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Group: Contents

Final Cut of the Film: Click here
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Animatic: Click here
Wilderness Wood: Click here
Pitch: Click here

LB: Evaluation

YH: Individual Tasks

Media 2

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Group: Y12 Evaluation Questions

Question 4 and 5 

Media evaluation group task

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Question 7

EW: Y12 Evaluation

Y12 Evaluation 2012

YH: Filming Day 3: 13.3.2012

We gathered at EW's house yesterday to shoot the final dream sequences for our project Dream State. The way this sequence was shot made it look very interesting and enigmatic which we believe would certainly appeal to the audiences.

YH: Filming day 4: 18- March- 2012

On sunday the group met again at EW's house with the objective of finishing the filming of our Dream State project. We used a steadicam frame for the shots we took when shooting these sequences. The group used multiple techniques to make the opening look more enigmatic and interesting for the audiences.

EW: Lesson Evaluation 16/3/12

Today EW and LB produced the rough cut of the clip and exported it to view to the class.

EW: Lesson Evaluation 14/3/12

Today EW and LB continued editing while YH found sound effects to use in our clip incluuding wilderness sounds and eerie music for the dream.

YH: lesson Evaluation Tuesday 13- march- 2012

In this lesson YH helped EW with the editing by adding special effects and also in working on the blog post. LB worked on the rough cut in order for us to continue the editing.

YH: Lesson evaluation Monday 12-March-2012

During our lesson on monday YH and EW started working on the editing and LB began to post the evaluation of our shoots.

YH: Filming Day 2: Sunday 11.3.2012

As a group we commenced our second shoot on Sunday the 11th. During this shoot we managed to get some good footage which is going to be used in our dream sequence with the antagonist. In this shoot we made use of low key lighting which added to the enigma. We also used a variety of shots which helped make the dream sequence more exciting and enigmatic for the audiences. We used a knife as the murder weapon which is also the key prop for this sequence.

Group: Friday: 09.03.2012 Shoot

Our first filming shoot took place at St. Johns Park in Tunbridge Wells.


We began by filming the first few shots of our opening in order to establish our starting point. As well as this, we took the oppurtunity to shoot the beginning in many various ways such as by postion and or location withing St. Johns park. We also chose to film extra content to ensure we had enough footage for when it came to editing.

Group: Audience Survey

The survey received multiple responses fron the audience. The first question revolved around our target audiences' genre preference. Most of the people went in favor of the comedy genre with 77.8% of the responses in its favor and the thriller genre with 11.1% responses in its favor. This may be a bit discouraging however the second question showed that the questionairre was mostly answered by our core target audience who is mostly happy to explore multiple genres.

The third question was as to how fitting the title 'Dream State' was for a film to which we again received many positive answers with 50% of the audience agreeing to the fact that it is a fitting title for the genre that has been chosen. The next question was about the names of the characters that we have chosen which gave us a clearer idea as to whether we should use these names or not.

Another question was about the techniques that we should use in our opening and most of the audiences responded with Black and white at 66.7% being the most preferred and Pull focus at 11.1% being the lowest. The final question was regarding the treatment and overall idea of the film which again recieved many positive responses from the audience which was encouraging for the group. The questionnaire overall has given us a clearer insight of how to go about making the sequence and to ensure that they meet the audiences' requirements.

Research & Planning - interim grade

Well done, the blog is a record of some enthusiastic research and planning, demonstrating proficiency in analysing texts using key concepts and developing your own film concept. Your pitch was interesting and original in the film treatment, and you have clearly reflected on feedback to select and refine the narrative for the opening sequence.

However, you were given some clear feedback about gaps in film research at the beginning and how you didn't have clear links between the films analysis and the concept - you haven't completed the technical analysis correctly (breakdown of all shots/sound/titles in first 2 minutes). This needs to be resolved. You are also missing audience research and findings on the blog.

At the moment, your research is a high L3, but gaps must be resolved.

Your practical tasks show promise technically, however you must take care with steady camera work, cutting on action and creating pace through fast editing. Having just reviewed your first draft animatic (posted with no comments / explanation?), I can see the planned narrative, however you need sound, camera movement indicated and my major concern is that the shots are very long, with not much going on in them. I think you need to review this carefully and add more shot ideas before you go on location - I was expecting a fast paced, surreal dream montage which is not evident in the animatic.

Nevertheless, a very promising concept and I hope you will shoot early to give you time to review and go looking for creative ideas to improve and refine the work.

