During this task I have learnt lots
of new skills that I have never come across or used before an example of this
would be camera skills. The camera that we used was Sam T’s camera which was
Canon DSLR model that had lots of different new technology that we used which
was excellent to record with because I had lots of memory for lots of shots,
good zoom ability and picture quality because we wanted to make sure the
audience could see the footage well for example the finished product was very
good because the film ran smooth with no outrageous cuts, it was a clear
picture so it was easy for the audience to view. I have learnt about all the
different camera angles for example in our thriller opening we used a wide
range that consisted of high and low angle shots, both extreme long and close
ups which I have used for the first time in media. We used the different shots
to make our piece of media more effective. In our media thriller task we wanted
to make sure that we had a wide range of shots so it looked professional and we
showed that we have lots of skills and we could put forward our knowledge into
the final product. When making the product I have come across a lot of new
skills, programmes and items being a media student for example tripods and
other various equipment that is used when filming to make sure we get perfect
shots. Different programme software’s where we used to edit the clips and make
the film flow and final sticking to media rules to make sure the shots don’t
jump to confuse the audience for example using the 180 rule, golden mean and
different techniques to make sure our piece of media was effective.
we used the camera when taking the
different shots to test what locations would be the best so we has a play
around in different areas of the
location to see where the best lighting was then we took a couple of takes on
each section we recorded to make sure that at least one of the shots we had
taken was perfect the reason we did this multiple times was because we wanted
to make sure each shot was clear, there was no shacking from the camera and
there was no interference.
Another skill that we had to use was the
acting skills of the people who played part as the protagonist to make them
look worried and scared, as on the other hand we wanted the soldiers to look
powerful an if they had no fear. We knew that in the group we had some people
with past experience that did drama (Glen and Sam H) this helped us out because
they took big roles in the acting section because they did their part very well
because Sam H took the role of the protagonist which he played very well
because he controlled the part and did a good job. The same with Glen because
he took the role of the leader of the soldier where he was always at the front
and taking control of the soldiers.
When it came to the editing we all had
ago using the technology on the as a
team I thought that was the best decision because we could give our points and
someone of the team could edit something on the same lines. The programme we
edited our media on was on iMovie because it had various tools that we used to
cut, rearrange, edit and change the order. The reason we used iMovie was
because it was easy to transfer the clips of a memory card straight onto the
Mac. We used the different effect to change between each shot to show the
effect of the screen flashing which was used to show the audience that it might
be a flash back happening as it changes throughout the shots. Other technology
that we used was ‘Youtube’ because we shared our work on there so people could
view it, like it and give it a comment which was good because we can see if the
video is popular. The final piece of technology that we used was ‘Blogger’ to
post all out research and planning about the film so we could refer to our plan
if we needed to.
This shot is a screenshot that we
took of the Mac to show how we uploaded our music to the film we edited in the
music that was created by one of the group members that we had to put in and
make sure the music was timed correctly. It went well with the thriller so I am
very happy with the music because it starts off slow and as the tension builds
up in the film for example the soldiers moving in and searching the music also
picks up at the same time which makes the audience uncomfortable because they
know something is going to happen. The use of diegetic sound which is not
natural sound that contains lots of different pitches from high to low and
different tempos from slow to fast to show the changes in the film. The final
piece of technology that we used was that we shared our film and put it onto ‘YouTube’
this meant that we could see if film was good or not from our viewers. This is
a good way to find out reliable feedback because we know the people who would
give use feedback which can help us improve on an area which might need
improving.
Theses shots that I have taken from the Macs shows how we
edited our Thriller opening because in this shot it shows how we brought titles
to the front to show them on the shot, a film that did this was the ‘Lone
Survivor’ because the titles were over the shots in the corners so the
characters and companies that were involved in the films so we use the tools on
the Mac to position the title on the screen. This shot is shows the Editing options where we changed the
transition of the slides as they changed because it was original and the shots
just moved onto the next clip with no effect we decided to add in a flash
effect to go between the shots to show that it is a flash back and to make the
transition more affective. This was a good too; because you could simply choose
which effect we wanted, dragged it into position and put how long it lasted. So
we had a fade to white affect that lasted 0.1 s which created a very quick
flash.
This final shot that I have got shows the
transitions that we used on the clips was the tool that edited the lighting of
the shot so we could add more light to the Mise en scene because in some shots
the light was dark and we struggled to see some of the characters because they
were wearing black so you could barely see them. This too; was very effective
because without it some of the shots would have been impossible to use.
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