In the practice film, we had to recreate a part of Eastenders we watched in class. The clip was only a minute and a half long. The main aim of the task was to get used to the cameras we were using, to learn the different camera shots, for example- over the shoulder, mid shot, long shot, etc.
The scene we watched was a typical t.v soap because of the way it was set out. It started with characters that were main characters in that episode. It also started in a typical setting the pub, this is typical because the pub features in most of the episodes. We also continue the problem from the episode before, and we instantly get into the story of the episode.
The camera shots involved help get across the piont and help show the body language of the actors involved. The camera shots involved such as, mid shots, long shots, over the shoulder, etc. These shots also help get the piont of veiw of the character across.
Our recreation was very accurate because we managed to recreate the camera shots well including all the camera shots involved in the clip shown to us. We also got the character rolls done well because we all had a character to recreate and we all managed to get the roll of the character across well.
I think we did well in the camera shots but I think we were not in the correct positions to execute the shots we did so it made the film look below the level of quality. The acting in our film was also not the best which makes the film look bad.
I have learnt that everything in films is there for a reason mise en scene helps get across the message of the scene, also showing where the film is, and helps the film look the part. Overall mise en scene is one of the most important things within a film.
Lighting in my project wasn't very effective because we used very little lighting in our project, we used some lighting at the start of the film we made but it wasn't very effective at all, due to how bright the light was already in the room we were using for our film.
The importance of continuity is that it makes the film look all joined up and there is no breaks between filming, it makes the film when finished look a good quality film.
I think I need to work on my filming because during the making of the Eastenders film there was a lot of little mistakes made. For example the position of the camera I never go the best out of the camera shots I used because of this. Also I feel that I need to take mise en scene in my films that I make.
Magazine
The magazine cover I used many conventions that are usually used on a magazine. The magazine I annotated contained a large picture of a person, the price, mast head, cover lines, issue number, date, strap line, 3 fonts, 3 colours, and a bar code.
The magazine I used to annotate broke a couple of conventions. It didn't use a slogan, and it didn't use more than one picture
The magazine I used was a hip/hop music magazine, so the colours used were bright and light colours to reflect the type of music it was about.
The cover lines helped attract readers by saying they were interviews of big hip/hop artist inside.
The magazine appeals to both new readers and regular readers because it has a good colours and famous people on the cover, this helps to interest new readers. It also keeps regular readers because it contains a lot of story's that relate to ones before.
I have learnt that when producing a magazine cover you have to consider a lot of things when designing the cover. For example the colour scheme, pictures and the position of them, the cover lines, slogan, the fonts of the mast head etc.
