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Mise-en-scene and Setting Evaluation:

Using only visual evidence in the provided sequence respond to the following:

Briefly Describe the Setting/Location and the type of activity/ies would usually take place in this setting?

Location: Office Activities: Working, using computer, writing, making phone calls, organising papers

What props have been included in the setting to convey an intended message or describe the activity/ies taking place?

Computer, paper, usb’s, newspapers, empty coffee cup, photo frames

What does the contrast (light levels, difference between dark or bright areas) indicate about this setting?

The lighting gives the impression that it’s a sci fi movie and that the character might not like being at work and this is also seen through the style of acting with him missing his family.

What type of tones or colours are used within the setting; pleasant, simple, cheery, bleak. (Also consider the lighting).

Dark colours are used on the man and on the office particularly black, blue and grey but when he is looking through the videos brighter colours are used and this is because this was probably a happier time in his life.

Describe the spaciousness of this setting (Cramped or open/roomy).

Cramped and very busy setting this would be to show that he is feeling this way in his mind as setting is usually shown to portray what someone is thinking.

Describe the physical state (messy, neat, formal).

The office is in a messy state with things displaced and in no real order.

What is the general atmosphere of this setting (what moods or feelings does it invoke)?

An office is used for people to do work and majority of the time in film this can be portrayed in a negative way.

Describe the acting style of the characters within this setting?

The actor is sad in this scene as he feels like he is missing out on his child growing up and being with his wife and this corroborates with the colours and lighting that is used.

How does this setting contribute to the acting style and character/s personality?

The setting helps very much as you can clearly see that he is a very disorganised person and he might be confused at this point in his life and this is shown through the setting.

From the elements listed, describe the overall tone and potential genre of the film. Justify your response with specific examples.

Science Fiction/ Action because of the style of acting and most definitely the colours that are used which indicate that it’s a science fiction movie.

Explain how mise-en-scene has been used to depict the type of character who might inhabit the space. Use evidence to justify your response

A busy/ dark/ upset person as the lighting and costumes are very dark and this helps explain the character in more depth and this subsequently helps portray the story.

Reflection

Teamwork during Pre-Production:

My group didn’t have many issues during the pre-production, as we all liked the song that we chose and were all extremely excited to make a music video to it. We used to pre-production effectively and we finished our planning really quickly so this gave us more time to shoot. The first media lesson of term 4 we already knew which song we wanted to do as we discussed it over the holidays and we did the planning e.g. shot list in our time so that we could start as soon as possible. We used our time effectively and this was great as we didn’t need to use any time outside of class to film so we could use this time to edit, we finished all our shots in the class time provided and everyone knew what they needed to do. We all had different characters to play so everyone was responsible for knowing what they needed to say and film. Compared to the previous film noir task I used my time a lot more efficiently and also by having the planning finished by the 2^nd lesson and going straight into filming gave us a lot more time so that we didn’t feel rushed.

Teamwork during Production and Post-Production:

We decided who was going to be what character and made sure that the same person being another character wasn’t in the shot before or after so that there was a variety. Everyone in my group had their own shot list to follow so we were all responsible for our own shots which made things run a lot smoother because everyone knew what they had to do and not worry about if someone had forgotten something or was away. We were all very organised throughout this whole task, we were all present majority of lessons, Tilly was away for a couple but always made sure that her shots were completed before the date that we set so we could complete our editing. The only issue that our group experienced was that one day we accidently used a G11 camera when we needed a G12 or larger because we were shooting on 1280 x 720, this wasn’t a large set back but a couple of our shots were a bit rushed because we needed to reshoot in the same lesson. We shot all our shots that were included in the shot list.

Discuss your individual feelings about the Music Video Task:

I’m happy with how the final music video turned out but I feel the green screen doesn’t make the film look as good as it could have. I wouldn’t change how the music video looks because it does look how we pictured it from the beginning so we are all happy with the outcome. If we could do the project again I would record more of the characters singing instead of so many “bloopers” which was the look we were going for but maybe with a couple more singing scenes it could have made it a bit more interesting. It was most definitely easier to plan, film and edit this project than the previous task as I just found working with the group I had this time was so much easier to organise things with and also the reason why we didn’t feel rushed was because we stayed organised the entire time of this project. The treatment basically describes the final outcome, which shows that my group had the same film playing their head the entire time. My blog was updated 3 times a week so I think it adequately shows what my group has been doing for the past 5 weeks. I enjoyed this task a lot more than the previous one and hopefully we can make another music video in the near future.

Finished!

We have finally finished, I'm not quite sure how I feel about our music video as of yet. I like it but I feel we could've done better, It looks a bit ammature and it's possible that we could have done a better job. Hopefully it looks good enough to get a good grade. We tried to use visual messages but It was extremely hard so we didn't end up using any which will affect out grade. Majority of our shots are mid and they're placed out the same throughout the music video. This task was very quick as we didn't have very long to plan, shoot and edit but I am hoping that this is good enough.

Final cut Pro

To make our music video we used Final Cut Pro and here are some screenshots of how the film was made. As we used the green screen we needed to use the keyer to remove the green backdrop then replace it with one that we wanted. We then needed to change our colour so that it suited the background and looked more life like. Our files were sorted into different folders of the stars we were playing so that it would be easier to quickly follow the EDL then grab what videos we needed and place it into the film.