When editing I label all of my clips so I know what it is and I know where to use it. I find this easier because it makes it easier to access them all and I can can my clips easier.
I label on my hard drive, so when I go into Premier Pro I know was clips I need.
Early Editing- At the start of film, you couldn't edit. Films were shot in one take without any editing. There was only a certain amount of film that the camera reel could hold, filmmarkers and audiences wanted longer and more established film. The hold film would be seen in theatre, from the one real of film and played once. The Great Train Robbery, was make in 1903 and was a western film. It was written, directed and produced by Edwin S. Porter and was 12 minutes long, this was seen as a milestone is the film making.
Cutting- Editing started by using the jump cut that D.W Griffiths accidentally invented when making the film "The Greasers Gauntlet." He cut form a medium long shot to a long shot, this that knew as the jump cut, and editing started to progress. D.W Griffiths also invented the classical cutting, also known as continuity editing, this is a style of editing that showing emotional and this is done by the camera cutting and showing different emotions. He also invented the close up, this is the frame only has the actors head and shoulders in shot, this shot is normally used to show emotion. D.Q Griffiths invented parallel editing, this is used to build tension and to gain an emotion response from the audience. It was shown in D.W Griffiths film the "Birth of a nature." It constantly cuts between scenes to show tension, its shown is the film when the troops and close to discovering women and children. From this cutting has progressed further, and has progressed to the use of montage, which was famous used in Rocky 4. This was created my Eisenstein's and is create for a passage of time and place or a metaphorical meaning. The kuleshov effect is also showing the progress in editing. This is where viewers want more meaning and connotation, the shot is down to the editing and the way that the two different shots are put together. 180 degree rule, has also progress editing, this is where camera does not cross an imaginary lone, as it can confuse the audience as the would see the characters in different places.
Moviola- Moviola is an editing machine which, film makers use to view the film whilst editing. Iwan Serruier created Moviola in 1924. This allowed edited to concentrate on different scenes and be able to improve the scenes, this also give them the chance to see what was working and what wasn't working. It also meant that the transitions between cuts was better and made the continuity editing better.
Flatbed- The flatbed is another machine tat editors could use, this was more advanced then the moviola. Audio and pictures rolls load onto motorises disks, they move forwards and backward separately or together for synchronisation between the sound and picture.
Modern Editing- Editing was evolved through technology, and editing has become easier and smoother to use. Softwares that you can use now are Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premier Pro. Premier Pro allows you to cut you film in different ways and gives you different effects that you can add. It also gives you the chance to cut clips and cut them directly at the sot that you want it to be cut. Premier Pro is also easy to use and can be picked up very quickly. With editors being given the chance to edit and experiment is means that they can look at showing something is a different way and can still have the originally without it being damage.
Above is a editing techniques used in filming. I have explain the techniques, shown my own example and used an example that from a film. I think that tutorial is successful and I found is useful to use when looking at different shots.
I have analysed a clip from Francois Truffunt film The 400 Blows. I chose this clip, as I thought that there was a lot to talk about both contextual and visual.
Having looked at the British New Wave, I had decided to look at The French New Wave instead, I feel that i made the right decision and enjoyed looking at the this New Wave. I felt that the french new wave was a lot more interesting. I felt that I could find a lot more information on and as I didn't know anything about the french new wave but knew a little about the British new wave. I felt that this would push me more and having started to look at the films I found them to visual and contextual more interesting. Once I started my research I had decided to look at both Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffunt and start to see how the films were reflecting real life, quite a few times reflecting their own life. I decided to do a powerpoint which I thought that it would be the best for me and work more towards my strengths. Having done the powerpoint, I found that there was a few spelling mistakes, I need to have someone else look through my work before presenting to make sure everything was spelt correctly and that everything made sense. Also I found it hard to say some of the names, I feel that if I practise a little more I could have found they easier to say. When presenting I found a few points that I could go more in depth with and speak more about. For example Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless using jumps-cuts but wanting it to be documentary like is contradicting, I could have spoke more about how in one aspect it links in with the idea of New Wave and being different. However is is contradicting but the jumps cuts were only there because the film was to long and Jean-Luc Godard needed to cut the film down. Overall I'm happy with how this contextual research went.
