Repeating Days Feedback

Repeating Days Feedback

Summary

  • My project is a one-minute film which encompasses a short synopsis of what my day is like in online school. To show my “covid truth”, I attempted to communicate the ways in which online school is extremely repetitive and how it drags the day along.

Logline

  • A frustrated student struggles to remain engaged as every day seems to repeat and blend together with the next.

Intent / Goals

  • FOR MYSELF: One technical goal I set for myself was to use an invisible cut and a smash cut at some point in the film. Overall, I wanted to make my edits clean, clear, and intentional. Creatively speaking, I set a goal to try something new by using the overlapping voices of my own teachers talking to create a sense of chaos, overwhelm, and repetition.
  • FOR THE PROJECT: I wanted the audience to feel uncomfortable while watching this, but I also wanted them to be able to relate to what I was portraying. Having an audience which primarily consists of other students, I felt it would make sense to create something that people could see as their own experience being portrayed by someone else.

Research

  • To prepare myself for the role of editor, one of the people I researched was Walter Murch and his “Rule of Six”. Murch is an award winning film editor and is definitely more than qualified to be giving editing advice. From my research on his “Rule of Six”, I learned about which aspects of your film you should pay the most attention to while editing. Murch says that it is crucial to cut for emotion, advance the story with your cuts, cut with rhythm, lead with eye trace, recreate reality on screen, and make sure the physical space in a scene makes sense with spacial relationships in real life.
  • Another resource that I used to prepare myself was a YouTube video titled “13 Creative Film and Video Editing Techniques“, which was shared with me during a class presentation. The video comes from a verified account that posts tons of videos related to films and the film making process. From watching this short video, I learned a lot about different types of editing techniques including when to use them, how to use them, and why to use them. I found this resource extremely helpful, as it was easy to understand and provided visual examples for each type of edit to clearly show viewers what each particular edit may look like.
  • I would also like to include a major shout out to Brian Favorite, who provided me and my classmates with a presentation on Walter Murch and the 13 edits video I have mentioned above. His presentation was extremely helpful in learning about basic film editing and completing this project.

Questions

  • How did the overlapping voices make you feel?
  • Was my idea of the day repeating communicated well?

Peer Feedback

  • “The edits here, I think, worked really well because it’s showing that passing of time … and everything feels like it’s moving slowly. [But] it didn’t feel like there was a lot of tension … I would have added some kind of goal to it in the beginning that needs to be done by the end of the video to show some conflict” – Abby Dyck
  • “After every cut [in this film], we can say ‘and then’ … [but] what we want to do is be able to say ‘but’ or ‘however’ or ‘therefore’ … to ramp up the tension” – Mr. Le Duc
  • “I felt like she was swimming through oil. All the way through was slow and painful … and the cuts didn’t distract from that. I thought her attempt was really successful in the end because of those edits. [The voices] sort of conflicted with that swimming through oil thing because it felt like the audio had energy and the visuals were just languid … [but overall] I thought this was an attempt communicated very well” – Brian Favorite
  • “The fact that I felt the emotions that you were trying to convey I think shows a lot in your film making. I agree with Brian [in that] I thought the voices were kind of conflicting … but other than that, creating a film that shows the emotion you’re trying to convey is a great aspect of film making and I think you hit it right on the nail” – Emily Berbells
  • “The layered audio was a hook … I thought that was really creative. [Maybe have] it keep ramping up to a breaking point … or [have] clear juxtaposition between the languid visuals and overwhelming audio” – Mr. Le Duc

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