Group: Animatic Storyboard

The animatic is the basic outline of all the technical aspects that we will cover while shooting the opening. The animatic also contains a sample of the non diagetic sounds that are going to be used in the whole sequence.

LB: Technical Analysis

Zombieland (Fleishcer, 2009):

The opening sequence of Zombieland uses a few techniques which I found where very relevant towards or intended genre. These included the uses of non-verbal language to benefit the audiences' idea generation. Along with this the sound track which it was coupled with allowed the clip to seem very immediate.

Kill Bill (Tarantino, 2003)

Kill Bill has a very simplistic opening in that is used very few camera techniques, but in the areas it kept shallow, it increased in the depth of editing, sound and most visibly mise-en-scene. To begin with Kill Bill only used to forms for camera shots, these where a birds eye and CU. But what was key to creating enigma was the use of a black and white colour wash which was very common in the film-noir period. And lastly I found that mise-en-scene played a key part in the enigma for instance as you only see the boots of 'Bill' his identity remains hidden but this connotes that he is a cowboy like figure. Whereas the main character known as 'Black Mamba' is costumed in a bridal gown. Finally, what made this sequence intriguing was non-verbal language which allows the audince to see the distressful nature of the situation.

Memento (Nolan, 2000):


Memento was another opening sequence that used very few camera shots to develop enigma. However focus remained on the photo for the majority of the clip. Memento also used high angle and low angle shots to connote the distribution of power as well as non-verbal language in order to create a connection for the audience emotionally where they are shown our main character has been crying. However what I found useful was the set design. The use of low key lighting where all light is coming from the thin window on the right hand side is the only light and the character blocking further reinforces who this story will follow as it shines onto him.

Techniques that I would like to include in our opening:

• Black and White Colour wash to help representation.
• Non-verbal language is essential.
• Diagetic sound to create verisimilitude.
• ECUs/CUs to create emotion.

Shot by Shot Technical Analysis of Kill Bill:

Shot	Time Elapsed	Mise-en-scene	Additional information
CU - Static	0:15	B/W	Heavy breathing
CU - Tracking	0:19	B/W, ‘Cowboy Boots’	Footsteps
CU - Static	1:26	B/W, napkin with Bill on it, Bill wiping ‘Black Mamba’s face with napkin.	Dialogue from ‘Bill’ but know face. Gun shot.
Opening credits	1:28

Group: Lesson Evaluation and Sound

Lesson Evaluation

In today's lesson our group mainly focussed upon storyboarding and making sure that the blog is up to date. The main highlights of the lesson included LB completing the story board and EW and YH to work on the blog posts. During the lesson we also made a list of all the props that we will need for shooting the opening. We also discussed the availability of every group and cast member for the shooting. These were the main proceedings of today's lesson.

We are not having any dialogue in our clip as to create enigma. In our opening we will have music to create tension in the clip this may be placed over the clip or through headphones. Most of the sound within the clip will be live from the filming.

Sound

Group: St John's Park Reccie

We chose St John's Park as it has some secluded fields where we can film the antagonist going to sleep. This location is very close to school so is a suitable location for filming our opening.

LB: Third Film Opening Analysis: Memento (Nolan,2000)

Narrative:

Memento is an unusual film in that it a lot is shot in reverse. It portrays the story of a man suffering from short-term memory loss, and follows hints and clues in order to find and kill the person he believes to be his wives murderer. In the opening sequence, the audience is automatically positioned with the main character that we see is staring at a photo, from which frequently we see it being shaken. However what may, go unnoticed, is that every time it has been shaken, more of the image fades which begins to create enigma within the story. In this sequence, because their is very little detail of the main story so far, a lot of the development of this enigma relies of the use of non-verbal language as well as the soundtrack, costume and make-up design. For instance, we see our main character has been crying; this could be as a result of the situation, or due to another factor, which later turns out to be the death of his wife. As well as this, because the sequence is shot in reverse, the audience generate an idea of what is about to happen within the film thus tension is further created and maintained throughout. Finally, another factor is the use of low key lighting allowing the scene to become more emotional.

Representation and Ideology:

In Mementos’ opening, it features just the two characters, both of which are male. Through the use of camera techniques such as a low angle shot on the main character to show he is in power and control in the situation. And a high angle on the secondary character to show weakness of the alleged killer. The main ideology that is challenged in the opening sequence is that men don’t cry or show an emotional side. However in this sequence it is clearly evident that our main character has been affect by the situation. Some factors such as the use of a gun connote pain and misery, as well as power and danger; thus the audience is beginning to build upon ideas based around the enigma of the film.

