Key Motion Framing

 

Cloning Video

Super Vintage 8

Job Roles

Director of Photography

What is the job role?

The DoP is the person who is responsible for all operations concerning camera work and lighting during the production of a film.DoPs work closely with the Director and Production Designer to give a film its visual signature.Also to provide a film with its unique visual identity, or look. 

Qualifications?

The majority of DoPs sturdy film or photography to degree level or higher, subsequently working in a junior capacity, e.g as 2nd Assistant Camera on Short films or promos, and progressing through the camera roles. 

Camera Operators often progress to becoming DoPs by carrying out second unit work, although there is no set route.Although experience of working on short or student films can provide a good introduction to feature film production.

Key skills needed:

• artistic vision;
• creativity and precise attention to detail;
• good colour vision;
• ability to give and to accept direction;
• excellent communication skills;
• diplomacy and tact when working with cast and crew;
• knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures.

Route to Employment?


Runner-> NFTS_>Runner->Camera Trainee->1st Camera Assistant-> 2nd Camera Assistant->Camera Operator->DoPs


More info resources?


Stills photography provides a good all round understanding of composition and light. The National Film and Television School's MA in Cinematography provides the opportunity to specialise, and is taught by practising DoPs


Why I want to do it?


I want be a DoP because I love working with Cameras and visualise shots in my head.Also i have some expience on film sets and Photography.




Editor


What is the job role?


Editors work closely with the Director before shooting begins, deciding how to maximise the potential of the screenplay. On the first day of principal photography, Editors begin work in the cutting room.




Qualifications?


Although no specific qualifications are required for Editors, FT2 (Film and Television Freelance Training) provides industry recognised training for all job roles, including Editing, involving apprentice–style attachments to professional crews, combined with short course training opportunities.


Alternatively, short courses specialising in Assistant Editing for digital (non linear) cutting rooms provide a useful starting point. The National Film and Television School (NFTS)


Key skills needed:

• ability to be creative under pressure;
• imagination and an understanding of narrative;
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• developed sense of rhythm and timing in story telling;
• highly developed aesthetic visual awareness;
• ability to lead a team;
• patience, attention to detail and good organisational skills;
• knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures

Career Path?


Traditionally, Editors progress from being Runners to Trainees, Second Assistants, First Assistants and eventually to become Editors.


More info resources?



Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for the Creative Media Industries. The first sources of information for all jobs in the industry are the National Occupational Standards.

Why I want to do it?


The reason why i want to be a editor is because i love the process of editing.
Unit still Photographer






What is the job role?


Unit Stills Photographers take the vitally important photographs of film sets or studio shoots that are used to create the press and publicity for feature films.


Qualifications?


Although there is no specific training for Film Stills Photography, numerous courses are available, ranging from those teaching basic photographic skills, to HNDs, BAs and Post Graduate degrees. As competition for this type of work can be fierce, an outstanding portfolio of work is essential. It is important to demonstrate ability and talent in a variety of formats, as Digital, Manual 35mm and Medium Format cameras are used for Unit Stills Photography.


Key skills needed:

*A good sense of visual composition and perspective

*Sensitivity and tact when working with actors

*Adaptability and patience

*Precise attention to detail

*Good organisational skills

*Ability to work quickly under pressure

*Excellent communication skills

*Knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures

Career Path?


It is vitally important to build a strong portfolio of work. While some are self-taught, others are Photography graduates who have been employed as Photographic Assistants to experienced Photographers working in corporate, fashion or editorial photography, which enables them to learn on the job whilst building an impressive portfolio.




More info resources?


Skillset Careers is the UK's only specialist media careers advice service; for detailed media careers information and advice, visit the website Skillset Careers

Why I want to do it?

I want to became a Still Photography because I have a passion for Photography.Also I have studied Photography for two years.

Scratch Disk Tutorial

Step 1 Open up Final Cut Pro

Step 2 go to File (tab)

Step 3 Then go to New Project 

Now you have created a New Project

                                              Step 4 Now you go on the Final Cut Pro (firstTab )

                          
                                          Step 5 Then go to System setting

                                        
                                                  Then you click set

Step 6 Then you select your scratch disk

Then you do the same for Waveforce,Thumbnail Cahce and Auto save Vault 

Then you click okkay

Step7

Then you save Project as in the same folder 

Step8

Then your last step is to close Project                

film editor Barry Alexander Brown

 Your mini documentary should cover the following points:
• What are they most famous for?
• Barry Brown  is most famous for being Spke Lees editor Barry also is known as Director,Producer and writer.Barry has been in the film and Television indusral for more than two decades producing narrative and documentary films TV shows and commerical.Barry also known to the world as a Cutmaster.





