21/1/19

CAMERA SHOTS

wide shot- they are good for showing the environment around the scene

close up shots-A close–up or closeup in filmmaking, television production, still photography, and the comic strip medium is a type of shot that tightly frames a person or object. Close–ups are one of the standard shotsused regularly with medium and long shots(cinematic techniques).

extreme close ups- Extreme Close Up (ECU, XCU) The ECU (also known as XCU) gets right in and shows extremedetail. You would normally need a specific reason to get this close. It is too close to show general reactions or emotion except in very dramatic scenes. A variation of this shot is the choker.

medium shots- The medium shot is a general, all-purpose shot. Medium shots are used for dialogue sequences, and they allow the viewer to pick up on the character’s movements and gestures. Body language is important to conveying emotion, and the medium shot remains close enough to capture that emotion.

establishing shots

CAMERA ANGLES

eye level angles

low angles

high angels’

CAMERA MOVEMENT

Dolly counter zoom

Pedestal

Zoom

 

 

 

camera angles

today we learned about different camera angles. here as some of the angles we filmed.

this will be useful for our press packs so we can describe to the camera person what we want.

32 bar composition

Today I made a composition 32 bars long. It is inspired by ‘The Crunge’ by led zeppelin. I made a drum beat in 7/4 and put a baseline in the key of G minor over it and put some funky guitar on there too. then added an African kit subtly playing off beat. then it goes into 4/4 with a swing feel then back to straight feel. then back into the 7/4 riff.

song structure

Reelin’ in the years- Steely Dan

This song has only two sections in it throughout the song. Section A is the chorus and section B is the verse. But it manages to make it interesting by creating interludes for guitar solos so it makes it seem like there are more sections.

Intro Solo(over the chorus chord progression) 16 bars

Verse 8 bars

Chorus 16 bars

Verse 8 bars

Chorus 16 bars

Solo/interlude(over the chorus chord progression) 32 bars

Verse 8 bars

Chorus 16 bars

Outro Solo(over the chorus chord progression) fades out so bars are unknown

You really got me- The Kinks

This song has only one section that is 20 bars long.

Intro(first 4 bars of the verse)

Verse 20 bars x2

Solo/Interlude (first 4 bars of verse repeated 3 times)

Verse 20 bars

Outro(Isn’t counted because it isn’t really counted in bars)

Back on the streets- Gary Moore

This song has 5 sections. Section A is the intro. Section B is the verse. Section C is the chorus. Section D is the Solo/Bridge and Section E is the Outro.

Intro 20 bars (11 bars of section A and 9 of section B)

Verse 8 bars

Chorus 20 bars

Verse

Chorus 20 bars

Bridge/Solo 36 bars

Chorus 40 bars

Outro 30 bars

Week 4

This week I began writing my single which will be finished and performed by December. Since this is the first week of writing it I have decided on band members and what instruments I will need in the single.

In groups we have also been writing chord progressions that modulate from one key to another using the circle of fifths.