Week One 16/09/14

My Extended Project had a slow start, being a film student I knew I wanted to make a short film artefact about the theory or creation of film, however I had no specific idea to work with, no theme, no theory, no genre. I dedicated my first session to deciding what I wanted to produce.

By the end of the session I was still lost. I had come up with a few ideas (the theme of revenge and the Monomyth theory by Joseph Cambell being a few) but none of them interested me enough our were logistically possible. I left the sesssion no step closer to finding any inspiration.

Later the same day I had a film studies lesson and my teacher, Jason Lee briefly showed us an image to help us understand the concept of contrast in light.

He also went on to talk about German expressionism shortly before moving on with the lesson. The image immediately sparked my intrigue leading me to investigate German Expressionism even more. I discovered that it eventually became a very influential creative movement, inspiring Directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Tim Burton. For the near future i shall watch and analyse critically acclaimed German expressionism such as The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari, Nosferatu, And Metropolis, then I shall Write a short summary of the history, the legacy and components of German Expressionism.