Digital Technology
What can you do with a digital video camera?
When given a digital video camera I am able to change the Ratio of the film so I am able to record in wide screen, other than this example I can change the camera settings confidently to create a mood. I also create the mood by the angle that I shot the scene in.
What sound recording techniques do you have?
The sound recording techniques that I have gained over the two years of A level media, is that to create digetic sound the actors need to speak clearly and loudly as this helps to make their voice standout form the other digetic sounds. If there is to much interference we can get the person to repeat their lines and then overlap the sound on to the clip.
What skills did you develop using Final Cut?
The skills that I have developed in using Final Cut have formed in a wide range of skills that have helped me to develop my editing technique. These involve the use of shortcuts i.e. Command R to render, Command 5 for effects, J to Rewind, K to fast forward, etc. Other than these just by using Final Cut it has simply helped me to become better at editing with working with what would look great in that certain area.
Did you use a digital camera (photographic)….
Yes, I used a digital SLR camera to take photographs of the locations that we did or were going to film at.
What skills do you have?
Through using the equipment available I have overall enhanced my confidence with using a wide range of cameras and editing software.
What were the good and bad things about the software and hardware at AS?
When doing the preliminary task at the beginning of AS we used the editing software imovie which I found to be very basic and would have preferred working using the editing software that is of higher quality.
Creativity
How creative were you at AS?
Consider camera framing, lighting, narrative ideas, planning the brief, location choice, stylistic concept prior to editing?
Originality?
Looking back on creating the thriller opening I can tell that I wasn’t as creative as I could have been. This is because of wanting to make the thriller opening stereotypical to that type of genre. However with shot that we used when filming were what I believe to be creative, i.e. the shot of the female character in the mirror of the car. This shot I found to be unique and original.
Research and Planning
What techniques did you use? Primary research (watching films etc) and Secondary research (books? Library? Internet search?, audience figures where? Institutional research?)
When it came to doing research into the field that I was studying I used the Internet to look at examples of thriller openings, putting questionnaires onto the Internet. other than using the Internet I watch music videos or thriller films that I rented so that I could analyse how they open a thriller. For the Music video work I have been reading books on how to create storyboards and how to be a cinematographer and director.
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Monday, 1 November 2010
Half term work
1. How can human traffic be a metaphor for the Effects Model and the Gratifications Model of media?
Human Traffic could be considered a metaphor for the Effects Model, due to the theory implying that the mass media as a direct, immediate and powerful effect on the audience. From a previous discussion on does Human Traffic glorify drugs, I came to the conclusion that it was dependable on the person and how impressionable the person is, in whether they take drugs. The film shows a group of friends as the go to clubs, take drugs and have a good time. The drugs are shown to have a strong effect and immediate effects. This according to the Effects Model dupes and dopes the audience into believe that taking drugs will cause the audience to have better time when they are out.
The gratifications model suggests that the audience actively seeks out media, they are typically seeking it in order to gratify a need. This suggests that the people who seek out, i.e. View the video are trying to gratify the need that they have to take drugs suggesting that the people only want to watch the film so that they can understand the effects of drugs.
2.What is your opinion of how you think media will be dealt with you by law in the future?
From the reading multiple articles on how people have died or killed due to playing a video game for a long period of time. I believe that the law will have to become stricter in the amount of game usage that is allowed so that people cant die from a lack of sleep. This may even result to games being band altogether so that things can’t be taken out of hand as it what happened in 2010 when a 18 year old boy choked a 16 year old girl to death over a dungeons and dragons online game.
Thursday, 21 October 2010
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