Having studies the French New wave, I was influenced to make my own new wave. Having looked at Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffauts work, particular Breathless, A Woman is a Woman and The 400 Blows. I wanted to use the technical conventions that they have used, looking at the jump cut, hand held camera, natural lighting and long takes. I also wanted to add in the camera and lighting techniques that I have learnt. For example using different shots, like a pan across.
When filming for my new wave film, I hoped to contrast between Digbeth, particle the custard factory and that area around to business area of Birmingham and be able to in the editing stage to create jumps cuts between the both. However when I was filming I found that I didn't have enough time to go to both and decided to just film Digbeth and get my filming do there, this meant that I wasn't rushing. I felt that this meant I could spend more timing filming in Digbeth and making sure that everything was ok that I was filming. I enjoyed filming in Digbeth I found that I could film different things and that it would all fit together well, whilst sticking to an non-linera narrative.
Having looked back at my footage I am happy with it, and how it all looks together. I like using hand held and being able to see camera shake, I feel that it works well with the concept and also linked with my contextual research. While filming i did film parts of the christmas market but I found that this did't work as well as I wanted, and didn't work well with my other clips. Neither thought I wanted to used a non-linear narrative, I found this was random to add it into my video and didn't work with my footage. One of my clips is overexposure and I like this because I feel that it is different to my other clips and i feel that it works well and stands out. Also I thought that it would work well with the idea of the new wave, and filming things that 'strictly don't stand'.
I like how Jean-Luc Godard used jumped cuts within his film Breathless, I wanted to add this to into my video in the editing stage. I wanted my jumps cuts to be subtle but as well for it to be noticeable.
Having watched The 400 Blows, I found that they used long takes, I was particular influenced in the final scene of the film especially when he was running away from a teacher. I like the tracking shot and following him running in one shot and the use of hand held camera. I wanted to add this into my video, using one shot whilst following someone. I did this when following Frankie around the shop Cow. I like the long shot, and I feel when the you watch the film it feels like you are following Frankie. Which I feel fits in well with the idea of documentary, and following someone apart. Jean-Luc Godard's, Breathless film was said to be documentary like. I feel that this clips fit my work well with the research that I did.
I wanted to add music to the background of the film and just have non-diegetic sound, to start with I didn't know what sort of music to have and what music would go with my new wave. I looked at having instrumental acoustic music, I found passenger let it go, which I thought would go well. When watching back I found that it didn't go well because the beat was changing in the chorus and the beat was more dramatic. If I wanted to use more dramatic and noticeable jumps cuts, this could have worked well with more dramatic music. This didn't work with how I wanted to edited to my video you expected something to happen and it wasn't. I struggled to find acoustic music to go with my video, as I only wanted the music to have a few beats. Having looked, I finally found photography by Ed Sheeran and a acoustic instrumental. I found that this worked a lot better and worked with my film.
Having finished my new wave I have thought of ways that I could improve it if I had the change to go back and re-edit it. I would add diegetic sound is post production, linking back to my research of The French new wave. Particular in Godard's film Breathless they add the sound in post production and I think it could be a good way to link them together. For example I could get sound of a train going past, and noise of cars, to fit in with my footage. I also feel that this would work well, using both non-deigetic and diegetic sound. Also I change the ending of video, having a more of an ending, instead of just having the videoed stopped. This might be having someone looking at the camera. for example after the tracking shoot in Cow, I could have had Frankie look into the camera. This would link in with my research in The 400 Blows. Also I could have finished the video outside of the shop and maybe had a bus or something going pass and filming it on a side shoot. When looking back as my footage I had found that I had use a lot of pan up and downs, I felt that this did work well, but it would have been better if I used different camera shots. This would have shown more skills that I have learnt and might have worked better. Another way that I could improve my work is by using a different lens, this would give me different shots. For example if I used a 50mm lens, when film in the shop, I could have used a lower aperture which would contrast between the high aperture outside.
