Methodology
I. RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY
Positivism
The film techniques can affect the attractive of audience in farce. So I want try to confirmation this viewpoint: film techniques can be employed to attract more audience in comedy, especially farce
II. RESEARCH APPROACH
Deduction
This approach can help me to prove whether the theory is correct.
III. RESEARCH STRATEGIES
Case study
Action research
Survey
Experiment
IV. DATA COLLECTION METHODS
Sampling
Secondary data
Observation
Interviews
questionnaires
Learning objectives
To learn about how to direct a comedy film, especially farce film.
To learn about the film technique in a farce film
To learn about application of cinematography in a farce film.
To learn about how Mise-en-scene makes farce more attractive.
To learn about how Story structure makes farce more attractive.
To learn about how Lighting makes farce more attractive.
To learn about how Sound makes farce more attractive.
To learn about how to use film technique perfectly in a comedy film, especially farce films.
To learn about more editing skills to bring my farce films more attractive.
To research about make-up skills to make more attractive in my farce films.
Submissions (practical and/or written work)
1. Study proposal
2. Learning agreement
3. Pitch
4. Script
5. Storyboard
6. Shotlist
7. Risk assessment
8. Research result
9. PPT of the presentation
10.Final project—5 short shots that are no more that 30 seconds and one 90 seconds short film.
Resource implications
1. Equipment
Camera, tripod, laptop, recording room, editing room (post-production & special effect making), sound recorder, microphone.
2. Human resource
Stage manager, prop master, actor, scriptwriter, sound and music maker, planner, editor (post-production & special effect making), art director.
3. Other
Music, reading resource.
Bibliography
<Zheng Xu: Comedy is not farce>, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqgj/jryw/2012-09-29/content_7143914.html, 29/9/2012, Seen by 09/2013
Mary Katherine Smith, <Laughter is the key to world peace>, http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2012-09/14/content_15757821.htm, 14/9/2012, Seen by 09/2013
Robert R. Provine, <Laughter>, http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Provine_96.html, 1-2/1996, Seen by 08/2013
Pallab Ghosh, <Study reveals laughter really is the best medicine>, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14889165, 14/9 2011, Seen by 09/2013
Vincent Canby, <Film View; BLAKE EDWARDS-THE PEERLESS FARCEUR>, http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/04/movies/film-view-blake-edwards-the-peerless-farceur.html, 4/4/1982, Seen by 09/2013
Xiqian Pu, <Wei Fan act a lovelace and dance pole dancing in his new film, director: farce is not bad>, http://www.chinanews.com/yl/2012/01-11/3597689.shtml, 11/1/2012, Seen by 09/2013
Caroline McGinn, <What's the farce about? >, http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/whats-the-farce-about, 4/5/2012, Seen by 09/2013
JAMES GORMAN, <SIDE EFFECTS; Laugh Your Way to Good Health and a Longer Life>, http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E12FF345A0C7A8DDDAD0894DD404482, 19/4/2005, Seen by 09/2013
Timetable
1. Week 15 to Week 25----Research for theory.
- Reading books, journals, news articles.
- Watching interviews and films, then do the film analysis.
- To finish study proposal and learning agreement
- To do tutorials, and communicate with supervisor
- To finish the presentation in Jun.
- To do a detail plan of this year.
- Write the script of the project.
2. Week 26 to Week 52---- Research for practice.
- Week 26 to week 39—make two short shots
week 38----------------To finish first shot
week 39 ----------------To finish second shot until
every week------------To do tutorial and get the feedback
To do the final presentation
- Week 40-47-----------To prepare the final project
week 48-50---------- To filming and finish it before
week 51---------------To finish the final presentation and final project
week 52---------------To finish all paper works and uploading my whole work.
没有评论:
发表评论