filmed establishing shots

We have filmed a few establishing shots in and around school for our film but haven't got any further than that. We also need to get some people to act in our film. We have also edited a few shots and started putting them together.

filmed establishing shots, from storyboards

This week we filmed some establishing shots from the storyboards we did of our film, we then uploaded the shots onto the macs through a firewire cable and edited the shots. 

updated media diary

This week we updated our media diary, finished our storyboards and added notes for sound effects, music,lighting etc…

continued idea and storyboards from previous week

This week we worked in groups to continue with our ideas that we thought of last week but we went into more detail.

made up a story that we are going to film and produce storyboards within the group.

This week we got put into groups of 3 and 4, where we had to make up a story that we are going to film and also produce storyboards within our group.  

watched black christmas

We watched a film called ‘black christmas’ and had to identify why it was classed as a ‘christmas/horror’ genre type of film. 

established genre

This week we continued with our work from last week with establishing genre, but this time we did the work on our own. We drew storyboards for the opening of a film with a certain genre of our choice and had to identify the reasons/features of why it was classed as that type of genre. 

watched the opening of two diferent films(hot fuzz)(sherlock holmes)

We watched the openings of two very different films and had to find out the genres of them, when and where they were set and also who the main character was. We then filled in a sheet that asked us how we identified the certain genres, for example after watching a film that had fighting, police and villains we established that it was a crime/action/drama type of style of film. 

learning about genre

This week we worked in small groups and was given a genre of film to evaluate and write down as many things associated with the type of genre for example if the genre was western we wrote cowboys, horses and guns. 

imovie lesson

This week we worked in the same group as last week. We imported all of our footage onto the mac and edited it on imovie. We then went to film a few ore shots to import onto the mac, we then put the extra shots into our film and edited it, we also cut the bits of footage that we didn’t need off. We used the camera to film our shots. We used a firewire to import our footage from the camera onto the mac. We also used a tripod to keep the camera steady and at the right angle. We used the 180 degree rule in our footage and also shot reverse shot. 
This screen shot shows Imovie that we used on week 5.

started filming preliminary task

Today we started our preliminary task. We drew a basic storyboard sequence including three rules. We used cameras, tripods and tapes, which we set up ourselves. We then filmed our sequence, when we got back to the classroom we rewound our tape, edited the footage and then dissembled the camera set up. 

This is our short preliminary task, showing me walking into a room, crossing the room, sitting down on a chair and then talking to hannah.

180 degree rule lesson

Today I learned about match on match action, we also drew our storyboards. I found this quite easy and enjoyable. I also uploaded the photos onto the computer and produced examples of match on match action, 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot. 

This first shot shows the 180 degree rule.

This second shot shows the shot reverse shot rule.

This third shot shows the match on match action rule.

The next few shots ae an example of the continuity editing rule where basically you film a scene in different angles and they are edited into a continuity sequence.

Photo editing lesson

This week I learned how to use iphoto and how to edit the photos. I also imported the photos onto the computer and edit them. 

learned about shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and the different techniques.

In my lessons I learned about shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and also created our own storyboards and learned the different techniques in media. I have also learned how to use iphoto. I took photos on a camera to create a story where I had to import photos and also edit them. I used shot reverse shot in my images.