Jordan Ellis AS Media
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Editing of Memento
Memento starts with the camera on an extreme close up of a hand holding a photo that appears to show a murder scene. The hand starts to shake the photo and it fades, this shows us that this clip is in reverse. The next shot shows a close up of the killer taking a picture of his victim, he then lowers the camera and the expression on his face is that of what you would expect a normal killers emotions to be, this killer looks upset by the fact hes killed man. The next shot is a close up o see him putting the camera away (but remeber its in reverse so he would in real time be taking it out). Next shot the blood
How Sexuality Is Represented In The Skins Opening
This scene starts with i close up on a male character, his eyes give me the impression that he is in deep thought. As the camera moves out the character does not move a single muscle. The camera then reveals his quilt, his quilt has a naked man and a naked woman printed on it. This shows me that he is quite confident, the reason i think this is because he looks like an age where he is still at home living with his parents and to have a quilt that two naked people on in sight of your parents you have to be a bit of rebel, or you have to be really open with your parents. The other veiw on this is that maybe he is bisexual, he is lay intbetween both of the naked people not taking either side, also his shadow is on both sides of the bed this could show that he is bisexual.
He looks like he has been up all night, i can tell this because he looks in deep thought that early in the morning and the curtains are open and not many people can get sleep with the curtains open. The church bells are ringing this could enthasis the point that he is Bisexual, which goes against chrisitanity. Also church bells symbolise a sunday morning in England so this will ask the veiwer a question, what is he doing up that early on a sunday morning?
He looks like he has been up all night, i can tell this because he looks in deep thought that early in the morning and the curtains are open and not many people can get sleep with the curtains open. The church bells are ringing this could enthasis the point that he is Bisexual, which goes against chrisitanity. Also church bells symbolise a sunday morning in England so this will ask the veiwer a question, what is he doing up that early on a sunday morning?
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Different Sound Techniques
Diegetic – Natural sound within a scene
Non-diegetic – Sound added to a scene – Soundtrack
Potential problem – less realistic
Potential benefit – More dramatic
Sound Bridge – sound which carries on over two scenes,
Literally creating a “bride” between events!
Incidental Music – Short sequence of sound to create an emotion/feeling.
Asynchronous Sound – A “Natural sound out of place + without a source.
Contrapuntal – sounds which creates an opposite emotion to the one on screen.
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Stereotypical Class and Status Character
For my character that represents Class and status i have chosen Vicky Pollard from Little Britain. She is a working class female, in most of her appearances within the show she is always arguing. She speaks really poor English, using no punctuation or full stops and uses slag allot. She backchats whoever and no one can make he be quite. Vicky comes across as a violent and dirty minded female by some of the things she says within the show. she is defiantly a dominate character, and the majority of people she argues with are intimidated by her. She is presented in a comedic way but there are still a lot of stereotypes that are used within this character.
Focusing on Vicky’s Appearance she is not attractive in the slightest and the way she is presented is not at all attractive either this could mean that people think that the working class are un-attractive or she is just presented in this way as a unique case. She wears a pink track suit which is the "chav" stereotype; her appearance just generally makes her look like she has an attitude.
Focusing on Vicky’s Appearance she is not attractive in the slightest and the way she is presented is not at all attractive either this could mean that people think that the working class are un-attractive or she is just presented in this way as a unique case. She wears a pink track suit which is the "chav" stereotype; her appearance just generally makes her look like she has an attitude.
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Analysis Of Eva Mendes.
How does Calvin Klein represent females here in the above advert? Are they objectified or sexually empowered?
