Classwork

Here is a summary of what we have been learning about in class. We learned about different types of Technical Elements (Camera, Sound, Mis-en-Scene, Editing) in Media, and creating StoryBoards.

・┆✦ Camera [◉°] ✦ ┆・

A camera captures images, and different shots and angles show emotion, size, and perspective.

Camera: AnglesEffects:

Long Shot: Shows the full subject and setting.

Extreme Long Shot: Shows the subject from afar.

Medium Shot: Balances subject and setting, often used for conversations.

Cowboy Shot: Focuses on action, often used in Westerns.

Close up: Focuses on the face or details, shows emotion or importance.

Extreme Close up: Highlights tiny details and intensity.

POV: Shows a characters perspective, creates immersion.

Over the shoulders: Shows one character from another's viewpoint, creates connection or tension.

High Angle: Makes the subject appear weak or vulnerable.

Low Angle: Makes the subject appear powerful or dominant.

Dutch Angle: Creates unease or tension.

Establishing Shot: Provides location and context, often helps sets a scene.

Heres a video of what my teacher gave us to get a better understanding of camera angles:

・┆✦ Camera [◉°] ✦ ┆・

Camera Shots

Fixed	Camera remains static	Calm, peace, normal
Push in	Camera moves slowly toward subject	Brings the audience closer, more involved, getting more serious.
Pull out	Camera moves slowly away from subject	Takes audience away from the action, leaving a character. Detaching from subject
Pan	Side to side, camera fixed	Reveal information, mirrors natural head movement of the audience.
Tilt	Up and down, camera fixed	Same as pan, just a different direction
Dolly	Camera moves around freely	More immersive, we are moving inside the subjects world, we feel part of the action
Tracking	Camera moves around on tracks	Similar to dolly, but smoother.
Crane	Taken by a camera mounted on a jib/crane that moves up and down.	Reveals the epic size of the setting, landscape.
Handheld	Camera is shakey	Very natural, immersive. High energy
Zoom	Zoom	Brings audience closer to budget. Draws our attention to something.

Heres a video i made of my understanding of different camera shots:

・┆✦ Sound ♬♪ ✦ ┆・

Sound in media includes dialogue, music, and effects to create mood, tell stories, and add realism.

Types of Sounds

	Description	Effect
Diegetic sound	Sound that can be heard by the characters within the media text.	Add a sense of realism. Reveal information to characters (and then audience)
Non diegetic sound	Sound that can only be heard by the audience.	Enhance meaning, create an emotional response in the audience
Trans diegetic sound	Sound that transitions from one to the other.	Creates a link between the audience and the world. More immersive

Heres a video of what my teacher gave us to get a better understanding of Sounds:

・┆✦ Sound ♬♪ ✦ ┆・

Non-Diegetic Tones

	Description	Effect
Melodic	Positive and pleasing connotations	Enhances a positive scene. Create positive emotions in the audience.
Discordant	Harsh and unpleasant connotations.	Enhance negative scenes.  Create suspense, tension, anxiety
Contrapuntal	Has an opposite tone to the on-screen visuals.	Adds deeper meaning to scenes. Insight into the character's thoughts. Maybe they seek pleasure in doing bad things.

Heres an are scenes that I found on Youtube that represents these type of Non-Digetic Tones:

Melodic

Discordant

Contrapuntal

・┆✦Mise-en-Scene ᝰ.ᐟ✦ ┆・

Refers to the arrangement and design of visual elements within a frame or a scene.

Heres a video of what my teacher gave us to get a better understanding of Mise-en-Scene:

Heres an example of Mise-en-Scene that we did in class as a practice:

・┆✦Editing ✎✂✦ ┆・

The process of selecting, arranging and manipulating footage to create a cohesive and engaging story. (post production)

Long Take vs Short Take

Heres a comparison of how Long Take and Short Take editing looks like:

・┆✦Editing ✎✂✦ ┆・

Continuity vs Non-Continuity Editing

 

Continuity Editing	Non continuity editing
Straight cut (cut) Eyeline match  Shot /reverse shot Cutaway / Insert  *Match cut	Cross cut (parallel cut) Flash back Flash forward Jump cut  *Match cut

・┆✦StoryBoards ✍⋆౨ৎ✦ ┆・

A storyboard is a series of drawings that show how a story or scene will look, helping plan the visuals and sequence.

