Preliminary Task Evaluation !

Perliminary Task Evaluation
For our preliminary task we decided to film it in the studio. The reason we chose the studio is because it was a simple and plain set which gave it an eerie feel, this was perfect for the scene we were filming. My main role in our perliminary task was to be in charge of the actors. I arranged where they were to stand and made sure they knew there queues. Although that was my main role i also helped with some of the camera work and lighting.

Lighting
The lighting overall i felt was good, there were times when it was to bright and it would over expose the actors faces. As a group we decided that we wanted the set to be quite bright because then we could have shadows of the characters which added to the eerie and mysterious atmosphere. I feel the choices we made about lighting were very effective and definitely added to the scene.

Filming
To begin before filming we made sure the camera was set up correctly. In every shot we made sure that the tripod was level and that each shot was framed correctly, we also had to continuously check that the camera and lighting equipment was not in the shot. The angles we chose for each shot were appropriate because it covered all aspects of the scene, we took more than one for every different angle. We shot a wide shot, over the shoulder shot and close ups. There were close up of both characters, and the gun they were using a wide shot of all the characters and the shadows of the characters and an over the shoulder shot of both characters.
We stuck to the 180 degree rule and used the correct terminology ( stand by, roll it, action ) on the set so the whole group knew what was happening.

Overall i feel that i learnt a lot from the perliminary task because it allowed us to test out our knowledge and gain an understanding of what we were doing wrong. Our group worked well together and i feel that the tension and suspense in our scene was definitely portrayed through our filming.

Thriller Genre.....

We have been looking at the thriller genre and watched the opening scene of two films that conformed to that Genre. They were 'Children of Men' and 'Usual Suspects'.

We looked at the Mise en-scene of both films. Mise en-scene means everything that is within the scene.
Through looking at both films we have established that a number of different ingredients are featured in the thriller genre.

• Suspence
• Action
• Dramatic Music
• Police and Security
• Expecting to see Guns
• Characters to be double crossed
• Violence
• Contrapuntal Sounds

Photography Composition

Composition:

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.

About myself.

Hello Its karis,


Im 17 and come from Brighton. I used to go to St bede's and am now at Hurtwood House.
For Alevels i am taking Media, Theatre and Textiles. My favourite subject out the 3 is Media, i chose to take it because im interested in film and television. Throughout the duration of this course i hope to gain a better understanding of how the film and television industry work and learn how create short films. I would also like to be able to use a camera and know the basics.