Lecture/Workshop 6: 17/10/2018

Lecture/Workshop 5: 12/10/2018

Lecture/Workshop 4: 10/10/2018

Documentary - Film and TV Example 1

Paris is Burning

• Documentary directed by Jennie Livingston
• 1990 documentary
• Filmed in mid-to-late 1980s
• Ball culture in New York
• Communities
• African-Americans
• Latino
• Gay
• Transgender
• "Golden Age" of New York Drag Balls
• Exploration
• Race
• Class
• Gender 
• Sexuality
• Issues explored
• AIDS
• Racism
• Poverty
• Violence
• Homophobia 
• Sex
• Controversy
• Financial
• No Nomination from Academy Awards
• LGBT+

Studio - Film and TV Example 1

This example is linked to the Genre of our Studio Piece - Post-apocalyptic.

Zombieland 

• A post-apocalyptic zombie movie
• Cast
• Jesse Eisenberg (Columbus)
• Woody Harrelson (Tallahassee)
• Emma Stone (Wichita)
• Abigail Breslin (Little Rock)
• Movie monster - Zombie
• Normally zombies don't do much
• In Zombieland
• The zombies
• Fast-moving
• Scary
• Comic relief
• "Zombie Kill of the Week"
• Cameo
• Bill Murray
• Best 5 minutes of cinema in 2009
• COMEDY
• About
• Survival
• Family
• Trust
• Love

Other Films or TV Shows linked to the Genre of our Studio Piece:

• Zombieland: Double Tap
• Shaun of the Dead 
• The Walking Dead
• 
  

Lecture/Workshop 3: 05/10/2018

Lecture/Workshop 2: 28/09/2018

Lecture/Workshop 1: 26/09/2018

Group 2: Documentary - Who's Who?

Front: Tashaun, Destinee, Middle Front: Vanja and Chayana Middle Back: Line and Beth Back: Jake, Me, Jordan and Noah

Group 1: Studio - Who's Who?

L-R Standing: Kacper, Lucas, Jake, Reece, Ryan, Matt, Francesca, Hamzah, James, Saif, ACTOR, Emily, Georgia, ACTRESS, ACTRESS, ACTOR, Me
L-R Crouching: Zak, Emily, Harry, Connor, Dan, Valdas

Role 2: Producer

Producer of my Documentary group.


I was the LEADER of my team.

I was in charge of:

• Fundraising
• Budgeting
• Scheduling
• Equipment
• All paperwork and organising the team
• Making final decisions

Role 1: Camera Operator in a Multi-Camera Crew

This was our Multi-Camera crew: (L-R) Harry, Valdas and Me


A major challenge for this shoot was the fact that I was on crutches from an injury sustained the day before.

Emily, the producer decided to liaise with camera team and me to decide how to adapt quickly and make sure we worked efficiently and successfully.

Assignment 2: Access-Driven Documentary

I was the Producer of the Documentary and I wasn't actually present for the shoot due to health reasons but I was fully involved in the editorial part of the film. 

Assignment 1: Studio Drama

These are screenshots from our film. The first and last images are some of the graphics. The rest of the images are my shots from being Camera Operator 3.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead

This is just a warning for this blog.

I am going to be analysing films and tv shows, some from years ago and some just have come out recently and are still in the cinema.

In any CINEMA posts, I will try and warn again.

Continuation of the Critical Reflection

Module: 5CTA 1106-0906-2019 - Film and Television Production: Pre-Production and Production

Assignment: Critical Reflection 2

Lecturer: Tim Leandro

Grade Weight: 20%

Brief: Individual Assignment. The critical reflection is a 1,000-word essay detailing the student's individual learning journey throughout the 2nd Semester of Level 5. Building on and developed from the student's weekly blog, the essay will demonstrate the student's intellectual engagement with the module content, contextualise the student's work within industry paradigms and situate their work within the norms of accepted professional practice.

The Blog: You should be keeping a weekly record of your experiences, observations, learning, trials, challenges, viewings, readings and anything else which you consider relevant to your development during this course. This material will constitute the source material for your Critical Reflections.