tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post5721268717895348828..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: Digital filmmaking class weblog 2011--Day 4: the doll auditionsThe Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-1778942553407681052011-01-09T10:06:18.205-05:002011-01-09T10:06:18.205-05:00Thanks, Jason,
I've been learning anew both h...Thanks, Jason,<br /><br />I've been learning anew both how hard it is to write good dialogue, and the difficulty of making effective and nonintrusive transitions from place to place in a movie. I agree with you about sound. We watched a movie made last year, and the differences in the room tones called attention to themselves much more stridently than before. You are right, also, about the lack of time for these students to master these elements. One of the groups does have a decent amount of experience with filmmaking. I'll be curious to see what they can pull off.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-81702983695640044652011-01-09T08:17:09.493-05:002011-01-09T08:17:09.493-05:00"...in the hopes of trying to solve the basic...<em>"...in the hopes of trying to solve the basic question: how do I get my character from the car to the bedroom of an insane asylum quickly?"</em><br /><br />Sometimes when I'm watching a movie I'm struck at how easily we all follow cuts (visual, dramatic, tonal) that if you imagine them would seem to disrupt the flow. As writers, we try to segue one thought to another from paragraph to paragraph, and when we're about to switch topics entirely we throw in that extra return line or bolded word to cue the reader, so I think when most of us try to think in terms of cinema we want to do the same, but mostly it's unnecessary.<br /><br />And yet, alas, most student projects do seem to have clumsy transitions, usually because they lack two things that most major films never go without: a variable score and consistent ambient noise levels. Sound is such a key part of making those seamless transitions, and it's something that a student film project will suffer to master -- due to time and available resources.<br /><br />Again, I always love this series. Thanks for posting!!Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.com