An animatic of the original storyboard for our final piece.
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Continuity editing:
Continuity editing is one scene leads on into another. This is done through several ways:
Eye-line match: This is when the shot has the character looking at something, then the next shot is what they are looking at.. For example in game of thrones, In the prolouge, A ride looking at some tree's.
Match-on-action: A match-on-action shot is when a character starts an action in one shot, such as opening door, and continuing it in the next shot, with them finishing opening the door, filmed from a different angle.
Graphic match: This is when 2 shots are linked by similarly shaped items, such as in Indiana Jones, where the Paramount logo graphic matches with a different mountain.
The 180 degree rule: This is when 2 characters or objects should keep the same left/right relationships, as when the camera turns 180 degree, it looks like have swapped places, even if they haven't moved.
The shot reverse: This is when the camera alternates between two people, usually while filming an argument. An example is in the news when they use this to show a news reader nodding while they edit interviewer answers.
Eye-line match: This is when the shot has the character looking at something, then the next shot is what they are looking at.. For example in game of thrones, In the prolouge, A ride looking at some tree's.
Match-on-action: A match-on-action shot is when a character starts an action in one shot, such as opening door, and continuing it in the next shot, with them finishing opening the door, filmed from a different angle.
Graphic match: This is when 2 shots are linked by similarly shaped items, such as in Indiana Jones, where the Paramount logo graphic matches with a different mountain.
The 180 degree rule: This is when 2 characters or objects should keep the same left/right relationships, as when the camera turns 180 degree, it looks like have swapped places, even if they haven't moved.
The shot reverse: This is when the camera alternates between two people, usually while filming an argument. An example is in the news when they use this to show a news reader nodding while they edit interviewer answers.
Sound
On screen sound: This is when the audience can see the source of the sound, for example, the people on the screen, or items being used.
Off screen sound: This is when the source of the sound is not on camera, so the audience can't see it, but is still diagetic, such as a a fight off screen.
Parallel: This is when the sound matches the action, for example, Some slow, tense music would do well in a horror film, as the tense music matches the suspense.
Carpunctual: This is when the sound does not match the action, such as tense, horror music in an action fight scene.
Diagetic sound: This is what can be heard by the characters of the film, such as gunshots, footsteps and talking
Non-diagetic: This can only be heard by the audience, such as heartbeats or background music.
Sound bridge: The sound bridge helps shots transition smoothly between each other, for example, a dream being ended by an alarm clock, starting the day.
Off screen sound: This is when the source of the sound is not on camera, so the audience can't see it, but is still diagetic, such as a a fight off screen.
Parallel: This is when the sound matches the action, for example, Some slow, tense music would do well in a horror film, as the tense music matches the suspense.
Carpunctual: This is when the sound does not match the action, such as tense, horror music in an action fight scene.
Diagetic sound: This is what can be heard by the characters of the film, such as gunshots, footsteps and talking
Non-diagetic: This can only be heard by the audience, such as heartbeats or background music.
Sound bridge: The sound bridge helps shots transition smoothly between each other, for example, a dream being ended by an alarm clock, starting the day.
Terminology: Mise En Scene
Mise en scene is a french film term meaning, 'in the scene or frame'. This includes settings, props, lighting, costume, make-up, hair, colour , and positioning of characters, or objects in the frame. Different mise-en-scene would be used depending on what genre of film, or character in said film is.
Examples:
Western: In a western film, typical props would include sterotypical cowboy garb, such as stirrups, large hats, saloon doors, and horses.
Pro/antagonists:
Pro/antagonists will often be different from the rest of the cast in some genres of films, with the hero may be a little more defined, or beat up looking, dependant on film, with the antagonists being powerful looking, or classy, often wearing dark clothing.
Props:
Different props would be used, depending on what kind of film it was. For example, a sci-fi film may have props such as, laser gun, costumes masks etc, while a costume drama would have old age costumes, and victorian looking props.
