Before we started planning our short film, we were asked to create an even shorter video at around 30 seconds long that's a continuity task (preliminary) containing the use of Match on Match action, 180 degree rule and shot/reverse/shot throughout for our preliminary task. All we needed to do was to film our main actor walking down a hall, into a room, sit down and share a brief conversation with the other actor, then the main actor leaves. We created storyboards to help us follow the rules correctly. After filming, we did some brief editing on iMovie by cutting some scenes to shorten it down to 30 seconds and also stick the shots together to complete it. Here is the link to the preliminary task video. Enjoy.
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
For our task in Media Studies, we were asked to work in groups and begin planning and constructing a short film of a genre of our choice. We eventually chose the Horror/Mystery/Thriller, which we thought would be a lot more fun to make as we already had the right props to use.
Upon planning our film, we viewed others that became our influences, which were Edgar Wright's 'Hot Fuzz'; Guy Ritchie's 'Sherlock Holmes' and Bob Clark's 'Black Christmas.'These films were a mixture of genre to help us decide how to do our film and what genre we should choose, but also they helped us with identifying camera angles/shots and using some of them in our short film.
Further planning of our film consisted of 3 page storyboards containing 18 stills that we created. These storyboards were re-drawn twice; producing our own versions of certain camera shots to give a clearer example of how we achieve them; we were also given examples of opening credits (after the planning and during construction of our film) from Drew Goddard's and Joss Whedon's 'The Cabin in the Woods', which showed very big and bold red letters accompanied by a death-metal type of music that clearly reflects the genre as horror because a title credit with this style wouldn't be common at all in any other genre.
We eventually thought up the film's title, which is 'Curiosity', as it tells the implied audience: ages 12 and over, why the central cleaner character 'Bob' began to follow an entity (figure) upstairs to see what it is, not knowing what would be the possible consequences, so the title refers to the curiosity that gets the best of him.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As we filmed the scenes for the film, we created a stereotypical horror character who always goes to see what the source of the 'bump' is instead of staying away from it incase something happens. Our film criticises that statement through the actions of 'Bob' after he goes to see what the figure is, and it ends with Bob screaming, implying an obvious negative outcome for him. Binary oppositions are present in the film as we intended Bob to be the 'good' character by showing him to be as innocent as possible through the simple act of cleaning with the implication shown through the props: a coat, mop and bucket. The colour of his coat is white to signify the innocence of his character as he is oblivious to what will happen to him. This would oppose with our 'evil' character, the figure, that makes very short appearances to give us the sense of unease as the figure wears a black hooded jacket with a plain white mask to hide its identity, which signifies the evilness of the character. So the audience is given a clear view of who is good and who is evil.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The target audience for our film is ages 12 and over, mainly due to the psychological horror content, which isn't lingered upon, therefore avoiding a higher target demographic. Other reasons for this target age is that in a mainstream film aspect, there would be availability for a larger audience and would therefore gain more popularity. The 12 rating would also suit actual students from schools who may want to see how the film represents an average school.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We then needed to consider how we would attract the audience, which we achieved through building up tension by showing very limited sights of the figure. However, audiences 12 and over could be expecting blood and gore to entertain them, which would therefore become hard to do as that alone would raise the age certificate and drastically lessen the available audience numbers. Yet we thought that instead there should be horror over violence, because it's a horror film and we need to keep it as a horror film: scary and psychological. Other similar examples of horror over violence are James Watkins' 'The Woman in Black' where blood is shown, but very little compared to the jump scares and psychologically scary scenes. Alejandro Amenabar's 'The Others' uses no blood at all, yet it is horrifying and disturbing despite its 12 certificate, which 'The Woman in Black' also has. It is more wise to show very little blood and loose a little of the target audience than add more blood, raise the age and loose a whole section of the target audience.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Through construction of our film, we became more adapted to our cameras and how we worked them along with iMovie and the editing process. After straightforward examples of how to work the different technology involved in making our short film, such as how to zoom in swiftly; controlling the focus and using the USB drive to import the updated film from every week as we progressed.