This picture is obviously meant to catch the eyes of the male gender. However, the way Eva Mendes is stood she looks powerful and stable so this picture also appeals to women. In the image she is stood with legs apart which backs up my point about how it would appeal to women, it could give them the idea that if they brought this underwear it would make them superior to men. Also if you look at where the shot is taken from its from a low angle, this makes Eva look more powerful but still in a way that men will find attractive. She has her hands on her hip, this to me either tells me shes cross (which i don't think is the case) or she has a bit of attitude. However it could also follow on from the point that she is stood in a powerful stance. Eva's hair is damp which you would think she has just had a shower; the majority of women have showers at night or in the morning. Looking at Eva it looks like she is ready to go out, she has high heels on, this is not morning behaviour. For single women they could aspire to Eva because she is not married (No wedding ring) yet she could appear to be going out with her friends, out on a date, out of a meal, which can teach single women never to give up on going out or getting dates and even maybe you don’t need a partner to be happy seems as Eva on this picture is showing teeth which either means she looks aggressive or happy (Chocolate Box). Males opinion on this picture of Eva i think will be slightly different. The males would think about buying the underwear for there partner for the hopes that they will look like Eva when they wear it. Also the picture draws attention to the pants by the hands pointing in the direction of the pants, they made the bra plain so it doesn't take the attention of the product that Calvin Klein is trying to sell. They have put suspenders of Eva this does not come with the project they used it because it then makes it more appealing to the male gender because it shows a more sexy Eva, in comparison to a more aggressive, dominant Eva.
In conclusion i do think this would appeal more to men, the way Eva stands could be looked at by both women and men in their own ways but i do think it appeals more to men. She does look like she is being used as an object more than a role model in my opinion. To me it looks like the picture is meant to get the Males attention even before they know what product they are looking at. It is a good use of the "Male Gaze" by Calvin Klein.
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Representation of Race In Hotel Babylon
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The clip starts with a black male looking after an older white male, this is the old stereotype how black people are under white people. However, the black Male is polite and respectful. The stereotype of black young males these days is to them to be druggies, stabbers and rude, which are all negative, although this black male comes across real polite and freindly.
After serving the white male the black male is walking out of the room to what I presume to do another job. A Black male comes out of the water and starts talking to the polite black male, Benjamin Truman. Ben responds “how are you Tal?”, once again using "correct" Middle Class speech. Tal responds "never better man" this is not what Ben would speak like in this job; this is considered Working Class speech. By the look on Ben’s face he doesn't want to speak to Tal, this is not because he doesn't like him i think it is because he doesn't want to get into trouble or lose his respect from the people who are in the hotel. Tal says "look at you all slicked up bro", Ben says "it’s all with the job" this to me shows his dedication to his work. Ben just wants to get out of there away from Tal; he even uses an excuse "got to get back to the desk". Just from a few seconds of conversation you can work out that Ben is a dedicated man that wants to do his job well and is embarrassed by Tal who just wants to party and be the stereotypical "Youth" that Ben used to be. Tal mentions the old days this shows Ben used to be like Tal is today but has changed in order to fit his job and now doesn't fit the stereotype.
Scene 2 gives us two stereotypes. First of all you see two European women that are maids. one of them is talking about the Japanese man that is about to come into the scene. She says "he pays double for double" this i can assume he means he wants them both to strip and he will pay them double the money. So here is the stereotype of Japanese to be perverts and also to be rich to have the money to do this and also the Europeans to be poor and need money. The Japanese man looks old and slightly perverted but he can do whatever he wants because he has money he can get the European women who look young and attractive because money is his power. You can see that younger of the maids doesn't want to strip for the Japanese man she looks very nervous and shy and looks like she was pressured into it by the slightly older lady that looks like she has done this many times. The younger woman says "I’m sorry, i can't" this betrays the stereotype that we had upon this woman. However, the older woman seems that desperate for money she says "don't worry there are plenty more fish in the sea" and starts to what i presume ring up other girls to ask them to join her.
Scene 3 starts with someone from the hotel running round for what appears to be a British man, I believe it’s an British man because of his name "Mr Taylor". This shows the stereotype that British men are impatient and lazy.
