Today we got assigned our new, and final, groups. This is in reference to the Wong Kar-Wai-esque/ montage filled films that we are supposed to be making. I am in a group with Julien, Raph and Jeff. Originally we were going to have Chris too, but as one group member had to be eliminated, he graciously volunteered to leave. We are using the screenplay that Jeff wrote. Conveniently, it has all been storyboarded and planned, so really all that we have to do is film it. Excellent! My role in the group is somewhat garbled; I am supposedly in charge of casting (although we already mostly agreed on that in class):
Maggie - Maragaret Kutt (Julien's mom)
Tony - Terence (Julien's mom's acting friend)
Leslie - (Julien's wakeboarding friend - unsure yet as to who -)
I am also going to be the semi- editor. I say semi as I am missing the last week of school (I am going to the Caribbean, and no I am not sorry - hahah-) therefore I will be unable to completely finish editing. Also, having Jeff in the group inevitably means that he is going to have a large say/ opinion about editing, therefore he will probably do some of it himself.
Today, as well as getting into our WKW groups, we also received back all our grades regarding assessments. I was satisfied with how I have done in film overall, though of course there is room for improvement, as there ever is. It was mentioned that I should do more research into the work that I am doing, which is definitely what I have planned for this project. As I am not particularly familiar with WKW films and how they are edited (I have watched a couple, but I am still unsure about what makes them WKW), I will watch more of those to get more familiar with the style. I am aware that he uses under-cranking a lot, particularly in fight/important scenes, however to be perfectly honest I have no idea how to actually achieve that effect.
Undercranking is: The process of slowing the frame rate of a camera down, so that when the captured pictures are played at the normal frame ratethe action appears to be in fast motion. Historically, cameras were operated by turning a crank at a constant speed; hence "undercranking" refers to turning the crank too slowly.
Hmm..I am still unsure how the frame rate of a camera is turned down. I suppose that depends on the type of camera - note: must ask Jeff.
Anyway, so the new and improved me will research more and assert myself, particularly in this group. In fact I was a communicator today (see below), as when Jeff showed us the screenplay, I told him outright (but still politely!) that there were a few things I thought could use changing. So he sent me the screenplay and I altered it how I saw fit. Problem solved! Now I am happy with the screenplay (not that I was not before, but there were a few things that could have been better) and excited about the project. We are going to be scouting out locations on wednesday... hopefully all goes well!
Communicators: Understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.
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