DEXTER Opening Edit

This 'DEXTER Morning Routine' that me and my group remade was to help our skills with using camera, understanding in getting better angles and shot types whilst we used more of the camera rules, such as Rule of Thirds, 180 Degree Rule etc. Other than use getting better camera skills, it gave us better editing and sound skills. All of us had to create our own edit but using the same clips. This meant that all of us are gaining skill from this other than just having one person editing and getting better. Finally this was the time where we had to choose our group for our final project.    

Grading Past Students

This filming opening sequence is a good example I think of a C Grade piece of work. They had a good use of sound throughout the clip but think failed in the creativity of the piece of work. They didn't use a good understanding for Mise-en-Scene. Location wise wasn't very creative, only doing it local doesn't give a good atmosphere and help set up the genre. You can understand what they were trying to do but there camera work was very basic, using only pans and tracking mostly. Shows very basic understanding of how a thriller film is made, and how big a part the opening sequence is.




Now this opening I believe would be a B Grade. It also has a good use of foley and the camera work is a lot better. They've made a better attempt for mise-en-scene, they've thought more in the location and lighting of the and aspects of how a thriller is made. This unlike the C Grade clip makes us as the audience ask questions about it, what was in the envelope? Who was the girl? Stuff like this makes us question it and thats what a thriller films are there to do. Apart from that this group have taken in all the aspects of mise-en-scene and created a good piece of work.




Finally this clip I think deserves an A Grade, as the way they have edited it and put the music and then the over lay of there voices was good. It gave them a good advantage over the other 2. The use of text when editing gave the clip a professional look about it, the lighting made it more like a thriller film. It did lack a bit of dialogue but other than that was a very good opening, it didn't give to much away but did give us a few questions to ask.

Doctor Who Animation - Masculine & Feminine Shots

Will, Bruce and I together as a group had to take 12 shots using cardboard cut out Doctor Who characters and tardis. The point in this was to get us to understand the differences between masculine and feminine camera shots. Firstly we watched a clip of the Doctor, Amy and Rory talking, but the image was gone so we had to rely on our listening skills to try and determine what kind of camera shot to do for that certain scene. After watching it a couple of times we got a list of all the 12 shots that we were going to shoot to try and fill in the picture over the sound. The point in this was to get us to understand what makes a masculine and feminine camera shot, this then has us talking about how will we put this into are final project. 

Iconography - Mood board

What is Thriller?

These trailers help back up with what I think defines thrillers.

Sound

Sound is just as important as clips. It's needed to be added to coursework and you must analysis it for the exam.

What Sounds Can You Hear?

- banging sounds

-creaking 

-birds tweeting : rural setting

-whisle 

-doors opening 

-water dripping

-chains 

-chattering 

-sighing 

-dog crying 

-cracking 

-huffing 

-flies

-crashing 

-wind 

-train 

-hooting 

-running & walking : loneliness = L.S

-telegram 

-cracking knuckles 

Ambience -

Rural area. Midday. Tense ambience, e.g you can hear the wind, cracking noises. 

Foley - 

Emphasis certain background sounds. E.g fly and  creaking door 

Dialogue - 

No dialogue in clip. But sounds are emphasized.

Emotional Realism - 

Establishing Sound - 

These sounds are usually reduced, but in this case there are emphasised to help to the narrative and set the mood. E.g the wind and a fly

Sound Motif - 

A sound you hear only with. Particular character. E.g the fly and the barrel 

Terminology

Ambience - the character and atmosphere of a place.

Foley - reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film 

Dialogue - a conversation between two or more people to resolve a problem 

Emotional Realism - 'true-to-life' situations that link the character and scene to reality

Establishing Sound - sound that establishes from the scenes surroundings (e.g cars in traffic) 

Sound Motif - sound effects or a group of sounds that are associated with a particular character or setting through a film.