Session #4 Production Project

SUMMARY

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Role

Director

Intention (SMART Goal)

By March 1st as part of team # 2 as director, I will have evidence of following the actor with the camera by following David Fincher for Session 4

PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

David Fincher– is known for his works The Social Network, Gone Girl, and Fight Club and has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Fincher is most widely recognized for his directing method of following the actor with the camera

Training Source(s)

1) 0:50-1:10 tilt and tracking are common tools in the director toolbox

2) 1:15-1:26 has the camera match the exact velocity of the character in the frame

3) 1:45-1:55 takes lots of skill and synchronization with the cinematographer and actor

4) 2:20-2:25 these shots lock you into the character

5) 3:20-3:30 behavior is the most important thing

6) 4:05 e/MOTION

Project Timeline December January 30th- March 1st

storyboard with input from the screenwriter

communicate with actors and cinematographer about synchronization

practice movement synchronization with actors/cinematographer

film a clip with movement synchronization

review the clip and re-direct if needed

continue filming

review footage after each shot to ensure that the directing method is giving the desired effect

collaborate with the editor for the best possible effect

PRODUCTION – ACTION

The (FILM, SOUND, or GAME Creation)

Skills Commentary

POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION

21st Century Skills

Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving)

As director, I formulated the storyboard and built tension within it.

we added additional shots of me moving papers to keep the tension.

Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)

I was acting and had Ryley take over some of the direction in the film.

we had Jayden do the calender shot because he is good at the fast zooms we wanted to obtain.

Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)

we took inspiration from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The world for our dramatic and fast shots.

additionally, we followed David Fincher’s directing style

Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)

Reactions to the Final Version

James Clark said that our film is lacking resolution

Mr. LeDuc said that my direction I had throughout my process came through in the final film

Self-Evaluation of Final Version

I feel as though this production was quite rocky and felt incomplete.

Grammar and Spelling

Grammarly

Editor

Favorite Director

Director’s Name: Gregg Araki

Link to their IMDB.com page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000777/

Video essay link or embedded YouTube clip about the director or their directing style: https://youtu.be/cKxNEjcCUTo

Notes About What Makes Their Style Unique

2:35-2:44 Isolation and clinging to hope are constant themes in Araki’s work

3:05 saying that Gregg’s films are only nihilistic is only characterizing one side of the coin

4:20-4:23 Araki’s films have a romantic taste to them that tends to be overshadowed by doom and gloom

5:47-5:50 The violence and alienation prevalent in Araki’s films is a direct representation of what it is to be queer in the world.

8:18 Teen angst is a driving force in the masterpiece triad of The Teen Apocalypse Trilogy.

8:48-8:56 What Gregg Araki depicts well is a feeling. A feeling of the crushing weight of adolescence, of everything and everyone being such a mindf*#k

13:41-13:51 The way he chooses to explore violence is more palatable than he gets credit for. It’s never done exploitatively. The violence is not voyeuristic. In fact, all the violence in his works occur off-screen or in the dark