29.11.11

Inspiriations of 180degree rule

When I thought about doing an interrogation scene my first thing I thought of were TV Dramas such as The Bill using the 180degree rule but also the camera angles such as extreme close ups to see the emotion or panic or even smug look on their face.

Using expressions such as 'your nicked sunshine' and all different types of body language so I wanted Harry (the interviewer) to be very smug and confident and this can be shown by body language such as Harry leaning back in the chair smiling, very calm and still and this would be in contrast to Ollie who would be sad up right, quite rigid (moving) and quick short answers.

180degree rule

For my 180 degree rule video I made one but realised I did it wrong because instead of keeping the camera between an 180degree rule I went over it so I re-did it during my free and my theme was Interrogation and it went really well.

I looked around the school for good locations and decided my media classroom as I can film them walking through the door but also at the interview on the seats and the table but still using the 180degree rule!
I used my two class mates Harry Tully as the interviewer and Ollie Biggin as the person who got interviewed. It went really well because they stayed professional and improvised really well instead of having a script.

Apple

Today my day consisted of a media morning and James from Apple came to my school to learn us all about IMovie which I will be using for my coursework and preliminary task. We learnt all ways you can edit your movie by adding music, transitions, cropping, titles/credits and loads more.

It was a lot of fun but very interesting because it felt like our coursework was actually about to begin and our ideas could start happening because if I wanted a lightning sound or rain, IMovie would create this so I could use it. But a main objective was to make it as realistic as possible and not edit to much to take away it's content.

15.11.11

Genres

I researched a couple 20 people from Marlwood School and asked them what was their favourite genre. It was out of
  • Romance
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
We found out that the most popular genre was comedy and horror so that will be taken into account with our film.

Preliminary exercise: Continuity Task

When researching the task for film this was a website we found which told us what had to be done...  http://www.slideshare.net/satmedia/preliminary-exercise-continuity-task

This meant involving and editing a character opening the door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanges a couple lines of dialogue.

Task should demonstrate -
  • Match on action
  • 180degree rule
  • Shot/Rever shot

Film: Preliminary Tasks

When filming certain techniques are used for certain effects and a common one use a lot in any type of film is the the 180° rule. The 180° rule is a camera rule which states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot which is from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.


8.11.11

Getting Started

I already do a photography blog for my AS coursework and love it so this is my new media blog! It is so much easier than having to do things in a book and wasting time. At the moment I am looking at doing either a Film or Magazine approach for my coursework but I think I am more steering towards Film.

I have had one idea in paticular but I think it was a bit to Cliché when talking to my teacher about it so I have mindmapped lots of different ideas instead of the easy, stereo-type way.