Show-reel

Here is a show-reel of the work that I have completed in this assignment.

The following clips come from In The First, In The Third, More Soon, Kuleshov effect and Metronomy - She Wants.

Show-reel

Evaluation

 Evaluate how you have grown and developed as a practitioner, during this first assignment? 

  I think that I have grown a lot more confident as a practitioner. I feel as though after this assignment that I have become a lot more confident when using the equipment. I feel as though I can work Premier Pro to the best of my ability. I think I am also more confident with using sound now as well.

 What two things were you most proud of?

  I think the thing I am most proud of is our class one shot. I think this because due to the lack of time we had we all worked really well together in order to get a really great production. The reason for it's success was because the entire class put in a lot of effort and hard work into it therefore it turned out great.

 What two things do you think you could improve in the future?

  I think the one thing I could do with improving is editing, I think that I am working on improving it at the moment though. i think that it could do with some more improvements because it isn't as good as it could be. the way in which I am going to improve it is by keeping on doing my won edits therefore with practice I will become better at them.

Write down some future targets you would like to achieve. 

  I think that I would just like to improve on what I am doing now and learn to work more on my own and do individual projects. 

The Coffee Cup

The Coffee Cup is based on the conversation between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop in a coffee shop. This happened in the short film Coffee and Cigarettes - Somewhere in California. This was filmed in 1993 by director Jim Jarmusch it was shot in North California. Later on this would be part of three short films called Coffee and Cigarettes this would be the third installment out of eleven all of which were shot in black and white. Tom had filmed something the day before and was very tired and was also late to this day of filming because there was a car crash on his way to work therefore he wasn't in a very good mood. He threw the script onto the table and said to Iggy 'Do you think this is funny?' as he wasn't impressed with it. However Jim Jarmusch decided to pull Tom aside and discuss with him he came back in a better mood but Jim wanted to keep some of that mood in the character. Therefore his character turned up late to the coffee shop saying that he had been in a car crash on his way there. 

This is what our theme for this week was based on.

In our scenario we had to make sure that we came up with a quote for our short film ours was 'Once Upon a Blind Date' It included my colleagues Olivia Searle, Jade Popham, Katie Patrick and myself filming a blind date scene in The Caffeine Club. The things that we had to make sure happened in our scene was that there was two people sitting together and having a shared experience. We also had to make sure that it was around 5 minutes long, with a wild track in the background. 

This is our risk assessment to showed that we had everything

 prepared in order to film in The Caffeine Club. 

SYNOPSIS : 

First time blind dating, first time meeting and twiddling thumbs. After being match made, showing the awkward mishaps between two social rejects with very high standards. “Is that a 6 pack? I think not.” Images can be deceiving.  

Myself and Olivia took turns in filming it, I decided to film everything that was on the tripod while Olivia filmed everything that was hand held because she had more of a steady hand. This was the first time that I had done the main filming. I think that it turned out very well and I was really happy with the material that I had filmed. 

SHOT LIST :

1. Mid shot of man waiting.
2. Close up of him fiddling with hands and something on table.
3. Extreme close up of him biting lips.
4. Female date walks in looking around  for male date mid shot .
5. Awkward eye contact as they are the only ones in cafe.
6. Close up of females face with a over exaggerated disappointed look on her face with voice over.
7. Mid shot of her sitting down at table.
8. Quick shots flipping from both characters looking at each other and then the floor or table.
9. Mid shot of male character going to say something but nervously stoping.
10. Passing over table a punch of flowers. 
11. Female character looking unhappy and declining flowers wide long shot.
12. Mid shot of female character sneezing and wiping nose.
13. Awkward eye contact. 
14. Both fiddling quick shots. 
15. Girl looking at time close up of phone. 
16. Extreme close up of hands tapping.
17. Man goes toilet.
18. Girl runs out. 
19. Long shot thinking back to the date.      

Our idea was that Jade would play the man and she would waiting for Katie to arrive. Jade's character would be really creepy with Katie's thinking that the man was a topless model. His mood would be that he was impatient and nervous. Therefore when she arrived there would be lots of awkward eye contact. There would then be disappointed looks from the girl because she imagined that he would look a lot different. It   would then be filled with lots of awkward silent moments with music softly playing in the background as an ambiance  The next idea was that the man would bring some flowers and she would respond saying that she was allergic to them. However we changed this idea and decided to get Jade's character to order a burger for Katie's character only for her to respond saying that she is a veterinarian  Jade's character then shouted at Katie's saying that he couldn't be with someone who was a vegetarian. He then storms out to the toilet and then Katie's character makes a run for it. In the final scene Jade's character returns to see that she has left, to which he starts shouting and thinks back to the start of the date.

