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Wednesday 8 December 2010
Monday 29 November 2010
Friday 19 November 2010
Denotation & connotation
The ring
Denotation- young girl, long black hair in an empty white room with a wire across the floor, she’s wearing a long white dress and young school girl shoes.
Connotation- the girl is unhappy, looking worried and looks troubled, she also looks unwashed. It could suggest she is not mentally stable.
The omen
Denotation- Young boy at grave yard & smartly dressed.
Connotation- looks like he could be possessed, he looks mysterious as he should be at a grave yard on his own.
The grudge
Denotation- Young girl pale face open mouthed with her head through the bars on the stairs
Connotation- She looks possessed, she looks like she wants to kill someone and she looks like she needs help and looks like she wants revenge.
Codes and conventions of the horror/thriller
In a horror/ thriller many situations/ objects will occur:-
Death, Torture, Blood, Ghosts, Knives, grave Yards, Big scary houses, Bats, Darkness, Footsteps, Owl sounds (outside at night), Car crashes, vampires, mutations, Fog Frost, trees In wind, Masks, China Dolls, Puppets, Clowns, Doors slamming, Cat eyes in lights, sudden movements, jumpy moments, body parts, chains, rape, wolves, foxes, snakes, spiders, bugs, skin head men, murder, pain, fear, villain, twisted plots, creepy children, paranormal, false sense of security, storms, screaming, chasing.
These objects are all stereotypically made to scare an audience. They create an uneasy back ground to build up to a situation that may make you jump or give the audience a thrill.
Camera shots & editing that may be used in a horror/ thriller:-
Establishing shots to show the audience the location. Close ups that can focus on the main act of the crime or on the face of the villain/killer to scare the audience. Low angle or high angle shots to differentiate the villain/killer from the victim. They will also use shot reverse shot in the editing to quickly show the reaction of the victim to seeing the villain or seeing someone dead on the floor for example.
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Editing Our Preliminary Task
I found editing interesting and satisfactory, we all had an equal role in the editing process we all got to help each other and add pointers when each person was editing so it was a joint effort. I found editing really interesting as I was new to it and found that the outcome was really successful and enjoyable as we were starting from scratch making our own piece of work. I have never used final cut pro on a Mac before therefore I had never used the time line or any of the editing equipment. I enjoyed editing my film into a coherent narrative because it was making sense of the images and finding and order for the story. I learnt to use in and out brackets (which is i&o on the keyboard) learning to drag and drop putting the right thing on the key board and also learnt how to use sound by manipulating it to match the image when the door was shutting.
Premliminary Task Evaluation
We filmed in the editing suite this worked because we wanted to create a classroom effect to reenact a columbine massacre situation. We all took an equal role of filming, I filmed the close up shot and the shot of the gun which we cut and edited later on in the editing suite. The lighting was hard and fairly bright this was important as we just wanted to create a classroom light so that the scene didn’t look suspicious at all, this was effective as it was verisimilitude.
We had learnt from out mistakes in our practice run through where we broke the 180 degree rule and filmed half of the scene hand held so when we came to do our final preliminary task we didn’t make many technical mistakes. We checked the tripod was level by bubbling it to make sure the shot was straight and checked that the shot was in the frame correctly as these were also things that were not quite right on our run through. We tried to do as many shots and different angles as possible such as low angle shot, wide shot, pan and till shots and close up shots. We were following a script which was slightly different from the storyboard as we changed it to fit our scene slightly better; we thought that we should change it to be slightly more direct to make it more exciting and to build tension. We conformed to the 180 degree rule as we had learnt from previous mistakes in a practice run. We used the appropriate terminology to make sure that everyone was aware of what was going on.
I have learnt a lot by doing this task such as: how to bubble a tripod, how to use the camera, discovered more shots, how to white balance and how to zoom.
