The Willow - Full Opening Sequence

the willow full opening sequence

evaluation pt7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Below is a rough cut of my preliminary task, you can see that I have come further in my skills of edit from prelimary to full product

As you can see I my alot more capable of creating effects, transitions, and filming on a whole now I've done the preliminary

The camera we used for the prelimanry task was a big sony hdi camera this itself was new to me as we had never had any experience with this level of filming, With the use of a Sony video camera we were able to learn about correct framing of the shots and the importance of it.

The use of the standby button was that we was able to pause inbetween two shot in one continuous part of filming which saved time and help us improve the quality of the film.




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The 180 degree rule is apart of media and film and a key term it means that a camera should be placed inside 180 degrees on a particular side of the invisible line of a shot.



if not done/thought about properly it may cause confusion not only for the audience but in the narrative aswell; it makes it look like the people are changing places as they watch the film, For example, once a shot has been established, the camera must stay within a 180 degree position, this is best observed by the diagram below.It allows the audience to have a greater sense of location in the film. however in my film I only ever had one character in the scene and they also wasn't participating in any sort of conversation with one another I wasalways aware of the rule.

Shot reverse shot is a editing technique used primarily for a conversation scene or for a character looking at something in particular, A simple and effective technique I am also aware of is match on action its where the camre a would change position but still be looking In the same direction.

BELOW IS MY FINAL PRODUCT IM SHOWING YOU THIS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IVE TAKEN MY EXPERINCE WITH THE LARGER CAMREA AND APPLIED IT TO MY OWN FILM.

evaluation pt6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I've been doing media based subjects now for 4 years and I have really enjoyed it. Each year I would lean something new about the technologies involved something I didn't know before.

My first year of GCSE media I was given a fairly simple camera which was easy to use, because my main focus was that I had to learn how to use adobe premiere, doing the a-level course I was allowed more freedom as to what I wanted to work with, I not only used a more complex camera with a added lens but two different variety of camera, because I wanted to achieve the highest and best quality shots possible.


 

This year I also used my own tripod.

Using a tripod noticeably reduced unwanted movement of the camera we were able to film shots that were steady and not wobbling all over the place. This improved the quality of our film by a substantial amount, making it look much less amateur and so nothing distracts the audience from the narrative, as a wobbly camera may remove the focus from the plot if not used in the correct scene.

Panning is vital in my opening and having a tripod makes panning much easier and more fluid.

 

A key part of equipment I needed whilst filming was reflectors, they allowed me to create light where I needed outside, meaning I could light a key prop "phone" or a character "Chantelle".

When shooting in brightly lit situations such as outdoors, like I did, it can be very handy to have a reflector on hand to assist you in ensuring that your shot is well lit and exposed.












To edit all of our footage I  used adobe premiere. I learnt the basics from the very start of the media studies course at GCSE how to shorten footage and remove parts we do not need as well as great effects and video transitions such as fading in, this year lighting the footage on the software was new to me so I had to figure out how to lighten a clip “wallet” by changing the hue and saturation , As the course proceeded I developed on all these skills. Using the Apple Macs was my biggest difference this year as at GCSE level I was using a computer with adobe installed on it; I learnt how to import footage from the camera into also importing music and sounds.

This technology helped us to build our knowledge about making my film and I learnt a substantial amount throughout the process about creating and editing film.