Here is a video I found on internet about 180 degree rule. I found it much more easier to understand it with examples.
I also started watching the others videos of this channel (VideoMaker) and I found very interesting and useful videos. I might publish another of them videos if I find one very interesting.
lundi 28 février 2011
180° Rule /!\ To not forget
The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. It is usually considered as a newbie error. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.
The 180° is essential for the movie to respect continuity editing.
By breaking the 180° Rule, the spectator can be lost by being confuse between differents characters. This effect on the spectator is sometimes used by filmmaker like in The Lord of The rings during the "Smeagol/Gollum schizophrenic scene" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCs9EnY5R8U&feature=related
The 180° is essential for the movie to respect continuity editing.
By breaking the 180° Rule, the spectator can be lost by being confuse between differents characters. This effect on the spectator is sometimes used by filmmaker like in The Lord of The rings during the "Smeagol/Gollum schizophrenic scene" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCs9EnY5R8U&feature=related
vendredi 11 février 2011
Storyboard
A really important thing to do before filming the opening scene is the storyboard. A storyboard is a graphic organizer such as a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence, including website interactivity.
The storyboard helps to previsualise but also to know what you exactly want to do and how long it will be. Even if you are not a good drawer, storyboard is essential.
My storyboard will be fill in this sheet :
Here is an example of a typical storyboard :
The storyboard helps to previsualise but also to know what you exactly want to do and how long it will be. Even if you are not a good drawer, storyboard is essential.
My storyboard will be fill in this sheet :
Here is an example of a typical storyboard :
mardi 8 février 2011
8 Films for inspiration
For this Project, I have to chose 6 to 8 movies of my genre : Drama.
Genre: Drama, ClassicsSynopsis: A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.
In Theaters: Apr 13, 1957 Wide
Genre: Drama, Cult Movies
Synopsis: An in-depth examination the lives of people in a smallindustrial town in the USA, their experience in the Vietnam War and their return.Rated: R for violence and language
Running Time: 3 hr. 2 min
-Do the Right Thing (1989)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Synopsis: On a sweltering hot day in a Brooklyn neighborhood, everyone has their own issues to deal with and tensions between Blacks and Italians rise. Issues of pride and prejudice, justice and inequity come to the surface as hate and bigotry smoulder. finally building into a crescendo as it explodes into violence.
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 hr.
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Directed By: Spike Lee
Written By: Spike Lee
-The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Andy Dufresne, a mild mannered New England banker, is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Despised at first by the other inmates because of his introverted manner, Andy slowly forges an unlikely friendship with Red, a seasoned lifer and his gang. Andy also becomes popular with the prison guards. Over a twenty year period, Andy is able to maintain his sanity and dignity in prison not by physical force but by mental force. His smarts and confidence keep him going and he is able to teach the other prisoners that hope is the ultimate means of survival.
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 hr. 22 min.
In Theaters: Aug 20, 1994 Wide
-Forrest Gump (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Synopsis: The story of a man who, over the course of three decades and despite having an IQ of only 75, leads a most extraordinary life by meeting famous persons or being part of the Vietnam War
Rated: PG-13 for drug content, some sensuality and war violence
Running Time: 2 hr. 22 min.
In Theaters: Oct 7, 1994 Wide
-Fight Club (1999)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Synopsis: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression : the Fight Club.
Rated: R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behaviour, sexuality and language
Running Time: 2 hr. 20 min.
In Theaters: Nov 12, 1999 Wide
Genre: Drama, Romance
Synopsis: The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" an endeavor made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show.
Rated: R for some violence, disturbing images and language
Running Time: 2 hr.
In Theaters: Jan 9, 2009 Wide
US Box Office:£141.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Inspired by Kasuo Ishiguro’s book
Synopsis: An alternate history story of a woman who, as she reflects on her private school years in the English countryside, reunites with her two friends to face the dark secrets tied to their communal past.
Rated: R for some sexuality and nudity
Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.
In Theaters: Feb 11, 2011 Wide
US Box Office:£2.4M
These informations were taken from the website Rotten Tomatoes
I decided to chose 8 movies of different types of Drama like Comedy-Drama, War-Drama, Psychological-Drama or also Romantic-Drama.
My eight movies are the following ones :-12 Angry Men (1957)
Genre: Drama, Classics
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.
In Theaters: Apr 13, 1957 Wide
-The Deer Hunter (1978)
Genre: Drama, Cult Movies
Synopsis: An in-depth examination the lives of people in a smallindustrial town in the USA, their experience in the Vietnam War and their return.
