Sam bromley Unit 2

Below is a mind map which shows a range of different types of media, along with their purposes and things that might need doing during the production of these media types.

Financial constraints  Case study: Trainspotting Make notes on the clip:  Resource film making- Making films by using the resources available to you.  Locations - Where do you have access to? Rely on friends on family if you don't have the budget to pay for actual actors. Make sure they're interested in acting.  Equipment- Can you get cameras from a friend? Props, objects, will you need to hire or buy equipment.  Writing the script- keep locations to a minimum (Because of travel distance), minimise characters. Write to your actors strengths. Avoid scenes with extras. Avoid exterior night scenes - can be very light intensive.  Avoid writing a lot of CGI and special effects in the film because they are very time consuming.  Pre-production- Location planning, verify availability of your actors and equipment. Production- Simplify workflow, e.g. don’t use cranes etc. Use Magic hour, just after sunrise and just before sunset. Post-pr...

Guardian article summary “Hollywood and Tv put the squeeze on UK’s low-budget film-makers”, Media studies Unit 2. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/31/hollywood-and-tv-put-the-squeeze-on-uks-low-budget-film-makers Paragraph 1:  Talks about a film festival Talks about small film makers Paragraph 2: The paragraph explains that the global expansion of large hollywood films has been successful, and they now wish to focus their attention on lower-cost productions in the UK. They wish to focus on smaller films.  Paragraph 3: Uk has mid-low budget film industry  The number of domestic UK films costs from £500,000 to roughly £30m to make. T2: Trainspotting and Florence Foster Jenkins, fell from 77 to 60 between 2014 and 2015 which is the lowest number made since 2006, according to annual figures which are published by the British Film Institute (BFI). Paragraph 4: Hollywood blockbusters made in the UK, such as “Star Wars: The last Je...

Unit 2: What is included in Pre-production? What was the task? To explore the different preparations involved with pre- production? What were you asked to do? To create diagrams and assess the different types of pre-production processes needed for different types of media. What did you learn? I learnt that different types of media require certain tasks to happen in order to affect the production. How will it help you prepare for your exam? I can use it to revise the pre production tasks for different types of media.                   

Introduction: My name is Sam and I will be starting on the next unit (Unit 2): “Pre production and planning”, and will be posting the rest of the work from this unit onto this blog.