Media Technology

Combination of ancillary and main task

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Commentary for Film

Re-Shoot

After having problems with the previous footage, we chose to re-shoot. We originally were going to re-shoot using shot for shot but we then decided to use more complex and risky camera techniques such as a low angle dutchy shot. When it came to editing, we uploaded the footage and it appeared that the lighting was extremely low. This has been a problem because now we're stuck as to what to choose between our old footage or our new footage that has very dark lighting and poor camera quality.

We also had a dilema with narrative structure - Certain characters are portrayed to play another role for example a character that is suppossed to be a brother is portrayed as a father which makes it confusing. In our new footage, through dialouge we managed to make this confusion clear but we're still uncertain of what footage we will eventually use.

We've had to overcome other problems such as continuity - Not using sound equipment like a Mirantz makes it difficult to cut and edit sound with shots and keep it smooth. Fortunatly, the microphone on the camera is of adequate quality giving us good enough audio.

Day 1 of filming

This is a screen grab from the first day of filming. Overall, it was a successful shooting day and we managed to get half of our most complicated scene covered. We encountered several problems for example lighting. At first the lighting was perfect - we had natural day light as well as the artificial lighting but when it got late and darker, we lost all ambient light. Seeing as we only had one lamp that was on the right hand side, it put the scene off balance by lighting up only half of our scene. When shooting side shots from the left hand side we had no light and we couldn't see ADEELs face. This became a problem as we were often using shot reverse shots so we needed to overcome this. I put a daylight lamp a few meters away from ADEEL so it wouldn't light him up too much. This gave the right amount of light that was needed to be able to see ADEEL.

This shot in particular was my favourite. I set up the scene by placing props on a table to make it seem like they had been sitting there for a while. This was done by placing bottles, ash trays, keys, wallets to make it seem as natural as possible. I got the actors to 'live' in the space for a while before i filmed so they could familiarise themselves with the set hence forth being more realistic and natural. Fortunately we had a lot of space to move around giving us the opportunity to use various shots.

In terms of sound we used a mirantz and a boom mic. This was ideal for our style of filming because we're using a lot fast action shots meaning the boom is able to move around and follow the action.

My Film Poster

Inspired by Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth film poster, i chose to use the same technique of having a large empty space between the character in the foreground and the text beneath it. This technique represents isolation and shows the character's loneliness. In terms of content, i chose to use the tree in the background to show where he is - on a common - and as you can see the tree isn't close which exposes us to a large area of the common which suggests he's alone as we can't see anyone else. This is shown through the blank space between him and the tree. The character's expression is also important in representing emotion. I chose to compose his body positioning in this way to show he's clearly distressed as he holds his head in his hands and his positioning on the bench isolates him as he's chose to sit by himself. Keeping the text simple gives the viewer nothing else to be attracted to apart from the character. Using a brightly coloured or fancy text would neglect the emotion of depression within the poster and give it a sense of happiness which isn't would we're aiming for.

Composition is a key role in conforming to a particular film genre. I positioned our character slightly off centre to represent some sort unevenness. It puts the viewer on edge as we don't know why he's not centered but it represents his lack of power. I chose not to use a tag line because i felt it would take away isolation and make it seem more fictional. I've gone for the 'real' approach by using a shot from the film - This makes the image seem like a possible situation because of the lack of photoshop elements. I made a clear seperation between the text and the main focus which creates a dynamic tension focusing entirely on the character and the title. I was considering re-sizing the character to make him smaller which would make him even more powerless but i feel it works having him this size.