Lighting:
Examples:
Western: In a western film, typical props would include sterotypical cowboy garb, such as stirrups, large hats, saloon doors, and horses.
Pro/antagonists:
Pro/antagonists will often be different from the rest of the cast in some genres of films, with the hero may be a little more defined, or beat up looking, dependant on film, with the antagonists being powerful looking, or classy, often wearing dark clothing.
Props:
Different props would be used, depending on what kind of film it was. For example, a sci-fi film may have props such as, laser gun, costumes masks etc, while a costume drama would have old age costumes, and victorian looking props.
Lighting:
Friday, 13 December 2013
Terminology:Editing
Editing is the process of adding, removing or overall changing of a scene, or scenes in a movie.
Speed of editing:
Speed of editing is a how long a scene will last, and is dependent on the mood the film is trying to build. For example, an action film will have multiple quick cuts, emphasizing action and speed, or a drama, where the camera is trying to build a constant atmosphere. Very rarely there is no editing at all, such as the 2002 film, Russian ark.
Style of editing:
The style of editing is how the shots are edited together. There are multiple ways in which shots can be linked together, or transitioned.
Straight cut: The most common kind of cut, it is an instantaneous change between shots, keeping the action going., and the audience engaged.
Fades: This is when the screen fades to black or white, often shown for drama effect.
Graphic match: This is when a transition occurs between 2 similarly looking objects.
Dissolves:When one shot fades out as another shot fades in, with both becoming visible at once, often used to show a passing of time.
Wipes: Wipes are when a shot is pushed off the screen by another shot, sometimes used to show simultaneous events.
Jump cut: When something is suddenly brought to the audiences attention, while looking like some footage has been removed.
Speed of editing:
Speed of editing is a how long a scene will last, and is dependent on the mood the film is trying to build. For example, an action film will have multiple quick cuts, emphasizing action and speed, or a drama, where the camera is trying to build a constant atmosphere. Very rarely there is no editing at all, such as the 2002 film, Russian ark.
Style of editing:
The style of editing is how the shots are edited together. There are multiple ways in which shots can be linked together, or transitioned.
Straight cut: The most common kind of cut, it is an instantaneous change between shots, keeping the action going., and the audience engaged.
Fades: This is when the screen fades to black or white, often shown for drama effect.
Graphic match: This is when a transition occurs between 2 similarly looking objects.
Dissolves:When one shot fades out as another shot fades in, with both becoming visible at once, often used to show a passing of time.
Wipes: Wipes are when a shot is pushed off the screen by another shot, sometimes used to show simultaneous events.
Jump cut: When something is suddenly brought to the audiences attention, while looking like some footage has been removed.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Self work: Sound testing
In this, we decided to try out our use of sound equipment, including use of microphones and sound editing. We decided for it to be short and simple, with a person getting dragged around a corner, and the dragger leaving bloodied at the end. We tried to incorporate both diagetic and non-diagetic sound. For this we used the sound of cars driving in the background, which cannot be seen on camera, a door shutting loudly, and some unfitting text at the end. Our camera work was shaky at best, and due to technical reasons that we cannot figure out, the piece came out odlt pixelayed and blurry.
Movie:North by northwest.
(Insert trailer here later)
North by northwest is a 1959 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carrey Grant, a well known actor in the 1950's. The trailer is standard thriller, showing only a little of the plot, while showng off quite a bit of excitement and action, making people want to come and see the action and thrills of this film.
The story follows Roger o' Thornhill, (Carrey Grant) who is mistaken for goverment spy George Kaplan. As he is pursued across the country by enemy spies, he has to outwit them at every turn, all while keeping the microfilm out of their hands.
This film use multiple thriller techniques, including:
Red herrings: The audience is made to believe the George Kaplan the ''spy'' who Roger is mistaken for, actually does not exsist, ad is a red herring for the enemy to distract them from the real spy, Eve.
Macguffin: An object that exsists only to forward th plot, with no other use or purpose, in this case the microfilm, which contains some infomation that th enemy wants.
