Submarine

A Refreshed Cinematist

For the young, the smart, the bound by youthful composition and novel design, for the principles of a remembered youth.  Here lays a film proposing such notions with an optimistic scale, amongst many indie spirited sorts of movies it portrays seemingly insignificant lives in a purposeful light (Brick, Juno). With some much defined mannerisms it comes to display delicately these definitions of purpose upon those who may or may have not have experienced such troubles, those being so unlucky may have something of a more hearty affection for such a tale. A story of a boy, which half of us are, a story of the love of two kinds, which some might be lucky to regard and a story of loss which in the current climate of domestic disaster we all might have some experience of. Touching elements that I am sure must have been a great definition of Richard Ayoade's childhood.

Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) is a duffle coat adorned affluent who sees himself as a less than violent hero who displays his story as he sees fit. His character is consistently divulged with an adult retrospective that allows him to have a wisdomic overview that would be highly envied amongst youths and this gives him a very affable appeal. Oliver develops an infatuation with Jordana (Yasmin Page) who is a red coat wearing dark intelligent and difficult character that he projects onto an affection of a masculine intent. Whilst trying to balance life, love and parental division he befronts the task of using rather clumsy and amusing tactics to solve all these negatively affected prospects he is rapt by.

My personal feelings where that of the correct majority, I thought it was a refreshingly original expression of British film. It is despite Richard Ayoade’s history in television a very beautifully cinematic film. I found it funny and touching, edgy but truthful experience that I will enjoy again.

The Waiting Room

This project is enabled us to view time in a slanted sense. To be deemed as a longer period than what it seems. By using wide shots and concerned speculative images we make the film seem unhurried and hesitant. Anxious expressions and nervous body language, close ups create a time consumed atmosphere that deliberately turns a sullen situation into a hopelessly eternal one. Our project was about a person in an S.T.D clinic waiting room.  The subject is awaiting his results and is very troubled. His surroundings seem to meld around him into a solemn decapitation of happiness encumbered by his anticipation of his fate. Other attendee’s arrive and depart with aspirations of hope and severe pain. 

Black Box Work - Split Screen

Split screen is used to portray two different corresponding aspects of a scene or story line. It is usually utilised both shots in real-time.
When a ascending story arc is cascading towards the culmination of a significant plot line. Many directors have been known to practise this technique in order to apply drama to a scene.
The technique breaches the illusion that the screen's frame is a seamless view of reality, similar to that of the human eye.

My split screen production however was not to utilise these ideas and was a considerable failure. This was due to a large proportion of our film being lost during post production.
And so my computer defouled editing mishappenings and lack luckiness continues into the second term. To say anymore on this matter is a waste of time and I assume you agree entirely with my very own diagnosis that it is a considerble piece of crap.

Split Screen - Timecode

Drinking Rules

Aden, Grant, Perry and myself made a film about the tribulations of alcoholism and its affects. We were lucky enough to be granted access to the downstairs of a pub which was closed off to the public. This is where we filmed many of the required shots we were asked to produce.

We also filmed a time lapse in which I was ordered to drink three pints of lager for the good of the cause. I also had to sip on some leek and potato soup in a effort to reproduce the affects of alcohol consumption. The time limit and shot task on this production I found to be a excellent challenge, as did the rest of the team. Job done.

Black Box Work - The Collision

The Collision

Editing/Kuleshov Theory

Montage editing is compiling a compilation of unrelated shots into a certain meaning. It can be used to create a specific mood or desire of a character, or used to portray thoughts or emotions through a visual aid. The origin of this technique was Kuleshov who baffled hollywood by inventing a original persuasion in film.

His aims were political and he was purely a propagandist but his technique was aquinted enthusingly by western film makers and taken more publicly into the region via mainstream film and television. Enabling editors to interpret film capture as they saw fit. Plastering the convenience of unrelated imagery into decidedly parallel fiction and replacing it with alterations of truth. 

Kuleshov Experiment