http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0grr0MINhE&feature=fvst
This is the opening scene of Devil wears Prada. We felt this related to the particular genre we picked for our main task. We particularly liked the close ups of the shoes and the way the scene portrayed different stereo types in showing her as a not knowing what to wear and coming to work in unsuitable clothing, yet one day she arrives in designer clothes and work colleagues are thrown back. We feel this is good inspiration and a good focus for us to complete the task we had in mind.
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Friday, 11 February 2011
What did you learn about the cameras and editing software during the preliminary task?
We learnt how to use the cameras and using Final cut pro to edit which was seem to be not as easy as it looks. Completing our filming task whilst also remebering the 180 degree rule was difficult in order to allow facial expressions and rections to be in the shot, whilst ensuring they matched and looked professional. We found in the end the preliminary task helped us to understand and establish how to use the cameras and edit much better than we would of if we just jumped straight into the task.
In filming and editing of your project, what worked well and what could have been improved?
We felt that involving different shots worked well in our preliminary task. We enjoyed trying a different range of shots and then deciding what worked best, however we felt that the eye direction was not right for the angle as one character was meant to be looking. Also we feel our editing skills need improvement so it flows more smoothly, but we are going to take these mistakes into account and make sure we dont repeat them in our main task.
Give a detailed, specific example of how you have used a shot/reverse shot combinationin your film?
We have included short reverse shot in our preliminary rask in order to show a conversation was happening. Although it was a clear define view a conversation was happening we failed to make the eyeline look clear as Catherine looks like she is not looking at the protangonist but is making eye contact with the camera which is a fail due to the fact eye contact to the camera should of not been made.
Give a detailed, specific example of how you achieve match cuts during the editing process
We did not involve a match cut in our preliminary task, we tried alot of different match cuts during the filming of our preliminary but didnt feel any of them looked suitable or fitted well. This is something we will work upon in our main task trying to gain the best possible outcome.
How did you make sure that you didnt break the 180 degree rule? Or if you broke it, what have you learnt from this?
In our preliminary task we did not break the 180 degree rule as we didnt pass the line for obvious reasons we wanted to get it correct. It was harder than we thought but we felt it was extremley useful and good practice for the main task we will be filming soon.
We learnt how to use the cameras and using Final cut pro to edit which was seem to be not as easy as it looks. Completing our filming task whilst also remebering the 180 degree rule was difficult in order to allow facial expressions and rections to be in the shot, whilst ensuring they matched and looked professional. We found in the end the preliminary task helped us to understand and establish how to use the cameras and edit much better than we would of if we just jumped straight into the task.
In filming and editing of your project, what worked well and what could have been improved?
We felt that involving different shots worked well in our preliminary task. We enjoyed trying a different range of shots and then deciding what worked best, however we felt that the eye direction was not right for the angle as one character was meant to be looking. Also we feel our editing skills need improvement so it flows more smoothly, but we are going to take these mistakes into account and make sure we dont repeat them in our main task.
Give a detailed, specific example of how you have used a shot/reverse shot combinationin your film?
We have included short reverse shot in our preliminary rask in order to show a conversation was happening. Although it was a clear define view a conversation was happening we failed to make the eyeline look clear as Catherine looks like she is not looking at the protangonist but is making eye contact with the camera which is a fail due to the fact eye contact to the camera should of not been made.
Give a detailed, specific example of how you achieve match cuts during the editing process
We did not involve a match cut in our preliminary task, we tried alot of different match cuts during the filming of our preliminary but didnt feel any of them looked suitable or fitted well. This is something we will work upon in our main task trying to gain the best possible outcome.
How did you make sure that you didnt break the 180 degree rule? Or if you broke it, what have you learnt from this?
In our preliminary task we did not break the 180 degree rule as we didnt pass the line for obvious reasons we wanted to get it correct. It was harder than we thought but we felt it was extremley useful and good practice for the main task we will be filming soon.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Preliminary Task
Today we decided to finish of the editing on our preliminary task, and then to upload it on to our blog, allowing us to become familiar with the blog.
We feel our preliminary task was successful although we found faults. As it is our first attempt we delt this was a good way in noticing and identifying the faults and being able to keep them in mind when we film our main task. One of the most noticable faults in our preliminary ask was the eye direction between the two characters. For example when sat down talking the eye direction was not accurate to were it should be, we will now ensure that we don't do this when making our final piece.
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