I think it's not a bad idea for starters (and also others) to watch movies and analyse them once.
It's something I had to do at college (filmschool). They started a film, and about after 10 seconds they stopped it and asked the questions: how come they use that kind of lettertype and not another one, how come the words fade, how come they used that music and those sounds.
Then further in the movie it were questions like: how come they use that kind of angel, that kind of framing, that sound, how come they cut there and not 1ms earlier or later... How come that sounds. How does it sound ? What feeling does it give to you.
A film I watched resently and I find a good example is "Lucky number Slevin"
I think a lot of "first starters" would learn a lot then
It's something I had to do at college (filmschool). They started a film, and about after 10 seconds they stopped it and asked the questions: how come they use that kind of lettertype and not another one, how come the words fade, how come they used that music and those sounds.
Then further in the movie it were questions like: how come they use that kind of angel, that kind of framing, that sound, how come they cut there and not 1ms earlier or later... How come that sounds. How does it sound ? What feeling does it give to you.
A film I watched resently and I find a good example is "Lucky number Slevin"
I think a lot of "first starters" would learn a lot then