Lectures and tutorial comments

So far of the course Film-TV 1, I have been getting a lot out of it and whatever that appears confusing in the lecture is always broadened up in the tutorials. Of the section of cinematography and the camera, I have learned more about the use of the camera. This was one of my personal goals in this course, and I felt that it was in the beginning of this section that I am getting what I wanted out of this course.



The script writing process was challenging but it id due to the non-experience of it as told in week one. Now that the script is selected, the variation of taste and interest is different from one student to another but that is also seen between the tutors. The clarification of script writing came as the weeks passed and now we’re ‘doing them’.



Leading into the learning about cinematography, it was easy to follow Robin as he was putting all the theories of the focal length, the lense and the depth of field from one practical example to a larger one. When Scorsese talks about ‘what to put in the frame’ the importance of this was first seen in Robin’s lecture on the 60’s film and then more in depth in Paul’s lecture of Di Niro, his placement and angels. Scorsese mentions that where he ‘place the camera is very often determined by having to relay the right information’. I believe in this frame the whole course so far comes together and how crucial it is to know the script, know the technical aspect of the lense and what to capture with the camera and how. This also constitutes to know; What is the Master shot? And break this down into the three main factors of directing the actors, setting up the correct details of the lightning, focus, focal length and color balance, and lastly, recording the sounds to their ultimate quality.



When reflecting each week and hearing the voices of the course’s professors, their messages gets implemented into practice brick by brick and yes I am getting a lot of this course. The number system Robin put up looked complicated but as we run trough this and get to practice and even fail when shooting the Lenny project, this is the perfect example of learning by doing together with critical thinking.