health and safety

When filming in the studio we would make sure the wires were out of the way as possible to avoid anyone tripping over and we also made sure that there was plenty of room so that none of the equipment was knocked over or tripped over when moving around the studio. We also made sure to turn off the lights that were not being used and to not face the bright lights in anyones eyes. The lights can get quite hot, so before we moved them around we made sure they were cool enough for no one to get burned.

Low key lighting, his key lighting and reflectors

espana from abbie on Vimeo.

The editing for this video didn't take long, as i cut the clips that i needed and put them in order, i didn't change any colours or adjust the video, these are straight jump cuts.

Film studies notes pt1

Frrued

Mlcan

Mulby

Analysis applying theory to 3 films

Freud, film and the unconscious

“Freud believed that dreams are the royal road to the unconscious” and that they contained important clues into the human psyche (weiter, 2004: 195) much of t initial research methods involved questioning his patients in their dream experiences and using their descriptions as a means of uncovering their true motivation and perceptions on the world.

Film operates on much the same principle… film speaks directly to the unconscious, the language of the dreams is one that is not an abstract from communication such as narrative, but id one that is filled with images they carry hidden meanings on a latent level just so is the language of film organised dot gat the inky a oaet of the film is communicated in a narrative form sound an images make up the majority of the effect  Kluge 1999

Therefor the nature that US FILM CAN BE TO A DEGREE, DECONSTUCTED IN ORDER TO UNVEIL a universal understanding od our thoughts and behaver that through identification contributes towards our enjoyment of the film as it acts as a release mechanism of these is induces impulse

Conscious                                                                        unconscious/ preconscious

 

Upper ego

Ego

ID

The ID- (unconscious desire/ the repressed) set free without conscience)

The ego- The conscious/ ikea lifestyle) comfortable

Superego- what controls it, will regulate “pleasure: it will censor the ID, but will also licence it.

Frued explained his famous model for brain function in the 1927 publication, the ego and the ID. Since then, the theory has been explained with reference to a horse and chariot.

ID most primitive, irrational and emotional, selfish, concerned only with its own self-satisfaction. Pleasure and instant gratification. Key work: want.

Ego reality, principle. The ego tries to meet the basic needs of the ID but also takes into account the real world. Key work: balance

Super ego, based on moral principles Key words: morals, compromise

Edge lighting

Edge lighting is when only one side of the face is in light and the other side has a shadow cast upon it.  It's one of the easiest lighting set ups as the main light only needs to be on one side of the subject while the camera if facing it. 

extra reference

Bibliography:Iannone, P. (2014) Deep focus: The roots of neorealism | sight & sound. Available at: http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/deep-focus/roots-neorealism (Accessed: 11 November 2016).In-line Citation:(Iannone, 2014)

lighting Butterfly, edge and rembrandt

Sequence 01 from abbie on Vimeo.

Using three different light sources, the key light which is placed 45 degrees to the side of the subject, the fill light which is opposite the camera often a reflector is used, and a back lighting. This lighting can be identified but the triangle shaped light under the eye, as shown in the second image.

Edge lighting

Edge lighting is when only one side of the face is in light and the other side has a shadow cast upon it.  It's one of the easiest lighting set ups as the main light only needs to be on one side of the subject while the camera if facing it. 

Butterfly lighting

Butterfly lighting is lighting that creates a shadow below the subjects nose that resembles a butterfly. This lighting is from a single light source placed higher than the subject but not directly above them. This lighting is often used to create softer lighting to make mostly females prettier.

Editing types and shots video

This is my video, showing different editing types and shots, there is the establishing shot at the beginning, followed by shot, reverse shot, the 30 degree rule, the 180 degree rule, cross cutting, match in action and the Kuleshov Effect.

The scenes i shot for this were under exposed, as i shot inside. The video may also be a bit confusing because i used the same location and people for all shots and editing types, someone could easily get mixed up to witch shot is which. Also going into this i was not that sure of some of the shots and editing types and so i tried to keep them basic, so that mainly I could understand the shots. The explanations in the video are not as clear as they could be, but i only have a basic understanding of these shots and so i couldn't go into much detail. However i managed to give examples of all the shots and editing types with simple examples and explanation. The footage is edited together with jump cuts and with no tampering to the footage colour.

new wave film

This is my new wave film, the film is made up of a series of short scenes edited together in premier pro with melon cony music in the background as planned. I kept to the original plan as everything I shot wasn't staged, I used mainly natural lighting or ambient lighting that was already there, I staged nothing to try and keep the video as close to real life and as realistic as possible. Similar to a new wave film for example Italian neorealism films I have used long takes, however to try and prevent my video from being boring with lots of long takes, i tried to split them up by adding other clips over the long takes, so in the middle of my long takes there are flashes from other scenes i shot. I did this to make my new wave film a bit more interesting. I was also influenced by the french new wave because some of there films have unusual lighting like in "Le Plus Grande Erreur" (the greatest mistake).

