Thursday, 29 September 2016

practice task - what was the task?

what was the task?

our film opening: planning

our task

To prepare for our coursework, we are given a final opportunity to film a two minute opening to a film from our own creations. We were given this short project to work on, to experiment with the equipment, get used to the editing software, finding out more about different shots, writing scripts, and directing casts. our task was to produce a two minute opening to a film on anything me and my group wanted - the group i was in; Luke Marchant, Lily Ray and me. however this task had to include miss-en-scene conditions; a meeting, a prop, a costume, a cast and a lighting theme. our teacher gave us three screwed up post it notes (as there were three groups including ours) to pick from for each condition. 


our group ended up picking; 
  • setting; inside a shop
  • prop; a single shoe
  • Characters; 25-40 year old man + 0-8 year old boy
  • lighting; a sunrise 
  • costume; a raincoat
Displayed below, you can see my group and i's planning for this two minute opening to a film. Our ideas where based around the conditions we were given.





Monday, 26 September 2016

Coursework - My week with Marilyn

My week with Marilyn

I joined media studies three weeks into the course, therefore the rest of the class had already started watching my week with Marilyn. moreover on my first lesson I watched the second half of the film, meaning I will have to catch up and re-watch the film from the beginning. from what I have seen, I really enjoyed watching the film and I am excited to watch it from the beginning to see how the storyline plans out and how it all fits together.

Before watching the film I did not know much about Marilyn and her life, so it was very interesting to watch.





when watching my week with Marilyn, I thought it was very noticeable that the representation of sexuality was clear. for example Marilyn's attractive looks got her into the modelling career however she wanted her fans to appreciate her for her talented actress skills.

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