We had learnt from out mistakes in our practice run through where we broke the 180 degree rule and filmed half of the scene hand held so when we came to do our final preliminary task we didn’t make many technical mistakes. We checked the tripod was level by bubbling it to make sure the shot was straight and checked that the shot was in the frame correctly as these were also things that were not quite right on our run through. We tried to do as many shots and different angles as possible such as low angle shot, wide shot, pan and till shots and close up shots. We were following a script which was slightly different from the storyboard as we changed it to fit our scene slightly better; we thought that we should change it to be slightly more direct to make it more exciting and to build tension. We conformed to the 180 degree rule as we had learnt from previous mistakes in a practice run. We used the appropriate terminology to make sure that everyone was aware of what was going on.
I have learnt a lot by doing this task such as: how to bubble a tripod, how to use the camera, discovered more shots, how to white balance and how to zoom.
Friday 15 October 2010
What is a Thriller?
A thriller is a genre of film used to create suspense and tension. It is usually faced pace to keep the tension creating momentum. There main characteristics are crime, conflict, murder and violence. Thrillers are usually dangerous and generally work around cliff hangers and twist in the story. They are designed to give the viewer a thrill and by having suspense keeps viewers interested.
Monday 11 October 2010
Camera Shots
Camera operation and functions- We used zoom by turning the middle dial and we turned it slowly to get a smooth effect. We have learnt how to white balance the cameras by zooming into a white object and flicking the white balance switch to A so that is a set white balance for that room, if you wanted to go outside or into a lighter or darker room you would set the white balance on B before filming and simply flick it from A to B as you walk out. We also learnt that we have to focus the camera by zooming close on an object and turning the large focus dial and then zooming out and filming at that focus. By using the tripod we got a smooth film without any movements or jults, this enables you to do certain specific camera movements when you need them every time you film rather than guessing with a hand held camera setting up the tripod we had to get it out and try and make it different heights for different shots, we had to try and make it equal by undoing the nuts and moving it up and down to get certain shots. Fade and Dissolve are to be done in editing not on the built-in features on the camera as you can cut or edit them out if they look wrong but you can add them in when you are editing. By Bubbling the camera you get a straight images to that its not tilted to the side you do this by undoing the nut underneath the camera and moving it until the bubble is in the middle of the black lines.
Using the camera- We learnt how to do some basic camera shots, such as close up shots which are usually from the shoulder upwards, over the shoulder shots which show someone’s shoulder and the back of there head and then the person that they are talking to face, a point of view shot which is showing what the actors is looking at effectively the camera becomes the persons eyes, we also learnt long shots or establishing shots which tends to show the location around, they are often used to set a scene showing a new place that the actors are in, also a wide shot this is to show somebody usually from head to tow with not that much background around them.
We also learnt about the rule of thirds- which is about putting your main focus in the middle of the shot. the shot is broken down into nine smaller box's and the central box should have the main focus in it, what you want the audience to look at first.
The 180 degree rule- it helps to maintain continuity by making sure everything in the film take place in front of an imaginary line, if the line is crossed it can be confusing for the audience.
The 30 degree rule- when a film is cut the camera shouldn't move more that 30 degrees either way otherwise it creates a jump cut (an awkward movement).
continuity editing- this is the most common form of editing using the 180 degree rule, the establishing shot and also the shot reverse shot. This is important to keep the perspective of the film.
Spatial Awareness -is being aware of space around you, how far things are away from you and how much spaces there is between people or objects that you are filming. This is important so that you film all that you want and don’t hit things that you think are further away from you than they actually are.
Timecode-tells you how long you have been recording for, it is on the LCD of your camera. It is placed in the top right hand corner of the viewfinder and it is the numbers that which change when you begin recording.
Expossure-It is used to control the amount of lighting that is allowd into the camera, the expossure ring is placed on the lense of the camera, it is the smallest ring with is the third one in.
We made a few mistakes by doing hand held shots when we needed the tripod. We also broke the 180 degree rule when we were doing the over the shoulder shots. But these things we will be able to keep in mind for when doing our final Videos and we can learn from our mistakes. I have learnt not to look back on what you have filmed and if you are unsure do the shot again, i have also learn to try and film in many different ways if you have time focusing on different things in that section so that you have more to work with when you are editing and for an audience it more interesting not just one long shot. We also learn to zoom slower as zooming fast doesn’t look good and ends up looking jerky.
