VIDEO COMPILE UPDATE

im having a problem with the filmed footage coming through to Song Vegas, I will look into solutions

Update; I will Look into soultions this weekend. week begining the 15th november

Uploading Videos from the media trip thingy

Basically, I went with the 6th form media and lower years to Epic studios (who organised a 'Epic' day (sorry for bad pun)) I am going to try and compile the videos all together into one 'Epic' video, i might put voice over perhaps. but my plan is to open the video editing software and spam the keyboard a few times and hopefully something good will come.

Sound equipment update

So i did a simple search into google and found a few items on amazon that might be helpful for recoding decent sound
http://www.amazon.co.uk/RODE-ROD-VIDEOMIC/dp/B0007U9SOC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1287250320&sr=8-5
http://www.amazon.co.uk/RODE-DEADCAT/dp/B000BH437S/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1287250320&sr=8-7
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rode-shotgun-condenser-microphone-suspension/dp/B000YCSHG8/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1287250320&sr=8-6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/RODE-BOOMPOLE/dp/B000OE2G54/ref=pd_bxgy_ce_img_c

I know that a mic for the boom pole is missing but thats just to show pricing, i wonder if EMA or the school can help fund these?

Looking into Sound recording devices

Since i hate tinny unfitting sound supporting films, So i'm going to look into different sound recording devices such as boom mics and whatever i can find

New Prezi is up

I've done another prezi for film noir

Film Noir research and still frames

I tried to type up the stuff but got bored and found it hard so im gonna do it in Prezi
(even though its confusing at times but it should be good to watch)

How 'I am legend' met and broke the conventions of the opening sequences in film making.

This was meant to be up about 3 days ago but i got confused and so i wrote a mini essay about this rather than a small blog post. I however was told this was still good material to post on my blog, so here it is. This will take about 30 minutes probably to post

So without further notes, here is it;

                       How 'I am Legend met and broke the conventions of the opening title sequences in the 

                                                                                   film making

With normal convention abiding films the opening title sequence is about 2 minutes long, 'I am Legend's OTS however is more than 2 minutes in length. This however, is justified due to the nature of the film's plot. Another thing 'I am Legend' does that breaks convention is that it hasn't got a non-digetic sound score for the OTS. This adds to the plot and realistic feel to the film. Normally the opening title sequence features small credits to some of the film making team and also introduces the name of the film, 'I am Legend' doesn't do this and so there is nothing to interrupt the audiences attention. Normal OTSs exposes the audience to the film quickly but  but with 'I am Legend' the exposure of characters and plot takes a long while to occur 'I am Legend' doesn't break all conventions, however, it still has enigmas to keep the audiences attention, it also establish where the film is set, for 'I am Legend' this is show by the city's landscape and the distinctive yellow cab taxis, (showing this is New York) also it shows the state of the city with overrun buildings, broken roads and an old army presence within the city. Also 'I am Legend' also has a hook to draw the audience; such as why is the city like this what happened after the cure for cancer was found, why are the roads and city overrun, why is this guy with a gun hunting a deer in the middle of the city, what happened and whats happening 'I am Legend' has a small part of the OTS showing a small part of faked archived footage and running audio with out running footage. Also the archived footage of the TV interview is of a different ratio to the standard widescreen cinematic view, this lets the audience know its on TV and not being filmed (viewed) as the auidence of the interview. The way 'I am Legend' breaks and keeps to the film OTS conventions adds tension and feel to the film and also keeps the audience interested for the full run time of the film