L3 Creative Media 18

Tuesday 16th October 2018: Functions of a camera movement: Zoom into something Switch between 2 characters Follow the action of a scene Reveal information about a shot Find out more about surroundings  Continuous shots Take us on a journey Disorientate viewer Add realism to scenes Camera Movement: potential to function in different ways reveal dramatic information by enlarging audiences field of view narrow/focus attention on significant objects or characters Motivated Camera Movement: Camera moves when prompted by characters/events in films, e.g. follows a moving character. Here is an example of a motivated shot from Raiders of the Lost Arc In this scene, you can clearly see how the camera switches between the man, the shots and the woman, and then back again. It follows the character's every move, thus making it a motivated movement. Unmotivated Camera Movement: A camera movement that doesn't match what's happening in the scene, such a...

Friday 12th October 2018 : H.267-Codec=code and decode 1920×1080p-progressive (height in pixels of image) Files are stored in sectors. Rendering makes it neat and organised. Lossy:compressed A file that had been destroyed, can't be the exact same as it was before.  Mp4    .wmv   small file size MB Lossless:uncompressed  .mov .avi

Friday 5th October 2018: Clips: V1: In point/head-point/incoming- where clip  starts Out point/tail-point/outgoing- where clip ends Not sync=offset Highlight video and audio clips, right clip and synchronise audio. A1:english A2:- A3:Music A4:Other language C/A-cut away (meaningful cutaways)                                                           effects>audio transitions>crossfade>constant power- refers to decibel levels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9mhlineTpk

Friday 28th September 2018: Narrative Theory:

Thursday 4th October 2018: Opening Sequence: Back to the future- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3isQI0nXQRE   Back to the future is a film made in 1985 which is a fantasy science film about Marty McFly and Doc Brown, who travel back to the future for various reasons that become apparent throughout the film. This is the first opening sequence that I looked at when planning my own sequence as it's a film I've watched many times and enjoy very much.  In this opening sequence, there is no music and the only sound to start with is many different clocks ticking. The camera is showing different areas of someones house but it isn't clear who's it is, but we can assume that it's the house of an inventor as there are different contraptions there, such as a machine to feed the dog and turn on the TV, around the house that are all set off by the clocks.  The breakfast Club- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN-8TvevGU

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