North by northwest is a 1959 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carrey Grant, a well known actor in the 1950's. The trailer is standard thriller, showing only a little of the plot, while showng off quite a bit of excitement and action, making people want to come and see the action and thrills of this film.
The story follows Roger o' Thornhill, (Carrey Grant) who is mistaken for goverment spy George Kaplan. As he is pursued across the country by enemy spies, he has to outwit them at every turn, all while keeping the microfilm out of their hands.
This film use multiple thriller techniques, including:
Red herrings: The audience is made to believe the George Kaplan the ''spy'' who Roger is mistaken for, actually does not exsist, ad is a red herring for the enemy to distract them from the real spy, Eve.
Macguffin: An object that exsists only to forward th plot, with no other use or purpose, in this case the microfilm, which contains some infomation that th enemy wants.
Self work: Camera work and evaluation.
In the openig, we wanted to create a slightly tense atmosphere, with one character being stalked by the other for unknown reasons. We tried to use as many of the different camera shots as we could, inside context,that we had learned about, (See camera angles). The first scene has Character A running away from Character B, who walks, with a sense of eventuality. We had the pursuit shown from multiple angles, such as the victim, the killer and over the shoulder.
For this scene, as well as most of the others, the camea shots and types go well enough, but are still quite rough and shaky, from this being our fist time editing and using the equipment, so this was more of a trial run for us. We did use some camera angles, like slgiht high shot, PoV, and tracking shot, but again being our first time, we were hindered by context. In the editing phase, some content was cut, usually a second or 2 at the beginning of each shot. Overall, I believe it to be a relativly successful attempt. We used PoV's twice, both early and midway, with these being the most notable camera angles we had.
Friday, 6 December 2013
Evaluation:prelimanary
Prelimanary video.
Character B): ''Have you visited the Alps this year?''
Character A) ''I do like the mountains.''
The two then exchange packages. Character A the sticks his head in the box which contains the flour, and looks up. Character B now has the head of a horse,
Character B): ''Pleasure doing buisness with you.''
Character B): ''Have you visited the Alps this year?''
Character A) ''I do like the mountains.''
The two then exchange packages. Character A the sticks his head in the box which contains the flour, and looks up. Character B now has the head of a horse,
Character B): ''Pleasure doing buisness with you.''
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Cinematography
Cinematography is the use of camera angles. This includes:
Close ups: This is when you get a close up of a persons face, or in extreme close up's, a specific part of their face.
Medium shots:
These shot's mostly consist of mst of a person's body, or at least their head and shoulders.
Long shot:
A long shot shows everything in a wider range.
Tracking shot:
A shot that follows a characters movements.
Panning shot:
A camera that moves on an axis from a stationary position.
Crane shot:
A shot from very high up.
Most of these are achieved via Steadi Cam. Steady cams don't have the camera moving about in the wielders hand like an ordinary camera, and stay's steady no matter what.
Close ups: This is when you get a close up of a persons face, or in extreme close up's, a specific part of their face.
Medium shots:
These shot's mostly consist of mst of a person's body, or at least their head and shoulders.
Long shot:
A long shot shows everything in a wider range.
Tracking shot:
A shot that follows a characters movements.
Panning shot:
A camera that moves on an axis from a stationary position.
Crane shot:
A shot from very high up.
Most of these are achieved via Steadi Cam. Steady cams don't have the camera moving about in the wielders hand like an ordinary camera, and stay's steady no matter what.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Past student thriller analysis
I will analyse 3 previous thrillers, and judge them on 5 things:
Does it look like the opening of a thriller?
What thriller conventions does it use?
Use of Mise on scene?
How technically secure is it?
Is the sound appropriate?
I ill then mark it out of 5 stars, with 1 being the lowest, and 5 being the highest.
1: Backstabber: Opening: The opening, while decent, is filmed on school premises, in the middle of the day, which reduces the thrill factor. However, the music does help a bit.
