A Level Media MEST 2

·          3 minute rough cut status: rough cut delivered on time (visuals) – audio still to be added. ·          Comments on current filming: a lot of the editing is very, very good – really nice pace to the scene when the victim is bundled into the car. The one issue that may hold you back slightly is focus – particularly the longer dialogue shot of your character on the floor looking up. If this was a couple of seconds I wouldn’t be too worried but it’s actually quite an extensive shot. You could either re-shoot or re-edit and include more shots from other angles to hide the focus issue on the top-down shot. ·          The in-car shots just felt a bit weird – shooting over the shoulder by the door seems a strange choice when you have the option of shooting over the other should out the middle of the windscreen. Similarly, the camerawork is a bit too shaky when filming the dashboard. Look over these again to add a bit of stability and focus to this scene. ·          The main is

WWW: You start well and your camerawork answer is around a B grade. You're clearly revised some of the terminology but need to make it more consistent. EBI: Must focus on the question... use the key words in the question in the question in each paragraph. lack of media terminology in place lack of depth to answers. What impact is it having on the audience? Answer the question and offer ideas from more than one perspective- different interpretations. Spelling, punctuation and grammar is poor  Time management / stamina : Q3 and 4 significantly worse than Q1 and 2 Mark-22 Grade E

For this Preliminary Exercise, I was working with Karol and had to make a small clip that included match-on-action, the 180-degree rule and shot/reverse shots. Our narrative for this clip was a character walking through a door and exchanging dialogue with a different character. Planning process  In my opinion, planning this short clip was one of our biggest weakness because of miscommunication. We decided to make the storyboard first so that we knew what type of shots we had as well as knowing if we have used the three main shots which are  match-on-action, the 180-degree rule and shot/reverse shots. I decided to make the storyboard while Karol established the time we were going to met up.  The storyboard that we used wasn't that specific so when we filmed, we could have changed some shot angles or change the order of the clips. Moreover, we hadn't made a script for the dialogue so when we were shooting, we were under pressure to make up something. When doing this for my r

Apocalypse Now - Opening Sequence The clip that I will be analysing is Apocalypse Now which was a movie made in 1979 about the Vietnam war. This clip I have used is from the opening scene from the movie. In the first minute of the clip, there aren't any transitions involved but there is a mise en scene of a jungle. A few helicopters past the camera make the shot foggier. There aren't any transition as the director and editor are trying to keep the audience interested, they do this by having a few helicopters go by which will raise questions to the audience mind and create mystery as we only see half of them. The sound that is added afterwards in the post also used to help create a stronger narrative, is very peacefully and has synergy with the jungle which symbolises peace. As nothing happens for a whole 1, which is unusual in modern films today, which creates a lot of tension. Just when the explosion happens, the first words are "this is the end" which will te

I have decided to use Star Wars opening scene for 1977. The very first clips used in the opening sequence is credits and an introduction from text on-screen. it summarises what has happened in the past so all the audience is at the same point. After that, the camera tilts downwards to give an establishing shot so the audience watching knows the setting which is outer space. Following that, from the top right you see a star cruiser which will assure the audience that the movie is SI-FI . A few second after that we see a large spacecraft that is shot for a low angle of the ship. This means that the size different from the two is immense as it takes half of the screen when the first spacecraft only took a small area. The next shot, which is still an establishing shot, put the audience right in front of the action so they release that there is some sort of conflict happening. The bigger craft is always shown from a low angle to show the power that it has over the small craft. After t

WWW: The work on your blog is solid and you’re pretty much up-to-date. There’s been a lot of work already so it is important to be keeping up with it. For the mise-en-scene video analysis, although the writing needs work the choice of clip is interesting – being aware of texts such as the Grand Tour (and all the Clarkson history that is important in British TV currently) will serve you well in Media. EBI: There are a few things we need to work on straight away. Firstly, although you’ve got the vast majority of work on there you do need to catch up with a couple of things: firstly, there is no film noir research linked to the lighting task and secondly although you’ve typed up your sound video feedback you haven’t completed the LR – judging your video against those you felt were the top three in the class. Your first task is to go back and post what’s missing. My main concern currently is your written English – it is nowhere near A Level standard. Your spelling is poor – you