First Lecture - Notes

In our lecture, we were given a talk from industry professional, Lizzie Thynne, who is a Brighton-based filmmaker. Her work includes On The Border and Brighton: A Symphony of a City (2016). She explained how she decided to go into filmmaking after being fired from a previous job. What inspired Thynne follow this route was her interest in how media conveys meaning and its effect on viewers.
She achieved success from showcasing her films in festivals across Europe, Australia and the U.S. This was inspiring to myself as a potential filmmaker, as I realised that I should submit my work to festivals.

Portfolio - Lizziethynne.co.uk/other-films/

Brighton: A Symphony of a City

This documentary was intended to be played with a live orchestra in front of an audience. Thynne used the film's aesthetics to demonstrate a stark contrast between day and night.

Recommendation: A Clockwork Orange for its use of music (Beethoven)

City Symphony films:

• Manhattan
• Man With A Movie Camera (good reference to editing)
• Rain

Further inspiration:

• Georgia O'Keefe city paintings

• Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

The music throughout the film sets the pace. The orchestral instruments are used to replace naturally accoring sounds, for instance to convey noise of train.
It uses the 'intellectual montage' technique in which juxtaposing shots are used metaphorically.

Thynne's advice for coming up with ideas is think about genre, and to seek inspiration from other media within genre, but then think about how can it be varied.