June 2012
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Mop Up The First -
Our last thing to do to complete the course was one little sheet. We have come so far and individuals and as groups throughout the year. And I simply cannot wait for year 2. Three Important things I have learnt in the first year – In my first year of my Creative Media Diploma course I have learnt a range of new things. Three important things I have learnt are listed below: - Learning to think...
Jun 13th
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Jun 11th
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Jun 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 34) -
Gestalt: Ending - For our ending we used a Cannon 600D, tripod, Shot gun microphone and a zoom sound recorder. We did our filming on Thursday 7th June and we didn’t film until about 2.00pm as James was at the doctors and couldn’t get to college till later. This meant that our time to film was quite limited but thankfully we knew what we were doing with our ending so we could crack on the moment...
Jun 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 33) -
Gestalt: Ending - Below is our shot list for our ending scene: I offered to write a rough script that could act as a guideline for our ending scene: (See Single Camera Drama (Part 34)) 
Jun 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 32) -
Gestalt: Ending – Our next and final scene is the ending and the ending it most likely the hardest thing to do as you need to decide does it end or does it still leave unanswered questions? Now for our ending we have one rule: - We can only have a maximum of 20 shots. Now to be this wasn’t going to be a problem as we all ready had a rough idea of what our ending was going to be which was...
Jun 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 31) -
How Do Films End? There are many different ways a film can end and I believe for filmmakers it is quite difficult for us to decide how a film should because in all honesty it can end in anyway. The main questions filmmakers have to ask themselves is ‘Do we ‘end’ the film?’ or ‘Do we leave further questions that are unanswered?’. The ending to a film is just as important as the beginning and...
Jun 11th
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Jun 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 29) -
Gestalt: Action - Like I said before the location was Mount. Edgcumbe and we had to come up with our idea there and then which was quite difficult but in the end we managed to come up with an idea. The God (James) that originally created the bracelet (who was the guy in Jack’s flashback) wakes after being asleep in a field. It then cuts to the couple (Chirs and Abby) in a canteen having a...
Jun 2nd
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Single Camera Drama (Part 28) -
Gestalt: Action - For this scene as I said we had to do a risk assessment and call sheet. The definition of a call sheet is: ‘The daily call sheet is a filmmaking term for a sheet of paper issued to the cast and crew of a film production, created by an assistant director, informing them where and when they should report for a particular day of shooting.’...
Jun 1st
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Single Camera Drama (Part 27) -
Gestalt: Action - Our next scene for our short film ‘Malum Orbis’ is the action scene. The location this time was chosen by the Tutors and the location was Mount. Edgcumbe in Cornwall. I have never been there before so it would be very interesting to film on. Now just like our Atmosphere scene the Tutors threw little rules for this scene for us. Below are the rules for the action...
Jun 1st
May 2012
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May 29th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 25) -
Gestalt: Atmosphere - For our atmosphere scene we had four different locations as we had a lot of things in this scene of our film. Locations: - Plymouth Hoe: A different side of the beach on Plymouth Hoe this would allow the audience to see more of this place considering they saw one side in the opening and also it would be brilliant to have the bracelet wash up on this side to give the...
May 26th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 24) -
Gestalt: Atmosphere - Below is our storyboard which shows how our story is going to go. After we did the storyboard we wrote out shot list. The last thing we had to do before filming was write a risk assessment like we do every project. However our risk assessment is the same as our one for our opening. (See Single Camera Drama (Part 25))
May 26th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 23) -
Gestalt: Atmosphere - Our next scene that we have to do for our movie is an atmosphere scene. However our Tutors decided to throw little surprises into the mix therefore making us come up with solutions and edit the way we originally wanted things. They kind of acted like little rules that must be obeyed. It was a good challenge however it was quite annoying but in the end we came up with a great...
May 26th
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May 22nd
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Single Camera Drama (Part 21) -
Gestalt: Opening - Our location for our opening was Plymouth Hoe, which was perfect because we really wanted the character to be able to get rid of the bracelet in the sea. For the filming for our opening we used a Cannon 600D and a tripod. The camera was brilliant and fantastic, what was captured was such great quality. You could say the weather was on our side because if it was bright and...
May 22nd
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Single Camera Drama (Part 20) -
Gestalt: Opening - After we did our storyboard I offered to write the script for the voice-over that Jack would do which would give the audience a clue to the story and what it revolves around. Like every script the font is in Courier, size 12.   Next we had to write up our risk assessment like we do for every film project. Now that the script and risk assessment was done all that was left...
