Hannah Bess

Composition Ambient lighting is used because it make the scene very dark which helps to make the atmosphere appear more eerie. Additionally, Cole is wearing little white pants and a white vest. White is usually associated with the theme of innocence and therefore foreshadows when something bad happens in the upcoming clips, he will be the victim. Another aspect to build up suspense is the red tent. Red is associated with the theme of danger which again could foreshadow what is going to happen in the upcoming scenes. A clip that effectively builds up suspense is when you can see Cole's breath, this shows it is cold and makes the scene feel tense and also that his shoulders are hunched shows he is frightened. Camera Angles A medium longshot is used to portray Cole with his bedroom in the background and this is where you get the first insight of his red tent. Then there is a medium longshot of Cole going to the toilet. This is used to show how Cole is oblivious to what is going on

Filming Originally our filming was very time consuming as we spent a lot of time having discussions about shots and various conversations which needed to take place within our short film. After we had done this we went to upload but this was unsuccessful. However, when we came back to attempt to re-upload we were unable to find the camera with the correct memory card in. This was bad because it set us back in terms of time and what we had planned to do had to be readjusted slightly. Despite this, when we re-filmed we were much more successful because there were less discussions and we were more aware of what we were doing. This meant we spent more time focusing on the actual quality of the filming and not what we were doing. This was beneficial to us because it was easier to spot blurring mistakes or if the camera tilted slightly. The shot that were unsuccessful with was the over the shoulder shot. This was unsuccessful because the person doing the acting (me) popped up in a sim

We edited as a group in which we all took turns in doing it. The first thing we did was insert all of our clips on to iMovie. We then imported them into the right order and watched the entire film without any editing. This pointed out clear errors in our filming. These errors included; points where we paused for too long, sections where we mucked up our lines, bits where we laughed accidentally and sections where the camera tilted slightly and it wasn't meant to. From this, we did it bit by bit and edited together, ensuring we all agreed on any decisions we made. Admittedly, there were some sections that were harder to edit because at first we couldn't all see the errors. After editing all of it, we had our teacher check it over to see what she thought. She helped us make a few minor adjustments.

Today, we filmed our preliminary task. We used our storyboards as a basis, although did make a few changes which we will reflect on when we do the editing stage next week. The filming we did last lesson didn't save properly so we refilmed it but with more success than last time. We came across several bumps during filming such as the noise from the hand dryer or the people outside talking but eventually we was able to get it finished. This week has been very successful in terms of productivity because our storyboards are complete and so is the filming. Next week, the plan is to start editing which I think will take us a little while, although I am looking forward to it.

This is proof of us filming the first section of our preliminary task. 

These were the storyboards which we used to plan our preliminary task.

The people I will be working with for my Preliminary Task are Paige Anderson  (http://paigelandersonmedia.blogspot.co.uk ), Jasmine Reagon- Welch (http://jasminereagonwelch.blogspot.co.uk ) and Eleanor Blackman ( http://eblackman44.blogspot.co.uk ). I chose them because they are hard-working, committed people who I get on well with. Additionally, I am able to work collaboratively with them.

Storyline Two people arguing over something work related Two other people come back from lunch and one of them gets involved in the argument, and the other just watches Frame 1 Establishing shot of the outside of the building  Match-to-match of two people walking into the building Props Laptops Office equipment Characters Eleanor= observer that walks in and is not involved Hannah= Person who argues Jasmine= Other person who argues Paige= secretary trying to calm them down

I chose A level Media because it was something which I enjoyed at GCSE level and it was something which I wanted to continue further. For me, Media is about keeping up to date with the world and being able to portray messages in a visual setting. Additionally, for the future it will be beneficial to understand the concept of how things such as magazines, advertisement and social media are created. Another reason of why I chose A level Media Studies, is because being a blogger myself, I find it interesting to see a variety of information from people globally shared in a selection of different formats.