Tuesday 3 November 2009
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Evaluation!
For this assignment I had to do a short film using only 8 shots.
The storyline had to be someone going from one place to the other and my job was to film that person walking to wherever he was meant to. The person I used for this was Matt, there's no real reason behind it we just ended up together; his trip was from the atrium to his classroom.
For this we were not aloud to use any camera movement which actually made this assignment more of a challenge and we had to use as many different shots we could.
My short film starts with a wide shot from the balcony to the atrium where we see Matt sitting on a chair and then he gets up and goes. I used this shot because we could see where he was so it was kinda of an establishing shot this way the audience watching it wouldn't be confused of where he was.
The next few shots were just me following Matt. There was a long shot, a close up of him passing his card on the swipe thingies, low angle shot of him going through the doors, medium shot of him getting to the door another long shot of him walking into the classroom and sitting down and finally a medium close up of him working; the shots vary and i think the story isn't that hard to understand, it makes since and they go with each other.
As i was my own producer i think i did everything right, i understood what to do on the story board and log sheet. I think I did both sheets pretty well and easy to understand. I missed directing and doing things my own way it does sound selfish but most people are like that, i think i was good at that because Matt always knew what to do and I'd go through it once before we did the real thing.
I thought that the editing was going to be tricky because I'd never used final cut pro before, but it's basically the same as the one we used last year, well it's better and as we only needed the basic skills to do this assignment it was pretty easy.
Overall i thought this was a very easy project, all i needed was the same basic skills we learnt last year. It was very good to refresh my memory on the practical skills and it was a easier way to start interacting with other people in my class. Also on editing it was nice helping people that weren't sure on what to do.
The storyline had to be someone going from one place to the other and my job was to film that person walking to wherever he was meant to. The person I used for this was Matt, there's no real reason behind it we just ended up together; his trip was from the atrium to his classroom.
For this we were not aloud to use any camera movement which actually made this assignment more of a challenge and we had to use as many different shots we could.
My short film starts with a wide shot from the balcony to the atrium where we see Matt sitting on a chair and then he gets up and goes. I used this shot because we could see where he was so it was kinda of an establishing shot this way the audience watching it wouldn't be confused of where he was.
The next few shots were just me following Matt. There was a long shot, a close up of him passing his card on the swipe thingies, low angle shot of him going through the doors, medium shot of him getting to the door another long shot of him walking into the classroom and sitting down and finally a medium close up of him working; the shots vary and i think the story isn't that hard to understand, it makes since and they go with each other.
As i was my own producer i think i did everything right, i understood what to do on the story board and log sheet. I think I did both sheets pretty well and easy to understand. I missed directing and doing things my own way it does sound selfish but most people are like that, i think i was good at that because Matt always knew what to do and I'd go through it once before we did the real thing.
I thought that the editing was going to be tricky because I'd never used final cut pro before, but it's basically the same as the one we used last year, well it's better and as we only needed the basic skills to do this assignment it was pretty easy.
Overall i thought this was a very easy project, all i needed was the same basic skills we learnt last year. It was very good to refresh my memory on the practical skills and it was a easier way to start interacting with other people in my class. Also on editing it was nice helping people that weren't sure on what to do.
Story board and log sheet
Story Board:
This is my story board showing the eight shots i'll be using, with the appropriate notes and arrows showing the direction that the person in my video is going to be turning.
Log sheet:
This log sheet has every take of every shot i did, with the right time code on it so it's easier to use the editing software. For me not to get confused i used a different colour pen to show what shots i'll be using on editing. It will save more time this way.
This is my story board showing the eight shots i'll be using, with the appropriate notes and arrows showing the direction that the person in my video is going to be turning.
Log sheet:
This log sheet has every take of every shot i did, with the right time code on it so it's easier to use the editing software. For me not to get confused i used a different colour pen to show what shots i'll be using on editing. It will save more time this way.
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Media Audiences
Everything that is a media product has a target audience that it needs to appeal to. The whole product and everything on it has to be there for a reason and the reason is to appeal to its audience. There are audiences theories used by the media:
-> Hypodermic needle: This theory says that audience receives the information that they are showing without actually thinking about it. As the name itself says is like they are being injected the information on their brains.
-> Two step flow: This theory says that the media works on more ''powerful'' people and those will pass the information to other people in greater numbers.
-> Uses in gratification: this meaning the personal satisfaction each person gets from media. Media is used for entertainment, education and information, people are influences 75% by the media. Their life decisions might depend on what they watch, play or listen to.
The gratification from each media product varies from person to person, it might be that they feel alone and need company, it might mean people are so worried about their lives they need an escape from reality.
8 shot journey
For this assignment we have to tell a story of someone going from A to B and we have to use 8 different shots to do it. Shot number one should show the person's department; shots two to seven should show the persons journey and shot eight is meant to show the traveler getting to his\hers destinations.
This is meant for us to get camera and editing kills and to have a go at working as professionals. The story board must have the shot number, notes describing the action, shot size and arrows if needed to show where the person is turning to.
For this assignment I'm going to have Matt pretending he was late for his lesson so he's going to run from the atrium to the classroom.
as this is not something that we actually have to worry about the audience i think i could say the audience for this is ourselves, we don't have to worry about meeting that target audience we just need to make sure it's done and we understand what we need to d and how to use cameras and software.
Film Language
When making a film there are two different types of narrative that you may want to follow:
Classic narrative text: This is the normal story we might watch the most, it's when the film has beginning, middle and end ; and it goes on that order.
Anti-narrative: This type of narrative also has beginning middle and end but it starts from the middle or the end and we watch how the characters ended on that first situation we see.
There are different structures:
-> Flashbacks, starts in present and then we see the past.
-> Multi-strand: Multiple stories that might not connect between them but they work together for the main narrative of the film.
-> Episodic: isolated stories that run for quite a long time (soap operas).
Matched action: When action is the same in two shots.
Semiology: This is the study of signs and symbols - What is presented?, How is it presented?, and What does it tell?
Sound ellipses: This is when the sound of a scene continues to the next scene to establish a connection between the two.
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