Media Studies 2009-2011

Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan’s friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has less of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick! A lot of jup cuts are useed in this film to show him going from a black out to reality, also a lot of close ups to show the expressions on his face. The whole film is full of special effects e.g. floating words on a letter.

Anna returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father has become engaged to her mother’s former nurse. That night, Anna is visited by her mother’s ghost, who warns her of Rachel’s intentions. Together, Anna and her sister try to convince their father that his current fiancee is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother. There is close ups to show the girls facial expression to show she is confused about her mothers death. A wide shot is used to show the place it is set at. Many other camera angles are used to show movement, emotion, facial expressions and many more.

 The foundation portfolio is worth 50% of our AS grade. The first task we have to do is the preliminary exercise. For this we have to film someone walking down a coridoor, walking into a classroom, and sitting down giving someone else an object or item also including some diologue. The exercise had to be done in group of 3-4 in a group which we then created a storyboard. After filing are shots we then had to edited into a short video clip that had some sence.

Evaluation

I believe are video meet all the projects briefs as we had all the different shots such as the two shot, medium shot, wide shot, match on action and close up shot. The short film could have been improved as one of the shots didnt have enough head room and also the lighting in the coridoor was very dark and then when entering a light room the white balance did not look right when looking at the end project. Also a few shots were shot into the window which doesnt look good on the final outcome.

The toolbox contains common tools used for editing clips, when you select a tool the mouse pointer will usually change to a new icon to represent the tool when held over the timeline panel. In some cases you can change the behaviour of a tool by holding down a modifier key such as the Shift key.

Tools:

Button	Keyboard Shortcut	Description
	V	Selection tool The default tool, used to select clips in the timeline.
	M	Track Select tool Select all clips on a track from a given point, or select multiple tracks.
	B	Ripple Edit tool Adjust an edit point and move other clips in the timeline to compensate.
	N	Rolling Edit tool Adjust an edit point between two clips without affecting the rest of the timeline.
	X	Rate Stretch tool Change the duration of a clip while simultaneously changing the speed to compensate.
	C	Razor tool Cut a clip (or multiple clips) into two clips.
	Y	Slip tool Move a clip’s in and out points by the same amount simultaneously, so the rest of the timeline is not affected.
	U	Slide tool Move a clip back and forth in the timeline, while simultaneously adjusting adjacent clips to compensate.
	P	Pen tool Create control (anchor) points.
	H	Hand tool Drag the timeline view left and right.
	Z	Zoom tool Click in the timeline to magnify the view, or drag and select a rectangular area to zoom into.

Premiere’s workspace is one of the most important parts of premiere. It is spit into 5 different panels of work,these panels are called:

The Project Panel, which is where all the resources for your video are kept.

The Monitor Panel, where your video can be previewed.

The Timeline Panel, where the order of clips can be altered.

The Tools Panel, which enables the selection of different tools to use with the timeline.

The design of the workspace can be altered to suit the user’s purposes, whether they are audio editing, video editing, timeline editing or a mixture of more than one.

This is a package which lets you edit video footage. it is suitable for amatuers and proffesionals. This works by placing a video from your camera on to the adobe premiere you can then start editing by cutting parts adding effects in etc. Premiere is a powerful editing tool, capable of producing broadcast-quality and high-definition video. It is a very popular package amongst video enthusiasts and professionals, although other packages are usually preferred for the very top level of television production. the adobe premeire is quite expensive $550 however it is worth the money as you can do quite alot with it i.e. Import video, audio and graphics in a wide variety of formats.Add effects, filters, titles. if you have the money and are wanting to practise your film making whether your an amatuer or a proffesional then this is worth buying. 

Editing to were the film is changed to make it better, it is rearragned and manipulated. Many people use the term editing to describe all their post-production work, especially in non-professional situations.

Editing involves:

The Goals of Editing;

Remove unwanted footage

This is the simplest and most common task in editing. Many videos can be dramatically improved by simply getting rid of the flawed or unwanted bits.

Choose the best footage

It is common to shoot far more footage than you actually need and choose only the best material for the final edit. Often you will shoot several versions (takes) of a shot and choose the best one when editing.

Create a flow

Most videos serve a purpose such as telling a story or providing information. Editing is a crucial step in making sure the video flows in a way which achieves this goal.

Add effects, graphics, music, etc

This is often the “wow” part of editing. You can improve most videos (and have a lot of fun) by adding extra elements.

Alter the style, pace or mood of the video

A good editor will be able to create subtle mood prompts in a video. Techniques such as mood music and visual effects can influence how the audience will react.

Give the video a particular “angle”

Video can be tailored to support a particular viewpoint, impart a message or serve an agenda.

How to use microphones;

A microphone is a ubiquitous piece of equipment. Microphones are found in everyday life i.e. phones, computers, recording studios. when people tend to use microphones they just use the ones which are close to hand however you shouldnt as it wont be the best quality. A microphone is the most important part of the audio chain as microphones are a necesaty in the filming industry and everyday life, without microphones there wouldnt be sound in film.

Premiere, a product from Adobe, a company that produces visual design computer software, is a powerful video editing tool that is favoured by both  proffessional video editors and non professional. It works by allowing the user to import media files from different of storage hardware such as DVDs and USB’s, edit these files and then export them on to a storage device of your choice.

Premiere is able to import video (AVI, MP4) files, audio (MP3, WMA) files and image (JPG, PNG) files into the program to be used in editing. It also allows the user to change the speed and flow of the video, adds effects such as transitions and captions.