Looking at films ( Week 1 )

Working on films 

Some aspects which we take notes of whilst looking at films are 

-hair and make up for film

-characterisation

-designing for tv and film 

-genres

- movie titles

-political views

- lighting 

-sound

-costumes

-era

To be able to understand films you need to be able to interpret ways the movie manipulates formal elements such as lighting as well as looking at the message the film is giving to the audience for example its political views. You should also consider and understand your own beliefs as the greater your awareness of your own beliefs easier it will be to recognise and interpret a movies meaning as without doing this you may be blind to a films political and cultural views. 

Before analysing a scene about a film consider.

: what is the film about ?

: characters thoughts and emotions 

: how does the scene make you feel?

• Affter looking at the characters and how they feel look at cinematic invisibilaty, 
  remember that a great deal of movies machinery is deisgned to make you forget that you are experiencing highly manipulated and manipulative artifical reality. watching it more than once can help. 
  watching it once you are being introduced to the caracters to make you feel a certain way, watching it more than once can make you distance yourself and notice things which you never did before. 

interpretations. 

how your expectations shaped your reactions to this movie? 

had you watched it or heard of it before?

did your previous experience of the director or star inform your prior understanding of what to expect from this particular film. 

did the movie fulfull dissapoint or confound your expectations. 

THE MOVIE TITLE 

before/after you see a film think about the direct meanings as well as implications of its title. is it specific or a methaphor to something.