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Storytelling Myth and Ritual! week 6

Images from Vogue

We confront, and are confronted by images every day.
Each image demands that we make senso of it

One type of knowledge was entirely factual
Other knowledge was inferred by me.

Denotative - They are white / no rings
Connotative - Successful / linking rings to marriage
Seeing physical intimacy .

Heteronormativity

People presumed heterosexual


There clothers suggest or indicate status, class, access to disposable income.

This is entirely CONNOTATIVE based on MY understanding of what success is.

She is lower than him in frame
Makes you think he is pulling her towards him
Makes you think of physical intimacy
Makes you think of sexual intimacy



Ideology most effective when it is invisible

ideology not truth

Ideology becomes truth
percieve it to be truth.

Image 2
Both young and white

Tells us what success and beauty SHOULD look like

Both have young couples
Both suggest intamacy
Both white couples
Heterosexually aligned
In both, man is holding woman towards him

Denotative aspects naturalize connotative aspects
Thus ideology invisible

Content should look entirly natural, unproblematic

Image 3
Everyone in picture is white
Protagonists young and white
She is higher in frame
He looks at her
She looks at us

Image4
Whiteness
Image5
Whiteness
She is married
Ring = marriage

image 6
Whiteness


1. Images transmit information / are made meaning of
2. When we make sense of images we identify facts and infer meaning

Discourses of Gender (Through Vogue)
Mean active women passive
(Mean pulling women around in images)

Supposition: Men have power 'naturally' / women mst purchase power.
Gucci, armani code, 'only gold signifies true power'

'power for women = power over men

Man = technology


We might assume that these discourses do not affect us, somehow immune to them.

Unitec ad
Young white people.
clothes indicate style
Men and technology
Active man / passive woman

Femininaty with exotisism



Pedro
Anti-heroes and dystopia

We are the Protagonists of our own existence
we are the heroes of our own narratives

And how about all the ‘nobodies’, underdogs, losers, villains, outsiders, the socially
excluded, mad, tricksters, con, dishonest, coward, greedy, vulgar and evil characters from
literature, drama, myths, film and real life.

The Anti‐hero
• An Anti‐hero is simply a character who lacks the traditional heroic qualities
• Its goals are opposed to the values of classical heroism
• A trouble maker – someone whose actions do not serve the dominant ideology
• They reject moral standards and believe in anarchic ideals

Anti-heroes selfish like Bart Simpson

The Trickster – Subversion and Freedom
• Balancing: Order in the Universe and Chaos
• Creation and Destruction – Eternal Circular Movement
• Tricksters denounce the excess of Rationality and Idealism
The poetic images embodied by Anti‐heroes are immersed in beauty (truth)
• Curly Howard (1903 – 1952) ‐ The Three Stooges ‐ Disorder in
the Court (1936)
• Buster Keaton (1895 – 1966) The College (1927)
• Billy T. James (1948–1991) – The Eating Out Guide
• Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977) – City lights (1931)
• Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The
Pink Panther film series

Picaresque Literature and Drama
It is a genre of narrative which is usually satirical and depicts in detail the adventures of a
roguish character of low social class who lives by his or her wits in a corrupt society.
• Homeless characters
• Petty crime
• Crooks
• Hustlers
• Any adventure of an Anti‐hero on the road

Anti‐Heroes and Anti‐Establishment – Challenging the Absolute
• Maui – The Oceanic God of Freedom – Fights against nature (fish islands, stop the
sun, pull earth and ski apart, steal the fire...)
• Biblical stories like Cain and Abel ‐ Cain, the first murderer, is sometimes seen as a
progenitor of evil. His jealousy, rivalry, and aggression are central to the story.
Historical Anti‐Heroes
1. Emiliano Zapata (1879 ‐ 1919): Mexican revolutionary
2. Martin Luther(1483 – 1546): German church reformer whose ideas started the
Protestant Reformation
3. Antonin Artaud (1896 – 1948): French Poet, Theoretician, Visionary
4. Frank Zappa (1940 ‐ 1993): North American musician ‐ satirist
5. Osama Bin Laden (1957): Anti‐American radical militant
6. Tame Iti (1952): NZ provocateur ‐ Tūhoe Māori activist.
7. Zumbi dos Palmares (1655 – 1695): Brazilian slave, was the last of the leaders of
the Quilombo dos Palmares.
8. Dario Fo (1926): Italian actor , writer, theatre director and satirist