Scene 4 begins with two British characters which i believe rather own or are high up in the hierarchy of the company. Judging from there accents they come from an upper class background. They seem to be talking or gossiping about one of the chefs which apparently is sleeping with another chefs wife. This is the stereotype of the upper class, gossiping about others because they think they are higher or more powerful. They want to stick out among the crowd of people by the uniform they wear; they wear ties and suits when everyone else wears "working class uniforms".
In scene 5 the two British characters from the last scene enter the kitchen. They get greeted by a little Italian man, this is stereotypical that he is in the kitchen because Italians are stereotypically good cooks. He comes across a jolly, nice, gentleman, "madam, welcome, welcome, welcome" this shows us he is either putting an act on or he is a jolly or slightly hyper person. He is wearing black so he is obviously the leader of the kitchen seems as everyone else is wearing white. The camera flashes over to a larger man and you see him shaking his head, this could mean that he thinks the Italian man is putting on an act or he just doesn't like the Italian man. Next he goes up to the large man and pats him on the back, the large man turns around and smiles, although this seems fake, just an act maybe to keep their jobs. as the high ranked British woman leaves the kitchen they seem to think that the subject they were just gossiping about was wrong, or corrected. The Italian seems to be a gentleman and blow a kiss to the woman. However, the high ranked man frowns slightly at the Italian cook almost to say he doesn't believe the act as he leaves the kitchen. After the high ranked man leaves the large British man starts having a go at the Italian, the Italian calls him an "English pleb" this could show that Italians are racist and think they are the superior country. As the argument starts to get intense the Italian man picks up a cleaver, this shows us a few things, that the Italian man is weak, scared, or oppositely could be violent or psychopathic.
In conclusion i think Hotel Babylon is lazy in the way they make the characters; it seems they just make their characters by choosing lazy stereotypes, which are mainly bad. You could argue that it isn't through laziness it’s because with these stereotypes the audience finds it easier to relate or understand the characters.
Friday, 22 October 2010
The Male Gaze - Trevor Millum (1990s)
Seductive
Has an artificial (dummy) look, expression is vacant and empty showing no personality, any pose, usually with wide eyes and a smile.
Catalogue
Has an artificial (dummy) look, expression is vacant and empty showing no personality, any pose, usually with wide eyes and a smile.
Carefree
An active, out door type, healthy woman, described as 'nymph like' or vibrant. Quite often smiling or grinning in the picture.Practical
Concentrating on what they're doing, eyes focused anywhere except the camera, mouth closed, sometimes with a slight frown. Usually a short style or hair tied back.
Comic
Messing around, acting silly/the fool, pulling faces and being exaggerated.
Catalogue
A cool expression, less reserved but still confident. Eyes aren't wide and it's in general a milder picture.
The Male Gaze - Marjorie Ferguson (1980)
Chocolate Box
Half/full smile, lips together/slightly parted with teeth barely visible. Face turned towards camera or else full face. A blandly pleasing picture, devoid of uniqueness.
Invitaional
Mouth shut with a hint of a smile, emphasises on the eyes, with the head to one side or looking back to the camera. A 'flirt', hinting mystery/mischief.
Super-smiler
Picture includes the whole face with a wide/broad smile. Hair can be blown around the face, and the head is either pushed forwards or the chin is thrown back. 'Look at me!' attitude, can be seen as aggressive.
Romantic/Sexual
The picture includes a male and a female, or partners, with a dreamy quality. Both people will be heavy-lidded and possibly in an overly sensual/sexual pose. Makes the people look available.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Prezi Presentation
Age
Extremes simularities (Need taking care of)
Stereotypical Veiws
Older can still stick up for themself, (Breaks the stereotype)
Regional Identity
Northern - Tend to be more freindly, dont say "the", like to moan
Southern - City, Gorvernment, Mi5, Business, etc.
