Joe Lee's NEA Blog

EVALUATION Short films have the ability to covey story and message as well as a full-length film. I have studied a variety of short films that are all unique in their own way but share their ability to make an impression on the audience. For example, one film I have looked at is called "slap" the film explores themes of identity and sexuality and subjects bigger than the film itself. Short films have an opportunity to educate the audience and create a lasting impression. Another film we have watched called  For my short film, I have been inspired by the story of Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet". For my short film, I have created a surreal composition that can be described s as a diary of visual recordings that use the influence of Film Noir and modern films such as ‘The Neon Demon’. The film has taken a lot of planning and many different shots to achieve the final outcome. The film has themes of identity and fear. And explores a variety of ge...

The genre of the film that I will be making is fantasy/horror. I have been ispired by the surreal work we have done ion class and the seasonal time of year (Halloweeen).  I am excited to create scenes that build tension and portray suspense.

FILM PLOT After a historical, contreversial election, fear is mounting over a relationship between two powerful Nations. after many years of

Sierra Burgess is a Loser (2018) Over the summer I watched a new film titled 'Sierra Burgess is a Loser'. The film is a Netflix original and features actor, Shannon Purser (known for her role as Barb in Stranger Things. I watched the film as alot of people were talking about it online and I had heard good things. I enjoyed the Film, I thought an interesting idea was presented and however the stpry plot did not make total sense all the way though. Also the message of the movie could be argued to be 

Notes: We have started this new project by watching some short films to gather an ideas about the title of the piece and what it might entail. The short films we watched ranged with different gendres and ideas...    The Operator : The fly: The Ellington Kid: The Arrival:

Task: For this task we were asked to write down two numbers next to a group of letters without being told what for. C 5 1 L 3 6 S 6 2 O 4 1 W  4 4 We were then given a grid with different mise-en-scene factors. The grid told us what situation we would be using to create a narrative. These are my results... (C)Characters 1+5: 'An old man who is always complaining' (L)Locations 3+6: 'Inside of a hollowed out glacier' (S)Situations 6+2: 'Battle of the Gods' (O)Objects 4+1: 'The golden amulet' (W)When 4+4: 'Many years in the future' Plot: Thousands of years in the future lived a not so average man inside of a hollowed out glacier, his job to look after a  Golden Amulet gifted to man from the gods . Burdened by his destiny, the old man must look after the treasure while the war of Gods rages on this is his story.. Mood board: Genre: Si-fi, adventure Potential actors; Leonardo DiCaprio- Old man...

3 act structure: The three act structure  is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a  story  into  three  parts (acts), often called the Setup, the Confrontation and the Resolution. The first act is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships and the world they live in. Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-screen incident occurs that confronts the main character (the protagonis), whose attempts to deal with this incident lead to a second and more dramatic situation, known as the first turning point, which (a) signals the end of the first act, (b) ensures life will never be the same again for the protagonist and (c) raises a dramatic question that will be answered in the climax of the film. The dramatic question should be framed in terms of the protagonist's call to action, (Will X recover the diamond? Will Y get the girl? Will Z capture the killer?). This is known as the  inciting inc...