Director
Camera man
We learnt to use these when we were filming, which was really good for the organisation and making sure everyone was ready at the same time.
I really enjoyed using the video camera and the still cameras. I enjoyed moving on the video cameras more as it was a new challenge and they have more to them than the still camera's. I really like the fact that we now how a small section filmed by us it’s a really nice achievement.
Using the camera- We learnt how to do some basic camera shots, such as close up shots which are usually from the shoulder upwards, over the shoulder shots which show someone’s shoulder and the back of there head and then the person that they are talking to face, a point of view shot which is showing what the actors is looking at effectively the camera becomes the persons eyes, we also learnt long shots or establishing shots which tends to show the location around, they are often used to set a scene showing a new place that the actors are in, also a wide shot this is to show somebody usually from head to tow with not that much background around them.
We also learnt about the rule of thirds- which is about putting your main focus in the middle of the shot. the shot is broken down into nine smaller box's and the central box should have the main focus in it, what you want the audience to look at first.
The 180 degree rule- it helps to maintain continuity by making sure everything in the film take place in front of an imaginary line, if the line is crossed it can be confusing for the audience.
The 30 degree rule- when a film is cut the camera shouldn't move more that 30 degrees either way otherwise it creates a jump cut (an awkward movement).
continuity editing- this is the most common form of editing using the 180 degree rule, the establishing shot and also the shot reverse shot. This is important to keep the perspective of the film.
Spatial Awareness -is being aware of space around you, how far things are away from you and how much spaces there is between people or objects that you are filming. This is important so that you film all that you want and don’t hit things that you think are further away from you than they actually are.
Timecode-tells you how long you have been recording for, it is on the LCD of your camera. It is placed in the top right hand corner of the viewfinder and it is the numbers that which change when you begin recording.
Expossure-It is used to control the amount of lighting that is allowd into the camera, the expossure ring is placed on the lense of the camera, it is the smallest ring with is the third one in.
We made a few mistakes by doing hand held shots when we needed the tripod. We also broke the 180 degree rule when we were doing the over the shoulder shots. But these things we will be able to keep in mind for when doing our final Videos and we can learn from our mistakes. I have learnt not to look back on what you have filmed and if you are unsure do the shot again, i have also learn to try and film in many different ways if you have time focusing on different things in that section so that you have more to work with when you are editing and for an audience it more interesting not just one long shot. We also learn to zoom slower as zooming fast doesn’t look good and ends up looking jerky.
STAND BY / STANDING BY - readies everyone into position for the take. The AD calls STAND BY and the response tells them that everyone is prepped
TURN OVER / TURNING OVER (Roll film/Rolling etc) the director tells the camera operator to start filming - a few seconds of film is then run as the camera gets up to speed - this is often referred to as LEAD IN. Once done the Camera operator will respond TURNING OVER or ROLLING (etc) to indicate being up to speed
ACTION! - Cue for the actors to perform the take, and the crew to do their jobs. It is good practice for the Director to let the film run on a further few seconds after the take is completed before cutting - this is referred to as LEAD OUT
CUT! - Cue for the camera to stop running film. Industry practice expects that the camera operator does not CUT before being told
Director
Camera man
We learnt to use these when we were filming, which was really good for the organisation and making sure everyone was ready at the same time.
I really enjoyed using the video camera and the still cameras. I enjoyed moving on the video cameras more as it was a new challenge and they have more to them than the still camera's. I really like the fact that we now how a small section filmed by us it’s a really nice achievement.
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Photography Composition:
In Photo shop we learnt how to create new posters by cutting out images and putting them together creating reflections and changing colours to make them look as if they were meant to be there. We are now able to create posters for films and are able to remove spots and cuts of peoples faces.
Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.
Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.
About Myself
My name is Hannah Patey i live in worcester in a place called hallow which takes me about 2 and a half hours from here, I used to go to The Kings school Worcester and am now here studying media. I really enjoy media as it is a broad subject and can lead you into many jobs later on in life. I really like romcoms or chickfilcks and sometimes i enjoy to watch a scary film or a thriller, i love 'the holiday', 'love actually', 'Dear john' and 'No vacancy'.
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