Shot/Reverse Shot & 180 Degree Rule

I found a clear explanation about shot/reverse shot online:

I also found another explanation about the 180 degree rule:

Group Vlog About Prelim

My group and I made a vlog about our prelim ideas.

Macs

I have used a mac before but I only really used it for the internet purposes at my friend's house so I'm still finding it difficult to understand how to use it. At home, I have a Windows 8 PC and I have just about learnt how to use that. I prefer basic PCs however macs look really interesting and I'm looking forward to using them all year.

Favourite actor (female)

My favourite female actor is definitely Jennifer Lawrence. She is famous for starring as the main character in The Hunger Games but I have admired her from before. She is extremely beautiful and talented and she has an awesome personality that I can see from her interviews. Whenever I watch an interview with her in it, I always end up laughing because she's a really funny person and makes every situation feel so relaxed. I admire her and really would like to be her.

My First Vlog

Here's my first vlog. I was quite nervous at first and I wasn't sure of what to say but I finally did it and here it is.

Prelim script

My group and I decided on the High School Musical scene where Gabriella meets Troy's dad, Coach Bolton. We chose this because we thought it would be funny and everyone has seen High School Musical. We searched up the script online and found the scene we thought would be pretty good. Here's a picture of the written scene that we will use for our Prelim on Friday.

Prelim brainstorming

Today during study time, my group and I (Charlotte, Nadia and me) brainstormed a few ideas for our prelim. We decided to base it around famous movie/television quotes and came up with five ideas that we liked. Here is a photo I took of our brainstorming.

These quotes are the ones that we were interested in doing, e.g. Peggy Mitchell from Eastenders' famous quote "get out of my pub!" 

Filmmaking Tecniques

Screenshot of Luther episode & Storyboards

On Tuesday 17th September, the class had to watch a scene from Luther. We had to create a storyboard, drawing each different camera shot. My storyboard has 15 shots.

Here are a few pictures of my storyboards.

Favourite actor (male)

I have two favourite male actors, Johnny Depp and Daniel Craig. I love them both because of their talents (and looks). But I'm going to choose Daniel Craig today. He's a really talented actor and despite being 45 years old, he's still able to jump off buildings etc in his most famous film: James Bond. I started watching James Bond films purely because Daniel Craig stars in them and I do not regret it. James Bond is one of the best films I have ever watched. As well as his good looks, Daniel Craig is able to act in any role possible and I think that's a key feature for actors. He makes every film he stars in ten times better.

Favourite film

I have loads of favourite films so I'm finding this really hard to decide on which one. But my all time favourite film has to be Dirty Dancing. When I was younger I really enjoyed dancing and although I NEVER danced like the actors in the film, this became my favourite film. One of the things I love about this film is that there is a variety of themes within for example, romance and comedy. And it also has more serious features like class discrimination. This film taught me how people used to view those within a lower class. I also really like Patrick Swayze.