In our lesson on final cut pro, we all researched and worked out how to use different aspects of the editing programme. We went into our groups that we were in for filming and we were all given a specific aspect to look at. We then had to present a 5 minute presentation of how to do that particular thing on final cut pro.
Our group did about editing in the viewer/canvas. We found a tutorial video on how to use the viewer/canvas on youtube so we showed that to the class once and then we showed it again and paused it in specific places and explained further what the person was saying on the tutorial.
I think this helped the class to understand it a bit more because its not just showing a video, but once we had watched it once they could ask questions about it and really get to know how to use the viewer and canvas on final cut pro.
Real time, Shrinking time, Expanding time
Real time - This is what you see in the film that is a sequence that is shot in real time and it actually happens in that amount of time in real life.
Shrinking time - This is a process that you take to make the sequence look a lot faster than it actually is. You would use this to make the shots look hectic, so this could be used in an action film to show the amount that is happening but in a short space of time. You can do this by taking away shots or making the shots shorter in time.
Expanding time - This is a process that makes the sequence look a lot slower and made longer than it actually is. This builds tension for the audience and makes the audience think about why this is happening and it gives them more time to take it all in. It also means that you give more information to the audience. You can make this effect by adding in shots or by using slow motion so add the efects.
Shrinking time - This is a process that you take to make the sequence look a lot faster than it actually is. You would use this to make the shots look hectic, so this could be used in an action film to show the amount that is happening but in a short space of time. You can do this by taking away shots or making the shots shorter in time.
Expanding time - This is a process that makes the sequence look a lot slower and made longer than it actually is. This builds tension for the audience and makes the audience think about why this is happening and it gives them more time to take it all in. It also means that you give more information to the audience. You can make this effect by adding in shots or by using slow motion so add the efects.
Editing of slumdog millionaire
How does the editior create a sense of the chaos that is occuring in the riot?
Flashbacks:
- Between the gameshow and his childhood the transitions are much slower and faded. This shows he is daydreaming.
- He gets his ideas and answers from his past experiences in the riot and looking back on his life.
Choppy and quick transitions:
- Creates a sense of confusion.
- Gives you the full impact of what is going on.
- Making the riot look bad.
- Time is sped up in the riot because it would have been atleast 5 hours of rioting but we only see about 2 minutes. They have edited the main parts of the riot into the sequence so that if feels more chaotic.
Slow motion:
- To show that the people are so shocked that they are not taking in what is going on around them and so they just block things out.
- Sound is edited in to this. The sounds are almost like they are underwater and it's all blurred into one.
Jolty/Shimmery camera movements when focused on the blue God:
- Shaking because they have just stopped running for a minute to take in what they have seen.
- Completely different type of editing and a much slower part in the riot so that you can see that part is the most important bit in the sequence because it contains the answer to the question he is answering in 'Who want's to be a millionaire?'.
Mise en scene
We incorporated lots of the different elements of mise en scene in our film such as settings and props, we thought about this quite a lot, so for the setting of our film we thought about where in the school looks like a waiting room and we chose the geography meeting room because it had a desk and everything we needed for the film. We also thought about the props and we set up the desk with all the things that a receptionist would have.
For costume we thought about what Anna (the receptionist) should wear and decided that she should wear formal work clothes. We also had to keep an eye on the continuity of the film so whenever we had a lesson we had to make sure we wore the same clothes each time. We didn't really think about hair and make up that much apart from when we put water on Baz' hair to make it look like she had just come in from the rain.
We thought about the lighting quite a lot when it came to the waiting area because when we opened the blinds it was too sunny and didn't look like it was raining to we had to close the blinds so make it look like a dull day and so that the sun didn't shine in the cameras direction.
We thought a lot about the objects with the frame when it came to the waiting room. For instance, we set up the receptionists desk so that she had lots of business things on it such as folers and a laptop. we also thought very hard about the box that we got given and we made sure that the box was visible when we were filming the scenes in the office.
For costume we thought about what Anna (the receptionist) should wear and decided that she should wear formal work clothes. We also had to keep an eye on the continuity of the film so whenever we had a lesson we had to make sure we wore the same clothes each time. We didn't really think about hair and make up that much apart from when we put water on Baz' hair to make it look like she had just come in from the rain.
We thought about the lighting quite a lot when it came to the waiting area because when we opened the blinds it was too sunny and didn't look like it was raining to we had to close the blinds so make it look like a dull day and so that the sun didn't shine in the cameras direction.
We thought a lot about the objects with the frame when it came to the waiting room. For instance, we set up the receptionists desk so that she had lots of business things on it such as folers and a laptop. we also thought very hard about the box that we got given and we made sure that the box was visible when we were filming the scenes in the office.
Shooting Journal
Day 1 - On this day, which was at the very end of production day, we started to film the first part of our scene. This was the part where Baz walks up the stairs and opens the door to the hall way. We had to film the flashback and the normal sequence so we did the normal sequence first. This took all our time because we didn't really know how to use the camera very well and we kept on looking over our clips. eventually we filmed the part where she walks up the stairs and opens the door.
Day 2 - This was a whole hour that we had filming and we decided to scrap the last bit of filming that we did because you couldn't really see Baz' feet because she was holding the camera by herself as a point of view shot. Instead of a point of view shot we decided to have the camera behind the feet following her up the stairs. Then, at the top of the stairs, we shot a piece from the side to show her opening the door with her hand and walking out. We then filmed Baz walking down the corridor with a tracking shot from the front and with the camera as a close up on her feet tilting up to a close up of her hand which has the package in it in the flashback. After this we took the camera into the waiting area and shot the part where Baz walks past the door and realises she's gone too far so walks back and walks into the room while saying the first piece of dialogue: "Hey, i'm looking for Mr Ripley". We used the steady cam for the stairs and the corridor and the tripod for walking into the office.
