Atlas.

First off, i really really hate this film.

Secondly, i really really love this film.

The First base plate is poorly filmed with different colour back drops from time to time which take the audience out of the film, this however worked much better in the last base plate. The actual camera pans are very sticky and jerky this was unfortunately the payoff that i got from the low depth of field i was after and the fact that i had to be zoomed in 100% to get as close as possible because of this every little know or judder was heightened ten fold.

The pace of the film still doesn’t seem to be correct although it is better than it was originally, there are a lot of shots as well that don’t line up, the first one the bottom right corner, of the frame is a log which changes direction due to the fact that i had to ‘flop’ one of the clips in order not to disorientate the audience by panning in every direction possible. the last cut as well the soldiers foot sticking up is in two different locations which jars as the film plays.

As for the sound design it is possibly one of the parts which i am most proud of, especially the last section with the layers. however i do believe that the first bit of the sound design is a bit clunky and doesn’t sit to well, i think this might be because the heart beat is slightly to quiet but if the levels got raised then the heartbeat just sounded too sinister for intended meaning.

All in all i believe that the ending of the film is far more superior to the beginning for all the production values are sub standard. however the i am happy and i do believe that the message of the film is clear and because of this. this is probably the film i am happiest with because of how similar it is to the film that i imagined and storyboarded at the beginning of the unit.

A Normal Heart.

This film was originally made as a showreel piece for actor Adam Boyle, however due to the poor sound recording quality this quickly became unusable.

A Monologue piece from Larry Kramer’s 1985 play of the same name. It focuses upon a man coming to terms with the death of his lover through a, then, unknown disease.

Although the film is essentially one character in half a conversation, i tried to show how the character would be feeling through the shots. For example the straight on shot of him with the wide empty space either side is to show how empty and lonely he is feeling having just lost the love of his life. The two shots from either side of him where you can clearly see the door or cupboard are juxtaposed with the straight on shot to show that although he is all alone he is trapped without knowing if he has caused the death of his lover or not, with homosexuality still being taboo there is nowhere for him to run to to anybody for him to confide in other than ‘Ned’ rendering him alone yet trapped within the situation.