Storytelling
Members of the audience were invited to list their top three films - or just name three films they liked if it was difficult to rank them. These are the films that were named:
A Fish Called Wanda
All is Lost
Apocalypse Now
Avatar (2)
Back to the Future
Bicentennial Man
Blazing Saddles
Bridge of Spies
Cabaret (2)
Carousel
Casablanca (2)
Casino Royale
Castaway
Cherry Blossoms
Churchill
Ciffhanger
Day for Night (La Nuit américaine)
Disney films
Dr No
Dr Zhivago
Dunkirk
Educating Rita
Finding Nemo
Gravity
Gregory’s Girl
Halloween
Hanover Street
Harry Potter
Harry Potter (1st One)
Hugo
Inception (3)
It’s a Wonderful Life
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Lawrence of Arabia
Les Miserables
Let the Right One in
Lion
Mama Mia
Mary Poppins
Miracle on 34th Street
Monty Python
Moulin Rouge
Nosferatu
Pan’s Labyrinth
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Quatermass and The Pit
Robbery
Rogue One
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
Sideways
Singing in the Rain
Skyfall
Some Like it Hot
South Park Movie
Spotlight
Star Wars
Terminator 2
The Dambusters (2)
The Dark Knight
The Empire Strikes Back
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Graduate (2)
The Green Mile
The Ipcress File
The Lady in the Van
The Ladykillers
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (2)
The Rear Window (2)
The Sound of Music
The Rock
The Thomas Crown Affair
Traffic
The Pink Panther
Julian Austwick
Julian Austwick did a presentation on Story Structure and Set-Up, particularly focusing how filmmakers begin their films so as to engage the audience. He showed examples of how the very early part of a film very often has a significant opening shot, it goes on to lay out the theme for the film, the set-up or status quo and then the catalyst that leads to change.
Dónal Murray-Ferris opened the evening with a presentation on Linear and Non-Linear narrative. He explained the difference, showed examples of non-linear narrative and invited us to consider how effective those examples were.
