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S. I have clearly learnt what has inspired me from split-screen: A love story, which needs to be documented
I. I need to insure that the journey of my production is clearly visable and that includes my analysis, experimentation with music and the new idea for my film.
T. To re-draft the synopis and my storyboard and to document and upload all the processes. Look at the work of Einstein who is a russian film maker who is well known for montage editing in the 1920's. Man with a Movie camera.

Notes for the second draft of 'Happily Ever After'

Analysis of Splitscreen: A love Story

Analysis of Cinematography

The lighting is very cleverly used to come from the same angles in both sides of the screen. This shows the audience that the two sides of the screen are connected. Every camera angle is exactly the same on both sides, continuing to let the spectator see that the two sides of the film are a connected story. During the escalator sequence, the two sides are going in opostite directions. This implies that the two storys are traveling towards one another.

Analysis of Sound

The first sound we hear is an F major paino chord with the overlay of two seperate alarms. Immediatly the audience knows that we are hearing two seperate stories. The F major shows it is a happy story with a happy begining. The sound motif of the same F chord is used throughout the sequence alternating between A minor. A minor is the common key signature of classical french music which is cleverly used as half of the screen is set in france. Other than the initial alarm sounds (where you hear two) in all the other shots you can only hear one sound effect, for example, when you see the shower you can only hear one shower sound effect, same with the train and walking etc. This brings the two split screen visuals together. Two seprerate visuals but the same soundtrack helps strengthen the way the film presents that the two stories are connected.

Analysis of MISE-EN SCENE

The film starts with the words 'splitscreen: a love story' coming out from either side of a point right in the middle of the screen. This introduces the splitscreen motif. The next shot is curtains. The split being in the middle of the screen shows two seperate curtains which are opened simultaneously. This connects the two sides of the screen. Once the curtains are opened, the audience can clearly see that the two different sides of the screen are paris and new york.