Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Preliminary Task

For this task we were in groups of 3 and we had to display our knowledge on the 180 degree rule and continuity during dialogue between 2 people. We had to film someone (Katie Lee) opening a door, walking into a room and then talking to someone else (Kayleigh Hobbs). Before we starting filming we created a storyboard which ensured we did not break the 180 degree rule and to allow us to know what we were doing. To make sure the continuity editing was good we took a lot of takes of the same clips so when we edited the footage we had a lot to choose from.

The 180 degree rule is a guideline which states that while filming two characters in the same scene they should always be on the same side of the frame in relation to each other. This makes the conversation look realistic and breaking this rule may confuse your audience and will not look effective.

As one of the main focus points of this task was continuity we had make sure we used match on action while editing the clips on iMovie. To do this we filmed Kayleigh throwing a piece of paper into a bin. We film it from a number of different angles and we edited the clips inserting them next to each other and cutting them in such a way to make each clip flow into the next which makes it looks like a fluent, continuous clip.

While editing our footage we encountered a number of problems. One of these included Katie walking through the door which we took from a couple of angles. When we put the clips together on iMovie the match on action was not right therefore it did not look right. to over come this problem we inserted extra clips of Kayleigh to allow the angle of Katie to slightly change without breaking match on action. Another problem was importing the footage on to iMovie. As the class only had import leads we had to wait til the end of the lesson to import therefore we had to spend a lot of our own time editing the footage.

WWW- I think the task went well as we had fun making it and we did not break the 180 degree rule which looks effective. Also the match on action of Kayleigh throwing the paper in the bin is effective as the match on action is very good as they flow into each other at the right points.

EBI- I think we could have improved this task by taking more care with a storyboard and thinking more in depth of all the different camera angles and shot types we could have used to make it more effective and realistic.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Induction Tasks- EBI

A task that I thought could have been improved was the 'Jobsite advertisement'. I think it could have been improved if we had more time to work on the task, planned the task for longer and improved the locations we used. Although I think our advertisement went well and was effective I think it could have been improved as it didn't look like or have the same feel as the original advert we were trying to recreate.

Induction Tasks- WWW

One of the tasks that I thought went well was the 'Push the little button' task. I thought it went well as I was able to improve the skills I already knew as well as learn new ones. I improved my camera skill by using different angles and applying the rule of thirds to the clips we filmed. I learnt how to import footage onto iMovie and edit the volume of the clips. I also think this task went well as I enjoyed it and recieved positive comments from the rest of our class.

How I Personalised My Blog

Once on my blog, I clicked on the 'Design' tab and chose a template from the 'Template Designer'. I chose what colour scheme I wanted and then went on the advanced settings and changed the colours of the main font, links and background. I also changed the layout of my blog and then clicked 'apply to blog'.

My First Blog Practice


How I uploaded this image.
1. Clicked 'Add Image' button on the taskbar
2. Clicked 'Browse' and chose the image I wanted
3. I then chose the postioning of the image and edited the size
4. Publish post.