In our film, we had as many different camera angles/shots as we could, including cross-cuts (that were influenced by Hot Fuzz's opening scene with Simon Pegg describing his past work in the police force) for sense of location; establishing shots (influenced by the shots of the sorority house from Black Christmas) for sense of place and tracking shots (following the two office workers in Cabin in the Woods) to give a point of view from a different perspective along with zoom in/outs to increase tension, panning shots again for sense of location, low angle and high angle shots to create a sense of power and unease.
Upon finishing the film with many edits in between shoots, we were finally done with the film, and all there was to do was the editing process on iMovie. We became quickly accustomed to the editing process and how we used and worked certain features. Through the course of editing, we added royalty-free music with a tense tone to build the suspense throughout the short as well as just two sound effects: a stormy background effect to give a sense of pathetic fallacy at the beginning to reflect what happens through the film; and the screaming sound effect at the end to surprise and shock. Through the weeks of editing, we also deleted shots, lengthened and shortened others, replaced and added them as well. When we finished the main editing, we needed to add a credits sequence with the title attached to it. As though only three in our group worked on the film, we were able to show the credits as the film played through, with the title 'Curiosity' showing up at the end of the scene, implying that the sequence we shot was for the beginning of a longer film if there ever was one.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
If there ever was a chance of theatrical release of our film, we would expect a known Production company such as BBC Films, Studio Canal or Optimum Releasing to produce and distribute our film. This is because they all help produce UK films that quite often contain either realistic, gritty, scary or periodical subjects. 'Curiosity' is a horror film set in a British school, much like Nick Murphy's 2011 film 'The Awakening', a period horror drama set in a British Boys school in 1921, which was produced and distributed by BBC Films and Studio Canal. Robin Hardy's Scottish horror 'The Wicker Man' is produced by Optimum Releasing as well as Optimum Classics. 'The Wicker Man' is similar to our film in a way that there is always something unnatural looming throughout nearly every scene up until the last scenes, where a revelation, shown in any style, is revealed. So these are the production companies that we would expect for our film if released theatrically as they would also be cheaper and probably more helpful with distributing it.
Improvement
To improve on our film, we would darken the style of it as we thought it seemed too bright for a horror film opening, so the dark effect would be a priority. Another improvement would be to try and avoid as much transitions as possible, (there were many shots that were needed but did have problems with them, so they were hidden by the transitions)as the more transitions were added, the more we felt it would detach the audience from the building suspense. Using smoother camera shots would be another improvement as it could juxtapose to the lack of 'smoothness' when the scene draws to the end.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
From the preliminary task to our finished short opening to a film, we have learnt how to use iMovie in a more advanced way other than just moving clips around that started mostly with the task as well as the Sandman short. We have also learnt how to include sound, transitions, credits and a wider range of camera shots/angles as well as how to export and save and import and save movie files in between updates. From the preliminary task itself, we learned how to use the match on action, 180 degree and the shot/reverse/shot techniques to control the conversation from both characters points of view. Another thing we have learnt from the preliminary to the full product is how to silence certain scenes and add your own sound into them to help create a better, clearer sense of how you want your film to look and be presented without causing any misinterpretations.
Many examples of our filming
Preliminary Task- http://www.ryandeeganasmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/preliminary-task-short-scene.html
For our task in Media Studies, we were asked to work in groups and begin planning and constructing a short film of a genre of our choice. We eventually chose the Horror/Mystery/Thriller, which we thought would be a lot more fun to make as we already had the right props to use.
Upon planning our film, we viewed others that became our influences, which were Edgar Wright's 'Hot Fuzz'; Guy Ritchie's 'Sherlock Holmes' and Bob Clark's 'Black Christmas.'These films were a mixture of genre to help us decide how to do our film and what genre we should choose, but also they helped us with identifying camera angles/shots and using some of them in our short film.
