Thursday 10 May 2012


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Film title:

1. Convention: Camera Movement

Describe a moment when you saw this technique used:
- Wide shot, Close up, Low angle shot, Objective shot

What did the filmmaker communicate using this technique?
- During the shot when they were showing the Mech/robot

2. Convention: Lighting

Describe a moment when you saw this technique used:
- When they were using with guns . . .

What did the filmmaker communicate using this technique?
- when it was sunny outside . . .
3. Convention: Colour

Describe a moment when you saw this technique used:
- All over the movie . .

What did the filmmaker communicate using this technique?
- No colours particular  

4. Convention: Music

Describe a moment when you saw this technique used:
- Every Sad moment during the movie . .

What did the filmmaker communicate using this technique?
- Gives more emotional impact to the audience . .
 
5. Convention: Symbolism

Describe a moment when you saw this technique used:
- Symbol of their Alien raise and Alien Gang sign

What did the filmmaker communicate using this technique?
- Tells us what kind of race this aliens are and blah blah . .
 
6. What was your favourite moment in this film?
- When The MC(main character) He tried to operating one of the alien ship to scape.
Describe the moment:
I like it because he fails and his stupid and not thinking . . .

Thursday 19 April 2012

Agenda:

Agenda:
You are working on your planning, your filming or your editing. Please be ready to answer these questions when asked.

What is your goal today?

Reshooting our film which will hopefully be better
Do you have your shot list and script?

Yes
Do you have necessary props?

Not sure
What do you need to remember for tomorrow (ie continuity)?

have our film done
Does everyone have a job and know what they need to do?

Yes
REFLECT: What do you need to do for tomorrow? 

Do some editing to make the movie better and have the complete version done by then.

On your blog: Why is the dialogue from the movie you are working on effective? Is there anything you could cut or would reshoot given the opportunity? Do you have subtext? Could you? Where?

The dialogue for the movie we are working on is effective and short and I don't think theres any changes needed to be done I like it the way it is. we already got are shots but will be reshooting it because we had some change of plans. we will also be using subtext to extend the scene summary.

Wednesday 18 April 2012

Film Studies: Opening Activity - explain you movie in one sentence. Ex "A billionaire weapons inventor dons an indestructible, high tech suit of armour to fight terrorists (iron man).

A safety video about a guy hanging out with friends and gets to an accident after he goes to work, the video tells you about being safe so that you won't get into an accident...

Thursday 5 April 2012

I think its Possible to do it but it will take time and patient and the right equipment (if we have them that is) and a lot of editing and work.

Wednesday 4 April 2012

Watch this video that won the Lamb 2011 award for feature reporting, then respond to "Good writing is as much about what you choose to write as it is about what you don't write," What are the power visuals of this story in your opinion?

The visuals that caught my attention is how they never said anything to what was going on and was just straightforward to the point and let the the speakers tell us to whats going on and what its obviously going to be about. Powerful pointers that I notice is when the father and mother said that they will just spend the remaining time  jacob has and when they said that I thought it was really powerful same goes with the christmas song near the end and when they close up the mother kissing jacob in the forehead in the end that was really powerfull

Tuesday 20 March 2012

After a 1/2 hour answer: Director Questions - answer on your blog

Name: Steven Spielberg
Famous Quotes:
-All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives. 
-I dream for a living.
-There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.
-Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.


5 Interesting Things:
1.) Steven Spielberg was born in CincinnatiOhioUSA in 1946.

2.) His movies feature action, suspense, special-effects wizardry, and memorable stories.
3.) Spielberg’s blockbuster films include Jaws (1975), E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial (1982),Jurassic Park (1993) and Schindler’s List (1993).
4.) At age 12, he started making movies and by the time he left college he had at least eight amateur works to his credit.
5.) Forbes magazine places Spielberg’s personal net worth at $3.0 billion.


What I like about this director: 
the way he films his movies with great story and characters and its no question why is one of the best out there in the film industries because all the films I have seen that he made over the decade are really good and I'm sure many others agrees with me.

What are 3 other works by this director? 
Super8, Catch Me If you Can, Indiana Jones Series

2 Genres the director works in:
- Sci-Fi
- Adventure
- and Many more.