Source: 17 little known facts about 2001: A Space Odyssey

I'm back with another source and this time it is about facts some people didn't know about 2001: A Space Odyssey.
When researching facts about 2001, I saw this link that was saying 17 facts about the film that most people might know.
So, I looked at the source and read through it, and yes I didn't really know that much about behind the scenes of making the film.

I will share a few facts I found...not too many though as you have to read the source if you want to find out more.

Harvard Reference:

• Joel Willans, 2013. 17 little known facts about 2001: A Space Odyssey (online) Available at: http://inktank.fi/17-little-know-facts-about-2001-a-space-odyssey/ (Accessed 12th April)

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The first one I found was interesting was that the first 25 minutes of the film and last 23 minutes had no dialogue - I think this is really cool because it means in total that the film has 48 minutes in total with no diaglogue.

Another fact I found really interesting and was very shocked when I read it was it has only 205 shots that include special effects.

HAL, the computer generated machine, was organically going to be voiced by a female and was going to be called Athena.

During the scenes when the film is set in Space, there is no music apart from background music - this is because in real life, there is no sound in Space so Ridley wanted to make the film as realistic as possible.


And that is all the facts I am going to give you today, some facts will help me with certain learning outcomes for my essay.

Best,
C

Clip - The Martian

For this blog post, I will be talking about my favourite clip from The Martian and explaining why I chose it.
I will be talking about the cinematography, location used in the clip, acting, how it is edited, lighting and just generally about what I can see in the scene.

Clip 1




I chose this clip because I really like the camera-work especially and also I feel that this clip allows to show the viewers when Mark (Damon's character) at the point he is struggling.
As you can tell by the lighting it isn't as bright as other clips I have chosen, this is because this scene is filmed in the middle of night (you can see outside the window).  There is a blue cast towards it to show how cold is it and it allows the viewers as well watching feel cold too.

There are different camera angles used in this clip.  It starts of with an establishing shot which allows the viewers the location where this clip is set - it is in the middle of 'Mars' and it is showing Mark on his journey.  It then cuts to inside the car which used a basic camera angle - a mid shot of Mark explaining how cold it is and how he is going to turn on the heating.
I don't know exactly what cameras were used when filming this scene but I do know that one was the GoPro Hero 4.  I can tell this by the beginning and near the end of the scene by a camera angle which is attached on the top of the car looking towards

There are very simple cuts in this scene from one camera angle to the other which shows that the editing in terms of editing clips together was very simple.  In total (for this clip alone) there are only 8 cuts and 5 different camera angles.


Harvard Reference:

• The Martian 2015 - Heating Problems clip, 2015 (YouTube) Fortia Alfeche, 19th January. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QHthglsm6s (Accessed 12th April)

Love,
Christie

The use of colour in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Hey guys :)
So I was looking at my feedback from my draft essay I handed in and noticed my lecturer said I should mention the use of colour in both films...
I did some research and came across this really interesting source about colour in 2001 and it explains why they used a certain colour, I found this very interesting and I would love to share it with you.

Link: http://5280press.com/color-in-film-2001-a-space-odyssey/

Screenshot of the first part of the source:

I really liked this link because it made me think of things in the film I have never noticed before and it also explains why which is really useful because it is good to know what red simplifies.

For example, it told me that the colour red means a lot of different things in different parts of the film. Such as; the red chairs in the space station is a huge contrast to the white walls - this allows the chairs to stand out a lot.

Some people when they think of the colour red will say it is blood but then others would think of romance and love.  In this film, there isn't a lot of blood or romance but when viewers see the colour that is what they think/feel.

If you want to find out more...you have to read the source :)


This source allows me to use this information for LO2.