Lumière minutes
From ‘Le Cinéma: Cent Ans de Jeunesse’ (CCADJ)
A pan-European film programme for young people from the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, in partnership withBritish Film Institute
A still from The Little Fugitive (Maurice Engels 1953)Photo: Pierre-Marie Goulet / Os Filhos de Lumière 2011
Praticing:
• Operating within set constraints
• Being alive to the unexpected
• Taking practical action using their own cultural experience
• Playing with shots & collecting visual vocabulary
Practicing
Watching:
• A wide range of unfamiliar film clips & genres
• Their environment• The frame - with an
audience in mind Watching
Reflecting on:
• the directors’ choices
• different interpretations
• ambiguity and visual metaphor
Reflecting on...
Early cinema shots were all long takes because of reel space & time
The long take:
• Captures a moment
• Unscripted
• Fixed camera position
• Associated with every day life, street scenes and the serendipitous
Alasdair Satchel’s collection of long takes
London training session for teachers following the CCADJ Programme:markreid1895.worpress.com
The Lumière minute
L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat Louis Lumière 1895
• Choose a place, a subject, a moment and film it for one minute Lumière Brothers style
• From a FIXED camera position
• Take a couple of separate minutes - without influencing anything in the shot - and choose the best one
• You will have 10-15 minutes to scout, plan and take your shots
• We will try to see all the groups’ film The brief
Laveuses sur la rivière Louis Lumière 1897
BFI’s Le Cinéma: Cent Ans de Jeunesse site:markreid1895.wordpress.com
• Long Take exercises• London Long Take training session
Scotland’s CCADJ - You tube search: Alasdair Satchel – Understanding Cinema – Long Takes
Cinémathèque’s CCADJ site:blog.cinematheque.fr/100ans20132014/les-minutes-lumiere-par-atelier/
Downloadable film education CPD material: thefilmspace.org
School movie making resources: learnaboutfilm.com/ Making Movies Make Sense in App Store
Try iMovie app or Pinnacle Studio app for editing with iPads
Michelle’s After School film making club blog/journal in an East London primary:theclipclub.co.uk
Michelle’s email: [email protected]
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