Preliminary Task

In our last 3 lessons i accomplished my Preliminary task. We started with filming every clip at least three times. At the beginning i thought why should we do it that often thats useless, but when it came to the editing it was really a big advantage because it was so much easier to fit the clips together when you have more opportunities.

When i'am going to film my movie i will now definitely record every clip at least three times.


When i started the editing is was a great opportunity to test my skills with Final Cut Pro 10. It was great to test all the different effects and transitions we are able to apply to our movie. 

At the beginning i had a slightly problem with the cutting of the clips but after a few try's it worked without any problems.

I struggled with the exporting of my movie as well but after a few minutes i figured out how it works so it won't be a problem anymore.

The Shots I Have Used


The first shot I have used was an ESTABLISHING SHOT. 
This shot is used to set the scene and to show the audience where the scene is located. It's often at the beginning of a scene.

New York City Establishing shot.

The next shot I have used is a OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT.
It's used to give us the characters point of view but it includes a part of the characters shoulder or head in the shot.

The next shot I've used was a TRACKING SHOT.

I have used it when my main character walks along a corridor.

In a professional movie the Tracking shots are filmed from a mobile crane. A Tracking shot usually follows the character or object as it moves along the screen.

The next shot I have used is a CLOSE UP to the characters hands. 
A close up is a framing in which the scale of the object shown is relatively large. In a close-up a persons head, or some other similarly sized object, would fill the frame.

Than I have used a MEDIUM SHOT.
In a Mid shot a human being with the hight between 4-5 feet would fill most of the screen vertically.
I have used it when my character opens the door and walks into the room.

The next shot I have used is a Tracking Shot again.

After that I have used a POV-Shot.

A Point of vied shot is taken with the camera placed approximately where the character's eyes would be, showing what the character would see, usually cut in before or after a shot of the character looking.

Than I have used a TWO SHOT to illustrate the conversation between the two characters.

So a Two shots are composed when two people are in the scene and their interaction is important.

At the end a POV-Shot is used again.

My Preliminary Task video

Overall i can say that it worked well for me, and it was great fun.
I'am really looking forward to produce and edit my movie in the future.

Opening Sequence The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead (Season 3)

The Walking Dead the cult series of the last two years.

 In the first frame of the sequence we have 

again the company which is producing 

the series.

 The main actor/character in 

The Walking Dead

 They are trying to use things you can 

associate with the character in the series

here for example the police star 

Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) is a 

police officer in the series.

 We have a lot of weird things in this 

opening sequence.

A lot of close-ups are used.

 We have again something we can 

associate with the character in the series

Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon)

always uses a crossbow.

 The house is one if the main locations 

out of season two.

 Shot of a Greave stone was might used 

because of all the dead the characters

in the series have to experience.

 The door with the footsteps outside 

i used to create a sort of scary theme 

 i think.

 Now we have a extreme close-up

of an eye.

I think it is a eye of one of the zombies.

                                 They are trying to illustrate a POV shot 

of a zombie.

 Generally they are showing us images

where we can see that our world is 

"destroyed" or that there a only a 

few people left.

 Extrem Close-up to the end of the saw.

                                   The Prison is the main location in the 

Third season.

 Extrem long-shot of the Prison.

 And at the end we have THE WALKING DEAD 

in capital letters.

http://www.artofthetitle.com

Opening Sequence Goodfellas

Goodfellas

Goodfellas one of the thriller classics, compared to James Bond we have a complete different opening sequence. 
Here we have a part of the movie as a component of the sequence.

 Warner Bros the publisher of the movie

 Martin Scorsese the director of the film 

and one of the greatest directors in the 

genre of all time 

Now they are showing us the names

of the different actors.

Thats quite boring implemented 

but the movie is out of a time 

were that was normal. 

 Joe Pesci one of the grates actors for a 

Mafia film like Goodfellas

 Now they are telling us that its based on 

a true story. In my opinion that makes the 

movie so much more interesting, because

i prefer movies on a true story.

 Long-Shot of the back of car 

 The camera moves to the side of the car 

and than we have a Pan-shot of the car

 Location of the film

 Here we have the scene out of the movie 

and we can see the three

main characters

 The have heard a sound outside of there car 

and stopped to look after it

 The noise came out of their car trunk

 One of them opens the car trunk 

 And in the car trunk we have one of their

victims. With a lot of blood on his body

                     One of the three is going to kill the victim 

Now another of the three fires a few 

shots into the victim to make sure 

he is really dead

 We have a zoom-in to Henry Hill's

(Ray Liotta) face

 In the opening sequence he now said 

"I always wanted to be a gangster"

 Titel of the movie 

 We have more names now of all the 

people they were involved in the 

process of producing the movie

We are now at the end of the sequence 

with an close-up of somebody's eye 

(Like the end of Skyfall)

http://www.artofthetitle.com