Looking back at two preliminary tasks I was set to do with a group, we were told to complete a Continuity exercise and a 'Life on Mars' exercise.
The first micro- element I picked up on was the camera shots, my group captured a close up of the protagonist's face in the 'Life on Mars' activity. Through this, we could reveal the character's distance and unconsciousness with the audience and reality. In addition, we included a low angle shot of the trees. In the Continuity exercise, we got a shot reverse shot which portrayed the characters reactions within their small conversation.
Another element we had to work with was sound, at first there was slight difficulty matching the music with our footage, however we managed to fit it in at the right time. Luckily the sound effects came with the sound track, so we managed to fit that in at different times, such as the noise of the ambulance heading towards the incident. On the other hand, the Continuity exercise only required a small dialogue and the sound of the door opening and shutting.
For mise-en-scene, we have made use of various setting for instance; the 'Life on Mars' activity needed a parking lot and a big field, where as the Continuity exercise took place in a classroom. The lighting was all natural and we wore our own clothes to keep the scenes casual.
Finally, using final cut express to edit these two tasks has helped me become more familiar with the tools and the way it works. I have become used to using the razor tool to cut bits of unnecessary footage out. I have also been able to easily fix the wave forms of the volume so that I can control when the music comes in and where it fades out. Another thing I have learnt is the editing techniques of; dissolve, fade in and out, adding titles and fixing the brightness of a clip.
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