Dystopia
opposite of Utopia
When things go wrong.
undesirable societys
visions of dangerous and alienating future societies


Children of Men
Oliver Twist
Lord of the Rings
Clockwork Orange
Fight Club
Brave new world
1984
Wall-e
The Terminatororeoer
The Dark Knight
V For Vendetta

Sound! Week 6

Boom operating
Objective:

• Get the mic(s) into the best position at all times
• Be prepared
• wear dark clothing and quiet shoes
• Know the script
• Rehearse with mics in pkace
• Seek a plan B
• Listen up

Microphone design an dconstruction
1. Can't tell by looking
2. dynamic mics (Loudspeaker in reverse
Uses electromagnetic induction. Causes movement in cone)
3. Capacitor mics

Condensor (capacitor mics) require power supply, onboard battery)

Microphone powering

1. All capacitor mics require a power supply
2. Some use onboard batteries
3. Others use 'phantom powering'

Why use different between dynamic, condenser?
Dynamic: Rugged, not quick responder. Mid, bass. Not thin, transient sound.
Condensor Thin foil, better transient response. picks up SSss

Capacitor mics in general.
Condensor, rock n rolla


Peeezo, ribbon mic

Phantom powering:
48 volts is common
1.5 v as well

Used on lapel mics

Ribbon mics,

Cables & connecors
1. Balanced input system
2. The 3 pin XLR connector
3. Cable care (test before use)

Recorder Setup

1. Mic, line inputs
2. Mic powering
3. Input sensitivity
4. Level controls
5. Limiting & AGC
6. Monitoring
7. Reference level and ID
8. Remember the audio chain

(monitoring is usually at the end of the chain)

Ch1 select (3 options)
Ch2 select (2 options)
Internal left (Mic on camera)
Internal right
Input 1 (Boom?)
Input 2


One input quiet
One input loud
To capture different dialogue levels

Sound Quiz 1





Equipment
ONE YEAR ONE SOUND KIT

Sound! Week 5

Sound department personnel

1. Production sound mixer AKA sound recordist
2. Boom operater
3. Sound maintenence / sound assistant

Camera person could also set up sound.

Production sound mixer AKA sound recordist

• Overall responsible for prod sound
• Breakdown script or study treatment
  
• Devise a strategy for shoot with director and post prod snd team
• Determine required equip.
• Visit location & studio to assess suitability 4 sound recording
  
• Liase with other HODs on matter affecting snd ie cam, lighting, art, Wardrobe
  
• Choose others in department - boom op etc

Boom Operator

• Directs the microphone to the best possible recording position
• Acts as eyes and ears on set - should always know wats heppening next
• Fit or supervises fitting of radio mics
• Resolving lighting shadow problems with lighting department

Sound maintenance / sound assistant

• 2nd boom op when required
• Manage cables (cable bashing)
• Set up and maintain audio monitoring for director, script supervisor, video split, producers, agency.
• Fill in sound reports, label boxes
• Basic maintenance - fix cables, clean equipment.

(moar common for sound people because of HD)

Production (location) sound
Objectives

• Record ONSCREEN dialogue and sfx
• support stylistic approach
• Collab with other departments
• Aid Post Production

Starts with a script breakdown for sound
- What sounds wil be heard in the cut?

Production Sound Quality
Aims

• Optimum levels (-10dB peaks)
• No distortion
• Minimum unwanted noise
• bg, weather, overlaps on closeups
• Ctrl of reverb
• Consistancy within a shot
• Consistancy within a scene

Sound considerations

• Pickups
• Radio mics
• Costumes / shoes
• Handling props
• Phone calls
• Music
• When to do wildtracks

Post Production Needs
1. Clean 'on camera' sound
2. Wild tracks
a) Room tone / fill
b) Wild Lines
c) Key sound fx

Post Production Path
1. Transfer and sync (capturing)
2. Picture edit
3. Sound post
a) Conform / import
b)Dialogue edit
c)FX edit
d)Music edit
e)Premixes
f)Final mix

Dialog?
Guy at end
People talking in seats
Music?
western music
End logo music
Effects?
Guy twirling weapon / broom
Girl getting weapon out
Dolly
Camera whir

Writing! Week 5

1. Frank sang as loudly as he could. (As loudly as he could = Predicate)
   
2. The wooden crate fell from the forklift and crashed to the ground. (Fell from the forklift and crashed to the ground = Compound predicate)
   
3. I saw the cops chasing a car through the shopping centre in Mt. Albert last week.
4. Last week you said you would ring me up during the weekend.

