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For this posting, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_techniques and choose one or two topics or techniques that interest you and discuss them fully. Remember that 200 words per response is minimum, but that more fully developed ideas will receive higher grades. You may or may not be able to discuss a topic fully in that small amount of words. I look forward to seeing what topics you will choose to discuss.
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Lighting is very important in movies in my opinion, I don’t know how many movies I have seen that have been ruined by poor lighting. Sure I understand that they are trying to give the movie a certain feeling but when the whole movie seems like you have your eyes closed it doesn’t work. Like in the movie Dare Devil, This one is harder trying to decide why they chose it so dark. Did they choose it, since he was blind to darken it, or was it such a dark story that they darkened it or perhaps both? To me they did darken it way to much, it was like watching the whole movie with my eyes closed.
And Computer Generation special effects …..wow some movies this can either make the movie(The Fifth Element) or break it into a million different pieces (The Incredible Hulk)
In the Fifth Element the CG helps build the scenery, you believe that you are there in the future, and a giant asteroid thing (what’s with Bruce Willis and asteroids by the way?) is going to destroy the earth. Compared with the Incredible Hulk, which was a horrible horrible movie. I felt that the animation in the Hulk could have been better animated, with all the animation techniques out there, as seen in movies like the lord of the rings. It was even deemed as a horrible movie by lots of critics and many other movie fans. So if you choose to use animation in your Hollywood movies, the bar is set very very high.
Second Response Blog:
Ok. Here is some important advice that I have learned the hard way. When filming your movie, it is imperative to not be shy with the camera. Don’t start and stop filming so abruptly. What happens so often is the camera guy says action before he is recording. (with small videos such as ours) When you go back later to edit the footage, you are scrambling to get all of the shot possible because you missed the first part of your scene. So, when filming, make sure the camera is rolling, and then direct your actors into action. Trust me, this will save a lot of confusion and frustration.
Let’s move on. I enjoy filming almost as much as editing so I’m going to discuss camera angles. I have created several music videos and each time I struggled to come up with the shots I wanted to get for the film. I didn’t really know what I wanted. So I just went out and started filming. Over a short period of time, I began to get a sense of what possible shots could be achieved for my production. Variation was key in my experience. Just start playing with the camera. Get low angles, high angles, close ups, zoom shots, and maybe some over the shoulder angles. Get creative. I’m learning along with everyone else on this unit because I’m no professional.
Looking on Wikipedia, under the camera angle section, it came to my realization that there are names for all of the different camera shots. Just looking at the list shows me that I don’t know all of the angles let alone how to acquire them.
The Low angle Shot:
This shot is used to show the character in high position or in power. This shot is often filmed from knee height looking up at the character. In Star Wars, the beginning scene with Darth Vader walking down the hall is a low angle shot.
The High angle Shot:
This shot works I contrast to the low angle shot. It is used to make someone/something look shorter/smaller. A combination of the low and high angle shot can give your audience confirmation of power. If you show a low angle of the villain, making him look huge, and a high shot of the good guy, making him look small, you have simple movie magic.
The “American Shot”:
This shot is simply a wide angled shot of several characters standing in an irregular line with the end characters closer to the camera and pinched in a bit. This shot is used for complex dialogue scenes where camera movement would be hard to obtain smoothly without loosing quality. This shot simply saves time.
The Reaction Shot:
This shot can be used with the over the shoulder technique Mr. Rowley explained to us earlier. This is simply a close up of an actor/actors, and captures his facial expressions/emotions. Dialogue isn’t used in this shot because it is simply showing that character’s reaction to a comment of certain words from the other person. It can also be used to show the reaction of an explosion, empty room, monster, surprise, ect…… Note: this shot will last only a few seconds if not shorter.
Well, there are four simple camera angles that you can use to make your movie more convincing. There are tons of other shots, but that should get you guys started. Have fun with this, and good luck!
second response
sara averbeck
honestly, i know nothing about filming. i've done very little, and what little i have done is all probably horrible. however, i am a big time movie watcher. and i especially like bazar movies, these movies tend to have bazar filming tactics, especially with special effects. two movies that are perfect examples: the science of sleep, and sin city.
sin city: the whole movie is filmed in an unrealistic fashion, and yet seems so..well real. it is mind blowing right? the people look fake, the setting looks fake, everything looks fake. but at the same time its great! and its true, to the film at least.
the science of sleep: this film has some crazy special effects. a lot of color, some animation, but mostly real things that look like animation. the excess of color throughout the film emphasizes the dream-like world the characters live in. my favorite is the "fake animation" though. it is INSANE. it is like frame by frame filming. the technique they use is similar to making a film out of pictures. every shot is only just a little bit different, and you just keep taking these shots until you have a short film of a this object. this REAL object, and yet it looks unreal because of the filming technique.
