G321: Preliminary Task

This is one of the preliminary tasks we looked at. I think this one is very good because it looks like they had a lot of footage to work from resulting in a nice and smooth result. I think it is very beneficial having extra footage as you do not have to worry about it being  hard to put a film together and re-filming parts you didn't film as well as you had hoped.

G321- Preliminary Task

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCiCWU6fd7w

This is one of the preliminary tasks we looked at. I think this one is very good because it looks like they had a lot of footage to work from resulting in a nice and smooth result. I think it is very beneficial having extra footage as you do not have to worry about it being  hard to put a film together and re-filming parts you didn't film as well as you had hoped.

G321 blog

http://media.ksgs.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/wiilliamwilson-as1

I like this blog because this student explains everything very effectively in full detail without having to write a lot. Furthermore, he also uses a lot of slideshares and a range of pictures to get his point across. This blog is very bright and easy to read and does not look dull.

G321 blog

http://media.ksgs.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/eviethornborrow-as/


I found this blog very helpful because they explained everything in detail but they also used a lot of videos and slideshares to put their point across and make it easier to understand what ideas and thoughts they were trying to share. Furthermore, the fact that it isn't just a lot of text helps this as it isn't dull to look at and does not make you feel like it will be hard to read and understand everything. 

Diary Post 2: 24th of September

• Today was the second lesson we were able to spend on our preliminary tasks. In this lesson we uploaded all of the footage each pupil in our group took so we could combine it in order to get the best possible outcome. We were able to work on the Macs so we could use iMovie to edit the footage we had.

• Furthermore, in this  lesson we were able to find out where we went well and where we could have done something better, this helped us for when we do out two minute opening scene, as we believe this can help us improve our techniques. In this lesson we were able to improve our knowledge and learn basic iMovie techniques such as entering titles at the beginning of a video or film and or adding music into the piece. 

• Through todays lesson we learnt that in order to have a smoother better flowing movie we need to have more footage to work with as some of the footage we had was not at the standard we needed it to be, resulting in our task not being as smooth as we hoped it would be.

• Furthermore, through this lesson we were able to see how important it was to have a lot more footage than you think you will need so you can have a better outcome but also the steadiness of the camera so it doesn't distort the audiences view/vision and clear loud dialogue from the people we use in our short films/tasks. 

• Similarly, another important thing we learnt in this lesson is consistency throughout the whole of the filming. For example Seth was wearing his lanyard in the majority of the task but then took it off somewhere between the filming of him opening the doors and having a conversation with Anna so we could use the 180 degree rule in practice. This was very important because it didn't look right as in one part he was wearing it and then for the continuity of it he was not.

Diary Post 1: 22nd of September

In this lesson we had an opportunity to film out preliminary tasks. At the beginning of the lesson we learnt the definitions of match on action, 180 degree rule and shot/reverse shot which are techniques that we have to use in our tasks.

We were able to use the cameras to work in groups so we could build up our experiences with the filming. We worked in groups of 3-4. 

Firstly we each filmed Seth walking down the corridor, we then filmed him opening and closing the door so we could use this as a shot for a match on action scene. We furthermore filmed Anna and Seth having a conversation by putting in practice the 180 degree rule and shot/reverse shot. We are planning on using all the footage we all got an choosing the best parts to edit them later on. 

OCR Weebly link

http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com/

This is the link to the OCR exam board blog inspired webpage which was created as a source of information and help for not only teachers but students as well. This is very helpful as through their posts we are able to see previous G321 blog examples and find out which were their stronger points and which weaker so we can also learn from them.