LIGHTING

This week we looked at the art of lighting in productions and what effect they can have on the reader. It can impact the reader by accenting certain things, Hiding certain things and overall by using lighting the director can create a plenitude of emotions. After the lesson we were also given the opportunity to practice the different ways we can use lighting to impact shots. here's what we created:

There are several lighting techniques for example;

• Natural lighting - can refer to the use of artificial lighting that has a yellow or white hue and gives the illusion of a naturally formed piece of light coming from the sun.
• 3-point fill lighting - 3 light points are used in unison as to create a "normal looking scene with soft shadows and average colours" this is the antithesis of Chiaroscuro lighting.
• Chiaroscuro lighting - Harsh lighting that creates an intense and extreme contrast between shots.
• High key lighting - It uses harsh bright lights to reduce contrast in a scene, giving the scene a white-washed look that removes any shadows in frame.
• Artificial lighting - This covers any light source that is man-made and not natural, For example light bulbs, ultraviolet lamps, etc
• Back Lighting - Back lighting is when the scenes source of lighting is from behind, this type of lighting is most common in romantic films as it creates silhouettes. 

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF CANDYMAN

By Spencer Graham

Click the link below to be taken to the slideshow with the analysis on.

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByAs7LwdG2ZQZi1DUTlzS3VmU00

 



New Media Terms

In today's lesson i have learned 3 new terms:

•  Semic codes - a semic code is an object or non-animate item that connotes something. 
• Action codes - an action code is any action/movement that could connote to something.
• Binary oppositions - The idea of binary oppositions is that in most films and tv series there has to be at least to polar opposite things implemented, for example; Good vs Evil, Individual vs and organisation, city dweller vs country villager and the weak vs the powerful.(This idea was created by Levi Strauss). As an example below we have an image of Harry Potter and Voldemort. Harry is seen as the good force and the protagonist in all of the films where as Voldemort is seen as a sinister and manipulative evil force.
  

Preliminary Task Evaluation

This is the evaluation for my preliminary task. please click below as to open a slide with my preliminary task evaluation on it.

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Finished Preliminary Task

Here is my finished Preliminary task.

Story boarding ideas for the filming.

 

This is the front side of the storyboard, this sets out the basic areas for what the different scenes will look like for example on this side we have the following scenes;

• Getting out the car
• Running down the path
• running to the entrance of the school
• Elevator scene
• Running out of the elevator
• Checking the watch (teacher)    



     The description on these scenes is brief but describes the camera shots.

 

This is the second side of the story board, this side shows the scenes;

• Teacher getting coffee
• Interview
• Walking out of the interview room

 

Location Shots for the Preliminary task

For the preliminary task we have been given we have been asked to do location shots to show where we will be filming. These are the shots as well as their locations and their relevance.

This location shot is for where the film is going to start. The film shall start in the car park and leads to me running down the length of the car park towards a path.

This location shot is for the next scene where I am running down the path towards the school.

This location shot is for where I am going to be entering the school (reception)

This shot is where I will be running across the screen using a tracking pan and then I will be heading into the elevation and coming out upstairs.

As I leave the elevator I shall then run down this corridor.

This location is that of outside the classroom where the interview will be taking place.

This location is where the interview will take place (in the classroom)