Our casting consits of our two drama teachers in our school, this means they will be easy to access when starting to film our clip.
Although we have not asked their permission yet we are firmly confident they will be the leading roles in our clip. If no we have a back up plan, to use fellow students in our class.
Monday, 19 September 2011
19th September 2011 Considering Locations
In todays lesson me and kim considered different locations in which our film clip will be set and the casting of our characters.
We narrowed it down to two locations:
The Stage- This is a spactious room and would be perfect for the filming room although there is a noisy p.e hall next door which may affect our audio.
Our next choice was the Drama hall - This is also a spacious room although alot smaller than the stage we will still have plently of room to move around. It has no windows but this means we can have full control of the lighting by simply using the lighting board. This is why we have choosen to use the drama hall as our location setting. We will also be using the corridor for the first section of filming.
We narrowed it down to two locations:
The Stage- This is a spactious room and would be perfect for the filming room although there is a noisy p.e hall next door which may affect our audio.
Our next choice was the Drama hall - This is also a spacious room although alot smaller than the stage we will still have plently of room to move around. It has no windows but this means we can have full control of the lighting by simply using the lighting board. This is why we have choosen to use the drama hall as our location setting. We will also be using the corridor for the first section of filming.
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Camera Shots and Movements
Camera Shots
- Extreme Long Shot/Establishing shot - An extior shot shows setting and time.
- Long shot- Shows character in full lengh
- Mid shot- Shows character from waist up wards
- Close up - This involves the character in view from the shoulders upwards.This can be used to show emotions or a close up on an important object.
Extreme long shot - Extreme close up - May show a particular aspect of a character e.g eyes or hands this is normally used to create an intense emotion.
Camera Movements
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| Dolly |
- Tracking shot - This is the movement of the camera going forwards and backwards. This is generally used with a dolly to make the action alot smoother.
- Crab shot- This involves the camera moving from left to right, normally used to follow movment of a character.
- Tilt shot- A view which has the camera moving up and down.
- Zoom- Simulates a tracking shot
- Ark Shot - Half a shot
- Crane Shot- This is used on a crane to give a vertical direction of the character or setting
- Panning Shot- A dolly is normally used for this shot to as it is when the camera is moved from left to right to follow movement.
Film Production Companies
In todays lesson we learnt about different film production companies and what there responsible for:
A production company is a type of company which is in the business of performing arts. This company aims to develop and physically produce performing arts,film,radio,or television programs.
The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising for the production or may accomplish this through a partner or private investor. It handles budgeting scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and resources, the organisation of staff, post-production and sometimes distribution.
Post production-
This is part filmmaking and the video production proces, it occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography and digital art.It is the term for all stages of production occurring after the actual end of shooting and/or recording the completed work.
Distribution -
The distribution of a film (or movie) is the process through which a film is made available to watch for an audience by the film distributor. This can be achieved in many ways such as cinema realse, television program or home entertainment e.g dvd,video, blue ray.
A production company is a type of company which is in the business of performing arts. This company aims to develop and physically produce performing arts,film,radio,or television programs.
The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising for the production or may accomplish this through a partner or private investor. It handles budgeting scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and resources, the organisation of staff, post-production and sometimes distribution.
Post production-
This is part filmmaking and the video production proces, it occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography and digital art.It is the term for all stages of production occurring after the actual end of shooting and/or recording the completed work.
Distribution -
The distribution of a film (or movie) is the process through which a film is made available to watch for an audience by the film distributor. This can be achieved in many ways such as cinema realse, television program or home entertainment e.g dvd,video, blue ray.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
15th September 2011 Target Grade
During todays lesson we was given our target grades mine is a C/D for media studies.
We also began to plan our script for our priliminary task. The script must includesthe first shot opening the scene, the location of the scene and the rough time of day when the scene is set. There must be atleast 4 lines or more from two characters, each character has to speak for the camera shot shot/ reverse shot to take place.
We have also discussed a range of ideas e.g where it will be set, casting of our characters and dialogue for our script which we will develop on next lesson.
We also began to plan our script for our priliminary task. The script must includesthe first shot opening the scene, the location of the scene and the rough time of day when the scene is set. There must be atleast 4 lines or more from two characters, each character has to speak for the camera shot shot/ reverse shot to take place.
We have also discussed a range of ideas e.g where it will be set, casting of our characters and dialogue for our script which we will develop on next lesson.
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
14th September 2011 Preliminary Task
Preliminary Task
In todays media lesson we were introduced to the three steps involved in our task. This was so we clearly understood the steps to create a successful piece of film.
Step One - Planning - Pre - production
Step Two - Filming - Production
Step Three - Editing - Post - production
We then looked at a piece of screen play for an example and was asked to write our ideas for the content of our preliminary task.
In todays media lesson we were introduced to the three steps involved in our task. This was so we clearly understood the steps to create a successful piece of film.
Step One - Planning - Pre - production
Step Two - Filming - Production
Step Three - Editing - Post - production
We then looked at a piece of screen play for an example and was asked to write our ideas for the content of our preliminary task.
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Getting Started
To start off Media Studies I had to create my own blogger account using my KBA email address lauren.head@ketteringbuccleuch-academy.org i can now submit my blogs as part of my media coursework.
After doing so, i had to create a slideshare account this is so i can post videos onto my blog. I went to the slide share web address www.slideshare.net clicked on "Sign up" and for this i also used my KBA email address as all notifications will be saved onto the same email address.
In our media lessons we had to join up in groups either in pairs or groups of three to start on our Preliminary task. This involes making a short film which includes movement and dialogue from two characters which we have to cast ourselves. We have been givin three goals to achieve whilst making our film, match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.
After doing so, i had to create a slideshare account this is so i can post videos onto my blog. I went to the slide share web address www.slideshare.net clicked on "Sign up" and for this i also used my KBA email address as all notifications will be saved onto the same email address.
In our media lessons we had to join up in groups either in pairs or groups of three to start on our Preliminary task. This involes making a short film which includes movement and dialogue from two characters which we have to cast ourselves. We have been givin three goals to achieve whilst making our film, match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.
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