How to use Sound? What to consider?

Sound?

It can be used to create tension, confusion and atmosphere in the clip.

Things to consider in our film:

-Problems with mixing? voice over?
-incidental music/sound effects
-layering and levels
-timing
-What impact / effect do you want it to have in your film? How much do you want it to be noticed?
-Used for tension? jump scares? use of silence?


In our film we are using quite contrapuntal sound as well as non-diegetic and diegetic sound.

we plan on using these to get a wider feel of atmosphere in our film. The diegetic makes the natural bits sound natural whereas through editing, we can make sounds sound more intense and eery by adding non-diegetic sound.

"A touch of Frost" Asessment practise

In "A Touch of Frost" disability can be portrayed through the mise-en-scene. In the scene, the character "Billy" who appears to have Down syndrome has numerous wounds on his face. This creates a sense of sympathy towards the character. This is different than it would be to an abled-bodied person as a viewer would just assume that they got up to trouble and that they were an evil character. By portraying Billy with cuts on his face could make an audience feel sorry for him because he is a disabled person who is injured and a viewer would be concerned about his wellbeing.

A high-angled shot is also presented in the clip as Frost talks to Billy’s parents, the lighting is low-key with only Frost and Billy’s father being shown in the light. These two features create a nervous and anxious atmosphere which shows that the detective doesn’t know quite how to handle Billy. The high-angled shot makes the characters inside the shot seem small and inferior, as if making the detective look less professional. By having low key lighting it suggest that Billy’s parents don’t have much money, this could suggest that they are struggling to make a living and care for Billy which gives the impression that caring for a disabled person is difficult and can make life hard for parents.

As Frost goes to talk to Billy he automatically seems to talk down to him at first, he pronounces his words simply, slowly and more higher pitched than usual as if Billy cannot understand him if he was to talk normally. This would be different than if he was to speak to an abled-bodied person as he might sound more interrogative and passive-aggressive. By speaking in a slow and calm tone Frost is still doing his job a as a detective by getting the answers he needs but the way he speaks to Billy suggests that he thinks will not be able to understand things as well as an able bodied person.  

As Billy walks through the forest, a long shot is seen to be used as he dusts himself down and walks with a slightly arched back. From this, we see that Billy is acting suspiciously and uncommon to what a disabled person may do. This in turn creates a sense of mystery and an unsettling atmosphere in what is going on in Billy’s mind. The non-diegetic music in the background is sinister and mysterious which suggest that something bad is about to happen and Billy is in some way caught up in it.



From this assessment, we can get more of an understanding on how to develop our characters in our own thrillers.  In our thriller, the main character, Rosa, is a serial killing psychopath.

through mental disability, we are able to develop her character further and make her seem more believable

Moved groups?

Hello, everyone, due to complications in my last group, I moved away to a new group.

Group Chat!

We decided to create a group chat to discuss our ideas outside of lesson!

First step to our Thriller opening - Permission!

 

Our group came up with ideas for our Thriller opening. One idea was to create a period thriller in which we asked if Hardwick Hall if we could use their facilities. Unfortunately, the reply that came back was disappointing. So we are going back to the drawing board!

Our Trip to Sheffield Hallam and viewing of "Speed Sisters"

Screenplays

The difference between a Script and a screenplay is that scripts are for the theatre and screenplays are for film.

For example, scripts may have stage directions and screenplays have camera shots.

Screenplays don't usually decide music, that is left to post-production

The Screenplay comes first and the Story board comes after.

The screenplay is the first thing that is presented to a producer


Upon reading the screenplay of Jaws, it is clear to see that the information provided there is highly detailed, this is to show that the screenwriter is very keen on building a picture in the producer's mind on exactly what they want and to create a clear picture inside the producer's mind before they begin to film and produce the film/TV show

The use of the screenplay is a lot different to what is actually put into the film. Although I lot of detail and time has put into the screenplay, a lot of it is cut out of the actual film.
This is because one page of screenplay should equal one minute of film




When writing a screenplay/ script

-Include location, setting and time of day
-Introduce key characters, short description of who they are/ what they look like.
-Include key dialogue between  characters  and details of his actions and expressions
-include details of where the camera is in each scene.

