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 Camera Movement Videos The assignment of camera movement was too plan and begin filming. We were filming to get used to and prepare for our final of media studies. My job was the director and camera person, I had my friends play as the actors, my partner Nickayla helped me with screen writing and she will be the editor. The Mise En Scene elements we focused on would be the acting, and composition. Due to our schedules we cannot film at night like a generic horror film, but the bright light outside adds to a modern type of horror, the fear of going missing right in daylight, the one time of day you think you are most safe. We decided to try and go for a more quite film having less lines for main actors. I used an iPhone 8 plus to film the videos, going in landscape mode with the grid on my phone. The most complicated technique was the trucking as being a high school student I don't have the machinery or money to gain such machinery. The most non-difficult camera technique to do was...

  Camera Movement Video Submittal The assignment is to help us prepare to start filming our short film, by creating a storyboard we can plan our filming to make it efficient and effective to portray the horror aesthetic. During this exercise, Kayla and I, my partner, were able to work together to plan our shot sizes, camera angles, and camera framing. My main objective was to develop the action line and illustrate our scenes.   This assignment helped my teammate and me overcome our issues with picking certain actors and characters to create shock value. Our main challenge was filming with two people and remaining on one side of the perspective. We overcame this by positioning our camera in certain areas to catch the perfect clip. Overall, the assignment was perfect for helping us prepare for the final and adapting to creating scripts. 

 Camera Movement  Introduction Camera movement is the filmmaking technique that changes the perspective in frame or the perspective through the movement of the camera. Camera movement is done to shift the audience's view without cuts. Cinematographers and directors are responsible for camera movement in production. Some famous directors are Tim Burton, known for his work Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie, and Jordan Peele, known for Get Out, Nope, and Us. In Get Out the camera zooms in on Daniel Kaluuya who played as Chris Washington the main character in film. The Zoom in helped created a sense of fear and concern for the character in scene. Jordan Peele's camera direction throughout the film keeps the unsettling atmosphere. In Tim Burton's film There's a tracking shot following Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands when we are first introduced to the character. This helps introduce a strange new character to the audience. While researching the camera m...

11/19 Camera Composition Camera Composition is the way a director puts together the pictures from a camera. This assignment taught me how to better communicate with my teammate, along with a better understanding of designing slides.   During the creation of the slides, I participated in the design of the slides, I was inspired to use film on the sides on the PowerPoint to show the evolution of film. The rule of thirds frame divides the frame into thirds and keeps everything centered in frame. Much like the rule of thirds, a symmetry balance shot also keep everything in frame centered. A asymmetry balance shot presents people and items in frame shown unevenly. A point shot shows the perspective of someone with the camera, much like the director does in Blair Witch or As above, As below. These shots would be good to know when filming our own short film, with the variety of frames to work with we could get as much information as possible in one scene.

11/19 Introduction to Camera Framing    Camera framing is the specific positioning of a camera to film a production. Director's use camera framing to capture the significance of a scene. They use shots like one shot, two shots, three shots, four shots, crowd shots, over the shoulder shots, point of view shots, and insert shots. These shots have some similarities, yet their differences make it the reason why directors use these shots for different reasons.     Shots 3-4 and the crowd shot are used to show a relationship between the characters in frame and any items there might be, the one shot is used to focus or isolate one character in frame. Two shots emphasize a relationship between two characters. An over the shoulder shot much like a one shot, shows one character either speaking or showing an emotion with a body part of another character in scene, much like a dirty one shot. A POV shot would show the perspective of the character, giving the audience a view of wh...

 10/28 Acting, Make-up, Costume, and Acting  The media text engages the audience by keeping your visual and auditory attention with sudden sounds or lack of, visually the director would make things appear out of nowhere or lead you to believe something is going to happen, yet it doesn’t. The assignment asks for us to break down elements of setting in the movie and how the director creates a mood with visual and audio cues. The assignment taught me the importance of the establishment of the environment, character background, and items in frame. I worked with Nikayla and Julien, both partners aided in the analysis and decoration of the presentation. My partners and I decided to split the work and the finding of clips to shorten the time needed to finish the assignment.

