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Pre-Film Animation Thaumatrope- A toy created in 1826 by an English Physician called J. A. Paris. It consists of a single disc and 2 pieces of string and Its created by having two holes either side of the circle and then attaching a piece of string to each circle. the disc has two different pictures on each side of it and therefore when the string is twirled it makes the disc rotate as well and this creates the illusion of there being one picture. The best example of this is the bird and the cage, which consists of having a bird on one side and a cage on the other and when it is spun it gives the effect of the bird being in the cage Zoetrope- A machine created in 1865 by an American University student called Willian Ensign Lincoln. It consists of a cylinder/Can like object that has little slits going around it, opposite each of these slits is a frame of an image, there is usually a different image used on each frame, however the images last and first images tend to be very similar, so...

DepicT – Analysation https://www.depict.org/2020/b-i-a-b-black-in-a-box/?category_request=2020 I like this video as it’s a clear metaphor for racism, having the frame size a lot smaller around the black person, much like the title portrays, this is representing his sort of entrapment and lack of room from the world around him, then after the main climax of the scene it switch to a very white background with all the frame filled, showing the freedom that white people have. https://www.depict.org/2020/fabulous/?category_request=2020 I like this video as it shows the indifferences in people even when it seems not to fit with them based of their face value https://www.depict.org/2020/the-wall/?category_request=2020 I like this video as it show people from different background can come together, but yet other things go on preventing them from being able to play, in this scenario it’s the teacher stopping them from player

Our Film Evaluation I feel our film had both positive and negative things go on during the making of it I believe the main positive from our film was the footage looked clean, with the shots being well focused and the characters in the correct position of the frame, however the main thing that had a negative impact on the film was the fact we didn’t get enough footage to cleanly edit the shots together, we needed more shot in between certain shots to show a pass of time or movement of a character, this therefore intruded on the editing process as we were unable to make a few scenes go together well. Overall I feel our group was able to point out the main problems with our work and will be able to learn from those same mistakes while also taking the positives into our next piece of work

The Blair Witch Project – Review The Blair Witch Project is a fantastic horror movie directed by Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick, with its very low budget of $60,000 being able to stretch out across a full feature length film. The movie is about 3 filmmakers; Heather, Josh and Michael, they are planning on making a documentary on the urban legend of ‘The Blair Witch’, but as they progress throughout the forest where it is believed the Blair Witch lives it turns out to be highly unanticipated what they see and come across. It does an incredible way of creating suspense most the scene and the unknown cast sell their realistic performances, with the story putting divides and tension between the relationship of the characters, but constantly reminding us of the main fear for the characters. However, the film does have interesting character with a unique take on the horror genre, it does have parts where the movie drags or scene that could be removed entirely without having the pacing o...