When I first started this course, I was very inexperienced and had little knowledge on anything to do with filming, such as camera angles and shots, lighting and sound effects. I first did a thriller opening called Cherie along with the rest of the class.
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In order to learn how to do the filming for Cherie, I first watched a film opening called Delicatessen on The Art Of The Title. What I learned was about the camerawork: the camera panned across a series of still objects rather than moving people. The title sequences was distinctive because the titles were embedded in the visuals in a relevant way: for example, the director of music was shown on a gramophone record, the costumier's name was sewn into a clothing label, the director of photography was engraved on the top of a camera. From this I learned how important it was to make the title sequence an integral part of the film. When we cam to make our film this is what we did.
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| Delicatessen: title sequence |
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| Our film title sequence: production company |
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| Our first scene filmed in the cafeteria: dark lighting |
After looking back at the first film opening we did (Cherie) as well as our final exam film opening, the improvement on behalf of everyone in my group has improved. We are all more positive and independent when we do different aspects of filming and editing on our own and I think this has showed in our final product. We have used a variety of tools, such as our blogs, Facebook and mobile phones to help us become more organised and manage our time.
Below, is our Preliminary task. and it was when filming this that I learnt about the different camera shots (such as shot reverse shot, tracking shots, panning). I learnt to use a tripod to ensure that there was no camera shake. Some tripods have bubbles and I now know that I should bubble the tripod to ensure that it is level. I learned how to capture the film in iMovie then edit it using continuity editing.
Sound: For Cherie, I added a simple soundtrack to create atmosphere and signal genre. There was no music added to the prelim, but there was dialogue, which had to be audible. By the time we were doing our film opening, we learned to create several layers in the soundtrack: the voiceover, the music track or theme music and ambient sound like dialogue.
We watched a number of film openings and television programmes in order to identify how a music track can signal genre. For example, a sitcom like Friends has upbeat, feel good, fast paced music. We therefore researched a suitable music track. We learned how to frame the narrative by writing a voice over that would explain to the viewer what they are watching and anchor the meaning.
Editing: We’ve learnt that we need to deliver the narrative that makes sense to the audience. The voice over is the framework of what makes sense for the audience. We also had to put the titles in the right place when a scene with a particular character was shown - we created some of the titles using iMovie and Adobe.
All of us discovered through trial and error, that the theme tune can make or break the film, and the initial soundtrack was cute, however it simply didn’t deliver what we acquired. We found a track called banana pancakes which perfectly fitted our narravtive framework, signaled our genre clearly, and linked together the visuals with the voiceover.
Below, is our Preliminary task. and it was when filming this that I learnt about the different camera shots (such as shot reverse shot, tracking shots, panning). I learnt to use a tripod to ensure that there was no camera shake. Some tripods have bubbles and I now know that I should bubble the tripod to ensure that it is level. I learned how to capture the film in iMovie then edit it using continuity editing.
Sound: For Cherie, I added a simple soundtrack to create atmosphere and signal genre. There was no music added to the prelim, but there was dialogue, which had to be audible. By the time we were doing our film opening, we learned to create several layers in the soundtrack: the voiceover, the music track or theme music and ambient sound like dialogue.
We watched a number of film openings and television programmes in order to identify how a music track can signal genre. For example, a sitcom like Friends has upbeat, feel good, fast paced music. We therefore researched a suitable music track. We learned how to frame the narrative by writing a voice over that would explain to the viewer what they are watching and anchor the meaning.
Editing: We’ve learnt that we need to deliver the narrative that makes sense to the audience. The voice over is the framework of what makes sense for the audience. We also had to put the titles in the right place when a scene with a particular character was shown - we created some of the titles using iMovie and Adobe.
All of us discovered through trial and error, that the theme tune can make or break the film, and the initial soundtrack was cute, however it simply didn’t deliver what we acquired. We found a track called banana pancakes which perfectly fitted our narravtive framework, signaled our genre clearly, and linked together the visuals with the voiceover.
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