Monday Media Madness

We were given a template, which we could draw on, or download onto a computer and edit in computer. I chose to download my template onto the computer, and I used Photoshop to stick my images together into a sequence. I got my images from a video on Youtube of an apple going rotten, I screen-shotted different points of the video and opened them in Photoshop, and edited and placed them onto my template for the zoetrope. I then printed off the final image, and because the printer was only A4, I had to photocopy the final image to get it onto A3 size paper, and then because it was only in black and white, I coloured in the pictures on the zoetrope template.

After this course I would like to go to university somewhere to study film further. I am not sure where, hopefully in the US. I hope the college can help me get the qualifications I need to get into a university and continue doing what I love. Stay safe.

Animation skills

Individual working

Writing more, and better

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My favourite video Tim has screened was the music video for "The Bay" by Metronomy, and "Homesick Blues" by us. Stay safe.

Pretty much the whole week and in holidays I'm doing college related work, whether it is making or editing a video, or watching movies, or thinking up ideas for new films to make! Stay safe.

Amazing guy.

Repent-full.

Perfect.

Kind.

Modest.

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Hand on the bible I promise to work harder on my blog and writing

I solemnly swear to work with everyone in the class and treat everyone as though they were my friend.

I pinky promise to learn from the second years we had mistakes, and be actually nice to my first years.

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My favourite part of the academic year was meeting new people, and having wonderful new experiences! Thankyou Plymouth College of Art! Stay safe.

How to make videos

A director can make the audience watch a film, but a great director can make an audience feel the film.

You can do something really bad, as long as you do something better eventually.

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We watched an old BBC Television production recently about the "Art of opening a film", many famous and respected directors and other people involved in the film industry were asked on their views about how to start a film, and the components needed or preferred by them. It was evidently a matter of opinion, and after watching a couple of openings to films and having seen many different ones in my lifetime I know that there are indeed many ways to open a film or television production, they are suited to the content or mood of the production and make sense depending on the show or film that follows. 

A characteristic of most big films we see in the cinema is the title at the start of the film, even TV shows have this same characteristic to show when a new show has started on the TV which is different from the show on previously before it. However in films, before the title is shown, the certificate of the film is shown for a short while, and that has come to be the accepted point where the "film has now started" and everybody in the cinema starts to become quiet and gets ready to watch the film. Next is usually either the title, opening credits or an establishing scene which later cuts into a title and then back to the start of the actual film. In many modern day films the titles or opening credits are an essential part of the film. Orson Welles said in the BBC production we watched about openings that in a film he directed there was a battle with the production studio and himself for a creative decision to have his own choice of music over the production house's logo ident at the start so it blends nicely into the start of the film and to not have any credits in the immediate opening of the film because it would ruin the atmosphere at an existential part of the film. However he lost the battle and the production house "ruined the film" in his opinion. 

Different ways to start a film include: 

Establishing shots and landscape shots to set the scene and mood of the film.

Starting at the end, then coming back to the beginning and showing how the action played out.

Titles.

Opening credits or no opening credits.

Fading in from black.

Graphic sequence for instance 007 intro.

Theme tune and sequence.

High octane action sequence.

Slow start, setting the tone.

Chuck the audience in at the deep end.

etc

The opening of a film is "magic for a director" said Ridley Scott because the audience usually comes into the cinema expecting to see a good film so their mood is good and are relieved the adverts have finished - in my opinion. The audience usually doesn't judge the film yet, they are just looking forward to a good film, and it's a great time to set the tone or mood of the film. If its a slow film start slow and get people ready to sit down and concentrate, if it's a high octane action thriller you may want to chuck the audience in at the deep end and explain later! 

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This is the Risk Assessment for the Atmosphere scene for our Gestalt project, which we shot at Mt. Edgecumbe! Stay safe.

Our Group Contract.

We as a group designed a contract to stick to, so that we could make sure everybody was involved equally in the production of our Gestalt formed short film and behaved in an agreeably accepted mannor.

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Today we had feedback for our first opening part to our film, The Black Book. Tim talked about how well we used the soundtrack, the rain effect, sound arrangement and that the shots were put together very well, that they worked well because they raised the tension. He asked us how well we worked together as a team, and we all agreed we bounced ideas off of each other and couldn't have done any of it without the team effort that was put in! also worked well together we bounced ideas off of each other whilst working. Tim flattered the group by saying we ‘showed off single camera drama’.

For the next part we have been encouraged to mix up our roles whilst working and not to use any music/ sound effects to build tension in our scene because we used it so well in our last scene. However he left it up to our judgment and I suggested we include a bit of music, for continuity may be hindered in the process of taking music out all together. Stay safe.

We stick with Jake and the open book, as he flicks thorough the book, it shows pictures of what has been happening so far since he has recieved it. He continues to notice that pictures are of him and what has happened so far. At first he thinks it has been a stalker that has drawn pictures of him, so he freaks out a bit. He then throws the book into the bin, he turns around and it reappears on his desk. He flicks thorough it again and stops on a page that there is a picture of exactly what he is doing. He sees the picture of Mount Edgecombe, he turns to his laptop and researches the place. Then he heads out of the door and we cut to black. Stay safe.