The speed of editing
The speed of editing can suggest a genre of a film, for example a thriller having fast cuts to create fast paced action or a horror to create scenes to make the audience jump in fear.
Cutting a scene at the right moment could be the difference between creating suspence or having no suspence at all or creating a scene that keeps the viewer guessing.
Slow editing can create a film to become boring unless used in the correct way. For example using slow editing from a point of view shot to show a sad or confused emotion.
Thursday 26 December 2013
Thriller Recipe
Thriller Recipe
A good thriller should contain certain aspects and techniques such as, dramatic lighting, suspense, dietetic and non dietetic sound, red herrings, cliff hangers and camera angles to suggest different things such as slow angle shot to suggest power.
A director who was good at this was Alfred Hitchcock. He was also known for the use of a Mc Guffin in most of his films which not all thrillers use but are helpful to drive a plot.
A successful thriller will have the audience gripped from the beggining right through to the end.
A good thriller should contain certain aspects and techniques such as, dramatic lighting, suspense, dietetic and non dietetic sound, red herrings, cliff hangers and camera angles to suggest different things such as slow angle shot to suggest power.
A director who was good at this was Alfred Hitchcock. He was also known for the use of a Mc Guffin in most of his films which not all thrillers use but are helpful to drive a plot.
A successful thriller will have the audience gripped from the beggining right through to the end.
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13th of August 1899 and died on the 29th of April 1980 and was an English film director. He directed films such as:
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on the 13th of August 1899 and died on the 29th of April 1980 and was an English film director. He directed films such as:
- North by North West
- Birds
- Rebecca
- The 39 steps
He was a great well known director who knew how to include suspense, McGuffins, and cliff hangers in his films. In one of his films "North by North West he used a litteral cliff hanger. He also was good in the ways he used different camera techniques and mise end scene to suggest different things.
Monday 16 December 2013
Studio Idents
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Costumes and Props
Costumes and Props
Character Name:
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Angela Smith
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Costume:
Everyday clothing
Causual Button Shirt
Trousers
Shoes/ Trainers
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Props:
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Character Name:
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Dr. Jeremiah Smith
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Costume:
Dark, smart suit
Shirt and tie
Glasses
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Props:
Clipboard
Notes about patient
Photo frame with picture of Dr. Smith and Rebecca
Desk
Pen
Preferably a laptop
Clock
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Character Name:
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Rupert Jones
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Costume:
Scenes in therapists office:
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Props:
Chair
Antibacterial Jel
Eye Test
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Progress Sheet
PROGRESS
SHEET
PATIENT #: 3
PATIENT NAME: DLMSKMSL
Description:
Young Caucasian adult, recently experienced mild traumatic brain injury after
car incident, medication consistent, no reaction to diuretics or anti-seizure
drugs, prone to confusion, possible case of amnesia
*NB Former cadet, strength and
aggression gradually improving with every visit
Checklist (treatment week 4)
Experiencing
incomprehensible visions
An
increase in visions
Strength
and aggression improving
Amnesia
worsening
Taking
increased prescription
Obedience
standard improving
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
Group Members: Saana, Rebecca, Connor,
George
Location: School first aid room, various public locations
Hazard
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Person(s) at Risk
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Likelihood of Hazard
1 – Extremely Unlikely
5 – Extremely Likely
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Severity of Hazard Outcomes
1 – Very Low Risk
5 – Very High Risk
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Risk Level
(Likelihood + Severity)
2
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Measures to Take to Manage Risk
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Risk Managed?
Y/N
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Falling into the road and getting run over by a
vehicle
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Rebecca
George
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1
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3
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2
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Must be cautious when filming near roads and try
to choose less busy roads to film on.
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Slipping on wet, rainy surface while running
during an action shot
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Rebecca
George
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2
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1
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1.5
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Check the weather forecast and film outside
scenes on dry days.
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Alley Way, dangerous objects causing a hazard may
not be seen if it is dark
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Saana
Rebecca
Connor
George
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1
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1
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1
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Make sure there is enough lighting
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Candle, could get knocked over and cause a fire
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Saana
Rebecca
Connor
George
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2
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2
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1
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Extinguisher near by
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Contacts
Emergency
Service:
Robert
Clack School:
Other
Contacts:
Sunday 8 December 2013
Collateral 2004
Collateral 2004
Genre: Crime Thriller
Staring: Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx
Cast:
Mark Ruffalo
Peter Berg
Bruce McGill
Director: Michael Mann
Written by: Stuart Beattie
Collateral was Michael Mann's first film to be shot with the use of high definition cameras. In this film he used the Viper Film Stream High Definition Camera.
Collateral 2004 Trailer
The trailer is effective as it uses cuts appropriatley to fit the genre, so they are quite fast paced.
In the beginning Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx) meets a U.S Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrel (Jada Pinkett Smith) whilst driving her to her office in his Taxi. She offers to tip him but he refuses and tells her that she should keep the money and tells her to buy herself something special. Taking a liking to Max she decides to give him her business card.
