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Study for Creative Media test

Elements of Film

Mise En Scene- Sound, Lighting, Setting...

Cinematography

Editing

Genre

Camera Angles

Lighting

Shot Types

Post Production

Pre-Production

Production

EDL- Editing Decision List (list of choice they've made of filtered effects)

Video Transition

Rendering (every time you edit a piece of film, computer is setting the choice into the footage)

Questions for film project

6. After reviewing your footage and completing the rough cut of your film, describe any aspects of your film, which need to be addressed. i.e does your group need to reshoot any scenes; are any additional shots required; are there any scenes which worked better than expected.

Overall, i believe our film was good in terms of shooting it accurately. No additional shots were required and i think our film shows the storyline through the camera shots.

7. List any skills, techniques or tricks you have discovered during the project.

I've learned how to use imovie and to cut film and put it in a scene so it flows better. I've learned to act as i was in the film, but i still may need to work on my acting skills. I've learnt how to work in a group better and i've learned about the importance of storyboards. These are just a few of the skills, techniques and tricks i've learnt during this assignment.

8. Discuss whether you undertook adequate and detailed reflection to throughout your project. Have you provided enough evidence to support your work? (Look back at your blogs/journals and think about whether it looks like 6 weeks worth of work).

I haven't been actively writing in my blog during this project which is bad because i can't reflect on what i've learnt and how much i've done each week. I didn't give detailed reflection throughout my project. I believe this was a mistake and next time i will be writing reflections throughout the filming and editing.

Discuss your feelings about the production task:
9. Are you satisfied with your groups final result?

Yes i am. We got good footage and our storyline flowed when we made the movie on imovie. I believe we could've come up with a more interesting storyline but overall i am very satisfied with our final result.
10. Would like to change any aspects of your film?

I'd probably change the story up a bit, make it scary instead of the comedy drama it is now. Other than this, theres no aspect i would change.
11. If you could start the project again what would you do differently?

I would be a bit more organised from the beginning and on top of things instead of leaving it so late. I would've had a say in the storyline and changed it up a bit. And i wouldn't have acted in it because i really am the worst actress and I was smiling all through it.

Creative Media Assignment

1. Describe any problems or difficulties your group encountered during the planning. These may include; organizational problems, group related issues, etc.

The main problem I faced was coming late into the group because of exchange. This made it harder for me to catch up with the plan of the movie and put ideas into the movie. I came in when the story board had already been made so I didn't have a choice of the story in the film. Then we all had trouble seeing each other on weekends or after school to get the footage. We went on for quite a while without film and it was not good because during class we had nothing to work on. Soon Laura and I caught up and got all the footage we needed and we resolved out problem. Other than this main problem, we didn't encounter any other. We couldn't film as a whole group because our reliability on one of our group members was low.

2. Clarify any time-management issues your group encountered during the planning process and describe the steps you implemented to improve in this area;

Some time management that our group encountered was our filming. We couldn't organise the time to take off and do all our filming. But we soon set out a day and accomplished what we needed.

3. Discuss whether your group made effective use of the provided templates to assist the film-making process;

Our group did make effective use of the provided templates to assist us in making our film, and it helped us quite a bit.

4. Explain whether the planning process helped your group during filming. In particular, discuss whether the use of devices such as storyboards, shot-lists, and rough edits assisted throughout the filming process;

Planning the story in storyboard before shooting our film helped us a lot. We knew exactly what shot to film after each one, remembered the storyline and helped us keep on track instead of forgetting where we were up too and what to film next. It gave us a clear idea on our film. The film would not be as good as it would've without the storyboard. Also we played around with the film before which helped a bit too to get use to filming and how to handle the camera and get the best angles and shots.

IMOVIE SHORT CUTS

SPACE BAR: PLAY VIDEO AND STOP
COMMAND T CUTS VIDEO
COMMAND E EXPORT MOVIE
COMMAND G PLAY FULL SCREEN
LEFT ARROW OR RIGHT ARROW PLAY MOVIE FRAME BY FRAME
HOLD DOWN CONTROL KEY FREEZE THE PLAYHEAD
COMMAND N CREATE NEW PROJECT
COMMAND C COPY SELECTED FRAMES
COMMAND X CUT SELECTED FRAMES
COMMAND V PASTE SELECTED FRAMES
I OPEN CLIP ADJUSTMENTS PANE OF INSPECTOR
COMMAND Z UNDO LAST WORK

Shots

This shot shows the full body shot. This was used to show the position of her body. It seems as if she is drunk of some sort. She is leaning over the post, showing she is drunk. Her face is looking out at something and smiling. It may show she is thinking of something good.

