Practice extract essay: Game of Thrones

Throughout the extract the director is trying to convey a theme of power. This is evident within the extract as the primary character, Stanis, is in search for gold to help him win a war. The director shows us, through the character's use of dialogue, that Stanis is likely driven strictly by greed which makes power his largest goal. This contributes to the overall theme of power present within the extract.

In the first scene the theme of power is demonstrated by the establishing shot of a large kingdom. This kingdom represents power which the ruler of the kingdom has. This image of a large kingdom becomes important later in the extract as it gives the audience greater insight into the decision made by the apparent ruler of the kingdom. This opening scene also shows how serious Stanis and the person accompanying him are about what they have traveled to this kingdom to do as they are both fixated on the large kingdom with serious facial expressions. On the other hand, while Stanis and his partner gaze at the kingdom the shot zooms out showing how small they are in the grand scheme of what is happening within the kingdom causing the audience to question whether Stanis will accomplish what he has set out to.

Between the first and second scenes there is a major gap in time which is demonstrated through the characters' dialogue in which they point out how they had been waiting all day. At this same time we can see the growing impatience Stanis has as a result of having to wait for his meeting. Stanis’s regard for time shows that he is under a lot of pressure to hurry up and finish what he came to do making it evident to the audience that this is a very serious situation. This idea is also shown through the dark lighting which made the dialogue seem far more dramatic. Once the wait is over and the meeting finally begins Stanis’s sense of urgency becomes more evident throughout the dialogue. Within this portion of the extract the characters purpose became uncovered as we find out that Stanis is in search of gold to help him fight a war to further his power. This is especially true when the audience learns that Stanis does not do a good job of taking care of his people showing that he does not want to win a war for his people but rather for his own personal gain.

The director does a good job of exemplifying a theme of power which Stanis is clearly trying to obtain more of. In the two scenes present within the extract the audience is able to gain a good understanding of what Stanis is ultimately trying to accomplish in this meeting.

Practice extract assignment: Game of Thrones

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re-shoot blog

The time has come to start reshooting our film. This process has became difficult in our current state. Michael wanted to get it done ahead of time. Jontae wanted to just wait. I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Edgardo was the deciding factor. He said we should wait and focus on putting our film together. The reshoot process was easier than I thought. The thing is I couldn’t meet up with my group because of the coronavirus. Covid-19 has forced my group and I to complete this project remotely. The thought process on how we were gonna do this was difficult. My group and I got on the phone and spoke to each other. Since Edgardo had the entire film, he was the one to do reshoot videos using what he had. I had Michael re-record parts of his house which was where we originally shot the film. Voice recordings was done as well. I was taking precautionary measures in this process. The world right now isn’t in a good place. Us leaving our house wouldn’t be a smart idea. Edgardo was the one responsible for the reshoot. The rest of the group critiqued everything. Overall our teamwork came through even in these difficult circumstances.

re-edit blog

Unfortunately, this event never occurred, due to Covid-19. We were never able to meet up and re-shoot therefore we could never re-edit. Although we did not re-shoot and collect new footage we worked with what we had. Due to the circumstances we had a feeling re-shooting would not occur. This did not stop us. With the footage we had, Edgardo went to work. He fixed all the parts that needed it. He would then send us the new film and we would give our thoughts. Lucky for us Edgardo is outstanding at editing. After a couple tries, he perfected it. My group and I were very pleased and impressed with Edgardo. He worked his magic once again. Working with the original footage and i-movie it was almost like we did not need to re-shoot in the first place. After he was done we all looked it over and Jontae critiqued it a little. We were now done and we finally could sit back and enjoy the film. It seems our journey together may be over with. Now that our film is complete nothing else is needed. I really wish we were still in school and all working together, but it is important that we take precautions. Anyways the film turned out better then I ever expected. My teammates and I did a great job, everyone contributed and played a role.

filming blog

Filming has been nonexistent since the pandemic. None of our parents would let us go to each others house. But we are always in contact with our group chat. Michael has been really on his A game with keeping us updated on what we have to do. We are glad that we did finish most of our film. It is very weird being out of school for so long because of a virus. We never went through something like this in our lifetime. No one would have ever expected to be staying inside for weeks. This has taken a toll on our film from being super perfect. All of the footage we have on Edgardo's iPad is all that we have. But we know he will fix all of the parts we need to. Covid-19 is the worst thing that could have happen to us before we even got a chance to re-shoot our film. With it being impossible to film we have to rely on all of those days we were working so hard to make this film. We are so well educated on how to edit and stuff. So, this pandemic has hurt us but did not damage us. This was a very difficult process since we can not leave our homes due to quarantining. Despite all of the tribulations, I can say we are pretty much done with our film. Our chemistry is very good since we did two prior projects with each other. My group mates and I were all looking forward to finishing our film, so we are very disappointed right now. I'm so proud of our group. Without all of us cooperating none of this would be possible.

editing blog

As the current state of the world is making it harder and harder for my group and I to complete our final task we are still working as hard as we can to produce the best film possible. We have made sure we stay in touch at a time when doing so is proving to be highly difficult. This is because none of our parents are letting us leave the house. As a result, we have not been able to reshoot any scenes which needed to be fixed. Despite this my group and I all agree that the film is coming out alright. Most of our scenes were already complete and the few that we needed to reshoot were short pieces of the film. Edgardo has continued to do a great job of editing our film. Edgardo's primary focus for all of our projects this year has been editing and he has done an amazing job doing it from home. Additionally, despite not being able to meet up my group and I have stayed in constant contact. This has been crucial for us as it has allowed us to keep making progress on our film. Luckily we already had experience coming into this project making this transition easier. If not for the two projects we had already completed my group mates and I would be nowhere near completing our project. We truly feel as if our skills in making/producing a film have improved greatly due to this class. Because of this we feel like we were prepared to handle this project from home during the covid-19 crisis. I am so excited that we've got our film almost complete. Although it's now not the final product, it is good. Overall the editing has been a large achievement and we could not have completed it without each other. We all did our parts and that's why it went so smooth.

editing blog

Although we aren’t all together we are still staying in touch. The Covid 19 has played a huge factor in this whole process. It is not as easy as it used to be. We usually plan and edit in class to get the very best video. Although we are still editing, giving insight is part of the reason we have had such great success. I miss my group and working with them. We still text and edit our video here and there. Hopefully this clears up so we can reshoot and make changes. This will be difficult due to the fact that we aren’t allowed to hangout. All of our parents are strict and not allowing us to meet up. We are all starting to stress due to the fact that our film needs some work. Edgardo is still editing perfecting anything and everything he can in case we don’t get to reshoot. He sends us the video in the group chat and asks what we think. Although it’s not the same as being in class together we still can give our opinions. Hopefully this will pass over and things can get back to normal. We are still ahead of the game but the clock is ticking. My team and I work great under pressure so I am not worried. With or without reshooting, Edgrado will find a way. With Jontae, Michael and I helping our film will turn out just fine. I can’t wait til we are finally done.