This was our three part storyboard. 

Our planning was a very important process of this project because it was our first time as a group filming out of college therefore we needed to make sure that we had a basic idea that we were going to follow. I think that this storyboard was very important because it helped us a lot even though a couple of things got changed. 

 Once Upon a Blind Date

The editing process for this was quite difficult because I had to rearrange the order of the clips in order for them to make sense. I then had to make sure that I cut them down as some of them were very long. The music was very hard to work with in this video because the music in The Caffeine Club kept changing, therefore I had to turn the backing noise completely down to make it sound like there was just a beat in the background. I found this incredibly difficult but I think it worked well in the end because in the final cut of it you cannot hear the music changing which was the main idea that I had. I then had to make sure that our quote 'Once Upon a Blind Date' only lasted for 3 seconds. Finally I edited it all to black and white to make it look like a montage to Coffee and Cigarettes with it fading to black for five seconds at the end. 

This is my edit decision list, it's what I went through while editing. It shows each the timing, what happens and who is in each of the scenes. This was quite complex to complete because it was hard to record each of them as there is so many of them. Although I think that the edit shot list is a really good idea because in the end it a quick way of seeing what is happening in each individual shots. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_and_Cigarettes:_Somewhere_in_California - 9th December 2013

In The Third

During this process I noticed a lot of differences between first and third perspectives. I think that it was a lot harder to shoot in first person than it was to shoot in third. The main difference I think that there is, is the fact that in third person it's coming from an outsiders perspective instead of the person the scene involves. In the third person perspective you don't feel as connected because it is as though you are just watching and doesn't involve the audience in any way. As the audience isn't aware of an additional feelings.

I think the biggest difference from first person to third person in our video, is the fact that in the first person perspective, the interviewer has to take control of the interview as it is from their perspective. While in the third person perspective nobody takes control as that is the point of third person, there is no lead. In some respects I think that this made it harder for me as the interviewer as we had to make it flow so it was more like a conversation than a structured interview.

We didn't actually change a lot, we had to change the location because it was impossible to do where we did it before. Although I think that the location affected the quality of the video a lot. For our third person perspective interview we filmed in the ceramics room which made the sound echo therefore we had to use the sound from the camera and not the video recorder like we originally planned. Also we weren't the only ones using the ceramics room, with there being other people in the room it meant we could hear people in the background. I felt like this was very inconvenient because of the amount of noise they were making as we asked for silent while we filmed.

I don't think that we had to change our story that differently, we had to ask some different questions and got different responses. The reason for this was because the environment that we were filming in was different. this is because in this interview it was more of a friendlier atmosphere than the last where it was structured and I had to follow the questions to make it look like this. Although in our second one there wasn't any plan to follow because of the changing perspective.

In The Third

We used similar types of shots they were mainly medium shots, close ups, extreme close ups, long shots and two shots. The reason why we used these types of shots was because these are the types of shots that are usually used therefore we thought that it was important. Although in this perspective my colleague Lauren Walke used a lot more extreme close ups on my other colleague Olivia Searle because in this type of interview the 'celebrity' is more important therefore we filmed more of her. I think that these shots were the correct ones to use and I'm happy how the filming came out because all the shots worked well together.

This was our shot list. 

I think that in this video the way that I edited it was a lot different to the way I edited the first video. In this video I left on the actual sound from the camera, while in the first perspective I took the sound from the voice recorder. However for this video the sound was very poor therefore I had to use the original sound as though it wasn't 100% clear it was a lot better than had I taken the sound from recorder. Editing the actual footage was a lot different as well, the reason for this is because we had videoed from two different angles asking the same questions therefore I cut both of the shots to make it look as though I put the shots together and there was more than one camera, the way that I did this was through video transition. I feel that this worked well with the third person perspective as it made it look as though there were two cameras.

Storyboard for in the third. 

When people looked at my work they could tell the difference between the first and third perspective, saying which one was which. They felt as though the camera angels were good and the the video transitions on the editing worked well. However the thing that is to be improved is the audio. I agree with this as the audio was my least favourite part of our video.

Script Writing master class.

On Wednesday I walked into college for a script writing master class.

Tim started typing, not saying a word to us. We had to watch what he was typing. He made a script up on the spot. He just did a funny script involving most of us. It was in idea that involved a magic button.