Conventions: The film has a few conventions, mostly in the pacing and music, however the music's effect weakens over time.
Mise en scene: This isn't very good, as the most props they use are cars, which aren't particularly thrilling.
Technically secure: The camera work in this was decent, however, their sound editing wasn't great as it was looped.
Sound: The music starts appropriate, but is just looped and becomes annoying after a while.
Overall, I would give this a 2 out of 5, as it was let down by it's setting and music
2: Decus et tutamen (Beauty and defense)
Opening; Parts of it are thriller like, with people being hunted. However, it seems to forget it's an opening, and too many ideas make it very confusing.
Conventions: The opening does contain an air of mystery, but again any real conventions were lost in the confusion.
Mise-en-scene: Being set in a forest, it gave them a good setting to create an air of mystery, which they did well, in parts. They also used their props quite well.
Technical stability/sound: Both the camerawork and the sound are put to good use, although it's difficult to know if they're good in context, because there is no real context.
I would give this about a 3, with good technical work, but too many ideas lead to a schizophrenic jumble.
It starts out by creating a very dark atmosphere, both in lighting and mood. However, it is a little too dark, making it hard to make out what's actually going on in th frame. the music is ok, bordering the line between horror and thriller.
I would rate it 2.5, as wile technically sound, is too dark, and steers a little too far from thriller to horror.
Does it look like the opening of a thriller?
What thriller conventions does it use?
Use of Mise on scene?
How technically secure is it?
Is the sound appropriate?
I ill then mark it out of 5 stars, with 1 being the lowest, and 5 being the highest.
1: Backstabber: Opening: The opening, while decent, is filmed on school premises, in the middle of the day, which reduces the thrill factor. However, the music does help a bit.
Conventions: The film has a few conventions, mostly in the pacing and music, however the music's effect weakens over time.
Mise en scene: This isn't very good, as the most props they use are cars, which aren't particularly thrilling.
Technically secure: The camera work in this was decent, however, their sound editing wasn't great as it was looped.
Sound: The music starts appropriate, but is just looped and becomes annoying after a while.
Overall, I would give this a 2 out of 5, as it was let down by it's setting and music
2: Decus et tutamen (Beauty and defense)
Opening; Parts of it are thriller like, with people being hunted. However, it seems to forget it's an opening, and too many ideas make it very confusing.
Conventions: The opening does contain an air of mystery, but again any real conventions were lost in the confusion.
Mise-en-scene: Being set in a forest, it gave them a good setting to create an air of mystery, which they did well, in parts. They also used their props quite well.
Technical stability/sound: Both the camerawork and the sound are put to good use, although it's difficult to know if they're good in context, because there is no real context.
I would give this about a 3, with good technical work, but too many ideas lead to a schizophrenic jumble.
It starts out by creating a very dark atmosphere, both in lighting and mood. However, it is a little too dark, making it hard to make out what's actually going on in th frame. the music is ok, bordering the line between horror and thriller.
I would rate it 2.5, as wile technically sound, is too dark, and steers a little too far from thriller to horror.
Movie: Source code
The source code is a film wherein Airforce helicopter pilot Captain Colter finds himself in the body of School teacher Sean Fentress. As he comes to terms with this, the train he is riding on explodes. As he finds himself in a container talking with another soldier. As he is forced through the same 8 minutes of events to try and find a bomber, the film deals with topics such as alternate reality, what is real, and how far will a person's ethics go.
The above trailer would appeal to audiences of the sci-fi/action genres, since it shows action scenes, such as the exploding train scene above, while The rewind effect shows of sci-fi elements, and the wrong reflection brings an aura of mystery to the film.
The above trailer would appeal to audiences of the sci-fi/action genres, since it shows action scenes, such as the exploding train scene above, while The rewind effect shows of sci-fi elements, and the wrong reflection brings an aura of mystery to the film.
