I chose to research James Wan, who is a director in the horror genre. I investigated the films he has directed and similar styles which are shown in these films. I used the website Glogster to display my findings.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Conducting Genre Research
Firstly, I used the website Kizoa to create a timeline of the Horror genre and its history. I gained information from Wikipedia.
This activity has given me an insight to how the horror genre has developed over the years. For my final product I will be creating a horror therefore this research will help me to think of a conventional storyline and subject matter.
This activity has given me an insight to how the horror genre has developed over the years. For my final product I will be creating a horror therefore this research will help me to think of a conventional storyline and subject matter.
Preliminary Task
I worked in a group to create the preliminary task. Together, we discussed what each shot would look like and created a storyboard. The shot-list and storyboard can be seen in the file below, which I uploaded to Slideshare.
Here is the video we created:
We then created a mock news report to evaluate our product:
Here is the video we created:
We then created a mock news report to evaluate our product:
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Match on Action
Match on action is an editing technique which is used to show an action from two different view points. The shots are edited in a way so that the action appears seamless, which will create continuity for the audience.
In class we were assigned a task which would display an example of how match on action is used. For our activity we were asked to film someone walking through a door; firstly walking up to the door and beginning to open it, then the second shot would be from inside the room they have walked in to. We decided to film two girls walking through the corridors in school whilst having a casual conversation. I created a birdseye view sketch on Paint as a plan for where I would place the camera and where the characters would be.
The video above shows my group's example of match on action. The actresses were Ishpreet Sundal and Ranjana Nisanth. The first shot was filmed by Chloe Connell, and the second shot was filmed by myself. I then edited the shots together using iMovie.
Whilst I was filming the scene, it didn't seem very difficult. I already knew where to place the cameras and where the actresses were going since this was previously planned. Therefore all I had to do was click the record button to start filming the sequence. However when it came to editing the two shots together, I noticed that Chloe and I had not filmed all of the takes simultaneously. This meant that it became difficult to synchronise the shots as they did not match. I decided to use shots from two alternative takes which were fairly similar, however the dialogue in the two shots does not match. In the future, when using more than one camera I will make sure that they are definitely both filming at the same time so that the problem doesn't occur again.
In class we were assigned a task which would display an example of how match on action is used. For our activity we were asked to film someone walking through a door; firstly walking up to the door and beginning to open it, then the second shot would be from inside the room they have walked in to. We decided to film two girls walking through the corridors in school whilst having a casual conversation. I created a birdseye view sketch on Paint as a plan for where I would place the camera and where the characters would be.
The video above shows my group's example of match on action. The actresses were Ishpreet Sundal and Ranjana Nisanth. The first shot was filmed by Chloe Connell, and the second shot was filmed by myself. I then edited the shots together using iMovie.
Whilst I was filming the scene, it didn't seem very difficult. I already knew where to place the cameras and where the actresses were going since this was previously planned. Therefore all I had to do was click the record button to start filming the sequence. However when it came to editing the two shots together, I noticed that Chloe and I had not filmed all of the takes simultaneously. This meant that it became difficult to synchronise the shots as they did not match. I decided to use shots from two alternative takes which were fairly similar, however the dialogue in the two shots does not match. In the future, when using more than one camera I will make sure that they are definitely both filming at the same time so that the problem doesn't occur again.
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Practising the 180° Rule and Shot Reverse Shot
In the task below, I will be displaying an example of the 180° rule and Shot Reverse Shot.
The 180° rule is an editing technique used to maintain continuity to the audience.
This rule requires that when filming one person facing another, you should imagine that there is a line of vision in between them, as shown in the diagram above (taken from http://alystyr.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/srs.jpg?w=656&h=468), and you are not allowed to cross this line. This is so that when editing, it doesn't become confusing for the audience as the people denoted will be looking in the right direction.
Shot reverse shot is an editing technique to show one point of view and then the following shot will show the opposite point of view. For example, when filming two people having a conversation, the first shot would show person A, then the next shot would show person B. This technique is used in editing to eliminate transitioning in one shot and to create a faster pace.
In class, we worked in small groups to create our own example of how the 180° rule and Shot Reverse Shot are used.
The video above shows how I edited together the clips to show both techniques. The shots go back and forth between each character so that the audience can see who's speaking in the conversation. Moreover the use of the 180° rule shows that each characters stay on the desired side of the screen so that it doesn't appear confusing to the audience.
Additionally, we decided to use a tripod to control the steadiness of the camera. We filmed one character all the way through, then the other all the way through, then I edited it so that the Shot Reverse shot effect was created. We decided to do this to ensure continuity was kept and to eliminate confusion between placement of characters. Furthermore, the editing shows a seamless conversation between two characters.
In the future I will make sure I watch out for the lighting in each shots, because the lighting is different on each camera. This might look like the characters are in different places even though they're not. In the future, I will look out for how the lighting appears in each shot.
The 180° rule is an editing technique used to maintain continuity to the audience.
This rule requires that when filming one person facing another, you should imagine that there is a line of vision in between them, as shown in the diagram above (taken from http://alystyr.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/srs.jpg?w=656&h=468), and you are not allowed to cross this line. This is so that when editing, it doesn't become confusing for the audience as the people denoted will be looking in the right direction.
Shot reverse shot is an editing technique to show one point of view and then the following shot will show the opposite point of view. For example, when filming two people having a conversation, the first shot would show person A, then the next shot would show person B. This technique is used in editing to eliminate transitioning in one shot and to create a faster pace.
In class, we worked in small groups to create our own example of how the 180° rule and Shot Reverse Shot are used.
The picture above displays the placement of our camera, and how one character stands on the left and another on the right. We made sure that we kept the camera within an imaginary semi-circle and didn't move the camera to behind where the characters are standing. This was to ensure that the characters appear to be facing in one direction and don't look they're switching positions, as this would be confusing to the audience.
The video above shows how I edited together the clips to show both techniques. The shots go back and forth between each character so that the audience can see who's speaking in the conversation. Moreover the use of the 180° rule shows that each characters stay on the desired side of the screen so that it doesn't appear confusing to the audience.
Additionally, we decided to use a tripod to control the steadiness of the camera. We filmed one character all the way through, then the other all the way through, then I edited it so that the Shot Reverse shot effect was created. We decided to do this to ensure continuity was kept and to eliminate confusion between placement of characters. Furthermore, the editing shows a seamless conversation between two characters.
In the future I will make sure I watch out for the lighting in each shots, because the lighting is different on each camera. This might look like the characters are in different places even though they're not. In the future, I will look out for how the lighting appears in each shot.
Introduction
My name is Bryony Johnson, candidate number 3087, and I'm a student from Swakeleys School. On this blog I will be displaying my AS Media coursework for which I will be creating a short opening to a film.
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