Analysis of at least one sequence from rough cut

We took on board the feedback and advice that was given. We made a few changes, out of these changes i am going to talk about the scene where i walked around the corner. At first, it was a match cut of me walking around the corner, now we have replaced it with a cross cut of me smiling to the camera. We decided to replace it with this because our teacher felt "jarred" by it, and because we also had a lot of shots she adviced us to use them.

Feedback from the rough cut

As a group i think, that we did very well for our rough cut. However, we had a discussion amongst ourselves and our teacher. We came up with a list of things we need to work on.

1) Continuity - place the scene where sylvda bumps into the guy at the end.
2) Slow down the opening, so that we can see the transition
3) Add the animation to the time lapse
4) Take out the scene, where she walks around the corner.
5) Cut down the interaction scene, as it was too long.

vladimir propp and his theory (research)

Vladimir propp was a Russian scholar and a Russian literary analyst and critic. Vladimir broke down a large number of Russian folk tales into their smallest narrative to identify their simplest irreducible narrative elements. He was born 17th April 1895 and died in august 1970. Born in Germany he attended St. Petersburg University majoring in Russian and German philosophy.

Vladimir developed a character theory for studying media text. He states that there are 7 broad character types which he found in the takes he analyses. He believes these could be applied to other media.

The 7 characters are :-

1. The villain- struggles against the hero
2. The donor-character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off. The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest
3. The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain
4. her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished
5. The dispatcher —prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object
6. The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess
7. False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess

We can apply this theory can be applied to the video 'Smile by Lilly Allen' She is clearly presented as the villain as she spends the whole video seeking revenge on her cheating boyfriend. As Lilly trashes his flat and puts laxatives in his tea. we can clearly see she is not the hero at all. 

Amplifactaion, Disjuncture and Illustration (research)

Eminem - cleanin' out my closet is a good example of Illustration . He is telling a story of his bad childhood. which instantly relates to the lyrics. The low lighting creates a dark mood and intense emotions. I also feel this video has great location and mise en scene which helps create the video.



The killers -Smile like you mean it, is a great example of Amplification. As the band travel around in their past memories like ghosts it links with the lyrics. At a glance it does seem a bit confusing but as you listen to the lyrics you connect that the ghosts represents something important about his childhood.



Micheal Jackson- Man in the mirror is a prime example of Disjuncture. The lyrics have little connection the lyrics. As the song is about self-realisation but the video as wold events.

Production Schedule (Planning)

Filming (production)

During half term as a group decide that we wanted to try out shooting our time lapse. So we took the camera over the weekend.As Filippa had a great view from her window we thought her house would be perfect. when we returned from our half term holiday. We then looked at the footage and found out due to the camera and editing software we couldn't really achieve the correct look for our time lapse. But as we filmed it so early on we had time to change our ideas. However some of the footage was usable.

Our song is called 'Mr blue sky', now as a group we soon realised this came as somewhat a hindrance. Correction big hindrance. On our 1st day of filming we had a bright sunny and blue sky. Which is what we wanted for our video. But after that day the weather declined quickly which was very frustrating. So instead of filming in our next lesson. We decide to edit what we filmed already. In some ways this was an advantage for us as we got the 1st minute and a half completed of the song in that lesson. And we knew exactly what we wanted to film next. But the weather persisted to be dark and grey. This worried us as we were running out of time.

As a group we decided to film on our day off, and the weather was bright and blue. This filming session went rather well. we started rather early in the morning so we could get the use of the sunlight. We also wanted to film rather quickly as sylvda was freezing. I felt the one thing that we needed to film was base tracks. which proved in the end very helpful.  Another thing we achieved in this filming session was the scene with other actors. We really needed to develop our story line including the mysterious Mr blue sky character.

Photos from filming sessions (Production)

Note to group:-

We need to add more images but that is all i could find on our memory card. I think to make up for us not having the images we could maybe do our blopers/ funny moments idea. Hopefully i can get to do this one lunchtime.