What was the importance of the technique they developed?
•

 What key films did they work on and what editing techniques were used?
• The key films Barry has worked through out his career Do the Right Thing,Malcolm X,25th Hour and his most recent film Inside Man which is one of my all time films.


Who else has been influenced/used this technique in their films?
•

How have they influenced film making?

Andy's Prezi on the BBC

The BBC on Prezi

Links

http://www.bu.edu/today/2010/talking-to-spike-lee’s-editor/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxpIX4p0WE0

Mini Documentary

http://www.newmediateacher4.blogspot.com/search/label/16.1.1

Produce a mini documentary about a pioneer of editing. Your documentary should contain video and still footage from the internet. However all verbal and written text should be your own - be careful not to plagiarize. Use the Voice over recording facility to narrate your mini doc.


Pioneering Film Makers/ Editors to choose from:
1. Edwin S. Porter
2. D.W Griffiths
3. Sergei Eisenstein
4. Dziga Vertov
5. Lev Kuleshov
6. Alfred Hitchcock
7. Martin Scorsese
8. Quentin Tarantino
9. Jean Luc Goddard
10. Alejandro González Iñárritu
11. Walter Murch
12. Thelma Schoonmaker


Your mini documentary should cover the following points:
• What are they most famous for?
• What was the importance of the technique they developed?
• What key films did they work on and what editing techniques were used?
• Who else has been influenced/used this technique in their films?
• How have they influenced film making?


Analyse a clip from a film they have worked on in terms of editing techniques, consider the following: narrative, rhythmn, pacing,juxtaposition, shot variation, manipulation of diegetic time and space, Storytelling (engaging the viewer, providing and withholding information, development of drama, relationship to genre, creating pace. Combination of shots,180 degree rule, continuity, montage, point of view shot; shot-reverse-shot.

The Secret (In camera editing)

Shooting Scenario Evaluation

I enjoyed my video because it was simple with a strong storyline.Also it one of my best piece of work  so far.The  strength I had with my video scenario was the storyline because the storyline was strong it kept the viewers watching.The shot composition was great because I had a great vision at the beginning.Also I thought of ideas now and then during the filming.The weakness I had with my video scenario was coming up with the concept at the beginning, i had a a basic concept that was not thought out well.The sound quality could of been better during the bathroom scene.

At the beginning I had a fall out with one of my team mates who didn't want to act out a role that I wanted her to do but worked out for the better because I came up with a better concept.The audience loved my video I got lots positive feedback. The feedback I got from my peers was good storyline,superb quality and done professionally.If I was to do it again I would improve my storyline and my direct my actors a bit more.The product roles i done for my video scenario was me being the camera ,director

Photography

Photography on Prezi

Unit 16 Introduction to editing

The Gloaming


Editing is the process of selecting different shots and combining them together to create a story (narrative).
Long shots are used to show scenario or if a character is by herself it shows she is lonely.Non diagetic sound  Sound which has a source neither visible on the screen nor implied in the action ± narrator's commentary (voice over) .Also sound effects which are added for dramatic effect and the score / mood music


Elliptical editing makes screen time shorter than story time by cutting out unnecessary actions; condenses time by inferring total actions we only see in part.(here is a example below).
There is a difference between the “natural” story time and narrative, plot or screen time. Essentially recording natural time would require filming every movement in real time. If a woman leaves her house after receiving a phone call. If this sequence was recorded in natural time it would require at least 30 minutes.So Elliptical editing is when you take out the  clips that don't really need to be their to speed up things.Reaction shot is when you get a facial expression of someone face for example if someone is shocked or angry which gives you idea of how the person feeling.Shot reverse shot is a shot of one of one subject, then back to the first.It is often used for conversation or reaction shot. 

Cross-cutting is an editing technique most often used in films to establish action occurring at the same time in two different locations. In a cross-cut, the camera will cutaway from one action to another action.
Jump cut Transitional device in which two similar images taken at different times are cut together so that the elision of intervening time is apparent. From this the audience infers that time has passed.


• How do we know she is bending down to pick up the ring? (what shots are used and why?)


Hustle 




Establishing shot in film and television sets up, or establishes the context for a scene the relationship between its important figures and objects.over wide shot gives a over head view of all the characters sitting down looking up at the bar tender. A Eyeline shot  shows us what a character is seeing.In film editing, a wipe is a gradual spatial transition from one image to another which creates a tension.A  flashback scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story