Halloween curse

1st: Aaron finds ring (graveyard) with brother (burns aarons hand from ring)


2st : aaron walking scene (1st person) drunk feeling (voices) (snapps at brother)


3rd: brother goes home


4th: aaron collapse (wakes night) red eyes (contacts) ring on finger


5th: title

Blogged By Scott

The group suffered a major set-back today as we have lost one of our group members and are possibly losing another. Our group may now turn into a pair as me ans Scott are fully dedicated to finishing this course. We now need to finish editing the prelimanary video and start planning the main task.

spot of trouble, aaron has left the group, he left as he is behind in his business coursework, but is dropping an A-level subject for a BTEC

by Scott Lacey

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment Name: Scott Lacey Preliminary Task · Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer? Answer :Yes our film uses editing to make the sequences of the events clear thought out the film clip · Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.) answer: yes we have attempted to keep to our script and plans for our film · Have you used match-on-action? Answer : in our film we did use match on action · Can you explain what a match-on action involves? Answer : match on action means that when something happens in the scene then when there is a cut the same piece of action must be going on. · Have you used shot/reverse shot? Answer : we did use shot/reverse shots in our preliminary · Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves? Answer : shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. · Did you observe the 180-degree rule? Answer : yes we did go by the Guide lines of this rule · Can you explain the 180-degree rule? Answer :not to cross the 180 degree line when filming coverage. · What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.) Anwer : i was one of the main filmers and actors, i also contributed into the idea of the film · How would you assess your contribution to the group? Answer : i would say that i contributed greatly to the film but others weren't really pulling their weight · What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film? Answer : I have learnt from the preliminary ask , how to film a basic set , I have learnt all the rules of filming what equipment is used and how to edit. i also got to know the basic finctions of the camera

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment
Name: Stephen Nutton

Preliminary Task
· Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?
The story line is clear, and understanding to the viewer. We have cut the selected scenes with precision to give a flowing view of the scenes.
· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

We have used the simple story boarded idea of the set task given.

· Have you used match-on-action?
Yes we have, we have used match on action shots in a variety of different scenes.
· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
The editor cuts from one shot to another, that matches the first shot's action.

· Have you used shot/reverse shot?
Yes we have used shot reverse shot, for example, we have used this specific shot in the interview.
· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.

· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?
We have used 180 degree rule in most of our film, mainly most of the talking

· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?
The 180° rule is a basic guideline that states those two characters in the same scene should always have the same left or right relationship to each other.

· What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
Filming, acting and editing.
· How would you assess your contribution to the group?
I have for filled and opted my opinion in the work.

· What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I have learnt how the different shots in camera work, gives different effect.

Blogged By Stephen :)

Problems

we are unable to start editing our film as we have no computer with the correct softwear to be able to. the reason why we cant is because the classroom is currently having work done on the roof. we have finished most of the tasks including questions and filming. we have been able to do all the tasks even with the problems we have had on the way.

We have now finished filming the video using loads of different shots. We now need to edit the footage to make it "flow" well. We may need to shorten some of the clips as we filmed them longer than they needed to be because we wanted to be sure that it is the right length and we didnt cut off any of the dialogue or action. Stephen is the person most likely to do the editing as he has the most skills on photoshop, which means that he is good with ideas and knows roughly what everything does.

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment
Name: Michael Baker

Preliminary Task
· Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

I feel that only one part is hard to understand, and this is because we didn’t think and it looks as though I disappear in one part of the film.

· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

We have followed the directions in the brief.

· Have you used match-on-action?

We have used match on action.

· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

This is when you close up on an action that somebody is doing.

· Have you used shot/reverse shot?

Yes we have.

· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

It’s when you take one close up of someone talking for example, and then when the next person talks close up on them.


· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

We did use the 180-degree rule.

· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

This is when you only stay to one side of the room so that the viewers don’t get confused.

Preliminary Task Questions

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment
Name: Aaron Bunting

Preliminary Task
· Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?
Answer :Yes our film uses editing to make the sequences of the events clear thought out the film clip

· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)
Answer: yes we have followed the directions of the brief in are video.


· Have you used match-on-action?
Answer : yes we have used match on action during are film

· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
Answer : match on action means that when something happens in the scene then when there is a cut the same piece of action must be going on.


· Have you used shot/reverse shot?
Answer :Yes we have used shot reverse shot in are video to.

· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
Answer : shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.


· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?
Answer : yes we did go by the Gide lines of this rule


· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?
Answer :not to cross the 180 degree line when filming coverage.

· What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
Anwer :The roles that I did when making the preliminary task was , mainly acting , editing , equitpment organisation and some filming too.

· How would you assess your contribution to the group?
Answer :I would say that I contributed very well to the group, but not all of use worked as a group.


· What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?
Answer : I have learnt from the preliminary ask , how to film a basic set , I have learnt all the rules of filming what equipment is used and how to edit.

scott's turn!

we hit a few problems during the course of filming our preliminary, such as michael getting a paper cut to the camera running out of battery. we overcame these problems but then had the mammoth task of editing the video and saving the files onto the computer. we had another problem when the files did not work on a different computer and it didnt work, this was another set back as we had to wait until lunch time so we could upload our project onto the computer. we are just coming up to the end of the project and are nearing completion of all editing, we now need to answer questions and keep on track  to make sure we do not fall behind in the next task.
much love, scott <3 (the first 'S' in MASS)

Filming takes.

As a whole, the filming has been successful, the different takes took time but we have configured the right camera angles to have an offective shot. For example we have taken shots of the door begining to open as an cloose up and then moved into the shot of the actor walking into the room from the shot. To add the effect of the person entering the room, but also to add an close up, to add more differenciation in shots.
After the time we have been shotting we have found some mistakes which we have changed through editing the clip.

Blogged by Stephen :)