lesson 2

Lesson breakdown 

We started of the lesson by using the first 5 minutes to recap on last lesson. After re-capping we watched a short film titled ‘Rubber Johnny’ and shared our thoughts as a group. ‘Rubber Johnny’ was a prime example on how experimental a short film can be, the class overall had mixed opinions and discussed good and bad points about the short film.  We also watched a interview by ‘Rubber Johnny’ which gave us a little insight of what the short film is about which changed some people’s opinions about the film first and also made the films narrative more clearer for people to understand. We also watched last year’s short films to give us some idea and inspiration for when we start our short film. We watched ‘Prey’ which was about illegal cab services which is a issue that is on the rise so was very relevant and had a message in the narrative. Next we watched another short film made by last year 13s. We watched ‘The tale of the lady and the cake’ which was about a woman baking a cake for her husband’s birthday but then ends up eating it. This was an interesting a short film and shows how simple an idea can be and still engage you and portray a story in the space of 5 minutes. The last example we watched was titled ‘One two many’ which is a very comical short film that works very well and was modern and appealing to our age group. The idea itself is very simple and seems too simple but they executed the idea well on screen and the idea worked surprising well. I really enjoyed it!

For our next tasked was to pick a short film I enjoyed personally and analysis the codes and conventions of it and talk about good and bad points.

After sharing our opinions on last year’s work, we watched a short film titled ‘About a girl’. Mrs. Mathews frequently stopped the film throughout and we as a class added thoughts and opinions about all elements about the film. This allowed us to be analytical about the film. Overall the film was a very shocking story that shocked us all with the twist and the end of the short film. This was a prime example on how a short film can make you feel many different emotions in the space of 8 – 12 minutes whilst mainstream long film takes 2 – 3 hours to accomplish the same impact.