Bold= Subject
Italic = Verb


I took their tickets at the door, tore them in half, then I showed the people to their seats.

I take their tickets at the door, tear them in half, then I show the people to their seats.
I am taking their tickets at the door, tearing them in half, and showing the people to their seats.

You take their tickets at the door, tear them in half, then show the people to their seats.

He takes their tickets at the door, tears them in half, and shows the people to their seats.

They have taken their tickets at the door, torn them in half, then showed the people to their seats.

1.People, who stick their fingers into electrical sockets, are stupid.
2. Schools, where students are taught, need more money.
3.The thing is Sue I don't know.
4. Banks which hod over a million dollars are rare.
5. My favourite chippie flavours are salt and vinegar chicken and sour cream and chives.

1.
2.
3. WRONG
4.
5. WRONG

Noun/adjective / Verb adverb (Phrase)
onboard / on board
maybe / may be
alot / a lot
breakdown / break down
setup / set up
inflight / in flight

1. My tricked out ride has an onboard KFC grill.
2. "The ship is leaving! Get on board"
   
3. "Maybe I can buy a portable KFC grill over here."
4. "That may be the case, but a portable KFC grill is a waste of mzoneys."
5. "I miss you alot." (IT'S A TRAP)
   
6. "There was a lot of crazy people out in the bush 2 nights ago".
7. The Director gave us a quick breakdown of the shots
8. This tricked out KFC car is gonna break down"
9. Enter Options > Preferences > Setup if you want photoshop to respond.
10. Skyrockets in flight. Afternoon delight.
11. "We can't access the inflight GPS tracker."

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an apple


SEMI-COLONS
1. A "Supercomma"

e.g: We visited Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; London, England and Paris, France

2. Joining, 2 sentences.
Lisa is a writer. She is quite famous.
Lisa is a writer she is quite famous. (FUCKIN WRONG OI)
Run-on sentence

Lisa is a writer, she is quite famous. (WRONG, COMMA SPLICE)

Lisa is a write; she is quite famous.





Frank is the boss. Jo is the group leader.
Frank is the boss Jo is the group leader. X
Frank is the boss, Jo is the group leader. X
Frank is the boss; Jo is the group leader

1. Less (stuff) / Few (things)
2. they're / there / their
3. your / you're
4. to / too / two
5. Much / many
6. lie / lay
7. affect / effect
verb / noun


of / have

I would have gone with you.
We've got too much eggs
We've got too many eggs

It has no effect

Directing! Week 5

Camera Movement
Composition


The Invisible Hand

Themes
Good woman / Bad woman

Power = Suit - Corporate towers
Focus on man


Shots out in street.
Public Domain

What topics am I interested in?
What matters to meh?
Woyt is rly imperpoetantt lol rofl


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"Dead moment"
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Funding: Creative NZ

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Camera Movement

Has to be motivated
Should provide new visual interest

Shot composition

Point of view

SAASASAS
Every scene should matter
No scene should not advance story
Dialogue can be improved by location.
Walking?
Side by side?



COMPOSITION
(Compose)

Umbrella word eh eh eh
To decide choosing which set of camera parameters to employ.
Composing an image is the process of selecting which set of techniques to employ.

-Shows the audience where to look
-Communicates, clear significance of shots
-No confusion about the shots


Digital Intermediate
Involves:
Lens height
Camera Angle
Frame (What size, positioning of subject)
Composition is central to invisible technique

To achieve good composition, every shot has to be taken into account.
-What is the dominant visual element
-What other visual element distracts us, or competes for attention?
-How does the size of the shot and camera angle relate to the previous and proceeding shots?
(Lighting shouldn't change)
-What motivates the camera movement?
Out of the screen
-What visually dynamic does the shot have to be?

