Presentation - Week 8
- 1. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT – WEEK 8
- 2. TIME OUT OF JOINT Time Out of Joint is a classic tale of paranoia, set in suburban fifties America. Small scale – not a big cast, small town Protaganist questions world around him Actually in a virtual world to protect him from the war with lunar colonists First of PKD's novels to successfully pose the 'What is Reality?'
- 4. MR. ROBOT • This is how framing can change everything about your story. • There are lots of different ways to convey emotions on screen, from explicitly verbalizing it with dialog to tapping into the psychological effects of color. But framing shots in specific ways can also be extremely effective at communicating a character's mental and emotional state. Video essayist James Hayes of Film in the Making talks a bit about how the creators of the Emmy award-winning TV series Mr. Robot used framing, namely quadrant framing, to communicate the social anxiety and distrust experienced by its protagonist, a vigilante hacker named Elliot.
- 5. POSTMODERNISM • tributes to classic pop culture • Postmodern realities blur the lines between good and evil, black and white, for both characters and viewers – similar to neoir • Bizarre, eclectic searches for the unknown involving spirituality, philosophy and technology • Self awareness – intertextuality, hyperreality • Non linear narrative
- 6. MUSIC • Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams • Radio head – Fake Plastic Trees • Cat Power – Sea of Love • Eels – Flower • Modest Mouse - The World At Large • Titus Andronicus - Ecce Homo • Pink Floyd - Time
- 8. NEXT STEPS – SCREENPLAY CASTING
Editor's Notes
- #3: Introduce book that I will adapt, outline main plotpoints why it is suitable for my themes Talk about the way it handles ‘paranoia’
- #4: Memento – Christopher Nolan Shutter Island – Martin Scorse The thing – 1982 It comes at Night Discuss the films use of paranoia, how they are filmed, the focus on characters, show clip of memento
- #5: Mr robot and the way it uses quadrant framing to create paranoia, it mimics the social anxiety that the character is feeling. Abandons the rule of thirds
- #6: Mr robot is also very post modern, similar style to how I want my own film to feel Outline main tropes of a postmodern film/tv Discuss how I would like to nod to scifi material and pop culture with barely noticeable references in my own film
- #7: One way postmodern shows highlight their self-awareness is through their music. Discuss some of the music I would like to utilise in my own film The music encompasses important themes surrounding existentialism Together in electric dreams used in the sci-fi film ‘her’
- #8: Thinking about music has made me think about my musical score. Some inspirations, include Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk) , Junkie XL (Made Max: Fury Road) and Johan Johansson (Sicario) Enjoy the way they mix sound to create tension Not over-complicated melodies Show example of Sicario theme
- #9: Discuss what my next steps are Experimenting with music and writing a screenplay over christmas followed by casting,