In last week's class, we watched a series of BMW short films, all starring Clive Owen, and all written and directed by different people. As varied as they were, however, they all followed the same three act structure, with a clear set up, second act, and resolution. It was interesting to see how each director used the subject matter (being new model BMWs) in such different ways. Some were humorous, while others were serious, and they all used different camera angles and shooting techniques. Definitely a good way to study the short film.
It was also a week for finding and organizing our groups for our own short film project. Mine is a group of six, including myself, Zehn Laliwala, Gemma Franklin, Melanie Cartledge, Julian Lamprecht, and Bec Cornell. After an amusing stint of looking up names on a name generator, we landed on the group title "Puffy Mountain Sheep of the Lost Temple." A little wordy, you might say, but we were all in agreement, so it kind of stuck. We've taken the week to each come up with a few ideas for the subject of our "how to" video (which we decided should be a comedy), and we plan on regrouping tomorrow to narrow down the choices and hopefully land on a winning topic. Since we've all got a one hour break between the tutorial and lecture, that will be our weekly meeting time, at least to start. Once we get more into things, we'll decide on supplementary times as well. So far, I'm feeling good about the group. We've got a mix of guys and girls, and we've all got assorted interests, so we should be able to get some good ideas flowing.
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