british film institute trip
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BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
On 12th November 2014, we visited the British Film Institute at
Southbank, London. We came to this lecture to further our
understanding in to the research and planning aspects of movie
openings. This will help us with our coursework by looking into
aspects of film openings, such as Mise-En-Scene, enigma and
sound.
WHEY DID WE VISIT THE BFI?
Pete Fraser also was our main lecturer. He spoke to us about things
which we are currently studying in class. Pete presented us with
posts from his blog ‘www.petesme diablog.blogspot.com’
Pete showed us some previous openings, alongside grade schemes
in which we had to use to give a reasonable grade on the opening.
This was beneficial as I realised how a better quality camera and
microphone enhance an opening and also many higher grades used
minimal speech as it is very hard to perfect.
PETE FRASER
Hannah Rothman is a trailer director who has helped direct film
trailers such as Sex Tape, rise of the planet of the apes and The
Selfish Giant which we was shown and then we had an in-depth
discussion about the methods of advertisement production. The Q&A
session with her gave us more knowledge on how we could place our
titles and what styles suit which genre.
HANNAH ROTHMAN
Dexter Fletcher is an actor/director who has featured in many film
and television productions. He started his acting career in Bugsy
Malone playing the role of baby face. Now he is directing his own film
ideas, Wild Bill and other ideas proposed to him by companies,
Sunshine On Leith.Fraser told us about how important using well
known actors for his directorial debut of Wild Bill. The Q&A session
with Fletcher was successful for us students as he extended our
knowledge what to include in our opening. Rules such as you must
see the main character’s eyes first- so the audience can instantly feel
vibes and feelings of the characters persona.
DEXTER FLETCHER