Narada C

Narada C

Rock singer writer dreamer video-maker

Location London, UK

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  • Narada C made a comment
    More starting ploys

    I'm gonna try using "I remember that Emma said..." ;)

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    Should I wait until I’m inspired?

    This section is a highlight. Thank you

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    The blank page

    A blank page is never daunting but INVITING :)

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    Imagining writing spaces

    Just like when nature calls & you can't avoid answering, I had a rush of ideas bursting out of my mind and could do nothing else but stop to write them down. I used years of practice of mantra meditation to zoom out the noise from the crowd, the cars & the fountain in Trafalgar Square. I climbed on top of one of the lions & scribbled away for 2 hours.
    As...

  • Narada C replied to dianne l
    What works best for you?

    try it all & see what works for you

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    Other writers' rituals

    Alone in a quiet environment is great.
    For motivation, visualisation is everything to me

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    The writing journey starts

    I write to air a gigantic overcrowded mind & because language/communication fascinate(s) me. Also because me & anyone else can become whatever I want on paper...

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    Keeping track of useful details

    I'm influenced by the clip from 1.2 but the idea is great!

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    Creating your own space

    I have always had a precious notebook & a pen I enjoy writing with. I use it mainly for song writing. It is a great friend to the creative process

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    Ways to write

    Hello there, I'm checking out this course 'cause I just self-published a (short) novel & have a draft for my second. I'm a musician. Write songs, sing them on different bands & make the music videos too. Pleased to meet you all

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    The Hill Farm extract

    thanks, Pete!

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    Lights

    Thank you, Maria! :)

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    Editing from someone else's footage (video)

    cool, thanks

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    Lights

    As soon as I get the right wooden box, I'll upgrade the design :)

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    Farewell from the course

    Thank you very much for giving us this course. I was able to build my own lighting box. Enjoyed many of the short films. Figgis' tips & talks. Really appreciated the chance to edit scenes & sounds.
    I'm glad I invested my time on this course.

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    Top tips from Danny

    I liked the challenge of trying out sound editing

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    The Hill Farm deconstructed

    yeah the chickens & bees were easy to recognize as human voices. Cool tho

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    The Hill Farm

    Ah this is cool to see. I'm happy with my own edit :)
    I reckon many of the sounds are totally 'man-made'. Let's see..

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    The Hill Farm extract

    This was another interesting task. I gave it a good shot. I am a better musician than sound editor but here you go:
    https://youtu.be/TFpeuW4g_7Q
    :)

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    Lights

    This was such inspiring tip, I made my own lighting box!
    https://www.facebook.com/9puddings/videos/1271817706245506/
    thank U

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    The impact of music

    Muic in films sometimes enhances the emotional aspect of a scene, and sometimes is there to manipulate the audience and 'direct' their feelings towards something, someone.

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    Scoring Hideous Kinky

    I want to mention the TV series, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, because it had excellent score music. Not to mention an awesome musical episode where songs & moods were matched to the characters :)

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    Underscoring with music

    Sometimes music becomes almost another character in a scene. I think of Masked Ball by Jocelyn Pook in Eyes Wide Shut

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    Meet John Keane

    I don't know. I very much wish one of my songs would get featured on a film :)

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    Using sound to make animation feel 'real'

    Sound gives impetus

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    The need for credibility

    My mind's blank

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    Meet Justine Wright

    That is the glory of editing :)

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    Meet Justine Wright

    good one, tho I vaguely remember 6th Sense. Only saw it once. But Fight Club I watched 4 times I think...

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    Editing from someone else's footage (video)

    oh thank you kindly! In retrospective I think I should've done better with the sound tho...

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    Lighting task

    haha! true :) thank U

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    Top tips from Justine

    I liked havin' a go at the editing task the most

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    The original cut of the scene

    oh wow, that was interesting to see! I had some similar bits.
    The use of the music was good.

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    Editing from someone else's footage (video)

    https://youtu.be/FLT5OR-gnBg
    There was a bit of continuity issue with a 2nd waitress bussing the tables. Anyhow, I more or less think edited to describe the scene & kept it a lil' ambiguous towards the end. I found it slightly funny how the waitress is so oblivious to the vagrant eating from a table. I wasn't too keen on the music provided so I worked with...

