A2 Media

Besides the camera angles, editing techniques are also key in order for my production of my short film. By researching these I am able to become more familiar with the types cuts and editing I am able to use. As I do not edit clips together to create often, it will be beneficial to me to work out what effect each technique has when producing my short film.  Flash cutting - editing sequences together so that the duration of each shot is very brief. This type of editing helps establish action as if shots are short it can give a sense of chaos which is commonly linked together. If I wanted to portray a scene as being unhappy, flash cutting would not be beneficial to my scene and create a completely different type of mood.  match cut - a continuous flow of action between two shots. This establishes a logical flow which ensures that the viewer does not get lost or confused when viewing the scenes. It is usually used to suggest some type of relationship between two dis-similar objec

Within the film industry, there are multiple camera angles and shots used to create short films. I am already familiar with these camera shots and angles from my AS work last year, however it will benefit me to go over the different shots and angles again to work out what would fit my short film the best as shots and angles play a significant role in my production. Establishing shot is a shot that establishes the context of the scene. It is usually filmed in a long or extreme long shot. Close up's tightly frame a person or an object. This shot is useful for showing detail and can emphasis emotion within scenes. Usually a close up will frame from the shoulders upwards. Extreme close up will frame extreme detail and tightly frame a direct area of a face or an object. These are used mostly in extremely dramatic scenes. A mid shot tends to frame a character from the waist upwards in order to capture most of their movements as well as facial expressions. These

Narrative refers to the structure of story telling and can be applied to both moving image and media texts. After looking into theorists regarding narrative, I also wanted to research into different media techniques in order to help me produce my final shirt film. Texts tend to tell their stories from a certain point of view. Two examples of this are: Omniscient narration- this is a type of narration where the audience is able 'see all'. Not necessarily everything is revealed in the narrative, but often the audience will  be aware of more than the characters in the film do.  Restricted narration- This technique only uses the point of view of one character in order to tell the story. This is usually the protagonist, but not always. This technique allows the audience to know as much or as little as the characters do.  Manipulating time is another technique used within films to add to the ability of making an interesting story. This is easily done by using mise-en-scene t

Narrative is about a tale, a story, recital or facts. It's the way in which a story is told in both fictional and non-fictional media texts. Narrative has no right or wrong way and it can always be challenged. Narrative story refers to events you can see and those that are inferred. Voices of narrative can vary and the intention of narrative can be different for different stories. Their are multiple key theorists that have explored narrative. Tzventan Todorov-  Todorov was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist, essayist and geologist. He believed that narrative starts with an equilibrium An action or character disrupts the equilibrium  A quest to restore the equilibrium begins The narrative continues to climax Resolution occurs and equilibrium is restored Todorov also believes that narratives follow in a chronological order. An example of Todorov's theory within the media industry would be the TV series Sherlock

At the beginning of A2, we spoke about the term 'media literate' and the meaning behind it. From doing my own research and having spoken about it in class I have learnt that it that being media literate means to be able to analysis, create and understand the forms of media. From being within a media class, I am able to become more media literate in my work and in everyday life. I am able to understand more than what I just see within the media industry.

Welcome to my A2 media blog. I have chosen to follow the task of creating a short film lasting approximately five minutes long  with the two out of the three ancillaries: Making a poster for the film  A radio trailer for the film A film magazine review page featuring the film There were multiple choices we were allowed to chose from this year in our media course which allowed us to have some freedom in how we go about producing out final product. I felt as if the choice of a film gave me an option to explore my skills more compared to doing print again like last year,such as the newspaper task. Not only this, but I will be able to examine the film industry and how they come about ideas and producing the overall products. It's exciting to learn about all that goes into the process. Also by choosing film I can see two sides of the media industry and see the difference between film and print work. Out of all of the choices given, I also felt most connected to the short film