"I AM YOUR FATHER lol"

Opening and end shots (Visually interesting)

-What part does colour play in the film?
-What part do objects in focus and depth of field play in the comp.?

-Is the purpose of the shot clearly achieved?
If isolated, is it appropriate to have lots of people in frame?
If moved to new country?



COMPOSITION FTW
Arranging all the visual elements in the frame in a way that makes the image satisfactory and a complete whole.
interrogation of the image is obtained by the positioning of mass, colour, and light, in the most pleasing arrangement.

Is this an objective/subjective judgment?
Old news = objective
Nowadays, more subjective (Personal viewpoint)

Aesthetically pleasing

Composition:
Jane Campian
Vincent Ward


DOES THE SHOT WORK FFS!?
-Does the image attract and holf our attention?
-Is it accessible to normal human perception?
(Buried in clutter)
-What elements in the shot maintain visual interest?
-Does the image convey by content, or by it's mood the intended information?
-Is the image relevant to the content?
Fish tank in The Graduate.
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-Does it conform to the visual conventions of the genre
GHENREE


CAN GOOD COMPOSITION BE INTUITIVE?

What helps good composition choices?
1-Knowing the intention or idea or message to be communicated by the shot is.
Good prep/ communication

2-An understanding of Perception - the way the mind organizes info.

Groupings
Patterns
Shape
Form
Which helps us to read images

Wide shot 2 woman through women = objective

The comp must do cool things
Audience will stop trying, if comp too fail.


Concept/Concrete

Picture Assignment

Beginning Analysis

Breaking up a complex topic into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it.

Begin:
Don't write about images separately.
Compare contrast them

Explore them in relation to my own understanding
If they offer diff positions or readings

Give essay a question that it has to solve

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Analysis starts with descriptions

• Preferred reading
• Dominant ideolegies
• Formail characteristics
• Representataional issues

-Gender
-Ethnicity
-Sexuality
-Age
-Class

What does the image WANT us to take away from our encounter with it?
What do we ACTUALLY take away?
ie what is the gap between preferred reading and our own
How might we explain that gap?




Med long vs CU
Who takes the photo?

What do we think we are being encouraged to read?
Does this photo have a narrative?
What is it?
Answering these questions will reveal a series of dominant discourses?
Are these people at home?

Images present ideological stuff

Culture shiz,Myth Legend, week 4

TIME
-Some of the way in which time is manipulated by the film text
-Why this manipulation occurs

I ROBOT
Cut between locations
D.W Griffiths
When car crashes, goes to slow mo.

Hopefully (for the film’s sake) you shouldn’t have noticed a thing.
So why is this important?

Films, plays etc utilise techs that r self-effeacing.
(The keeping of oneself out of sight or in the
background).

2. If the Form (i.e.: aspects of an object’s construction) is Effaced (i.e.: hidden)
and the conditions within and through which the Object is consumed are Elided
(overlooked and obscured), then the Content of the Object will appear to Occur
Naturally.
So this sequence should appear to unfold Naturally with each edit and transition,
each camera movement appearing to be Motivated by the demands of the
sequence.

Le Voyage Dans la Lune 1902
Existance Began 1895

Little editing

The trip to the moon is truncated. Why?
removes dead time.
(Dead to narrative)

we see rocket land twice.
Locating us.
Need to see twice

BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
(Sergei Eistenstein, 1925)
Odessa steps sequence.

Eistenstein’s Theory of Montage (Editing): the collision of elements could manipulate
the audience and lead to the creation of ‘film metaphors’. This involves the
deliberately non-naturalistic cutting within a shot, to extend the time specific actions
take to occur.

Why?

Should we consider the relationship between
Subjective Experience and an Objective
View?

STRIKE
(1925)

Includes Nondiegetic material
• What happens to the film’s narrative during this moment?
• Are we confused by this moment in the film? Is it clear?
• What happens when a text acknowledges the presence of its audience?

Eistenstein

KILL BILL
How is Time Manipulated?
• What Techniques are Used?
• What Reasons Explain Their Use?
• Is the Audience (i.e.: you) Ever
Confused?
Most Importantly …
• When did we learn to ‘read’ these
techniques?
• What would happen if the film used
different techniques?

