Marcel Media Coursework

1.   Cinematography blog tasks 2.  Cinematography LR 3.  Editing video 4.  Editing LR 5.  Editing task analysis

     E diting Learner Response 1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher Excellent response to the brief - creative and engaging (Although perhaps without the additional shot at the end!) Good pace to the conversation and two moments of superb continuity editing - the initial door opening and the glove on table. Match on action is perfect Could perhaps have added soundtrack and audio level, erratic in one shot. 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students:          WWW: - Good narrative and met the brief perfectly - Match on action and 180 rule was good - Good editing        EBI: - Add more shots to have transition more smooth - Audio issues 3) Now reflect on your video. Did you meet the brief and successfully include the three key editing aspects we have learned? I think I meet the brief well. I felt like I've done my best but with some oversight with some easy mistakes. Its was hard to think of improvement which me...

Your final analytical blog task is to find a film or television clip on YouTube that you feel has been edited in a distinctive way and write a 750 word analysis of the clip.  This clip is about Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent by the US government to rescue a group of politicians being held hostage in Guatemala. The clip starts with Dutch arriving to the base and meeting the general. We then immediately change the scene to inside where they talk about the mission. The interesting part now is the next scenes. The next scene is a long-zoomed shot of Dylan. Different mise-en-scene can apply in this shot. The lighting shows more shadows to portray mystery. The actor pose shows he is relaxed. When the audience is watching this for the first time this scene can build tension. Then the next scene where Dutch slowly turns around and looks at him builds even more tension. Then tension dies off in an exciting manner and goes to the iconic scene. In the next couple of scene, we can analy...