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Analyse the short films in detail and when you point something out explain it fully such as why the title'female director' is disliked.

Task 2 - Skills practice

Skills Practice

This was the skills Practice exercise that I did and this was to teach and refine my skills in filming and editing. This exercise was planned out and story boarded before we filmed so we knew exactly what we were doing. This is to got us used to writing scripts and story boarding stuff out to further refine our skills.

First we came up with ideas for the scenario that we was given and then we started to script it out so we knew what the actors were going to say. we then story boarded exactly what we was going to do with the camera and the different shots that we were going to need. After we knew exactly what we was going to do and how we was going to film it we got the camera that we used and then went to film it. Each shot we needed we only filmed once with is bad because if something went wrong with that video file then we would have had to go and film it again so for the real thing we are going to film each shot we need 3 times to get a good rang so we can pick the best in editing. The editing stage came next and this stage went well because we managed to get the editing done rather quickly and it looked good. there were some slight problems with the sound but we  tried to get them get them fixed.

The feed back which we got we very good as the people that watched it said it was good but there was some improvements to be made as some of the shot could have been tighter and some of the sound could have been made more seamless but overall it was good and we had a good range of shots.  

I have learned a lot of skills in the camera that I didn't know as i have used a totally different camera that is much better than any other camera I have used before this meant that I could a lot more in the filming part of it because the camera can do a lot more. This worked out good for me as it meant i could focus on sound and the filming because the camera has a microphone on it meaning that the sound quality that i got was much better than it would have been with another camera.

Task 2 - Research Into Existing Products - Video Game Trailer - fallout 4

Fallout 4 Trailer

This is the Fallout 4 trailer for the new game. This is an Online trailer because it is 3 minutes long and this is the first indication of this. This would normally be in front of a YouTube video or on a website. This means it it will go viral because lots of people will be able to watch it because it will always be there and in your face.

Task 2 - Research Into Existing Products - Music Video - Rihanna

Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money

This is a modern and up to date music video and it is very explicit as it has lots of violence, drugs, murder and torture in it. This has become acceptable with the modern generation and is more and more common in today's videos. This is a bad thing because it promotes this type of stuff and it is not acceptable unless it is on a video. my generation is more accepting and is used to that sort of content because it is everywhere, on the news, in music videos and in games that most people play. This means that young people are exposed to this sort of content and then they are more likely to want to try that sort of stuff.

Music videos now are done more as a publicity stunt as they want to make then full of things that people in the media will has to cause controversy and this means they get loads of press coverage on it and the video goes viral. This is the modern way of marketing because it will go viral online and it means that loads people will see it and listen to the song. Right-wing news are the ones that are targeted because they see all of this explicit content as bad and negative and they give it lots of news coverage to get out there that it is a bad video but this works in the favor for the artist as that is what they intended all along because the video then goes viral. The weapons in the video Americans don't mind but the video has a lot of nudity in it and Americans don't like that. this video is aimed at an American audience because it is an American artist and this means that the content in it is put in the to create controversy in America. To Create further controversy there is a female back woman kidnapping an upper class female white woman and then she tortures her. This has lots of problems in an American society. Daily Mail - Rihanna News Artical - This is a news article from a right-wing news company about the video and how bad it is and how it should be band.

The video is of a very high production value and this is become more common with music videos as it makes people want to watch it. It also means it can be more graphical that brings up the controversy factor again because if it is more graphical it means its more life like and not cartoony nd this means that it brings up a lot of problems again. The video has lots of violence, drugs and nudity in it and this is the driving force behind the video getting out there because it appeals to a male and female audience because there is the nudity for the male audience which is the male gaze but the female audience is because the video empowers women. It does this by making the female the stronger character in the video even though the victim is a woman the stronger character is as well. This also create conflict between the two characters and this creates even more controversy.

Task 2 - Research Into Existing Products - Short Films - Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay is a female director from Scotland. he doesn't like the title Female Director so she is just a Director. She has done a lot of work as a short film Director and a feature film Director. Gasman is her most known short film and Ratcatcher and We need to talk about Kevin. She has a very distinctive style which is to focus on the sound and create images with the sound. she also uses a lot of close ups in her films and these types of shots capture lots of emotion within the characters faces.

Gasman

This is is one of her well known short films and it is about a family at Christmas time that goes to a party. The male character has 2 children with one woman and 2 with another and the kids don't know about each other until the meet each other at the Christmas party. This is not said through dialogue in the film but it is told to you through other sounds and the imagery in the film. this is what the film does sets up images in your head and uses sounds but not dialogue which makes the films very clever in what they do. As a short film I thought this was very good as a short film as it gets a proper story line across but isn't to long.

The cinematography in the film uses a lot of close ups of characters but not always their face it is different parts of the bodies. This shows up close every little detail on what the characters are doing and this creates a very dramatic effect in the film because it makes you focus things that you wouldn't normally focus on. she also uses an effect that is good which is where she will either speed up or slow down a shot. This may only be fore a second but it creates a good effect that is also unique to her.

This film is all about the sound that is used and this creates an effect that isn't really used in a lot of films because the ambient sound is amplified and makes you notice stuff in the film that you wouldn't normally. This is one of her unique styles and this is a good thing because it means that her work stands out from other peoples.

Task 2 - Research Into Existing Products - Short Films - Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold 

Andrea Arnold is a British film director from Kent. She has made several feature length films and a few short films too.

Wasp

The short film that i watched as called Wasp and this short film is 26 minutes long and it is about a woman with a baby and three other children living on benefits. most of the film involves her being in a pub with a person that she hasn't seen for ages and her kids waiting outside the pub. The baby is asleep outside and a wasp fly's into his mouth. this scares the mother and she takes it out on her other kids.

There are some key themes in the film as it deals with child poverty in Britain because the children are abused and live on benefits and this shows the conditions that some people live in in Britain today. Parenting is another issue that is raised in the film as the parent of the children is very irresponsible because she drinks and swears at the children. This is something that happens in Britain and is a key issue that is in the film that shouldn't happen in real life.

The cinematography for this film is very simple but is really effective. this is because the camera never really stops moving  and this is to show realism and shows that it is made to look like real life.This camera effect is like a Fly on the wall documentary. The lighting and sets that are used sets a realistic environment which is a strength for the film in my opinion. There we multiply POV shots that were from the children's prospective and this mean that you can see what that sort of live looks like from the child's prospective and this meant that you empathise with the children because you can see what their living is like.

The editing in the short film is quite fast and this is another one of her unique styles because she has fast editing which creates effect. The fast editing has breaks with some slow shot this is to create effect as it make it seem like time has paused if it is an intense scene. This is a unique style of hers as this is not done in most films. In most films the editing is slow in the slow parts and then picks up if there is any action or something intense. This is flipped for her and this creates a really unique effect and it is what gives her an advantage because it it something that not very many people do which makes her work stand out. 

All in all i think this is a very good short film as it has a lot of unique features that make is stand out from other ones out there and there is lots to like about this film as it raises lots of ethical things that where acceptable back then but shouldn't be.