Editing- Coursework prep

This is our screenshot of our editing on Adobe Premier Pro, changes needed to be made including adding our I-dent into it and the name of the 'movie', which is 'In Another Life'.

Using Adobe After Effects

We had a lesson in Adobe After Effects to help us with our coursework editing of movies and to teach us the vital lessons in it. Firstly for us to learn the basics we chose a name of what our 'production' company would be called, I chose 'Light Productions', we could then play about with the font, colour, size, and stretching of the text. I decided on making the 'Light' a rich yellow colour, and made it slightly larger, 'Production was made white and squeezed together a little to look smaller, as 'Light' is the more important part of the name. We then started to edit it, moving it about, fading in and out, the size changing automatically. I chose a simple effect of fading the writing in and out, I did this by changing the opacity from 100% to 0%, then by moving the 2 diamonds on the seconds they will change.

I then added a background to it of a spotlight, I did the same fading in and out, at the same time, so when it is shown on a screen it will work together at the same time.

This is a screenshot of creating my I-dent.
 

 

This is a screenshot of my ident, but I had some problems with technology so cant access it.

Student AS Media- Movie Opening- Exiled

This is an AS media movie opening called Exiled- its a fantasy about a group of boys on a quest, as you can see by the surroundings and their speech. The first few seconds to it set the scene of the countryside there is diagetic sound of the wind. It then cuts to the 4 male characters who are wearing neutral coloured clothing, shirts, waistcoats and mid length shorts, they have no shoes on and sticks. You can tell its set in an unusual world to the ordinary one, maybe a different dimension or just in the far past.

Non-diagetic sound sets in and slowly builds up it fits with the genre as the names of the actors slowly flash up on screen. as the music is playing the boys/men continue with what they are doing- playing an instrument, sitting by the fire, and cooking food. There are various camera angles, from their height, from above, the lighting is dull but fits in well with the time period, the boys are wearing browns and whites, so they stand out from the dark greens and black of the background. They then begin to pack up and continue with the quest, as they get ready there are many quick 1-2 second shots, which is effective as it speeds you the preparation rather than having a wobbling boring long camera shot. The wind is blowing, everything is very natural, outdoors, only non-diagetic sound is current. then as the camera shots change from behind them or besides them, to in front of them the music gets louder and more powerful.

There are various shots which now show more of the surroundings. it switches to a long shot behind them. This is when you see the setting, of a valley surrounded by hills. this movie opening is very much like the hobbit, of the bare feet, costume, sticks, landscape. after other shots of they walking, there is a very long shot of the valley, in the distance landing on the top of the hill is a dragon, it is not obvious but a very good feature, to explain the genre, of fantasy.

Towards the end of the opening, there is speech, this is the only bit of the opening with it, I feel this is very effective because nothing else is really needed to be said, the language they use clearly states its not set in current time, by his clothing and the fact he is the one who speaks, you can infer he is the leader of the group. He is the only one in red to make him stand out.

 

 

 The last shot is of the middle of the valley, the 4 boys walking and the sun setting. The producer of this edited the dragon, sunset and eagle flying in, this shows skill which fits in with the story.

I would want to go see the rest of this movie as they have executed the opening very well. This is my favourite opening I have seen, the editing, camera shots, overall story is very impressive. This has become very helpful for my decision in what I will do for my coursework as I enjoyed it so much, I will use this as a basis for mine.

This Is England - trailer

Opening to My Week With Marilyn- 2011

Mise-en-Scene in My week with Marilyn

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl.
Setting:
Set in the 1950's and 60's, firstly in a theatre when Colin is watching Marilyn on the screen, there are other people in the theatre surrounding him, also enjoying watching a beautiful women on the screen.Then it goes to a beautiful home, in the English country side, there is lots of greenery around. Its like  castle, you can tell the family are well off. Then it goes to busy London, the posh part, with cars, detached buildings which you can tell are higher class. You then go inside on of the buildings, which has alot of wood and posh finery. 
Lighting:
At the start its a spotlight on Marilyn as Colin watches her on screen, the spotlight focuses on her beauty. Then when it switches to outdoors its natural lighting, and then when ever the scene is inside the lighting is indoor lighting. 
Costume:
Very glamorous dresses that Marilyn wears, the men wear suits, everyone is smartly dresses, with fitted clothing, everyone is very well-dressed as they are upper class people. 

Acting:
At the start there is mainly men in the audience, they are all enjoying being there as they are watching such a beautiful lady on screen. The actors are very well spoken, with clear Britsh accents.
Editing:
The credits are at the start, they are shown very elegantly like the movie is. It switches from the castle to the London streets then back to the rural landscape. 
Camera Shots:
Panning out, to focus on the large house, then close up on peoples faces to show expression and the mood. When Colin is waiting for a job in films, he waits for hours, so keeps switching what he does, sitting, standing, looking around, each shot lasts for about 2-3 seconds, this is also part of the editing, as it is a wide shot but changes frequently. 

Opening to This is England-2006

Mise-en-Scene in This is England 
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

Setting:
Set in 1983-4, the opening with the credits is England during that time, a montage of the different events happening then. Then the actual movie starts with a young boy of about 11, in his bedroom, his room looks scruffy and messy, like a typical boys room, but there is not wallpaper, the room needs to be redone, its very run down. Then at a school, a shop and the under a bridge where he meets elders (aged 18-20)
 Lighting:
Its old fashioned lighting, as if it was filmed on an 80's camera at the time, it gave the effect of real footage, to add to the effect of the decade.
Costume:
80's clothing, lots of denim, bomber jackets, flares, funky patterns. You had your own group style, you could tell who was part of which group.

Acting:
The young boy was picked from a large group of boys, the production team went to a school for a few days watching the boys trying to find out who would be best for the part.The one they chose had never done acting before, he has fitted into the role well. The language is appropriate for that time, he has to act alot older than he is, because that is how the main character in the opening is portrayed. In the first 5 minutes there is a fight between the main boy and a rivalled bully. 
Editing:
At the very beginning of the movie there is a montage of the events happening in the 80's, the good, the bad and the ugly parts, and then the credits switch in and out.
Camera shots:
There are a variety of shots and angles, most of them are wide to show what is going on in each shot, some are closer up to show expression. But the majority of them are wide, long or medium shots. 

Opening to the Graduate- 1967

Mise-en-scene in the opening to The Graduate

The Graduate is about a recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock, who is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson who happens to be the wife of his father business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her daughter, Elaine. In Mr Cole's class we studied the opening to 5 different types of movies. I am picking 3 different ones to study, firstly The Graduate.
Setting:
Its firstly set on an aeroplane, to then it switches to the airport, then its mainly on a travelator, where there is limited movement.
Lighting:
There is no specific lighting, just indoor normal lighting.
Costume:
The main character who we focus on, is dressed formally in a suit, the background people are all dressed in normal everyday clothing.
Acting:
When Braddock is standing on the travelator the acting is very plain, but its extremely good and simple. Sometimes, in this case, minimal acting is most effective. While the passengers are all sitting on the aeroplane, they are all facing forward, some are up straight, others are slouching they look warn out and bored. Dustin Hoffman plays Benjamin Braddock.

Editing:
There is low editing apart from switching between the credits of who directed, produced etc, and who actual film opening. Also editing from the name of the movie, 
Camera Shots:
In the first scene there is a 3 second close up on Benjamin Braddock's face then it zooms out to the interior of an aeroplane with passengers sitting around him. Then when he is in the airport you watch him get on the travelator where then the camera shots are panning along with him as he is moving. Then we focus on his suitcase in exactly the same way, following it along  the travelator.