I chose to do this freestyle blog on a response to the document Film in the week 7 folder. This document was written by Nancy Knowles. I found it to be very eye-opening. I never really thought of a film/movie to be a piece of art before now. But that is truly what it is. A movie feels like real life in the way that it seems to flow seamlessly from one scene to the next. So, sometimes I forget that I'm only watching a movie. One of the parts of this paper that really stuck with me is the fact that scenes aren't shot in order most of the time. I knew this but never really broke down in my head what that means. It means that the actor/actress has to recall their exact feeling back even though there has been a break in time. Their wardrobe, make-up and hair and scene has to be exactly the same as the scene before. When reading through the list of things that go on during the making of a film I realized that there are hundreds of factors the go into every scene.
I think it is easy for me to judge actors and actresses as having an easy job, but I don't really think that is true. I couldn't do what they do. When all things are considered I think they have quite difficult jobs. The making of a film truly is an art form. If you have not read this piece by Knowles, you should.
It would be hard to replicate the exact emotions and espressions from scene to scene let alone donig so without doing them in order.
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