Overall I'm happy with how my final new wave went and happy with how it all worked together. I feel that it works well and I enjoyed filming and editing it. I enjoyed being able to researching The French New Wave and being able to link it to mine.
Planning for new wave film - Google Maps and Visual influences.
Google Maps- Places that i want to film when I'm filming on the Birmingham trip. The first place that I will visit first in the Custard Factory, and I hope to get different shots and use different camera techniques that I have learnt when I'm there. Below I have got images from google maps of where I wanted to go and I hope to spend the morning at the custard factory. Once finished here I hope to walk to the centre of Birmingham and on the way go to Cow, a vintage shop. I wanted to follow someone around the shop and go a long shot. I feel that this would work well, and be different to the parts that I will be filming.
Visual Influences
This is the final scene in The 400 blows, I like the tracking shots and the use of long shots within this clip, I feel that it works well. I wanted to use long shots and use tracking shots and follow someone for part of my video. I want to add this into my video and be able to link to a documentary, link back to the film Breathless and 400 Blows.
In the post production stage I hope to add jump cuts, I feel that this will work well and I like the way that it has been used in Breathless. I feel that this was worked well and I feel that it looks good. I the idea of someone watching the film and remembering that it is a film, I hope to add subtle jumps cuts.
Music-
I hope to add acoustic instrumental to my film, I feel that this will work well with the sort of shots that I want to take. Having looked at the different types of music, I found having something acoustic would work well, I feel that it have had lyrics I would need to fit the shots around the lyrics. Whilst filming and editing my video I will looking and listening out for music that I will work well with my video.
The Male Gaze is when the audience is being shown the prospective of a heterosexual man, a scene would focus on a woman and would be shown in the point of the view of a man. 'She is the object of male desire' (Psychoanalysis cultural theory and popular culture, John S) This will be shown through technical conventions, fore example using slow motion. Slow motions are used to give the viewer more time to look, which links in with what Mulvey says about visual pleasure. The theory was created by Laura Mulvey and was released in 1975. The essay went on to be a well known and a discussed theory in the media world. It went on to talk about how in a film the female characters can have no importance is being there and they just there to be looked at. Also she is there to show how the male feels and this can show why the woman is there.
Mulvey looks at Lacan's 'mirror stage' and looks at a child's ego and pleasures within cinematic identification.
Visual Pleasure
scopophillia - pleasure in looking.
In Bad Teacher Cameron Daiz is being objectified and sexualise, this is shown through the camera and it also shown through the point of view of a man.
Below is the schedule that we had to create the animation for the museum. This gave us a time frame of what we were doing each week and also make sure that we got anything done in time for the premier. Today we had our first session with museum, where we learnt about animation videos. We made lists of different ideas of what we want to do for the storyline of the video.
We were split into groups to look through what different ideas we had and to come up with a storyline with what we thought was out strongest idea. We then sat down as a whole group to look at the main ideas and see what everyone liked, we agreed on the idea of 'big brother society'. I feel that this idea will be strong and it will be relevant to variety of people when viewed in the museum.