Country side - Rural, Green Grass
The film Hot Fuzz Contrasts Citys And Countryside Really Nicely
Ethnicity
Black - Hoody, Not easily approachable,
Indian Wedding - Traditional Clothing, Bright colours, arranged marriage
Lower class - Council Estates, Small Minds e.g. Racism
Extremes simularities (Need taking care of)
Stereotypical Veiws
Older can still stick up for themself, (Breaks the stereotype)
Regional Identity
Northern - Tend to be more freindly, dont say "the", like to moan
Southern - City, Gorvernment, Mi5, Business, etc.
Country side - Rural, Green Grass
The film Hot Fuzz Contrasts Citys And Countryside Really Nicely
Ethnicity
Black - Hoody, Not easily approachable,
Indian Wedding - Traditional Clothing, Bright colours, arranged marriage
Lower class - Council Estates, Small Minds e.g. Racism
Questionaire
ASThis is a film questionaire I did with Lianna, its main purpose was to find out about peoples Film Habits and what they like, for example we asked how many times do you visit the cinema per year. I Thought a year would be a good time range to put, because we discovered not everyone goes every month but most people go at least once a year. We asked 10 people because this would give us a more understanding about the average teenagers film habits. We found out doing this that most people agree with the same things, i think the questionaire went well. I predicted what the majority of people would choose in each catogary, being a teenager they are most likely to have the same thoughts as me.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38961424/Media-Questionnaire
Media Questionnaire
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38961424/Media-Questionnaire
Media Questionnaire
Expendables
Expendables was released in the cinema on 19 August 2010 (UK). It was directed by Sylvester Stallone, it stars high ranked actors such as, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews. The film company for this film was Nu Image/Millennium Films. The Distribution Company that was used for the UK is Lionsgate. Unfortunately this film was not made in 3D. This film has some of the greatest action actors the world has, Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo), Jason Statham (Crank, Transporter), Jet Li (One of the greatest martial artist the film industry has), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator, Body Builer) and many more. This film is aimed at teens, or just generally people who like action movies, it has the rating 15 it contains some language, violence and some disturbing images. On IMBD this film is rated 7 out of 10, with that there were 47,803 votes! So a pretty solid figure!
Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/).
Box Office
Budget:
$80,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$34,825,135 (USA) (15 August 2010) (3270 Screens)
Gross:
$102,070,047 (USA) (26 September 2010)
Bronson
Bronson was released on the 9th October 2009; it directed By Nicolas Winding Refn. Bronson’s film company was Vertigo Films, their distribution for the French was Vertigo Films and their foreign distributor was Magnolia Pictures. Release Date in the cinema was March 13th 2009 in Britain, was not released in 3D Or Imax.
Bronson Cast – Tom Hardy as Michael Peterson a.k.a. Charles Bronson - Matt King as Paul Daniels - James Lance as Phil Danielson - Amanda Burton as Mum - Juliet Oldfield as Alison - Hugh Ross as Uncle Jagoogck - Edward Bennett-Coles as Brian - Kelly Adams as Irene -Katy Barker as Julie - Richard Jones as a lunatic - William Darke as Michael Peterson, age 13 - Andrew Forbes as Joe Peterson, Dad - Tom Read as Prison Officer - Jonathan Phillips as the Prison Governor.
This film is about “Britain’s most violent prisoner” he was brought up as Michael Peterson, he got in trouble for fighting with the teacher and a student. He craved being famous, he robbed a post office and got 7 years in prison for stealing £26.18. He kept having fights within prison and gave himself the name, Charles Bronson (His Fighting Name).
For the teaser go to http://www.bronsonthemovie.com/, the trailer I think is top standard it tells a story in itself! It’s really good for getting you to want to see the film. Personally I haven’t Seen this film, but I’m going to watch it ASAP.
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: | $104,979 | 4.6% |
+ Foreign: | $2,155,733 | 95.4% |
= Worldwide: | $2,260,712 |
All The Review of This Film I have seen are all, really good I am yet to see a bad review after checking multiple websites, so this defiantly is no flop of a film. (http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/bronson)
The ratings for this film is a 18+ so it is aimed at this adults, has a lot of violence and some nudity.
