Editing

MONDAY, 24 APRIL 2017

Editing

24/04/17
L/O: Understand how the editing of different shots can create and change the meaning of a scene or film.

EDITING:

- Editing is selecting, combining and ordering shots to add meaning and continuity.

Elements of editing:

- Cutting

- Transitions

- Pace and Length of the shot

- Rhythm

- CGI (Computer Generated Images) & Animation

Cutting - In joining one shot to another, an editor can use many different cuts.

Cutting on action - (Match on Action) - A cut that follows whatever is happening in the scene.

Cutaway - Use the cutaway to get inside the head of a character, insert shot.

Cross Cutting (Parallel Editing) - Intercuts in-between locations, or two different scenes which are supposed to be happening at the same time. Also used to show whats going on inside the characters head.

Straight Cut - A basic cut from one scene to another with no transitions.

Jump Cut - Several cuts between the same shot. Also used to add a level of urgency. Shows time passing by.

Match Cut (Graphic Match) - Cuts from one shot to a similar shot by matching the action or composition.

Eye line Match - When it cuts between someone looking at something to what they're looking at.

Shot reverse shot - Used to show conversation or dialogue between two or more people.

Transitions -

Fade in / Fade out - Fade in or out to black or white, Suggests time has passed.

Dissolve - Often shows time passing, but normally to connect two scenes.

Wipe - To show it moves between scenes more, theres a definite change of place.

Mise-En-Scene

04/04/17

• Mise-En-Scene is a French term meaning what is put into a scene or frame.
• Visual information in front of a camera.
• Communicates essential information to the audience.
• Made up of five different elements:

1. Setting and Props
2. Costume, Hair and Makeup
3. Facial expressions and Body Language
4. Lighting and Colour
5. Position of Characters and objects within the frame               

Setting and Props:

Setting and Locations play an important part in film making and are not just 'backgrounds'

Sets are either built from scratch or a great deal of time is spent to find a setting which already exists.

Settings can manipulate an audience by building certain expectations and then taking a different turn.

What settings and Props would you find in:

• Sci-fi: Space, Lab, Futuristic weapons, technology
• Romantic comedy:Everyday locations, flowers, room
• Horror: Dark rooms, a weapon

Costume, Hair, Makeup:

Acts as an instant indicate to us of a characters personality.

• Businessman
• Strict
• Boring
• Everything about work
• Could be a lawyer
• Smart

Facial Expressions and Body Language:

Provide a clear indicator of how someone is feeling.

Positioning of characters and objects within a friend:

Lighting and Colour
Can be used to achieve a variety of effects
Types of lighting:

• Low key lighting- deep, distinct shadows/silhouettes are formed (Horror)
• High key lighting-Produce brightly lit sets or a sunny day (Rom Com)

The scene looks like an action film because it has a big boat and loads of people. The location is like a deserted island with a big jungle and loads of rocks. It uses high key lighting as its a sunny day.

This is a scene from Gossip Girl. You can tell just from the costumes with the suits and the nice clothes that they are rich and stylish. Their facial expressions are neutral and give the impression that they are quite serious. The girl on the left looks quite girly with her skirt and her bag and the one in the middle has quite a gothic look. She has a sly smile on her face. The two guys at the end look like business men that are smartly dressed whereas the guy in-between the girls looks like a more laid back character.

The Setting and Props show how wealthy they are, they have a tidy and large home with big windows. The location is the upper east side of New York. The props are expensive, huge bouquets of flowers. The lighting is light which shows its not a horror programme, its a drama.

Genre Conventions

3L\O: To implement genre codes and conventions.
20/04/17
   

       Director:Francis Ford Coppola

       Title: Ten in Ten
       Genre: Crime

       Main Character profile: 

             Name:Mr Hector Rockatansky

             Age: 39

             Occupation: Pshyciatrist

             Lives: New York

       Appearance: Small, Strong, Broad, Brown hair, Tanned

        Main Characters/Actors:

               Hector Rockatansky-

               Naomi Sweet- Leanne 

               Kate Parkes- Katlyn 

               Killer-?????

Main Plot:

Bodies have turned up all over New York and everyone is scared. There has been 10 murders in 10 week all committed with a gun, and still nobody has a clue who the murderer is.
Mr Hector Rockatansky is a psychiatrist. He doesn't know it yet but he is the only one who can stop the violent killer.
When his niece, Kate Parkes, is kidnapped, Mr Rockatansky finds himself in the middle of the investigation. His only clue is a voice recording.
He enlists the help of a smart actor called Naomi Sweet.
Naoimi needs to help Rockatansky solve who the killer is and find his niece before the deadly killer strikes again... 

Genre Conventions

L/O: Explore Genre codes and Conventions.
Monday 27th March 2017

Chick-Flick

Genre Conventions:

1. Colour scheme-Pink
2.  Cliques
3. Teenagers
4. Relationships
5. Stereotypes
6. School

Directors:

1. Jason Moore- Pitch Perfect
2. viestars
3. Christian Ditter- Love Rosie

Chick Flick movie stars:

1. Amanda Seyfried
2. Jennifer Aniston

3 Blockbuster films:

1. Pitch Perfect
2. Mama Mia
3. Legally Blonde

Set in a school. Typical cliques with the singing groups. Main girl falls in love with boy. 

Main girl loves pink, rich teenager. Goes to school to be with boy. Falls in love with boy. 

Teenage girl getting married, wants to find her dad. Close to her mum.

Films teenagers would prefer:

1. Mean Girls
2. Pitch Perfect
3. Love Rosie

Five things to make genre popular:

1. Cliques
2.  Main Girl and Boy
3. Teenagers
4. Pop Musc
5. Drama

Social Issue Related film:

Love Rosie is about a girl called Rosie who gets pregnant when she's 18 but the dad leaves her so she has to bring up the child on her own as he thinks they're too young. He returns about five years later wanting to be with her again.

 

Recipe for a Chick Flick trailer:

Ingredients:

• A Pretty Teenage Girl
• A Fit Boy of the same age or older
• Setting like a school
• Cliques with Stereotypes
• Something Pink

Method:

1. Enrol the teenage girl into a new school.
2. Get her to meet the populars who introduce her to the cliques
3. Meet the Fit boy of the school
4. They get together
5. Problem solved

Film Genre

L/O: To Explore the concept of Film genre.  23/03/03

Film Genres:

• Horror
• Comedy
• Romance
• Chick flick
• Thriller
• Sci-f
• Action
• Adventure
• Mystery
• Crime
• Documentary
• Animation
• Family
• War
• Musical
• Fantasy
• Teen
• Western

Hybrid is the combination to two genres, e.g. Rom-Com.

Sub genre is a way of classifying types of film within a genre. For example the horror genre is so big, it has lots of sub genres.

Horror films:

• Lights out
• Annabelle
• Paranormal activity
• Friend request
• Clown
• Chucky
• The exorcist
• Pshyco
• The reef

Sub Genres- Supernatural, gore, zombies.

Genre: Chick Flick:

• Mean Girls
• The Duff
• The fault in our stars
• Clueless
• Legally blonde
• Pitch Perfect
• The hot chick
• Mama mia
• Bride wars 
• Chalet girls
• Love wrecked
• Uptown girls
• Love Rosie
• What to expect when you're expecting

Sub genres of chick flick-

Rom Com

Drama

Family

Conventions of horror:

Creepy music

Low key lighting

Colour scheme (Red Black etc)

Special effects
Repetition of certain words
Victim-female usually

BBC School Report 2017

Click here for link to final report.

DIRT: New Report

  REPORT DIRT:
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