Friday, 10 February 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Continuity Evaluation - 2011
Media Continuity Evaluation
The task was to film and edit a sequence of a character opening a door, crossing a room, sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanged a couple of lines of dialogue. The task involved using different shots – Match-on-action and Shot/Reverse Shot. The task also needed an understanding of the 180 degree rule. Match-on-action is when a shot is shot at one angle then again at another, then edited together to provide a 'match' on 'action'. Shot/Reverse shot, is where two people are talking and to show each persons point of view, this shot is usually an 'over the shoulder shot', this usually draws in the 180 degree rule, stating that the camera can not cross a certain line.
In the task, using the camera angles was important, as it was necessary to show different angles to make it more realistic. In the task, the camera was shot over the main antagonists shoulder, giving us a view of the victim in a mid shot, which is a shot in which the character on screen is only shown from the waist up. This helps to show the body language and the expression, but is not as good at showing the expression as a close up is. In the task, because of the lack of budget, the camera shakes a lot, this could add to the horror of the scene which is unravelling.
Diegetic sound is used when the victim hair is pulled harshly in the form of a scream, and when she is being strangled in the form of deep harsh breathing, this adds to the sequence because it was the only other sound to be recorded. In the task, adding music and sound effects really helped because it added to the sequence and made it seem a lot scarier. Sound effects were added to give the scene a scarier feel.
In the task, planning costume couldn't really happen because it was a spur of the moment shooting, but when added clips were needed, it was easy to plan to wear the same clothings. The task involved mise-en-scene, this is the props used. In the task, a rope was not available, so the lanyard was used as a murder weapon, this adds to the spookiness as the lanyard is an innocent object which wouldn't normally be thought of as a weapon. Lighting couldn't really be controlled, but being in a light room added to the feel of the shoot by making it seem less ominous. A phone was also used to give the scene some realism, the victim was shown to be on her phone, before her 'friend' sat down, this gives realism as most teens would be on their phones.
Editing prove to be a bit of a challenge, but was completed quite well, trying to match the clips seemed to be harder than previously thought. Final Cut Pro helped to eliminate some of the worries as it was quite easy to use and easy to understand. Final Cut Pro had a good amount of features to use, and it was fun to play around with them.
The task went successfully, and the group worked quite well, as the 'victim' in the sequence I felt my input to the task was needed, also I was able to work quickly and quietly with the software, being good with computer technology it wasn't too hard to work out, as part of a team I feel I worked well, and the team as a whole worked well together. the team was able to get on with the task well and completed it in sufficient time, albeit a little slower than other groups.
All in all, the task went well, if more time had been available, more edits would have been used, and some of the shots would have been re-filmed. The advantages of doing this task were that it was a good preparation for the actual task, and gave a good insight into the camera angles. Some disadvantages were that it was shot very quickly and hadn't really gotten to grips with the cameras.
Feedback
What connotations does the title of the film ‘Splintered Kin’ convey?
Answers:
Answers:
‘A broken family with problems’
‘Separated from family’
‘Broken family’
‘A fractured family relationship’
2. What codes and conventions of the thriller genre are conveyed through the opening sequence?
Answers:
‘Darkness and murder’
‘Mystery, death, killing’
Mystery, dark, location’
3. What narrative features are present?
Answers:
‘Death is shown as a narrative’
Mystery’
‘Death, a murder’
‘Murder’
4. How effectively do the camera angles and movement create meaning?
Most popular answer: 2/3
Most effective?
‘First shot was good’
‘Long shot’
‘When the victim is being killed’
‘Arial shot’
What camera angle/movement could be improved and how?
‘Steady the camera, too shaky’
‘Ariel shot’
‘Add more close-ups and panning’
1. How effective is the sound in creating meaning?
Most popular answer: 1/2 (we haven’t finished the soundtrack)
What is the most effective sound?
‘Trains/cars’
‘Cars, busy noises’
‘Traffic’
What diegetic and non-diegetic sound could be improved?
‘Cut out voices’
‘Stop talking when recording’
‘Lots of wind in the background’
‘Just add sound’
How successful is the editing of sound in the opening sequence?
‘No sound to edit, average’
‘Poor’
‘Quiet, voices leave it less effective’
2. How effectively does the mise-en-scene create meaning?
Most popular answer: 2/3
Best use of mise-en scene?
‘The tunnel setting’
‘Pictures/papers’
‘Pictures’
‘The phone call’
What is the most effective piece of mise-en-scene?
‘Google pictures’
‘The lighting in the underpass’
‘The tunnel’
‘Pictures/paper’
1. How does editing create meaning?
Best use of editing?
‘It was fast cuts’ (creates meaning)
‘Black and white’
‘After pictures/paper’
What edit is used in the most effective way?
‘After pictures/paper’
‘Black and white’
2. How are the characters presented? Did they fit in with the chosen Thriller convention? (Crime)
How are they presented in terms of Vladimir Propp?
‘Not very clear’
‘Good’
‘Victim, villain’
3. How effective is the location in setting the scene for our film?
Could the location be improved? ‘The noise’, ‘Yes’
What was effective about the location? ‘Bridge’ ‘isolated’
Does it help to create tension? ‘Yes’
Our Film Classification - 15
We chose the rating '15' because after reading the BBFC website to research the classifications for each rating. Having read the U, PG. We looked at classifying our film as 12a. However after reading the violence section saying "Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context." we felt that the film was too violent for a 12a. We then looked at the classification of '15'. "Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification." We felt that our thriller fell into this catergory as we did not dwell to long on the violent scenes. There were few references that could be called 'sadistic'. We had no sexual violence so didn't need to go up another rating. Therefore we left it at '15' feeling that was the best rating we could give it.
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