Elif Simay Coskun

I've been trying to make a 2-minute trailer by shortening a 2-hour movie all week. I had no experience with video before. I didn't do things like adding sound or adding scenes. It was a nice and fun experience.   My movie is Oliver Twist (1948). Originally, it is an adventure movie. It has musicals, movies taken in different years, and a few cartoons. I watched the movie several times. It made my job easier to choose the scenes. I've made this movie as a romantic but a little dark. In the film's original "the orphan child" in the foreground, but in my version "the women" in the foreground. I think the scenes in the trailer should not be more independent than each other. We need to figure out what's going on. So I tried not to disturb the principle of "continuity" and try not to distort the film in terms of camera and light. About music, I chose a piece of music based on 1940-50's jazz and a little piano. I though...

This week was very busy for me. I couldn't focus on anything emotionally and physically. Of course, these issues are not of interest to art, so I have to go back to what I learned and what I studied in terms of art. I have read articles about the media theories of Marshall McLuhan. He says that cinema belongs to the "hot" medium category. He's right, cinema really is. There is no need to be a participant from the outside. Sinama can explain itself. The cinema should have smooth and fluid dialogues, as well as the right camera angles and lighting system. If a scene is spoken in anger looking to the right, the other character must turn to the left and reflect the emotion. If "Continuity" is broken, the cinema becomes "distracting". The event we call "dispositif" in cinema is the deliberate occurrence of the "movements" we follow. When the music is changed, the last movement of the player as the scene changes, the angle of light c...

Legion directed by Noah Hawley. It is a comic book adaptation so it's hard to catch "that" air, but I couldn't feel it. It is a series, but the first episode was like a movie. There's a man with schizophrenia disorder, David Haller. We watch the first episode through his eyes. There must be a mise-en-scene in films, chapters or any other painting. Mise-en-scene is a kind of setting the area through costumes, lights, and props of the characters and events. Each scene should be carefully prepared and each detail must have a meaning and a purpose. For example, you can be a character who speaks a lot on the phone and is constantly messaging but never likes to cook. The decor and costume are very important to reflect this weather, which will reflect these characteristics of the character. "Props" are very important in terms of the naturalness of the film. The decorations and fine details can be more remarkable. If there is a Nonsense Slingshot de...

This week, we did a "workshop" about light. In fact, the important point was the so-called "3 points light". In that way, we tried organizing three lights and taking photographs. Besides, we took pictures with different filters, using reflector and dimming for creating different types of photographs. I think this kind of activity is more enjoyable than listening to a normal lecture. I didn't understand how passed fast that 3 hours. I think that working in a studio environment is more instructive. Using light, we can give emotion to many scenes. The wrong light can ruin everything. So we need to figure out where we're sharp and where we can use soft light. Since we worked as a group, everyone tried to reflect their own style. Of course, it was not possible for the middle road. I, I like working with shadows, silhouettes and dark colors. The focus on the eyes of more people is more attractive to me. The technique we call "Chiaroscuro Lighti...

Adding Sound The sound is the most important point in the movies. Actors' movements can become even more effective with the current music or sound. However, one of my favorite movie which is " About Schmidt ", begins as a silent movie in general. It's not a “noisy”, “distracted” movie. In the beginning, we can understand Schmidt's problem from his looks and attitudes. We can hardly notice what his problem is. Of course, ingenuity is the ability to capture the film without sound but this is the most "silent- close" film I've ever watched. That's why I can give it as an example. Although it was not completely silent, the animation " Wall-E ", which was in the silent film category, impressed me a lot, and as I said, I think the important thing is to be able to give the message clearly, and of course, this is only done with beautiful shots. ________________________________________________________________________________ Adapt Th...