Diegetic & Non Diegetic Sound

Here we have just researched about the two main types of sound that we use in future reference.
Diegetic Sound:
-Any sound, voice or piece of music that comes from within the world of the narrative.
-Sound or music that comes from something within a scene, such as a piano sound coming from a piano.
-Sound that other characters would be able to hear.  A song on a radio, for instance, as a character drives down the highway, would be a diegetic sound, as would someone coughing audibly during a scene. ...
sound generated within a film narrative.
-Music or sound effects that appear to eminate from the world of the film. This is in contrast to the music score for example, which accompanies the movie but clearly does not come from within it.
-Music, noise, and speech recorded from the event at the moment of filming; opposite of postsynchronization.

Non Diegetic Sound:

-Sounds, such as music or a narrator’s voices that come from outside the space of the narrative.

-Also called "commentary sound", it is sound which is represented as coming from a source outside the story space.
-Sound that the characters cannot hear and is not part of the imaginary world of the story. This includes a musical soundtrack or a voiceover (however this excludes a narration by a character within the story – referred to as an internal monologue and is diegetic).
- Sound which has a source neither visible on the screen nor implied in the action/ narrator's commentary (voice over) sound effects which are added for dramatic effect the score / mood music.

Both diegetic and non diegetic sound clip:

Costume Setback 1

At some point of the shooting day during the week we had come across some costume problems. We had to re-shoot some parts of the piece as we need to make some alterations to the scene because when we edited it, some areas did not fit and flow so well as intended. The problem being is that some members did not have the correct costumes which were were in the shooting and thus we could not re-shoot the scene needed. Due to this issue it had become very time consuming dragging us closer to our deadline to have a continuity piece finished. So Instead of wasting on something we were unable to do, our group went to the media room and opened iMovie and continued editing of what we had and also edits our additional piece

Teacher Costume

Teacher:

For the teacher we have chosen a male to play the part as it was an easier option because it is much easier to dress a male smartly to be shown as a teacher compared to females and so we have dressed this male character in a full suit with smart shoes to accompany the suit. We had chosen a plain black coloured suit as it looks professional like a teacher and it is commonly what a teacher would wear seen from schools and movies.

Student Costume

Student Girl: 
As a group we have chosen this specific outfit because we wanted to make her look slightly rebellious with a hint of smart casual clothing to inform the audience that she is a college student. The costume is important because it can tells people about the individuals identity and indicate how he/her personality would be like. Thus we have made the character wear a plain white jumper with a pencil skirt and heels to give that smart aspect but have decided to dress here down with a denim jacket accompanied with a grey hooded cardigan. We have purposely made her wear a grey hooded cardigan so called 'Hoodie' because according to what society says 'hoodies' are associated with crime/rebellious people and thus automatically making the audience think she is a 'bad girl.' The scarf was also used to reinforce this idea that she is a bad girl because the scarf has skulls embedded onto it which emphasises the fact she is possibly a dangerous girl as skulls are associated with death etc.. She is also wearing a gold locket around her neck which indicates that she is the type of girl who does not follow the rules as it is a common rule in schools that jewellery in inappropriate to wear. Even though she is dressed casually smart underneath her jacket her skirt is above knee height and tall heels which would not be acceptable according to general school rules which supports the idea that she is an unruly girl

Process of Preliminary Task

Due to our inexperience in working with the cameras and equipment necessary for the filming we had to shoot many scenes over and over because our hands would be unsteady causing the camera to wobble about in some clips and the characters within the clip were not to familiar with acting in front of the camera and thus doing slight mistakes and laughing from distractions of others. This was very time consuming and made the group having to set a specific time (free periods) to avoid people from coming to distract our filming and when the corridors were fairly empty.

Additional Preliminary Piece

The subject of the piece is that a girl is running late for an appointment with a teacher therefore having to run across school to the teachers room.

2. ADDITIONAL PIECE.
Here our group has decided to perk up the preliminary piece on our own accord. We decided to use the first section of the piece where the character is running down the stairs and through the corridors to get to her destination. However we've changed the last part where the character is suppose to enter a room and exchange lines of dialogue with another character. Instead we have changed this piece to as if she is running away from someone. This was a very fun small activity for us because it was much more interesting compared to the original final piece.

IVMK Continuity Piece

1. FINAL CONTINUITY PIECE
Here is our first attempt as our final continuity piece. For this being our first actual piece we shot; most of our editing skills were quite limited due to us being quite inexperienced as we are all new to this media subject.
Furthermore as the characters were not professional it was hard for them to get into character without laughing at many takes. So the whole total of takes consist of many bloopers that we had to cut out.

It was also very hard to shot at places as there were constant interruptions as it was very noisy and many students and teachers would walk past in between shootings and thus very time consuming. For future reference our group have decided that the best time to shoot is during lessons in a a more quiet.

Camera Shot Exercise

Today we've tried to take some of our own shots in order for us to familiarise ourselves with the camera angles and shots, and to get used to handling the camera by hand or even using a tripod.


Mid Shot:
Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.

















Close up:
A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.

Extreme Close up:

The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.

Point of view shot:Shows a view from the subject's perspective.

Over the shoulder shot:

Shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person. The back of the shoulder and head of this person is used to frame the image of whatever (or whomever) the camera is pointing toward.

Weather Shot:

The subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes, e.g. background for graphics.

Two Shot:A shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot.

Cutaway Shot:

A shot of something other than the subject.

Cut-in:

Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.

Considering Camera Shots.

For introduction of the continuity  piece process we would have to consider what camera shots  we should use in order for it to fit together. So here is the first few basic camera shots we have learnt about and the factors of the shot itself.

Establishing shot
Usually at an exterior angle.

-Usually at the start of production.
-Often used as an establishing shot to give the audience and idea of where they are.
-Main use is to establish time and location.

-Usually follows after an establishing shot.
-Enables the audience to see the character from head to toe.
-Enables the audience to become more familiar with the character within the environment.






Mid Shot:

             -Provides the audience with a view of the character from the waist up. In fact, this is an approximation of how you would see a person "in the flesh" if you were having a casual conversation. You wouldn't be paying any attention to their lower body, so that part of the picture is unnecessary.
- Allows the audience to become more familiar with the character and their motivation as they are now abe to see their facial expressions and body language in better detail.

Close Up:
-A close up of a charcter will show the character's head & Shoulders with very little background in the frame.

-It enables the audience to focus on the characters facial expressions and emotions of the current time.

-Close ups can be used to focus on object of significance.

Extreme Close Up:

- Draws the audience attention further into the character's emotions as their attention is completely focused on the character as it is in more detail.

-Can be extremely intense to the audience as it is an unfamiliar viewpoint as they are unable to see anything around the character in the frame.
- Just like a close up it can be used to focus on object of significance.

Preliminary Exercise Task info.

The first task given to our group is a to proceed with an preliminary exercise creating a continuity piece ( a clip that flows smoothly consisting with different shots etc..) The extract will have to involve filming and editing of a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting/standing opposite another character with whom he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.

Research For Media AS

Anyone that is studying media AS or A2; This is a website which may help you with your studying as it gives you case studies and exemplars and other stuff

http://alevelmedia.co.uk/page30.php