May 19th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 19) -
Gestalt: Opening - Our idea was to have a bracelet that has some form of curse that changes a persons personality and makes them a bad person. Once we had our idea we needed to write a treatment for it. Synopsis: A bracelet that can change the nicest guy into the most evil person on the planet but what happens when two people crave the power this bracelet process? Treatment: Open on a shot of...
May 19th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 18) -
Gestalt - ‘Gestalt’ is a German word for form or shape. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt Date accessed: 19/05/2012). Our next part of our assignment is a mini-movie or short movie which is expanded over 4 weeks. There are four sections and we are doing one each week: - Opening - Atmosphere - Action - Ending We were put into groups and I am in a group with James Pine, Jack...
May 19th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 17) -
How could you start a film? There are many different ways to start a film. The opening in a film is very crucial because it could make or break it. If the beginning is weak then the audience are not going to stick around to see the ending and if the beginning is stronger than the film the audience are in for a disappointment. Then again a review on a film is based on the person who is writing...
May 19th
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May 15th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 15) -
Coffee & Cigarettes - ‘Coffee & Cigarettes’ is a film by a man called Jim Jarmusch. Mr Jarmusch wrote and directed ‘Coffee & Cigarettes’. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49tTzEifY6M&) Our Coffee Cup project is based on this film. Synopsis: A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss...
May 15th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 14) -
Butterface by David McLaughlin - http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004pvg0 Above is a video by a man calledDavid McLaughlin. In the video there is two people would sit next to each other on the train and the man has trouble to bring up a conversation with the woman. The whole scene is in the man’s perspective, you hear all his thoughts. What is truly amazing about this video is that even...
May 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 13) -
The Coffee Cup - Considering we were having James, Mo and Mike playing the men in the scene that were playing poker it would have been a good idea to have a script however we all found that trying to learn a script in one night would be a bit bothersome so instead we wrote a script that would act as a rough guide line of what would be said. Like every script the font is in Courier, size 12, 1.5...
May 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 12) -
The Coffee Cup - Below is our treatment/Synopsis, shot list and storyboard. A synopsis/treatment is what the film is about, a shot list is a list of the different shot type such as Close-up, medium shot etc and a description of what happens in that specific shot. A storyboard is a set of drawings that show what happens in a scene and are normally accompanied by text. Treatment/Synopsis: Three...
May 11th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 11) -
The Coffee Cup - For our next project for this assignment we have been put into groups which in my opinion is brilliant because we get to work with other people who we haven’t worked with before.I was put in a group with Mike Howard, James Thorpe and Mo Baines. Our task was to create a scene that was in black and white where two people sit together and are together through a shared...
May 11th
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May 6th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 9) -
The Waiting Room - In a production time can be utilised and manipulated to make it either go by faster or slower. This can be done by using a different range of techniques. Raging Bull - ‘You never got me down Ray’ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wwItkoapuA Above is a link of a scene from the 1980 film’Raging Bull’. As you can see the scene is in black and white. What...
May 6th
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Single Camera Drama (Part 8) -
The Waiting Room - After we did the storyboard we wrote the script. When writing a script you must use ‘Courier’ Font and it must be at size 12 and the line spacing must be 1.5. Below is our script: (See Single Camera Drama (Part 9))
May 2nd
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Single Camera Drama (Part 7) -
The Waiting Room - For this task we were put into groups by a cup that had numbers on them. I thought it was brilliant because it allows us to work with people we haven’t worked that much with. I am in a group with Chris Clements and Lee Douch, unfortunately Lee was away today meaning that Chris and I did the storyboard and script without him. Coming up with an idea was very hard however...
May 2nd
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Single Camera Drama (Part 6) -
The Waiting Room - Our first project on this assignment brief is called ‘The Waiting Room’. In small groups, our task is to create a single camera production which explores issues of time, atmosphere and character development. We were given a description and we must make our own version. The description is below: We must think about the different aspects that could convey...
May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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May 1st
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Single Camera Drama (Part 2) -
Mise-en-scene - Mise-en-scene meaning what’s in the frame? We were given a task of looking at four photographs from films which are unknown and look at what is in the frame and things of what could be happening in the scene. Photograph 1 : Met for a romantic meal and argue over infidelity? Woman just revealed news of pregnancy? General problems in eatery? Headache VS Ear...
