Shannon Aberdeen: October 2012

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Exploring the differences between a Title Sequence and Trailer

A title sequence is a scene or a sequence of scenes shown at the beginning of a film. This is used to show the names of cast members and production team; this is not to be confused with the ending credits. These titles are normally superimposed over a scene, allowing the text and the scene to be viewed clearly. Title sequences help to build up the story plot or show a crucial moment, building up anticipation and atmosphere. They act as an establishing shot.

A Trailer is a composed montage of scenes edited with cuts. Trailers allow the viewer to get an insight of what the story line and genre are. This entices the viewer to watch the whole film. In addition to this film trailers are usually much shorter than title sequences, so that they can be advertised in between programs or before movie showings in cinemas.

AS Media Studies : Main Task Brief

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Friday, 12 October 2012

Preliminary Exercise created by Shannon ,Molly, Jack

WWW: I followed the 180 rule, which is the guideline regarding the spatial relationship between two subjects, in this case the red subject ( me ) and the pink subject ( Molly ) never changed position. The red subject is always on the left and the pink subject is always on the right. It is important the 180 line is not crossed because the subjects move places and continuity is broken this can leave the audience disorientated. In addition to this we used match on action, when the subject ( Me) is seen walking towards the door and opening in then the shot cuts to the subject walking through the door, we edited these shots so they look seamless. I have used a variety of different shot types like a high angle shot and low angle shot to show status, moreover we used close up, mid shot long shot and the classic shot where gradually the camera zooms into the subject. In this exercise we were very creative as we created a story, and also when editing we added a few extra screen shots introducing the short film and concluding our film.

As an extension we used eye line match this is a cut between a character looking at a subject, to a shot of the subject they were looking upon. I used this when the subject ( Me ) walk into the room and looks ahead the next shot is of Molly who I was looking at, to enable the eye line match was correct Molly sat in-front of me so I could look directly into her eyes.

EBI: Unfortunately in most shots there is a lot of space not taken up, this makes the frame look empty and takes away the importance of the subject. To overcome this we could of used a closer up or zoomed in the shot, however we would have to make sure we don't zoom in too much that the shot looks uncomfortable. Moreover in some shots the camera bag is in the shot this is a silly mistake which i have learnt from, so when structuring shots i just need to make sure there are no unwanted materials in shot of the camera. Moreover the light from the window in some shots creates a harsh light or dark shadows this makes the shot not as clear as it could be, to solve this problem I would consider changing the location or put the camera in front of the light source instead of facing it.

In addition to this is one shot which is a close up were the subject ( Molly ) is looking into the camera there is audio of someone saying action! to overcome this audio would need to be detached from the whole clip.