Monday 27 October 2014

Preliminary Piece and Evaluation

We have finished filming and editing our preliminary piece, and I have wrote an evaluation on it, I will insert both links before. I am very happy with how it has gone and look forward to starting our thriller works.

 

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Case Study Homework


For my theory class in Media, my teacher, Miss Fry set us homework to complete a case study on a TV Drama of our choice. No one was allowed to do the same drama, which makes sense as in the future we will use the case studies to revise all the TV Dramas for the examination. I have chosen to do my presentation on Gossip Girl, which is a show I very love and am passionate about. I have already started my presentation, which I have concluded is because I very much enjoy Gossip Girl and therefore enjoy writing about it. Within our case study we are expected to answer questions on; how the show represents sexuality, age, gender, how the show uses camera shots and what effect these give, why the show was made, how popular the show it etc. I am excited to finish my presentation, and then print out a copy for reference. Theory very much links in with practical media, which is what I enjoy about it. As things I find out about shots and their effect will help me complete my preliminary task.
 

Friday 3 October 2014

Premier Pro Editing

Today we had a go on the Premier Pro editing software that the school has to offer. We uploaded all of the clips that we had previously filmed and started to piece them in the right order. I learnt how to speed up a clip: by clicking on the clip, going onto Edit, then clicking Speed, and increasing the percentage from 100% to make it faster, and decreasing to make it slower. I sped up a lot of the videos of our actor walking, as it was very long and didn't get to the point. I also cut videos with the Razor tool, which was alike something I had previously used in Windows Movie Maker, so I found it very easy. Editing is very time consuming, I have definitely learnt you need a lot of patience, however as well as this I have learned practice is the key to becoming better at it, and asking friends and classmates how to do things is a good source of information