Evaluation

Evaluation

My task was to create a documentary about mobile phones. We were given a list of 14 questions to include. Before filming we created a storyboard that we could follow during filming. We filmed in a classroom and we used a camcorder to record. We also recorded a few cutaway shots using a video camera and took images for cutaway shots using a camera. I then went onto the internet to try and find more pictures that could be used as cutaway shots. We then edited the footage to put together our video documentary on mobile phones. We edited in transitions shots, and music that goes with the theme of this documentary. We also used effects to get the music to fade in and fade out.

During the creation of our documentary I felt that we worked well together as a group. Because we all make a contribution we were able to answer all the questions .We also followed these codes and conventions: the interviewee was looking at the person interviewing her and not at the camera, and we edited out the questions so it flowed from answer to answer. We made sure that the lighting was strong enough and came from the front so it didn’t affect the visibility. We also used different kinds of cutaway shots.

There were several ways that we could have improved our documentary and certain codes and conventions that we did not follow. We did not use proper framing or mise-en-scene. We used the same transition throughout the documentary therefore proving no variety. Finally we did not use text to introduce our interviewee.

When I next make a documentary I will try and follow all the codes and conventions for example, I would improve the framing and stick to the rule of thirds. I would try to use more variety in transitions as using the same one becomes monotonous to the viewer. Finally I would also include bright and appropriate mise-en-scene to make my documentary more appealing to the viewer and make it more interesting and reiterate the message I am trying to send.

Documentaries

Documentaries

Today i looked at the documentaries linked to my blog below, and observed the in ways in which they have followed the codes and conventions.

The first code or convention i obseved was that when Interviewees are filmed in a media shot, medium close up or close up will be used.

The second code and convention i observed is the Interviewee looks at the interviewer and not the camera

The third and final code of convention I looked at was that if there was more then one interveiwee the screen position alnerate from left to right in order to create variety.

Final Project

Final Project

Here is my finished mobile documentary

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

Screenshots

Screenshots

Below are screenshots I have take during the process of creating my mobile phone documentary, to create this i used the software, photoshop.

This screen shot shows me creating the credits. To do this I pressed F9 on the keyboard and this screen above came up. This allowed me to put text in and to decorate it. I was then able to put it straight onto the video.

This screenshot is carrying on from the screenshot above, trying to make the credits. You can see in the screenshot it is the end credit. I have used purple text as I thought it would go well with the documentary. You can also so I altered the text by making it larger font and centering it therefore making it easier to the audiences eye.

In this screenshot, we are adding the finishing touches by including the soundtrack. You can see from this image that me and my group are finishing the end section of the documentary. We also edited the song so that it flowed with the documentary,by selecting the start of the track and the end of the track and placed them at begining and ending of the documentary.

Here you can see that we are putting in the transitions to make the documentary flow from question to question. We also used a transition from the documentary shot to a picture or a cutaway shot. In the top left corner there is a menu of transitions you can choose from. You can also see on the timeline were they have been placed.

Storyboard

Storyboard

Today in class me and my group sat round and decided what our storyboard would be like.

Below you can see the storyboard that I have designed.

It's Good To Talk

Task One

-Working in groups, my task is to conduct an interview about the subject of mobile phones.

-The interview will then be edited into a shot film so that only the answers are used - the audience will not hear any of the questions being asked.

-In order to avoid jump cuts you will therefore need to film cutaway shots which can be used in the editing process.

-I will need to think of a title for your short film

-You will also lay a music bed under the edited interview

Questions for the interview

1. Tell me what life was like before you had the mobile phone
2. When did you get your first mobile phone and why did you get it?
3. Tell me about all the mobile phones you have had
4. Tell me about your current mobile phone.
5. Why did you choose this phone?
6. Tell me about the ringtone you have on your phone and why you chose it
7. What do you use your mobile phone for?
8. How much does your mobile phone cost each month?
9. How often do you send a text?
10. What text 'language' do you use and how did you learn it?
11. What's the best thing about having a mobile phone?
12. What's the worst thing about having a mobile phone?
13. How important is your mobile to you?
14. How would you cope without your mobile phone?