Monday, 4 October 2010
Rushmore Anaylis
Is Max A Typical Teenager?
A very easy answer to this question is no, Max is not a “normal” Teenager. The stereotypical view of teenagers is that they go out on Friday night and get paralytic on alcohol or drugs, and that every teenager is a trouble maker. Judging on the opening clip Max is not that type of guy. The scene opens up with max opening a book with bees on, this gives me the impression he likes bees and wildlife, and straight away here is an example that Max is not your typical teen! Because stereotypically that book would belong to a younger child, female, or an older person.
The first achievement of Max it mentions is he is the Editor In Chief, Not Your Stereotypical teen however; some teenagers would get involved in this type of thing, so it’s not that unusual. If we look closely at his picture within the book he looks like he purposely meant that picture to look older than he really is. You will see this many times within this opening montage this again proves, that Max is not the stereotypical teen!
The next hobby of Max is Yankee Review Publisher; notice that he is taking the leading role with the group of four teenagers! He is dressed different to them to (wearing a suit) this to me is him trying to show his dominance to the group, to show that he is boss. Also on this clip if you notice, Publisher is coloured in red this makes it stand out so I would think he is proud to be given this roll as publisher within the group, most likely because it means he is superior to the other guys that he seems to be leading.
The next clip shows Max as a French Club President yet again notice he is the leading role; he stands out among the crowd of people, he is sat up straight when all the others are slouched and casual this to me shows his maturity because stereotypically a teenager does not stand straight instead they slouch like the rest of the people in this scene. However Max is in box number two which I am surprised at because of what I have seen so far of Max he is normally the leader and generally I think as the number one as a leading role.
The clip after is MODEL UNITED NATIONS, straight away I notice that Max is Russia, once again Max likes Power! Russia is a powerful country, especially in comparison to the countries sitting either side, which are India on his right and Mexico on his left. Judging on the face expressions of the characters sitting next to Max they do not look very happy, I’m guessing because he is controlling everything because to me he seems very controlling and definitely a powerful and controlling character!
The hobby after is very peculiar it is Stamp & Coin Club; this is very strong evidence that Max is not a normal stereotypical teenager. This is stereotypically not a teenager’s hobby, it’s an old man’s hobby. According to Society Max should be going out getting drunk or drug taking, this is not the case and Once again the point I have made many times is that he has a powerful roll within the group, here Max is the Vice-President.
Max is also the Debate Team Captain, this is what I would expect him to also be in after watching the last few clips, because he can control people within debates and get across his point of view, this shows me that Max also has a lot of confidence because I personally wouldn’t be able to do that based on my confidence level.
Next is Lacrosse Team Manager, again this is showing us how he likes to have power, the stereotypical teenager would be playing the sport however Max is Managing the sport, which is normally an adult job. Also he is making sure all the equipment is tidy this is not stereotypical Teenager! Normally teenagers are untidy; also this might tell us about how he is obsessed with precision and likes things perfect, maybe a bit of a OCD?
Next, Calligraphy Club this could show the audience once again his obsession with precision and making everything perfect. Also he is advertising what I am guessing is another club that he is the leader of whilst he is practicing his Calligraphy.
Next is Astronomy Society Founder, once again founder is a powerful roll within the group which will give him the power to control people. Most teenagers are not fond of Astronomy it’s considered more of an adult hobby.
Next, Fencing Team Captain, if you look closely it appears to me that Max is fighting someone that is smaller and thinner than himself, which would give him the advantage, and not make Max look bad (Less Chance Of Losing). Also Again the slight difference in clothing in comparison to the rest make him stand out and look more powerful within the group.
The next clip is Track & Field J.V. Decathlon keeps all the stereotypes, how max is in a tracksuit, he is running and keeping fit like any other teenager does. However there is one thing missing out of this scene and that is his peers. Normally teenagers would go for a run with others.
