Camera exercise (Video)

   In this product, we worked our way through different camera angles. this page will show you the different camera angles at different times. First of all, the opening. The opening is a medium shot, showing my shoes, briskly walking, It was originally meant to  be a panning shot of Grant's feet, running, pan to right, follow my feet in a left pan. However, due to this being our first time editing, this was lost. Afterwards,we had a long shot of Grant, as he turned a corner. It then changed to a PoV shot from Grant's point of view. We mostly kept the camera stationary, and followed the movers with the camera.  At the end, we had the camera following Me, since the angle of Grant and the layout of the room, we couldn't perform a decent panning shot.

Narrative

Narrative: Narrative is the sequence of events, more commonly referred to as the plot. Narrative structure is how the story is portrayed to the rest of the audience. This is basic story structure.

Linear: This is the basic, when the plot starts at the beginning, goes through the middle and finishes at the end. Nearly all films follow this structure.

Non-linear:This is when the narrative moves around in an non-linear fashion, such as Quintin Taratino films, for example pulp fiction.

Reversal: Occasionally, films such as memento will do something strange with the chronology, such as put it in reverse, end, middle, start.

A common narrative sequence in linear films are flashbacks, a way to show past events in a normally narrative sound.

Genre

   Genre is the way we define films, dependent on traits present in the films. A few examples of this would be:

Action: Lot's of things happening, no suspense, action, explosions.


Horror: Things few and far between, building up to the climax at the end.

Thriller: Suspensful, things happen relativly frequently.

Lighting exercise (video)

Example as demonstrated here.

Final thriller rough cut.

Rough cut audience feedback.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS.

   The birds, (1963) is one of Hitchcock's most famous works. It was extremely good for the time, with good effects on the birds, using a mixture of real and artificial birds, replaced music with sound effects, and a relatively unknown actress to top it off.  It was one of Hitchcock's most expensive films, costing around £3m, and was the third Hitchcock film to be inspired by the works of Daphne Du Maurier.


   The story of the birds is set over 5 days , following rich girl Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) and lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) during multiple bird attacks on a small town. However, throughout the film there are multiple other narratives, such as Melanie's search for a mother figure, having being rejected earlier by her own., and an overall feeling of helplessness.

An example is the birthday scene





    This Scene shows the mercilessness of the Birds, not discriminating whether they attack men, women or children. The bursting of the balloons is to show the danger of the birds, since they have beaks like knives.

    For music, Hitchcock decided to not use a soundtrack like the other films. He instead opted for sound effects, or diagetic music, to balance out the silences.