Shots

This shot shows the props being used and the facial expression.
First, the props used is a tie, a formal looking uniform and a bottle. It looks as if the person is nervous about something due to them holding his tie in that way. It shows he is stressed. Also, the bottle seems to look as if it is alcohol, so it should he is nervous again about something.

Moulin Rouge

Indredients of a musical/romance

MISE EN SCENE:
Lighting- stage lighting, colours show the mood of the actors and the scene, spotlights, strong colour/artificial

Setting- looks like a theatre

Props- exaggerated props to intensify the mood

Acting- dance/strong body language

SOUND:
singing, orchestra, sound effects

EDITING:
cuts, dissolves (for a fading memory)

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
high contrast exposure

METHOD

2. Here are some of the categories for the annual Academy Award Winners. Each winner gets an Oscar. Look back over the past few years – not just this year – and note down who you would give your awards to for as many as you can of the categories below.

Best film: 21, Marie Antoinette, Memoirs of a Geisha, Remember the Titans, Pay It Forward, The Green Mile, K-XAP, Terminal,

Best Actor: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio,

Best Actress: Rachel McAdams, Anne Hathaway,

Best Supporting Actor: Ted Levine (Silence of the Lambs),

Best Supporting Actress

Best Director: Tim Burton

Best Original Screenplay (script)

Best Screen Adaptation

Best Cinematic Photography

Best Editing

Best Special Effects

Best Original Score (music)

Best Costumes / Wardrobe: Marie Antoinette

Best Costumes / Wardrobe

Best Title Sequence / Credits

Best Short (film)

Special Award for Services to the Cinema Industry, the motion picture business, the dream

factory, the movie world.

Worksheet Film

1. On the right are some of the ways we classify films. On the left are some film titles. Match

each title with the most appropriate kind of film from the column on the right.

FILM	GENRE
Titanic	A crime movie
The Simpsons	a thriller
FRIDAY THE 13TH	CARTOON
27 DRESSES	a historical film
WILD WILD WEST	a (Hollywood) musical
BRAVE HEART	a science fiction movie
MOULIN ROUGE	a war film
ARMAGEDDON	a horror film
BLARE WITCH	Epic/Historical
INDIANA JONES	a romantic comedy
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN	western
ALIEN	a documentary
THE GOD FATHER	ADVENTURE
LIFE OF JOHN BUTLER	a disaster movie
CASABLANCA	ROMANCE

SHANGHAI NOON

Genre: Comedy/Action/Western

Mise en scene:

Sound: Birds tweeting (time of day, sense of place)
Sound of weapons- suspense, anticipation
Music- Western, fast paced

Props: Horses, guns, clothing, hats, knife- enhanced the comedy elements (clumsiness) also setting the scene

Setting: Country- landscape, paddock, lake, timber, shack- enhances the serenity and creates contrast

Lighting: Natural, sunny, warm

Acting: Stupid cowboys, not the usual cowboys (comedy)
Comedy dialogue, body language- playful, relaxed



Editing:

Cuts, rhythm slow to fast when playing with weapons
Shot types- over the shoulder, wide, long, low

Genre

Genre

- is from the Greek word genos

- is a loose set of criteria for a category of composition; the term is often used to categorize literature and speech, but is also used for any other form of art or utterance (when people talk or utter)

Aliens

Genre- Science Fiction

It makes it Sci Fi with the mysterious lighting, dark and misty and scary and luminous, not knowing what's going to happen. Intense music and creaking of the ground. Props are different and alien like, sort of unknown and different to what humans are use too.

