Self assessment of what I learned from todorov/propp task

From this task I understood the difference between a narrative and a story (which is that a story is person A saw person B ect whereas a narrative is once upon a time...)

A narrative is the events presented in a story. I also learnt that the narrative is very important because it helps the audience understand things. Tvzetan Todorov was a theorist that suggested that in all films there is an equilibium, disequilibrium which upsets the balance of things and then a new equilibrium is started where the balance is restored.

 Other theorists suggested that only a certain amount of characters which have certain characterists appear in all films such as a mentor (person who teachers the main character something)

This has lead me to think about my character presentation and profile in more detail so the audience can easily identify and understand each character.

Narrative Research

Opening Sequence Analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHn1zogeyO4

Video related to slide 2

Group Presentation

During a group discussion we have decided to combine the ideas of myself and Kefira to create our basic idea.

In both ideas the main character is a girl and we will merge both stories and make one girl from the two ideas.

After making a list of our opening scenes the main things we have decided to keep are

·        Tags on the girls clothing will show the credits this was Kefira’s idea.

·        Main girl is walking in the hallway and more credits pop up around her.

·        The effect we will later research, which is when the main character is in real time and everyone else is moving a lot faster than the main character to give the effect of time passing, this was from my idea.

·        We are using my opening sequence and Kefira ideas and making the girls the same in each story.

·        As a group we decided to merge Kefira and Emanuella’s female character is going to be combined into one girl.

Teacher assessment

I was given the grade:

C-/B+

Self Assessment of Personal Presentation.

What went well?

• Good presentation
• Good balance between information on the board and what I said myself.
• Correct balance between pictures and words
• Well chosen film to analyse music and camera shots
• Chose a drama film to link to my genre

Even better if?

• If I further developed my storyboard
• Provided handouts for the class
• Write down what I know about the BBFC instead of just saying it

What grade would you give yourself?

B because when looking at the mark scheme I met the following criteria for the B grade.

• Communicates well with planning
• Use of visuals
• Good independent learning
• Good standards overall
• Good knowledge /ideas of topic

Short Blog 2

For the G321 side of the course I have learned:
• When making a film, producers/directors take into account the effect titles and fonts have.
• Whether the fonts are appropriate for the genre and how the title comes on the screen.
• I have learnt how to make and use storyboards.
• How to consider camera angles and what the effect each different one has on the audience.
• I have learnt the difference between diagetic and non-diagetic music and the intended effect each one has.

For the G321 side of the course I have done:
• Individual presentation
• Partner project
• Opening sequence analysis
• Grades
• Targets
• Short blog on drama genre
• Film club short blog
• Group information presentation