Professional Practice Research

Having Known what I've wanted to be for a few years now I have been slowly accumulating a range of websites and books on a range of subjects from finding entry level jobs and graduate schemes to making your own films. The professional practice study module has helped me to now slow down and formulate all that I have previously gathered and articulate them into a structured process. 

I'm normally the sort of person that knowns what's about to happen next in a film and is rarely ever shocked by a twist or the ending and so that being said the directors on my list of favourites are there because they have surprised me in a film or done something I thought was visually stunning. As beautiful framing is one my guilty pleasures. To name but a few;

Joe Wright: Pride and Prejudice which is one of my favourite books, but from this film it was the way in which he chose his shots. It was a mixture of careful consideration and spontaneity which I learnt from the directors commentary of the film. From there on I watched more of his films and became interested in his directing style and approach.

Martin Scorsese: The Departed is the film that made me really interested in his films and exploring how to shock the audience and have simultaneous storylines in one plot.

Alfonso Cuaron: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban had such a distinctive tone and colouring that set it apart from the other films in the series. Although Cuaron's approach to the adaptation was pretty on the nose other elements such as the soundtrack and camera movements and colour pallets and even acting almost made it seem like it was a work of it's own. Being a reader and a film student the thought of adapting novels is never far from my mind so Cuarons technique enabled me to see ways in which you can claim ownership as a visual art whilst still keeping close to the text.

My goal is to be a writer/director and I know there's a long way to go before I get there and so through all the above mention approaches looking at who I admire and why, what is out there when I have finished and what I want to do I can find the most suitable approach for me to get there.