Types of Lighting

Types of lighting

3-point Fill Lighting   

3 light creates a ‘normal looking’ scene with soft shadows and normal colours.

3 lights are set up across the object.   

Chiaroscuro lighting

Is characterised by harsh lighting that creates an extreme contrast between different areas of the shot. Used commonly in black and white.

High Key Lighting

Uses harsh, bright light to reduce contrast in a scene to make it look white washed and does not show any showdown.

Back lighting

Lighting from behind the scene is lit directly from behind in order to create a silhouette.  Common in romantic films






 

Natural Lighting

Light coming from the sun, but also lights  with a yellow tinge or white hue. Used in combination of 3-point fill.



 

Artificial lighting

Lighting coming from man-made light sources. (Torch, phone light..ect…)

Title Analysis of Crimson Peak using "Art of the title."

How Gender is represented in "The Fall"

Although I completed this as part of my study of the representation of gender for my AS exam, it is relevant to the my coursework as, in planning for this, I will need to consider how the representation of gender is constructed through the use of camera shots, mise-en-scene, editing and sound. This will hopefully enable me to represent characters in a variety of different ways in my film opening.

Evaluation Task

Blooper Reel!!

Location pictures!

 Hello everyone! Finally I have the location photos obtained from Beth. As you can see, we have photographed the school corridors to get the professional atmosphere for our video.

The final result of our Preliminary task!

SELFIE!

We began filming today! To improve our continuity, I took a selfie of my make-up, done by the fabulous Sidonie Wells :) Gruesome, right?

Post production to Utopia

Utopia in has been noted by the media to have a very comic-book like appearance in it's style.


It is said in an article published by "Wired Magazine." that a lot of the shots were colour edited previously in post production to produced the iconic look.


Muden reports: "It's the equivalent of when they used to hand-paint photos in the Edwardian times," says Munden. "So, we choose certain colours like yellow and turquoise and paint them into the shots afterwards.


It was reported that when shooting , the sky wasn't always as blue as it is shown in the series, it was in fact musky british weather, with the grass a lot less green than shown in the series and a blue van being transformed into a yellow van.

Introduction to Preliminary Task

So our first physical task in media is to film ourselves "opening a door, walking into a room and exchanging a few lines of dialog between two characters."


Me, Sid and Beth are working on a spy film, filled with torture and interrogation!


One of the key shooting features crucial our task is a successful attempt of the 180 degree rule, which basically makes continuity a lot smoother and also makes filming a lot more sense to the viewer.


Over the shoulder shots, long shots and establishing shots are being use to create the relationship between the two characters and also the frightening scene portrayed in the clip.


Wish us all luck!

Filming for 3 hours?

So, yesterday me and Sid stayed behind after school for 3 hours to earn the 17  seconds of our opening to our primilary task. ( yay ) I have to say however, we were pleased with our results despite having to spend ages on YouTube trying to figure out the editing software. ( nightmare! )

Negative sides include having to retake shots as they were too shaky and acting for classrooms to be free

Different Camera Shots

 Long shot using the rule of thirds

 Close up using Rule of Thirds

 A Long shot and medium shot using leading lines 

 Low angled shot


Three different views of the same shot

 Extreme close up

 Longs shot using background 

 Establishing shot

 Tilted angle

 Over the shoulder shot

A Welcome?

Hello everyone who's reading, a very big welcome to you.

This marks my first post into my media journey which will last throughout the year.

Throughout this year, you will witness my progress and ( hopefully not) failure.

None the less, I'm a big media fan, I admittedly made a few speed draw videos in which have been submitted onto YouTube  (Amy Nayancat, in case you wanted to know, just note that the art is terrible ) with this, I admit to using Window's movie maker and OBS screen recorder....but that's pretty much it.

Recent updates coming up onto the blog will involve my first task to make a 2 and a half minute film opening, I'm riddled with ideas! ( hopefully I'm not too bossy with other students)

Anyway, that's a wrap! See you soon!

Preliminary Story Board