Sound Design In Week 3 our short film Highly Recommended revolved around a Mise-en-scène exercise that portrays an encounter between two people. Instead of a comfort role like last week I wanted to do something that I haven’t done before, so I chose to be the sound designer. Of course, Mise-en-scène focuses on what isContinue reading “Week 3, Tayjib”
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Week 2, Tayjib
Producing As soon as our group was formed, we jumped into our ideas for the very first short film in week 2 (week 1 was just introduction). This week’s short film was a No Dialogue Exercise with three themes to choose from: 1. The Chase, 2. Pickpocket, and 3. Late Again! As we got toContinue reading “Week 2, Tayjib”
Week 6, Tayjib
Editing In our 6th and now final week I once again fulfilled the role of the editor. This week’s exercise was to create a dialectical montage, which is an editing style that calls attention to itself through quick cuts and opposing images. This editing style, created by Sergei Eisenstein in the 1920s, allows for interestContinue reading “Week 6, Tayjib”
Week 4, Tayjib
Line Producing and Editing In this week’s exercise Learning through Imitation we had to replicate a scene from Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (1966). I fulfilled the roles of the line producer and the editor. While the focus of this exercise was lighting, my roles brought their own unique challenges. This was also the first time thatContinue reading “Week 4, Tayjib”
Week 5, Tayjib
Cinematography For the first time since our first short film in the Making Short Films 1 module of the first semester, I fulfilled the role of the cinematographer. This was a pleasant change for me in comparison to the roles in the other weeks. While sound design and editing have their perks, I quickly feltContinue reading “Week 5, Tayjib”
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