By now we've hit the ground running, and I'm sure your minds are buzzing with questions and hopefully some emerging ideas on what you will film later. We've only just begun.
For now, we need to do some groundwork to lay the foundation for what's coming.
Here's a short list of actions necessary over the long weekend-
- Go to "www.blogger.com" and create an account.
- Your account name should follow this format: LASTNAME Firstname
- Create a personal blog- the url should read "FirstInitialLastname.blogspot.com". (Example- MSlagel.blogspot.com)
- Title this blog: AS Media Coursework 2016
When creating a blog post, you'll want to use the "Label" function (looks like a little post-office tag) to help you easily track and group your work. The following will be your groupings for the remainder of the year:
- Research
- Preliminary Task 1
- Preliminary Task 2
- Foundation Portfolio
Any further labels can be made at your discretion if you feel it is justified during production of your Foundation Portfolio assignment. (For example: If you physically sewed the costumes together using twine you personally made out of cotton that you picked from your grandfather's field, you'd want to document that process.)
Additionally, I would like you to review the glossary handout. Be familiar with the following key technical areas-
Camera shots, angle, movement and
composition:
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shots: establishing shot, master
shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot,
point-of-view shot, over-the-shoulder shot, and variations of these
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angle: high angle, low angle, canted
angle
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movement: pan, tilt, track,
dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom
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composition: framing, rule of
thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.
Editing:
This includes transition of image and sound –
continuity and non-continuity systems.
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cutting: shot/reverse shot,
eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel
editing, cutaway, insert
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other transitions: dissolve,
fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion,
ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.
Sound:
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diegetic and non-diegetic sound,
synchronous/asynchronous sound, sound effects, sound motif, sound bridge,
dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound
perspective
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soundtrack: score, incidental
music, themes and stings, ambient sound.
Mise-en-scène:
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production design: location,
studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties
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lighting, colour design.
- T. Marcus