I think i showed my influences from the different new waves and managed to adapt sales like the long takes from different types of new wave films into my film. However their isn't much of a narrative, the film shows characters on a journey but there isn't a clear narrative or story to follow. However i managed to do as planned and take shots of real life, used different lighting techniques and edited with quick jump cuts. However because i used hand held camera for the entire film, lots of the shots are very shaky which i tried to fix in editing with warp stabiliser but it didn't come out as smooth as i would have hoped. The music in the video jumps part was through the film, as the music wasn't long enough so because i felt that song was right so i stretched the song out to last the whole video, although the jump isn't that out of place you can tell it's there and so i lowers the quality of the video. My shots are all in focus however some shots like the tilts of the wooden statue is slightly over exposed. However i used plenty of pans and tilts, there are also zooms and pull focus, so that i could show that i had technical experience with the camera.  There is a range of different camera angles and lighting techniques which show a range of interesting clips to form the film.

When filming I made sure that the equipment was never left alone and i kept the camera strapped and round my neck at all times to make sure it was never lost. The SD card was kept in the camera and never taken out incase it got lost. When filming i would keep to the sides to prevent obstructing people and when filming i kept an eye on my surroundings so not to trip or bump into anyone else.    

Camera shots

camera shots from abbie on Vimeo.


This video shows the different camera shots. I have labeled each shot to make it easier to tell which shot is which. I have tried to keep the shots clear as to what they are. The tracking shot is not done well as i put the camera in a trolly and you can see the bars of the trolly taking up most of the shot, i changed the aperture so the bars are out of focus,s o you can tell who i am tracking and the trolly gave the movement more ease however there is a part where the trolly goes over a bump and you can tell because the camera jumps a little. I tried to keep all my shots clear and of a good quality and i think i did this well because I had a lot of natural lighting so i could have the ISO low in a lot of the shots. However I used the same person in most of my shots and because i made it simple, so i when editing and the person watching could easily see and tell which shot is which even without the titles, the video is a bit boring, i could have taken a range of different objects and people to get the shots and their would have been more of a variety. I think i have managed to capture the shots well as for example in the extreme close up, you can see what is meant to be in the image which is a feature of the persons face, but i also had a low aperture so that the background is out of focus which draws more attention to the factual feature in focus. I tried to order the shots well, as at the beginning of the video you see a close up followed after by an extreme close up where you can see a comparison from close up to extreme close up, followed by mid shot, long shot and establishing shot. Most of the time the establishing shot would be at the beginning for example in a film it would normally start with an establishing shot or extreme long shot so the audience knows where the film is set, however i put my establishing shot int he middle of the video because i preferred to group the mid shots, close ups and long shots together so it is easier to compare them.

new wave: design brief

After looking at the Italian neorealism new wave and analysing a couple of films, there is a common theme of shooting real people, for example the bicycle thieves protagonist is played by a factory worker in real life, this is so the director could get a better sense of realism. The films are also known for not having a happy ending, because of the realistic stories, they are given realistic endings which doesn't include a happy ending.

I hope to make a melancholy film following real people in situations that are not staged. This could be them walking around, looking at something but i also want to capture other real things. I want to take shots of something that are just there to look at. Something most people see in their everyday lives. I plan on making it melancholy with the music, when it comes to editing i want to give the short film, music to fit with he theme of how nothing is exciting, it's just everyday people in everyday lives, there is no narrative, just real life, which to some people is sad and boring. I plan on just using the lighting around me, the ambiance of what lighting is already inside and natural lighting, this is so nothing is staged and it is all real. I am hoping to find different kinds of lighting, to add more colour to the shots.

To avoid a narrative structure, i will add shots of another scene into another scene with quick jump cuts. The footage that i shot, i am going to try and have it out of order, so there isn't a story to follow, although most Italian neorealism films do have a story to follow, mine won't because i want to focus on the realistic nature of everyday life, how everything and everybody is living their own lives and they get mixed up within one another. There won't be any diabetic music to give the idea of not knowing what is going on with other peoples lives, they all merge together. I don't what any one i am filming to know i am filming them because people act different when they know they are on camera.

editing shots

The shinning, establishing shot

Hangover part 3, continuity editing

the hunger games, shot reverse shot

mission impossible ghost protocol 180 degree

Edward scissor hands, cross cutting

matrix, match on action

shame, Kuleshov Effect

the karate kid, metric montage

the good the bad and the ugly, rhythmic montage

they live, intellectual montage

tonal montage

overtonal montage

30 degree rule, ex machine