Further planning of our film consisted of 3 page storyboards containing 18 stills that we created. These storyboards were re-drawn twice; producing our own versions of certain camera shots to give a clearer example of how we achieve them; we were also given examples of opening credits (after the planning and during construction of our film) from Drew Goddard's and Joss Whedon's 'The Cabin in the Woods', which showed very big and bold red letters accompanied by a death-metal type of music that clearly reflects the genre as horror because a title credit with this style wouldn't be common at all in any other genre.
We eventually thought up the film's title, which is 'Curiosity', as it tells the implied audience: ages 12 and over, why the central cleaner character 'Bob' began to follow an entity (figure) upstairs to see what it is, not knowing what would be the possible consequences, so the title refers to the curiosity that gets the best of him.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As we filmed the scenes for the film, we created a stereotypical horror character who always goes to see what the source of the 'bump' is instead of staying away from it incase something happens. Our film criticises that statement through the actions of 'Bob' after he goes to see what the figure is, and it ends with Bob screaming, implying an obvious negative outcome for him. Binary oppositions are present in the film as we intended Bob to be the 'good' character by showing him to be as innocent as possible through the simple act of cleaning with the implication shown through the props: a coat, mop and bucket. The colour of his coat is white to signify the innocence of his character as he is oblivious to what will happen to him. This would oppose with our 'evil' character, the figure, that makes very short appearances to give us the sense of unease as the figure wears a black hooded jacket with a plain white mask to hide its identity, which signifies the evilness of the character. So the audience is given a clear view of who is good and who is evil.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The target audience for our film is ages 12 and over, mainly due to the psychological horror content, which isn't lingered upon, therefore avoiding a higher target demographic. Other reasons for this target age is that in a mainstream film aspect, there would be availability for a larger audience and would therefore gain more popularity. The 12 rating would also suit actual students from schools who may want to see how the film represents an average school.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We then needed to consider how we would attract the audience, which we achieved through building up tension by showing very limited sights of the figure. However, audiences 12 and over could be expecting blood and gore to entertain them, which would therefore become hard to do as that alone would raise the age certificate and drastically lessen the available audience numbers. Yet we thought that instead there should be horror over violence, because it's a horror film and we need to keep it as a horror film: scary and psychological. Other similar examples of horror over violence are James Watkins' 'The Woman in Black' where blood is shown, but very little compared to the jump scares and psychologically scary scenes. Alejandro Amenabar's 'The Others' uses no blood at all, yet it is horrifying and disturbing despite its 12 certificate, which 'The Woman in Black' also has. It is more wise to show very little blood and loose a little of the target audience than add more blood, raise the age and loose a whole section of the target audience.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Through construction of our film, we became more adapted to our cameras and how we worked them along with iMovie and the editing process. After straightforward examples of how to work the different technology involved in making our short film, such as how to zoom in swiftly; controlling the focus and using the USB drive to import the updated film from every week as we progressed.
In our film, we had as many different camera angles/shots as we could, including cross-cuts (that were influenced by Hot Fuzz's opening scene with Simon Pegg describing his past work in the police force) for sense of location; establishing shots (influenced by the shots of the sorority house from Black Christmas) for sense of place and tracking shots (following the two office workers in Cabin in the Woods) to give a point of view from a different perspective along with zoom in/outs to increase tension, panning shots again for sense of location, low angle and high angle shots to create a sense of power and unease.