 Preliminary Exercise Activity Definitions   The exercise is to help break down the key components of setting to better understand what's needed to create a good setting for a short film of our own. The plot of the movie we analyzed was horror/thriller based; the main villain was targeting a group of people who were terrified but grew strength to fight back. The characters would be the generic troupe the hero/leader, the female character who has character depth and bravery, the sick/asthmatic one, one with glasses/introvert, black friend, possible homosexual/non-generic background. These are connotated with the flashback scenes showing their past or how they act around others. The film is horror, and the director shows this with the darkened lighting, dark/ deep soundtracks, moments of complete silence to show isolation before a jump scare.

 10/28 Mise En Scene  Setting in film pertains to the scene in which the film or shot takes place. For a film to be an established film, some key components would be an established plot that could include some form of conflict, a main character, side character, antagonist or background character which plays to give the MC a chance for character development. The most important characteristic would be the framing of the camera and composition of the shot, the least important object to a film producer would be the face shape of an actor. Setting is important to Mise En Scene as setting with Mise En Scene can create a mood or develop an important part of the plot/theme.

 10/28 Mise En Scene This preliminary exercise helped us find the signs that make a horror/thriller movie, with this understanding my team and I are able to create a perfect short movie using the same elements we have studied. Each team member was assigned a responsibility, my responsibility was to analyze the costume and makeup for each main character we chose to review. Upon the analysis, I discovered that the costume designer decided to keep the color theme each character had when they were younger, it is assumed that they do this to keep the similarities between the characters while showing growth. Specifically with the areas I analyzed, I would be able to organize our group costumes to fit our chosen theme.

 Camerawork Camera Composition The work on camera composition was familiar as we had gone over camera composition beforehand. Making the picture taking easier to do as we were somewhat prepared for the subject. We didn't edit as many pictures to fit the narrative as we deemed them perfect as they were. My task was to put the definitions in and depicting the tone. My partner assisted me with the tone words as I helped her with the design.  For shots 4 and 2 we took care and time to make sure it was aligned as there was a symmetry shot, meaning Kayla and I had to be centered for the photo. It was harder to get the shot to fit the plot line as it was random in a sense. Shot 4 was easier as we had the idea to have my hair in frame and align the camera with my eyeline to make the shot fit a Pov shot as much as possible.

 Camerawork  Shot Farming When taking the pictures for shot framing we didn't struggle with the work. As we were growing accustomed to taking the pictures. The extra help with getting used to taking pictures and videotaping for the final. Shot 9 was easier to fit into the plot as it shows a character in distress.  Shot 6 was also easy to do as doing the Pov of the killer would have added plot to the story. The killer seeing the main character, yet the main character not seeing them allowed for the audience to feel on edge. The mise En scene elements were easy yet complicated to get as it was daylight hours, defeating the generic horror movie scene. While this was a disadvantage it allowed for a modern take on horror, you wouldn't know if there was someone really there or if it was in the main characters head until we move to the Pov of the killer.

Camerawork Camera Angles The camerawork photos for camera angles were the most fun to do when it came to taking pictures. We took the same mentality for shot sizes and put different methods to work for the sake of our pictures. We didn't make as many refinements on the photos. As they were easier to take. This also helped us develop plot lines for our short movie.  My partner and I planned the photoshoot and where we would take the images, as well as the positioning of the participants in the frame, while constructing our presentation. The creation of the films was meticulously organized in order to produce a scenario that would keep the viewer wondering, making the plot similar to that of a horror film troupe yet unusual and chaotic. No changes were made to meet the atmosphere of the tale we were working on, since the brightness and colors in the frame would be too bright for the horror movie troupe but would work for a style change/a more modern-day horror movie. Some of the pict...