Running Time: 3 hr. 2 min
-Do the Right Thing (1989)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Synopsis: On a sweltering hot day in a Brooklyn neighborhood, everyone has their own issues to deal with and tensions between Blacks and Italians rise. Issues of pride and prejudice, justice and inequity come to the surface as hate and bigotry smoulder. finally building into a crescendo as it explodes into violence.
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 hr.
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Directed By: Spike Lee
Written By: Spike Lee
-The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Synopsis: Andy Dufresne, a mild mannered New England banker, is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Despised at first by the other inmates because of his introverted manner, Andy slowly forges an unlikely friendship with Red, a seasoned lifer and his gang. Andy also becomes popular with the prison guards. Over a twenty year period, Andy is able to maintain his sanity and dignity in prison not by physical force but by mental force. His smarts and confidence keep him going and he is able to teach the other prisoners that hope is the ultimate means of survival.
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 hr. 22 min.
In Theaters: Aug 20, 1994 Wide
-Forrest Gump (1994)
Synopsis: The story of a man who, over the course of three decades and despite having an IQ of only 75, leads a most extraordinary life by meeting famous persons or being part of the Vietnam War
Rated: PG-13 for drug content, some sensuality and war violence
Running Time: 2 hr. 22 min.
In Theaters: Oct 7, 1994 Wide
-Fight Club (1999)
Synopsis: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression : the Fight Club.
Rated: R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behaviour, sexuality and language
Running Time: 2 hr. 20 min.
In Theaters: Nov 12, 1999 Wide
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Synopsis: The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" an endeavor made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show.
Rated: R for some violence, disturbing images and language
Running Time: 2 hr.
In Theaters: Jan 9, 2009 Wide
US Box Office:£141.2M
-Never let me go (2010)
Inspired by Kasuo Ishiguro’s book
Synopsis: An alternate history story of a woman who, as she reflects on her private school years in the English countryside, reunites with her two friends to face the dark secrets tied to their communal past.
Rated: R for some sexuality and nudity
Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.
In Theaters: Feb 11, 2011 Wide
US Box Office:£2.4M
These informations were taken from the website Rotten Tomatoes
Summary of the movie
I had a task about summary to do. Here are the advices and questions : To do a summary, the most important idea is to to keep it simple. To do so, I had to give titles on "25 words" summaries of movies :
Storage by Chris Denne and Matt Winn - Terror stalks a storage facility. Survival for those trapped inside depends on the secrets in those endless units. But some doors are better left locked.
My title : "What's behind the door ?"
Shoeless Joe by Andrew Clyde - A holiday of a lifetime across the desolate heart of the Australian outback turns into a living nightmare for five friends.
My title : The Australian's Nightmare.
Egomonia by Paul Alexander and Simon Braithwaite - Hotshot young lawyer Michael Stark becomes so succesful, so arrogant and so full of himself that his ego decodes to go solo - with disastrous consequences.
My title : When ego takes control ...
Finally, I had to do a "25 words" summary about my fictional movie :
By Martin Oursel -
"After having problems with his familly, Georges is sent to a boarding school in a foreign country to learn a new way of living."
Storage by Chris Denne and Matt Winn - Terror stalks a storage facility. Survival for those trapped inside depends on the secrets in those endless units. But some doors are better left locked.
My title : "What's behind the door ?"
Shoeless Joe by Andrew Clyde - A holiday of a lifetime across the desolate heart of the Australian outback turns into a living nightmare for five friends.
My title : The Australian's Nightmare.
Egomonia by Paul Alexander and Simon Braithwaite - Hotshot young lawyer Michael Stark becomes so succesful, so arrogant and so full of himself that his ego decodes to go solo - with disastrous consequences.
My title : When ego takes control ...
Finally, I had to do a "25 words" summary about my fictional movie :
By Martin Oursel -
"After having problems with his familly, Georges is sent to a boarding school in a foreign country to learn a new way of living."
Media Studies Project : preliminary, main task and blog
Preliminary task :
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character openning a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. then one of the character leaves the room.
This task should demonstrate match-on-action, shot/reverse shot and 180-degree rule.
Main task :
The titles and openning of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate himself or with his/her group with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.
Finally, the student must update a blog about his/her progress about filming and editing, the problems he/she may have encountered and how they resolve them.
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character openning a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. then one of the character leaves the room.
This task should demonstrate match-on-action, shot/reverse shot and 180-degree rule.
Main task :
The titles and openning of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate himself or with his/her group with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.
Finally, the student must update a blog about his/her progress about filming and editing, the problems he/she may have encountered and how they resolve them.
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