The emotion that i felt is suspense; this is because James Marsh uses the music carefully to create tension.  Also because you want to see what is going to happen; are they going to get caught and are they not going to be able to do it?  By using the re-enactments you feel as if you are there with the other people, this gives a sense of reality to the audience and you can understand the storyline much better with the re-enactments as they are like a guide and they are guiding you through the story.  The film language helps to emphasise this because the shots are very sharp and there is alot of cuts therefore you get the feeling that they are looking around nervously and this creates the feeling that its not going well and they are going to get caught.  You also hardly ever see a full view of anybodys face which adds to the fact that they are doing it secretly and cannot be seen.

Marsh has decided to focus on the realationship between Annie and Philippe because it creates a new attration for a female audience as it is about romance and this associates more with a female audience.  From the interviews of both Philippe and Annie the audience get the impression that Philippe will have to choose between Annie and his dream to cross the twin towers you wonder what is he going to do, this also creates suspense as you know that they have been together for a long time and you dont want it to end for them.  All of this helps to emphasise how big his dream really is.

Marsh uses archive footage and this is to draw the audiences attention in as they are becoming more and more a part of Philippe’s team and the feel like they can associate with him, also you feel closer to the team as you are let in to see Philippes life and how he has managed to complete this stunt.  The footage also shows you how much training and how hard he had to work to make sure the stunt was succesfull.

In Man on Wire there is a good use of comedy, this is mainly from Philippe himself, by doing this we learn more about him and the documentary as he tells the story in a funny way.  An example of this is when Philippe is getting interviewed, his actions and the way he descibes certain things makes it amusing for us.  You can tell that he loved the stunt that he had done as he is so enthuiastic about everything!

Dragonfly,
In this film there was a very wide range of camera shots being used here, i liked the one were the boy is running towards the camera and it is shot in a long shot and you can see just how small he is compared to the rest of the surroundings.  In one scene the camera shot is a high angle and this shows that the boy is scared and frightened and very small compared to what he is facing.  I liked the part at the end when the boy jumps off the swing and turns into a dragonfly, i liked this because i didnt expect it and it was quite a nice ending to the film as before you seen what he has to put up with.

The Villian - The World Trade Centre and its associates.
Hero - Philippe
Donor - The Circus
Helper - Jean Louis
Princess - The actual walk
Dispatcher - Media
Father - The Press
False Hero - The Judge

Todorov

(the actual climbing of the twin towers)

Equilibrium - the early aspect/discovery of wire walking.
Disruption of equilibrium - the news paper article.
Recognition of disruption - realises the obstacles - the physicality of the World Trade Centre
Attempt to repair - “the coup”
New equilibrium - after the evet, realisation of the dream

(Realationship, between Annie and Philippe)

Equilibrium - when they are young and they are doing wire walking normally
Disruption of equilibrium - when he realises his dream of climbing across the twin towers, Annie always comes second
Recognition of disruption - Annie has to help him, as she wants to be with him and follow him
Attempt to repair - when Annie goes to comfort Philippe in New York even though she knows she is second to the dream
New equilibrium - when they go seperate ways and begin a new life apart

 As Connor was off, this meant that Tristan, Shona Isla and I had to do the editing which went quite well, considering that we hadn’t had much experience doing this!  I think it went well as we all gave different ideas which helped to make the opening look much better, which also gives a better feeling of film–noir.   As we were editing we added in the flash effect which helped us with the continuity of the scene, we used it to get the cut more accurate so it would go much better. 

As we put all the clips together we began to see that we hadn’t done some shots, so therefore we are going to have to film these shots next week and edit them also.  It was good as I learned quite a bit on how to use the editing program (Sony Vegas) which is good in case Connor is off again!  We made a list of what we are going to have to do so that the next time we are filming we know what to do. 

-          Actual – Something that would have happened whether or not the camera was there.

-          Creative – Affected by decisions made by the Director/Camera Operator, which in turn makes the scene more entertaining for the audience.

-          Interpretive – Decisions made by the camera operator/director, which might affect an audiences understanding of what they are seeing.

We also looked at documentary style,

-          Expository – An unseen speaker who performs a voiceover commentary, which explains the images which are being shown on screen, which the audience are seeing.  This is used in wildlife programs a lot, for example David Attenborough.

-          Observational - They appear to have been filmed in ‘real time’, as if the camera has happened upon events while those involved are seemingly unaware of the filming going on.

-          Interactive – This involves people being filmed whilst responding to a number of questions asked at them.  Their interpretation of events or personal account may be rendered to change what they are trying to say, which can be changed to come out worse or better.  An example of this is interviews. 

-          Reflective - the filmmakers are interested as much in the process of making a film, of how reality can be constructed, as the actual content in the film, the film might possibly make no attempt to show us (the audience) certain aspects of its construction.

To begin with i filmed her getting her gloves on, we used an over the shoulder shot so the audience could see exactly what she was doing, as it was in a clear view.  We then filmed her opening the draw and taking out the gun and getting ready to use it, we used a very high angle shot, so the gun was in clear view, i then slowly zoomed into the gun.

The next part Shona Isla had an idea, this was when she pulled her coat over, it would then cover the camera and then this would be a transition into the next scene.  We then had a lot of fun on the next scene because Tristan and Connor had the job of trying to teach Shona Isla how to walk like a boy, which was a lot harder than we thought!!! We then finally got it and we filmed the scene with her walking out of the door.

As we need to do more establishing shots we are using the corridors.  We used a low angle shot and filmed Shona Isla’s legs walking by and cut it to her walking the whole length of the corridor.  This shot is good because the lighting is quite dark, which is contributing to film noir, also Shona Isla’s costume as she is all in black then she stands out in the light that we have.

Today was really fun and we got some good shots done.  We have a lot of ideas for the next time we film.  The next time we are hoping to film the conversation between Shona Isla and Connor, this is going to be a little bit tricky but i think it will be good and look cool!!!

Then we started to film one of the scenes which was the office scene at the end, we went into the English base, which is the perfect place as it is dark and looks like an office.  When were filming we tried to use as many different camera shots such as close up on Shona Isla’s face and her foot twitching, medium close up and extreme close up on the phone but you cannot see all of Shona Isla’s face to keep the audience wondering, a medium shot so that we got the important parts of the set included and all the important props, and just one of Shona Isla picking up the phone with a point of view shot.  We also changed the lighting; we used a reflector to reflect the light onto important props and Shona Isla.  We also changed the lighting when Shona Isla picks up the phone, as it is a feeling of realisation.  We filmed everything that we needed for the end scene in the time we had and we were all pleased with what we got but we need to check what it looks like on the big computer.  It will be good to see how everything turns out!

I think that our group worked well together, Shona Isla was good at acting! As Tristan is the director he had to help and tell everyone what they had to do which he did very well.  Connor was good at helping with the lighting and getting all the props. I also really enjoyed working with the camera; it will be good to see how everything turns out.