Discussion of appropriate technical competencies: Part 2

Holding a shot steady- An important part of film making is making sure that the camera is steady and the camera movement is smooth, using a tripod allows you to get steady shot of what you are filming, when making a film it is important to avoid jerkey movements as this can put the auidence off the film although this only depends on what type of film your making.
There are many different ways of holding a shot steady one way is to use a tripod with a panning arm, the further away you stand from the arm the smoother the movement will be.

You can get smooth camera movements without using a tripod but again the technique needs to be correct.

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/movingimages/advice/basic-guide-to-shooting-video/


In our opening-

• We were able to get steady shots by using the tripod when we were filming scenes from outside Hayley's house.

Editing

Straight Cuts- One shot moves instantaneously to the next wihout attracting the audiences attention, this helps retain reality and is the most common and invisible form of transition.


Jump Cuts- This is a cut in film editing where two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary slightly. This makes the character in the shots appear to have jumped position.



Cross-cutting- This is an editing technique that is most often used to establish action that is occuring at the same time in two different locations.
An example of this can be seen here: http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T112/Lonedale2/index.htm


Fast-cutting- This is an editing technique which is several consecutive shots of a brief duration, this type of editing can be used to convey a lot of information very quickly often conveying chaos.


Slow-cutting- This is an editing technique where shots are used of long duration.



Used varied shot transitions

Dissolve- A dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another.

Fade Out- This is when a image gradually darkens.

Wipe- This is a gradual transition form one image to another, where one image is replaced by another by a distinct edge that forms a shape.

Using sound with images

Contrapuntal sound- This is where sound does not fit the image, such as a happy family on the beach and a sad song is playing.

Parallel Sound- This is where the sound fit the image, such as a happy family on the beach and an upbeat song is playing.