UNIT 22 LO1 FILMING TECHNIQUES
gENERATING IDEAS
Every production you create for us at Henley college will need to come from an ORIGINAL idea thought up by you. The ideas stage is normally the hardest unless you have a creative mind.
There are many ways you can create ideas.
From books you have read, situations you have been in, documentaries you have seen, films you have enjoyed, stories you have been told, nursery rhymes from when you were young, items on the news and every day incidents.
You should not start working on your production until you have a firm idea of what it is you would like to create and have a visual image of it in your mind.
If you are working in a group you can bounce ideas off each other and it is a little easier. If you are working on your own you can still ask people for their opinion, show it to the class or family member and get feedback and adapt your ideas.
For almost every production you will need to create mind maps and mood boards to develope your ideas and show your workings.
There are many ways you can create ideas.
From books you have read, situations you have been in, documentaries you have seen, films you have enjoyed, stories you have been told, nursery rhymes from when you were young, items on the news and every day incidents.
You should not start working on your production until you have a firm idea of what it is you would like to create and have a visual image of it in your mind.
If you are working in a group you can bounce ideas off each other and it is a little easier. If you are working on your own you can still ask people for their opinion, show it to the class or family member and get feedback and adapt your ideas.
For almost every production you will need to create mind maps and mood boards to develope your ideas and show your workings.
mIND MAPPING / THOUGHT CLOUDS
Go to Bubbl.us and create a free account. You can have 3 bubble charts going at once. You will need to delete when complete in order to create more.
Below is a mind map for a female character in a drama
Below is a mind map for a female character in a drama
Create your own moodboards using pinterest.
Go to Google and search Pinterest
Open an account using your college email account
Set up your profile. Follow Films and books, photography, education, art etc... You can choose up to 5 areas to follow.
Go to Google and search Pinterest
Open an account using your college email account
Set up your profile. Follow Films and books, photography, education, art etc... You can choose up to 5 areas to follow.
These are just two examples of how you can create mind maps and ideas. Another way is to actually cut out and draw in sketch books. You can then have ONE sketch book per production and keep all your ideas, cut outs, location ideas and character profiles in it. You will need to hand one at the end of each unit.
Mise en scene
Please click here to be transfered to the mise - en- scene page
Building the plot and turning it into a script
Script
Below is an example of how a script should be set out
- Location
- Brief outline of what is happening
- Who is talking
- The lines
- Stage directions on how to say the lines
USEFUL LINKS
http://thescriptlab.com/ - information on everything to do with scripts and treatments!
http://www.imsdb.com/ - the internet's largest script database
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/write-a-script - BBC script writing tips and advice
http://thescriptlab.com/ - information on everything to do with scripts and treatments!
http://www.imsdb.com/ - the internet's largest script database
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/write-a-script - BBC script writing tips and advice
individual class Task
Take the characters you created in character profile and give them a plot
Go through the Powerpoint above and add create your own powerpoint (slide 46 - 58) and create your own acts and signposts using the characters you made up in the previous lesson. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TITLE THE ACTS / SIGNPOSTS!
Please upload your powerpoint to U22 LO1
- Put them in a situation
- Add obstacles (human or object)
- Give your story 3 Acts and multiple signposts
- Think about his flaw, his weakness
- Set it out in script style
Go through the Powerpoint above and add create your own powerpoint (slide 46 - 58) and create your own acts and signposts using the characters you made up in the previous lesson. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TITLE THE ACTS / SIGNPOSTS!
Please upload your powerpoint to U22 LO1
Filming techniques
Multi camera means that the cameras are in "fixed" locations. Most typical multi camera sitcom sets have a common setup -- there will be a "front door" that leads into the living room from the right of the set, which will feed into a kitchen on the left side of the set. There's usually a flight of stairs directly behind the couch in the living room, etc. Also, practically every multicam sitcom will be utilizing a laugh track. Think of "That 70s Show", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "Rosanne", "All In The Family", "The Cosby Show", "Seinfeld", and so on. You can see the conventions almost immediately.
