Preliminary task
When planning out preliminary task we have to consider pre production, production and post production.
Pre production:
-Plan a script
-Storyboard
-Setting
-Costume
-Props
-Angles
-Shots
-Employ actors
Production:
-Angle
-Shots
-Cuts
-Continuity
-Rule of thirds
-180 rule
Post production:
-Editing
-Sounds
-Special effects
-Titkes
-Credits
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
In one of my lessons last week we learnt about editing. I learnt that editing is a critical part of film language. It can be used for a multitude of things such as linking scenes/events together. In addition it is a very time consuming process to edit picese of work, for it to be edited well it the editing needs to be unnoticeable by the audience. The audience will never really appreciate the time and effort which is put into editing.
Cuts can be used to:
- Change scene
- Compress time
- Vary the point of view
- Montage, build up an image or idea
Cuts can be used to to change location or to show who is talking to who e.g. The 180 rule. Editors can also play around with the tempo of the cuts to create tension, this is very effective when used in conjunction of a playlist to match, and maybe use of extreme close ups on people's eyes to intensify their emotions.
Continuity is a key factor which is looked at when editing. You need to ensure that everything looks like one continuous scene or location. It's very important to make the audience believe that a scene is filmed in one place in one day to make it look effortless and create a sense of a time scale. Continuity also allows you to compress time as you wouldn't want to show every little bit of someone's like like brushing their teeth and their hair, this would lose the attraction of the audience.
Another technique I learnt about is called the rule of thirds, this is where you draw a grid and the main action happened in the 4 crosses which are created. It's very rear that it will happen in the centre as that's not how you see life, it happened a in the four crosses as it makes it more realistic.
Cuts can be used to:
- Change scene
- Compress time
- Vary the point of view
- Montage, build up an image or idea
Cuts can be used to to change location or to show who is talking to who e.g. The 180 rule. Editors can also play around with the tempo of the cuts to create tension, this is very effective when used in conjunction of a playlist to match, and maybe use of extreme close ups on people's eyes to intensify their emotions.
Continuity is a key factor which is looked at when editing. You need to ensure that everything looks like one continuous scene or location. It's very important to make the audience believe that a scene is filmed in one place in one day to make it look effortless and create a sense of a time scale. Continuity also allows you to compress time as you wouldn't want to show every little bit of someone's like like brushing their teeth and their hair, this would lose the attraction of the audience.
Another technique I learnt about is called the rule of thirds, this is where you draw a grid and the main action happened in the 4 crosses which are created. It's very rear that it will happen in the centre as that's not how you see life, it happened a in the four crosses as it makes it more realistic.
History of editing
In 1895 the Luminere brothers invented cinematography. Cinematography is a three in one device which allows you to record capture and project motion picture.
It was 1901 when Edwin s.porter showed that film didn't have to be one long show. He also used footage to tell a different story unrelated to what the footage originally was meant to portray.
George Mase used a tabloid effect; which is where the camera isn't moved so then it's as if you are viewing it at a theatre, so everything unfolds right infront of your eyes
D.W Griffiths realised that emotions could be portrayed through different camera angles and by changing the pace of the editing-it wasn't all down to the actors. He was credited for the narrative of a film, the production of the first American feature film and the discovery of the close up.
Griffiths created most of the editing with is now used today.
The 180 degrees rule is the theory that you can move the camera 180 degrees and the scene to still make sense if you do anymore it could make a weird illusion as if someone was taking to them selves for example.
In 1895 the Luminere brothers invented cinematography. Cinematography is a three in one device which allows you to record capture and project motion picture.
It was 1901 when Edwin s.porter showed that film didn't have to be one long show. He also used footage to tell a different story unrelated to what the footage originally was meant to portray.
George Mase used a tabloid effect; which is where the camera isn't moved so then it's as if you are viewing it at a theatre, so everything unfolds right infront of your eyes
D.W Griffiths realised that emotions could be portrayed through different camera angles and by changing the pace of the editing-it wasn't all down to the actors. He was credited for the narrative of a film, the production of the first American feature film and the discovery of the close up.
Griffiths created most of the editing with is now used today.
The 180 degrees rule is the theory that you can move the camera 180 degrees and the scene to still make sense if you do anymore it could make a weird illusion as if someone was taking to them selves for example.
In our last lesson we looked at angle shots and we experimented doing a few of our own. We got our selves into groups and went outside and took some shots of our own. Then the next lesson when we returned to class we created powerpoint in our groups to show our understanding of the different shots. Bellow I have attached the power point.
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