Question 2 Response
Of the filming techniques out there, bullet time is probably going to be the most commonly used, but it actually holds some interest for me. I don’t really understand it very well, but here’s a shot at explaining it. The idea behind bullet time has been around for a good while, slowing down the time in a movie in order to give the audience the opportunity to see the whole scene and other aspects that would be impossible to witness in standard time sequence. It takes the camera and moves it in a way that would be at an impossible high speed in real time. This technique was made more popular after its use in The Matrix, now it is used all across the movie industry.
Another technique is the stop trick. This is a simple and obvious way to make things disappear. While filming, the camera is stopped and an object is removed, the camera is then turned back on and the object appears to have disappeared. It was discovered by accident, but it still wouldn’t be too hard to have thought up. I can’t really think of any movies I know it would have been used in, I would guess that computer editing is used in most modern movies.
Student Response 1
Derek, I’ve never really considered The Fifth Element to be a truly well done movie or even a great story, but it is one those movies I enjoy to watch. The overall movie was pretty corny, but it had its good parts. As far as computer generated effects, it really did do a fairly good job with them. They had the big ball of evil (not an asteroid, though there is something with Bruce Willis and destructive space objects aimed at earth), and their space and city scenes were quite realistic, the outfits were the only really bad part of the movie. And whatever is wrong with double posting… sue me!
I thought that the dolly zoom was very interesting because of the way that the background changed well the movie was still going. The background is also part of the movie, making it were the movie is more interesting and not so plain. To me the dolly zoom is like telescoping and gradually moving into another object. I also like the filmmaking matte were in a fight scene for example it has to different scenes but I t is very similar to just having one and making it look so realistic, or it is like using a background image that shows up like the man is dodging the cars of something like that.
Derek I have to agree about the computer affects and what all the people do to make it look so real and stand out, but on the other hand there are those movies that look totally fake like for example Snakes on a plane yep definitely don’t look real.
Bird's eyeshot refers to a shot looking directly down on the subject. The perspective is very foreshortened, making the subject appear short and squat. I chose this because I have all ways wondered how they can make things look small then what they really appear. Like in Ella enchanted when she goes to visit the giants. The giants look normal to us and then you go to Ella she is small. Then go to Ella she looks normal Then you put the giants and Ella to together. All this shots draw you into the movie making is realistic. I chose Ella Enchanted because it was a movie that came to my mind for Bird’s eyeshot. Ella Enchanted is nothing compared to Lord of the Rings. I know I talk about Lord of the Rings a lot. Those movies were done really well. Technology is so advance then what is was a 100 years ago for movies. I love to watch old movies and then watch a new movie with the all the advance shots and technology are in them. There is a big comparison in the quality of shots like bird’s eyeshot with old and new movies.
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Monday April 16, 2007. Response 2
A close up tightly frames a person or object. And the most common one of close ups is of the actors face. Close-ups are often used as cutaways from a more distant shot to show detail, such as characters' emotion, or some activity by their hands. Close cuts to characters' faces are used far more often in TV than in movies.
Close-ups are also used for distinguishing main characters. Major characters are often given a close-up when they are introduced as a way of indicating their importance. Leading characters will have multiple close-ups.
I think that close ups are cool because they do help the watchers to understand the emotions of the actor due to the close ups. They make us almost feel what the actor is feeling and that’s why I think close ups are something that should be used in films all the time.
The background light is used to illuminate the background area of a set... The background light will also provide separation between the object and the background. In the standard 4-point lighting set up, the background light is placed last and is usually placed directly behind the subject and pointed at the background.
In film, the background light is usually of lower intensity. More than one light could be used to light uniformly a background or alternatively to highlight points of interest.
I think that background light is used in scary movies well because it tells you when the killer person is behind you and then you’re like “run!” You know but you are kind of talking to a screen. So it’s a little hard because they can’t hear you but still I think that background lighting is used in scary movies to scare us because it comes up so inexpediently.
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So I don’t know much about filming, ok I don’t know anything about filming, but if I was to have to choose the most important thing that goes into helping you make a successful film I would have to choose, camera angles.