May 1st
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Single Camera Drama (Part 1) -
Multi Camera & Single Camera Shots - Multi Camera is quick however when single camera is used all the camera’s are independent from each other. ‘A single camera—either motion picture camera or professional video camera—is employed on the set and each shot to make up a scene is taken individually. An alternative production method is the multiple-camera setup, which uses two or...
May 1st
April 2012
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Apr 26th
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Aqua-Bites (Part 5) -
Video Art Examples - After doing a bit of searching I managed to find some Video Art Examples. I picked two very different ones.  The first being 1minute 54 seconds long and is called ‘20 Parallel Lines’ (http://vimeo.com/41037623). ‘20 Parallel Lines’ is by Eddie Lloyd. The title literally says what the video consists of, 20 parallel lines. Through out the video each...
Apr 26th
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Aqua-Bites (Part 4) -
Risk Assessment & Idea - I am working with Emma Ronan for this assignment. Below is the risk assessment because we are filming in the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth we had to consider more things such as flash on camera’s as if can affect the animals etc. I pre-booked an A1E Camera from the ERC at College for Wednesday 23rd April. Either on our own or in small groups (no more...
Apr 25th
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Aqua-Bites (Part 3) -
Video Art Artists - Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham is a British video artist and a music video film director. He has many famous works such as: - ‘Come to Daddy’ music video for ‘Aphex Twin’s’ in 1997. - ‘Frozen’ which was a music video for Madonna, it was released in 1998. ‘Frozen’ became and international hit and won the award for...
Apr 25th
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Aqua-Bites (Part 2) -
What Is Video Art? Video art is art using the medium of video. It’s not required but Video art may include audio. There are some similarities between video entertainment and video art. Unlike video art television and film is a different mode of expression intended to convey meaning outside the traditional modes. Now with the rapid evolution of video technology which artists have access to they...
Apr 25th
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Aqua-Bites (Part 1) -
Our next assignment involves the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. Our task is to produce a ‘video wall’ of 1-minute experimental videos for exhibition at the aquarium in the near future. The wall is designed to be ‘eye-catchying’, ‘distinctive’ and ‘memorable’ to the general pubilc. We will explore the nature behind experimental video art and...
Apr 24th
March 2012
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Factuality (Part 26) -
Final Documentary - My documentary is on the hand-in machine in the class room. Evaluation - I was so proud of my final documentary and I really enjoying doing it. I really enjoyed being by myself for this project because it allowed me to work ‘My-style’. Some people think I spend to much time on my work and that I work to much. Well this project allowed me to do everything by my...
Mar 29th
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Factuality (Part 25) -
Final Documentary - Voice-Over - For my documentary I want to do a voice-over while the audience watch black belts practicing Karate I shall be giving them the facts. I will be doing it in sections: Karate The history of Karate is shrouded in mystery. As far back as 1368 empty hand combat was practised in Okinawa, China India. Then in 1915 a man called Gichin Funakoshi (1868 – 1957) brought...
Mar 29th
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Factuality (Part 24) -
Final Documentary - Filming - I used an A1E Camera and a tripod for the film of my documentary. Filming for my doucmentary was going to be difficult to film the interviews because of the limited time I have before the lessons start. So I thought it would be a good idea to get there 35 minutes early that way not only would it give me time to set up but it would let me be prepared to interview...
Mar 29th
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Factuality (Part 23) -
Final Documentary - Release Forms - For someone to be able to film someone, the person who is being filmed must sign a release forms. Release Forms allow the production team to film someone and do what they want with the footage. For my documentary I want interviews with people who practise Karate with me on Monday and/or Friday. I did have a question about release forms for Tim Dickinson and...
Mar 29th
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Mar 24th
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Factuality (Part 21) -
Final Documentary - I remember ever since I was a little girl I was so amazed by Karate ever since I watched a series of films called ‘The Karate Kid’. Karate Kid (1984) Synopsis: A handyman/martial arts master (Mr. Miyagi) agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting. This film was brilliant, amazing, phenomenal, fantastic...
Mar 24th
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Factuality (Part 20) -
Final Documentary - Today we did our Proposal for our final documentary. I thought it would be a great idea to get a head start and pre-book the equipment I wish to use, so it will definitely be available for the days I require them. Below is a sheet that states the times and days I have booked out equipment from the ERC. I also did my risk assessment for my documentary below: (See...
Mar 12th