Porter and Griffiths - Sue V

PORTER&GRIFFITHS

Porter introduced many different elements in the movie 'The Great Train Robbery.' The great train robbery had to be the first film to introduce use of stunt men and a dummy. At a certain point of the film, there's a scene where a fight takes place on the top of the train; looking carefully or when in escapism, you can clearly be see when the live person has switched with the dummy and the dummy is thrown off of the train. Porter also provided location shooting, in other words an establishment shot; giving the audience an view of where the film has been set. For instance instead of shooting the movie on a sound stage, it had been shot out in the woods. He also used pan shots, jump/cross cuts and parallel editing - using these shots created tense moments causing viewers to sat on the edge of their seats or even just creating empathy for the characters, allowing the audience to socialize: talk about whats going to happen next.



D.W. Griffiths, In 1915 he directed Birth of a Nation based on the 1905 book Klansman by Thomas Dixon. The film was the first feature film ever, and it ran several hours long. The film itself was a very racist film, portraying African Americans in a very negative light which has is an on going stereotype.The film empowered the KKK and caused mass hysteria, leading to Birth of a Nation being banned in some cities.
Griffiths used different shot sizes. For example he would us extreme close ups or far away shots, instead of just using the same distance for every scene, like what was used in the Great Train Robbery. He used the lighting on the set to express emotion. He also used symbolism and flashbacks and flash forwards in the film.

CoverLetter to Production - Lucy

68 Castle mead

London, Camberwell Road

London SE5 0EB

Tel: 0744637 7075

Mr,Nico Byron

ITV plc,7th Floor
,Upper Ground, 
South bank London

SE1 9LT

17th November 2012


Dear, Mr.Bryon.

I am writing to apply for an opportunity to work under your wing within the runner of ITV Productions.

I am a student of City of Westminster College with 12 GCSE's in Maths, English Science and Media Studies. Over the years, i have found that my main interests within media has to be photography but mainly script writing. A year ago, i wrote a script for a BBC Channel show called Eastenders E20. Unfortunately the company got back to me, disappointing it was. 

Becoming interested and compassionate about Media, especially Script writing. It would be a high privilege to have the chance to gain many more technique and skills, along with having the chance to employed onto one of your production teams. 

I understand that you must have many applicants applying for this job, but to ask you to consider me this or any other vacancies coming up at ITV. I am hard working, punctuality is out standing, i am able to be work well within team works but most importantly i am reliable  and would be thrilled to be offered the chance to work for your company.

I can be contacted on 0744377075 or via email on saffron-mcgibbon96@hotmail.co.uk

Look forward to hear from you in the future.

Yours Faithful,

Saffron Mcgibbon

UNIT 29;

UNIT 29: MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION on Prezi

The conventions & Styles of music videos

Camera Shots: 
Music videos tend to include many long shots, close ups and mid shots. This is to create emphasis on the artist, location and emotions. Also, close ups are used not only to show emotions but to reflect the words of the song with the movement of the lips of the artist.

Camera Movement: 
The movement of the camera is used to follow and trace the artist or band. Camera movements include tilts, pans, tracking and crane shots.

Mise-en-scene: (Visual Theme.)
 This is the sequence of props and performers on stage or in a music video. Visual theme puts notification on the representation of a certain event. An example is, ‘Mad’ by Neyo. The scene involves him walking down a road alone, feeling isolated. This reflects the isolation from his lover. Also, the props include hats and dark clothes which represent the down mood. Similarly, the lighting is kept very dark as it is black and white; this connotes the moos of angry and depression
http://youtu.be/sAYuOc7_TKg
Editing: 
Jump cuts is the most used editing technique used in music videos. This is because this allows a sudden change from one scene to another. Transitions such as fade and dissolve are very common in music videos as they create a different effect to cuts. 

Lighting: 
Some music videos are black and white which help emphasise a particular mood and some videos have artificial lighting which put the artist/s in an enhanced look.
http://youtu.be/uQZMaG1eO74

Sound: 
Sound is mainly the vocals or the song but in some cases such as Michael Jackson – Thriller, the producers can make the music video into a short film.

STYLES:

Editing and Digital Effects:
 Often enhancing the editing are digital effects which play with the original images to offer different kinds of pleasure for the audience. This might take the form of split screens, 

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STALKER UNEDITED PRODUCTION BY SAFFRON, LILIANE, RAY, PATRICA & PRI.

We, as a team had an hour to record a short film about a young girl who was in rush to be somewhere without noticing she was being followed. However there was twist to the storyline. No editing was allowed, as it was an single handed camera task.

What i enjoyed about the project was, our group had used a range of shots within planning. For example;

POV shot - to show what direction the stalker was heading it and also to see who the victim was in fright.

SHOT REVERSE SHOT - to notice the facial expressions as actions speak louder than words.

CLOSE UP - showing the face down to the shoulders.

TILT - illustrating the movement, clothing and attitude of the actor. Along with;

MEDIUM CLOSE UP

LONG SHOT

EXTREME CLOSE UP

                We were impressed with our video because there was no editing involved yet the pace and presentation of it made sense. Also the camera was quite steady as there was use of a tripod and the audio at the end was clear and understanding, The preparation of the project and the contribution in the task was satisfactory as each individual had an input and all ideas were taken into consideration. On the other hand the difficulties were trying to keep the camera in focus after setting certain shots, so throughout the whole video had not been vivid.

What would be done if i could edit the film;

• Re-record some scenes: reason being is to set the focus properly.
• Add dramatic classical music to add intensity and suspense.
• More add more shots to the film: example - high angle to make the victim more vulnerable and the predator more empowered. 
• Better location as it was not suitable for the genre we had chosen.