Next, 2nd Chorale Choirmaster, this clip just sums up my argument about him wanting to be more controlling and powerful than anyone else. I’m not a musician but I’m pretty positive you do not need two Choirmasters, I think he just does this to show that he is dominant, I mean he even made up a roll that doesn’t exist just to be noticed!
Next, Bombardment Society Founder, Max made this group this shows again that he has the most control in the group, also he is trying to show his dominance by throwing the ball first, before anyone else can have a go with it.
Next, is Kung Fu Club, Fighting is what the stereotypical teenager is known for however as you can see in this clip, Max is yellow belt, I know for a fact in Kung Fu yellow is second rank from the bottom, There are some white belts in there that he is better than however, Red belt is higher than yellow in kung fu, so here Max is not the dominant one, however if you look at the age of these characters there all children and max is a teenager! This just shows he needs to be the dominant one! The only way he can get this with this club is by being older than the rest.
Next scene we see Max Fischer in Trap & Skeet Club, he is also the founder of this group. However once again this is not stereotypical teenage behaviour! Max Is always trying to be older than he really is. This is the main reason why he is not the stereotypical teenager.
Next, Rushmore Beekeepers, President, Max is the leader again and this explains the Bees on the cover at the start of the montage. Again in this clip he is wearing different clothes to the other Beekeeper to show his dominance.
Next, Yankee Racers, Founder, in stereotypical teenager would not drive what Max’s group does, yes it’s his group. The stereotypical teenager would be on a moped or a little car that they would race in, not the type that appears on this clip.
Basically just to sum the whole montage up I would say Max is a character that craves attention and likes to be the dominant being within all of the things he does. I would think of him as a confident person that just wants to be known by the public. And doesn’t really care about anyone but himself!
Rushmore Opening Montage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ud2BywS_3U&feature=player_embedded
Friday, 24 September 2010
Mock Ups
First thing we did was make a rough copy of our front cover and contents page, for our own magazine. We created them making sure they included a masthead, a mid shot photo and cover lines. We had to make the magazine for a school with students aged 14-19, I thought of the name synergy because it’s another word for co-operation I decided to base it on the exam months.
First thing we did was make a rough copy of our front cover and contents page, for our own magazine. We created them making sure they included a masthead, a mid shot photo and cover lines. We had to make the magazine for a school with students aged 14-19, I thought of the name synergy because it’s another word for co-operation I decided to base it on the exam months.
I made sure the magazine had stuff in the students could relate to and would find interesting e.g. exams. My 3 colour pallet choice was to use the colours Yellow, Black and Red, I chose these colours because in if I saw these colours being used It would most likely get my attention. I had to make sure people would like the articles and the colour to go with them.
My contents page is just based on one picture because I thought it would be more striking and be more effective to read. This page will include all the pages and what is included in the magazine.
This is my front page, the picture quality is not that great so i will explian what it contains on this page, it has a masthead at the top left, a picture filling the page and coverlines on the left and right of the page.
Magazine
1. A title or masthead (goes across the right of the page, reflects the magazines style and should be over or under a photo).
2. Cover lines, to give information and use direct address.
3. The date, price and other details.
4. Special offer usually highlighted
5. Variety of fonts, colours, sizes and styles to add visual interest.
6. Cover lines/plugs/lures - to tempt the customer.
7. Use of 'direct address pronoun' to involve the user.
8. Mention celebrities to boost sales.
9. Use of 3 colour palette (reflect the target audience, and make the background stand out)
10. Mid shot photo, eye-catching image in the centre top of page.
2. Cover lines, to give information and use direct address.
3. The date, price and other details.
4. Special offer usually highlighted
5. Variety of fonts, colours, sizes and styles to add visual interest.
6. Cover lines/plugs/lures - to tempt the customer.
7. Use of 'direct address pronoun' to involve the user.
8. Mention celebrities to boost sales.
9. Use of 3 colour palette (reflect the target audience, and make the background stand out)
10. Mid shot photo, eye-catching image in the centre top of page.
Always remember the Most Third of the page will get most the attention so is most important!