He said to us to either follow his idea and reword it or come up with something on our own. I decided that I would come up with something different but with similar circumstances. To start with I spoke about what would happened when I walked into the classroom this morning and then I decided to adapt it.

I added the ideas of teenagers coming into the classroom and singing and dancing on the table as I thought that it would be funny. I also added that we had a dance off in the middle of the classroom.

I thought that this script was really fun to write as it was something that I hadn't had much experience with before hand. Next time I would like to write a more in depth script but I think to start with that this script was good just as a one off. I think this script would be good if it was adapted.

Mise En Scene

The half-a-day challenge was to look at four different images and understand the scene. The Mise En Scene is important when understanding what is happening in the film and during the current scene. I think that their expressions, actions as well as what is in a scene tell a very important story, one in which the audience may have not looked into until carefully studying it. There are ten aspects to Mise En Scene there is set design, lightning, space, composition, costume, makeup and hair styles, acting, film stock, aspect ratio and character placement.

I think the theory behind this image is very interesting because there is a number of different scenarios that could be happening. However my theory of this scene is that they are in a relationship/secret relationship because she isn't wearing a ring. He is a rich business man and she is a housewife. I think that he has done something wrong such as saying that he would leave his wife but hasn't. I think that he then tries to shower her with gifts, for example. the jewellery that is on the table. However she rejects the jewellery because she doesn't want his money or material goods. I think all of this happens while she has prepared this evening with drink and food - the empty bottle of wine. However he doesn't seem to bothered because he is just reading the paper. This is why their expressions are anxious and stressed, she looks more stressed than he does therefore she is the one which is more anxious. 

However this is my theory I realise that there are many different scenarios that it could be such as he could be having an affair, or they are having a romantic meal and he is just coping her actions. I think that it is important to realise that there will be different theories due to others imaginations. 

This shot is split into three, there is the man, the women and then the props in the middle with the bottle of wine and the jewellery which is placed on this table. I think that in this shot the positioning of the props is very important. 

In this scene the characters are breaking the fourth wall this is because she is looking straight at the camera and therefore connecting with the audience. I think that in this image that she is talking to someone which is why she is looking straight into the camera, I think that maybe she is talking to the man of the house because she looks scared. She is wearing what it looks to be nightclothes and the man has told her to do something. She doesn't look particularly happy which suggests what she is being told doesn't make her too happy. I think by the condition that the clothing is in that she doesn't have much money and she might be a housewife or maid. The way that she holds her hands suggests that me that she is anxious and needs something to do with her hands and therefore she needs to somehow do something with them so it makes her looked less worried. Behind her there is a young boy cleaning this could be a young servant, I think this because he doesn't have very nice clothes on either which suggests that he works to earn his money. 

In the background of this shot you see a women sat down I think that the purpose of this is that she is women of the house and therefore is relaxing, compared to the other two in the scene she doesn't look as though she is doing anything. I think this is probably because she is rich and therefore doesn't work as she owns this house. She is dressed and is wearing a skirt I think that this suggests by her clothing that she is well off. I also think that her hair looks as though it has been styled compared to the women in the front who has nothing done. 

I think that the positioning of the characters in this shot is very important because this way you are able to see what each of the characters are doing, although in this scene they are probably only seen as backing characters they are still very important because it shows what they are doing when they are not the main character in the scene. 

This shot is split into three with three different scenarios happening the first one being the women at the front. the second being the boy in the middle tidying up the desk and finally in the back is the old women relaxing in the chair with her feet up. 

I think that this shot is interesting because there is only one character in it. The positioning of this character is very important because as she is the only person in this scene. The women is dressed in night clothing but by the look of it, it looks as though it could be silk because of the type of material it looks like. This suggests that she has quite a bit of money. Another reason why I think her/her family has quite a bit of money is because of the size of this room, it also looks white which suggests that they have a lot of money with the amount of accessories in the room, the big light, the massive mirror on the wall and the tall clock. 

I think that in this scene she has seen something that she doesn't like on the bed. This is because she is looking at it with a disgusting look and because the bed covers are pulled she doesn't want to touch it. Her hands are crossed therefore I think this could be where her father died, this was the bed that he died in. Therefore this is why her arms are crossed because she doesn't want to go anywhere near it. 

The reason why I think that this was her fathers bed is because of the amount there is a picture of a man and then of a women. I think that this suggests that this room holds some sort of memory. Therefore she is too scared to go near it as the bed hasn't actually been made, it looks as though someone left it or got removed from it and nobody decided to make it back. I think that this is surprising for the type of room that this is. I think that this bed would usually have been made as it looks as though it belongs to a rich family. 