Pre school tv teaches
Object Permanence


Conventional: Relating to, or of the nature of, a convention, compact, or
agreement; settled by a convention or compact between parties.
Arbitrary - To be decided by one's liking; dependent upon will or pleasure; at the
discretion or option of any one; discretionary, not fixed; not based on the nature of
things.

Language is conventional and arbitrary

KEY POINTS
film involves manipulation of time

Manipulation occurs within the diegesis to foster a greater sense , protagonist, narraitive
I ROBOT
less freq, time manupulated outside diegesis of film.
STRIKE



STORYTELLING MYTH AND RITUAL
"Let my playing be my learning, and my learning be my playing.“
Johan Huizinga

Homo Sapiens
• Reasoning
• The Knowing human
• Capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection and
problem solving
• Creating complex social structures
• Seeking to explain and manipulate natural phenomena
through philosophy, art, science, mythology and religion
• Have a marked appreciation for beauty and aesthetics
• Development of advanced tools and skills

Homo Faber
• Latin for "Man the Smith" or "Man the
Maker“
• It refers to humans as controlling the
environment through tools
• Man as the tool‐making animal
• Man the creator

Homo Ludens
Man the Player
ludis- latin = ludere - to play =Ludic - playful

play is older than culture
Animals know how to play
Civilisation has added no essential features to the general idea of Play.

Very Important Point
• Even in its simplest forms on the animal level, Play is more than a mere physiological
phenomenon or a psychological reflex. It is more than purely physical or biological
• It is a significant function – there is some sense to it

In play there is something 'at play' which transcends the immediate needs of life
Non materialistic quality

Attempts to determine function of play.
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Attempts to determine the function of Play, its utility and place in the scheme of life
have been generally taken for granted
• Many tried to define its biological function
• Some explained as the discharge of superabundant vital energy
• Training for the young ones for serious work that life will demand later
• As the satisfaction of some “imitative instinct”
• Or simply a need for relaxation
• To exercise a faculty, to compete or to dominate
• A fiction designed to keep up personal value

All these hypothesis have one thing in common: They start from the assumption that play must serve something that is NOT Play.
• They only accept the existence of play in relation to something else that is not Play
• It would be perfectly right to accept all the explanations, but they are all partial
solutions of the problem
• They left out the central element of Play – Pleasure (FUN)


Why children play with pleasure?
whhy does the gambler lose himself in his passion?
Why is a huge crowd absorbed in frenzy in a rugby match?


In acknowledging play, we acknowledge mind.
Thinking is doing.

Play is diff. than ordinary life

We shall observe people’s action in play itself and thus
try to understand Play as a cultural factor in life

Now in Myth and Ritual the great instinctive forces of civilized life have their origin
• Law and order
• Commerce and profit
• Craft and art
• Poetry
• Wisdom
• Science
All are rooted in the primeval soil of Play


First thing children do before they play?
They set up rules

Writing Class 4

18/03/09

BOW WOW WoW YIPPEE YO YIPPEE KAI EH MOTHERFUCKER

WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FARRRR
Sentences
-modifiers
Ugly, brown, rofltastic ball

-Clause
-Phrase
-Apostrophes

JO KICKED THE BALL
Jo = Subject
kicked the ball = predicate

Jo = subject
screamed = predicate

Predicate
- verb
- subject

The dog / barked
No subject

The dog / barked at the child

I / fell off the table, and bruised my elbow, quite badly


TENSE
I tear the pods open, eat the peas, and throw the empty husks away.

I am tearing the pods open, eating the peas, and throwing the empty husks away.

I tore the pods open, ate the peas, and threw the empty husks away.
-am tearing
-tore
-had torn
-was tearing
-used to tear <--- different
-had been tearing
-have torn
-have been tearing

1st person - the person speaking
2nd person - the person spoken to
3rd person - the person spoken about

Singular
1 I / ME / MY / MINE
2 YOU / YOU /YOUR /YOURS
3 HE/SHE/IT | HIS / HER / ITS | HIS /HER /ITS

Plural
1 WE / US / OUR / OURS
2 YOU / YOU /YOUR / YOURS
3 THEIR / THEY /THEIRS

They sold their bike.
You sold your bike.

