Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task

Our preliminary task simply involved filming a secquence which included a person walking through a door, into a room and holding a conversation with somebody else. But the most important aspect of the task was to in fact record the sequence taking into consideration the continuity editing which would take place afterward.

180 degree rule:

This rule basically states, in terms of film, two people/characters/subjects in the same scene should hold a left/right relationship to make the conversation between them as realistic and easy to watch as possible. If the camera passes over the 180 degree line, the effectiveness is essentially ruined entirely according to continuity.

Match On Action:

A technique used by film=makers which involves cutting shots at a certain point and inserting a seperate shot also performing the same action. The two shots are edited to give the impression of a seamless, fluent and continuous piece of film.

We storyboarded our dialogue and shot types etc beforehand.

When filming our sequence, we took into close consideration how we would need to film our shots in order to be accurately edited later on in the process. For example, when filming our 'paper in the bin' scene, we had to record many different takes from many different angles and shot types; we also used the match on action rule when filming the opening and shutting of the door. When filming conversation we took note of the 180 degree rule to ensure our film was flowing and seamless when played back post-editing.

When at the editing stage we took care in ensuring our continuity was as perfect as possible by cutting clips and inserting transitions where necessary (also spending extra time editing the piece outside of designated lesson time, as we had trouble importing film to the macs).

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Donnie Darko task:

Although I enjoyed filming the task, we had several problems with our storyboards at first and secondly, our continuity. We eventually worked it out in one hour, but Charlotte and I had our hair done over the weekend and our room we were previously working in was used by somebody else, so we had to start all over.

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Push A Little Button task

This task went well because we had a lot of fun shooting the film but as well as this we spent a lot of time as a team editing the film and the hard work paid off as the editing was very well done and in time with the soundtrack.
However, the Macs did crash several times.

How I Personalised My Blog

I used the design tab to browse through the template options, deciding to opt for the bird design. I then used colour charts to decide what colour scheme I wanted my blog to take, applying these settings to the blog afterward. Following this, I also chose the colour scheme of post font, links, headers and title. Lastly, I used the design tool to alter my layout settings.

My First Blog Practice

How I uploaded:
1. Clicked 'add image' tab from the taskbar.
2. Browsed through images and selected which image I wanted to post.
3. Publish Post.