Reflection 28/8/12

      In today's class we first went over the expectations and learning objectives of this year's film class, then analyzed the different frames in scenes of "Double Indemnity", a classic American film noir.

   During the presentation, I learned that unlike last year, where we focused on sound design, this year we will learn editing skills. "Continuity editing" was the first unfamiliar film terminology that I came across today, and Ms Wong taught us that it simply meant maintaining continuity and consistency, to "establish a logical coherence between shots". Unless used deliberately, we should abstain from discontinuous editing, as it reflects a lack of discipline and preparation, while also interrupting the flow of your film. Examples of discontinuous editing include change in lighting, location and constume- in fact, this is a common error in our student-made films!

   Finally, we practiced reverse storyboard, which means creating a storyboard for a scene after the scene has been filmed and edited. We decided on one minute of the film Double Indemnity and examined how many cuts there were in that one minute. Below is a screenshot which shows a shot in the clip that I chose to reverse storyboard.

   I think I was an inquirer in today's film class-when we had finished watching our movie clip, I did some background research on Double Indemnity (the year it was made, the director and the genre) before class ended. However, next class I will strive to be more of a risk taker or a communicator.