Horror Movie Brief

This is the brief for your first full film sequence. ‘A short (2-3 minute) suspense sequence from a ghost story.’ Your creative intentions should be clearly identified at the outset and your reflections throughout and once complete will be based on them. You must also reflect on your developing understanding of your production role(s). You […]

Film Sequence – Preproduction

Choose your group’s screenplay: Choose a screenplay which has: Action lines which  will help actors & directors A clear build up and climax A subplot character who is different from the main Once you have chosen the screenplay allocate… The Production Roles: Director Production Designer Cinematographer Editor Sound Designer (Foley) Sound Designer (Music) Planning The […]

Advanced Cinematography Practice

The creative intention for the week ‘To develop my cinematography skills and practice advanced techniques which can be used for expressive meaning in film.’ Session 1 – Filming with Canon DSLR cameras Menu & Settings Setting the White Balance Grid display rule of thirds / composition Auto and Manual Focus Recording Mode – (movie rec […]

Lighting and Colour

Lighting Using Three Point Lighting in a Studio. Colour Inquiry Use an image and words to describe three point lighting system. Describe some of the techniques that gaffers and best boys use to paint with light: Flags, gobos, diffusers, reflectors, gels (colours) Find images / clips which use: High-key lighting Low-key lighting Expressive colour Action […]

Cinematography in Your Reflective Journal

COMPLETE YOUR REFLECTIVE JOURNAL Create a new sub-page in your reflective journal under the cinematography page. Name the sub-page ‘Basic Cinematography’. Create three headings on the page Inquiry Action Reflection This is what needs to go in each section Inquiry Embed all the videos that we have used to explore the meanings encoded by cinematography […]