This scene is again split into three, with the first part being the bed which is unmade. The second part of this scene is the women who is stood therefore with her arms crossed looking sad and upset. Finally the third part of this scene is the images and positioning of the props in the background. 

In this scene there is a man and a women. The women is in bed while the man is dressed up in a nice suit while holding a cigarette. I think that the man is just about to go to work and is leaving the women there. I don't necessarily think that this women is he wife and he could be having an affair with her. This is why she has made no effort to get out of bed because she has no children to attend to etc. Neither of them looking particularly happy therefore this could be because they are anxious about something. I think that maybe his wife could have found out about his affair and that is what they are talking about therefore they are stressed about whether what they are going to do. I think that the man doesn't know whether to leave his wife or not. 

On the bed there is a pot, I think that maybe that this pot is to put he used cigarettes in. Although I'm not sure as to why it is actually on the bed. I think that he put it on the bed as he was leaving. I think that this shows that he hasn't actually been in the bed with her all night and just came to see her in the morning. I think that the women looks a lot younger than the man this suggests that they probably aren't married. 

I think that the positioning of the props in the background is very important because this is definitely not the main bedroom because there are tables and records behind them, therefore this is why I think that he is having an affair. These are in the room because this is in the spare room and she is the maid. I think that this women is living with them as the maid but actually the man is having an affair with her. 

Finally, the scene like the others is split into three with it being, the man holding the cigarette and sitting on the bed looking concerned and worried, the women who is sitting up in the bed looking anxious and the props in the background which play a very important part in this. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_sc%C3%A8ne - 20th November 

In The First

Having scenes in the first person is very common in films. I think that one of the most famous ones is the scene in Spider Man 3 where Peter Parker 'Thinks He's Cool'. This scene makes his super powers to be made out to be rather idiotic. He is walking down the high street thinking that he looks cool and but instead he is getting getting odd and rather offended looks from every women he passes. This affects the audiences view point because it makes the audience feel as though they are actually that character. I think in this particular scene the audience feels embarrassed to be him because they realise it is ridiculous what he is doing. 

I think that in these scenes it gets the audiences heart racing because it feels strange to be in the position where it feels like you are actually involved in the film and not just watching it. The audience is viewing it as though it is them walking down the street. The impact this has is that in first person feels like they are being involved in something that they shouldn't be because it feels a bit intimate. I think it is a bit strange that we feel intimate with the other characters as all they are doing is walking down the street. 

This type of scene gives us an insight into the character as it feels as though we know more than we should. I think this is interesting because then we feel as though it's no longer about the character in the film, it's about somebody we know. This is the reason why we care so much for this character, it is as though we have a relationship with this character which is why we continue to watch because we have an attachment to them. This is why we want to see what the outcome to them is. I think that this is the way that the director captivates the audience. 

In The First

Our production was slightly different to what we normally do, this is because for this task we decided to do it as an interview. We decided on doing an interview as we thought that it would be something a little different and fun. The idea was that I would interview my colleague Olivia who would be the celebrity. The way in which the audience would be transported into our heads was through the thoughts of them. This is because the interviewer would be forceful and Olivia thinking 'it's none of your business' while actually smiling and pretending that everything is alright. Without this dialogue I think that the audience would get a more friendlier perspective of her than they actually get. This is the same at the end with me as I say 'that was interesting' which also shows a different and more sarcastic perceptive that the audience wouldn't have gotten without it.

                      

  

I think that filming in first person is a lot harder than people think because we need to make sure that the perspective is always in the first. The way we did this was through my other colleague Lauren changing between mine and Olivia's perspective to make sure that we got it. I think by changing this it took a very long time but I think that it worked well as we achieved what we wanted to, the first perspective. I think that it is a lot harder purely because you are limited as to what you can see, this is a big reason why our filming took us quite a long time as we had to check that everything was right and nothing looked out of place. I think that when watching it back the audience would get the true feelings of both the interviewer and the interviewee, this is because of the monologue in our heads, this is because without this the audience wouldn't get any inside thought they would just get what we would be saying.

  

Therefore I think for this particular task it was good to do an interview because the audience does feel involved in the situation. This wouldn't feel as personal in third person because we wouldn't get any actual feelings.

http://m.totalfilm.com/features/10-coolest-first-person-movie-scenes-sponsored-by-call-of-duty-ghosts#next - 20th November 2013