Five Golden Rules of German Expressionism
Revision
Review your notes about the nature and ‘rules’ of German Expressionism.
Identify 5 Golden Rules of German Expressionism in terms of representation, themes and visual style.
Task
Your task is to develop a visual / cinematic idea for your sequence.
In your Idea you should take account of the following:
- The location we will be using (The Mirus Battery)
- Include element of the setting / important props within the scene.
- The actors you have been allocated
- Create suspense and develop the sequence to a climax
- Use descriptive language (simile’s and metaphors).
- Give a sense of how the camera might move or the edit cut.
- Give a sense of the diegetic sounds in your sequence.
- Give a clear description of character (motivations and feelings)
The first step is developing some ideas for a scene. Here is a slideshow on ideas:
Images
Here is a link to some images of the location we are going to be using and also some images of students in production.
INSPIRATION TASK
- Take a copy of this document and replace the following:
- A location
- A sound – Freesound.Org
- An item of clothing
- A character
- In pairs share your documents.
- Allow you partner time to think about your items
- Discuss the film / sequence ideas that spring from those items
TASK
Sketch out your sequence using this document: