Lecture 2.

The lecture in the second week of this course was about Visualisation and Conceptualisation.
Basically, the lecturer talked about how we have to be creative and innovative when we are thinking about making a movie.
We should try and be as creative as possible and the sky is the limit but we still have to think about some limitations like the budget and time.

The lecturer also mentioned a couple of things about scenes. He mentioned how scenes can set the mood for a movie. A movie with many scenes can usually grab the attention of the viewers as it means that there are a lot of things going on but some movies like the movie the lecturer showed us ( the one with Uma Thurman) relied on one scene and really heavy dialogue. But was still interesting. I guess it depends on how good the director is.

The 5 elements for movie making was also very interesting because a good movie usually relies on those elements. I don't think a movie that did not have those elementswere successful and that's something to think about. My goal is actually to find some good films that didn't have some of the elements. Hm.

So the homework given was to name a favourite movie for each genre so here goes:

Action Films: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

Adventure Films: Gladiator (2000)

Comedy: White Chicks.

Crime Films: Requiem for a Dream.

Drama: American Beauty / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Epic Films: Shakespeare in Love (1999)

Horror Films: The Ring (Original Japanese Version)

Musicals: Chicago.

Science Fiction: The Matrix

Western Films: How the West was Won.

Chick Flicks: My Best Friend's Wedding.