Culture day photo story

The first Autumn leaf of many!

I started my journey by looking out the window to see what the weather was like, I didn't like what i saw.  Not only was it depressing but i couldn't see very far into the distance.

Walking along the road to the bus stop i could see fallen leaves.  The further i walked and the more fallen leaves I saw I thought to myself 'Autumn is here'. 

The roof top in this picture has an almost symmetrical pattern to it the only thing that stops it being symmetrical is the branch in the way, however it was nice seeing a tree that hasn't lost all of its leaves.

On the church roof near my house there were these starlings chirping their own little song which was really nice to hear as i walked past.

Autumn is here and so are the Orb web spiders, walking through parks you see loads of them spinning webs waiting for dinner.  I'm not normally a fan of spiders but this one looked harmless and colourful.

the more i walked the fog seemed to disappear but i liked the view of the park as it looked so peaceful.

This is another sign that autumn is here for good.  The leaves turn brown and float gently to the ground,  leaving it full of crunchy rustling footsteps.

I then did some shopping for my cousin, plus this gave me a great excuse to play with all the kids toys they had.

I was planning on buying this for my cousin but then i thought id enjoy it more and added it to my Christmas list.

I am a massive fan of the Lego Heroes and plan on collecting it.  This is one if many that i have.

When i was a little bit younger i used to play with sylvanian families and after about three years they are still selling the first sylvanian house I bought.

The train i got to meet my friends and then we went to Westfield and spent the rest of the day there.

While in Westfield there was a town made out of cake and i thought it looked amazing.

This was just part of the town, my favorite part was the trees i like the colour contrast, the pink on the brown made the little flowers stand out more.

I took this on the second floor, this is probably the best shop in  westfield.  The colour of the Lego sign stands out so you know what shop it is a couple of shops away from it.

On my way home this flower was the only one on the bush and it looked really pretty, the shade of yellow stands out amongst the green leaves.

I took this picture of the fathers house on my road because the door in the background and the wall and hedge either side the gate looked symmetrical.

The dew on the grass looked really sparkly and eye catching.  Although this picture doesn't do it justice. 

The light emanating from the lamp post made the tree leaves appear more yellow than they were.  The effect of the light shining through the trees took my breath away, but again the picture doesn't do it justice.

Photography composition

Task 1: Portrait and Landscape

 For the first task we had to take four pictures, 2 portrait and 2 landscape.  Portrait is when you hold your camera on its side, you would use portrait to take pictures of people.  Landscape is when you hold your camera up the correct way, this is used to take pictures of landscape and buildings.

Both of the pictures are portatait, portrait teds to be pixctures of people, no part of there body has been cut off.

These two pictures are Landscape as the camera was held the correct way up.  These are to take pictures on a larger scale.

 Task 2: The rule of thirds
 Task 2 is taking a photo but using the rule of thirds.  When taking it of a person you need to make sure that their eyes are 1/3 of the way down the screen, but when you take a picture of scenery you need to make sure that the 1/3 down line is on the line where the sky meets the land.

When taking pictures of the land you make sure the 1/3 line is on the line where the land meets the sky, for a person  there eyes are on the 1/3line and for a builing the 1/3line is at the top of the building.

Task 3: Diagonal

When taking certain pictures if you tilt your camera slightly you can make the object look more interesting.

For these pictures they look a more interesting at a diagonal tilt, this makes them look different.

Task 4: Symmetry
People are attracted to symmetrical objects because of the equlity and it interests the human eye.

Pictures that are symectrical attract the human eye, as these doors are a mirror image of each other.

Task 5: Balancing elements

Having somthing bigger at the front of the picture makes it look intreging and exciting to the eye.

Thjis picture is of the corridor but infront on it it has a blue box, this draws peoples attention to both the box and corridor.