A single camera sitcom doesn't use a "single" camera, really, but it's a sitcom that's free from the constraints of a multicam setup. It's "free-range", so to speak, allowing for more varied cinematography and creative expression since the camera isn't stuck in one spot. this can mean more complicated sets and a much higher prevalence for exterior shots. Single cam sitcoms also rarely utilize a laugh track, and are generally far more energetic/layered than a traditional sitcom, especially since the actors don't have to compete with a laugh track, or have to deal with the other limitations of a typical multicam set. For this, think "Malcolm in the Middle", "30 Rock", "Community", "Arrested Development", and so on
http://www.reddit.com/
Single v Multi camera
Over the next few lessons we will look at Single v Multi Camera layout and the pros and cons of each
For the purpose of your production it is vital to know that Multi Camera is normally studio based where Single camera productions can be filmed on location.
For the purpose of your production it is vital to know that Multi Camera is normally studio based where Single camera productions can be filmed on location.
Conventions of single camera
Other conventions to consider
How difficult is it to get continuity correct using a single camera? Think lighting and sound as well as shot type and angles.
Producers who use Single Camera often move the story on by using techniques called split screen and montage. Can you think of examples where this has taken place?
Producers who use Single Camera often move the story on by using techniques called split screen and montage. Can you think of examples where this has taken place?
X Files - Split screen
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“Triangle” is a standalone episode of The X-Files in which present day Mulder (David Duchovny) is stuck on a ship, the Queen Anne, in 1939. Present day Scully (Gillian Anderson) boards the abandon Queen Anne in 1998 in an attempt to find Mulder, who has run into a past version of Scully in 1939.
The episode is memorable for several reasons: its unique plot structure, its hidden editing cuts, but, most notably, “Triangle” is worth mention for the extended split-screen sequences near the end of the episode. At one point, as a screen follows present day Scully in 1998 down a hallway, and the other screen follows present day Mulder and past life Scully in 1939 down the same hallway, the two Scullys cross paths, and the respective split-screens jump to the other side of the frame. A wondrous example of television becoming pure filmmaking. www.andsoitbegins.com |
Montage is commonly used in Films rather than TV shows and shows a passing of time, a rise to fame or the distruction of an event. It is a method used to develope a story or plot. Can you name a film where montage has been used to great effect?
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lesson 9: Genres of Single Camera
FILMING TASK
UNIT 16 LO1: HISTORY OF EDITING
For more timeline guidance please see
http://www.earlycinema.com/timeline/index.html
http://www.earlycinema.com/timeline/index.html
You are now starting U16 LO1 - Please make sure all work from now on in under your U16 LO1 Tab
Over the next few weeks we are going to be looking at the history of editing, why editing is used and the impact it has on society. Editing is normally used as a means of entertainment but it has also been used as propaganda during world wars and even as a brianwash technique by the KKK.
Over the years there have been many pioneers of editing, filmaking and storytelling and we are going to be looking at just a few of the most important before we move on to editing techniques and how they have changed over time.
Over the years there have been many pioneers of editing, filmaking and storytelling and we are going to be looking at just a few of the most important before we move on to editing techniques and how they have changed over time.
Storytelling
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Montage
Shots: Jump cuts, match cuts and transitions
Seamless Editing and Continuity
Multiple Points of View and Parallel Editing
Timing and Pace
Documentary on the Magic of editing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U76MBDKQe8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U76MBDKQe8s
Development of film task
http://www.thegodfather.com
http://www.sparknotes.com/film/godfather/section2.rhtml http://mgbgfilms.com/essays/the-godfather-and-parallel-editing-baptism-murder |
The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola. Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of the fictional Corleone New York crime family, the story spans the years 1945-55, concentrating on the transformation of Michael Corleone from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss while chronicling the family under the patriarch Vito.
Based on Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name, The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema—and as one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. |
Download the attached file and read over the questions making sure you answer them as you go
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Extra footage to help you with your productions
Reading list for this unit
A usefull website to help you with this unit is:
http://jaymckinnon.com/blog/movies/art-of-the-guillotine-creating-a-film-editing-community
A good book to buy would be:
150 projects to get you into filmmaking by by Elliot Grove
A usefull website to help you with this unit is:
http://jaymckinnon.com/blog/movies/art-of-the-guillotine-creating-a-film-editing-community
A good book to buy would be:
150 projects to get you into filmmaking by by Elliot Grove
Alice in wonderland - through the technical changes
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The Birth of Cinema |
115 years in film |
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