Shooting Plan for Filming in Birmingham. What?-I will be shooting in Birmingham starting in Digbeth and going to the custard factory. I also hope to go to business side of Birmingham and be able to contrast between the two, I will do this if I have enough time. I think that this will work well contrasting between the custard factory and the business side. In the custard factory, I hope to film the different building and the shops that are there. Having never been to the custard factory I feel that this is the best place to film and show this part and I hope to show it through the my video. I want to explore the custard factory and I hope to show this through different shots. When?- I will be doing this on college trip to Birmingham, I feel that this is a good opportune to film and I feel that I have enough time to film my new wave. When doing around with a group I will have to make sure that I'm filming different parts of the custard factory, to make sure i'm not getting the same takes as others. How? - I will be shooting with my 5D mark 111 and 70- 300 mm lens. I will be using the camera and lighting techniques that I have learnt. I will be using hand held camera and using natural lighting, linking to the research of The French new wave. Why?- I will be shooting for my New wave short film, inspired by The French new wave. I hope to be able to link my new wave back to The French new wave but to still be different. I will be using technical conventions from The French new wave, mainly using hand held camera and natural lighting. Where? - I will be filming in Birmingham, particular Digbeth and maybe the business side of Birmingham if i have time. I want to make sure that when filming that I'm not rushing and I hope to film as much as I can. If I find that I'm running out of time, I will make the decision of to stay in Digbeth or try to get the business area of Birmingham.
"Godard
wanted Breathless to be shot, as much as possible, like a documentary, with
handheld camera and minimum of added lighting."(Everything
in cinema, The working life of Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Brody, faber and faber,
2008)
I will be shooting a New Wave Film, inspired by my
contextual research of the French New Wave. I will be creating a short film
with a non-linear narrative, about a city, I want to contrast a run down side of the city to the build up area. I want to explore the city and film
different parts of the city. I want to document the city filming both the
travelling and being in the city. I hope to use different shot and editing
types and experiment with lighting. For example I want to use tracking, to make
it feel like you are walking through a city. I also want to have jump cuts, I
will do this in the editing stage and this will link back to my research of the
French New wave. Particular linking to Jean Luc Godard film Breathless. I want to use jumps cuts to show a contrast between the two different parts of the city that I want to show. I will
be using long takes in my film to again link it back to my research
investigation. However I think using long take will be effect and go to use
because when you explore a city you look at it for more then a few seconds. I
hope to experiment with high key lighting and low key lighting, depending on the time I shoot. I hope to be able to incorporate shooting at night into my short film. I would also like to try using a slow shutter speed, when shooting at night and see what that looks like. I hope to use
mostly natural lighting, linking in with my research and how they use natural lighting to get a sense of realism. I
hope to so this on a college trip to Manchester and Birmingham, I feel that this will give me
enough time to film and I wouldn’t be filming too much of the same thing. As I have found that I have done in other projects. I wanted it to be somewhere where I
haven’t filmed before, and showing the film from my prospective and to make it
feel like you are exploring a city, when watching the short film. This short film will be about 5 to 10 minutes long. I will be using the tripods for some shots, but I will mainly use hand held camera. Which is linking back to my New Wave Research where they mainly use hand held camera. I use would like to put the camera down and just have people walking by. For example leaving the camera on the table showing the view outside the window. I want to use different ISO, and look at using a high ISO when I'm in a run down area to add grain into the frame. I would like to use the 50mm lens from college as well as my lens 70-300mm. I want to use these different lens because I feel that it would work well together and are different to each other. The 50mm I can use a low aperture and get a shallow depth of field.
Shutter speed is how fast the camera lens is opened for. The longer your lens is shut for, the motivation blur that you get within the frame. The faster your lens in open from the
Here I have used a fast shutter, meaning that the camera is shooting more frames pre second. A problem with this video is that the white balance is correct and the video is very yellow. I should have checked the white balance before shooting the video instead of waiting until after to realise. When going on my camera, I need to regular check to make sure that the white balance is set correctly. Slow Shutter Speed
Here I have used a slow shutter speed, meaning the camera taking less frames pre second. Again this videos white balance is off. Slow shutter works well having looked back at my work, this is because it looks more realistic and looks more that want you would if you were looking at it.
Health and safety is important to be aware of when using the camera. This is both equipment, the way you use it and the people around, this is will be so you aren't causing damage to either equipment or people. When shooting I make sure I have enough room around me for the tripod and other people to walk around safely. For example if you shooting in a public area you wouldn't leave a tripod on the floor for someone to fall over.