Movies: Psycho
Psycho is financially, and arguably best, Hitchcock film. The films opening 40 minuites or so are actually one huge red herring, with the audience thinking that the story about the embezzled money, and the star of the film, Janet Leigh, going to be the most important parts of the film, when in actuality, the embezzlement story just sets the scene. Hitchcock was quite bold in killing Janet Leigh, who was a big star in the 50's and the poster girl for the film.
What is/was different about psycho was that the villlain was th main character, Norman Bate. The film has all kinds of twists, from the famous shower scene,
, The fact that the suspected killer, (Norman Bates mother) ws actually dead, and that the killer was in fact Norman with split personality disorder, and one of the first films to do this twist, with later films catching onto the trend, and including it in their films.
Suspense is excellently built up, with lots of slow downtime, and infrequent actions scene that come and go very quickly. That way they would shock the audiences with their arrival and finish before the audience can figure out entirely what's going on for maximum impact, such as the above shower scene, only lasting 2 and a half minutes.
Finally, a dark and mildly ambiguous ending leaves on a darker note.
What is/was different about psycho was that the villlain was th main character, Norman Bate. The film has all kinds of twists, from the famous shower scene,
, The fact that the suspected killer, (Norman Bates mother) ws actually dead, and that the killer was in fact Norman with split personality disorder, and one of the first films to do this twist, with later films catching onto the trend, and including it in their films.
Suspense is excellently built up, with lots of slow downtime, and infrequent actions scene that come and go very quickly. That way they would shock the audiences with their arrival and finish before the audience can figure out entirely what's going on for maximum impact, such as the above shower scene, only lasting 2 and a half minutes.
Finally, a dark and mildly ambiguous ending leaves on a darker note.
Movie: The manchurian candidate (2004)
The 2004 remake of the manchurian candidate is mostly true to it's roots, however, there are several changes from the old version, espicially in the topic of themes.
Themes
In the original manchurian candidate, the opposition were communists posing as anti-communists in order to infiltrate american politics. In the remake, the communists have been replaced by right wingers posing as left wingers. This is because the dispute between democrats and republicans is one of the maor issues of America today, with each believing the other to be harmul to America.
Also, the subtle card base hypnotism, which may have come off threatning in the era of pavlovian psychology, just come off as ridiculous in an era powered by science. Therefore, they updated the means of control to small microchips, updating to the fear of the goverment always spying.
Trailer: Trailer
Themes
In the original manchurian candidate, the opposition were communists posing as anti-communists in order to infiltrate american politics. In the remake, the communists have been replaced by right wingers posing as left wingers. This is because the dispute between democrats and republicans is one of the maor issues of America today, with each believing the other to be harmul to America.
Also, the subtle card base hypnotism, which may have come off threatning in the era of pavlovian psychology, just come off as ridiculous in an era powered by science. Therefore, they updated the means of control to small microchips, updating to the fear of the goverment always spying.
Trailer: Trailer
Movie:Collateral
Collateral is a movie directed by Michael Mann, featuring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.
The story details sociopathic killer Vincent, (tom cruise) and Cab driver Max, (Jamie Foxx) as they drive around, with Max being forced to escort Vincent to multiple locations to kill people. The main focus of the film seems split, between the killings of Vincent, and the character development between Max and Vincent, as they try to understand each others pasts and goals.
An interesting style of story telling, instead of just have the killings, each killing gives small parts of character to the victims, instead of just gunning down faceless minion. For example the bar owner who Vincent kills. In the build up to his death, we find out the greatest moment of his life, performing with Miles Davis, and his lament that he did not pursue his dreams, a thought that resonates with Max. This allows each part of the film to be a window to more little stories, allowing for a deeper and more organic world rather than a what you see is what you get attitude.
Friday, 8 November 2013
Movie:Manchurian candidate. (1962)
The Manchurian candidate is a 1962 political thriller, detailing the attempts of a medal of honor awardee as he tries to discover what happened in Kuwait, uncovering a political conspiracy along the way.. The plot contains many themes reflective of the times.
