School of Art and
Design 2013/14
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MA:
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Learning Agreement
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Name: Muyang Li
Course: Film Practice
Date:
13/11/2013
What is your subject
of study?
My subject is how post-production
create the characteristics of fairy tale film. I will mainly research how
post-production works in visual effect, narration and the sound features when
making fairy tale film.
What is your research
question?
How is post-production
used to create the characteristics of fairy-tale film?
Research aim(s):
What
are the overall aims of the project?
My research aims are in following aspect:
1. Investigate the
features of fairy tale film.
2. Researching how post-production
present the visual effect of fairy tale film.
3. Explore structure of
the fairy tale stories.
4. Understand montage
editing, how it works in film.(The narration of film)
5. How post production
technique makes fairy tale film in different styles?
Research
objectives(s):
What
are the specific tangible project objectives?
Note:
these are separate to what you personally need to learn in terms of skills and
knowledge, see learning objectives below.
- Search more
references about post production and fairy tale film.
- Using case
study of some typical directors’ films such as Telry Gilliam and Jean
Pierre Jeunet or others.
- Analyse
some best editing award films
- Make 2 short
live-action fairy tale films.
Rationale
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What is the wider context of your project?
Fairy tale film is not only presents a fiction story, but also shows a
reflection of audiences themselves. As Greenhill and Matrix stress
in their introduction, “the mirror of fairy tale film reflects not so much what its audience members actually are
but how they see themselves
and their potential to develop (or, likewise, to regress). Fairy tale film is a way to make people know more
about themselves.
The way how to use post-production techniques present fairy tale film on
screen is important. Pauline and Sidney (2010) mentioned in their book ’Fairy Tale Films’ that “the artistic re-creations of fairy tale plots and characters in film are significant because they mirror
possibilities of estranging ourselves from
designated roles and the conventional patterns of the classical tales”. Therefore, the post-production will influence
the audiences’ feeling directly.
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How does the project relate to your previous
experience/practice?
I have edited short
films, and I get some post production skills from it. It helps me know the
meaning of post production.
My bachelor
dissertation was the study of Tim Burton’s films. From the research of his
films, I found some features of fairy-tale film. I think I can use some
familiar research methods to deeply investigate my project.
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How does it relate to relevant current practices, debates
and theory?
Tim Burton
and Terry Gilliam are both famous fairy tale film directors. Although their
film genre is the same, their films are in different style. The key point
should be the post-production way. For example, ‘Sweeney Todd’ is a black fairy
tale film, the visual effect is dark and bloody, and the sound of it is horror
and abnormal. However, ‘Brazil’ presents science fiction movie features, the
visual effect is colourful and the sound of it was more nature than ‘Sweeney
Todd’. These two films are presented in different way that is mainly because of
post-production.
Narration of post-production is also
mentioned in many books. One of the most import ways to present the fairy tale
film is the narrative method (Jack, 2011). Narration of fairy tale film is an
important role to show the idea. Once the story has explained what the supernatural event is,
why it has occurred, and its meaning
within the person’s life, the fantastic then becomes either the “marvelous” or the “uncanny.” If the story attributes a
rational explanation (such as
drug-induced illusions or bad dreams) for the “apparently supernatural event”, it
instantiates the uncanny. But if the narrative instead accepts the supernatural event as real and magical, it is
marvelous (such as in fairy tales).
If the narrative does not specify how the actions took place (as
in Henry James’s
The Turn of the Screw, which offers no
rationale for its supernatural incidents),
the story remains simply classified within the fantastic cited by Pauline and Sidney (2010, 63).
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Why is the intended research significant? (So what?)
Research the post-production features
in fairy tale film would offer better understanding of making this genre of
films. Filmmakers could easily deliver their thought to audiences when making a
fairy tale film. As Pauline and Sidney
(2010) argues that “the fairy tale film’s frame—not only the physical limits of what
it actually shows but also its containment in time and space—allows an
often-succinct and telling expression. Its metaphorical flexibility means that
viewers can potentially return at different times and receive different,
sometimes even contradictory, impressions of the film’s meanings and
intentions.”
The key point of a film is created by filmmaker, so their thought would finally
influence the viewer’s opinion.
Therefore, my research is significant.
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How does this project relate to your plans for the future?
In the future, I will
work in the media company, and I tend to be a video editor.
Methodology
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Outline the research, creative and intellectual
methods you will employ to develop your research project.
1.
Read books, articles and journals to
search theory evidence which could support my ideas.
2.
Watch more fairy tale films.
3.
Summarize the post production
features in these films in journals.
4.