- When shooting you need to make sure the floor area around you in tidy, this will be to make sure no one can slip over. Also not to leave objects on the floor, for example the tripod bag. This could lead to injury or damage to the equipment.
- Making sure your tripod is flat on the ground is important to, and making sure that the tripod can't fall over, this could hurt someone around or damage the equipment.
- When using the tripod it will be important to make sure its visible for people to see and not trip over. For example not hiding the tripod around a corner from someone to walk into or for someone to trip over. This could lead to injury or damage to equipment.
-When putting the equipment away, you need to make sure that it is put away correctly. For example putting the cameras in the cupboard, if they fall out next time because you haven't put them in correctly if could cause damage to the camera or hurt the person trying to get the camera out.
-When using the photography studio it will be important to make sure no wires are around, especially on the floor for someone to trip over. It will be important to make sure if we see any wires we sort them out straight away before shooting. This is to prevent injury or damage to equipment.
- When it the studio, I make sure when I'm not using the light I switch them off at the wall to make sure it they aren't getting to hot, this will make the handle hot. When someone wants to move the lights they could burn themselves. Before exiting the studio I make sure that its all where this were
and exactly how they were switched off.
ISO- ISO is how sensitive the camera is to light, you want to get your ISO as low as possible to make sure you don't have grain with the frame. ISO 100
Here i shoot at ISO 100, using natural lighting. i feel that I should have had the camera in a different position, moving is more over to the right to get balance with the frame. I was rushing to get this video shot, and I feel that this is shown within the video. I feel that I could have found a better way to shoot this video and for it to look more visual pleasing.
Here I shoot at ISO 1600 in the studio using an LED light and using a fluid head tripod. I wanted to try the fluid head tripod and see what is what like to use, I felt that it worked well and looked good. I like how smooth it is and soften than a normal tripod. I feel that I could have found a better way to shoot at 1600. I don't like how the I didn't zoom in, this is because you can see the edge of the white background. I feel that if this wasn't here it would work better. Also my subject next to be in a different position, this could have been have just one person and having them on a third.
The French New Wave is a new movement between 1959 and 1968. They didn't like the way films were being made, so made their own to how they wanted them to be made.
True reflection of Truffaut's life and how he grow up - different to 'typical hollywood' wouldn't show real life. Could reflect the life of French people and how they grow up. - Connection.
Using unknown actors - audience will be able to link and connect to the audience.
the filmmaker's guide to digital imaging (2015) - Blain brown, Focal Press
Digital Video Handbook (2005) Tom Ang, Penguin.
Light affects the camera is different ways and this can affect what you want to shot and how you can shot. For example is you wanted to do a tracking shot, with someone going inside to outside you might have to take two takes and editing them together. This is because the light is different and you will have the correct exposure outside, by will be under exposure inside because you aren't getting as much light into the camera.
Aperture- Aperture is how much light is coming into the camera, the lower the aperture the more light that is coming into the camera. The higher the aperture the lower amount of light that is coming into the camera. When you are in a dark place and need more light into the camera, you will need a lower aperture to get as much light into the camera a possible. You might have to a just you ISO to get the right exposure.
For these two films I used the 50mm len to get a low aperture, I found using the len inside was a lot better then using it in outside. This was because to much light was coming into the frame, meaning it was overexposed. Having the aperture on 2.8 meant a lot of light was being let the camera, I had the ISO on 100 meaning I couldn't bring that lower to help lessing less light not the camera. Once coming inside I found it a lot easier to get the right exposure, this was because it was darker and i wasn't getting as much natural light into the camera. I like using this lens and being able to focus just one part of the frame and have your eyes focusing in on just that part of the frame. I hope to be able to use this lens for further work and see how it can help my work.