The film, had suspenseful presentation of itself, with it's tagline being, ''miss the first 5 minutes and you won't know whats going on'', (paraphrased), as shown by the way the soldiers are captured within the first 5 minutes, and the famous, ''ladies tea party scene'', in the first ten. If someone were to miss these scenes, they would miss crucial parts of the film.
The themes of the film are simple, showing the evil of communism, and how they wish to overthrow the american way. This is shown throughout the film, with many of the villains being Korean, soviet Russian, or just people from the East. This was partially due to the film being produced in the middle of the cold war, causing nation-wide fear of communism.
Also, the theme of the character Iselin, a politician ordered by his wife to accuse politicians of communism being in the department of defence, seems to be based of the U.S senator Joseph McCarthy, a 1950's politician who would frequently accuse political enemies of being communists.
The brainwashing, a major plot point of the film, stems from the fact that during the 1950's, Freud's and Pavlov's works were fairly well known, and the CIA even tried it's own form of mind control experimentation, using techniques such as electrotherapy and LSD. After the Korean war ended, a number of soldiers chose to remain, causing unrest about possible brainwashing, since it was inconceivable that anyone would choose not to come back to America. This was exaggerated in the film, with Shaw being forced to kill his Wife and father in law, who he treasured dearly, under the influence of Communism.
CAMERA WORK
The camera is used to great effect in this movie. To start with, the ''Garden party''. It starts out with camera on the old ladies, before performing a 360 degree shot, ending up back at the real image of the communist gathering. A particularly famous scene, the interrogation between Marco and Shaw, had Marco out of focus, showing audiences the blur between reality and hypnotism for Shaw. In actuality, this is because Sinatra's first performance was out of focus, and the re-shoot wasn't as good. They then left the first one in.
Trailer Video below.
The trailer would attract audiences, by showing seeming unrelated images, including action, and tension, all while warped music plays in the background, with the phrase, ''if you come in 5 minutes late, you won't know what's happening'', coming up twice, building a suspense for the film, with no dialogue being played.
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The film, had suspenseful presentation of itself, with it's tagline being, ''miss the first 5 minutes and you won't know whats going on'', (paraphrased), as shown by the way the soldiers are captured within the first 5 minutes, and the famous, ''ladies tea party scene'', in the first ten. If someone were to miss these scenes, they would miss crucial parts of the film.
The themes of the film are simple, showing the evil of communism, and how they wish to overthrow the american way. This is shown throughout the film, with many of the villains being Korean, soviet Russian, or just people from the East. This was partially due to the film being produced in the middle of the cold war, causing nation-wide fear of communism.
Also, the theme of the character Iselin, a politician ordered by his wife to accuse politicians of communism being in the department of defence, seems to be based of the U.S senator Joseph McCarthy, a 1950's politician who would frequently accuse political enemies of being communists.
The brainwashing, a major plot point of the film, stems from the fact that during the 1950's, Freud's and Pavlov's works were fairly well known, and the CIA even tried it's own form of mind control experimentation, using techniques such as electrotherapy and LSD. After the Korean war ended, a number of soldiers chose to remain, causing unrest about possible brainwashing, since it was inconceivable that anyone would choose not to come back to America. This was exaggerated in the film, with Shaw being forced to kill his Wife and father in law, who he treasured dearly, under the influence of Communism.
CAMERA WORK
The camera is used to great effect in this movie. To start with, the ''Garden party''. It starts out with camera on the old ladies, before performing a 360 degree shot, ending up back at the real image of the communist gathering. A particularly famous scene, the interrogation between Marco and Shaw, had Marco out of focus, showing audiences the blur between reality and hypnotism for Shaw. In actuality, this is because Sinatra's first performance was out of focus, and the re-shoot wasn't as good. They then left the first one in.
Trailer Video below.
The trailer would attract audiences, by showing seeming unrelated images, including action, and tension, all while warped music plays in the background, with the phrase, ''if you come in 5 minutes late, you won't know what's happening'', coming up twice, building a suspense for the film, with no dialogue being played.
