Week 15: Project Revise

Due to my topic about montage was not MA level, I am trying to answer the question mentioned by my tutor that "What new element of montage you think you can add still apply?" After one week research, I came up with two new topic.

The effects of applying montage extend the frames and create the off camera space in film."
That is to research how to create the scene that did not displayed on the screen, but the audience can imagine it, such as ‘cinema paradiso’, a elder lady went downstairs, the camera did not follow her steps, but shoot a half knitted sweater that was dragged and pulled by the elder lady, the sweater became small and small. This scene shows the space that audiences could not see. This picture not only shows the lady go downstairs, but also present the eager emotion of the lady, and generate the director’s individual style.

Another one is: "The effects of applying montage manipulate the time in film."
This project aims to research how montage expands or diminishes the time, and the effects it brings to audiences.
For example, for minimizing the time of the character’s growth, the first frame could be showed the child face, and second shot is the flowing cloud, the third frame is the adult face. Only three shots could illustrate a long period of time. The effects of the montage might be push the plot continuing without being slack.

I have also thought about my original project, that is "How post-production create the characteristics of fairy tale film."
I would research three aspects about fairy tale film: visual effect, the narration, and the sounds, and research the post-production features in fairy tale film.

The next step is choosing one of them and continuing to develop my project.