Upon finishing the film with many edits in between shoots, we were finally done with the film, and all there was to do was the editing process on iMovie. We became quickly accustomed to the editing process and how we used and worked certain features. Through the course of editing, we added royalty-free music with a tense tone to build the suspense throughout the short as well as just two sound effects: a stormy background effect to give a sense of pathetic fallacy at the beginning to reflect what happens through the film; and the screaming sound effect at the end to surprise and shock. Through the weeks of editing, we also deleted shots, lengthened and shortened others, replaced and added them as well. When we finished the main editing, we needed to add a credits sequence with the title attached to it. As though only three in our group worked on the film, we were able to show the credits as the film played through, with the title 'Curiosity' showing up at the end of the scene, implying that the sequence we shot was for the beginning of a longer film if there ever was one.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
If there ever was a chance of theatrical release of our film, we would expect a known Production company such as BBC Films, Studio Canal or Optimum Releasing to produce and distribute our film. This is because they all help produce UK films that quite often contain either realistic, gritty, scary or periodical subjects. 'Curiosity' is a horror film set in a British school, much like Nick Murphy's 2011 film 'The Awakening', a period horror drama set in a British Boys school in 1921, which was produced and distributed by BBC Films and Studio Canal. Robin Hardy's Scottish horror 'The Wicker Man' is produced by Optimum Releasing as well as Optimum Classics. 'The Wicker Man' is similar to our film in a way that there is always something unnatural looming throughout nearly every scene up until the last scenes, where a revelation, shown in any style, is revealed. So these are the production companies that we would expect for our film if released theatrically as they would also be cheaper and probably more helpful with distributing it.
Improvement
To improve on our film, we would darken the style of it as we thought it seemed too bright for a horror film opening, so the dark effect would be a priority. Another improvement would be to try and avoid as much transitions as possible, (there were many shots that were needed but did have problems with them, so they were hidden by the transitions)as the more transitions were added, the more we felt it would detach the audience from the building suspense. Using smoother camera shots would be another improvement as it could juxtapose to the lack of 'smoothness' when the scene draws to the end.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
From the preliminary task to our finished short opening to a film, we have learnt how to use iMovie in a more advanced way other than just moving clips around that started mostly with the task as well as the Sandman short. We have also learnt how to include sound, transitions, credits and a wider range of camera shots/angles as well as how to export and save and import and save movie files in between updates. From the preliminary task itself, we learned how to use the match on action, 180 degree and the shot/reverse/shot techniques to control the conversation from both characters points of view. Another thing we have learnt from the preliminary to the full product is how to silence certain scenes and add your own sound into them to help create a better, clearer sense of how you want your film to look and be presented without causing any misinterpretations.
Many examples of our filming
Preliminary Task- http://www.ryandeeganasmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/preliminary-task-short-scene.html
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Final Edit
16/4/13
We have made some final improvements to our short film 'Curiosity' where we needed to shorten down the film from 2 mins 33 secs to just 2 minutes. So we adjusted the positions of certain elements of the film to still be in place with the lower running time, including the deletion of some beginning establishing shots; the adjustment of the music to fit with the scene like it did before altering the time and also shortening down or deleting certain transitions. This is definitely our final edit and we're fully satisfied with it. For the fifth, sixth, or seventh time, please enjoy the video. Which is definitely finished. Booyah!
We have made some final improvements to our short film 'Curiosity' where we needed to shorten down the film from 2 mins 33 secs to just 2 minutes. So we adjusted the positions of certain elements of the film to still be in place with the lower running time, including the deletion of some beginning establishing shots; the adjustment of the music to fit with the scene like it did before altering the time and also shortening down or deleting certain transitions. This is definitely our final edit and we're fully satisfied with it. For the fifth, sixth, or seventh time, please enjoy the video. Which is definitely finished. Booyah!
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Curious Influences
16/4/13
Harking back to the planning section of our film, we also had a few films that were rooted to the various genres that influenced and helped with the initial planning of our film. These films were Sherlock Holmes (2009), Hot Fuzz (2008), Black Christmas (1974) and The Sandman (Short film 1993). After viewing these clips from the films, we eventually decided to make a film rooted to the horror/thriller genre, where we then begun the planning for.
