Still to come

Still to come in LO3:
Connotation, Denotation and Print conventions
Media Theories: Representation, narrative, genres

LO4:
Audiences- Defining and Classifying
LO5:
Analysing research data- Research types and Purposes
LO6:
Legal and Regulatory systems in the media industries

UNIT 2- Pre-Production and planning

link to my 'The Conversation'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgeW5yA6HIs

Camera Work Notes

A long shot- shows scale and allows an audience to see the whole character and their surroundings. 

Medium shot- shows the characters interacting 

Close up- allows the audience to see emotion and detail. 

Two shot- Very common for conversation 

Over the shoulder- To show connection and the emotion

Low angle shot- looking up sometimes makes audience feel vulnerable

High angle- Looking down sometimes makes audience powerful

POV- looking directly through the eyes of a character 

An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. it is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot.

A master shot is a film recording of an entire dramatised scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view. It is often a long shot and can sometimes perform a double function as an establishing shot.
Movement
Pan- camera stays in one position and rotates around a point right to left or left to right
Tilt- Camera stays in one position and rotates around a point up or down
Tracking- Camera moves smoothly along a track in a lateral movement (straight lines)
Dolly- Similar to a tracking shot, but the camera is on a wheeled mount that can move in all directions
Crane- Camera is on a jib arm with a counterweight that can be raised or lowered
Steadicam- Camera is strapped to the operator with a stabalisation rig allowing for smooth movements across all surfaces
Handheld- Camera is held in hand and will film bumpy footage
Composition
The organisation of elements within the frame
Symmetry/asymmetry for emphasis
Depth of field- using focus to make the viewer concentrate on elements
The rule of thirds- an imaginary 3x3 grid that can be used to make shots more dynamic 

Editing in practice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-vP7WgMkpA&t=58s     -this is the clip that I used from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom


At 22 seconds in there was an invisible cut as the characters run past a tree the screen goes completely green for a split second in this split second it cuts to a different character running. The effect that this cut has is to make it look smooth and almost not visible as it happens too quickly for people to really notice. The audience will realise that it has cut to a different character running however they will not notice the cut. Invisible cuts make the action look smooth and uninterupted as it did in this clip.

At 1 minute and 41 seconds in there is a shot reverse shot between the young boy with the glasses and a dinosaur that is very near to the boy. The effect that this particular cut has is to show the confrontation between the character and the danger that the dinosaur symbolises. The cuts are quite spaced out allowing the audience to see the fear in the boys face as the dinosaur is next to him.

At the same point in the clip as the shot reverse shot there is an eye line match that the boy makes with the dinosaur. The point of the eyeliner match is to make it look normal and not weird the audience will watch the clip and not think that anything looks weird or out of place or wrong because the character is making eye contact with the dinosaur which looks normal.

Editing

Codes and Conventions: Editing

For the exam, you need to talk about types of editing and the EFFECT that it has on the moving image text in question. You'll need to know about any or all of the following things:

The following are all examples of CONTINUITY EDITING, where editing is supposed to make sense of time and place for the viewer:

• Cuts- these are the instant switches between shots, always use the word cut.
• Transitions- switches between shots that take time, like dissolves, fades and wipes.
• The frequency and rhythm of cuts- how often cuts happen whether they happen at the same time as actions or sounds
• Specific editing techniques- Shot reverse shot, cross cutting, action matches etc

Examples of NON CONTINUITY EDITING techniques include flashbacks/forward, montages etc. 

• Jump cut- a cut that suddenly shifts position or time unnaturally, in order to communicate that something is wrong.
• Cutaway- cutting to a brief shot in a sequence for a variety of technical or narrative reasons- it will be of a shot NOT covered by the master shot.
• Insert- Similar to a cutaway but it will cut to a shot that IS covered by the master shot.

Transitions:

• Dissolve- one shot blending into another with no fade in between.
• Fade in- Fading into a shot from a colour commonly black.
• Fade out- Fading out of a shot from a colour commonly black.
• Smash cut- Cutting from something very calm into something very abrupt or the other way round.

Soap opera

Half hour soap opera

• The hub of activity where they all meat up and socialise where most of the beef would occur and the occasional fight. For example The Queen Vic in Eastenders and ‘The Root Rovers inn’ in Corronation street.
• There are always over the top storylines such as fan favourite characters getting illnesses that could potentially kill them or people getting into terrible accidents that would have the potential to kill the character. Such as Sinead in Corronation Street getting Cervical cancer or Bobby Beale killing Lucy Beale in Eastenders 
• Overly dramatic cliffhangers at the end of episodes to keep audiences gripped for future watching and they tend to have music at the end of it to make it more dramatic like in Eastenders they have the iconic drums that play as the episode finishes.
• Characters are supposed to be relatable to the working class person thats why caudices view it because they can relate to the characters. 
• A long title sequence with a recognisable song playing in the background, for example in Eastenders when it zooms gradually out of the river thames.
• People getting into fights over things such as daughters or wives.
• The occasional over the top storyline that seems to have everyone that watches the program talking about it and even the odd person who doesn't even watch the program but has heard about it somehow or another. For example who shot Phil Mitchel in the classic Eastenders episode that aired in 2001 that got everyone trying to figure out who it could of been who shot Phil Mitchel. 
• A long time character that seems to of been in the program since it began For example Dot Cotton in Eastenders who looked like she should of died about 30 years ago from old age. 
• Dramatic camera shots zooms in or over the shoulder shots to keep mystery and tension are common to make a storyline have more tension or suspense.