Shelby Vermeulen ~ 1/9/17

Today in class, we started of like every other day by getting our computers set up and putting today’s objectives into our notes. In the first 10 minutes of class, we watched a video and figured out what exactly the film does. As a class, we acknowledged that the film showed footage to create an overall idea. The idea was how texting and the internet are portrayed in movies. The director of this short film provided analysis by creating a voiceover that matched up with the evidence, had good diction, and no awkward pauses.

After we analysed the short film, we looked at a picture and were asked the question:

What does mise-en-scene tell you about this shot?

To answer this question we were able to conquer that she is the dominant feature based on the lighting and the lack of objects or people in the picture. We were also able to assume that she is in the shower because of the tile and the water.

Mr. Rivers then asked us how does editing work which he answered by telling us that it is assembling shots to tell a story. To explain more in depth, the class watched a video of Alfred Hitchcock explaining what film can do. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG0V7EVFZt4)

We then were asked ‘How many shots make up this scene?’ as we watched the famous shower scene from Psycho. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VP5jEAP3K4) The class was able to admit that we all lost count. The director does not want us to realize the editing even though there are many shots. Next, we watched a clip from Goodfellas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sr-vxVaY_M) to see how many shots there were (only one shot). We ended class with this short clip.