Continuity Video Project
Shameless Blog Post – Framing
The short opening scene for the TV show Shameless we watched in class was a great example of framing shots and continuity editing.
The story being told, mainly through visuals and little dialog was done great by the way shots were framed and edited together. Such as the main scene when the family begins to sit down together for breakfast, right after the Mom of the family notices that a bill is due that day. It is what holds the scene and story together, as its the main plot of the scene. With all characters being introduced have some sort of role in it context of it and it flows between each character well.
The scene starts with the mom seeing the bill reminder while getting the milk out of the fridge for cereal/breakfast. As the milk gets passed around so does a box to collect money from the family for the bill. Both were framed as important items to keep track of and as they are both passed around in unisene, it follows a line. Where they are mostly cut on action points of the item(s) being passed to the next person, a sort of introduction to a new character. As well as a mention of a possible new plot point and or character trait. Such as some being bad with time management or being stressed about other life issues. With some mentioning they can work more in the day to help cover the bill when it gets to them, as they only can fork in a smaller amount of money compared to others. Same for the kids of the family, as they too work to help.
Compositing, Effects, and AI Cinema Blog Post
Star Wars Wars – All Star Wars at Once
Out of all of the given videos or projects, I went with the more so simple or basic of edits. That being the Star Wars Wars website, where it is a s very simple concept of having all of the 6 main Star Wars movies layered on top of each other.
All that it seemed was that each movie was put onto separate layers and the opacity was changed so they could all be seen at once. Or that there was certain masks placed to allow more from one scene to pop through compared to the other.
I simply found it incredibly interesting, how some scenes or shots would pop or show more than others. Mainly that of scenes taken on bright or high contrast colors, such as the scenes on Tatooine or other sandy planets.
These scenes are much more visible than those when in space. It’s an interesting way to really think of the use of color or composition in shots. It just really stood out to me, how the movie is shot and composed can really make a movie stand out. Those shots stood out so much that you could immediately identify which movie it was from.
Montage Assignment