As she departs his next passanger, Vincent (Tom Cruise) enters the cab offering Max $600 for chauffering him to five appointments and waitng for him after each appointment. Max drives him to his first appointment as he waites Vincenr entees an apartment complex and shoots drug dealer Ramón Ayala. He then unexpecedly falls out of the window an directly onto the taxi which forces Vincent to reveal himself as a hitman. Max is then forced to hide the the body of guy in the trunk, clean up the car and then contine with their arrangement.
Tension is built when max plled over by the police due to the damage to the taxi from the impact of
Ramón Ayala, but luckily the police are called to a higher priority call so do nt investigate and Max and Vincent get away with a licky escape.
This clip creates tension as the audience know that there is a dead body in the boot. It creates the question if they will be caught or not. The viewer also feels sorry for the character Max as he had been dragged into driving around a guy who is commiting murders.
This clip tells us more about the character Vincent as manages to come across as completely normal even though he casually goes around murdering people.
The Russian Ark
The Russian Ark
2002 historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov.
The Russian Ark was filmed all in one take without the use of any cuts. It was filmed in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum using a single 96 minute Steadicam sequence shot. This film demonstrates what a film without any cuts would look like and why cuts are needed to add to the pace of a film. Without cuts the film is quite slow paced in most actions and would not work for a film that is a part of a thriller genre.
No Country For Old Men 2007
No Country For Old Men 2007
No country for old men is an american crime thriller and was adapted from Cormac Mc Carthy's novel and uses a villain driven plot.
The trailer is effective and leaves the audience in suspense by not giving away to much of what is happening but at the same time showing the audience the thrilling scenes then using cuts so that the audience ask themselves, what is going to happen next? The music used in the trailer is non-diegetic and speeds up throughout making it more intense.
Mise-en-scene suggests the film is of a western thriller genre.
Anton Chigurh
Anton Chigurh is the villain in 'No Country For Old Men' his role is a hit-man who has no remorse or compassion for human beings therefore can kill without guilt. His expression in most of his actions are plain so you can never tell what he is thinking or feeling. In one scene he flips a coin and gets the man at the gas station to guess heads or tails to decide his fate. To kill people he uses a captive bolt pistol he also uses this to shoot out locked doors. This is a unique choice of weapon suggesting that he is different from the usual criminal.
No country for old men is an american crime thriller and was adapted from Cormac Mc Carthy's novel and uses a villain driven plot.
The trailer is effective and leaves the audience in suspense by not giving away to much of what is happening but at the same time showing the audience the thrilling scenes then using cuts so that the audience ask themselves, what is going to happen next? The music used in the trailer is non-diegetic and speeds up throughout making it more intense.
Mise-en-scene suggests the film is of a western thriller genre.
Anton Chigurh
Anton Chigurh is the villain in 'No Country For Old Men' his role is a hit-man who has no remorse or compassion for human beings therefore can kill without guilt. His expression in most of his actions are plain so you can never tell what he is thinking or feeling. In one scene he flips a coin and gets the man at the gas station to guess heads or tails to decide his fate. To kill people he uses a captive bolt pistol he also uses this to shoot out locked doors. This is a unique choice of weapon suggesting that he is different from the usual criminal.
Friday 6 December 2013
AS Media Studies – Preliminary Exercise Evaluation
Preliminary Task
In this preliminary task we had to use continuity editing which retains a realistic chronology and shows that time is moving forwards. This type of editing can use flashbacks or flash forwards as long as the narrative, which can be liner or non linear, can be seen to be progressing is a realistic way.
In this preliminary task we had to use continuity editing which retains a realistic chronology and shows that time is moving forwards. This type of editing can use flashbacks or flash forwards as long as the narrative, which can be liner or non linear, can be seen to be progressing is a realistic way.
This was our preliminary task for AS Media Studies. We had to be able to use continuity editing for this task. Our story line was based on a package exchange between two people. We are not introduced to any of the characters in the video so they are strangers to the audience, this leaves a bit of mystery.
We managed to demonstrate elements of continuity elements in this task and stuck to the 180 degree rule.
Different types of filming techniques were used in this task such as:
- Match on action-we see a character start an action in one shot and continue it in the next
- Shot reverse shot-this is used to show conversations
- Eye line match-the character is seen looking at something off screen and then we cut to a shot of what they are looking at
- 180 degree rule-where two characters or other elements in the same scene should have the same left/right relationship to each other.
The most accurate shots would be the match on action and the eye line match as they worked well with the video when editing. They also did not have to be re-done as many times as the other shots.
Improvements could be with the way we had to cut the film as some of the footage was not as clearly done as others so more cross dissolves had to be added in. Watching the video you can see the abrupt cuts. Also the dialogue could be improved as some words did not come out as clearly as we hoped.
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