Blog | Dorsa Sajedi

Dorsa's Film Blog

This page consists of journals and notes that have been taken throughout my time at university.

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Nov 29, 20222 min read

Editing Class 8: Discussing Editing in Test shoots

We looked at everybody's progress in editing our test shoots and briefly discussed them.

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Nov 25, 20221 min read

What Never Was: Test Shoot Picture Lock

Finally, the test shoots are done and edited! Attached are my editing log notes.

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Nov 22, 20222 min read

Editing Class 7: DIT Recapping

Today we discussed the expectations and workflow of a DIT.

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Nov 21, 20221 min read

Film Project: Seminar 7

Our final seminar of this term, watching two films and discussing how they utilise their timings and narrative constructions.

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Character Dynamics Research: Pursuit of Happyness (dir. Gabriele Muccino, 2007)

Dorsa Sajedi

Nov 18, 20222 min read

Character Dynamics Research: Pursuit of Happyness (dir. Gabriele Muccino, 2007)

Observing character dynamics and how it aids the editing in Pursuit of Happyness.

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Character Dynamics Research: Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig, 2017)

Dorsa Sajedi

Nov 10, 20222 min read

Character Dynamics Research: Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig, 2017)

Observing character dynamics and how it aids the editing in Lady Bird.

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Editing Class 6: Narrative from Action [non-fiction film]

Dorsa Sajedi

Nov 8, 20222 min read

Editing Class 6: Narrative from Action [non-fiction film]

Condensed notes from class.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Nov 2, 20221 min read

Film Project | Dramaturgy Seminar 3

Condensed notes from class.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Nov 1, 20221 min read

Editing Class 5: Reflecting on FCF

Today in class we reflected on the editing of our films from the last term. My notes are on my contributions to For Crimes Forgotten.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 31, 20224 min read

Film Project: Seminar 6

Condensed notes from class.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 25, 20222 min read

Editing Class 4: Documentary Structure

Today we discussed the difficulties that come from constructing a documentary narrative in editing.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 18, 20221 min read

Film Project | Dramaturgy Seminar 2

Condensed notes from class.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 17, 20223 min read

Film Project: Seminar 5

Condensed notes from class.

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Paradise of True Desires [wip title]: Workshopping to Informal Pitch

Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 13, 20225 min read

Paradise of True Desires [wip title]: Workshopping to Informal Pitch

A condensed and summary of the past few meetings I've had with my group (26th, 3rd, 5th, 10th), from workshopping to formative pitch prep.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 10, 20223 min read

Editing Class 3: Finalisation & Workflow

Today we worked through and discussed the important stages and things to consider when finalising a project.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 4, 20221 min read

Film Project | Dramaturgy Seminar 1

Condensed notes from class -- an introduction to dramaturgy.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 4, 20222 min read

Editing Class 2: General Practice

In class today we looked at the footage for another film, and looked to mend the problems that would have been faced in the edit.

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Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 2, 20224 min read

Film Project: Seminar 4

Condensed notes from class.

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Character Dynamics Research: About Time (dir. Richard Curtis, 2013)

Dorsa Sajedi

Oct 2, 20222 min read

Character Dynamics Research: About Time (dir. Richard Curtis, 2013)

Observing character dynamics and how it aids the editing in About Time

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Dorsa Sajedi

Sep 26, 20222 min read

Editing Class 1: Dialogue-heavy Films

Today we had a look at editing a short with minimal movement, heavy dialogue and lots of filmic issues.

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just dori things

just dori things