The LFS Screening Room
The MA Filmmaking Programme involves work on five programmed film exercises and a graduation film over two years. In this screening room, we feature recent examples of these strictly-controlled exercises in the order in which they appear in the course, starting with the most basic, mute 16mm projects.
A TRIP TO THE COAST (mute)
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Director: Babak Jalali Producer: Babak Jalali
Dop: Marius Ektvedt Editor: Chloe Nicola DE CARVALHO
16mm BW / 3 minutes
Synopsis: People on a trip to the coast on a bleak winters day pretend they are enjoying themselves.
Film Excercise Details: A 16mm mute black and white exercise made by a unit of three students, shot on exterior locations, with 400ft of film stock. Shooting schedule 3 days and post production 8 days.
BUSINESS OR PLEASURE
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Director: Martin Bartholf Producer: Damian Rust
Dop: Kate Nixa Editor: Martin Bartholf
16mm Colour / 2 minutes
Synopsis: Two men wake up in a bedroom and they are not sure what happened between them!
Film Excercise Details: A 16mm colour exercise with non-synchronous sound made by a unit of six students, each one directing their own project on a rotating basis. Shot on interior and/or exterior locations with 200ft of film stock and 600ft of magnetic stock. Shooting schedule 1 day, post production 5 days over a 22 day period and dubbing time 20 minutes.
KEEPING TIME
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Director: Ruth Schocken Katz Producer: Azhur Saleem
Dop: Mert Gulcur Editor: Claire Leona Apps
16mm Colour / 13 minutes
Synopsis: "KEEPING TIME" is the story of Helen, a 75 year old English widow who loves to dance. After the death of her beloved husband Helen found Bill, from Barbados, a self-proclaimed master of Jive. Together, this unlikely couple has been dazzling the London tea-dancing scene for the past 15 years.
Film Excercise Details: A 16mm colour documentary exercise, shot on film or DV with synchronous sound made by a unit of six students, each one having a specific responsibility within the unit. Shot on interior and/or exterior locations, with 2000ft of film stock and 2400ft of magnetic stock. Shooting schedule 6 days, post production 27 days and dubbing time of 2 hours.
LACE
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Director: Camilla Henriksen Producer: Duccio Chiarini
Dop: John Jacob Payyapalli Editor: New Siah Leng
35mm BW / 9 minutes
Synopsis: Marion, now grown up, lives with her oppressive Mum. For Mother's birthday Marion wants to surprise her with a new dressing gown. In a lingerie shop, Marion has a minor accident and she ends up buying some tiny but sexy underwear. Marion believes this to be a nice gift for her Mother. As it turns out, Mother doesn't! Marion thinks that the lingerie is the most gorgeous thing she has ever seen and in a quiet revolt, she claims the lingerie for herself.
Film Excercise Details: A 35mm black and white studio exercise with synchronous sound made by a unit of six students, each one having a specific responsibility within the unit. Shot on sets constructed by the students with the possible addition of exterior sequences, using 2800ft of film stock and digital sound recording. Shooting schedule 5 days studio including rehearsal and 2 days locations, post production on Avid Film Composer 21 days and dubbing time of 2 hours.
LIFE DEATH & STUFF
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Director: Felix Harrison Producer: Thom Green
Dop: Yun-Man Choi Editor: Han Hwee Yeo
35mm Colour / 10 minutes
Synopsis: A teenager lies hurt outside a house party. As someone goes inside to try and find the boy's girlfriend, we follow the stories of some of the other people in the house
Film Excercise Details: A 35mm colour studio exercise with synchronous sound made by a unit of six students, each one having a specific responsibility within the unit. Shot on sets constructed by the students with the possible addition of exterior sequences, using 3600ft of film stock and digital sound recording. Shooting schedule 5 days studio including rehearsal and 2 days location. Post Production on Avid Film Composer and Protools Audio Workstation 21 days. Dolby SR mix, and dubbing time of 4 hours.
Instructions
All videos are presented in Flash Video, Windows Media, and QuickTime Formats.
Click on the desired format below the still image of the film to start watching.
The playback will start automatically, however there will be a small delay - depending on your download speed - before the star of the film.
All video clips have been optimised for progressive download at 512k
