Question 2 explaination

Within my question 2 the link was a private file so I took a screen shot of the file.

Question 7

7." Looking back at your preliminary task, what do

You feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the main task?

 

At the beginning of this course I had already done media at GCSE, at GCSE I learnt how to use premiere pro and other forms of technology such as camera equipment. In my preliminary task a lot went wrong, we rendered the files incorrectly so we had deleted the audio and other various editing errors. In our actual task we were able to avoid these mistakes and had no problems with recording or editing, and were able to uses various editing techniques we had learnt throughout our course such as; the rule of thirds, over the sholder shot, point of view shot and other editing techniques like; jump cuts, cross cuts, fade to black and a ghosting effect. All of these were filmed but not all were used in the film.

 

However, due to harsh weather we encountered he had a whole new storyboard change. We were able to keep our basic plot and characters but we had to change scenery, this actually benefited us allowing us to film whenever we were free instead of waiting work similar weather and gave us the ability to control lighting effects as we did throughout our task. The different equipment we experimented with (seen in “Question 6”) allowed us to learn much more not only about how to use the equipment but what shots worked with different technologies, we originally wanted to use the GoPro within our film for the point of view shot but due to not organising our time properly we were unable to book it out. This is one of the things I feel we should have done differently and will change next year.

 

We faced a continuity error throughout our filming process, which was the hat the protagonist was wearing at the beginning and later on he doesn’t have it we were able to fix this with the hat throw done and eventually picked up by the antagonist. We had noticed while filming but we were already behind so we had to film and fix during editing. Another continuity error which was also concealed through editing was the protagonist’s change of trousers. All these continuity errors have taught us to prepare and make sure that all items of clothing are the same throughout.

 

We had many ideas while planning our thriller, they all included a thriller physiological hybrid but we did have creative differences how we would get this across, I personally voted for the voice over which we used in the end product, which created enigma codes.     

Question 1

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A group Task

Question 6

http://prezi.com/hyv2omqsy4yh/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

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'The Following' AS video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGMMrlSd9xs

Question 2

Question 4

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Question 3

Question 5

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Use of lighting and range, possible location for film

Textual Analysis- Machinist

The Machinist: Textual analysis

From the very beginning of the opening scene the lighting is very dim representing that the whole film is going to be dark. There is also a body being rolled up in some carpet, this means that the first thing you see in the film is a dead person. This represents the things that are going to take place in the rest of the film. This first shot is filmed through a window so you can just barely see what is actually happening. You can see a city’s reflection in the window, this could possibly be representing that outside of the house is freedom but the main character is trapped in his own life and cannot escape. You then see him looking out of the window, this supports the idea that he wants to escape his life and his problems but he can’t.

After this we see Christian Bale’s character driving off in his car to the middle of nowhere. He then dumps the body and a single light source reveals his face. This light source shows all of his bruises on his face and a black eye. This means that he has likely been in a fight and connotes the type of character that he is going to be throughout the film: rough, angry and possibly a bit crazy.

He is also wearing really dark, plain clothing. Everything about the character is very dark in the opening scenes, both his personality and costume. This represents that he is a dark character and possibly a villain. This would go against typical stereotypes for most films where the main character is a heroic type of character.

The sound in the opening scenes is mainly diegetic sound. The scene is very quiet with only a tiny bit of non-diegetic sound which is an eerie sound that is almost creepy. This sound is intriguing because it makes you guess what’s going to happen next. This non-diegetic sound represents that the film is going to be creepy and gives Christian Bale’s character a mysterious personality.

The use of mise-en-scene in the opening of this film is very interesting. All of the walls in the house are plain and so is Christian Bale’s clothing giving the opening scene a scene of mystery. It also connotes the idea that the remainder of this film will reveal many of the characters secrets although he is trying to keep the truth to himself. 

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