Our storyboard

Kathrine drew the story board for our OTS because she was the strongest drawer, while she did this I wrote the storyboard out in words so we know the scene clearer and what we'd need to make the scene.

Camera angles

Canted Angle

Low Angle

High Angle

Eyeline Match

Marking Criteria for Research and Planning

Research and Planning must be presented in digital format. Where candidates have worked as a group, the research may be presented collectively, but each candidate should give a clear indication of their role in any group research and planning and teachers are asked to differentiate the contributions of individuals within the group in arriving at a mark, justifying individual marks on the assessment sheet. As part of the moderation sample, the moderator will expect to see full evidence of the research and planning informing the construction process in order to support assessment.
Level 1 0–7 marks
-Planning and research evidence will be incomplete.
-There is minimal research into similar products and a potential target audience.
-There is minimal work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
-There is minimal organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
-Time management may be very poor.
-There is minimal skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation.
-There are minimal communication skills.
-There is minimal care in the presentation of the research and planning. 
Level 2 8–11 marks
-Planning and research evidence may be incomplete.
-There is basic research into similar products and a potential target audience.
-There is basic work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
-There is basic organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
-Time management may not be good.
-There is basic skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation.
-There are basic communication skills.
-There is a basic level of care in the presentation of the research and planning

Exam Criteria

Level 1- 0-23 marks: Work for the main task is possibly incomplete.There is minimal evidence in work of the creative use of any relevant technical skills such as:
-producing material appropriate for the target audience and task
-using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions
-using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set
-shooting material appropriate to the task set, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene
-using editing do that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects

Level 2- 24-35 marks: There is evidence of a basic level of ability in the creative use of some of the following technical skills:
-producing material appropriate for the target audience and task
-using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions
-using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set
-shooting material appropriate to the task set, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene
-using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects

Level 3- 36-47 marks: There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:
-producing material appropriate for the target audience and task
-using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions
using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set
-shooting material appropriate to the task set, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene
-using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects

Level 4 16–20 marks
Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;
There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience;
There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;
There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
Time management is excellent.
Marking Criteria for the Evaluation
Candidates will evaluate their work digitally. Where candidates have worked in a group, the evaluation may be presented individually or collectively but the teacher must allocate a mark according to the contribution/level of understanding demonstrated by the individual candidate. Each candidate should give a clear indication of their role in any group evaluation.
The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Who would be the audience for your media product?
How did you attract/address your audience?
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Film noir lighting - our own attempt

In this shot the light is at a low angle to the right side of my body, the light is mostly on my face and so no significant shadows were created. If the light was held up abit more and tilted, then my shadow would probably show.

In this shot i'm looking straight forward to the camera, the light is at a low angle beside me but also looking straight at the camera. The light is so bright that it then takes centre of attetion, I myself am made into a shadow. If the camera was closer to the camera, then I could have been made into a silhouette.

In this shot, the camera is higher due to it being lifted higher towards my face. This unlike the first picture actually creates a shadow behind me you can see the outline of my hat and head on the wall. This in my opinion was the most successful attempt at lighting for a film noir. If this picture was edited to make it black and white and changed my clothes it would be much more believable. But the main point is that in out OTS this kind of lighting is the most effective.

In this picture the light was also lifted higher from the floor, however it was further away from me.Because the light was at a higher level and higher angle a shadow is created. This shot is good if you need a scene with mid shot.

This picture has a much darker background to the rest and so as a result no shadow was created. This shot is still effecteive if you have a scene which is possibly more sinful.

Film noir is a style of film making characterised by elements such as femme fatales and heroes, lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks and plots. This phenomenon occurs when the lighting for the shot is directed at the camera from behind the subject, causing the figure, in the foreground to appear in semi-darkness or as silhouettes, or highlighted; with back lighting, the subject is separated from the background.

We decided to attempt creating our own film noir inspired lighting pictures, using myself as the subject. We found a small dark room in the school with lights that we could use at different angles to create different effects. They went well because each light placement created a new look, however they were all in similar places and so the effects weren't changed dramatically. We decided to bring a prop, the hat is intially the kind of hat that you would familiary see in a film noir.

Shot types.

2 Shot -  
Two-shots are composed when two people are in the scene and interacting. A two-shot is a good way to show a conversation. From the introduction you might cut to an over the shoulder shot of one person talking or a close-up of the other person reacting to what is being said. 
 

Over Shoulder - The over the shoulder shot reveals one subject as seen from over the shoulder of another subject. It simulates a view of the subject as seen from the second person's eyes. This shot is often used in conversations between two people where the dirtector wants to focus on the person speaking. Usually these shots are head shots.

CU - Close Up  
The close up shot is used to reveal detail. If you are shooting just the head and shoulders of a subject this is a close up. 

ECU - Extreme Closeup- 
The extreme close up is used to reveal very small details in the scene. It might be used to reveal horror in a subject (extreme close up of the subject's mouth as she/he screams). It might also be used in a mystery to show some detail that the detective picks up on or to show some small clue. 

MS - Mid Shot The medium shot is from just below the waist to above the head. There is more headroom than in the bust shot. This show is used if the person is animated with their hand movements, etc.

MCU - Medium close up
Remember in this shot to not cut ther person off at the knees. With this shot, you can still see expression on the persons face, while getting more information from what is going on around the person.

LS - Long Shot  
This shot is useful for someone that is walking or moving.

ELS - Extra Long Shot 
 Also known as the Establish shot, this gives the viewer some perspective as to where the subject is. This is very important if the subject is moving to new locations or times. It lets the viewer know where the video is taking place.

Weather Shot
The subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes, e.g. background for graphics.
In this type of shot the subject is the weather. The sky takes up at least 2/3 of the frame. This type of shot is common in television programs where the weather is of particular interest, e.g. sports shows.
Although the usual purpose of this shot is to show the weather, it is also useful as an establishing shot, for setting the general mood or for overlaying graphics.
A weather shot doesn't have to show the sky. Other shots often used to illustrate weather include:

• Puddles, drain spouts or any example of rainwater flow.
• Trees or anything else blowing in the wind.
• People sunbathing.
• Snowmen, snowball fights, snow sledding, etc.

CA (Cutaway)
A shot of something other than the subject.
A cutaway is a shot that's usually of something other than the current action. It could be a different subject (eg. this cat when the main subject is its owner), a close up of a different part of the subject (eg. the subject's hands), or just about anything else.
The cutaway is used as a "buffer" between shots (to help the editing process), or to add interest/information.

CI (cut-in shot)

Like a cutaway, but specifically refers to showing some part of the subject in detail.
Can be used purely as an edit point, or to emphasise emotion etc. For example, hand movements can show enthusiasm, agitation, nervousness, etc.


WS wide shot
In the wide shot, the subject takes up the full frame. In this case, the boy's feet are almost at the bottom of frame and his head is almost at the top. Obviously the subject doesn't take up the whole width and height of the frame, since this is as close as we can get without losing any part of him. The small amount of room above and below the subject can be thought of as safety room — you don't want to be cutting the top of the head off. It would also look uncomfortable if his feet and head were exactly at the top and bottom of frame.

Extreme wide shot 

the extreme wide shot, the view is so far from the subject that s/he isn't even visible. The point of this shot is to show the subject's surroundings.
The EWS is often used as an "establishing shot" - the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place.
It is also useful in scenes where the action is very spread out. For example, in a war movie an extreme wide shot can show the scale of the action.

Here is my collage of iconography, iconography is a symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images. I collected images of femme fatales, anti hero's, street lamps, refracted light coming through the blinds etc. These are some but not all characteristics I think sum up film noir.