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    The Last King of Scotland

    oh how I love overlay used like that. My video editor does not do that exactly as I want it yet

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    Transitions

    Different movement, sound & colour

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    Breaking down Echo

    Yeah at first I thought she was going to have her bag stolen...

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    Structure of Echo

    Just want to say I did not notice the symbolic pole dividing the brother & sister as they walk. That's a great detail!

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    Origins of Echo

    the lil' brother telling her (and us) that their dad had really died in an accident was key

  • Narada C replied to tobi Meneses
    Structure in films

    yes

  • Narada C replied to Alison Martin
    Structure in films

    I just commented about that film too. I saw an interview with Chris Nolan once where he explained that he tried to emulate the type of amnesia the main character had in the backward scenes

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    Structure in films

    can't get any more complex than Nolan's Memento...

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    Starting an edit

    For me editing is such a crucial step

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    An old lady goes to buy milk...

    oh I used the word 'cornershop' too before watching this clip :)

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    What to leave in and what to cut out?

    I'd make a wide shot of the old lady going to the cornershop. Entering. She's quite old & fragile, so the local shopkeeper grabs the milk for her. She smiles with grateful wrinkly eyes. Close up of her trembling hands gettin' the money to pay. Wide shot of old lady coming back. Close up of very messy kitchen & mid shot of old lady eating her freshly made...

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    Lighting task

    Ooh that's a great idea! I'm building some low-budget light box. When I finish it, will try :)

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    Meet Justine Wright

    Fight Club just came to mind. Thinking of the clever editing work that drops hints about the big twist, and also how it withholds info from us for effect.

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    Films about filmmaking

    Bad Education by Pedro Almodovar came to mind. It has film within a film.
    Also, Hail, Caesar! by the Coen Bros.

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    Corin's music video work

    I've always been into music videos & over the last few years I started to make lots of them. It's both a beautiful creative small space & a great training ground.
    Yeah!

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    Butterfly

    Wow, what a captivating style. Lotta emotion conveyed

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    Lighting task

    I see the light
    https://youtu.be/zX_aN89RNmk
    :)

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    Brian Tufano on Trainspotting

    I remember watching THAT scene & the twist of my stomach
    great work!

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    Brian Tufano on cinematography

    oh yeah, and Quadrophenia a long time ago!

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    Brian Tufano on cinematography

    Yeah I saw Trainspotting (couple times) & Billy Elliot

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    Corin talks us through the Devlin video

    for me the hand held cam gave a sense of intimacy & danger. And the structure worked pretty well to keep you ineterested & maybe add one's own interpretation of the situation

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    (All Along The) Watchtower

    Crime drama I reckon

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    Breaking down a scene

    I make music videos & use some story board and plenty of visualization

  • Narada C replied to Al Nuaimi
    Breaking down a scene

    I seem to only know him from earlier seasons of The Walking Dead, which is a bit of a shame 'coz he was amazing on it & pretty sure he's done plenty of more interesting things..

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    Introduction

    Ooh yeah, music video's my thing!

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    The Fig-Rig (07.07)

    the last 3 clips have been fantastic!
    thank U

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    Camera and grip

    Yes yes yes!!! I need a grip. Totally. I just ordered one online to try. Got a feeling I ain't goin' back :)

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    Lights

    Brilliant!
    Gonna check this out on my next trip to the supermarket

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    Kingsland #1: The Dreamer

    cool

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    Meet Mike Figgis

    If you write a novel that is not published or record a song that no one listens to, are they still a novel & song? Do a film is considered as such when it is watched?

  • Narada C replied to Terry Davis
    Setting the scene

    that's cool. I liked the 2nd part.
    I made a couple that made it to 1 of my YT channels https://youtu.be/iEuPNZfEXkM and https://youtu.be/9OJgD7SvanM :)

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    Casting

    Great point about not finding the 'best' actor but the 'right' actor.
    Like Tom Cruise in Magnolia or Keanu Reeves in Matrix..

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    Adapting to budget limitations

    Great attitude

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    Dividing up the budget for The Mass of Men

    I have no clue.
    Just guessing Location, Subsistence, Actors ?

