Editing our preliminary

In the lesson sir had given us back our preliminary videos which we had to start to import in to Final cut express HD. Once i had imported this i began to edit the clip with my teachers help, he had showed me which toolbars that had to be used the main section of the software i was using are the 3 images below.   

Film editing

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Scouting for a location

We had visited different locations around Grovehill mainly looking at subways around the area which suits our particular scene the best! Below I have added images of the different locations that we had found and we have chosen the location that we liked the best and completed a small run through on how we would work at this location, this may change when we do the actual 2 minute clip but we were just trying to think how we would use the location to the best of our ability. Overall we had looked at 2 subways and field for our outside location and we have looked at two class rooms for our location in the school, the school location would be uploaded soon as we are waiting from written permission from a teacher.

Location on Prezi

Risk Assesment

As a group we had created a risk assessment, this is so that the group is safe while filming in a certain location.The risk assessment will be used every time we film at a certain location. We had visited our chosen location and wrote down what we could see that would be a risk in that area, and realized that risk may increase if the weather conditions change to frost or snow as we are mostly based outside when filming.   

Risk Assessment

Action Plan

Today the group had a brain storm to create a action plan for this week. We all had shared ideas and came to a conclusion of what to do. We had set ourselves targets to complete a certain section of the work by the end of this week.

Ø      To write up our final version of a synopsis which has been changing a lot for a couple a weeks but now we have decided that we have got our synopsis just right.

Ø      We aim to complete a final logo and title design for our production video.

Ø      To go on a location scout today and look at the different areas in Grovehill that we will use in our videos. We are looking for a location that has a small ally way and a quiet area which will suit the scene of our synopsis.

Ø      We will also complete a risk assessment of the chosen location that we find and asses what the risk may be, this will be discussed as a group as we will be working together to look at the risks.  

Week 5

This week we had a different activity that was set for us; we had mark blogs that were made by other students in the years above us. We were given a mark grid and had to mark each section depending on if they had completed the following sections that were on the mark grid. They had included 4 levels which where worded

Level 1: Poor

Level 2: Basic

Level 3: Proficient

Level 4: Excellent

Overall we had marked 4 examples with the first example I had given it the overall mark band basic, this was because there was no different types of media components that were used it was I a basic power point presentation, also it had seemed that the information that was gathered did not seem like a 10 weeks worth of work.

Example 2 had information provided in a blog it had all the information included there was a lot of information on research of different genres also a small amount of information on the target audience. Information on props was detailed which had helped to bring the grade up and overall I had given the second example an Excellent.

Example 3 this blog had a little amount of information on the props ad location also I had not seen many story boards I don’t think I had found a story board but I could see that overall the person had uses there time well on presentation ad consumed there time well and blogged regularly There was a lot of information about the audience ad a lot of time ad effort given in research of similar products this had helped the grade to be a level 3.

Example 4 had a lot of information o the actors ad what they had needed for there organisation but the rest of the information that was on the blog was basic ad it had so I had given it the overall level 2 basic grade.

Below is the mark grid that i had used

Marking Grid

At the start of the lesson we had a brain storming task to complete, we had to list down what we think that would be needed when we are at our shooting location so the first 5 minutes we had created a shooting checklist and below is a list that we had drew up as a whole class

Tripod
Scripts
Story board
camera charger
Actors
Make up artist
Production notes
Health and Safety on location
Actors numbers
A base to access water, toilet etc

After this we had looked at various images and talked about the Mise en scene in each image below i have found an image and described what is shown in the image.

In this picture you are bale to see candles that are lighted on the table which make the girl stand out in the image as the light is focused in the position that she is seated on. You are able to notice that the other actors in this image are not in the light and are in the darker shaded part of the image this helps you understand that the camera focus is suppose to be on the girl. This image is a long shot as it shows the whole family in the image including the table that they are seated on. You are able to see who the characters are in the image typically I think that it is a daughter and her parents eatig dinner together.

Than we had began to use a camera and figure out the different technique that can be used on the camera, so we had to work in a group and play with the setting we had used a blue paper and set the camera focus on to that colour. Than once we had moved the camera around the room it looked more of an orange colour and bright like it was a summers day. Than we had put a yellow sheet of paper in front of the camera lense to set the colour manually than we had moved the camera around the room and the colour had tined to a blue tone. This had given us a idea to use as a flashback in out two minute opening we were discussing to focus the camera on the blue paper which would set the camera to have a orange tone so the flash back scenery would look different to the other scenes.

Week 4

Today we had to present what we had what decided what our synopsis was also other information which includes the target audience, age rating etc. In our group we had decided to discuss a section each which we had done, below is the presentation we had presented to the class.

Week 3 Preliminary Video

This was the week when we got the chance to do a practical; it was the first time we worked in a group to create a video. As Jamiul and Sana were acting in the group Ruhan as well as Jamiuls were fixing the camera angles while I was talking the group through what I had understood from the story board. The clip had lasted for 2 minutes; we had used Jamiuls story board. It started with the character walking through the corridor as the camera shot is behind Sana as she was walking towards the door, than Sana puts her hand towards the handle and pushes it down. Than from the other side of the door a close up is made towards the door handle. Than Sana walks in to the room and the camera angle changes showing Sana and part of Jamiuls back Sana asks Jamiul to return the book than the camera angle changes showing Jamiuls face and Sanas back as he replies to her thank you for the book. The camera angle changes once again as Sana is walking out the door than the scene ends with just the door showing.