Here I used a wide angle and aperture 8. I like using the wide angle and getting a lot more in the frame, then I would using a standard lens. I found that this would good to use for a establishing shot to get as much as possible within the lens and not leaving anything out. To make this video better I need to bring down the ISO slightly, to get more detail within the sky. I feel that this would help make the frame better. Aperture 16- MVI_9973 from Jessica Barratt on Vimeo.
This video was shoot at aperture 16, using the standard lens. I used a pan as well as leading lines at the end and I feel that this worked well. I like using the pan when using the standard lens because you get more of scene within the shot.
High Kew Lighting- High lighting is where is a low contrast because there is a high amount of light. For example this could be using natural lighting, which won't create many shadows.
I wasn't to sure how to show high key lighting, so i thought having natural lighting would work well because it would create a low contrast. I feel that that its
Low Key Lighting- Low key lighting is where there isn't a strong a light source. This can be good for creating a moody feel within the frame. 'Low-key lighting makes the most of dark tones and shadows to create images with drama and atmosphere.'[1]
Here i had the light coming form the window and the light coming form the phone, I feel that this didn't work well and I need to think of a better setup. This would have worked better if i only have the single light source and I had a beth standing somewhere else. I feel that because I had the phone in the frame, it didn't create the best lighting and I wanted the lighting to be darker. I feel that it I just used the light coming from the window it would have worked a lot better.
Studio Lighting- I went into the studio to try different lighting and have different set ups of lighting. I tried rembrandt, butterfly and edge (split) lighting
Rembrant-Rembrandt is creating shadow of a triangle under the eye. This is created by having the light at a 45 degree angle and having the subject, slightly turning there head after from the light. A setup of the light is below.
635A7075 from Jessica Barratt on Vimeo.
Here i created rembrandt lighting, having the triangle lighting under the eye. I feel that this has worked well, and i like the effective that the lighting has given. To start with we found we couldn't get the rembrandt effect and had to move the light slightly and beth slightly to get the effect. I feel that once we got the lighting in the right place, it was easier to get Beth in the right place to create the lighting. Butterfly-Butterfly lighting is having light source above the subject to create a butterfly effect under the nose. The lighting needs to be higher then the subject to get the shadow. An example of the set up in below.
635A7084 from Jessica Barratt on Vimeo. Here I created the butterfly effect, I feel that it has worked well and looks good. I like how the shadows is only under the nose and contrasting with the rest. Which draws your eyes in. Split lighting- Split lighting, is having the light on one side of the subject, this creates shadows on one side of the face and light on the other side. An example of split lighting is below.
Here I created a edge lighting by having the light to the side of Beth. This frame needs a fill light added in to make it less dark and for it too look less yellow. I liked using the split image, I feel that it creates a mood to the video. I will be using this lighting setup in upcoming work when I want to create a mood and atmosphere. Creating shadows in an experimental set up- Here I went into a dark cupboard to be able to create shadows, I found that I could create these by using the LED light on the phone. I used the LED light and turned the light around to light up their faces, this then also lighted up the background which created the shadows.
MVI_9868 from Jessica Barratt on Vimeo. I wasn't to sure how to create shadows or how to experiment with shadows, I felt that this was a good way to do this. I like just the dark cupboard to create these effect.
Below are examples of using the different microphones and showing the difference between each. The camera audio is the worst, and the shotgun microphone is the best. The zoom H1 can be fitted onto the top of the camera and the shotgun microphone is pugged into the side of the camera with someone holding it above or near when the person is speaking.
Camera audio from Jessica Barratt on Vimeo.
The camera audio picks up noise around the camera and as well as the Elliot's voice, the sound isn't that clear.
Editing to music
I was given the task of editing a piece of music together and had to fit it to a beat of music. I use stock footage and other clip that I could find.
The video went well and better then I had expected it to, however I would have liked more time to be able to finish it. Also it I should have the cut the music that hasn't got clips, as I forgot to do this before cutting the music. Before this video I wasn't as confidence on Premiere Pro, having do this and try different things, I feel more confidence for future projects.
