The Transporter

This movie This movie starts off like any other action movie with action to catch the attention of the viewer. starts off with some bad guys trying to hijack his car but eventually turns into a fight.

The setting of this scene is in an empty parking lot this shows the audience that the movie is in the city because a remote car park will only be found in a city with tonnes of cars and buildings. 

 The guy is a spy cause it seems like hes sneaking and watch the guys quietly. and even by his dress. He is wearing a black shirt and black trousers, he is also wearing gloves, these are stereotypes for a spy. The people who are steealing the car re normal robbers which can be judged by their clothing and the way the are talking to each other. The director uses a variety of different shots to represent the mood of the scene. the director uses low and high angles in the shots to show who in control in the scene. There are a few 

The pace of the shots start off at a normal pace. All there is a ordinary man sitting in his car going to go somewhere, until someone asks him for help. the pace is still normal even when he has a gun point towards his this shows that he is calm and knows that they can't go anywhere. the pace increase when he starts beating the bad guys up. This was surprising because they never expected the Women to have a gun and try to rob this guy.


During the fight scene the the director adds and uses different camera angle to show the intensity of the fight

Drug Bust Examples Textual Analysis

This is a series of shots from the movie Paid in Full

Below is the shot of the drugs being divided in to wrapping or battles. This drug, cocaine, is commonly used in movies because it is very easy to duplicate it with products like powders and flour. this is usually found in ghetto movies

This is the photo of the product in the safe which is kept confidencal

In the final scene of the movie the villain was caught wight he drugs but he shot two undercover officers. Our idea is about the same, the difference is that the drug bust will be taking place in the beginning of the movie

Our drugs will be preserved in flour bags because finding small bottles will be time consuming and using flour bags will be a good way to cover for drugs. The costume will be al,pst the same of the gangster as shown in the example above, this is so the audience can realise that those guys are the bad guys. one of the cops have NYPD written on the shirt that they are wearing under the adidas jumper.

THE DARK KNIGHT

The Dark Knight

The genre of the dark knight is action/adventure. This movie has a unique visual pleasure compared to most action/adventure movies, because not many movies start with man masked as jokers robbing a bank. Usually when u hear the name joker you tend to relate the word with batman, therefore the movies opening does have its own style. The Mise en Scene does relate to the content of the scene there are men zip lining from one roof to another and each of them holding guns, wearing mask also show that they are truing to hide there identity. This shows that these men are going to do something illegal.

The scene is narrated in an orderly fashion. The Joker has perfectly planned the the killing of each of the gang members and at the end the joker was the only member left and could escape the location. The scene is narrated in such a way that the audience knows who the antagonist is for the rest of the movie. This also shows that Joker might be the primary target for the remainder of the movie.

The location is shown to us after the heist is over when joker drive the bus out of the wall.

There was only one main characters who was shown to us in extract who is Joker and he is portrayed in negative way because he is shown after finishing a bank robbery, the characters job and attitude fits the genre of Action and Thriller. Joker is shown as the antagonist in this clip.

Since this is a reality sort of scene there is no voice over narration .

Usually bank robberies take a long time at least 15 minutes but since its a movie the scene has been in a very fast pace. This includes fast paced editing, frequent cuts and increase in scene speed.

Mind Map

Introduction Main Task

My group and I consist of 4 member: me, AbdulAziz Al Nasser, Taylor Brooks, and Maya Talaat. Our movie title in COMPROMISED. All four of us will be participating in the camera work, but the editing will be mainly done by me and Maya Talaat. 

Our opening is going to be about a drug bust. There are going to be 2 party, one buying drugs and one selling the drugs, the people buying drugs are undercover cops. as soon as they get the drugs in their car they will have weapons in there cars and will start shooting but the dealer escape because one cop dies and the other calls for backup. this will leave the scene at a cliff hanger making the viewer want to watch more. This plot can change at any time of the production process.

BRIEF: the titles and opening of a new fiction film (to last a maximum of two minutes). Titles should follow the institutional conventions of commercial cinema. The task may be undertaken individually or as a group. There should be a maximum of four members to a group. All images and text used in the main task must be original, and produced by the candidate(s). Sound should be predominantly original (dialogue and atmospheric sound), though music taken from an acknowledged source may be used as part of the soundtrack.

This task should be preceded by preliminary exercises to build up learners’ skills with equipment and their understanding of conventions. 

Preliminary task Shubhi group

Our preliminary task was mainly focused on the criteria given to us at the beginning. We had to make a video on any topic but it should break the 180 degree rule, it should include the shot reverse shot, and the match on action shot. Match on action shot was used to apply a sense of continuity. We had succeed in not breaking the 180 degree rule so when a viewer watches this video he or she don't get confused.we used lots of other shots   

Lighting could be improved by reflector. There was a change in the tint of the movie from blue to yellow. There were a lot of obstructions like the pillar when walking towards the office. the dialogue has problems as well because there was a lot of echoing and when we are doing sound we will be using a sound proof room.

Regardless, whether this is getting marked or not I believe this can can help us boost or marks

Preliminary Task: Storyboard

PRELIMINARY TASK: STORYBOARD

Match on action

Match on action is a technique of filming used in many sorts of films. It consists of connecting 2 shots together in which a character finishes off an action in the second shot that was started in the first one, for example a clip of a character walking through a door in which he opens the door being filmed from behind then the clip cuts to him walking through from the other one.

                                         

Reverse shot

Shot/Reverse Shot

Shot/reverse shot is a staple of editing in dialogue sequences. It utilizes the 180 degree rule, the eye line match, and rule of change among others. First things first, a definition of what shot/reverse shot is:

A film technique wherein one character is shown looking (often off-screen) at another character, and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer unconciously assumes that they are looking at each 

The primary elements of a shot/reverse shot sequence are derived from the three camera set up. The shots you should have for a basic shot/reverse shot are: a two shot of the two characters usually in wide or medium shot, an over the shoulder shot on character A, and an over the shoulder shot on character B.

The diagram below should give you an idea of the set up.



When cutting a dialogue scene that utilizes a shot reverse/shot remember that one characters reaction to what is being said is just as important as what is being said. Read the script carefully and gage when to cut to reaction and how that will influence the audience. Balance between the emotions of the characters and the emotions of the audience. Don't be heavy handed. Your audience is extremely media savvy. Hitting them over the head and attempting to make them sad or extremely angry through your edits is tantamount to a teenager's angry and depressed poetry. The audience won't stand for it and you'll end up with a mediocre film.

180 degree rule

The 180-degree rule of shooting and editing keeps the camera on one side of the action. As a matter of convention, the camera stays on one side of the axis of action throughout a scene; this keeps characters grounded compositionally on a particular side of the screen or frame, and keeps them looking at one another when only one character is seen onscreen at a time. The technique allows for an expansion of the frame into the unseen space offscreen. It is referred to as a rule because the camera, when shooting two actors, must not cross over the axis of action; if it does, it risks giving the impression that the actors' positions in the scene have been reversed.There are instances when the 180-degree rule is violated. For instance, the director often tampers with sight lines and crosses the axis with ease. The shot reverses camera angles, breaking with convention, and creates an almost purely cinematic tension within scenes. We are forced to see characters with reversed screen placement, sight lines, and even movement. While the continuity of the scene holds, this change of placement serves to make the audience both uneasy and attentive.

                             

Preliminary task

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening the door, walking across the room, sitting down opposite another character who which room he exchanges a couple of lines dialogue. This can be demonstrated by using shots like action shot, reverse shot and 180 degree rule

My group consists of four member: 

Abdulaziz al Nasser

Taylor brooks 

Maya talat