Shaun Mullins SS Ass. Fback 01 (2) This was my first attempt ever at making a film. I know that I was supposed to just film something and submit it for assessment but this being my third course I feel that am now a little bit past just doing a project without researching it first. … More Tutor’s feedback for Assignment 1
Shaun Mullins Ass. Fback 04 I was overall pleased and relieved that my Tutor liked my work and that he was in agreement that it met the criteria. I can now confidently move on to my last assignment. I take on board my Tutor’s comments regarding being more creative with the story by adding more … More Tutor’s feedback for assignment 4
As part of my reading I have read much about ‘film-language’ I am finding this is a little bit mysterious but intriguing. I have been trying to understand this aspect of film-making and I have noticed that colour appears to play a big part in film-language. For example I recently saw a film called Las … More Film language
This was another challenge, the hardest part for me, as always, was finding the idea for a short-story. This assignment was about places and I tried too use a variety of different places for this film – a bathroom with a running shower, a kitchen with a boiling kettle, a moving car as seen from … More Reflection for assignment 4
Shaun Mullins Ass. Fback 03 Overall Comments I am happy and relieved that my Tutor was happy with my assignment ‘Conflict’. I have been criticised in the past of over-complicating my work, on previous courses; so I am now much more mindful to try to keep things simple. My biggest fault is that I tend … More Reflection on my Formative feedback for Assignment 3
This was challenging for me in a very different way to other challenges that I have faced. In this one I had to be a story teller / writer as well as photographer / film-maker and for a long time my mind blank to creating a satisfactory short-story. Only when I had the time to … More Reflection for Assignment 3
Death on the Nile. Following up on my Tutor’s recommendation to watch movies that are very familiar to me to analyze their editing sound and image, the first motion-picture I chose to watch is my wife’s favorite, ‘Death on the Nile’, I have seen many times. Made in 1978, starring Peter Ustinov and Director of … More Death on the Nile
I picked up a DVD from Tesco for a £5, the original 1932 Scarface starring Paul Muni, George Raft and Borris Karloff, directed by Howard Hawks. Widely considered to be one of the great Gangster movies and a film that influenced all future gangster movies. There is a very interesting montage scene that suggests a … More Scarface 1932 Directed by Howard Hawks
My Tutor suggested I watch this video by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. (This is only a 6 minute extract.) I liked this very much, the idea of linking a video with a mobile-phone device and time of past and present in a specific location then filming the handheld mobile phone video within the … More Alter Bahnhoff
Shaun Mullins Ass. Fback 02 I was pleased and relieved that my Tutor liked my short-film and that I had achieved to create a sense of atmosphere in my film. I must admit I often suffer from self-doubt even when assured by family and friends. Scene 1 – The Letter Arrives. I thought I had … More Reflection to my Tutor’s report for assignment 2.
Setting the Scene 