Media evaluation

1. Saima-Rani Rashid
Media studies
Evaluation-

2. 180 degree rule
The 180-degree rule of shooting and
editing keeps the camera on one side
of the action. The principle is that the
camera stays on one side of the axis of
action throughout a scene; this keeps
characters on a particular side of the
screen or frame, and keeps them
looking at one another when only one
character is seen onscreen at a time. It
is referred to as a rule because the
camera, when shooting two actors,
must not cross over the axis of action; if
it does, it risks giving the impression
that the actors' positions in the scene
have been reversed.
Link- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180-degree_rule

3. What is match on
action?
Match on action is when an action is matched or
continued in in a row of shots. Its a continuity cut
which combines two different views of the same
action together at the same moment in movement,
making it seem to continue.
It is a technique used in film editing, where a cut
connects two different views of the same action at
the same moment in the movement.

4. What is shot/reverse shot?
Shot/reverse shot is a clip of editing in
dialogue sequences. It uses the 180
degree rule, the eye line match, and rule
of change among others.
Shot reverse shot is where one character is
shown looking at another character, and
then the other character is shown looking
"back" at the first character. Since the
characters are shown facing in opposite
directions, the viewer assumes that they
are looking at each other. A shot/reverse shot sequence is made from the
three camera set up.
The shots you should have for a basic shot/reverse
shot are:
•a two shot of the two characters usually in wide or
medium shot,
•an over the shoulder shot on character A, and an
over the shoulder shot on character B.
Link-http://www.aotg.com/index.php?page=shotreverseshot

5. Mis en scene
The five elements of mis en
scene-
1. Setting &props
2. costume, hair and
make-up
3. Facial expressions and
body language
4. Lighting and colour
5. Positions of
characters/objects
within the frame
•Mis en scene is used to
show the theme and
mood of the film.
Link-http://www.slideshare.net/mediamonkeyslides/mise-en-scene-5427491

6. Lighting-
 We used two lights throughout our production;
1. Key light
2. Back light
We used these lights to create depth, these lights
were specifically used to separate the
characters from the background.

7. Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
Diegetic sound-
Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose
source is implied to be present by the action of the
film:
 voices of characters
 sounds made by objects in the story
 music represented as coming from instruments in
the story space ( = source music)
 Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated
from source within the film's world Digetic sound
can be either on screen or off screen depending on
whatever its source is within the frame or outside
the frame.
Non diegetic sound-
Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen
nor has been implied to be present in the action:
•narrator's commentary
•sound effects which is added for the dramatic
effect
•mood music
•Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming
from the a source outside story space. The
distinction between diegetic or non-diegetic sound
depends on our understanding of the conventions
of film viewing and listening. We know of that
certain sounds are represented as coming from the
story world, while others are represented as
coming from outside the space of the story
events. A play with diegetic and non-diegetic
conventions can be used to create ambiguity
(horror), or to surprise the audience (comedy).

8. What influenced your choice of theme?
As soon as our group received our task we
understood that this task would illustrate how
creative our group is and what we are capable
of so therefore we decided to use this idea to
create a product that included a majority of
codes and conventions, which we can show
potential on our portfolio.

9. How well did your product meet with original proposal?
 The original idea that we came up with had to be
changed as we didn't have enough time to
accomplish this, therefore the final product did not
meet the original proposal.
 Our original proposal was to build up a thriller genre
into the task, however we couldn't do this as this
required more time , specific lighting and specific
equipment which we didn't have access to, so
therefore we change our idea.
 Our final idea is much more simple, we used our
original idea to come up with our new idea. It still
reaches the requirements needed for this task
although it still lacks the same imagination as the
original idea.

10. How well did you plan your production and what methods did you use?
The production was planned well with minor
changes to the actual product. Our group did a
brainstorm to plan the production and had it set
on a timeline so we knew the duration of each
activity we had to perform, we did this so we don't
run into problems while creating the product. We
then designed it according to what media
knowledge we already had so that it could
decrease the construction time and help us focus
more on the filming and editing rather than the
planning of the production.

11. Was this an effective method?
 This was an effective method to use as we didn't
waste time debating what product we was
going to create. During the brainstorm we found
out everybody in the groups strength which can
be used on this task and therefore every
individual had an input in the idea we was going
for. This helped us work well together and finish
this product to the best of our ability.