Have a look at this. You should be reasonably confident with most of these but it's a good idea to test you knowledge and get used to using them in your written work.
In Januay last year the Guardian produced a guide full of tips on how to make your own films. This ranged from basic techniques, to advice about editing and sond plus some ideas about creating special effects, using a camcorder effectively and performing basic camera moves.
This is very useful. I have a copy for anyone who'd like to borrow it to photocopy.
If you click on the image, it'll take you to an online version.
One of the key things you need to think about when you film your shots is what is in the frame, the angle you have used and how it is all put together.
Click on the diagram of the Rule of Thirds to check out this link which will help to tighten up your composition. The internet is packed full of helpful hints on framing, filming and getting your shots right.
MAKE SURE YOU RESEARCH THIS AS WELL TO MAXIMISE YOUR MARKS!
Your task is to make a 3 minute trailer so from watching other trailers, you can see, you need to filming quite a lot!
Watch as many trailers as you can so you can see how the pace often builds towards to end. Another good exercise is to count the shots they used and take notes of the various angles they chose to use from certain scene.
Notice when the captions are used and what they say.
As we are now studying Funny Games, I'd though we'd start here...
Match on Action A match on action, a technique used in film editing, is a cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment in the movement. By carefully matching the movement across the two shots, filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues uninterrupted. For a real match on action, the action should begin in the first shot and end in the second shot.
A cinematographic technique which states that the camera must remain on the same side of an imaginary line, perpendicular to the camera's viewpoint, from which the establishing shot is taken. The 180 degree rule is an important element of the continuity style.
180 Degree Rule Imagine two people standing face to face. Draw a line from the centre of the top of Person A's head to the centre of the top of Person B's. Now extend this line to infinity on both the x and y axes, dividing the two people bilaterally. To follow the 180 degree rule, the camera must, in each sequence of shots, stay on one side of this line. If this rule is not followed, the characters will not appear to be addressing each other and the cinematic illusion will be broken, as the viewer's sense of perspective is disrupted.
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