Supervisor meeting log--verbal feedback

Agenda: a verbal feedback of proposal
Tutor: Phil Nodding, David Downes
Summary of discussion:


In regarding to my subject of study "A study of micro-film language, dialogue and cultural environment" and reseach question "The feasibility of non-dialogue film in the micro-film format" , David gave me his opinions and suggestions. First of all, the topic is too wide for reseaching, and the subject contradicts to the reseach question itself. He was confused about how it works when I mentioned language, dialogue and cultural environment at the same time and then but my emphases on ' non-dialogue' elements in films later. Phil concerned that when I brought out this research question it was already been proved when the film was invented at the first time, it kept for almost 30 years before the sound track was put on. In recent years many smart ideas were shown in silent films in a variety of countries. In this case it is unnecessary to prove this point of view again. Secondly, micro-film is a fangle in this industry, lack of exsting documents and materials for reseaching would be a insurmountable problem. In a ward, both of the subject and the reseach question  need to be changed.
The new topic could be:How to expand the acceptance of films to viewers who have different cultrual backgrounds regarding to the approaches of a variety of elements.  Not only talk about conversations, but also discuss the technique area and script and so on.

The proposal will be rewrite in this week.

 

Suppervisor meeting log

Agenda: proposal and respective journal

Today Phil talked about our proposal. Regarding to my research topic "A study of microfilm language,dialogue and cultural environment" he thought it may comes to a very wild range and it is a better way for reaserching to focus on a more particular direction in it. He suggested that when doing the experimental works I can create 2 different versions of microfilms with the same storyline, thus a comparison could be made in order to  research the reaction from my viewers. Quastionaire can be a good helper for collecting feedbacks in terms of the use in each element(such as music, acting, film tech, location, light and so on).




Good film recommendation: Argo(2012)

Supervisor meeting Log

Agenda: Proposal outlines discussion, documentry and reality, areana as character

Today we 5 girls had a pleased discussion with our supervisor Phil about ideas in regarding to our projects. Everyone came up with intersting imagines in mind, although some of them sounded not practical but we exchanced thoughts and inspired each other.

"Lauguage environment of film" is the general idea of my research direction at the moment. "What role lauguage plays in a film?" As an international student I am from a totally different lauguage and cultural environment, it is hard to neglect the impact of lauguage in films. Is English the dominant lauguage in this field? Can I shoot a micro-film without any conversation? Those would be the main questions in the future study process.

http://vimeo.com/52834391

This is a good example of silence micro-film on Vimeo. The filmmakers tried to a new prespective of tthe topic of zombie--children. Perfect combination of light and sound, very impressive.