Saturday, 21 April 2018

TRANSITION: 1-2-1 Tutorials

We had tutorials for this new unit with Simon. Alex, Katie and I had planned to work in a group for our third year project, so we thought it'd be best to be in a group for this transition unit. 

Our ideas:
Mockumentary? e.g. Come Fly With Me, The Office

‘Fly on the wall’ look


As it’s a comedy, editing plays a crucial part to make sure the shots are long enough to get reactions etc.

In a supermarket - Alex was inspired by this idea because he works in Wilko's, the thought of doing a mockumentary about employees working in a shop, Katie and I liked this idea so this will most likely be the idea we continue with.

Roles:
Producer - all of us take different producer tasks

Director / writer - Alex

Director of Photography - Katie

Editor - Melissa

1-2-1 tutorial:
My tutorial with Simon consisted of talking about me being the editor in this mockumentary and what I should be research into to create a successful outcome.

- Look at mockumentary editing - Spinal Tap - started the mock genre - before this, the genre didn't exist - influential for Ricky Gervais

- Look at workflow of an editor - cut process is, how to label up trim bins - how to assemble cut rough cut and fine cut, professional workflow not just creative side

- Doing this research now for transition will help in third year

- Look at editors - not just mocks - see if theres a cross over between drama editors and documentary editors

- Look at editing of comedic moments

- Laurel and Hardy - black and white - creative control over the films as well as being in it - looks at the camera breaking the forth wall, how you edit comedy, trace it back to interesting things to look at

- Researching in relation to what we want to do, comedy editing

- Break down the editing - editing template

- "Look at editing within a mockumentary" - break down learning objective with role & output

- After easter - pitch - what editors am I going to look at, my research into comedy editing

- This is a visual research project 


Initial books & websites to research:

The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic - Bobbie O'Steen

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/11-tips-making-mockumentary/

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