Abdiillah coursework

  Video feedback/learner response Create a new blogpost called 'Sound video feedback and learner response'.  Make sure your video is on YouTube and embedded on your blog and then complete the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback from your teacher. WWW: Good dissolve transitions between images Good pace used Effective images Unsettling contrapuntal section, shocking Good fade out ending. EBI: Some low resolution shots, better to use high quality Avoid watermarked images 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students - you can summarise key points if several students give you similar feedback. WWW: Good ending Good editing (Black fades and dissolve) Good choice of music (contrasting as well) EBI Better choice of images Higher quality images 3) Now  reflect  on your work and write your own evaluation of your video. Write a 'What went well' (WWW) paragraph and a paragraph for 'Even Better If' (EBI) underneath the rest of your feedback. WWW: What I did well was u...

  Mostly none diegetic sound is being used, which fosters suspense since as soon as the scene begins you can tell something is going to happen purely due to the none diegetic music. The none diegetic music that I have mentioned is contrapuntal to this scene since it is an almost elegant like classical orchestral piece of music which doesn't fit with the violent gory nature of the scene, which could have a comedic effect but also highlight the insanity of the character. A none diegetic dialogue voiceover is used while the music is playing, as the scene plays out. No sound bridges or parallel music is used with the scene

 For this practical I used 30 seconds of "happy" images with upbeat chilled music, then swapped to 30 seconds of warfare death and starvation with the same music 

  1) Still image analysis Look at the still images on slides 33-37 of the Film Language Powerpoint linked above. Copy the images into your blog and answer the following questions for  each  image: Identify examples of  high  and  low-key  lighting. Say which depict  top ,  back  or  under lighting . What  effects  are created by the lighting in each image?      Note: if the images don't display correctly in your blog then simply use the number of each image and answer the three questions for each. Picture One:      Lowkey lighting Back and side lighing. Effect:  Half of her face is shrouded in darkness due to this use of lighting, creates the effect of femme fatale Picture two:  Lowkey lighting  Top lighting  Effect: Eccentuates her features and creates a sense of horror and distress Picture three:  Highkey lighting Under lighting Effect: terror and allows for shadows ...

Teachers feedback: Highlighted keywords , courier font for the script, soundtrack, location, camera 360, costume and pushups were good, and what I did well. What I could have done better was flow the shots together better and take the coat off. 2. Class feedback: WWW . Good angles . Soundtrack . Camera shots . Good music . Good editing EBI: . Better costume . Better flowing shots . More faithful to the original clip 3) Use all the feedback you've been given to write your own self-assessment of your video using WWW (What Went Well) and EBI (Even Better If...)  What I could have done better was flow the shots together better and take the coat off while recreating the clips more accurately. What I did well was create good angles, implement soundtrack and cut the clips well with editing 4) Now reflect on your own work in more detail. How did your planning (script, shot list) help clarify and develop your ideas? My shot list helped me organise my angles while also developing on them as ...