Day 3 - Today, we started to film the dialogue part of the scene. This was Anna in the waiting room as the receptionist and Baz talking to her in the waiting room. We decided to shoot the scene twice from Anna's point of view and from Baz' point of view. We managed to shoot all of the one from Baz' point of view and we found it quite easy once we had set up the room and worked out what to say. We had to shoot it a few times because I (Anna) would say a few things wrong so we had to start again but overall it went quite well and we managed to get the footage that we needed.
Day 4 - We went back a bit in the filming process today and did the flashback of the bit where Baz walks up the stairs and through the corridor but with the object in her hand this time. When it got to the tracking shot from infront we decided to use a wheely chair so the camera man would sit on it and someone would pull her along so that the shot looks smooth and it's not jolty. We got all of this done and it looks pretty good.
Day 5 - Today we filmed the dialogue part of the script but from Anna's perspective and filming Baz. We did this pretty quickly because we knew what we were doing from when we shot it from Baz' point of view. After this we thought that we needed a bit more of a twist because it was a phsycological thriller, so we decided to have Baz lying in bed without the box by her side and the camera zoomed into Baz' eye which would then go into the dream (the things we have filmed already). Then, when the script was finished, we added a bit in where she comes out of her dream and the box is suddenly there beside her and she begins to open it looking confused.
Day 2 - This was a whole hour that we had filming and we decided to scrap the last bit of filming that we did because you couldn't really see Baz' feet because she was holding the camera by herself as a point of view shot. Instead of a point of view shot we decided to have the camera behind the feet following her up the stairs. Then, at the top of the stairs, we shot a piece from the side to show her opening the door with her hand and walking out. We then filmed Baz walking down the corridor with a tracking shot from the front and with the camera as a close up on her feet tilting up to a close up of her hand which has the package in it in the flashback. After this we took the camera into the waiting area and shot the part where Baz walks past the door and realises she's gone too far so walks back and walks into the room while saying the first piece of dialogue: "Hey, i'm looking for Mr Ripley". We used the steady cam for the stairs and the corridor and the tripod for walking into the office.
Day 3 - Today, we started to film the dialogue part of the scene. This was Anna in the waiting room as the receptionist and Baz talking to her in the waiting room. We decided to shoot the scene twice from Anna's point of view and from Baz' point of view. We managed to shoot all of the one from Baz' point of view and we found it quite easy once we had set up the room and worked out what to say. We had to shoot it a few times because I (Anna) would say a few things wrong so we had to start again but overall it went quite well and we managed to get the footage that we needed.
Day 4 - We went back a bit in the filming process today and did the flashback of the bit where Baz walks up the stairs and through the corridor but with the object in her hand this time. When it got to the tracking shot from infront we decided to use a wheely chair so the camera man would sit on it and someone would pull her along so that the shot looks smooth and it's not jolty. We got all of this done and it looks pretty good.
Day 5 - Today we filmed the dialogue part of the script but from Anna's perspective and filming Baz. We did this pretty quickly because we knew what we were doing from when we shot it from Baz' point of view. After this we thought that we needed a bit more of a twist because it was a phsycological thriller, so we decided to have Baz lying in bed without the box by her side and the camera zoomed into Baz' eye which would then go into the dream (the things we have filmed already). Then, when the script was finished, we added a bit in where she comes out of her dream and the box is suddenly there beside her and she begins to open it looking confused.
Production Day and storyboard
In production day on monday we learnt a term called continuity. Continuity in media means to keep everything the same. For example, when you do a reverse over the shoulder shot you would use continuity to keep the characters clothing and hair in the same place each time you shoot the scene.
We got given a script about a man walking into a room, sitting down and exchanging dialogue with a receptionist. We then got given the genre psychological thriller and had to make the short scene in that genre. We then thought about the location of our film which was in the school geography office. We chose this place because it had a corridor and a waiting room area which fitted the script. After that we thought about character and we chose who was going to star in the film. We decided that Ashley would be BAZ and I would be ANNA. After this we got given a prop which was a brown wrapped present with a string bow on it which we had to use some way in our film. We decided that at the beginning of the film when Baz walks along the corridor he would have occasional flashbacks to which he was walking down the exact same corridor but with the present in his had. Then, at the end of the scene, the present would be shown somewhere in the waiting area but not in a flashback. This is what will make our film a psychological thriller.
We got given a script about a man walking into a room, sitting down and exchanging dialogue with a receptionist. We then got given the genre psychological thriller and had to make the short scene in that genre. We then thought about the location of our film which was in the school geography office. We chose this place because it had a corridor and a waiting room area which fitted the script. After that we thought about character and we chose who was going to star in the film. We decided that Ashley would be BAZ and I would be ANNA. After this we got given a prop which was a brown wrapped present with a string bow on it which we had to use some way in our film. We decided that at the beginning of the film when Baz walks along the corridor he would have occasional flashbacks to which he was walking down the exact same corridor but with the present in his had. Then, at the end of the scene, the present would be shown somewhere in the waiting area but not in a flashback. This is what will make our film a psychological thriller.
Convention
My definition of convention...
Convention - A collection of ideas to make up a genre. It is a piece or ingredient of a genre.
Convention - A collection of ideas to make up a genre. It is a piece or ingredient of a genre.
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