The silence of him walking around

The music sort of imitating his heart

Very scary and you don't know what's around the corner, because it's all black

Emotional/ audience response: stupid, empathize, frustrated

Main character: stupid, silly, naive, absent minded, weak, lost

Miss en scene:

Lightning: dark, gloomy, cold, dull, damp (contributes to being lost), shadows to create the unknown, mystery,

Acting: little dialogue, slow/short movement, unsure, shaky, tense of muscles ( sense of fear, sorry for his situation)

Props: machinery (mysterious, sense of unknown), long chains (evil lurking), hat that created shadows (he can't see what's going on, vulnerable), cat (very significant, can see at night, smarter than the human)

Sound: heartbeat, sharp, psycho music, creaking, running water, alien screeching, loud echoing, growl, chains rattling, dripping, breathing

Setting: old lab, strange, mechanical place, unknown location, don't really know where he is creepy, unclean

Notes on film 1/02/11

Wide shot- use to show the scene
Medium shot- to give you an idea of their personality
Close up- facial expression
Extreme close up-
Low angle- on the ground, power for the character
High angle- opposite of low angle, makes the character look inferior and the audience feel power













The shot type- This shot is a low angle, over the shoulder.
The angle of the shot- Low angle
The intention of the shot?- to show that the Queen has power over the frog and that she is superior to him
Describe in detail the visual clues or conventions used to convey meaning- The visual clues seen in this shot to convey the message ranges from the makeup to the shot angle and type. The make-up gives a visual clue by showing us her power with the strong blue and the red hair. It draws attention to her, rather that the frog in front of her. Also, the frog is smaller that her to also show the queens power. We feel empathy to the frog.


The shot type- low angle, wide shot
The angle of the shot- low angle
The intention of the shot?- to show what he is doing and why he is up there. To show the window above him. To show how he is almost boxed in and can't get out. To show the height of the files and how he is high up. To create suspense
Describe in detail the visual clues or conventions used to convey meaning- The dull colors suggest he is in a depressing or bad place, where he doesn't want to be and the lab coat says he is in a hospital or lab or mental institution.
Loose talk is noose talk suggests he is crazy.


The shot type- medium shot type
The angle of the shot- close up
Intention of the shot- to show his emotion and to show his face and eyes. To be excited with him and happy as he is.
Visual Clues- It shows he is a happy man because the background is dull and dark but he's face is shining and happy and his clothing and make-up is bright and makes you happy. To show he is a happy man. To show he is mad, because of the gapped tooth, wonky eye and the crazy hair etc
To show he is also a good guy because he is bright compared to the dark scene behind him.
The shot type- High angle, over the shoulder shot
Angle of the shot- High angle, over the shoulder
Intention of the shot- To show how Alice is small and doesn't have any power. How the Chesher cat has more power over her or more knowledge in this case
Visual Clues- Very dull background and Alice stands out, but not by much. She blends in and doesn't have that much power or knowledge right now.

Notes on 28/01/11

What does reading a film mean:
- analyzing how images and sound are used to tell a story.
- understanding how codes, conventions and stylistic devices create viewer responses.
- consciously identifying our unconscious responses.

Cinema is a visual art form. Cinema is not literature. A film is not a novel.

















Edit:
- An edit is a break in the film where one shot ends and the next shot begins.
- The four common types of edit are:

• Cuts
• Dissolves
• Fades
• Wipes (occasionally)

Way of film for my film: Introduce the characters (close up) Introduce the context (pan out) To empathize with the character (looking down)



A scene:
- A scene is a collection of shots, arranged through editing, into a specific order. (usually 2 or 3 minutes)

• When reading film it is common to analyze individual scenes rather than specific shots
• A scene with two characters having a conversation would likely consist of fewer shots than a fast paced car chase
  

Go on blackboard and find The Shot Type.


FILM LANGUAGE:
elements used to elicit an emotional response in the audience

















Cinematography- The way the film is used eg a Dolley
Sound- Very important, helps the viewer see what is happening in a scene


MISE EN SCENE: put in scene
This is the combination of all the visual elements within the frame (frame: the physical boundary that contains what the audience sees)
PROPS- visual symbols that makes us see what is going on with the film and scene

Today, we learnt a lot about the actual shooting of a film and the way that the movie is edited it a specific way to what the director wants the viewer to feel. Filming has a lot to do with the emotions that the director wants to portray.

CREATIVE MEDIA YEAR 10