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Dorsa's Film Blog
This page consists of journals and notes that have been taken throughout my time at university.
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Film Project: Seminar 2 & 3
Condensed notes from class.

Dorsa Sajedi
Sep 26, 20224 min read
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Character Dynamics Research: Honey Boy (dir. Alma Har'el, 2019)
Observing character dynamics and how it aids the editing in Honey Boy. [Scene examples unavailable but time-codes provided].

Dorsa Sajedi
Sep 26, 20222 min read
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Film Project: Research Rationale
This task was done later as a result of missing the initial deadline due to illness.

Dorsa Sajedi
Sep 20, 20220 min read
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Film Project: Seminar 1
Having unfortunately missed this class due to illness, I missed out on the discussions aspect of this class, but I have completed the task.

Dorsa Sajedi
Sep 12, 20221 min read
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Editing For Crimes Forgotten
10 fun days in the editing suites: my fun prediction was 13 drafts, but it ended up being... *drumroll* 15 drafts. Currently awaiting...

Dorsa Sajedi
Apr 25, 20222 min read
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Flicker | Short Film (Brief) Review
A brief fortnightly film review.

Dorsa Sajedi
Apr 24, 20222 min read
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Script Supervision, Continuity, and Data Wrangling on Set
In this blogpost I will be discussing my experiences on set from the last few days.

Dorsa Sajedi
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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A Long Beside | Short Film (brief) review
A brief fortnightly film review.

Dorsa Sajedi
Apr 10, 20221 min read
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Editing Class 8: Workflow
I was absent in this class therefore I will be elaborating on the powerpoint slides I was provided.

Dorsa Sajedi
Mar 28, 20222 min read
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Moth | Short Film (Brief) Review
A brief fortnightly film review.

Dorsa Sajedi
Mar 27, 20221 min read
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Editing Class 7: Script Supervision, and the relationship between Editor and Director.
In class today we discussed the role of script supervisor and their duties, alongside the ins and outs of a good director-editor dynamic.

Dorsa Sajedi
Mar 14, 20224 min read
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Among Us | Short Film (Brief) Review
A brief fortnightly film review.

Dorsa Sajedi
Mar 13, 20222 min read
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Editing Class 6: Executing Rhythm
Continuing on from our discussions in our previous classes on tension/rhythm/pacing, we applied it to a scene that we edited in class today.

Dorsa Sajedi
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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FCF: Group Meeting Progress
Current progress update, waiting on creative materials to do further editing planning, for now just doing theory research for pacing.

Dorsa Sajedi
Mar 2, 20221 min read
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Editing Class 5: Rhythm
This class was on 'rhythm', looking at how it interlinks with tension and pace.

Dorsa Sajedi
Feb 28, 20221 min read
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Lunch Time | Short Film (Brief) Review
A brief fortnightly film review.

Dorsa Sajedi
Feb 27, 20222 min read
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Pitch Preparation -> Reflection
Some more bits of preparation and also reflection of the pitch.

Dorsa Sajedi
Feb 24, 20223 min read
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Preparing for Pitch: For Crimes Forgotten
At the point of writing this, we've done a practice pitch and I've already written my bits of the presentation (to which i'll be making...

Dorsa Sajedi
Feb 20, 20222 min read
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Scars | Short Film (Brief) Review
A cadet discovers the master sergeant has a massive sore in a world where lies leave scars This blogpost includes spoilers. A really...

Dorsa Sajedi
Feb 12, 20222 min read
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Editing Class 3&4: Tension
Note: Online class, so the there is no technical notes on this post and only theory/the application of theory. The class the following...

Dorsa Sajedi
Feb 7, 20224 min read
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