Examples
Paracetamol challenge
Wednesday 8 July 2015
Moral Panics
Moral Panics - When sections of society become disproportionally hysterical about new/deviant events involving another section of society
Friday 3 July 2015
Digital Technology Question 1a
Blogger - Allowed us all to have access to our planning and research and it was safe from getting lost.
Nikon D-7000 Digital Camera - + Focus pull where we drew the audiences attention to the protagonists hands breaking free to show them clearly that he is about to escape, and him rubbing his hands in pain to emphasise how tight his hands were tied and the poor conditions he was in. It also allowed us to successfully shoot HD quality shots in low key lighting (pictured below), which previous camera's could not do as they would be pixelated in the dark.
GarageBand - We used GarageBand to create the 'drone'/music for our film, which was vital in creating/building the tension in the final product. Creating our own soundtrack allowed us to escape copyright infringement and create exactly what we wanted.
Nikon D-7000 Digital Camera - + Focus pull where we drew the audiences attention to the protagonists hands breaking free to show them clearly that he is about to escape, and him rubbing his hands in pain to emphasise how tight his hands were tied and the poor conditions he was in. It also allowed us to successfully shoot HD quality shots in low key lighting (pictured below), which previous camera's could not do as they would be pixelated in the dark.
GarageBand - We used GarageBand to create the 'drone'/music for our film, which was vital in creating/building the tension in the final product. Creating our own soundtrack allowed us to escape copyright infringement and create exactly what we wanted.
SoundFlower - We had to download and use Soundflower to internally record our 'drone' in real time as we couldn't record the drone while adjusting the settings. This is how we created the drone.
YouTube - Putting our film on YouTube allowed us to embed it into our blog. It also allowed us to get audience feedback to make last minute final changes and use in our evaluation.
Final Cut Pro - Obviously, FCP was a pivotal part of the creation of our final film. The editing process was entirely carried out on FCP and it was smoother and quicker than the software that we used for the Prelim task (Windows Movie Maker). We also got the sound effects that we used in the torture scene (Punches, American football contact sound effects to sound like punches in the stomach, door opening) and the video effects (the flashes and fade to white, the digital clock in the bottom left corner in the London Waterloo scene).
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Applying Barthes Theory to Our Film
Hermeneutic/Enigma Code
'Clues are dropped but no clear answers are given'. This applies to our film when The Russian Spy's are shouting 'where is it?! Where are you hiding it?!'. This is hinting to the audience that they are looking for something that they suspect the protagonist has, but it is not revealed to the audience what it is.
Semantic Code
Anything in the film/text that has an extra connotation. This is applicable to our film as the Houses of Parliament are in the background of some of our shots. This, with the costume of a suit with dark glasses, carries the connotation of politically based skullduggery.
Symbolic Code
The setting of Westminster and the Houses Of Parliament also fits into symbolic as politically based skullduggery is an overarching theme of our film.
Claude Levi-Strauss' Binary Opposition
East(ern Europe) vs West(ern Europe)
Black (Protagonist) vs White (Antagonist)
Good vs Evil
Peace vs War (protagonist is trying to prevent chemical warfare)
Domestic (British) vs Foreign (Russian)
Vladimir Propp
Props can be applied to our film as we have a clearly defined Hero/Protagonist and a clearly defined Villain/Antagonist.
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