Without camera angles movies would just be done from one way. And that would be like looking strait at your target or filming from the side of it. With so many camera angles out there we are capable of filming from so many different ways. Take a birds eyes shot for instance we are now able to film, by looking down at a our target and making them appear small, in creating this camera angle we were able to make great movies like, the borrowers and lord of the rings.
Another great camera angle is a head on shot, where we are able to get close ups of characters. In a head shot you can zoom in on a character while they are giving an important speech or line, thus getting your attention on that one specific character and not on the commotion and things that are going on around them. With great up close details, we can capture the targets emotions and facial details.
I think that in having so many possibilities for camera angles we are able to capture moments in time that people want to remember and watch again and again. Also as we capture memorable movies we are able to take them into more detail, like having close ups for dramatic speeches or high angle shots to emphasize a characters weakness or power.
So if asked I would have to say that camera angels are the single most important part to the filming process.
I believe that one of the most important characteristics to a movie is its lighting; the lighting can make a scene in a movie. It can either give the mood one of gloom or one of enjoyment. One lighting technique that is used is called fill lighting were some of the shaded areas are given a softer light than the key light to lessen the contrast. This can be important when you are trying to give the audience a view of the whole scene and not just part of it, making the whole thing flat with less contrast between the lighted spots and the shadowed spots. One way to do this is use a softer light one that might be about 1/4 that of the key light. You can also use a reflector to give you yet another mood or style of the shot. Another type of lighting style or special effect is called lens flare where the main source of light is so great that it actually creates a reflection in the lens, often seen when looking at the sun through a camera. I think that this gives the picture a really cool look however it can be overdone and should be used sparingly.
I agree with you very much Christina, I do not know much about filming. But camera angles are important they give the movie more life instead of being a boring posed movie. Camera angles for me help me think about what is happening in the movie. You can do it in many ways to get your point of view across. It makes me wonder how director chose what angle to use in a movie. Like you said Christina Head shot getting your attention on one thing. Those memorable movies that stay with you and like so much you made an impression on you. It is art in the finest way .
All you guy’s talking about lighting. I never really taught about the lighting in movies. Man theirs lot of things that go into in making a movie. I agree with you all the lighting sets the tone for what the movie fells like. Like the movie The Ring. It was all ways raining and the movie did not have this bright appearance like other movies. The lighting worked on me it scared me and it is the only scary movie that scared me. I felt the movie gloominess. Like Derek states you fell for the movie. Its cool that Mr. Rowely is making us look deeper and state are opinion.
Liane M
I think Close-ups are good because you get a feeling of the emotion of the character, but they are usually used more in tv than movies but they are still important if you want the real emotions of the character Television shows that do not use. Close ups are also used to distinguish the main character, but a disadvantage of using to many close-ups the audience can get confused. A shot that is similar to the close up is the headon shot and its when you caputre the actor head on from the from the face, its usually used to show some other detail that is not noticable in wide shot angles.
Theresa Stangel
Response 2
I think that in movies sound is a very important element. Learning from filming in Computer Aps I realized that without good sound the movie isn’t made to its full potential. When I was showing my final project at the movie theater with the rest of my class my audio didn’t work, so I had to stand up during the movie and explain what was happening through out my 3 minute film. That experience helped me realize the value of the sound throughout the movie.
When I am watching a movie the visual part is important but I think that the audio part is just as important. I hate it when movies have characters voices not loud enough to hear and the other unimportant sounds in the movie are dominating over the characters dialogue. It’s a constant struggle with deciding on volume, whether you want to hear what the characters are saying or get your ear drums blown out but background music.
The audio part of the movie is something that helps define the movie and tell the story. A perfect example are the silent films. Yeah, they are fun to watch sometimes, but the reason why they are out dated is because of the lack of sound.
Another thing about sound that I think needs to be credible is the sound effects them selves. Personally when ever I hear corny sound effects that I know are not real it always makes me remember the old Batman and Robin movie where they effects were the “POW” and “BANG” signs that popped up in the movies. Nothing is worse that going to a horror movie or watching a fight scene that has sound effects that are equivalent to cartoon sound effects.
One more important part about sound in movies are the background songs that are played. These songs help set the mood for the scene that is being played at that time. Especially with scary movies or thrillers. That suspenseful music that makes your heart beat speed up, because you know something bad is going to happen right in the middle of the song or at the end. In comedies it is also important to get the right music to fit the right situation. You would not want to have a ridiculously funny part of the movie have a song playing that gives the person watching a bad or troubled feeling, it would defeat the purpose.
Theresa Stangel
Student Response 2
I totally agree with Derek and everyone else that said lighting is an important element in movies. Recently I watched the movie Erragon (or however you spell it) and I thought that parts of the move was WAY to dark. I could hardly see what was going on. Also the movie the Cavern (a horrible movie don’t watch it, and sorry if people liked it). As the movie is named it takes place in caves and half of the movie is showing the peoples headlamps and the other half is in pitch black. The lighting in that movie caused me to be confused and not know what was going on in the movie, thus not getting what ever point across that it was trying to. Another thing that people have to look out for too is over lighting it. Movies are hardly believable if there is a night scene in the movie and it looks like the bright light of day throughout the whole scene. Lighting helps people get into the movie because it makes it more realistic and plausible.
Student Response 2
Liane! I totally agree with you on the close ups. They do make you feel the emotion of the character and really embraces what they are feeling. I also agree that they are used more in TV than in movies. But still close ups are used a lot in general filming techniques. I also agree with you Theresa film would be nothing without sound I know there are those silent films but I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks those are way boring. Sound makes things more enjoyable and it’s a lot more entertaining. I agree that the visual part is important too because if it wasn’t there you would pretty much be watching a blank screen so its probably a little more important than sound but not by too much.
Student Response 2
Liane! I totally agree with you on the close ups. They do make you feel the emotion of the character and really embraces what they are feeling. I also agree that they are used more in TV than in movies. But still close ups are used a lot in general filming techniques. I also agree with you Theresa film would be nothing without sound I know there are those silent films but I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks those are way boring. Sound makes things more enjoyable and it’s a lot more entertaining. I agree that the visual part is important too because if it wasn’t there you would pretty much be watching a blank screen so its probably a little more important than sound but not by too much.
I think lighting plays a big role in your videotaping because if the lighting isn't just right then the shot can turn out horribly. The camera angle with the lighting always makes it the perfect shot and image it seems like. That's why when you're up on stage you have to worry about the lights dimming at the right time and make sure that everything is going to go the way you want it to.
Computer animation is always so important in the movies now days but what do you think they did when there wasn't computers? That was something that mad a difference on alot of the things going on in the movie they couldn't just go and get it edited they had to get the shot the first time or else all of it would have to be redone. That's when the light had to be perfect, the acting, the sound, it all had to be there.
Camera angle is another important thing that people don't really notice until someone points it out like Mr. Rowley did in class. I never really imagined how many cuts they had to do. Now when watching a movie I notice these types of things because they are a very important part of the movie. A movie could turn out really horrible if we didn't have the technology like we do now. We couldn't just go on a computer and do all the editing like we want done. So when they do over the shoulder shots during dialogue of two people it looks really cool and you think how they probably had to perfect that before they got the hang of it and had to edit that a little bit.
There's also the masters shot there's probably only one reason that it's called the masters shot is because only a master can do it. It's when you get everyone in the shot so you can see the reaction on their faces of the actors for the dramtic scene and make it noticeable that something very important in the story just happened.
theresa i really agree with you about the soundtrack. a movie has to have the right kind of music, or the film is ruined. if the background music is irrelevant than the film is better without music all together. one thing that bothers me though, is the cliche horror movie music! its bogus, it is always the same. that sharp loud breif beat right before someone gets slashed. almost every horror movie has it, blah..boring! i would like to see a horror flick with an original selection of soundtrack. it could be the worst flick i've ever seen, but if it has a new musical method (that works!) i will appreciate it that much more.
Liane
Student Response
I also agree with you Theresa about the sound track. If you have ever watched a movie without any music or anything its totally different and definately not as good, and Sara I would have to agree with you about the scary movie thing how the music is always the same.
Special effects are pretty cool. I have done some experimenting with green screen and chroma key. Chroma key is when you remove a color or part of an image to show another image behind it. Chroma key is most commonly used when the weather man is talking about the forecast. He will stand in front of a pig screen most the time these screens are either green or blue. The green or blue is the color that they remove to show the new image behind it. The new image can be a still picture or a video. While experimenting with chroma key I have found that lighting plays a very big role in filming both with special effects and regular filming. While using green or blue screens it is important to evenly light the screen so the whole screen is the same color with no shadows on it. When shadows appear it may appear different on the camera and may not register as the color that is being removed. It is often helpful to light the screen and the person in front of the screen separately. When lighting both the person and the screen at the same time the light may cause a shadow on the screen or may not light the screen evenly, leaving the edges dark and the middle bright.
I agree with every one that said that lighting and camera angles are important. Camera angles are very important, by using different camera angles you get the allusion that you are there in the movie. Using different camera angles can also cause the feeling of speed in the movie. Lighting also plays a big role in filming without proper lighting it may be hard to see the actors or may take away the feeling of the scene.
Hey, Mr. Rowley!
I am going to talk about three things. The first thing I am going to talk about is aerial shots, which are done with a crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes. This sort of shot would be restricted to exterior locations. You would see this during a football game when the helicopter goes over it and films it or a professional PGA tour tournament on T.V. where they have the beautiful overview of the Golf course. The next thing I am going to talk about is the flashback. A Flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened prior to the story's primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial back-story. A movie that you would see this in is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" When the Grinch remembers giving Mary May who the Angel that he made and gave her at the Christmas party. A T.V. show that you would see this in is one of my favorite shows called "Lost". "Lost" tells the story of the characters lives and then they get in a plane wreck and have to live on an Island. Anyways, they have flashbacks from what their lives were like prior to the plane crash. The last thing that I am going to talk about is stop motion, which in my opinion is really cool. Stop- motion ( pop. frame-by-frame) is a generic general term for an animation technique which makes static objects appear to move. One of my favorite movies has this. It's called "The Nightmare before Christmas". It's really cool. To me, it's half animation and half not. It's half animation because the subject has to be moved every frame so it looks animated. It's like on of those little comic strip things where it's a little book and you flip the pages really fast and it moves. It's half not animation because it's not done with a pencil or paper. It's done with things such as clay, and a lot of other things.
Marcus Anderson
The establishing shot is very important shot to establish the setting and sometimes the characters that are in the shot. This shot was used more in the classical era of film than it is used now.
The Point of view shot – The point of view shot is used to show what a character is looking at. When the shot reverse shot is used to show the reaction of the characters. Sometimes the point of view shot is from a character that is not in the scene, this is called the nobody point of view.
The Trunk shot – The trunk shot is used in film when someone needs to remove something from the trunk of the car. This shot works great when someone opens the trunk and the trunk shot will capture their reaction. Then by using the point of view shot you can see what they are looking at. The problem with this shot is there is not much range of movement for the camera. And another problem is that not all movies have a scene where someone is removing something from the trunk of a car.
Student Response 2
Lighting and sound, I have a general understanding of these things. I have done the lighting and sound at multiple productions both musical and theatrical. I can say for a fact that without good sound equipment and a decent recording, a production will only be as good as what you hear. Lights are key as well because you have to see things and see them in the same light as the director or producer wants the audience to see them in. If the lighting is too weak, you don’t see the film with any strength, you forget about it, if the lighting is to strong, it’s overwhelming and your eyes hurt. So sound and light should be on the top of the list for importance, good cast, good editing, and good sound and lighting.
Theresa I havn't seen the Cavern, but i did see "The Cave". Which are almost the same movie. Close to it Walmart tried to sell them together in a pack. The cave was a movie gone wrong. The Special effects were very very cheesey, and the lighting was pitch black. It was lit by nothing but head lamps and then when those got broke. It was like trying to see in a cement dome with your eyes closed. And if the lighting is bad, i don't think it matters what type of camera angles you use. Close ups in pitch blackness are the same as when their fully zoomed out in pitch blackness.
Theresa I agree with you very much about the soundtrack because the music sometimes makes the movie depending on what is going on and what the real theme is about the story.
Sara I agree with you about the scary movie thing because that is so typical it's completely boring. YAWN!! Who can stand that over and over? I know I get completely bored from hearing that. It's something that needs to be changed maybe someone in the class will change that for us. I really wish someone would!!!
In editing, the the cross-cutting technique allows a film to flow. It is either used for scenes in which you want to add tension, by creating a bigger pause between scenes. In this technique, the camera will usually cut from one scene to another very quickly. In some cases, however, the camera may take a little more time to get to another scene, this adds tension to a scene. By doing this, it makes the person watching the film think that something important is going to happen. Which is usually what you will want and will accomplish while using the Cross-Cutting technique.
I think that this is a very good technique, because it can be used to add suspense to movies, by making a scene more dramatic.
The perfect background lighting is also very important. It is important to match the background lighting with a scene that has the same feeling as the lighting. For most films however the background lighting is usually a lower intensity, to ensure that the main focus will be on the actor and not so much on the background. I think if you have the right background lighting it will make your film and character look better, and more real. If you want to make a good movie and want the person watching to believe it's real, matching the background light with the mood of your different scenes is key to a good movie.
Liane, I definitely agree with you on the close up shot. I think that if anyone uses this shot, they should use it in moderation. I absolutely think that if you use it too much it will become very confusing to the audience, because they tend to lose the story line, i know this has happened to me many times. I have found that they often do do this shot more often in television than in movies. Take soap opras for instance, usually when someone has some important news (even though most soap opras are fake and really corny because they try to be really dramatic, but only ruin it by being overly dramatic) it will show them in a close up. I think they also use it in soap opras before they take a commercial break, to create suspense for when it returns. Also I think the head on shot is very similar to the close up, because it shows almost the same angle as the close up only takes it from face to face, so i very much agree with what you said and think that both those are very important in television more-so than movies.
Theresa, what you said about sound is the truth. If a movie doesn't have good quality sound then it is not a very good movie at all. I think the sound in a movie has to be well balanced, and as you said it is very annoying to watch a movie that will have a character with too little sound to hear what they are saying, and my biggest pet peeve in a movie is when you are watching it and you can barely hear what the people are saying, so you turn it up. Then after you have turned the volume up, some music will play on the movie, and it will be very loud and you have to turn it down. So pretty much throughout the whole movie you are just turning up and down the volume, which can distract you from the movie. A movie that has good sound quality should always be balanced out. I also agree with both you and Sara. I think that the songs being played in the background are a great way to set the mood and really show the emotions of what a character is feeling. A good movie should always have songs that are appropriate for that certain scene. So great job getting your point acrossed about sound, it was really well written.
amanda spang
second response
oooo mr. rowley, i thought you were against wikipedia...
how can you possibly write about one or two techniques that are interesting and important to movie making when to make a good movie they are all important and should be learned about??
now before i begin to rant about techniques, i would like to remind everyone that i am an amateur, and that's putting it nicely.
1. shot distances- i think that in order to really show certain importance’s or to guide the viewers to something you feel is important, shot distances will be key. for certain parts of the movie that are really dramatic, you will need a distance that suits the level of emotion trying to come across.
2. camera angles- also similar to the shot distance. each scene and interaction between characters, characters and scenery, or characters and themselves deserves a certain camera angle.
3. movement and expressions- everything else in the movie can be spectacular, but if the movement of the camera sucks, i'm going to be sick. surprisingly, i thought that napolean dynamite was going to be filmed awful, but they did a pretty good job. if it looks like your watching a home video (like many of ours will be i'm sure), that really makes me, and probably many others, loose interest. capturing the right mood of the scene and making it go smoothly is very important if you want to keep your audience captivated.
4. editing- for most of us, but maybe not all, continuous filming from the beginning to the end of the movie is impossible. proper editing techniques are important so your movie doesn't look choppy. use some of those editing techniques and mix it up! fade in/out, match cut, flashback, fast cutting, and probably my favorite (because i understand it) the jump cut, even though they see it as a "technical flaw."
5. sound- unless we are making silent movies, this will play a major role in helping our viewers understand what's happening. while diegetic sound is going to be what most of us are using, non-diegetic sound a.k.a. commentary sound also would make a great addition to many movies. using the commentary sound could help make it easier to understand what is happening in a scene or to develop a character further.
and... last but not least-
6. lighting!!- well, you can't shoot a movie in the dark, and even sometimes during the day it's not that great. that's why there's a little thing called lighting to come to our rescue. even though i find it very important, i am sorry to say that i'm not going to be bringing in any special lights for my movie. i suppose what many of us are going to have to focus on is the use of natural lighting, what time of day you are going to film and film angles to complement the lights set up in houses, buildings, etc.
amanda spang
student response #2
lucas:
i think that it's great that you know how to do fun things with your filming like the green screen and chroma key. me, i'm not so smart like that. using those kinds of things could be used to do so much cool stuff, like doing super action shots (like your idea for theresa fell from the sky). so here's the big question, are you going to use it in your ping pong movie?
k.c.:
first of all, i just want to say thanks. not only that, but we're so lucky to have you in our class. you have learned so much about filming and i think that it's awesome that you show interest in it. sure it's good to be able to have web sites that will help us film, but we have the opportunity to be able to talk to you about it. you're great!
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