Group: Wilderness Woods Trial Shoot



1. What skills did you use to produce the clip?

We used multiple skills such as a pan up at the beggining of the clip as an establishing shot, next we used a running handycam shot with heavy breathing to create enigma which creates a second line of action in our clip. Next we have a static shot of a character with a camera and it keep cutting back to the running handycam shot showing that character is unaware of the approaching danger.

2. What obstacles or problems do you incur?

Because of the snow we had to be extra careful when shooting and ensuring that we did not damage the equipment. Another obstacle that we faced was again the weather as the snow made it difficult for us to do some shots such as a tracking shot. The snow also caused an interference with the quality of sound because of which we added a sound effect to the final peice when editing it.

3. How could you improve your performance next time?

We aim to do this by keeping in mind the continuity of the line of action as in some sequences the character is shown with a bag and in some shots he is without a bag. Another way we can improve on our performance is by shooting in a suitable, controlled and more safe environment with the correct conditions to avoid any incidents such as an injury to an individual or the damage to the equipment that could have been caused by the snow.

4. Evaluate the outcome of the clip

Overall the wilderness woods reccie gave us an important idea of locations that could be used for the final peice. Secondly, the wilderness woods reccie helped us set a bar for our final peice as it allowed us to practice some of the shots that we intend on using in the opening. The clip has also helped us in making our editing techniques further better than before. The reccie overall has given our group enough practice to make sure that our opening acheives top marks.

Group: Prezi Concept Development and feedback

concept development on Prezi

1. What skills did you use to produce the pitch?


In order to make the presentation the group made use of the prezi software. We collaborated together over the weekend to make a start at the presentation and as the deadline came closer increased our individual input for making the pitch.


2. What obstacles or problems do you incur?


The main obstacle that we faced was the timing of us finishing our presentation which became a bit problematic at first however we were able to overcome this problem once we sychronised our efforts toward completing the whole project.


3. How could you improve your performance next time?


We intend on improving our performance by rehearsing our presentation further. Trying to keep the film idea simplistic and by adding more data in the presentation to clarify the whole concept and make sure that the idea is properly conveyed. 


4. Evaluate the outcome of the pitch?


The pitch mostly received a positive criticism by audiences. The idea was thought to be complicated yet interesting at the same time. However, we were told that fitting the idea in 2 minutes would be difficult and that there would also be a key contribution of visual effects to create an understanding of the idea.

POSITIVES:

The pitch was mostly positively precieved by audiences our group was commended on the idea of dreams that take effect in reality. The audience also appreciated the fact that the pitch was putting a female in the role of a protagonist which would be useful in challenging ideologies against female protagonists. The audience also appreciated that there were only 2 main characters an antagonist and protagonist which helps keeps things simplistic. The audiences pointed out that it was a unique idea.

NEGATIVES:


The main negatives pointed out in the pitch were that the pitch was unable to properly convey the opening. The other criticism the pitch received that the idea was very complicated and that it would be difficult to convey it visually. Another criticism given to the pitch was that it would be time consuming to fit the opening idea in the 2 minutes given for the opening.

EW: Outside Pictures

EW: Shooting Location, The Stairs

In our opening sequence we want to use a set of stairs and luckily my room is at the top making it easier to keep continuity. 

The two pictures on the right show the stairs but the one on the left I put a lamp in the entrance, to my room, and turned off all of the lights to make it seem more sinister.

EW: Shooting Location, My Room

 As we needed a bedroom to film in I volunteered, so I took some pictures of my room to show its layout.

LB: Initial Idea

My initial idea for our course begins with the idea of having a character going into a dream, but something they do in that dream has an affect on the real world, however the character doesn't realise that what they do in the dream causes a dramatic result identical to their dream. And following on from this, it leads to another character to investigate as to why strange events keep occurring.

YH: Tron: Legacy (2010, Kosinski) Camera movement and angle analysis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rnmQR18esc

The establishing shot in Tron: Legacy is a tracking shot which follows the beams of light as they form real world structures. The angle used in the shot is an extreme long shot and lasts for 59 seconds in the opening of this film. The camera then pans and tracks towards the title of the film which is made with the use of computer graphics. The shot then tracks towards the house where the camera uses a close up for character exposition to reveal the character of  the young boy and Tron. This shot has a time slot of 3 seconds in the opening sequence. The opening also uses a medium close up to show the child's grandparents sitting in the lounge, thus further exposing the boy's character. The sequence also makes use of a PoV shot which help establish the characters of Tron and Clu. The camera in the shot is placed so that the audiences cannot see the face of the boy's father who is telling the story. This is used to create enigma for the audiences, low key lighting and a slow speed tracking shot aid in creating the suspense regarding the boy's father. The sequence has made us of a close up to establish the character of the boy's father thus connoting the two of them to be the main protagonists in the narrative. 