Make my fairy tale film that can show
my thought.
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Identify ethical considerations where appropriate.
Learning objectives
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Link to your personal skills audit and development plan;
identify the skills that you will develop and knowledge that you need to
acquire. Match the objectives against the MA programme learning outcomes.
Learn Editing technique such as Final Cut, After
Effect.
Learn the editing thought, such as parallel
montage, cross cutting.
Study how to structure a good film.
Submissions (practical and/or
written work)
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Describe your intended body of work, including your
reflective journal and the summative critical review
My reflective journal
will show my investigative progress, include some relevant references from book
and my critical thinking; I will analyse some movies that I watched, and the
progress of making my films.
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Specify the audience and communication context for your
project.
The
audience of my project can be the people who prefer film post production. Then,
it is better to via email or other online tool to share opinions about my
project.
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Describe how you intend to evaluate/ test project outcomes
with your audience.
I would like to show my film as project outcomes to
my audience. I am willing to accept suggestions and answer any questions from
audience.
Resource implications
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List what resources are required within or outside of the
University
Camera, lighting, editing equipment, voice
recording equipment, tripod, and studio.
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Identify other organisations or individuals involved that
you will rely upon and describe what role they will have
I might need actors and photographers in making my
film.
References
Cite material using the Harvard System referenced in the previous
sections.
Book:
Jack Z. 2011, The
Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films.
James, Henry, 215; The Turn of the Screw, 63
Movie:
Telry Gilliam, 1985, Brazil
Tim Burton, 2007, Sweeney Todd
Bibliography
Cite essential background or contextual material using the Harvard
System of referencing
Books:
Elizabeth
E., 2008 Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jack Z., 1996,
Towards a Theory of theFairy-Tale Film: The Case of Pinocchio
Joanna C.,
2008, Jay Cassidy on Into the Wild: The RT Interview [online]. Available at: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/into_the_wild/news/1717991/jay_cassidy_on_into_the_wild_the_rt_interview/
John P., 1975. The effects of context and order in film editing,
AV communication review [online], 23(1), pp 69-80. Available via: Springer Link
Dudley Andrew J., 1984. Concepts in Film Theory
Kokaram A. et al, 2003, A Bayesian framework for recursive
object removal in movie post-production, Image processing [online],pp I – 937,
Available via: ieeexplore
Matthew T., 1980. Means for post-production film-making
Roger C. 2006. Fine cuts [electronic resource]: the art of
European film editing
Sergei E., 1970. A Dialectic Approach to Film Form
Toby M., 1999. A Companion to Film Theory
Vincent LoBrutto, 1991. Selected Takes: Film Editors on
Editing
Walter
Murch, 2003. The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
Films:
Jean-Pierre J., 2001. Amelie from Montmartre
Timetable
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Outline your plan of action; give dates of developmental
milestones linked to the PGC / PGD / MA stages; include personal tutorials and
your vacations.
Week
11 confirm the general idea about my project.
Week
12 add information about my project.
Week
13 find problems in my learning agreement and revise them.
Week
14 read books and understand film theory from them.
Week
15 watch more films and classify the features of fairy tale film.
Week
16 research reference and continue writing Learning Agreement.
Week
17 analysis some individual style of directors.
Week
18 gain films theories and editing experience.
Week
19 practice post-production technique
Week
20 look over my research, and find some disadvantages.
Week
21~23 read more book and prepare for presentation
Week
24 Presentation
Week
25~28 write a screenplay, design a cinematic storyboarding, shoot this film and
edit it.
Week
29~30 show the short film to audiences and get some advices from them, and I
also need some professional suggestion from them.
Week
31~32 do more post-production practice and read more books about fairy tale
films’ features
Week
33~34 read some books about shooting and editing. Watch some films and do
research on shooting
Week
35~40 analysis some typical fairy tale director’s film, and make a chart to show
the elements make their film fairy tale genre.
Week
41~42 learn more post-production skills, do more practices
Week
43~45 write 2 or more screenplays and storyboarding and research its practicability,
and how to make the fiction part looks reality.
Week
46~49 shoot the final project and edit it
Week
51~52 prepare for presentation
Week
53 final assessment preparation
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Identify a programme of events in which you intend to
participate: lectures, exhibitions, tutorials, seminars, workshops, research
visits, interviews, searches, on-line activities, etc.
I would participate to
some film festival and attend film directors’ lectures. It is better for me to
interview them and ask questions about film.
Agreed as a viable
programme of study
Signature
of student: Date:
Signature
supervisor: Date:
Include this document within your
submission at the end of each stage (PGC / PGD / MA).
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