Buy
Buys
Buying
Bought
Bought

Bring
Brings
Bringing
Brought
Brought

Bake
Bakes
Baking
Baked
Baked

Take
Takes
Taking
Taken (2008, Starring Liam Neeson)
Took

Sing
Sings
Singing
Sung
Sang


PUNCTUATION
Use a comma
- where you would naturally pause
- between items on a list
- to mark off words or phrases added to the beginning of a sentence.
-to mark off a non essential thought or phrase.
-with a conjunction between sentences.

... steak, pasta, vegetables, and fish and chips
FUCKIN CLARITY AND/OR GRACE

FISHENCHIPS

Unfortunately, I won't be there tonight.
I won't be there tonight, I'm afraid.

Jo, who just joined the team, kicked the ball.
While it was raining, I read a book.

Students who are wealthy, are rare.
Students, who are wealthy, are rare.

Students who are poor must buy books.
Students who are poor, must buy books.

It's raining. I'm still going out.
It's raining, but I'm still going out.

-before or after using a person's name
"You were right, James"

"Come on, Jack"
"Come on Jack"




The Colon :

It does one thing.
It introduces

Jack wants only one thing: love.
Jack wants only one thing: a happy family.
Jack wants only one thing: he wants to get married.
Jack wants four things: love, children, money, and fame

The Icicle refrigerator beats it's competitors in one key area: reliability.

I met my three best friends: Jack, Jill and Joe

;_;

Directing class 4

18/03/09

Director Main roles:
Staging (placing the actors on set)

Camera placement
- Who do I need to see?

THE LINE
(180 degree rule)
-Affects camera placement and coverage
-Screen Direction

-Invisible

Two Hander Scene
(2 people in the scene)

o.o - - - - - - o.o
|__________|
...^....^....^...^..^

Lose suspension of disbelief
|engagement|

Can cut across line if actors change position, and we see it.
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Storyboard
Full Prep = ability to be flexible

LUST

Cultural and Professional Practise class 3

Here's Where We Are

Ideas and ways of understanding the world are collectively, called Ideology
Ideology continues to circulate and to inform our understanding of the world.

Human behavior can be changed.
It's not innate
It's not nature

After 1950s, it was pink for buys and blue for girls




The Audience and the Apparatus
For film theory, we refer to The Cinematic Apparatus
Apparatus can be defined as:
• 1: The work of preparing; preparation,
preparatory arrangement
• 2: The things collectively in which this
preparation consists, and by which its
processes are maintained; equipments,
material, mechanism, machinery; material
appendages or arrangements.

With the majority film n shit
The apparatus is elided

If the Form is Effaced (hidden) and the conditions within and through which the object is consumed are elided, then the content of the object will appear to occur naturally

kjh

9/11
It's like Die Hard 3
Simile Simile Simile
Metaphor Metaphor Metaphor

SIN CITY
Opeming scene
Doesn't give us much narrative information as to introduce us to the DIEGESIS of Sin City

Sound of wind is Diegetic
Jazz saxophone and film score is non diegetic

Amongst our questions we have
Where are we?
Who is she?
Who is speaking?

Man and voiceover the same.
We realise we can trust film.

Shot 4
CU of hands
Cigarette symbolic of sex


Shot 6
Confirming our Active Man thesis, first close up is of the man.
Shot 7
Of her

Shot 11
If dress is red, means stop, danger.
Eyes flash green
Woman says 'no' she means 'yes'.

Shot 15:
Silhouette

Shot 16:
CU two shot
Before he shoots her.

Shot 17:
the answer to the establishing aspect shot of shot 1.

Some questions are unanswered
But film can be trusted.

So – In conclusion:
We have seen that when we encounter the Object we seek to interpret, we enter into
a Contact with it, and with the Apparatus that delivers it.
That Contract includes the requirement that the object either (a) conform to
requirements of previous objects we may have encountered, or (b) provide us with
the means to integrate new knowledge into our interpretations.
Mainstream Films and Performances utilise a Self-Effacing form that works to Elide
traces of the Apparatus. This means that we assume we encounter the Object
‘Naturally’.
The result of this is the fact that these highly mediated objects appear to be
unmediated, so we don’t notice all the information we are collecting alongside the
narrative. This information is, of course, Ideology.


