Eleanor Rose Film and TV Blog

Picking Sides The first short film I watched was called ‘Picking Sides’ by Dotty Kultys & Beatriz Pinto. This was an animated film about a man and his dog who get caught in the middle of two warships. The film starts off with just the man and his dog in their little boat. Right from beginning there is a very calm tone set. The sea was very tranquil and the colours that they used set a very peaceful scene. Even when the action increases the colour still quite light. I think this has been done to show the hope that people must have when they're stuck in the middle of war. We are lead to believe that this short film is going to be free from strife however this harmonious mood is quickly dismissed when the two warships are brought into frame. Since this film never changes it shot type or shooting perspective it all it allows the watcher to take in every detail of the scene. If you look closely at the warships you notice how you can see the hull below the water. This is don...

Our induction task was to make a film based around continuity. I think we were successful in this task however there were a few errors. For example at the beginning when he opens the door we can see the pink balloon in shot, but when we see the close up of the balloons the pink balloon is at the front. Also the position of where he was holding the book changes between two shots. It goes from being on his lap when he is kneeling down to being held slightly above his lap. There are a few more shots I wish we would've put in. For example we should've got a shot of him walking through the door instead of just him opening and closing it. However despite all of this I think the continuity of our film was upheld throughout, because of this I think we successfully completed the task that was given to us.

Seeing how hard Ridley Scott tried to create a new world for watchers to get lost in you would've thought he would spend more time on the actual story line for his main character. Harrison Ford has often been reluctant to answer why 'Blade Runner' is such an iconic film and this is probably due to the fact that his character, Rick Deckard, is incredibly stupid. Throughout the whole film we are led to believe that Deckard is human yet there are many minute details that could lead us to believe he is a Replicant, however that's moving on from the point of the story. The film opens with a simple paragraph explaining what is going on and we are introduced to these human replica robots inventively called 'replicant'. They are used in the slave labour and to explore new worlds however when it turns out that these robots are capable of murder at their own will the creators decide it is best to kill every replicant there is. But alas it is not that simple, since the...