Using the crew and behind the scenes footage of the film “Caravan”, this video explores the processes and crew roles essential to the making of a short film.
Producers: Jennifer Ussi
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The Mechanics of Film Part Two
The final process of merging the raw ingredients of the production phase and the hard work of the pre-production phase into a cohesive whole. Topics include editing, sound design, music composition, and marketing.
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Film as Text
Topics include narrative conventions used by filmmakers in telling a story; narration: Narrator or through the eyes of a character; the Plot- the techniques used to express the plot in film; manipulation of time; shot construction and design; lighting; point of view; props and set dressing; sound design and music; the theme: metaphors and visual motifs; the characters and their development through a film; casting; wardrobe and makeup; shot construction; metaphors; editing: the expression of plot and character; resolution: How and why a film is resolved in a certain way.
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The Construction of Meaning in Film
Film language relies on sound and vision to tell its story. With exclusive access to behind the scenes of the short film, “The Unique Oneness of Christian Savage”, this video looks at how meaning is constructed in film. Cinematography, art direction, sound design and editing are just some of the many elements which come together in the process of taking a film from script to screen.
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Caravan
A short drama about 8 year old Saul who gets abandoned by his mother at his grandmother’s caravan in a deserted country caravan park. Through stories she tells him with her playing cards, Gran teaches Saul that he has the choice to change the hand that life has dealt him.