4. Montage

Throughout this unit, we will be developing written analysis skills as scaffolding towards the EA Textual Analysis essay, and - of course - the written component of the portfolio. Montage as developed from Russian Formalism will form part of the content, along with a reverse-engineering project, through which we will also develop portfolio content.

Watch these four videos in the following order (left to right):

History of Cutting
Battleship Potemkin (full film)
Odessa Steps scene
Roger Corman analysis of the Odessa Steps scene

Remember the EQs:

How is editing used to help tell the story and articulate what is going on in the scene?
How does the audience extract meaning from the editing/story?
How does the editing affect the audience's emotional response?

Montage's offspring...

Hip Hop Editing - Aaronofsky

ASSIGNMENT:

MONTAGE AND/OR REVERSE ENGINEERED SCENE

Deadlines:

Roughcut: 5th March

Final: 12th March

How to submit?: As usual, publish to your website under an appropriately labelled tab.

REVERSE ENGINEERING A SCENE:

Students select a short scene from a feature

film to recreate. Students should work within

their chosen role and are expected to

collaborate with all team members. Students

will need to carefully screen the clip, making

note of shots, angles, blocking, art direction,

movement, dialogue, sound effects,

soundtrack, transitions and pacing.

REMEMBER: THIS SHOULD FORM ONE OF YOUR PORTFOLIO FILM SUBMISSIONS, SO YOU MUST ENSURE THAT IT FITS THE SPECIFICATIONS FROM THE IB (BELOW) - IN PARTICULAR NOTE BULLET-POINT 3.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Your film clip must be 1-3 minutes long. Not less, not more!

Your should produce portfolio pages of corresponding length - i.e.:

1 minute film - 1 page portfolio

2 minute film - 2 page portfolio... etc

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