First Class

FIRST CLASS

Today we had our first film class. It was quite thought-provoking. We watched the work of past Year 11 students, and Ms. Wong outlined different aspects of the course. The first unit is Film Noir, the second is Twilight Zone, the third is Montages, and the fourth is Experimental. It surprised me that most of them were all very well-made and well-edited. Ms. Wong reintroduced the method of See, Think, Wonder for us to delve deeper while contemplating films.

Ms. Wong also posed the questions: "Why am I here? What do I want out of this year in film?" to us, and we considered them several times through the lesson as we watched through the various films by past students. Not to mention, I really enjoyed watching their films- especially the clever montage film about Occupy Central, and the psychedelic experimental film REM was also very enjoyable.

I'm looking forward to learning to refine our technique and enhance continuity, from editing to sound, to shot and plot pacing.

Here's to a year in film!