Dream elelments

Important elements to consider when filming a dream sequence:

Its important to consider a number of different elements when trying to film a dream sequence. You have to make the audience believe that he is dreaming and make it realistic but at the same time you don't want to make it so obvious, this is what me (Toby) and jack are trying to achieve so that its slightly mysterious which keeps the audience guessing and wondering whats happened without making them confused.
In order to achieve this we will have too:

• make sure the camera shots are high angle as if being watched from a 3rd person point of view to reinforce that fact that hes dreaming.

• we need to make some of camera shots dutch angle and close ups that show unnatural expressions on their face. which can make the audience feel on edge and if something isn't quite right

• We may also decide to add some slow motion in to give the effect that hes dreaming and what hes seeing and hes doing is not want he would normally do in everyday life.. the slow motion will really get the audience to focus on that specific part. then the shot after mat be very quick and suddenly it changes to give a real shock

• Another important element to remember is when we are editing we will need to play with colour treatment and edit by brightening up the colour treatment or fading it right out by taking all the colours out of it

planning the main task

In the last couple of lessons planning our main task we have to think and plan a number of important elements.

The elements we have had to consider are.

• Titles and credits, these may involve

- sound fx
-Foley
-music
-dialogue

• The genre of the opening sequence

• The content that must be involved in the opening sequence e.g.

       -synopsis/brief
       - mood board
       -location
       -cast character
       -treatment
       - soundtrack

We also had to pitch our idea of what we are going to do as our opening sequence to the class. I created this in power point and had to include all of the above in it in order for my class and my teacher to have an understanding of what we are planning to do.
The more planning and story boarding and scripting we do the easier it will be to film as we all have a clear understanding in our head of what we want and the camera shots we are going to use.

preliminary task

For our preliminary task we had to story board and film a short clip lasting between a minute and a minute and a half of someone walking into a room and having a conversation. The story board had to show each camera shot.
I had to make sure the continuity of each shot was correct in order for the film to flow and look realistic. I also had to make sure there was shot reverse shot and to include the 180 bitty degree rule to show conversation.

This is a image of a shot reverse shot showing two people have a conversation. As you can see each of their facial expressions is shown clearly in order to show the audience the characters reaction in the conversation and how they are feeling. When filming this shot you need to make sure that the head space is correct. This is making sure that there is not loads room above the characters head, while still making sure you are using the rule of thirds. This type of shot is often used a lot in conversations and can often be found in soaps for example Eastenders and coronation street.

Doc Martin essay

In class we watched a short clip on Doc Martin and we had to analyse it for mise en scene and sound. it was done under exam conditions and we had a time limit as well to give a bit of a indication of what the exam will be like.
When analysing the clip i found that i was able to do it with no real stuggle and had a good idea of what i was going to write about. I felt like i had a lot to write about even though i was only writng about mise en scene and sound, in the exam you also have to write about camera shots the editing so this is why it is extrenly impotant to have a good understanding on all of thses factors in order to get straight down to the point.
In class we had to peer mark each other work and highlight the important parts and the structure of the writing.
After miss banks took the essays in and marked it. Overall she was plaeased with my work but there are a number of things i need to work on in order for me to get a higher grade.
I have to make sure that my paragraphs are structured well and have a clear set out of what topic I am explaining so that it is easy to understand and the reader doesn't t get lost. I also need to try and add in a few more technical terms to show I have understanding about it.
overall I feel a lot more confident when it comes to writing the essay as I have a clear understanding of what I need to do and improve on.

21 jump street filming

In this task we had to re-act a scene from 21 jump street. The scene we decided to act out was the drug scene. I felt like i learnt a lot from filming and how to film and the editing that comes along with it. There was a number of different shots we had to film i will go on to explain them later. I felt like it the shots didnt go as well as planned. i now know what i need to do in order to make the camera shots better. I now know you have to think on a number of things when taking the shot. the head space has to be right as well as the postioning of the camera. next time we go to film i feel like i will have a better understanding of how to film the different shots and have learnt a lot from this task.

Some of the camera shots that were involved are medium shots with people walking into the shot so we need to make sure the head space and what we want in the shot are still there and no one is being cut off out of it. The editing had to be right the continuity of the shots has to be correct as well. When we did our shots the continuity of the shots wasnt very good this is bad as it can make the audience feel like its not real and believe able. When we are editing we need to makesure that when we finsih the shot in the right position and start it off in the right position again so that the auidenece realise we havent editied and that it looks real and continuous. Another shot that is hard to perform is reverse angle and 180 degree angle filming over someones shoulder when they are talking to someone. Its hard because we need to makesure there is the corect headspace and can clearly see the persons facial expressions that you are talking to.
I now know the other things i need to be concentartiong when filming the shots. Not just the type of shot but the compostion of the shot and the postioning of it. This task was very helpful and will be looking forward to my next filming.

mise-en-scene

In class we learnt about mise-en-scene it is a french term for everything in the scene and everything you see and the compostion of the shot.
mise-en scene can be broken down into and is refered to as C.L.A.M.P.S its six sectors and stands for

costume

lighting

actors

movement

props

setting

camera shots first attempts

 In our double lesson we had time to go out and practice a number of different camera shots. the lesson before we had the chance to plan out the different types of camera shots we wanted to have a go at and film.

the first shot we had a ago at and wanted to try was a medium shot with a zoom out. It started with a close up of my face do show the audience the emotion. It was slighty off centered in order to give the effect that something was slightly wrong. When i start to walk foward the camera zooms out letting us see more of the location and what i am wearing.I thought this shot went quite well as it was our first time using the camera. The things i think we need to improve on when doing this type of shot is to remeber to keep the zoom smoot and at the same speed everytime, because zooming out is very sensitive so we must be careful when using the zoom. Our teacher suggested it would be better to use a dolly in zoom out because it would give an unsettleing feel to the audience as the background starts to disappear and the subject stays the same which is me.

The second shot we tried to do was a low angle tilt up. This shot was rather easy to film we just had to the tilt the camera angle upwards at the correct speed. We tried this shot because we wanted to see how it would look when being played back. This shot is used to represent power and strength and dominace in can also make the subject look bigger. Next time we try this shot we may need the subjects to be facing the light so that we can see them more clealy because this time i was faced away from the light making my figure look dark.

The third shot we tried was a establishing shot. This time we has the camera still and had the subjects off centre to give unsettling look to audience. Our camera was on the tripod still and we let the subjects walk into the shot to give the effect i wasnt meant to be there or we met up secretly.

The final shot we tried was a pan right the is where the camera is on the tripod and we just move the top of the camera acccording to the subjects speed. Next time we do this shot we need to remember to get his feet in because we cut his feet out. What we need to do is to remeber if we are going to cut out part of someone body it must be at a joint like the knee or hip join not halfway through someones leg