Dr who editing task

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/trailermaker/view/7iasqn

What is a Thriller ?

A “thriller” is a film that contains terror, suspense and action. A Thriller usually contains the majority if not all of these elements: Death, blood, suspenseful music, darkness, mystery and crime. We used the film " The Usual Suspects "- Shown in the poster below.

We analysed this movie, we discussed how the Genre is represented. We talked about camera shots, editing, diagetic and non diagetic sound as well as mise-en-scene. We picked apart the poster above and this is what we came up with:

- The man in the middle should be the man character as he is the tallest and centre stage and should be the enemy/ evil character as he is in a red shirt.

- The man far right looks uncomfortable with the situation as he is holding his arm.

- The man second in from the right should be the hero as he is wearing a creme suit apposed to a black one.

- The man far left looks out of place as does the guy on the far right. 

- Last but not least the man second in from the left looks comfortable like this is routine, he is the other man in black this tells us he might be in business with the middle man or his right hand man.

This was one of our first lessons we did upon arrival at Hurtwood House and I really enjoyed it.

Photography Composition and Image manipulation

Composition:

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.

In Photoshop:

I had to manipulate an image for a practical lesson, I had to take a poster from a film and put a man on the water of the poster and make his reflection in the water. We where then asked to remove some text from the bottom of the page. After colour correction and a few minutes playing with the image this is what I came up with. Above is the image before we had to change it and below is the image after all the changes where made.

About Myself.

Hello, my name is Niall.
I recently moved back to London after living on the Costa Del Sol, Spain for 10 years.
I went to school in a fairly un academic college called St. Anthony's.
I am currently studying Media in Hurtwood House, I chose to do media because film is a passion of mine,
My parents are both in the film business and I have grown up around it.

My favorite movies are Pulp Fiction, Good Fellas and This is England.

MODS: I am a mod I guess I love my parka and my jeans and I am looking to buy my second scooter a classic 1970's Lambretta, its lovely !

My favorite music genres are SKA, Old school hip hop and Reggae.
My favorite bands and artists are Denis Brown, Bob Marley, Collie Buddz, Notorious BIG and Tu Pac but I listen to anything.