Continuity editing exercise

What scenario were you asked to work to?
We were asked to create a shot film where someone would enter a room sit (or stand) opposite someone and have a small conversation about anything you want.
Our idea is a date gone wrong the girl is trying to kidnap the boy, but the annoying friend gets involved and the plan starts to crumble the girl gets a phone call and she is told to return home she refuses and gets angry, the boy begins to worry resulting in him leaving before she has a chance to kidnap him.
What were the key media language skills you were tying to demonstrate?
In the film we made we had to make sure we had the 180 degree rule,the rule of thirds and match on action.  The 180 degree rule when you have an imaginary line running through the people your filming and you cant cross that line otherwise it will look like the people on camera are moving when there not.  The rule of thirds is then the peoples eyes are on 1/3 of the way down the screen.  This is used in filming and photography,  this just makes whatever your filming look better.  And lastly match on action is when you film something and you carry it through to the next shot, for example when you walk through a door you would have them walking up to and opening the door and then in the next shot you would have them walking through the door.
Who did you work with to plan your film?
At first our group consisted of one other person; Nisha, but half way through story boarding Aarun joined our group, and helped complete our storyboard and added to the story.  This helped use to create something unique as e wasnt here from the start and had a fresh look on things. 
How successful was this grouping?
We all worked together really well, and got on with the task allocated   I normally find it hard working with people im not used to talking to but it was easier than i thought. 
How did you use your creativity to develop the scenario?
The scenario w thought of was my original idea, but we decided to change some of the story line because it didn't sound right so we used Nisha's and Aaruns idea.
How useful was your storyboard?  What did you change and what did you stick to?
The storyboard was very useful as we knew what we were doing and even though we changed some of the shots it was good knowing that if we forgot what we were meant tot be doing we had it on paper, the pictures also made it quicker to see what we were doing as we didnt have to read it; the pictures were self explanatory.   the only thing we changed was the characters and we got rid of one of the shots (from the original storyboard) which in my opinion made the film confusing as it didnt give you the feeling of kidnapping but just a weird and rude conversation.

Storyboard

Edit workshop evaluation

How did you use 180 degree rule, rule of thirds, and match on action?
For match on action i used someone walking up to the door,opening the door and then walking through and having them walk in to the room.  we thought this looked good as we have the continuity of the shot and watching them walk to meet the man.  We used the rule of thirds to make everyone in the shot look in proportion. by doing this no one looks really short or out of shot.  For the 180 degree rule we used this to keep the people in the shot in one place rather than it looking like they keep jumping from one side to another.  To create this we needed to keep it on the left side of two people and the right for one, this created the impression that you were standing next to them.

What challenges did you face during production? and what would you change if you were to film again?
Through out filming we were faced with several different problems, the main problem was trying to find some to play the role of the Friend, we had to make sure that they were the right height to look the correct standing next to someone tall.  once we found someone it was making sure that they wore the same clothes on both filming days otherwise the film wouldn't have been consistent.  If we could film again i would make sure to think about who we could use whilst planning rather than when we start filming.  I would also make sure you pick the correct location so when we film we wont have to move and start again due to the lack of space.

What challenges did you face during post-production? and what would you change if you were to film again?
 The first time we incorrectly filmed the 180 degree rule so this made editing difficult so we had to re film.  after we re filmed editing was much easier however we had different people so i had to edit it from the beginning.  if i were to film again i would defiantly think about how filming can make editing harder if you do the smallest thing incorrectly. 
What are the overall strengths of your work? Why? Creativity, planning and research, digital technology, post production
I would say the overall strength is the story line because it is really unique and different.  The filming was good as we manged to get it all done in a short amount of time,and the editing was easy as the shots were correct and meant we didnt need to re film or do anything special to make it look like it made sense.      
What are the overall weaknesses of your work? Why? Creativity, planning and research, digital technology, post production
I believe the weaknesses of this is the filming as it doesnt look believable at all, i think the filming could have a different range of camera angles instead of the usual ones and different shot types rather than just one or two.  this will make it look a little more exciting and keep you watching.  in editing  it could have been improved by taking time on the process so it would have been exact and perfect.
What overall improvements would you make to your work? Why?
If i could improve any part of my work i would make the acting look more realistic as at the moment it doest look real it looks like 3 people messing around. i would also change one of the actors as they didn't take it to seriously which made filming really hard.

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