Kenian Media Coursework Blog

  1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher. -WWW: good title, good typography, very good cinematography (sunrise shot), good camera movement -EBI: including pan/tracking label, some incorrect labels (birds eye zoom), no close up, extreme close up, more variety needed.  2) Type up your feedback from fellow students. -WWW: good variety of shots, well edited, good shots, range of camera angles + panning and tilting, all the shots, good quality, shot angles were good, good cinematography, length of video, titles of video (good), great choice of music, shots are very clear, great editing, great effort. -EBI: terminology is sometimes wrong, shaky camera, shaky camera and incorrect birds eye view, that is not what birds eye view is, some shots labelled incorrectly. 3) Now reflect on your work and write your own summary of the comments and feedback you have received. Write three WWWs and three EBIs. - WWW: a variety of camera angles, good quality, good cinematography, good choice of

 

1) Write an analysis of the cinematography in the opening sequence.  Highlight  your use of media language and try to cover camera shots, angles and movement using the terminology we have learned in lessons.  - The use of zoom in on the camera shot in the beginning allows us to focus on only what is happening in the scene and nothing else. Also the wide shot used allowed us to tell where the film is taking place. 2) How does the camerawork give the audience clues about the setting, narrative and character? - In the beginning of the scene, we see an extreme close up of a figure moving around in a circle through clouds. From this we can assume that the setting is in a plane flying through the sky. - From the wide shot of the superman lifting up the car we can tell that the superman is in the city. - From the wide shot of the man in the city, we can tell he is a superhero from what he is wearing and the fact that he is lifting up a car. This shows that he has a lot of power which is a qua