Wednesday 31 October 2018

Sound video feedback and learner response

1) Make sure your video is on YouTube and embedded on your blog. 

2) Type up your feedback from your teacher.
    Highlight media keywords
    Equalise sound levels to avoid distortion. 3) Type up your feedback from fellow students.
    Use diegetic sound.
    Transitions are too long.

4) Now reflect on your work and write your own comments. Add three WWWs and three EBIs underneath the rest of your feedback.
WWW: Wide variety of sound
EBI: Quicker transition towards end.
WWW: Used my own video for contrapuntal sound
EBI: Include diegetic sound.
WWW: Well edited and used both parallel and contrapuntal sound.
EBI: Maybe use diegetic sound in the beginning.
  
5) Learner response: compare your own video against your evaluation of the top three videos in the class. Whose did you think was best and why? How could you have improved your own video?

I think Ehsan's video was really good as he used a mixture of contrapuntal and diegetic sound perfectly.

Another person's video that was outstanding is Mandeep's. Mandeep used a mixture of contrapuntal and diegetic sound perfectly. He also used a variety of videos to clearly demonstrate what is contrapuntal sound and diegetic sound.

The third best video in the class was Nauman's. Nauman had used an excellent video and he has also used a variety of music to demonstrate what is contrapuntal sound and what is a diegetic sound.
He also used a wide range of music/

Film & TV Language index DECEMBER

1) Film poster analysis
2) Mise-en-scene blog tasks
3) Star persona: video feedback and learner response
4) Lighting blog tasks
5) Sound blog tasks

Wednesday 17 October 2018

Parallel And Contrapuntal Sound Video




This video has been created using parallel sound and contrapuntal sound. Some of the movie clips do not go with the flow of the music, this is called contrapuntal sound. The clips that go with the music is known as parallel sound.

Thursday 11 October 2018

Feedback

WWW: Effective Music. Sped up effectively. Well lit; good clear image quality. Good fade to black. Excellent lighting effect. Satisfactory makeup.
WWW: Amazing editing especially the end to create a horrific feel.
WWW: Make up and ending was good.
WWW: Good Music, Good makeup, Very clear lighting and unique editing.
WWW: Editing was amazing, Camera positioning, Music, Reveal at end, Lighting of place.
WWW: Like the music and editing. Good makeup and good thing at the end.
WWW: Very good video overall.
WWW: Amazing. Love the close-up at the end.
WWW: Pretty good music.
WWW: Good editing at the end. Suitable music.

EBI: The music is overused, use a more original song. Keep the frame of the subject.
EBI: Add text.
EBI: Add text.
EBI: More transitions.
EBI: Remove people in the background.

Wednesday 10 October 2018

Practical Work Essay

 In my time-lapse, I used one shot throughout the whole video so the audience can see me transform into a villainous character. The shot I used throughout the whole video was a medium-close up. I used this shot so the audience can see my facial expression clearly. Furthermore, I used it so it can give a little scare to the audience and subvert the typical villain in a TV show or movie. Towards the end of the video I turned off the classroom lights and used a bottom up lighting towards my face so the audience can clearly see my face and create's some fear for the audience. I used black make-up which connotes fear, danger and many more things.

Thursday 4 October 2018

Film Noir Research


  • High-Key Lighting
  • Low-key Lighting at times with back lighting.
  • Black and White
  • Set in the 1900s


This fits the Film Noir genre because it is black and white. There is also props which are associated with the Film Noir genre and this case it is the fedora. The lighting that is used is high-key lighting to vividly show both the characters face however towards the end when they are kissing there is a shadow. The shadow suggests that them kissing may not be right or could lead to something bad.

Lighting: Still Image Analysis

Image 1:

In this image there is low-key back/under lighting. The lighting is used to show the side of the characters body and face and to create a shadow for the rest of the body. This makes the audience think that the character may be suspicious and might be spying on someone. The use of the smoke in the image connotes that the character is relaxed and the use of the camera angle suggests that the character is looking/staring at someone carefully.

Image 2:

In this image there is low-key lighting which suggests the character might be abandoned or needs help however there is also top-down lighting which is being used which vividly shows the characters face and glamorises her face. The top-down lighting also shows the characters innocence and purity.
The use of the shadows which are below her neck lets us only focus on the characters face so we can see her emotions and sympathise for her.

Image 3:

In this image there is high-key lighting being used to show the characters full body and face. This might be used to show that the character is muscular and could be intimidating to the audience. The lighting also shows some shadows on the characters face which might suggest he is doing something bad as the colour black connotes power, authority and aggression. The camera angle that is being used is a close-up so the audience can vividly see the characters emotions and in this case the character has a serious look on his face which tells us that he does not fear anything. The character is also using a prop which is the crown on his head which might suggest he is a higher-class person.


Image 4:

In this image there is low-key lighting and top-down lighting so the audience can clearly see the characters face. The use of the camera angle which is a medium close-up shows that the character might of done something that is heroic. The lighting is also used to show what the character is wearing and there is a badge hooked onto his belt which illustrates that he could be working for the police. There is also props being used in this image, in this case there is a firearm in the characters hand which connotes that the character is a protagonist and in on the hunt for antagonists. The lighting is also used to show where the character is and it looks like there are really high buildings and the character could be somewhere urban and in this case it looks like the character is in New York.

Image 5:

In this image, there is low-key back lighting to create shadows and dark imagery. Although the low-key lighting is dark and creates shadows, it still shows the her face to show her facial expression. In this case it looks like she is screaming and she is against the wall. This camera angle is a POV shot so the audience can see from the actors perspective. In this image is looks like the lady may be getting burgled therefore her hands are against the wall and her facial expression is as if she's scared and frightened.

Image 6:

In this image, there is low-key back lighting to show that the characters in the image may be somewhere secretive or somewhere they aren't supposed to be. Furthermore, there is lighting to only show the character's face and shadows everything else. This might have been done to emphasise that the characters aren't bothered about what situation they're in, in this case it looks like they have escaped and they only love matters to them. The camera work in this image is important as they've focused the camera to the two characters and blurred out the background.

Image 7:

In this image, there is low-key back lighting so it shows the light behind the 4 characters and creates a shadow of them. The shadow could be used to connote they may be up to something suspicious or are doing anti-social behaviour. Usually people are slightly intimidated or threatened when there are a group of teenagers together so in this case I could suggest they were doing sometime anti-social.

Image 8:

In this image, there is lowkey lighting however the lighting is used to show the characters face and shows their facial expression. In this image the facial expression tells us that the woman is in some sort of shock. There is also shadows of her which connotes she is somewhere dark and could possibly be somewhere dangerous.

Image 9:

In this image, there is high key lighting to vividly show the characters face and emotions. This is done so the audience can connect with the character on the screen and sympathise with them.
The use of high key lighting also glamorises the character in the shot.

Image 10:

In this image, there is low-key lighting being used to possibly create fear and tension for the characters. There is also back-lighting so you can faintly see the character. The character is holding a prop which is a knife. From this I can infer that this is a image from a horror/thriller film as in most horror/thriller films they have low-key lighting and also hold dangerous weapons in their hands.

Image 11:

In this image, there is high-key lighting which is used to show the characters clearly and also shows the environment their in. The high-key lighting also glamorises the characters and allows them to connect with the audience. There is a prop in the mans hand which is a firearm and the woman is hugging him in the image. From this I can infer that the man might've done something heroic and therefore the woman is rewarding him with a hug to show how proud she is.

P.S. When trying to copy and paste the images, it didn't allow me to do it. I also tried saving the images onto my laptop then putting it on the blog but that didn't work either.