Planning a magazine:
Target audience? Students 14-19
Name of magazine? Synergy
Type of features? Shown in cover lines
what language will be used in the title?
Type of person in the main photograph? A Stressed Person
Photos:
Cover (5 or 6)
Range of shots (long and close)
Lots of other shots for variety (match cover lines)
Additional students (variety of angles)
Photo mock ups..
Target audience? Students 14-19
Name of magazine? Synergy
Type of features? Shown in cover lines
what language will be used in the title?
Type of person in the main photograph? A Stressed Person
Photos:
Cover (5 or 6)
Range of shots (long and close)
Lots of other shots for variety (match cover lines)
Additional students (variety of angles)
Photo mock ups..
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Preliminary Task Evaluation
First of all I am going to say that are film went relatively well I was quite pleased on our progress. I am proud of the group and how they all dealt with the story board and how we made had a good go at trying to re-enact the storyboard. The things that I believe we did well at were how well we all worked together on planning the film out, however the slightly negative thing was how long it took us all to agree on the same thing because we all have so many different ideas. I was also happy how we had a leading roll in the group this really helped because it makes everything easy to follow and clear instead of everyone disagreeing on ideas. To improve on our next project I think we all need to focus a little more on what we need to do and try and finish a little bit faster and personally I need to research some ideas before we start recording so I can start to think like a director.
Production
When we finished the storyboards we then gave it to a different group for them to film and then we got given another groups and then we had to film there storyboards. The main goal of this was to see how informative the groups made the storyboards and how well we can follow the story boards from other groups. In my opinion I found this task a little tricky because the story board we got given was hard to follow because we weren’t really getting how the film was suppose to be acted out, so we were told to add little snippets to make it make sense.
. Equipment -
The camera we used was to be honest quite tricky for the reason that you had to start recording a few seconds before because it had an annoying fade on it which would end up missing bits out of the film, this meant we needed a little more time for our editing.
In this bit of the task I filmed Rupert walking to the door and opening it; also I helped everyone get in position and directed a lot of the film with Liana’s help. Also I helped Ryan on Sony Vegas editing our clips and gave him some ideas on how to make the film a little better
Pre Production
First of all we got divided into group, we had to plan out the film before hand to make sure we were able to fit all the camera angles needed into the film. We then planned how to make the film unique and good for the audience to watch. After we all decided we would pick a scene each to design with a story board. We then used the storyboards to add all the information needed to complete the task.
So everyone made a story board of separate scenes, in my scene I made sure to put mid shots into the film and make the boring scene as interesting as I possibly could.
Preliminary Task
We Did the Preliminary task to show that we can keep continuity in our filming and that we can edit pieces of film. For this task we had to record a character opening a door, walking across a room and sitting on a chair and interacting with another character who was sat opposite.
In this task we were asked to perform shot/reverse shot, 180-degree rule and match on action shots.In our storyboards we were asked to use shot number, camera angles, an image, lighting and music, costume, scene information.
There are plenty of camera angles for example there is a close up, extreme close up, medium shot, long shot, over the shoulder shot, shot/reverse shot and match on action.
Extreme close up is used to show a characters facial expressions to show how the character is feeling.
Over the shoulder shot/reverse shot are used to show a conversation between two characters, the camera is focused on one characters should and the others face.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Cutting/Editing
Essentials otherwise films would be in real time and never end.
It allows a director to change locations.
Main use is to either add pace to a scene to make it exciting or to shlow it down for dramatic emphasis.
It allows a director to change locations.
Main use is to either add pace to a scene to make it exciting or to shlow it down for dramatic emphasis.
Continuity
Generally refers to visual errors. In very basic terms it means having a character in a red top one second then a blue top a second later.
Medium Shot.
A medium shot is the most commonly used shot in cinema. It is used to show any character interaction.
Long Shot
When "telling" the audience where the film is set use a longshot. This lets you show all the important information. This shot is usually used at the start of films.
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