filming and editing

Today we went outside and did some filming. We started by going through the cameras to make sure we knew how to work them, for example: we found the power buttons, the video button, the camera button, how to put the battery in and how to hold the camera (never touch the lens).

We next went outside to film our re-make of the trailer "Forrest Gump". I was in a group of three that consisted of me, Rahim and Ben. The first thing we did was search for a feather which was symbolic of a 'free soul'. The real trailer started off with a feather floating past Forrest and so we wanted to include this in our trailer. It took around five minutes to find a good enough feather for our trailer Rahim sat on a bench as I dropped the feather from above the camera. This scene took the most attempts because we kept laughing throughout! Eventually we got the footage we needed and moved onto the fight scene. Rahim and Ben did a fake fight, just like in the actual trailer and then I mimicked Jenny by yelling "Run Forrest, run!"

Then we filmed countless running scenes: across the field, down the mansion steps, in a bush, down a hill and into the media studio. The scenes involved a lot of running but the majority of them only needed one shot.

We then watched a video on how to edit using imovie. After we had learnt how to edit we downloaded our movie clips, that we had filmed, onto the computer and then we opened imovie and started editing. So far I have edited two of the clips, taking out the parts we don't need at the end and the beginning and then I put a spin transition between both of the chronological clips.

The Avengers

• Feminism is highlighted by women wearing trousers and being violent
• There were three women leads
• There is classic trademark outfits, completed by trademark accessories, such as the bowler hat. 
• It shows upper class lives (through parties and outfits)
• Everyone is different and slightly out of the ordinary (no-one is normal)
• It's more of a fantasy world. 
• There were a lot of comedy scenes 
• A lot of the scenes were ideal and not very realistic
• It was an escapist world
• Patrick would always show masculinity and charm.
• And Emma Peel would always show up in a sports car.
• The show was nine years long and started out as a male action.
• There were countless fights, but blood was never shown during them.

CUFFS

The opening scene has the job of providing the viewer with a taste of the program, without giving too much away. To make sure an opening scene is entrancing, the producer has got to give a sense of mystery to it. In Cuffs, the characters are introduced during the opening scene with small details to their backgrounds, however their full stories aren't given and so it makes the watcher carry on with the program. If the first scene gives to much away, there would be no incentive to carry on watching. 

From the beginning, it is launched straight into action. We get a contrast between Jake (the new policeman) and his coach Ryan, as they are very different people. We also, around the end of the scene, figure out that the chief is Jake's father, which forms another interesting aspect to the show. 

During the title sequence we get a sense of Brighton's diversity, going from the nudist beach to the people attacking the people on that beach, which shows that opinions are very different. 

The spread of different characters in the show also shows the diversity. It frequently shows the different lives in Brighton and what happens in them. For example, there was a little girl who was kidnapped by her own father, there was an Indian man who got stabbed, a women who led a goose chase for the police and a man on drugs. 

Cuffs is before the watershed, which means kids would be allowed to watch it. However I believe a lot of kids would find the scenes distressing because there is a lot of blood and violent acts during the show- therefore I believe it should be after the watershed. 

Television scheduling

TELEVISION SCHEDULING:

·         BBC1 Sunday 10 September 9 p.m. Strike

·         BBC1 Monday 11 September 9 p.m. Rellik

·         BBC1 Tuesday 12 September 9 p.m. Doctor Foster

·         BBC1 Wednesday 13 September 9 p.m. How to stay young

·         BBC1 Thursday 14 September 9 p.m. Ambulance

·         BBC1 Friday 15 September 9 p.m. Celebrity master chef

·         BBC1 Saturday 16 September 9 p.m. Casualty

Long form narrative seems to be a popular form.