Harking back to the planning section of our film, we also had a few films that were rooted to the various genres that influenced and helped with the initial planning of our film. These films were Sherlock Holmes (2009), Hot Fuzz (2008), Black Christmas (1974) and The Sandman (Short film 1993). After viewing these clips from the films, we eventually decided to make a film rooted to the horror/thriller genre, where we then begun the planning for.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Editing: Final Day
26/3/13
Today, we finished all of the editing for our film ('Curiosity'), including a change in music, in title and in scenes. Altogether, the film clocks in at two and a half minutes. We have upped the suspense and fear from the last update and now we are glad to know that we've done the best we can do and have finished. So here is our (hopefully) finished film project. Enjoy.
Today, we finished all of the editing for our film ('Curiosity'), including a change in music, in title and in scenes. Altogether, the film clocks in at two and a half minutes. We have upped the suspense and fear from the last update and now we are glad to know that we've done the best we can do and have finished. So here is our (hopefully) finished film project. Enjoy.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Editing: Day 3
19/3/13
Today, we continued with our film 'Curiosity'. We have done much more with the editing today as we've finished piecing together the initial clips and we are now adding the audio effects and parts of the beginning credits. We added sound effects such as 'Ship Ambience' and 'Title Flange Sweep Hit' to gain the suspense and also scare the audience as the film goes on. We also completely silenced most of the video so said suspense and tension could be properly built. Here is the update on our video. Enjoy.
Today, we continued with our film 'Curiosity'. We have done much more with the editing today as we've finished piecing together the initial clips and we are now adding the audio effects and parts of the beginning credits. We added sound effects such as 'Ship Ambience' and 'Title Flange Sweep Hit' to gain the suspense and also scare the audience as the film goes on. We also completely silenced most of the video so said suspense and tension could be properly built. Here is the update on our video. Enjoy.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Editing: Day 2
5/3/13
Today, we basically just carried on with our editing for 'Curiosity' as well as some last-minute filming to finish the filming in general. We have done more to the film, but there's still a bit to go. We added a lot more 'cross-blur' effects in the film to imply that every time the screen blurs, then the 'ghost' is either in the shot or it's simply close to where the location on the screen is. Here is our updated film.
Enjoy.
Today, we basically just carried on with our editing for 'Curiosity' as well as some last-minute filming to finish the filming in general. We have done more to the film, but there's still a bit to go. We added a lot more 'cross-blur' effects in the film to imply that every time the screen blurs, then the 'ghost' is either in the shot or it's simply close to where the location on the screen is. Here is our updated film.
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Editing: Day 1
26/2/13
Today, we began the initial editing for our short film opening for 'Curiosity'. We cut shots, lengthened other ones as well as including transitions between most of the shots, to add an edge of tension as the shots increasingly cut from one to the other. We mainly used the 'Cross Blur', 'Cross Dissolve' and the 'Fade to Black' effects. These were mainly used in the first half of our video because we have only edited certain sections into a 2-minute length (half of the the desired length) which mainly consist of the camera showing the viewer around the school, with the help of these fading effects. So, altogether, we've completed around a quarter of the whole film run (effects, sounds, camera shots and the credits) of the whole film run. Here is an example of our first day of editing. Enjoy. Or don't...
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Blogger
12/2/13
Today, we created our accounts on Blogger to keep our visitors and teachers updated with what we're doing in Media Studies every week. I created an account 5 months ago, so I didn't really need to make a new Blogger account. Al through the 2 hours (double lesson), we've been creating new posts for the dates that we put onto Microsoft Word, but are now put onto this website.
Today, we created our accounts on Blogger to keep our visitors and teachers updated with what we're doing in Media Studies every week. I created an account 5 months ago, so I didn't really need to make a new Blogger account. Al through the 2 hours (double lesson), we've been creating new posts for the dates that we put onto Microsoft Word, but are now put onto this website.
'Curiosity'
5/2/13
Today, we were shown how to work the camera, tripod and the tape. Soon after (in the same lesson) we began filming our opening. We filmed around the school: outside, the reception, the classrooms and the corridors. We had a fun time creating our short film, with new ideas being mentioned as we worked. We finished the filming just in time for the camera to run out of charge and imported it onto iMovie for editing later on. Our short film opening lasts around 3 to 4 minutes and we named it 'Curiosity'.