For assignment, make sense of thing on your own terms.
Ideology
Make a point, find supporting things in the image itself.

Glammer and Fluctuation

SOUND

Some audio definitions

• Level
• Fidelity (Quality)
• reverberation (Echo)

Reverberation
Reverb in voice
Echo clap hands

The Inverse Square Law
When the distance to a sound source doubles, the size of the disturbance diminishes to one quarter of it's original size.


Strength of sound at a distant point = orig. strength / distance^2

How was It For Sound?

• Quality (determined by environment)
• Reverberation

Microphone Types

• Pick up patterns
• Shotgun mic
• Lapel mic
• Handheld mic

Boom Operating

• Best possible postion
• Keeping a steady aim
• Weightlifting and ballet dancing
• Above USUALLY the best
• How big is the frame / who put that light there
• Quiet clothes and footwear
• Know the script!
• Rehearsals

__________________________________________
6/3/09
Storytelling, Myth and Ritual (Class 2)

Theatre analysis
Theatre language is .. something

The forms of analyses are extremely varied:
Spontaneously commented by spectators
specialist critical review in both print and electronic meida
Questionnaires applied after period of reflection
Sound or audio visual recordings
Written or oral descriptions of sign systems by Semiologists

Questionnaire devised by dr. Patrice Pavis.

Programs contain more than the names of the personnel, their ambitions and production directors.

1. General discussion of performance:
a) What holds the elements of performance?
b) Relationship between systems of staging
c) Coherence or incoherence of the Mise‐En‐Scène
d) Place the Mise‐En‐Scène in the cultural and aesthetic context
e) What do you find disturbing about the production; strong moments or weak, boring
moments
2. Scenography:
a) Spatial forms: urban, architectural, scenic, gestural, etc
b) Relationship between audience, space and acting space
c) Principles of structuring/organizing the space:
‐ Dramaturgical function of the stage space and its occupation
‐ Relationship between on‐stage and off‐stage
‐ Links between space utilized and fiction of the staged dramatic text
‐ What is shown and what is concealed
‐ How does the scenography evolves? To what do its transformation correspond?
d) System of colours, forms, materials and their connotations
[u]3. Lighting System[/u]
Nature, connections to the fiction, performance, the actor. The reception of the performance




We've all got opinions

For film theory, is it?
Celluloid strips?
devices that capture images
the way in which film acts to represent images on a screen on a screen in such a way as to convince us of their depth
the places we go to see

The knowledge that structures our view of the world, that allows us to make sense of our experience = Ideology
[color="#c0c0c0"]Ideology is not truth or reality, but becomes truth and reality.[/color]ol




Writing class 3.

I am happy.
I am very happy.
I am very happy today.
I am very happy today, baby.

Jack ate the pie.
Jack ate the fruity pie.
Jack hungrily ate the fruity pie.
Jack hungrily ate the fruity pie like a pig.
Jack hungrily ate the fruity pie like a pig, while he was texting.


"Like a pig" = Phrase
Phrase not understood by itself as a sentence.
Clause is.

"While he was texting" = Clause


Jack scoffed the pie.
Jack munched the pie.
Jack inhaled the pie.

Conjunctions
Words that join two sentences.

• AND
• BECAUSE
• BUT
• ALSO
• WHEN (?)
  
• HOWEVER
• WHEREAS
• AS
• THEREFORE
• OR
  
• ALTHOUGH
• HENCE
• NEVER THE LESS
• MOREOVER
• ERGO
• THUS
• NONE THE LESS
• SINCE
• SO

Jo kicked the ball. Jo scored a goal.
Jo kicked a ball and scored a goal.
Jo kicked a ball and therefore scored a goal.

Jo kicked the ball. Jo scored a goal. The goal was spectacular
Jo kicked a ball and scored a goal, never the less, it was spectacular.
Jo kicked a ball and scored a goal, which was spectacular.


The sun is out, but I'm hot.
Although the sun is out, I'm quite cold.

The goal was disallowed

Jo kicked the ball and scored a goal which was spectacular, although it was disallowed.
Jo kicked the ball and scored a spectacular goal, although it was disallowed because she was Off-Side.

1. Although it is my corn, you may touch it, because it belonged to Jack Black.
2. This corn looks good, however it is undercooked.
3. This corn is absolutely disgusting, never the less, I will eat it.

