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.

This Is England

This Is England is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The first opening scene shows many shots of britians icons set in 1983. The film illustrates that the skinhead subculture, whose 1960s roots include elements of black culture (especially ska, soul and reggae music), eventually became adopted by white nationalists, which led to divisions within the skinhead scene. Black outs are used to show credits in the opening shots, many shots are used in the opening credits such as an establishing shot is used to create the scene and show the location, a close-up is used to show facial expressions and wide shots are also used to body language and the action in the scene, a two shot is used to show the relationation between two people. Much of the film was shot in predominantly residential areas of Nottingham, including St Ann’s, Lenton and The Meadows, with one section featuring abandoned houses at the former airbase RAF Newton, just outside of Bingham, Nottinghamshire. The opening fight sequence was filmed at Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College, a secondary school in Derbyshire. Additional scenes were filmed in Grimsby, Turgoose’s home town.

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.

There are many different tools that can be used on Adobe Premiere, they can be used by clicking on the appropriate icon with your mouse or by pressing shift and the appropriate button.

Selection tool- The default tool, used to select clips in the timeline

Track Select tool - Select all clips on a track from a given point, or select multiple tracks.

Ripple Edit tool - Adjust an edit point and move other clips in the timeline to compensate.

Rolling Edit tool - Adjust an edit point between two clips without affecting the rest of the timeline.

Rate Stretch tool - Change the duration of a clip while simultaneously changing the speed to compensate.

Razor tool - Cut a clip (or multiple clips) into two clips.

Slip tool - Move a clip’s in and out points by the same amount simultaneously, so the rest of the timeline is not affected.

Slide tool - Move a clip back and forth in the timeline, while simultaneously adjusting adjacent clips to compensate.

Pen tool - Create control (anchor) points.

Hand tool - Drag the timeline view left and right.

Zoom tool - Click in the timeline to magnify the view, or drag and select a rectangular area to zoom into

This tutorial provides an introduction to the most important features of the Adobe Premiere workspace. The Workspace consists of five panels,

1. The project panel, where you store all the elements which make up your edited video (video clips, audio clips, graphics, titles, etc).
2. The monitor panel, where you view video clips and the result of your edits.
3. The info panel, which shows information about the selected item.
4. The timeline panel, where you arrange the elements of your video in the desired order.
5. The tools panel, where you can select various editing tools to use in the timeline.

Adobe Premiere is a video editing software package suitable for both amateur enthusiasts and professionals. It can be purchased and used alone, or alongside other applications such as Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, etc.

how does premiere work?

Like most editing software Premiere works by importing video from a source such as a video tape onto your hard drive, then allowing you to create new edited versions which you can export back to tape, disc or other medium.

what can premiere do?

what cant premiere do?

Although Premiere can do all common editing tasks and is suitable for most situations, if you are looking for a high-performance solution you should note the following:

• The built-in title maker is fine for most titles but is not particularly advanced.
• Premiere has some good audio mixing and effects features, but serious sound editing will need a specialist sound application (e.g. Adobe Audition or Soundbooth).
• The range of transitions and special effects is only average by professional standards (more are available from third party suppliers).

Adobe Premiere has been around for a long time and enjoys a very stable user base. It is a solid, professional-level application which will be more than adequate for most editing situations.

film editing is a part of the post production process of film making. it involves a selection of shots that are joined together to create a sequence of a film which will  advenutally create a finished motion picture. editing is when you remove the unwanted footage you dont want in your film to make it more dramatic. most movies have a purpose that tell a story or provide information, editing is a crucial step in making sure the film flows in the way you want it to. to make you film more intresting and to give it emotion you can add other elements into your film such as special effect, graphic or music ect.

Microphones are apart of everyday life there  found in most thing such as computers, telephones, cameras, recording studios ect.

people think they know how to use a microphone but like any other tool, you have to learn how to use it effectively. its not as easy as just plugging it in and pointing it in the direction its needs to be isnt enough. to get a effective sound you need a good quality microphone which doesnt always mean the most exsentive this will give you a good quality audio. whereas a poor quality microphone means a poor quality audio no matter how good the system is.

Things to consider in a microphone:  
- Directionality
- Frequency Response
- Impedance
- Handling Noise

audio monitoring and metering

audio metering means a visual dispaly to monitor audio levels. this helps maintain audio signals at their optimun level. the two most commeon types of meter used to measure audio levels are:

-VU meter (volume unit)

-PPM meter (peak programme)

camera shots are used to change the mood of the scene and make it more intertesting. There is a range of different camera angles to show facial expresstions and more dramatic.

extreme wide shot:  This is often used as an establishing shot, it is the view of the scene

Very wide shot: the view of a building where the scene begins

Wide shot: the object takes up the entire frame

Mid shot: shows some part of the object in a bit more detail

Medium close up: half way between a mid shot and a close up

close up: part of the subject takes up the whole frame.

Extreme close up: shows part of object in extreme detail

Cut away shot: A shot of something other than the current action

Cut in shot: Shows some part of the object in detail.

Two-shot: a shot of two people in a mid shot

Over the shoulder shot: Looking from behind a person at the object

Reaction shot: a shot of an object reacting to something out of the frame

Point of view shot: Shows a view from the Objects’s perspective

Weather shot: a shot of the sky (if it is in the plot or part of the subject)