Having looked back at this, I have found that some beats are a little of and aren't fitting the clips. Next time I'm editing to music, I will have to make sure that they are perfectly in sync and are working well together. I will have to watch it a few times once I think I have finished and also get someone else to how it looks.
Is about a woman who wants a baby and blackmails her boyfriend into married and having a baby by having and affair with his friend.
Godard's film colour film.
Parallel to his life.
Shot/ Reverse shot is normally used in a conversation, or when characters are looking at each other. The shot goes back and forth between them, and it is use by a over shoulder shot or a point of view shot.
Establishing shot is normally used at the start of a scene to show the audience where they are, this gives the audience context and meaning. The shot that is used is a wide angled shot or an extreme wide angle shot. An example of this is below, where it shows New York City and then shows central Perk window. This is setting the scene and giving the audience context and meaning of what it happening.
Match on Action is where on shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot
Everything in cinema, The working life of Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Brody, faber and faber, 2008
"The shooting of breathless took place in conditions that were in many respects unprecedented in the history of cinema. Godard was aware of their peculiarity; indeed, he would make sue that his way of making the film would be as much a part of its public identity as the story and the actors."
"The story resembles a classic American film noir, and indeed in a scene where Michel hides in movie theatre, the sound track plays a clip from Joseph H."
"Godard wanted Breathless to be shot, as much as possible, like a documentary, with handheld camera and minimum of added lighting."
breathless is a based on a true story, and is Godard first film.
Has conventions of film noir - Fantasy, nothing is solved, has endless opportunities to escape the city doesn't take them. Falls in love with a girl.
Documentary like, using hand held cameras and natural lighting.
Use of jumps cuts, to cut down the time, was only meant to be 1 hour 30 minutes. Godard didn't want to cut the whole scenes, instead cut the parts of scenes. Creating the jump cut.
Overall I felt that the 4 hour film challenge went well, however we did't finish editing within the 4 hours. The brief was to create a short film, with a narrative titled 'The conversation'. We wanted to take a different approach and show a conversation through texts, however this didn't well and the narrative didn't flow very well. The start of the films flows a lot better then the end of the film, we wasted a lot of time on the first part of the film and not as much on the second. Also all of us spent time on the first part of the film, and the split into groups. This is shown when the footage didn't flow as well. To improve this we would have need to split into 2 groups and both done footage, this would have also meant that we had more time to edited and more of us to help edit the clips together.
A problem with this shot is that its to grainy, this was because we used a high aperture, which isn't letting enough light in the camera. Meaning we had to put the ISO was on 6400. To fix this problem we need a low aperture to aloud more light into the camera, which would mean the ISO could be lowed which would get rid of the grain. After shooting we noticed that the footage was grainy, but we didn't have time to change, next time we need to look at the camera setting and make sure that its set to the right setting so that we don't get grainy shots. I feel that this shot could be improve this could be done by using rules of thirds. I felt that having both of them on a third would make the shot look more even.
This shot is slightly over exposed, you can tell by the white sky and not being able to see all the detail within the frame. For example the roof of the building is blending in with the sky. To fix this problem we would have needed to have a higher aperture so less light was being added into the camera.
The British new wave is the name given to a trend in films which happened in the late 50's to the early 60's.
British films in the new wave - Late 50s early 60s.
social realism - Cathy come home. - 1966 Room at the Top (1959) - Jack Clayton Look Back in Anger (1959) - Tony Richardson Saturday Night Sunday Morning (1960) - Karel Reisz Taste of Honey (1961)- Tony Richardson The L Shaped Room (1962)- Bryan Forbes A Kind of Loving (1962)- John Schlesinger Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)- Tony Richardson This Sporting Life (1963)- Lindsay Anderson Billy Liar (1963)- John Schlesinger
Here I had two different set ups, using a ISO 100 and ISO 1600.
