Content media blog

-Opening scene: Hunger games 1) Write an analysis of the cinematography in the opening sequence.  Highlight  your use of media language and try to cover camera shots, angles and movement using the terminology we have learned in lessons.  How does the camerawork give the audience clues about the setting, narrative and character?  -Shots: The scene starts off with a power-point, government statement-like opening that consist of cold, clear-cut exposition that sets up the audience perception of the frigid world that they're introduced to and the following establishing scene of the film is of a late night show interview that seems to discuss a heavy topic such as a televised fight to the death with children, as an art or something righteous. The characters and setting and filled with flashy, bright colours and flamboyant, sophisticated dress that mirrors their status and the glamour of the world, there's many close-ups of their facial expression that highlight their...

  -Shot list-Cinematography:  Setting: Park Shot NO. Shot Filmed? 1 Establishing shot of the town sign. 2 Long shot that zooms into the protagonist standing at the bridge. 3 Close up that pans from the road to the protagonist face. 4 Extreme closeup POV shot of the protagonist necklace. 5 Over the shoulder shot that pans to the pavement the protagonist is about to walk on. 6 Over the shoulder → Long shot as the protagonist walks down the stairs. 7 Low angle shot of the protagonist walking down the stairs.  8 Long shot of protagonist walking  down the path. 9 Extreme long shot of protagonist walking down path. 10 Extreme long shot of protagonist walking down path panning to the setting, the bridge. 11 Long shot back shot of protagonist walking. 12 Shot panning from greenery to the empty path. 13 Side midshot of protagonist walking. 14 Low angle shot of bridge as the protagonist walks below it. 15 Mid shot of the protagonist rubbing their hands. 16 Over the shoulder → ...

 -Explanation: I created this video which has displays images parallel images that I'd personally taken of the natural and more affluent beauty of London, to the song 'Apocalypse' by Cigarettes after sex, a calm, haunting heartbreak song, but half way through the clip, the images switch to contrapuntal as it's images of the dirtier, common parts of London.

Lighting blog tasks You'll need to use the  Film Language Powerpoint  to work through the Lighting tasks.  Create a blogpost called 'Lighting blog tasks' and complete the following: 1) Still image analysis Look at the still images on slides 33-37 of the Film Language Powerpoint linked above. Copy the images into your blog and answer the following questions for  each  image: Identify examples of  high  and  low-key  lighting. Say which depict  top ,  back  or  under lighting . What  effects  are created by the lighting in each image?      Picture 1-                                                               Low-key lighting. Top lighting. The lighting brings attention to the subjects face, top lighting tend to be more glamorous and could tell t...

 -Teachers Feedback: WWW- Good use of mise-en-scene and clamps, good acting, accurate setting and good camera work. EBI- Add all scenes. -Classes Feedback: WWW- Accurate location and actor placement, good filming and camerawork of multiple shots, cuts and angles, good acting and facial expressions, accurate props, good lighting, great imported audio, good use of mine-en-scene and clamps, good editing, good planning, script and shot-list, good costume, accurate explanation and summary, very enjoyable. EBI- Bad lighting in some scenes and missing scenes. -Self Assessment: WWW- I believe I had a good plan and a very accurate script, which allowed me to utilise clamps effectively, the acting and editing was good, especially the sound editing. EBI- I could've sorted out the bad lighting when importing the video and try harder to add in the missing scenes. -Reflection: The planning helped me isolate each shot and make the work seem less strenuous, it allowed me to thoughtfully think thro...

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