Launch materials for CPD event on la Situation, 2018/19 theme of Cinema cent ans de jeunesse

1. Le Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse
2018/19 edition: ‘The Situation’

2. CCAJ:basicstructure
Maximum length : 25 weeks, at 1-2 hours per week
Minimum viable length – 12 weeks/ 1 hour a week
Mixture of watching clips/ discussion, and making:
3 short film-making Exercises and a final 5-8 minute film
Option of feature film viewing
Viewing all films at BFI Southbank 21st June (London
films); 24th June (Lincolnshire films)

3. DEFINITION(S)
‘A structured network of relations’ (Alain
Bergala)
‘a set of conditions in a story which enable
things to happen, or from which
consequences must follow’. (not Alain
Bergala)
The engines of story..
‘LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE HAVE A SITUATION...’

4. FILM FROM LAST YEAR: WHAT’S THE SITUATION?
https://vimeo.com/album/5231652/video/272226787

5. FILM FROM LAST YEAR: WHAT’S THE SITUATION?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_zG7ioz9Y&list=PLIsXkcf1dA96qJPssxEbZwlVU3EYecuvt&index=12&t=0s

6. ANALYSING SITUATIONS
CHARACTERSETTING
COMPOSITIONCAMERA

7. SITUATIONS IN PAINTING

8. Exercise 1
Individual exercise (or in small groups): 2 minutes maximum
Choose a painting from those proposed by CCAJ.
https://markreid1895.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/images-for-
exercise-1/
What does this picture tell us? What is happening?
What situation do the characters find themselves in? How are they
feeling?
Film the picture and record a commentary track, whether
improvised or from a written text, inspired by the picture.

9. APPROACHING SITUATIONS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITUATION HOW SITUATIONS WORK
SITUATIONS AND PLACE SITUATIONS AND FEELINGS
First meetings; arrivals; departures Twists; repeated situations; point of view
Stations; strange houses; pool tables Shame; envy; pride; desire; shyness

10. KEY FILM: BALCONY
5 Sequences

11. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITUATION
ROMANTIC ENCOUNTERS
DEPARTURES STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
SHAME, HUMILIATION,
EMBARASSMENT

12. SITUATIONS
AND PLACE
STATIONS
STRANGE AND UNFAMILIAR
PLACES
POOL TABLES

13. HOW SITUATIONS
STRUCTURE STORIES
TWISTS
REPEATED SITUATIONS
POINT OF VIEW

14. SITUATIONS AND
FEELINGS

15. Exercise 2
Film a situation between 2 characters without using dialogue
or a voice over in a maximum of 4 shots.
This sequence must allow us to understand the situation that
brings the two characters together.
3 mins maximum

16. Exercise 3
Film a situation between two characters linked to an emotion - a
romantic encounter / envy / jealousy /shame.
Repeat the exact same situation, but change the space where
this encounter takes place, and change the manner in which you
film it.
2 mins per situation - 4 mins in total.

17. Final film
Make a film where the establishing incident affects how the
characters relate to each other.
The situation will flip during the course of the film, which will mean
that the way that the characters interact changes.
The viewer should identify at first with one, then another of the
characters during the course of the film.
The film, including credits, will be between 5 – 8 minutes maximum.

18. Links
https://markreid1895.wordpress.com/
https://vimeopro.com/user21775187/situation-extraits/ :
password situation
NB, clips not cleared for age suitability – check first!