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Monday, 4 November 2013
Film genre: Film Noir
Film noir is the term given to a genre of film by french critics to a large group of films released into France by Hollywood between 1941 and 1958. These normally include features such as-
-Lower grade black and white visuals.
-attitudes reminisct of the old crime films of earlier 30's film.
-fast speaking dialouge.
-Normally an anti-hero invlolved.
The film genre took off after world war 2, after the nazi control on France, films were imported from America, whcih sparked France's film development.
As well as this there are other more famous conventions:
Femme fatale: Mysterious and dangerous women. In Noir, Femme Fatales often use lying and/or coercion to acheive their often hidden goals/
Shadows: Lots of shadowing a darkness was used, to create both suspense,and due to low budgets and special effects and they want to hide it, via shadows.
Examples: The big sleep.
The big heat.
-Lower grade black and white visuals.
-attitudes reminisct of the old crime films of earlier 30's film.
-fast speaking dialouge.
-Normally an anti-hero invlolved.
The film genre took off after world war 2, after the nazi control on France, films were imported from America, whcih sparked France's film development.
As well as this there are other more famous conventions:
Femme fatale: Mysterious and dangerous women. In Noir, Femme Fatales often use lying and/or coercion to acheive their often hidden goals/
Shadows: Lots of shadowing a darkness was used, to create both suspense,and due to low budgets and special effects and they want to hide it, via shadows.
Examples: The big sleep.
The big heat.
Monday, 28 October 2013
Costume and props
Who?
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Costume?
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Props
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Darren.
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Basic shirt,
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A rock.
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A pair of Jeans
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A pair of trainers
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Glasses
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Grant
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Hoodie
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A USB stick.
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Jeans
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Trainers
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Shaun
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None.
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Glasses
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Leather Jacket
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Pair of Jeans
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Trainers
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Kaylum
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A hoodie
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Also A UB stick.
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A pair of trainers
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A pair of Jeans.
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Friday, 25 October 2013
Lighting types
Lighting plays a major part is the production of TV and/or films, allowing to express a range of situations, as well as influence the way we see a situation/character. There are multiple types of lighting.
The standard set-up: The standard set-up of lighting in films involves the subject in the centre, surrounded by 3 lights, with the camera in front. At the back is the backlight. On the left hand side of the camera is the reflector/fill, and on the right hand side is the key.
The key light: The key light is the brightest and most important light on the set, putting light on the focus of attention, and illuminates completely.
Back Light: The back light is useful to counter the the key light, and/or creates a silhouette of whatever is standing in front of it, allowing for dramatic effect or anonymity.
Filler light: The filler light removes shadows often caused by using the key and/or back light on the subject, often creating a look of youth.
Under-lighting: Under-lighting is when a light is shined directly under a person, or a persons face, to give an appearance of hugeness, or horror, oft used in thriller and horror films.
Top lighting: Top lighting is the opposite of under-lighting, where a light is shone down on the subject, creating an effect of glamour, or style. Also often used to give a holy look, or to show a god/angel.
Back lighting: Back lighting is when the source of the light is behind the subject. If no other lights are in use, it creates a silhouette. Not to be confused with the back-light.
High key lighting: High key lighting uses more filler light, giving a realistic temperance
Low key lighting: Low key lighting uses only one kind of light, throwing most of the subject into shade. This shows a chiaroscuro effect.
Chiaroscuro: This is the effect of pronouncing effects of light and dark, producing very deep, distinct shaows.
A famous example of this would be the 1922 horror film nostfartu, in which low key lighting creaes massive contrast between the dark and light shades on scene.
The standard set-up: The standard set-up of lighting in films involves the subject in the centre, surrounded by 3 lights, with the camera in front. At the back is the backlight. On the left hand side of the camera is the reflector/fill, and on the right hand side is the key.