LB: Second Opening Analysis: Kill Bill Volume 1 (Tarantino, 2003)

Kill Bill was an iconic film produced in 2003 by Tarantino to be his highly anticipated 4^th film. Due to its structure, Kill Bill is viewed by many as a culmination of various genres, how I found it interesting in the way the Tarantino had chosen to produce the film and represent the story.


Film Language:

The first area I shall be analysing is the Film Language. In this sequence for instance, mise-en-scene is a key factor in drawing the audience’s attention towards the film. Firstly, we begin by seeing a woman lying on the floor who we are yet to know, but nonetheless she is covered in blood, which initially suggests pain and suffering.  The next section of mise-en-scene is costume, where we see this woman is dressed in a Brides gown furthermore creating questions in the mind of the viewer, and as well as this non-verbal language is another main point I wish to address. The audience are shown this woman through a CU which enables Tarantino to represent the female as fearful and distressed as the audience can see detailed emotion furthermore reinforce via non-verbal language such as heavy, deep breathing, as well as shivering.

In the sequence, although only two shots are used, the audience build up a vast representation through other techniques however the two used both CU, the first being the shot of the woman’s head so that the audience can be position with her as well as give her prevalence over any other character, but is also used to show her emotion. The second is also a CU on a pair of walking boots; this enables the identity of ‘Bill’ to remain hidden yet the audience already understand who the culprit is. And lastly, both shots show who in this sequence has power and control as the audience are positioned above the female character, but below the male character.

The next area that is vital is sound for instance when we see bills footsteps, we hear them throughout the sound as deep thuds which suggest both power and authority. As well as this, the  is evident use of a sound bridge from which we see the woman’s reaction however we hear the dialogue of thee man thus his identity remains hidden. And through this dialogue which he states “Do you find me sadistic?” which suggest to the audience that as he is asking questions about himself, he look very highly upon himself and that he may be rather arrogant or aggressive, which is common in films such as The Godfather (Cappola, 1972) or Analyze This (Ramis, 1999) both featuring mafia type characters.

Finally, Tarantino has chose to film the opening sequence in black and white which is iconic of film noir for which it was common for identities to remain hidden through the use of low key lighting or silhouettes.

Institutional Context:

Kill Bill uses some well known actors such as Uma Thurman, ‘The Bride’, for whom she has been cast in many dramas previously, as well as another well known actress Lucy Liu, ‘O-Ren Ishii’, who has featured in such films as Charlie’s Angels (McGinty Nichol, 2000), Lucky Number Slevin (McGuigan, 2006) and Kung Fu Panda(Osborne, 2008).

The studio behind Kill Bill was A Band Apart and was distributed by Miramax films. A Band Apart was founded by both Tarantino and Lawrence Bender in 1991 and operated until 2006. As a result, Kill Bill is an industrial production on a budget of $55 million because at the time of production, Miramax was owned by Walt Disney, one of the six majors.  Miramax had a lot of faith in the film and therefore as the internet was growing, they put large sums into the interactive portion of the marketing campaign.  The majority of the marketing had been handed over to an external company, Deep Focus, a digital marketing company founded in 2002.

Group: Concept Development

Ideas
Horror/ thriller genre with neo-noir, using strong connotations of murder like actions.

Three lines of action.

1. Boyfriend looking at 'yesterdays CCTV footage'
2. Boyfriend at time of incident
3. Killer POV

Treatment
Charlie Edwards is a teenage boy who is undermined by everyone he knows, even his own family. One night after falling a sleep he has a dream in which he goes upto someone's room and kills them as he sleeps. Charlie wakes up, startled and tries to sleep again. The next morning Alison Taylor comes to her friend Rachel Parks' house as the two of them had planned to go for shopping that day. But instead of her friend Alison finds her corpse in the process. A few days later Charlie again has a dream of stabbing someone in the kitchen. The next morning all the channels give reports of a strange murder that took place the previous night. Charlie realises that he is the same man who he dreamed of killing last night which worries him as he remembers that he saw that man 2 days ago. After a few more of such incidents Charlie realises that this is a power that he has developed and starts using it for his personal gain. Getting rid of anyone who causes him any despair or anguish.

