Thursday, 22 March 2012

Production Log

We tried to get hold of the school hall in order for us to film the stage scenes but the hall had been completely booked for a while and so we had to come up with another plan, we decided we would use a green screen for the stage scenes and edit it later on using the editing software.

Monday, 12 March 2012

Production Log

Today we filmed the park scenes. We had planned to film at ealing park as they have the big hills we wanted for our video, however, we did not get to film there as it was running late and it would have been dark by the time we got there. We decided to film at a closer park so that we could get all our footage in time. It did get dark near to the end of the footage but we can edit that later on.

Saturday, 21 January 2012

Production Log

Today we filmed both the coffee shop scene and the street scenes which all went to plan, although we did end up running out of camera battery, we managed got all the footage we needed.

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Production Log

Today we wanted to film the stage scenes but could not get gold of it at lunch time nor after school as it was occupied at both times, we will be trying to get hold of it at a later date when it is not in use.

Monday, 2 January 2012

Camera and editing techniques

CAMERA

Extreme long shot/establishing shot-establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects

Long shot -shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.

Medium shot- a medium shot is framed from the waist up

Close-up- tightly frames a person or an object, focuses on one character; facial expression very important.

Extreme close-up- The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen.

Angles

High angle shot - the camera looks down on the subject
Bird’s eye view - an elevated view of an object from above

Aerial shot - usually done with a crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes.

Low Angle - filmed from below so camera is looking up

Movement - pan/panning - horizontal movement or rotation of a still on a pivot.

Tilt - the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane

Tracking shot - a wheeled platform that is pushed on rails while filming.

Zoom - camera moves in on a object/moves out from the object

Short take - shot lasts for a short time

Long take - uninterrupted shot in a film which lasts much longer than the conventional editing pace, lasting several minutes.

EDITING

Quick cuts - shot moves rapidly from one shot to the next

Fade in - a shot which begins in total darkness and gradually lightens to full brightness
Fade out – a shot which begins in full brightness and gradually darkens

Dissolve - gradual transition from one image to another

Wipe - a transition from one shot to another, where a moving line or pattern reveals the new shot.

Slow motion - a sequence is slowed down

Fast motion - a sequence is sped up

Stop motion - technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous

Stage scene pictures