Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Minimal resrach is done. Only one text is analysed and little mention is made to target audience. No storyboards are shown. No film has been added. Evaluation is minimal.

Planning 5/20 Production 0/60 Evaluation 4/20 9/100 U

Monday, 1 December 2008

casino royale

Shot 01:
At the start it fades into a black and white shot of a car approaching a karge building. The camera is in a still position capturing the entrance and the car in a long shot.
Shot 02:
Then there is a short cut in black and white of Bond kicking a man across face. The camera moves with the action of bonds kick in a fast motion in medium close up.
Shot 03:
Another black and white shot of Bond round housing the man across the urinals. The shot is another medium close up, showing the urinals and the man being flung into them and breaking it off the wall.
Shot 04:
Fades into a black and white long shot of a man walking towards building of which we are made to assume this is the same building that the car drove up to.
Shot 05:
A Close-up of the man as he turns around to show who he is and that he is important. A modern business office is caught in the background to establish the location.
Shot 06:
There is a shot reverse shot of another Medium close up shot of Bond with a silencer, aiming the gun towards the right of the frame, giving the image that he is aiming towards the bad guy. The shot is used to tell the audience that they are in the same room as each other.

Evaluation

By researching into similar media texts and institutions i managed to get an idea on what i am supposed to achieve by making my film. I achieved in using the three rules of filming in my project, them being the 180 sdegree rule(in the conversation between the two characters) , match on action(opening the door) and shot reverse shot during the movement of the characters). These were used to make the film look better than just using one shot and moving around. The piece was filmed using the school grounds which made it easy to shoot. i have learnt new techniques that i can now apply to future filming, such as being able to use iMovie on the apple computers. It was pretty straight forward to use to edit the film once the basics were learnt. The filming techniques required and others such as camera movement,shots and angles.

Friday, 21 November 2008

Planning

This project involves creating a film of a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.
I will be using the resources provided to by the Victoria College Media Department and Library, and will be filming around the college grounds. Research shall be conducted using the computers of the media department and the final editing will be done using the apple macs.

Target Audience

The target audience for a media text is important in being decided before making the media text. My target audience will be students and teachers of the school as the final piece will not be published and shown to anyone else. The aim of the filming is to cover all the neccesary filming techniques and follow the codes and conventions of films. I shall be making my film funny in order to give it livelyness, rather the letting the audience suffer from bordom.

Friday, 14 November 2008

Techniques of filming

In this film project i am going to use three different techniques when filming and editing. They are:

The 180 degree rule in filming is also known as the Line of Action, the 180 Degree Rule is important and fundamental in communicating the action through careful camera positioning

Match on Action is a technique used in film editing. It is a cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment in a movement, by carefully matching the movement across the two shots. (Reaching for a door handle and opening it) filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues uninterrupted.

Shot reverse shot is a film technique wherein one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.