THE GRAMMAR OF TELEVISION AND FILM
This exercise consolidated all that I had learned about the effect of selecting different camera angles during my GCSE course, during which I taken many photographs for exercises such as making a music magazine, and designing a COVID poster in the form of a film advertising poster, and stills for my rap music video.
LUNCH ATOP A SKYSCRAPER
In class, we were asked to look at a series of famous photos including Pulitzer Prize winners, then pick one photo whose composition interested us. I picked this very famous photo, taken in 1932 in Manhattan, as part of a campaign to promote the skyscraper. What struck me most about the photo was just how casual the subjects appear to be, considering the extreme danger of their position, emphasised by the sharpest focus on the men, compared with the softer focus of Manhattan.
DESIGNING MY PRODUCTION COMPANY LOGO
I have made a film production company logo because all production teams need to have a brand identity, that fits their style of filming. I made it on Photoshop by adding a black circle, and then made a satin text over a ring of gold, and also added a bit of shadow. Sharpie Studious comes from both of them beginning with S, and sounds catchy. I plan to use my logo at the beginning of my film opening.
ON THE SET
This account is about what I learn and what equipment we were shown when we were shown how to use the Canon cameras and tripods.
This is where we were practising our work, by saying 'standby' and other phrases to try and get a grasp of learning the beginnings of continuity editing. We used these photos with the cannon camera to try and show Ollie taking a photo of Grace from a POV shot, to show them doing the actions of a film about to start.
This is where we were practising our work, by saying 'standby' and other phrases to try and get a grasp of learning the beginnings of continuity editing. We used these photos with the cannon camera to try and show Ollie taking a photo of Grace from a POV shot, to show them doing the actions of a film about to start.
Cameras and tripods. We passed the camera around and each of us practised how to handle the camera, insert the battery and memory card. When you pass the cameras around you should say 'yours' and 'mine' to avoid the risk of dropping it. We learned how to set up a tripod and to 'bubble' it using the spirit level to help make the camera balanced and in focus. We explored the camera such as how to focus. The exposure on the camera is adjusted by moving the dial up and down.
White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic colour casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in the photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the "colour temperature" of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. You adjust it by selecting the ‘WB’ on the camera, it will then come up with little pictures representing difference colour tones that are used in different lights which will give a more realistic effect.
180-degree rule. We learned about the 180 degree rule. The 180-degree rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another. When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.
On set we then learnt the terminology used in the film industry on set. The director shouts 'Standby' before filming to ensure that everyone is ready and when they are, they reply 'Standing by.' When the director shouts ‘rolling’, everyone on set must be quiet, then he /she shouts ‘action’ which tell the actors to start. After the shoot, the director has said the last ‘cut’, he / she will say ‘strike the kit’ which is the film crew's cue to pack away, put the batteries on charge and ensure that the footage is uploaded.
Good practice in editing. We are using Final Cut Pro and iMovie on the iMacs in the media studio. When uploading our footage, we should create a folder to keep the shots. These folders are called bins and the unedited footage from cameras are called rushes.
CONTINUITY EXERCISE
With 2 others from my class we created a short film, to show our ability and knowledge of media. This also was us expressing out use of camera angles, editing and audio to create a film. Also, our acting ability. Asa group we came ip with the idea for the storyline, which was a teacher, who is also a bit of a stalker, stealing a schoolgirls phone as punishment, and the schoolgirl tires to sneak into the school to get revenge and steal her phone back. She got it confiscated because she broke the rules by using it during the lesson, and we have an establishing shot of me grabbing onto Grace's phone and stealing it. We had some POV shots, close up shots, and panning shots. We also had a high angle shot going up the stairs. We used our phones to film the short film and used iMovie to edit it.
MAKING A FILM OPENING
The KingPin As practice to prepare for making my film opening, early on I made a film opening in the thriller genre called The KingPin. This involved organising locations and props on set, planning a sequence of different shot types to make the work visually interesting, editing it into a sequence on iMovie, adding sound and titles, then seeking feedback.
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