Today, we were shown how to work the camera, tripod and the tape. Soon after (in the same lesson) we began filming our opening. We filmed around the school: outside, the reception, the classrooms and the corridors. We had a fun time creating our short film, with new ideas being mentioned as we worked. We finished the filming just in time for the camera to run out of charge and imported it onto iMovie for editing later on. Our short film opening lasts around 3 to 4 minutes and we named it 'Curiosity'.
Continued Planning
29/1/13
Today, we just continued with the majority of what we started last week from the planning. We finished the storyboards and everything else, waiting for them to be checked. Here are the images of our storyboards. Enjoy.
Today, we just continued with the majority of what we started last week from the planning. We finished the storyboards and everything else, waiting for them to be checked. Here are the images of our storyboards. Enjoy.
More Planning
22/1/13
Today, we continued planning our idea for the opening to our film, which we discussed it to be a Horror/thriller genre. We were put into a team of three, where we worked together to create the storyboard for our opening and include what camera shots and sound choice we would want.
Today, we continued planning our idea for the opening to our film, which we discussed it to be a Horror/thriller genre. We were put into a team of three, where we worked together to create the storyboard for our opening and include what camera shots and sound choice we would want.
Opening to a Film Idea
8/1/13
In the lesson this
week, we were given a task to begin planning on an exciting opening for a film
then subsequently film it. To achieve the best effect, we were then told to
plan the whole film out, to help the opening that we will shoot become as relatable
to the overall plot as possible. We also began work on storyboards, to help
ourselves know what the actual opening will contain in terms of camera angles,
setting and performance. Our made-up film was named ‘Curiosity’, a horror
mystery that mostly takes place in a school (to make the shooting easier). Our
initial thoughts for the opening of the film are to create tension by adding as
little music as possible and to direct most of our attention to the visual
aspects. Our idea to make the school look as though it is shut would build the
tension as we film a caretaker cleaning in the atrium. We called our caretaker
‘Bob’, which is intentional to create a bit of humour due to the name being
very common in other films. Shots outside the school are the first in the
sequence, with no non-diegetic sound to be heard, apart from natural sound and
also long shot will be used to capture the building. Further shots include a
closer shot of the school with a dark and gloomy lighting effect to provoke
tension. The shots cross-cut through he atrium and classrooms until the shot
finally switches to Bob in a corridor cleaning the floor, accompanied by a
close-up shot of the mop, then a slow pan up his body to reveal his face. The
camera then follows Bob into the atrium to clean that area. The position the
camera is in gives the spectators a view of the upper-floor balcony above the
atrium stairs (these are all in the same room, so the balcony can be seen),
which adds tension to the scene as the spectators are unaware of what will
happen. A few seconds after Bob is shown cleaning, the camera focuses on the
balcony as a black figure slowly floats along the balcony, stops, looks at Bob,
then floats to the other end. The spectators would become uneasy as Bob catches
a glimpse of the figure, which makes him go up the stairs to see who it is.
This creates massive tension as we don’t know what the figure actually was. Bob
shouts ‘Hello’ and gets no reply. He carries on up the stairs. The scene ends
as the camera follows him from behind until he reaches a door, enters it (we
don’t see whats through the door), then a loud scream is heard as the camera
fades to black and the beginning scene ends.
The
basic plot for the film is that after the beginning scene, Bob is found dead in
a classroom closet, but blood is found on the classroom tables. We eventually
realise that the night Bob was killed, a group of teenagers were doing
detention in the classroom and they have disappeared. The teachers hastily send
the rest of the students home after the discovery. But a group of five
‘curious’ students talk about the disappearance and want to try and become
heroes of the town by investigating it. So they wait behind some bushes until
the school is closed again. The students enter the school through a side door
that hasn’t been locked. They enter the school and begin their investigation.
