Farewell Induction Blog...

I have learnt many new things while putting together my induction blog, I have learnt how to edit how to film and a lot about how the film industry works. I am now leaving this behind and moving on to my thriller blog: http://anupac.blogspot.com


Farewell induction blog gonna miss you!

Preliminary Task Pre-Production

I'm working in a group with Aruran and Aymen for this project, we have chosen a simple plot. It's going to be about a young boy who insults another boys mother, and the boy who's mother had been insulted is furious and in rage to get the other boy back...


This will contain match on action and a conversation 


Anujan: Aymen I heard that you insulted my mother.
Aymen: yes, I did what are you gonna do about it 


Anujan looks like hes going to start a fight with Aymen


Anujan: you know what I'm telling the teacher!


Anujan leaves to go to the office and report Aymen


The first shot is going to be a of a boy running down the corridor and reporting to Anujan that he hear Aymen was insulting his mum. For this we're going to have to take a long shot and establish shot and then a mid shot when the boy is telling Anujan. The second shot will be a close up of Anujan's face while he's angry and in rage to get Aymen. The third shot will be a match on action when Anujan opens the door to find Aymen.

Soundtrack to 'The Proposal'

Hitchcock's 'The Birds' - Continuity

There are 18 scenes in this clip and these are the different types of shots:

1. Establishing Shot (tracking shot)

2. Mid-shot

3. Mid-Long shot (tracking shot)

4. Low angle mid-shot

5. Mid-shot (turns into a long shot as actor walks)

6. Mid-shot

7. Close-up

8. Medium Close-up

9. Mid-shot

10. Medium close-up

11. Close-up

12. Medium close-up

13. Long Shot (Point of View shot)

14. Mid-Shot

15. Close-up

16. Medium Close-up

17. Long shot

18. Low angle close-up

1. What principles of continuity are used here? How successfully?


When she was walking through the door this is a good example of continuity because it was a different shot as she opened the door and a different shot when she walked in.


2. What is the effect of the editing on the viewer? What are we meant to feel at different stages?


I mainly think it has to flow and not look cut, and It's supposed to build up tension and the viewer is meant to think whats going to happen next.


3. What is the 'best bit' for you in this sequence in terms of learning new techniques and why?


Continuity is what interested the most the match on action. And also when they took the woman's face and then her point of view.

Camera Work

In this lesson we learnt basic camera techniques, we used to the dolly and the tripod to do these shots and try out the different types of shots we can do with this. It is much easier using a tripod and a dolly while taking different shots, such as a tracking shot you don't have to follow something with your hand but u can just push it along and it comes out very smoothly and the angles would not have been changed.


From this I did not only gain basic camera skills but also new skills in editing (in final cut express). I learn how to add text to my video, which will be helpful in future videos, and I also learnt how to add new effects.


Note: This is a shot of a conversation* not coversation

Good and Bad Shots

We took pictures of good shots and bad shots, such as good headroom/bad headroom and good nose room/bad nose room.

The first picture shows bad headroom. There is too much space between the actor and the frame. This makes the actor appear smaller. The actor is too low in the frame


The second picture represents good headroom. In this picture the actor is not to low down in the frame or his head isn't going out of the frame, he's in the middle of the frame and there's tiny headroom on the top.


The third picture shows bad nose room. The actors face is too close to the frame, it seems like his face has hit a wall. There is also ways too much space behind the character which is also not good.


The fourth picture shows good nose room. There is good space between the actor and the frame and it does not seem like the actor is going to hit into anything.

Poster Analysis

This is a poster analysis we had to do, me and Aymen did this presentation in a group on the film Sweeney Todd Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Overall i think we did very well on our poster analysis but we could have improved it by using better words (media terms) to describe the poster. We took the analysis in 3 parts and edited it/put them together.

My Horror Film

Evidence of Horror Film

This is the evidence that I created this short horror film. 
I have learnt many new skills in this process. I learnt how to add music to film.

Brick Camera Work Video

In this video we tried out different types of shot by taking from different angles and positions. E.g if it was a medium shot and a low angle etc.

First Video

This is the first video i have made, this is supposed to be an interview of my friend Aymen. This is the first time i have ever used Final Cut. I learnt how to edit videos, cutting them adding pictures to the video and adding effects.

HomeLearning 1

This is a low angle, a medium shot of a brown teenage male. He is wearing a cap which covers most of his hair and sunglasses. The sunlight is shining on his face which makes it hard for us to see the face clearly. Him looking at the window could indicate that he is currently in a moving vehicle and travelling somewhere far.
The sun not shining from above could mean that the sun is just coming up or it’s going down. By him wearing the sunglasses it gives a sense of mystery or it could just mean he’s relaxing and protecting himself from the sun. He is looking away from the camera, so he may not have noticed the person taking the picture.
The person is wearing normal clothes and he also has a bag which could mean he’s a normal person travelling somewhere.
This shot was achieved by a teenage male sitting on a train, and all of the lights are natural coming from the sun.