Task Eight - Transitions and Effects

Task Eight: Transitions and Effects 

Transitions and Effects are used a lot, whether its a film or trailer.

I have done something similar, i made a short video explaining how transitions and effects are used and how its effective.

one.transitions, eg cut, dissolve, fade, wipe

• -Dissolve - is when one shot is fading off the screen and another shot is fading in at the same time.
• -Fade - is when one shot turns black or white to show that its the end of a scene or a start of a new one.
• -Wipes - one image is pushed off the screen by another. 

Graphic Match - A shot that eventually changes into another shot, for example Psycho.

following the action - The camera follows the movement of the event in an action scene. 

multiple points of view - This is where the actors are showing each side of a particular point of view.

shot variation - shot variation is when a camera shot starts off with one particular distance shot and ends up in a different one, for example The Matrix it start of with a long shot whilst the camera is circulating the scene and then it ends up with a mid-shot.

manipulation of diegetic time and space - is when a film uses effects to show that the scene is from the past, for example if you was to change the colour of the scene to black and white it would already show the viewer that the actors are either dreaming, flashback or traveled back in time. 

The video is about three students in detention because they haven't done their homework, but the detention is so boring so they find out a way to entertain themselves. So they think back of funny memories they've all witnessed with each other.

The video starts off with Babajide (teacher) coming in and telling the students 

(Me, Theodore, Usman) why they are in detention and wants to do a couple of equations which is not shown in the video. But then no one participates so the teacher has had enough and take a break. Thats when the students take advantage of that and try to entertain themselves, so whilst the teacher is out the students start talking about funny moments in the past. I tried cutting shot to shot whilst the students was talking so the there wouldn't be pauses in between, after they finished talking i started to fade into another scene showing that its a memory, also i used white and black to show that its the past and this helps make it easier for the viewers to understand. The second scene of the students tracking back was when i try to imitate the teacher but get caught and then get a 5 hour detention. I used fade in and black and white screen again for this scene to show that its the past and this helps manipulation of diegetic time and space. Finally the final scene of a memory was when the teacher was dancing to 'who let the dogs out' i think this was the highlight scene of the video because it was very funny and entertaining for the viewers. So for this scene i started of with a fade in and black and white screen, also added a extra effect (Glow,Dazzle) to make it stand out more and more effective.

Finally almost throughout the video we used many different ranges of camera shots such as long shots, medium shots, close ups, etc...

but mostly we would zoom out and in for example we would start of with a long shot of the teacher and then zoom in and end up with a medium shot or close up. Also whilst the students start talking we used quick short close ups to show who's talking and to show their facial expressions, this is more understandable for the viewers and its more effective because they have to be aware of whats going on. 

Task Seven - Creating Pace Edit

Task Seven: Creating Pace Edit

For Task Seven me Ronaldo, Babajide, Usman and Theodore made a quick video mainly based on Creating Pace Editing.

• Engaging the viewer- To try and keep the viewer interested. 
• Speed of Editing - Some scene may last seconds whilst they are changing to different camera shots, for example in fighting scenes the shots would change all the time to show the viewer every detail of whats happening from every angle.
• Cross Cutting - Cross-cutting is usually two scenes that are related. So cross-cutting would be used in a flashback that relates to the current scene.
• Cutaways - A cutaway is used to expose the details to the viewers without distracting from the action. 
• Creating pace - Creating pace is usually to create feelings, for example if would want to make the audience feel mixed emotions. 
• Development of drama - Cross-cutting is usually a effective way to create drama, this is to try and make the viewer anxious and off their seat. 

Creating pace in a video is very effective towards the viewers watching, it engages the audience very well, mainly because when you watching fast paced videos there are many different shots so you are aware of everything, however if it was one long shot it would be boring and loose interest in the viewer and then is wouldn't be a creating pace edit video.
The speed of editing would normally be quite quick whether your doing a fighting scene or something else, as you can see in my video it wasn't to fast whilst cross-cutting between scenes but it gives you an idea of whats going to happen, if i didn't put different scenes in between each other the short storyline wouldn't make sense or be clear to the viewer and it wouldn't be one long shot. usually when you would cross-cut between two scenes they would have to relate with each other as shown in my video. so this is why creating pace editing is effect and engages the viewer.

The storyline of the video is quite dramatic, as each scene cuts to another the tension builds up, it keeps the audience curious and thinking of whats going to happen. Then off course the kid at the end gets kidnapped and this help develop drama.