During the middle
section of the film, one student disappears into the dark corridors of the
school, which frightens the others into leaving, only to find that the door
they entered through is now locked. Frightened, the students reluctantly search
the school for the other missing students. With many various shots of the black
figure in the corner of a classroom or at the end of a long corridor, the
tension is built as very limited amounts of music is heard.
The
end section of the film is when the students finally begin to find the missing
pupils, only to be informed by one of them that ‘you will never leave’. The
missing student who disappeared earlier suddenly and unexpectedly returns to
tell the others that ‘it’s heaven here’ as the black figure appears and chases
the remaining students. This lasts for around half an hour until the camera
suddenly fades to black and the morning has come. Survivors of the night before
finally get to leave the school as the new caretaker enters the building. It is
then realised that the students aren’t actually visible to the caretaker and
that they are now trapped in a permanent purgatory that traps the victims of
the ghost and are doomed to roam the endless corridors.
My
expectations for the film are to include isolating camera shots that create
claustrophobia for the spectators. Also, little sound is needed because of the
deathly silence of the corridors would build a lot of tension for the
spectators until the scenes finally end with horrific jump-scares.
I
would include props mainly such as a mop and bucket, torches and fake blood, to
define the genre of the film and the mystery aspect (torches). Costumes such as
a cleaners outfit, school uniform and casual wear would relate to the
juxtaposition between a normal day and the events that happen in the plot.
Christmas cheer
18/12/12
As a sort of 'happy' christmas lesson, we sat back, relaxed and were treated to the family film of 1974, Black Christmas. With exciting views of christmas shown through the eyes of a group of sorority girls who celebrate christmas through the days of december. It is truly the best family film of the decade and decades to come, to be enjoyed by people of any age. That is until a maniac stalks and kills the characters quite viciously.
As a sort of 'happy' christmas lesson, we sat back, relaxed and were treated to the family film of 1974, Black Christmas. With exciting views of christmas shown through the eyes of a group of sorority girls who celebrate christmas through the days of december. It is truly the best family film of the decade and decades to come, to be enjoyed by people of any age. That is until a maniac stalks and kills the characters quite viciously.
iMovie Involvement
20/11/12
Today,
we learned about how to create videos and edit them via iMovie. We were told to
choose a location around school and shoot a sequence at the chosen location,
which was in the meeting room. The sequence consisted of the subject walking
through a corridor, entering through a door and into a room, where they meet
the other subject. A few lines of dialogue are shared between the subjects with
the assistance of Shot/Reverse/Shot to show who is talking, the 180 degree rule
and the match on match action technique. The sequence ends with the beginning
subject walking out of the room. We later edited the final sequence on iMovie.
180,S/R/S, MoA
13/11/12
Today,
we operated the camera and began filming a scene with the 180 degree rule
attached as well as the Shot/Reverse/Shot and the Match on Action technique. In
the same lesson we learnt the basics on using a DV tape, which stores the
recordings made. We also learnt how to position the camera and shot the scene
with the help of a previously drawn storyboard.
Match on Action
6/11/12
Today,
we learned about the match on match action technique, where the same action is
shown through two consecutive camera shots and angles. We drew short
storyboards showing how a match on match action works, which ended being really
informative and helpful. We also created a word file on definitions of
different techniques and backed them up with electronic/photographed examples,
to give a clearer image on what they are.
180 Degree Rule & Shot/Reverse/Shot
23/10/12
Today,
we practiced with the camcorders on how to achieve the two film techniques: the
180 degree rule, consisting of the camera being positioned vertically opposite
the subjects. The Shot/Reverse/Shot, consisting of the filming of character 1,
shown over character 2’s shoulder, then reversed to show character 2 from over
character 1’s shoulder, then back again to the original shot.
180 degree rule
16/10/12
Today,
we learned the basics of the 180 degree rule. We watched an informative video
on how this technique works on film and in film scenes. The example scene on the
video was from a martial arts film depicting two warrior characters fighting
and the camera positioned as though it is capturing both characters in combat.
It was a very helpful sequence for information on filming.
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