Day out at BFI+ film.

I had a trip out with the class which my teacher brought us to the BFI, British Film Institute, in Waterloo, Southbank. The place has different screening rooms, where people hold interviews and movies are shown. Every year, the BFI holds a Festival to promote different movies also coming from different countries.

There is a shop, which I loved, where you can find EVERYTHING about movies, filmmaking and gadgets. I found these two chicks that I'll probably buy soon.

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There are different offers for tickets, such as 3£ for young people till 25yo. They screen cult movies and sometimes as well latest. I think for media students, it's really good to see different kind of movies and maybe compare them with the new ones.

In the afternoon we watched a French movie called "Being 17".

Being 17

Original title: Quand on a 17 ans

Origin country: France

Release date: 2016

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: André Téchiné

Cast: Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila...

This movie is about two teens. They show hate for each other, but probably it's not what it looks like.

The movie was a bit boring for me. The storyline was clear and maybe a bit granted. The narrative was a bit too long and I think it could have been shorter by cutting some useless shots.

Since the beginning you can easily understand what's going to happen at the end, and some parts are really nice because they show you the feelings of the two characters. As I said, for about 1h and half of the movie it goes very slow , showing the conflicts between the two, then because of a sad event, everything happens all together and while you're there thinking "that's really sad/that's nice", the credits appear on the screen. I also think that the sex scene could have been even avoided, or at least shorter.

The things I liked most about the movie, and probably my favorite parts, are the shots and the locations. There are these beautiful and breathtaking landscapes that the director used really well, combining them with good quality of colors. The colors seem so real and there's a use of both artificial and natural light. There are also good shots, mostly lots of closeup, which I really appreciated. The scenes are balanced between one and another.

The director used both diegetic and non-diegetic sound, with probably some foley like when both of the guys kick the punchbag.

It's anyway a good movie which gives you emotions and maybe a little cry. Although all, it's worth it watch it.