The key light: The key light is the brightest and most important light on the set, putting light on the focus of attention, and illuminates completely.
Back Light: The back light is useful to counter the the key light, and/or creates a silhouette of whatever is standing in front of it, allowing for dramatic effect or anonymity.
Filler light: The filler light removes shadows often caused by using the key and/or back light on the subject, often creating a look of youth.
Under-lighting: Under-lighting is when a light is shined directly under a person, or a persons face, to give an appearance of hugeness, or horror, oft used in thriller and horror films.
Top lighting: Top lighting is the opposite of under-lighting, where a light is shone down on the subject, creating an effect of glamour, or style. Also often used to give a holy look, or to show a god/angel.
Back lighting: Back lighting is when the source of the light is behind the subject. If no other lights are in use, it creates a silhouette. Not to be confused with the back-light.
High key lighting: High key lighting uses more filler light, giving a realistic temperance
Low key lighting: Low key lighting uses only one kind of light, throwing most of the subject into shade. This shows a chiaroscuro effect.
Chiaroscuro: This is the effect of pronouncing effects of light and dark, producing very deep, distinct shaows.
A famous example of this would be the 1922 horror film nostfartu, in which low key lighting creaes massive contrast between the dark and light shades on scene.
Monday, 14 October 2013
Genre:Thrillers
Thrillers are a genre of films, and are defined by points such as:
Mood: The most common form of mood used in thrillers are suspense , excitement and anticipation for what comes next. These are often caused by bouts of excitement amid slower paced downtime, which forwards the plot, or constant thrills and action, all while headed towards a dramatic climax. Usually, thrillers are villian driven, with the bad guys dictating every move with superior power/intelligence.
Devices in use: Similar devices occur among most thrillers. Such devices in use include
Red herrings: Red herrings are objects, characters or quotes, used to mislead the protagonist and/or audience into reaching a different conclusion.
Plot twists: Plot twists are usually an event that reveals an event that the protagonist audience did not expect, I.E, a characters death, a betrayal etc.
Sub-genres: There are several kinds of thriller sub-genre, such as:
Psychological thrillers: Psychological thrillers usually take the common thriller formula, but usually have mentally unhinged/unhealthy characters, sometimes even protagonists, and sometime incorporate horror-esque elements in them, such as murderers and sociopaths.
Crime thrillers: Crime thrillers use the the thriller genre in a criminal setting, such as highly intelligent criminals, whom the protagonist must outwit and understand.
Tropes: A common thriller trope is the macguffin, a random plot device that the villains want, wth little contribution or background to the story, existing only to progress the plot, and give the protagonist material goal to work towards.
Mood: The most common form of mood used in thrillers are suspense , excitement and anticipation for what comes next. These are often caused by bouts of excitement amid slower paced downtime, which forwards the plot, or constant thrills and action, all while headed towards a dramatic climax. Usually, thrillers are villian driven, with the bad guys dictating every move with superior power/intelligence.
Devices in use: Similar devices occur among most thrillers. Such devices in use include
Red herrings: Red herrings are objects, characters or quotes, used to mislead the protagonist and/or audience into reaching a different conclusion.
Plot twists: Plot twists are usually an event that reveals an event that the protagonist audience did not expect, I.E, a characters death, a betrayal etc.
Sub-genres: There are several kinds of thriller sub-genre, such as:
Psychological thrillers: Psychological thrillers usually take the common thriller formula, but usually have mentally unhinged/unhealthy characters, sometimes even protagonists, and sometime incorporate horror-esque elements in them, such as murderers and sociopaths.
Crime thrillers: Crime thrillers use the the thriller genre in a criminal setting, such as highly intelligent criminals, whom the protagonist must outwit and understand.
Tropes: A common thriller trope is the macguffin, a random plot device that the villains want, wth little contribution or background to the story, existing only to progress the plot, and give the protagonist material goal to work towards.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Welcome.
This is the start of my media studies blog, discussing the various aspects of making of and end results of films.
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