Industrial Media – Analysis and Reflection 2 – Q 1 Drama analysis

Sound Design I want to start this reflection on some key points from two chapters in S. Alten’s book Audio in Media with a great quote by Kurasowa: ‘The most exciting moment is the moment when I add the sound …[then] I tremble’ (Alten p.4) This really captures the magic that can happen when sound is … More Industrial Media – Analysis and Reflection 2 – Q 1 Drama analysis

Industrial Media – Analysis and Reflection 2 – Q 2 Clown Train review

Clown Train This six minute film creates tension from the opening frame and continues to build the tension throughout with the creative use of sound, colour, framing and shot construction. The sound contributes to this in a number of ways using both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. The film opens on a black screen accompanied by … More Industrial Media – Analysis and Reflection 2 – Q 2 Clown Train review

Industrial Media – Analysis and Reflection 2 – Q 1 Documentary analysis

Bernard Curran has written a really useful hand-guide to documentary filmmaking in his book, Documentary storytelling for film and videomakers, Burlington: Focal Press 2003. I have only read the extracts we were provided with but this looks like a useful book to work my way through. Some key points from this reading. Finding the story Documentary … More Industrial Media – Analysis and Reflection 2 – Q 1 Documentary analysis