Heres the explanation of the annotations used in a StoryBoard:

Heres an example of a storyboard that we did in class as a practice:

Reflection: I was very satisfied when I made this classwork project. It was very fun but also time consuming. I chose this way because it helps motivate me to understand the subject more. Creating the examples was very difficult because of all the editing i had to do. Even though it also gave me stress, overall i enjoyed actually making this blog.

Location Scout and Risk Assessment

In this post I will select two of our intended locations and determine potential risks that may be involved when shooting there.

Location 1: Bedroom

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Location 1
Location:	Lamiya's Bedroom.
Events in scene:	Theres a scene where subject 1 gets a phone call from subject 2 inviting them to go out.
Pros of location:	Its free and doesn't not have rules (unless there are parental rules).
Cons of location:	There could be disruption from other family members in the house, looks too much like a child's bedroom. It's too cramp to film in which can be difficult to manage fast.
Alternatives:	Any other member's bedroom.
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:	The furnitures are weak which can possibly collapse and ruin the set.
Evaluate risks:	Once its collapse, it will take a lot of time to clean up and get it back to how it was originally.
Control measures:	We'll have people look out for furnitures that might collapse, and we'll try to avoid shooting near broken furnitures.
Responsibility:	Anyone who isn't doing camera work or light work.
Time frame:	We could control these before we shoot and maybe doing the shooting process.
Other notes:	-

Location 2: Fun Areas

Location 2
Location:	Shooters, Playroom, Aerospace, G-swing
Events in scene:	We will record people having fun, candid pictures and the unique features.
Pros of location:	Its has unique features and great places to record. Its crowded making it easier to film people having fun.
Cons of location:	We need to pay to enter which can be expensive, Recording people having fun can distract them making them feel uncomfortable, There was traffic which made it hard to move to different locations.
Alternatives:	If one cant then we skip that place.
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:	We might distract people and potentially cause problems. there could be locations that do not allow recordings with special project.
Evaluate risks:	We will ask for consent and avoid making distractions for the people around us, and those who are doing a certain activity requiring us to take turns with those that are using them.
Control measures:	We will have people clearing space and asking consent and record in past space. So that means during recording we cannot take a long time.
Responsibility:	Anyone with good communication skills and confidence.
Time frame:	During filming and before filming.
Other notes:	-

Location 3: Night Market

Location 1
Location:	Love Anchor
Events in scene:	We will shoot of people walking around having fun, close shots of the markets, and colourful atmosphere.
Pros of location:	Its very vibrant so it will fit the theme, its a public area so we are freely able to record anything.
Cons of location:	Its crowded so we might be scared to shoot, People might feel uncomfortable if we record them.
Alternatives:	The Flea Market, Kuta Art Market.
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:	The place is crowded and we might block peoples way which might potentially cause conflict.
Evaluate risks:	We will have to apologise and if it creates attention, we might have to leave to another place before going back to take shots.
Control measures:	We will let security, employees, and people know if anyone is curious, if they look annoyed and weirded out will ask for consent.
Responsibility:	If anyone isnt recording well have someone in charge of looking after the behind sets. We need someone with good confidence.
Time frame:	Before or after shooting our shots.
Other notes:	-

Location 4: Beaches

Location 2
Location:	Double Six Beach
Events in scene:	We will record sunset scenes, and basically candid shots.
Pros of location:	Its very big and has many unique features that we can also put in our scenes.
Cons of location:	We are shooting the scenes during night so it could be dangerous, and there could be a potential risk of losing things. It's crowded so we might have low confidences while taking shots.
Alternatives:	Seminyak Beach, Pantai Batu Belig Beach.
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:	Loosing things in crowded places and the sand might be unstable making it hard to balance things or when recording. The water also can be distrustful
Evaluate risks:	If we lose things, we might have to find a nearby shop and get a spare. If it's a personal belonging, we'll be forced to find it after we finish recording.
Control measures:	We'll have people to look after personal or even valuable items it order for it to be safe.
Responsibility:	Any one of our members that isn't doing a task.
Time frame:	Before we start filming we make sure we have everything organised so that it wont be a scattered around
Other notes:	-

Reflection: Making this was very challenging because of all the last minute change. I know that keeping the original plan and putting all the changes in the reflection will gain extra points, but we had too much changes that I decided to redo the whole assessment. Our main problem was deciding on the fun activities locations we wanted to go but there were disadvantages which includes being to far for any other member or being too expensive to enter. For example, aerospace was too far for some team members and was really expensive. G-swing was closed and it as a disappointment so, in order to replace both location, we decided to shoot in slushy society where it has a unique location. Overall I think it was an easy task but can be difficult when discussing the agreements.