Video production- My practical lesson

Different Directors

At the beginning of the lesson we were had to brainstorm different male directors and different female directors and research 1 movie they they made. 

I wrote directors such as Angelina Jolie who is a female director as the directed a movie called Unbroken.

Another director I wrote down was Colin Trevorrow who is a male director as he directed a the movie Jurassic world. 

I learned many other things about directors such as only 6% of directors in the world are female.

What I learnt in my practical lesson

•  We learned about a director called Simon Ellis who made a short film called 'Soft' which we watched in class.  https://vimeo.com/19705053

• We learned what crossing the line is which is also known as the 180° rule, which is having your camera remain the same side of an imaginary line which is how the elements of an image is arranged.

• We learned what white balance is which is removing unrealistic colours before you film or take a picture.

• We learned what framing is which is arranging elements in a picture to achieve your goal of the image by using the rule of thirds which divides the image into thirds of two vertical lines and two horizontal lines which makes the image better and more pleasing. 

• We learned how to switch on a camera and how to insert an SD card in the correct way and the correct place to put it.

We also learned about the different shots there are. 

For example-

1. Extreme wide shot
2. Mid shot 
3. Close up
4. Point of view shot
5. Wide shot 

And many other shots that are used when filming.