Process: How effective were your videos?
Using ISO 1600 was a lot more effective, then using ISO 100. This was because of how dark it was and there wasn't much light coming into the photos. I feel that my video on the car and road was a lot better then the petrol station because of the depth of field within the photo. Using a tripod was a strength because it meant that the camera is still and smooth. This also meant that the pan could be smooth and that there wasn't camera shake.
Problem solving: Being in the dark meant that the focusing was hard this was because you could see what you were focusing on. I found waiting a car to go pass to focus the lens worked well because i could see what was in focus and I know where to put my camera. Also have the set up on my camera screen meant that it was easy to see how the video would look and also making sure it was in focus.
ISO is how sensitivity the camera is to light. The lower ISO setting that you have aloud you to have a high aperture setting or longer exposure. Image quality is better when you use a low ISO this is because less noise grain is being let into the camera. If to much noise has been aloud into the photo there will be a pattern of pixels or a group of pixels, and the colours are different to what they should be.
Aperture is the lens opening and controls the amount of light that is passing throughout the lens. This is measure by f/stop. The lower the aperture is where the pupil of the lens is at its widest, letting in the most light. The higher the aperture is where the pupil of the lens is a small hole which is letting in a small amount of light. The lower your aperture the shallower your depth of field will be, and you will have blur in the background or foreground. The higher the aperture the wider the depth of field will be and the sharper the frame will be. Choosing the right aperture is important for the depth of field that you want, this is because the it allowing you to control what is in focus and what is out of focus. Here is an example of low aperture and having a shallow depth of field. The bird in the foreground is in focus and the background is blur and out of focus.
Here is an example of high aperture and having a high depth of field. Anything within this photo is in focus, this is because they lens is allowing less light into the camera.
Shutter Speed is how long the shutter is open for, the long the shutter speed is shut the more motivation blur there will be in the image. A faster shutter speed can freeze movement and a slower shutter creates motivation blur from a moving object. If you use a slow shutter speed you can pan a moving image. Shutter speed also effects the amount of light that is coming into the photo, because of the time the shutter is open for.
ISO, aperture and shutter speed work together to get the correct depth of field and light into the frame.
Book: Digital video handbook, Tom Ang, 2005, Penguin.
Photos: Google Images.
Here I was looking at using a low aperture and being able to focus in on different parts of the photo. I felt that this work well and I was able to have the camera focusing on different parts. I could improve this by making the focusing more smoother and making sure I was getting the focus right.
I took this video in the studio using a LED light at the side on Beth, which is showing split lighting. I wanted to try to using the focus. At the end I need to have to focus the camera a little bit more to make sure Beth was fully in focus. I need to use a low ISO to make the video less grainy.
MVI_0771 from Jessica Barratt on Vimeo.
For this video I wanted to look at natural lighting and see how natural lighting looked in a video. To improve this video I would need to take something more interesting and something with more depth.
A problem with this shot is that its to grainy, this was because we used a high aperture, which isn't letting enough light in the camera. Meaning we had to put the ISO was on 6400. To fix this problem we need a low aperture to aloud more light into the camera, which would mean the ISO could be lowed which would get rid of the grain. After shooting we noticed that the footage was grainy, but we didn't have time to change, next time we need to look at the camera setting and make sure that its set to the right setting so that we don't get grainy shots. I feel that this shot could be improve this could be done by using rules of thirds. I felt that having both of them on a third would make the shot look more even. 
ISO is how sensitivity the camera is to light. The lower ISO setting that you have aloud you to have a high aperture setting or longer exposure. Image quality is better when you use a low ISO this is because less noise grain is being let into the camera. If to much noise has been aloud into the photo there will be a pattern of pixels or a group of pixels, and the colours are different to what they should be.
Here is an example of low aperture and having a shallow depth of field. The bird in the foreground is in focus and the background is blur and out of focus. 