Meanwhile, Alison takes up the responsibility of solving her friends' murder as the police seem to be unable to find out what has happened. After reports of bizarre events such as a man dropping dead in the middle of a meeting and a couple of college students found dead in their car reach Alison she decides to take a better look at these cases with the help of her father who is a police detective. Through him she finds out that all the victims did not have any wounds on them which could show that they were stabbed or shot or even show that they had any poison introduced to their system. Alison realises that this is the same way her friend Rachel was found. She then starts tracking such events which lead her to Charlie. However, Charlie is unaware of the fact that someone is onto him. As Alison gets closer to catching the culprit she realises that this is someone who is extremely powerful.

Titles/ Fonts
As our opening is about dreaming a good title would be Dreamstate

These are four fonts I like that I found on Dafont.com.

I like this font because it has horror connotations due to the fact that it looks like blood smears. You can still read the text reasonably well which allows you to keep a fast cutting rate if that is what we would be using.

This is another horror type style of writing, this time it looks like the first just more gory, if we made a bloody horror thriller i think that this font could work well.

This was another font I liked due to the fact it had a pulse going through the text which has connotations for life and death.



This font looks like each individual letter has been taken out of a newspaper and stuck next to each other.

Reccie

Wilderness woods, we will be going to wilderness wood to plan out our film opening by going there and taking stills so we can further plan. The use of a house to show normality.

Props/ Costume

I would like the 'goodies' and the 'baddies' to be clearly defined through the use of costume and NV language and subtle props like a phone to be used.


Sound
Eerie sounds like door slamming and creaking, footsteps, running, screams, manic laughter and cheesy lines of cliched dialogue to be used.

EW: Technical analysis on my three chosen films

Whilst researching the films I chose I found some similarities and things I thought we could include in our own film opening.

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight uses a large amount of mise-en-scene to convey the role of all of the actors in the sequence, also intercutting is used to show both groups of robbers robbing the same bank just in different parts and then they join together, I would like to use some kind of intercutting in our film opening.

Dexter

Dexter uses techniques to control the audience reading by suggesting murder through everyday activities like shaving and flossing teeth, and we could use techniques like this to connote strong suggestions to the audience.

Kill Bill

This opening used a very neo-noir theme throughout using techniques like B&W, extreme shadowing and partial obscurity, also you only see one character and hear the other this adds to the tension and builds suspense for the audience.

Overview - Techniques I would like to use

• Neo-Noir
• Intercutting
• Shadowing
• Obscurity
• Menacing Connotations

EW: Third Film Analysis

Kill Bill (Tarantino, 2003)

Kill Bill opening scene uses some techniques that i thought were applicable to our own opening sequence, the style of the clip was very neo-noir with its use of black & white, shadowed figures and partial obscurity of the female character.

Narrative

•  The narrative is structured in a way that makes us feel sympathetic for the female character as he is covered in blood, shaking and crying.
• The audience is positioned with the female character and is made to feel sympathetic towards her though her use of NV Language like crying and her positioning, lying down on the floor, shows her to be vulnerable.
• Just before the woman is killed he says he is at his most masochistic and she says "Bill its your baby" as she is shot showing us that at some point before this sequence the two characters have been in some kind of relationship.
• The major themes in the narrative are horror and thriller.
• Tension is created and maintained when you hear bill loading the gun and her breathing rate increasing.

Institutional Context

• Lucy Liu is a star used in this film, she also is in other films for example Kung Fu Panda where she voices for the snake.
• Mirimax films are the company who produced this film, they started off as an independent film producing company but were later bought out by Disney in 1993 and has now been shut down.

Feedback 1

Well done - preliminary task and skills development is very promising and the blog shows commitment to the project. However the research into film openings is incomplete and not detailed enough - low L3. In order to improve, amend posts to add more detail to analysis, include screen shots and reflect on how each analysis is informing concept development.

EW: Second Film Analysis

Dexter (2009)

Dexter although is a TV series, has many of the same techniques used to connote a horror/ thriller genre that we want to achieve in our film opening.

Representation & Ideology

•  Only one social group is shown as only one character is shown throughout the sequence and the social group shown is a middle aged man with connotations of a murderer.
• The values and beliefs that are shown in the sequence are that everything that this character does is murder related.
• Semiotics as a framework shows how representation is constructed in the sequence through the use of red blood whilst he is shaving and cutting of meat when he is cooking which all reinforce the semiotic framework.

