During week 5’s group discussion about what sets “Hard Quiz” apart from the rest of the shows, our table talked about how every game show follows the standard format that has been successful and tried elsewhere but adapts it to make it different from the rest. We identified that “Hard Quiz’s” unique point is their … [Read more…]
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During the lead-up towards the day of production, I expected that it would be a challenging task, but also confident in what we had learnt over the weeks. Our group discussed and planned the number of cameras we needed and what shots/talent they would be assigned to. With four cameras, we were able to have … [Read more…]
In the week two reading of Jones’ ‘I Want My Talk TV: Network Talk Shows in a Digital Universe’, they talked about the importance of daytime and late-night television. Morning talk shows were able to perfectly blend news with entertainment, thus creating light content for viewers that requires minimal attention in the morning while sending … [Read more…]
Going into this studio, I had a rough idea of what I was going to learn. I expected to be immersed in the world of Live TV and be able to grasp knowledge about each role required in creating talk shows, live sports, news, etc. For example, I have always been interested in how Professional … [Read more…]
1> From your studio, reflect on an aspect of two other students/group’s media work on the website in terms of specific insights they produced about a key idea addressed by the studio? Caitlin, Jennifer, and Syd’s works had really good insight on how you can still work and collaborate with actors off-site. Their works consisted of various versions … [Read more…]
At the beginning of the semester, I mentioned that I hoped to learn the fundamentals of filmmaking. Being someone who has amateur experience of editing for leisure, I never learnt about proper filmmaking until this course. Even though the situation of lockdown has limited our physical classes and on-site filming, it helped me to adapt … [Read more…]
Colour Grading BEFORE AFTER For this shot, I tried to play with pink shadows and highlights to create a sort of bubbly/bubblegum mood. Based on how I portrayed Candace in the scene, the use of pink evokes Candace’s teenage girl trope and increasing the highlights helped to create a soft faded effect to the setting. … [Read more…]
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Way of Working Reflection Throughout the six weeks of learning ‘Deliberate Film’, I can honestly say that I have improved a lot in my work. A significant change that I have noticed is my organisational skills. By creating bins for my footages, sound, music, sequences, I am able to quickly locate and store my work … [Read more…]