Notes from Lessons

Each lesson i take notes to ensure that i can get the most out of each lesson and keep a record of the material learned for later revision 

Media Lesson 1

03/09/2013     miss

emily.a.n1997@gmail.com

thriller 

analyse

good film? serious? cheesy?

15-20 secs hear? again lighting, characters doing/wearing

eery church songs sort of thing you hear when sad things happen

Media Lesson 2 

06/09/2013  Mr Barton

Whats the story about?

-a guy whom is expert at fraud and earns a lot of money

Who are the Characters?

What mood does it create?

-mischevious

-sneaky                   

-classy

-1940-1970?

 write down EVERYTHING capture it all

  -SUSPENSE MYSTERY being chased? caught? WHY

question things further

look at every aspect

SOUND 50% of dil 

• mood and atmosphere created in music FOCUS on listening 

title Sequences legally obliged 

make a mini movie - a movie within a movie

• set an atmosphere
• represent a film

cut up body

-dispose

-murder

-whats the story going to be about?

stealing ideas/inspiration

GO TO LONDON 

aniboom

MOODBOARD HOMEWORK

-characters

-location/setting

-Lighting/Colours

-costume

-props

-story

-iconography (things you typically see in thrillers)

creates suspense by not knowing wether the shot will work

by not knowing if he will actually do it

countdown to shot 

Media Lesson 4/09/13

extreme close up

close up

medium (long shot)

3D views

rule of thirds 

don't let person walk into edge of camera. viewer needs to see where they are walking into nothing

take 2 pictures from 3 different angles

Media lesson 4 

 10/09.20013

in SEVEN i knew it was a thriller as it has a great amount of dead bodies 

there was a mystery to solve

the music built suspense by speeding up 

the main characters are detectives

the tick tok thing evokes a countdown

diegetic sound 

-SEE the sound being produced

non-digetic

CANNOT SEE the source. can't see the sound being produced (hear in the background)

sounds of 'seven' opening scene

-distorted screams

-heartbeat

-engines

-techno

-speeds up

title sequence

-sound

• distorted screams
• eeirey sound
• squeaks
• tapping

-editing

• distorted images
• flickers
• articles
• scrap book? 
• eyes crossed out

-effects

• red black and white

-expectations

• lots of death

-titles

• black and white
• contrast

-concept idea

•  mystery
• creates questions
• draws in

dramatic music

jazz music

Media lesson 5 

 13/09/12013

what does it tell us about character 

• stressed
• paranoid 
• anxious
• wound up easily 
• 
  

why is it a thriller

• close ups on faces
• build up of music 
• fly noise (digetic & non digetic)

what is the role to opening to the film

• introduce the film
• give a feel for what the film is about, where it is set, the type of film that it is

HOMEWORK

16 BIT

mp3 or WAVE

control, right click

goes to downloads

goes in garage band