Pete Fraser Talk OverviewBEN GRIFFITHS

What was it?

Today we had a talk with Pete Fraser, his blog link is: http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/ He spoke to us about our AS Media task, in which we must film an opening. He gave us top tips on how to get the best marks, showed us examples of real opening, as students created openings, which we analysed to see what we should and shouldn’t include in our own openings.

Step One: Take stock

What is the task?

What is the assessment?

What is the timescale?

What is the equipment?

What is the task, and what is being assessed?

You need titles and an new, original for a specific genre film.

Must be up to two minutes.

20 Marks for Research and Planning.

60 Marks for Construction.

20 Marks for Evaluation.

Timeframe and Equipment

Build your skills.

Build up your research.

Build up your planning.

Give yourself time to shoot and edit.

Keep evidence throughout the entire process (Kept on blog).

What skills need to be used?

Camera Skills

Editing Skills

Sound Skills (Foley etc.)

How should you take notes about opening scenes?

Pete told us a method of making notes about opening scenes. This is to ensure when we make our opening the titles look natural for the genre we pick. It involves writing how long each title last, when it happens in the opening scene, and what it is, all written on a time line.

What is Foley?

Pete taught us about Foley in his talk today. This is when you re-record diegetic sounds, that the cast would have heard, and editing them into the scene to outline a specific sound, or to make it easier to hear in the scene to create an atmosphere. For example: Footsteps or the rustling of clothes. https://youtu.be/rpdNPsUnDqU