How I have progressed through my first year in Media Studies

During my first year in Media Studies I struggled trying to adapt to the subject. I thought that it was just  a subject(obstacle course) that I needed to overcome to get to UNI. I was performing at an average C level as u can see in my picture. I hope to improve and work harder in A2

Preliminary task-The meeting -Roles and Responsibilities-

In class our preliminary task was to shoot a short sequence and use our in camera editing skills that we learned about  in AS. In a group of four my group decided to shoot a sequence about an employee getting fired.  We planned out the different shots as a group on a piece of paper.  We made a storyline and we used the media editing techniques that we learned to make the sequence to flow.  When the time came to shoot I was the camera man.  In camera editing skills and different camera shots were used throughout the sequence. We showed all skills learned previously and it came out good overall.
 We used skills such as: 
Eyeline Matching
Shot Reverse Shot
Panning
Tilting
Establishing Shots
Matching on Action
Zooming

Preliminary task-The meeting -Planning

During the planning we as a group used planning sheet, drew pictures focusing on the editing, selected shot types, editing techniques, setting, props and sound we will use. We also decided to make our short film slightly comical and a bit of humour to it.  We used in camera editing techniques. Our film is about a drug exchange.We used establishing shots, shot reverse shots,matching on action, zooming, panning and other techniques for the scenes to run smoothly and to connect properly. We first had to ask permission to use a corner shop as a setting before hand and we learnt how to use the cameras also.

Preliminary task-The meeting -The Brief

This year,2011 the preliinary task was to create a short film using the theme 'the meeting'.  I will be useing film technologies such as a flip cameras to make it involving some sort of meeting between to or more people. The purpose of this task is to develop our skills and learn how to use the technologies and our editing techniques. Because it is our first filming exercise we are expected not to do well.  To complete this exercise successfully I will need to plan the process thoroughly, this is a very important practice that will come in handy and give me experience for when I am doing my own horror campaign.

Introduction

Im Kirby Kirwan currently taking the A2 media course. This is my A2 blogger webpage where all my developments, and work with my OCR

Media Studies project will be posted and updated on a regualr basis. 

 My coursework this year will be very practical as we have to create a marketing campaign for a horror movie which includes a movie poster and trailer. We prepared ourselves this lesson by doing our preliminary task which was to plan out a scene consisting the different terminology that we as a  class  learned in AS. We used the skills to plan out and take a video in a group of four. To prepare us for the actual task ahead of us.