Filmmakers:
1) Derek Jarman
Images taken from Tate.
Available here: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/jarman-blue-t14555
'Blue' 1993 is a film by the British artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman which features a single static shot of the colour blue with a voiceover and musical soundtrack. The film is 79 minutes long and was shot on 35mm film shown as video with high definition, colour and sound.
I want to use this colour as inspiration for my video. Blue has connotations of calmness and sadness, both different feelings yet somehow fall under the same category. I want to show that sinking yet calm feeling that I'm feeling during this process.
>I looked up a couple of reviews of Blue out of curiosity.
In an article published by The New York Times, Stephen Holden (1993), remarked "When the language turns vague and dreamy, "Blue" can seem like an indulgent exercise in languid poeticizing. But when the narrator expresses fear, rage and contempt, the film assumes a ferocious intensity in which the gap between the blankness on the screen and the emotions being expressed becomes the distance between one brilliant, cranky individual and nothingness."
Review written by Stephen Holden, published in The New York Times (1993) Found here: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/movies/review-film-a-life-colored-by-aids.html
Rotten Tomatoes, another popular review page, had a comment left by Derek Malcolm from The Guardian. He said "Blue remains an intense and moving tribute to the woman at its centre who, in coming back from tragedy, almost refuses, but ultimately accepts the only real love that's on offer".
(Sounds like me with this task)
I would also like to convey these messages for my presentation video, showing both calming and aggressive moments.
2) Tim Burton
I was trying to think about which filmmaker has a unique style. I then thought of Tim Burton. He has a style so unique that it has developed it's own name: Burtonesque. You can see the Burtonesque in every facet of his films: writing, lighting, music, characters and of obviously, production design.
Read more here: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/tim-burton-style-analysis/
Wide angle shot taken from the film Edward Scissorhands
Camera lens - table taken from the blog SHOOTING WIDE: THE WORLD IN A SINGLE FRAME'
Available here: https://blog.sigmaphoto.com/2020/shooting-wide-the-world-in-a-single-frame/#:~:text=Glass's%20ability%20to%20bend%20light,on%20a%20full%20frame%20camera.
Who invented the 'wide angle lens'?
Harrison & Schnitzer created their “Globe” lens. With a minimum aperture of f/16, it had a usable field of view of around 80 degrees, or the equivalent of a modern 22mm lens on a full frame camera.
This information was also found from the link above.
I didn't use a proper camera to film my clips. I used my phone instead with basic film settings. Example attached above. Filmed in landscape mode.