Film Four Ideology

Looking for Eric

Representation of Characters

The characters in "Looking for Eric" help to show film four ideology throughout the british orientated accents that we hear.

Representation of Places

The places shown within this film are based in lower class locations. In the first shot we seen in the trailer, we can denote very dull colors used within the house  and the atmosphere of the house gives a very British feel to how houses in the lower class would come across as when connoted.

British Cultural References

Football is a huge cultural reference when regarding the British culture. It is the main famous sport which Britain supports most strongly. With the characters finding a huge liking and influence and belief in the sport, it comes across for the film to be of a British feel. 

Hints at Typically Film Four Story Line

It is typical for a film four story line to include the idea of loosing connection and relationship with someones close family. 

Submarine

Representation of Characters

The characters in ''Submarine'' such as Oliver and his girlfriend both have British accents which helps to give the British representation within the film. Also the characters do not seem to have much emotions conveyed/denoted which could represent their lives to be plain in their surroundings. Also, their pale faces represent that they are not always in hot sun weather conditions which could represent their British living conditions. 

Representation of Places

This film is based in the UK. To be precised, the location is in the South of Wales. We are able to denote a beach at the beginning of the trailer which helps to connote the location used to produce this film.

British Cultural References

Mostly just the accent of the characters which supports the British culture of the film. The characters dress in uniform for school which is common for a British student to be seen as when attending it. British music is played throughout the trailer. 

Hints at Typically Film Four Story Line

The idea of lost connection within the family of the characters. 

Four Lions

Representation of Characters

The characters are represented as Muslim terrorists who are wanting to bomb selected areas/locations. 

They have British ghetto accents which represent their British background.  

Representation of Places

Some of the places were placed within Pakistan to help represent the characters and the story line of terrorism. They also show areas of Britain which audiences can be familiar to when watching this film. 

British Cultural References

The ghetto British accents of the characters help to represent the British cultural reference. 

Hints at Typically Film Four Story Line

In this film, there is not much of a typical story line from Film 4's representations. But throughout this story line of Four Lions, we as audience can denote and connote the risks in producing such a film about Muslim terrorists and Film 4 as a filming production company are well known in being confident with these type procedures of risks. 

Continuity Editing Evaluation 2

Edit Workshop Evaluation

I was needed to produce a short video under the time of 1 minute. I needed to show a character opening a door, walking into a room, and having a conversation with another character. Within this footage, i needed to include the following different types of shots: Match on Action, 180 Degree Rule, Rule of Thirds, and a Shot-Reverse-Shot.

In my edit workshop footage, i used the 180 degree rule during the conversation of  two characters talking to each other in a park. This was done by making sure that the characters positions did not change after the first shot of the conversation. If it were to switch to a totally different position putting the character in another position in the shot, this would be breaking the rule due to the confusion of the person viewing this footage. By using the 180 degree rule, i also managed to use a ''Shot, Reverse, Shot'' within the same selection of shots.  When shooting the ''SHOT's'' in my footage, i kept the camera in the same position in order to record the other shot from the same angle and camera direction. 

Also in my footage, i created a ''Match on Action''. This was created many times in my film. The first ''Match on Action'' was created by the gate being opened half way from one shot and continued opening from another. This caused the footage to flow smoothly. 

Another ''Match on Action'' i edited in my film is when the main character is running to the other character and the camera is then suddenly positioned as a different shot continuing to record the running of the main character. During this ''Match on Action'', you are able to denote a hand coming into the shot and then the camera shot changing to another position. 

Match on Action

I recorded this shot using the ''Rule of Thirds'' as my guideline.

Rule Of Thirds

During the filming of this film, i had to make sure that i was using the Rule of Thirds in my work. I did this by making sure that the characters eyes are positioned a third way down the screen. 


Whilst filming this production, i found it a little bit challenging when creating Match On Action shots. At the beginning of the film, the main character is riding a bike. Match on Action takes place while she is riding her bike. (The main character being me), I had to make sure that i didn't move after the first shot of riding to one area of the journey to the park was recorded. After editing this production, i managed to cause this Match on Action shot to run very smoothly. I did this by traveling a little bit behind me as the next shot would begin recording. This made it easier for me to edit on IMovie.  
If i were to film again, i would more different shots to make the footage seem more professional and sharp. 

During the post-production, i found it a little challenging to edit due to using a new updated IMovie software. Before i was able to edit, i was needed to be shown how to properly use it so that when i did come up to editing it, i wouldn't have any troubles in doing so.  
If i were to edit again, i would improve the ''shot-reverse-shot'' between the two characters because whilst viewing it, i wasn't that much satisfied with the 'flow' of the film. 

I think the overall strengths of my work were the creativity i put into it to make it stand out against everyone else's films. Instead of the main character just walking into the scene, i decided that she would ride her bike into the scene to give the film more of an exciting edge. Also, i put comedian instrumental music in the background of my production to cause humor to the audience who are viewing it.  

Also my planning worked really well for producing this production. I was able to design a number of pages for storyboards on what should happen and what type of shots i was going to use within each part.  

Overall, i think if i were to produce this media footage again, i would make sure that all my shots would be using the ''Rule of Thirds'' to the professional standard. While riding the bike, i would ride faster to let the audience know i was in more of a hurry to get to the second character. But overall, i am satisfied with the continuity editing production i managed to produce! 

                                                                

Continuity Editing Evaluation 1

 

Continuity Editing Evaluation 1

The person that i worked with to plan and produce this media footage was with Jaspreet Rai. I think this grouping was very successful, because we were able to easily work as a strong good team, and put together different good safe shots in order for our individual editing to be of a easier better satisfying result.

To develop my scenario, I used a bike  for my character to enter the scene by riding it. I also caused my footage to be of a comedy sequence in some scenes. For example: When the main character leaves the scene towards the end, she jumpes over the fence and has troubles lifting her bike from the ground.

My storyboard was very useful because it helped me in which shots and scenes i needed to record on video and also, it helped me with the shot types i needed to use for each scene. The shots that i sticked to were only the main important ones that i actually needed for the scenario. I changed my storyboard by cutting out one of the close up's of my main character.

Below is my continuity editing work that I had created: