Shot Types

there are several shot types that you can use in film. most of the are listed here:

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/

or there is a key list of the most commonly used such as those listed in the video here:

The shot you use can determine how the audience perceives your piece, whether you use a low angle to give a character power or a high angle to take it away. 

Context Examples :

> We used a low angle mid length shot of feet walking along the corridor to give power to the character with the briefcase.

it can also be used to portray how the conversation is set out between a group, how the power balance is set or the general emotion/feel of a piece.

Context Example:

> We used close ups on the faces of the two characters involved in the conversation to show the emotions

>we used a high angle down shot from the P.O.V of the person who carried in the briefcase to shoe that they had the power in the conversation.

CREATIVITY

Initial thoughts-
My initial thoughts were that creativity had to be origional and never before seen. however, when we talked in class we saw how much of our inspiration had been inspired by others being inspired ( i know it's a bit of a mouthful but go with it!) so it wsan't really about reating something new but more about seeing something that people think is complete and then improving on it.

Our definition of creativity-
An aim to explore expression and external influences(e.g. upbringing,surrounding environment and existing products) that don't necissarialy need to be origional. to do something you don't see everyday, that provokes a reaction and solves an existing problem.

We also studied 4 questions to do with creativity and these were our answers:

1) What is your inspiration? where does it come from?
> you can be inspired by anything
> the things around you
> other people
> what other people have already done
> movies, people, music

2) How can you develop your creativity?
> by collaberating with other people
> by building on what you hav done before
> by finding inspiration
> trying to be different
> thinking differently ( trying to find a solution to something that doesn't yet have one)
> by thinking outside of the box

3)Is creativity a skill? can it be developed?
YES-
> as you develop creativity you ideas become better
> the more you see as you grow, can develop new ideas and also improve your creativity
> you can develop creativity by using your imagination, everyone's creativity is different in their own way.
NO-
> it's something that is there, and is not a skill that can be improved upon.creativity is with in your perception.however,it can be developed by inspiration.

4)When are you most creative?
> When you have just woken up ( the alpha stage)
> In you dreams
> When I'm listening to instrumental music
> Just before i go to sleep
> ANYTIME

Breakdown/describe the creative process when you wen to make you first short film, Where did your creative ideas come from?

I first listed all of the ideas and thoughts that i had when i thought about creativity, i then mapped them and wondered how easy it would be to do these on my phone e.g. what different elements would I need to include to give it the right feeling. We then discussed as a group, what sounds we wanted it to have, where we wanted to film, and what point of view it was going to be from. the final 'Pre' element was filming the different shots that we needed in order to meet the brief that we had been set. We looked at examples of the different shot types that we used e.g. Pulp Fiction, to see how we could 'style the scene'. we did this through listing the shots and story boarding how we wanted them to all look.

Shot, Reverse Shot

Definition-
Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then, the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

The process to create it-
we saw some still of the scene before creating it so as a natural assumption we used some of the same shots which lead to a natural process as these two shots comined with a master shot ,( both of the acctors in the frame talking across a table, the most common when filming a direct conversation) makes up the shot, reverse shot.

The effect-
The three differnet parts allow the audiene to know more about the cene than they would think. th aster shot sets the scene telling the audience where they are. then the switch to close up shots which tell us what their actual emoions are aswell as giving us a good visual on the individual characters.

review on the first edit of our prelim task

What we have learnt how to use in regards to technology:
> Different camera shots( in our piece we've used a whole rage of shot types. These include, wide, close up and panning shots)
> Final cut pro (we learnt how the render, how to change raw footage into format that would be easier to ues of final cut pro and how to perform basic funtions like inputting and cutting footage on final cut pro.)
> Continuity
> Use of Apple software
> Exporting video from final cut pro
> Linking headers and footers with match on action
> Linking different shot types
> How to get the lighting right for the shot
> How to set up and use a steadycam
> How to change the lenses and generally use a canon camera to optimize the shot type that you want (e.g. 35 mm lenses for a wide shot)

What new theory techniques have we learnt to use:
> Script writing
> Storyboarding
> Shot type lists
> Shooting in the right location
> Planning costumes to put the characters across in the right way
> Dressing the sets right
> Using free time effectively

Questions:
> How to colour grade a video?
> How to blend sound over video before the picture comes in?
> How do you get special effects on Final cut pro?
> How do we create a split screen on Final cut pro?
> How do you layer in and cut music to where you want on Final cut pro?

Romantic Meal

This is a romantic meal scene. This is another part from the mise en scene task that we had to do in our last lesson with miss warner .

The first aspect of this would be the props the general props e.g. Plates, cups, table+chair layouts, they obviously show that this is a restaurant scene and then the low lighting and candle make it seem more romantic. 

If I was to improve it then I would have no natural light on it then I would light the candle as it would make it seem more "intense" and thus more romantic. 

  

Re-film 10-10-2013

We've just finished filming for our prelim task. We got close up, wide and action shots which will hopefully improve the overall piece. Lookin forward to getting the editing done and finally getting it to look how we really want it to !! 

Crime scene

This Is a picture of the crime scene shot that we set up in class 

We decided to have a dated scene which is explained through the props ( old books, typewriter, candle instead of electric lighting) all of these add to setting the olden scene. We also made sure that the lighting was dark to suggest he feeling of danger through the darkness. In addition I added a filter on my phone which made the photograph to look aged and reiterate the place in time that we wanted to set the piece in. Finally, we hid the gun from view as to create mystery and to make it perhaps more shocking when you finally notice it.