1. 1. MediaEvaluationBrian Modi Brian Modi
2. 2. Ideas Beforestarting our preliminary task wehad to come up with a dialoguebetween two characters. The two characters we chose were a bossand an employee When we were deciding how thecharacters would look, we had to thinkabout the connotations and denotationsof their appearances Brian Modi
3. 3. Camera Shots Welearnt about different types ofcamera shot including a long shot, a wideshot and a close up In our preliminary task we used a longshot, a wide shot, a close up and a twoshot Brian Modi A wide shot Long shot
4. 4. Camera Shots Longshot a camera shot taken from adistance Wide shot a shot that shows the wholeroom in a scene Close-up a shot taken close to theobject being filmed Establishing shot a shot taken fromoutside the place where the action willtake placeBrian Modi
5. 5. Camera Shots Wealso had to think about which shotwould be appropriate for each part ofthe film We thought a long shot would beappropriate for a character walkingalong a hall way, into a room Brian Modi
6. 6. Transitions We also learned about different types oftransitions: Cut when a piece of film is divided and joinedto another piece Dissolve when one image gradually comes outand another image (or black screen) graduallycomes in Wipe when black screen is introduced at oneend of the screen and is drawn across thescreen until the whole screen is black or tointroduce a new imageBrian Modi
7. 7. Transitions Shot-reverse-shot when two people arespeaking, one person speaks on-screen, itcuts to the other actor and then cut backto the original actor Wehad to think about which transitionswould be appropriate in our film For example, we could use a dissolve tosuggest a long time or location Brian Modi
8. 8. Equipment - Camera To record the film we had to useequipment including a camera We had to mount the camera on a tripodusing a tripod plate so it can be held still The tripods height could be increasedand decreased (but not whilst thecamera is on the tripod) Brian Modi
9. 9. Equipment - Sound To record the sound we had to use amicrophone The microphone was attached to anextensible boom pole We had to think about the positioning ofthe boom pole to pick up the sounds wewanted To listen to the video, we had to plugheadphones into the cameraBrian Modi
10. 10. Equipment - Editing To edit the video, weused a program calledFinal Cut Pro To import film webrowserclicked on File theImport The top left window isthe browser whereimported images areheld Brian Modi
11. 11. Equipment - Editing The timeline is wherethe images are putin desired order The timeline dividesthe audio andimages so one orTimelineboth can be workedon Brian Modi
12. 12. Equipment - Editing Thetool palette has various tools for editing: The pointer tool is the default tool used to select things The razor tool is used to cut parts of scenes The pen tool is used for the automation of soundBrian Modi
13. 13. Equipment - Editing To automate thesound, using the pentool, click on the pink linesthat appear when theN-shaped button isclicked. A pink dot willappear.The pictures show how tomute the sound or fade itin or outBrian Modi
14. 14. Sound Motif Soundmotif is a sound that is associatedwith a particularcharacter, setting, situation or idea For example in the movie Star Wars, whenthe main antagonist Darth Vader is in ascene, a heavy breathing sound effect isheard Brian Modi