Cinematography

Today we learnt more in depth about cinematography learning about the history of the development of film. We also lean red more about the different types of shots in film and different camera movements. Also done our story boards on a could of our scenes. We also learned about camera and how to use it properly with lighting and aperture.

Dirty shots -shot with something in the foreground and background.

Clean shot - with something just in the fore or background.

Exposure - How bright or how much light their is on a frame.

Faster Shutter speed, less time for light to be let into the lens. 
Slower Shutter speed, more time for light to be let into lens.

Apature - Same as Eye Iris

Setting;
F2 o<       F16 - <O

Tracking shot - On tracks
Panning shot - 360 pan
Tilting shot - Tilting up and down
Crane shot - Up and down

NEVER ZOOM ON A DSLR CAMERA

Focus shift - changing focus to one object to anything during the same shot.
180 degree Rule - never cross the 180 degree line.

Director/Directing

Directors

David Cronenberg - The Fly, Existen, Easter Promises, History of violence.

• Not inspired by films as much as inspired by authors such as Vladamir Nalockov.
• Lke to work close to home and with familiar crew.
• Story boards are important.
• Liked to show more of thing like special effects e.g like in the film Fly, they emphasis on the broken bone unlike Jaws and Alien where they try not to show to much of the special effect so people couln't see they were fake.

Ridley Scott - Blade runner, Alien, Gladiator 

• Doesn't like to do rehearsals just do shoots.
• Never admit you don't know what you are doing even when you don't. 

Kelly Reichardt - Night move, Meet cuts of, Wendy and Lucy 

• Unresolved endings.
• Regular Collaboration.
• Makes plans that she likes to change to improve. 

No right way to direct every director has their own way to direct. 

1. Be organised.
2. Good communication skills.
3. Actors see your vision, will help the crew, actors and you.
4. Rehursals are not vital.
5. Allow actors to do their thing, get in their own state of mind and emotion. 

How to Rehursal;

1. Scene read through
2. Blocking
3. line removal
4. Start not using script 
5. Improvisation 
6. Important information 
7. Repeat and learn 

Amanda Stekley - Production designer

Set design degree in theatre

 

Things to think about when making a set, prop etc;

1. Ask questions about the script to get a better idea of what they want. 
2. Find solutions to difficult challenges.
3. Making the imaginary world into reality. 

• Keep close to your technicians
• Lighting
• Green screens
• Sound design
• Post production
• Actors!

Character and costume;

• Where there character has come from to associate it with the appropriate colours, lighting, props etc.
• Social and family background.
• How wealthy are they?
• What are they doing? what do they need in each scene. (hand props)
• We need a script breakdown. 

AmandaStekley@hotmail.com

Screen writing

Screen writing process:

Stage one - Story concept/ premise
Stage two - Outline treatment
Stage three - Step outline
Stage four - First draft
Stage five - Rewrites

What you need;

• Character - Protagonist/antagonist
• Conflict
• Story/plot
• Location/ setting
• Theme
• Genre
• Time period/frame
• Structure

Universably recognisable situation 

• First love 
• Grieving 
• Forming a relationship
• Sefl sacrifice
• Life changing decisions
• Confronting a moral decision
• Rites of passing moment
• Phobias 

Screenwriting film idea;

• Boy looses Grandad as a vulnurable age.
• Grandad is his leader/role model.
• Boy goes of rails/makes bad decisions
• Gets involved in bullying, theft, and there imorals decisions. Stand up to bullys/ gang of boys (rep demons) then he goes to heaven which is back on earth but with his old life. 
• Years later comes across and locket his Grandad gave him and realises he has made wrong decision.
• When he finds the lockets he remembers what his Granddad told him about orals and doing the right thing.
• Boy puts mistake right.
• Walking down road after his mistake has bveen put right and screen goes blank and he wakes up in hospital next to his Granddad. Boy has been in a coma (Twist in plot)
• Drama Film 
• Locket is next to his bed.

Message and values; Done forget your morals.

The screen writing talk helped me tp understand the screen wrting aspect of film./ this will help me msot deffinantly because if I edit something with a screen play next to me it will help me to create the intended emotion or message structure of what the screen play has been written to do.

Why am I doing the BFI Film Academy?

I am doing this course because I hope it will broaden my mind of the film industry and more in depth of film making also hope it will help me get into the film industry.

Strength:

• Editing skills and experience
• Using Software and equipment
• Knowledge of films and film making

Weakness:

• Script Writing
• Pre production (Story boards)
• Knowledgement of how the film industry work and how to get a career out of it.
• Other a sect of the film industry

My challenge is to leave about different aspect of the film and to improve my knowledge of the film production. I also would like to learn how I can get a career in film making, preferably at this time editing roll in film. I would like to reach these goals because of the passion I gave in film making, tim watching and just the whole subject of film as I have been interested in film from s young age and would be a passionate achievement to have a career in the film industry.  I am also doing the BFI film academy to help me achieve a silver arts award which will be an achievement it itself and will help pursue my goals either through university or NFTS.

NFTS - National film and television school 6 groups of 11 each making short film 6-8mins long.

• Personal statement 
• Supporting materials
• References

Main residentials 29th March - 9th April

Last year:

Editors- 116

Directors - 153

Camera - 163 

Producer - 63

Sound - 34

Applying for the NFTS will be my next step into the film industry.

Talk with Pete; 

Learned how to set up a film set with the correct terminolgoy how getting the sound, camera and actors all ready for the shoot. e.g "check picture/sound" "set" "set" "Clapper in"

My roll was being a boom operator which is a vital part of the filming as you need to make sure you aim the mic towards the right direction when capturing sound as if you didnt you owould either have to film it again for record a voice over, so a boom operator is quite an important job..