Fiction adaptation: Montage

We were tasked to create a montage using some stock footage, as this would be good practice for if we wanted to include some montage in our final films. We had a lecture about the different types of montage, and the different effects that they create in the audience, most of the time without words. An example of this is what Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov did. He had a shot of a man's face, and then changed the shots that followed it. This caused the audience to put different meanings to the man's face, despite the shots of his face being the same one used in all three films. This is called the Kuleshov effect, and is a very effective form of montage.

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Documentary unit: Script first draft

Documentary unit: Interview questions

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Documentary unit: Jackie interview

So we could get an outside view on fake fear, we were able to secure an interview with an actual adrenaline junkie, only thing was, she's 73! She was amazing to interview, and her answers were so descriptive, which gave us some area to play around with during the edit. We needed to rearrange the house to better suit an interview, and when we realised that we would have to do that, we were glad that we were filming in one of our own homes instead of Jackie's house, or in a public area, as we then had control over the whole environment. Jackie was a pleasure to interview, as she was very relaxed and had a great sense of humour to match.

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