Media Audiences

• Dexter is aimed at people from 18 to 35 so the target audience is sitting right in the horror/ thriller genre target audience range.
• I think that the preferred audience reading for this sequence is that Dexter is the main character and has two personalities due to the fact that everything he does is normal but there are strong connotations of murder.
• As a British teenager I read this text as a horror thriller genre with large connotations of murder and deceptions, also having bi-personalities making him a complex character. I think that my view has been affected by the media but not specifically to my age or gender.

YH: 3rd film opening analysis.

The opening of Shutter Island (Scorese, 2010) connotes that the film belongs to the thriller genre. This is evident when the ship is shown coming through the fog. The opening of the film uses flashbacks of the protagonist which helps in establishing the character for the audiences. The mise-en-scene used in the sequence connotes that the film is set in past. This is connoted by the use of costumes by both the characters shown in the sequence. the sequence makes use of a Long shot which is used when the boat is shown appearing through the fog that creates enigma between the audiences. The sequence also makes use of a close up which is used for character exposition showing Leonardo DiCaprio to be the protagonist of this film. The ped up used in this sequence is used to place the audience in line with narrative. The sequence has used a PoV shot which is again used for character exposition of DiCaprio's partner. The sequence has used multiple visual effects to create verisimilitude. 

YH: Second film opening analysis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcVOfUtzq7c

The opening sequence in Ocean's Eleven (2001, Soderbergh) places audiences with the main protagonist character Daniel Ocean (George Clooney). The major themes in the narrative give connotations of crime and deceit. The character is established via an introduction of his life i.e. he has been divorced and in jail, which makes the audience sympathize with the character. Tension is created in the starting by a sound bridge which comprises of prison cell doors closing and sounds of guards talking which creates enigma among the audiences. The social groups represented in the opening are prisoners which connotes that the film belongs to the thriller sub-genre of crime.

Group: Prelim task 2012

Outline The Brief?

1.
The brief of this task was to create a short clip to create the illusion of continuous action using specific techniques and our own. These were, 180 Degree Rule, Rule of Thirds, 2 lines of dialogue, opening of a door.

What techniques did you use?

Throughout the filming process, we covered a lot of techniques and gathered ideas about better methods of filming. To begin with we learnt that pace of camera movement was critical in order to give the right impression and experience towards the audience for example a slow paced dramatic shot does not create verisimilitude and seems distorted. Next, we learnt that in taking many various shots of the same sequence, we were able to pick and choose the shot we felt best suited the line of action. Finally, in order for editing purposes, we were required to shoot film before and after the sequence.  
However from the day, the best shot we took during filming we believe was the first shot of Yaser running through the door both be cause his identity remained hidden and we also felt that it suited the genre style. 
Lastly we had faced a one or two difficulties in filming, the main being positioning, due to the fact we were shooting in areas such as corridors, it became awkward whilst filming in confined spaces as it was difficult to see exactly what shot we were taking.

What did you learn about editing?

During editing the group learnt different editing techniques such as cutting on action, shot/reverse shot to show the conversation taking place between two characters, making use of editing as a way to give prevalence to a character and as a way of character exposition. The most successful part of post production perhaps was the way editing had been used for character exposition of both the antagonist and protagonist. 


Evaluate your production?

Overall I thought that we did well in our preliminary task as this was our first actual filming task, i think that the shots were well picked and edited together. I think we need to make sure to keep continuity in our actual film opening as continue to abide to continuity rules like the 180 degree rule.

LB: Preliminary Task: Day One

For today’s media, we began our preliminary task on which we would cover a few basic filming techniques, however before this commenced, we were properly instructed on how to use the equipment safely and correctly. In preparation for the preliminary task, we re-capped on various techniques that we may have been able to apply to our preliminary task which included methods such as the 180 degree rule and the rule of thirds. From this, we then set out generating ideas to shoot the following techniques in sequence which was a combination of: an establishing shot, a close up, a swish pan, someone passing through a door, and to finish two lines of dialogue.

From today's trailing, I have learnt that firstly camera pace and movement as well as distance can be important factors in order to get a clip that runs smoothly and seamlessly. Secondly, I have learnt that it may take numerous shots, to achieve the correct shot for when it comes to editing the clip. and finally in many cases it is ideal to have extra footage at both the beginning and the end to editing is a smoother process.