Today in Phil's seminar we watched a scene on editing from the opening of "Slumdog Millionaire." I've never seen the film before so decided to go home & watch it. I thought it was such a good film & the storyline was brilliant. I also enjoyed how it had the set theme that everything you do really does happen for a reason.
Showing posts with label Film Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film Review. Show all posts
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Future Husband
Currently watching p.s i love you, thought you'd like to see my future husband Gerald Butler. (LLLLLL)
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Skins (L)
Skins series 5 starts tonight (L) I am watching so much rubbish on tv lately - Big fat gypsy wedding, sun sex and suspicious parents, waterloo road, also got brought misfits series 1 and 2 on dvd which I loveeeeeee.
So excited for skins the script is written by young people so can relate to the audience. Characters are also so strange and edgy.
So excited for skins the script is written by young people so can relate to the audience. Characters are also so strange and edgy.
Monday, 10 January 2011
Threshold Concepts - eXistenZ
Today was the first day back of the term and we had a lecture with jools on threshold concept.
We were told threshold concept "is like a portal opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding or interpreting/viewing something whith the learner it can not progress"
Can be characterised as: transformitive, irreversible, integrative, bounded & troublesome.
HUH?! I didn't really understand it although this website helped a bit: http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~mflanaga/thresholds.html
We then watched the strangest film I have honestly ever seen in my life "eXistenZ." - 1999. The only thing I enjoyed about it was Jude Law ;)
We were told to discuss this film relating to: narrative, interactivity & convergence.
eXistenZ is based on the story of a virtual reality game. The plot has twists in which the audience become confused to which is reality and the virtual, which parts are actually true and which areas aren't.
Narrative: Chronological and shown from the perspective of Allegra & Ted playing the game. The twist comes at the end showing that the story itself is in fact a virtual reality game called "tranCendenZ" played by the cast, mirroring the first scene. The only difference is that the players used electronic devices rather than game pods.
Interactivity: The film interacts well with the audience in which they always have to think about what is happening and the concept of the film. The confusion of it the characters are in real life or the game requires the audience to think about the plot - therefore there is interactivity.
Convergence: The convergence of the concepts of reality and fantasy. The film is based on the audience thinking "is that happening?" "is that real?" "is that the game?" and the ending shows that the film wasn't mainly reality. It has the idea to go over what has happened and think what was real and what wasn't.
We were told threshold concept "is like a portal opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding or interpreting/viewing something whith the learner it can not progress"
Can be characterised as: transformitive, irreversible, integrative, bounded & troublesome.
HUH?! I didn't really understand it although this website helped a bit: http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~mflanaga/thresholds.html
We then watched the strangest film I have honestly ever seen in my life "eXistenZ." - 1999. The only thing I enjoyed about it was Jude Law ;)
We were told to discuss this film relating to: narrative, interactivity & convergence.
eXistenZ is based on the story of a virtual reality game. The plot has twists in which the audience become confused to which is reality and the virtual, which parts are actually true and which areas aren't.
Narrative: Chronological and shown from the perspective of Allegra & Ted playing the game. The twist comes at the end showing that the story itself is in fact a virtual reality game called "tranCendenZ" played by the cast, mirroring the first scene. The only difference is that the players used electronic devices rather than game pods.
Interactivity: The film interacts well with the audience in which they always have to think about what is happening and the concept of the film. The confusion of it the characters are in real life or the game requires the audience to think about the plot - therefore there is interactivity.
Convergence: The convergence of the concepts of reality and fantasy. The film is based on the audience thinking "is that happening?" "is that real?" "is that the game?" and the ending shows that the film wasn't mainly reality. It has the idea to go over what has happened and think what was real and what wasn't.
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