BECAUSE SOUNDS ANGRY - Fizzle

Happening at the same time:
While
As
And

Sequence of events:
Then
(So)
And

'Opposition':
However
Never the less
Whereas


Cause and Effect:
Therefore
Because


PUNCTUATION
Apostrophe

1. Contractions
2. Possessives

Contractions
Can not - cannot - Can't
Did not - didn't
Will not - Won't
Do not - don't
Does not - Doesn't

Would've - Would have
Could've - could have
Should've - Should have

It is - It's
It is - 'Tis

Fish 'n' Chips
Pak'n Save

I am - I'm
You are - You're
We are - We're


The boy's head
The boys' heads

The manager's special
could mean the manager is special

Mr Jones' car
Mr Jones's car
The Joneses' car

James' antlers

The apostrophe goes after the person or thing doing the possessing.

The people's voice

The dog wagged its tail.
Put the puzzle back in its box
Its a nice day.

HEYYO

Why Pure Pwnage is Pwnage from Tom Neunzerling on Vimeo.

Shit I'm Cool

DON'T STALK ME

View Larger Map

I'm In like With You FTW!!!?

WHAT IS IT

WHAT IS IT

TELL ME

Vimeo FTW?

Tetris Master Final Cut from Tom Neunzerbling on Vimeo.

Night 3 at Unitec:
Had schnitzel steak, and tomatoes.

Hmm.
That's not too bad ACSHULLYY

Shit I'm Cool

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo
I'm at Unitec now.
A.. tertiary education facility...

Where you... pay money.. to have a chance of getting more money.

Night 1:
Had Watties canned Big Hearty soup.
Night 2:
Had pie and frozen veges.

YUM

Holy Shit

What am I doing?
Leaving home.
Things I can cook

• 2 Minute Noodles
• Scrambled eggs
• Pancakes
• Bacon and Eggs
• Mince and Pasta
• THATS ABOUT IT

On anoth...

On another note, I'm almost finished editing Fishing with Druid. I started again today. Adding music made me like it again. 

I stopped editing it for a week because Fallout 3 was WAY more important than having a successful career in film. 

Yes and a Laptop

I recently AQUIRED a LAPTOP.
"How?" You ask. Well I'll tell ye.

It was a normal day.
I was asked to help my grandma get down a JIGSAW PUZZLE from her cupboard.
I took down the box marked 'games', and inside, there was a laptop box.

A FUCKING LAPTOP BOX IN MY GRANDMA'S CUPBOARD

"You have a Laptop?", I tentatively asked.
"Oh, yes. You can have it if you want".

And that's the story of how I gots me a Lappy.

LIES

AM I DOIN IT RYT?

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NOT IN A NEW TAB

Hope it works

YES and a PSP

TAKE THAT! 

I NO LONGER HAVE TO SPRAY GORSE.

I got out of it because I have 18 Charisma.

I didn't want to not spray gorse because I'm lazy, and it's hard work. 

I'm not really lazy, and I do enjoy hard work.

BUT I DON'T WANT MUTANT BLOODY BABIES!

This fear of mutant babies has been aided somewhat by my current addiction to Fallout 3. 

Gorse spray is fucking dangerous. 

You might as well be in Vietnam.

I sprayed it for a few days with just a painter's mask, and i used the same overalls.

BAD IDEA

On another no...te.. Note. 

On another note, i recently AQUIRED a PSP.

"How?" You ask. Well I'll tell ye.

It was a normal day. 

I was asked to help my grandma get down a JIGSAW PUZZLE from her cupboard.

I took down the box marked 'games', and inside, there was a PSP box. 

A FUCKING PSP BOX IN MY GRANDMA'S CUPBOARD

"You have a PSP?", I tentatively asked.

"Oh, yes. You can have it if you want".

And that's the story of how I gots me a Pisp.

MY LAST SUMMERAI

Silly to start a blog on a SAD NOTE...

My last rofltime before starting Unitec has been TAINTED with spraying gorse, and cleaning butcher shops for no MONEY. 

TAINTED

Na.. 

Blog. 

Blog.

It is not in my phone's dictionary. 

Therefore it does not exist.

it's like The Archives.