I found this assignment pretty challenging. My group's short story was A Rose For Emily. It was tricky to film this and make it understandable to the audience because of the time jumps. We were not sure how to make it clear that some events were happening after others and some were happening before. We ultimately ended up making signs to hold up for the camera, even though this does not look very professional. I know that the goal of the assignment is not to make a great, award-worthy film, but rather is to make a film in the specific number of shots and using camera angles and movements that help to tell the story. Hopefully our film does this well.
One thing that was easy about our process was that most of individual storyboards were pretty similar. This made it easier to make our group storyboard, because we did not have to debate over which scenes were more important to include and which ones we could do without. Overall the project was fun, even if we did feel silly acting it out. I'm excited to see everyone else's films in class today!
I think that something we should have considered is how text transfers into film. I was considering our shot of the judge and how we used a low angle shot, because judges have power. But in the context of the story, the judge couldn't do anything about Miss Emily's smelly house. So I think we would have better portrayed that shot using a high angle shot or even a long who of the entire courtroom. I think where we lacked in this project was very careful consideration of film language. Which is why I think it turned out a little awkward.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a wonderful job with this story, because it is complex and it doesn't translate to film as easily as some of the others do. But the fact that you are having this conversation about what you could have done, is also pretty interesting, because it shows how much you are thinking about the text and that a representation, like any work, is almost never complete...meaning there is a lot of room for interpretation.
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