure it only makes sense to balance it out with a rant over one of my favourite animated films by Disney Pixar – Wall-E. Not only was the storyline for this film so-totally-amazing, (yes, I just did that in my…
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Continue reading →: CS4 Blog 4 – Mise-En-Scene – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Pronounced Miz-on-sawn, I will always associate this term with the ancient movie “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” because it was the movie my lecturer made us sit through in order to understand the concept. Now, I am all for old movies: Pal Joey, No business like show business, The Sound…
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Continue reading →: CS4 Blog 3 – Lighting for Genres
Imagine watching a horror film with bright lights, bright colours and zero spooky shadows. When you’re done, imagine watching a comedy that isn’t well lit, shadows jumping out of nowhere and acting all kinds of crazy, torches and flashlights and side lamps that only light the side of the character’s…
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Continue reading →: CS4 Blog 2 – Genre
Assuming you do not know what a genre is, in layman’s terms it is pretty much the category that a song, TV show film etc falls into. When I tell people I can watch or listen to anything from any genre as long as it doesn’t bore me, they think…
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Continue reading →: CS4 Blog 1 – Recap
So because our brains are like those of ninety year olds and after a month and a half of Christmas break, we have already forgotten what we learned the semester before. Well, not exactly, but our lecturer thought it would be good to do a little recap just in case.…
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Continue reading →: Please Excuse Davontaye, He Suffers From Povertenza
Originally posted on Our Legaci with J.A.M. Aiwuyor: Dear Judge, I know that Davontaye’s actions caused the deaths of four people. But please don’t give him life in prison. He suffers from Povertenza. You may not know about this condition but Povertenza is an illness that people from impoverished socio-economic…
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