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Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Rule of thirds!
The rule of thirds is a technique is a set of guidelines that the director of a film would use to help make their shots more interesting. The frame in which the guidelines are set up in, is split into nine imaginary sections,t this creates reference points which act as guides for framing the image. The points of interest should lie where the lines on your guideline cross rather than in the centre. In most shots the main line of interest is going through peoples eyes, depending on the shot it is not always possible to place the eyes like this.
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Editing techniques(:
During the lesson this week, we was discussing some new editing techniques and the vocabulary used. For this blog i have to pick 3 of the editing techniques and explain what they are and how i would use them in a scene.
Editing techniques
The fist one i have picked is Eyeline match. Eyeline match is where you focus the camera with a close up on the two characters facing each other and talking then you swiftly move the camera to show what there looking at. I would use this technique in a scene during school. i would have a group of people talking about something/someone for a while and when they are then looking and pointing at that someone or something i would swiftly move the camera around to show the audience what they are looking at.
The second technique i chose was crosscutting. Crosscutting is where you are trying to show two relating scenes happening at the same time, you would do this by showing one scene and then cutting back to show another scene.. but the two scenes have to relate to each other in some way. I would use this in a scene where theres a group of people sitting at a table talking to each other then they starting asking each other where their friend is as they havent seen them all day so they start talking about it and whilst they are doing this i would cut back to another scene showing where there friend is and what she/he is doing, but i would make it look like the two scenes were happening at the same time.
The third technique i chose was jump cut. Jump cut is where you confuse the audience by showing one scene then jumping straight to another scene using non-continuity. I would use this in a scene showing two people outside in a car talking/driving then i would quickly cut yo another scene showing them inside a house or a shop or something, just to confuse the audience.
Editing techniques
The fist one i have picked is Eyeline match. Eyeline match is where you focus the camera with a close up on the two characters facing each other and talking then you swiftly move the camera to show what there looking at. I would use this technique in a scene during school. i would have a group of people talking about something/someone for a while and when they are then looking and pointing at that someone or something i would swiftly move the camera around to show the audience what they are looking at.
The second technique i chose was crosscutting. Crosscutting is where you are trying to show two relating scenes happening at the same time, you would do this by showing one scene and then cutting back to show another scene.. but the two scenes have to relate to each other in some way. I would use this in a scene where theres a group of people sitting at a table talking to each other then they starting asking each other where their friend is as they havent seen them all day so they start talking about it and whilst they are doing this i would cut back to another scene showing where there friend is and what she/he is doing, but i would make it look like the two scenes were happening at the same time.
The third technique i chose was jump cut. Jump cut is where you confuse the audience by showing one scene then jumping straight to another scene using non-continuity. I would use this in a scene showing two people outside in a car talking/driving then i would quickly cut yo another scene showing them inside a house or a shop or something, just to confuse the audience.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
The Theory Of Continuity
Week 1
In my first lesson of media this week we looked at the theory of continuity, focusing on the 3 rules: Match on action, shot reserve shot and the 180° rule and understanding how to use them in the making of a film.
We first discussed what the meaning of Continuity was before we moved on to anything else, so what is the meaning of continuity? well, the simplest explanation i could come up with was the flow between shots and is used in the making of a film to avoid the discontinuity from shot to shot.
The 3 rules of continuity
We then moved on to discussing the three rules of continuity and how they work during the making of a film.
Rule 1 - Match on action
The match on action shot is used when showing something happening in the scene, then cutting and continuing the scene at a later date with the same piece of action in the first shot using a continuous flow disguising the cut in between the two shots making it easy for the viewers to watch the film.
Rule 2 - Shot reverse shot
The shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and the camera switches between the two people to show them looking at each other throughout the scene. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewers assume that they are looking at each other.
Rule 3 - The 180° rule
Normally films are created using the 180° rule, this is were shots are only filmed within a 180° range. This technique is used to prevent the audience from becoming confused with what's happening in the scene.
In my first lesson of media this week we looked at the theory of continuity, focusing on the 3 rules: Match on action, shot reserve shot and the 180° rule and understanding how to use them in the making of a film.
We first discussed what the meaning of Continuity was before we moved on to anything else, so what is the meaning of continuity? well, the simplest explanation i could come up with was the flow between shots and is used in the making of a film to avoid the discontinuity from shot to shot.
The 3 rules of continuity
We then moved on to discussing the three rules of continuity and how they work during the making of a film.
Rule 1 - Match on action
The match on action shot is used when showing something happening in the scene, then cutting and continuing the scene at a later date with the same piece of action in the first shot using a continuous flow disguising the cut in between the two shots making it easy for the viewers to watch the film.
Rule 2 - Shot reverse shot
The shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and the camera switches between the two people to show them looking at each other throughout the scene. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewers assume that they are looking at each other.
Rule 3 - The 180° rule
Normally films are created using the 180° rule, this is were shots are only filmed within a 180° range. This technique is used to prevent the audience from becoming confused with what's happening in the scene.
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I am an A Level student at smiths wood Sports College Sixth Form. I study Art, Media and ICT.
This blog is set up for my media studies and will be updated for every lesson i have.
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