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    The framing device - CCTV

    I commented on 1st two points in previous step.
    Regards having an anonymous attacker for me it was more effective and just brought up what was bottled up in Richard's mind/heart

  • Narada C replied to Terry Davis
    Setting the scene

    It's a pretty cool & unique animated short. It moved me to experiment with pixilation :) I should do more of that now that I think about it..

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    The Mass of Men

    Very interesting opening scene with Dido's Lament. I thought the security camera footage & the violence & the opera foretell tragedy and draw in. What got me at the beginning is the unemployed man coming back to grad the paper. i wanted to know what was that about.
    I reckon this was inspired by true events or wishful thinking...

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    Setting the scene

    Because I've seen the film I already had a picture in mind.
    Anyways, I would have gone for something a little like...

  • Narada C replied to Terry Davis
    Setting the scene

    yeah same here. The images of the film came to mind straight away..

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    Time management

    I really liked the camera work of the first scene!

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    Meet Mike Figgis

    If you take the element of distribution, you still have a film made. Don't you?

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    Adapting for the screen

    Yes, that is the luxury of creativity. We can tell a 'real' story anyway we like :)

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    Adapting for the screen

    Still, the movie can be totally enjoyed as a work of fiction

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    From stage to screen

    Ha! Exactly how I felt!! :-D

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    Kingsland #1: The Dreamer

    I wonder if he got the title from the sign at 14:41 :)

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    Adapting for the screen

    The film The Rose (1979) came to mind. The story is based on the life (and death) of Janis Joplin but names & songs had to be changed 'cause of lack of permissions. If you were a super Joplin's fan like me you would recognize the anecdotes & Bette Middler's singing style as a tribute..

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    From stage to screen

    Ha! I was slightly distracted by the movement of the camera on this clip!

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    The moral of the story

    bingo!

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    Chicken shop scene

    I thought the scene relied aplenty on the discussion at the table (about names) & the contrast of demeanour of the brothers

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    What's the story about?

    Definitely an identity theme going on.

  • Narada C replied to Terry Davis
    The moral of the story

    Blade Runner?

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    The moral of the story

    A film about dynamics of romantic love & the impressions they leave in the memory.
    Or something like that...

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    Something to say

    I liked the camera work on Tight Jeans, and the dynamic of the conversation.
    I expected something deeper from The Park, based on the director's comments.

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    Top tips for the week

    Week 1 = stimulus.
    I'm grateful for that :)

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    This week's featured film: Skyborn

    Overall really good work!!
    Maybe excess of fog didn't always work for me & I wanted more from the ending but good filmmaking!

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    Are you a filmmaker already?

    Not a filmmaker yet but I do lil' things like this
    https://youtu.be/q2IEatNzV94
    and lotta music videos
    https://youtu.be/JgfEXCBLUaI
    and what have you...

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    Further reading

    I don't have any of them books. Not planning on buying/borrowing/stealing any atm...

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    Bafta Guru

    I was drawn to the '60 seconds with' section because of the length... but seems like a great site with lotta stuff to digest. If you got the time...

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    From script to screen: Skyborn

    Limitations breed creativity

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    Introduction to short films

    This short film (DOTTY) really, really moved me
    https://vimeo.com/128544536
    I thought everything worked so well!

  • Narada C replied to Narada C
    Who works on a film?

    Yeah totally. He worked on Blade Runner 2049. Can't wait to see that one!

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    Introducing your weekly hosts

    Welcome. It took a little search to find it so I thought best to share for others that felt compelled to check it out :)

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    What does their job entail?

    Except the bit about "weird & boring"..

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    Who works on a film?

    Randomly checked Director of Photography in Coen Bros. "Fargo". It's Roger Deakins. Often works with the Coens & also worked in 2 films with Kate Winslet, again as Director of Photography.

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    What does their job entail?

    Visualization is key for me.

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    Introducing your weekly hosts

    Just managed to find An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge on YouTube
    https://youtu.be/jsGi8MHNAJs
    Excellent stuff!

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    Why are you here?

    Hi there, I've joined this course 'cause I want to learn more about filmmaking & my budget is tiny... I've done all the previous FL filmmaking/animation courses. I'm a musician who used to do lots of photography (in the 90's) & have developed a passion for video-making. Do a lotta music videos & would love to become a filmmaker.
    I often cite PT Anderson's...