Final COP3 Proposal Form

Questions: 

What is it that makes the effects?

When people see the effects what effect does it have on the audience, and why?

How it sets the mood of the film?

What would I want to be learning and understanding from what I’m reading my dissertation?

Name:

Yoni Cohen

E-mail:

yon1c@hotmail.com / yc104131@students.leeds-art.ac.uk

SUBJECTS OF CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH ALREADY UNDERTAKEN

Level 4:

Director Auteur

Level 5:

Chromakeying

AIM AND/OR OBJECTIVE OF YOUR PROPOSED C.O.P.3 PROJECT

‘An investigation into cinematography and lighting in film’

1.     What research needs to be undertaken into the general and specific contexts of your practice? (Bibliography)

Work experience: Matador Pictures & Metropolis - Running & assisting with the set up of the lighting for interviews and music videos. Location scouting & writing up reviews of scripts. Cinematography theory and practice: image making for cinematographers, directors and videographers/ Brown, Blain Lighting for television and film/ Millerson, Gerald Set lighting technician's handbook: film lighting equipment, practice and electrical distribution/ Box, Harry Film Lighting/ Kris Malkiewicz Cinematography/ Kris Malkiewicz & M. David Mullen, ASC The Fundamentals of film making/ Barnwell, Jane Shooting movies without shooting yourself in the foot/ Jack Anderson Masters Of Light/ Dennis Schaefer & Larry Salvato Visions of Light: The art of cinematography (DVD)/ American Cinematographer/ October 2013 -       Beyond the law (p.54 - 65?) David E Williams American Cinematographer/ October 2012 -       Dead man's hand (p.34 - 49) additional reporting by Rachael Bosley Raindance Film festival: Masterclass on directing with Ate De Jong, Storytelling, script writing, breaking your story & doing it yourself seminars. No Gloss film festival: working as sound and film technician. Broadcast Show Tour Leeds - Philip Bloom talk on 4K cameras & Storytelling Martin Scorsese on the importance of Visual Literacy (youtube) Citizen Kane & The Third Man/ Orson Welles Clockwork Orange & The Shining or 2001 Space Odyssey/ Stanley Kubrick/ John Alcott Prisoners & Fargo or No Country for old men/ Roger Deakins Aesthetica film festival - still to come Leeds film festival - still to come Cinema 4D - lighting tests Experimenting with lighting in a studio/on location

2.     What approach(es) will you take  and what processes, methods, materials and  tools  are to be involved in research into your practice?

Go to the film festivals, seminars, conferences Watch, study and analyse atleast two films of John Alcott, Roger Deakins and Orson Welles, who are from three different eras in the film history. Speak to small time directors I can get in contact with, gaffers – so contact personal at my work experiences, old students. Experiment with different lights, using different techniques, 3 point lighting, 2 point lighting, cross lighting. In the uni theatre studio and on locations, in doors and outdoors, practice in my house, in hyde park eg. Re-create scenes that have previously been done by a director, and discuss how and what emphasis and technique was used. Create my own quick short movie scene/s between two actors having a comfrontation/chat/romance and discuss what lighting I will use and why, and if it works or not and how will I improve.

3.     What preparation or investigations do you need to undertake for your creative practice to take place?

How am I going to test the lighting? What filters/gels/ am I going to use to change/enhance the mood of a scene What different materials will I use to diffuse and control the hard/soft light Analyse the difference between the different lighting techniques the cinematographers use, how they do it and why Experiment with when to use hard light and soft light.

4.     What research do you need to undertake regarding who your creativity is for? ·       Watch & analyse the films of cinematographers eg. Roger Deakins, John Alcott, Orson Welles. ·       Discuss different techniques used ·       What equipment was used ·       Compare the different equipment used for the different time periods, the difficulties and measures. ·       Discuss the different camera techniques and ground-breaking scenes.

Primary Sources of Information
1.         Description	Films: Fargo, Prisoners, Citizen Kane, The third man, 2001, space odyssey, clockwork orange
Location	cinema/film festivals/ home
2.         Description	speak with new/young directors, gaffers, dp’s, art directors, old students,
Location	uni, previous work experience contacts, seminars, film festivals, conferences
3.         Description	Experiment in uni with arcs, dedos, hmis, fluorescents, kinos + more, speak with technician (matt)
Location	Uni, on a location i.e my house

Secondary Sources of Information
1.	Books (bibliography listed at top)
2.	films
3.	magazines
4.	youtube tutorials, youtube interviews, online articles, google & websites
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Perceived problems or difficulties: getting in contact with directors – finding time that suits everyone finding actors and using their time with no budget.