Saul Bas is an
American well known in the Hollywood film industry as title designer, film
director however, Bass gains more credit for being an outstanding graphic
designer. This is due to his accomplishments such as for his deigns of
motion pictures title sequence, film posters and corporate logos, he
was awarded the Academy Award winning film-maker. Along his 40-year career,
Bass had worked with some of Hollywood's most prominent film-makers such as:
Stanley Kubrick
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsese
Bass was a great
asset to the film industry as he was the person in revolutionizing how the
opening credits will be presented. Bass ensured that the opening credits
grabbed the audience's attention by making his opening title sequence eye
catching. He did this through creating poster using graphic design.
Carrying out the Life on Mars task was a challenge for me. This was due
to that we had to re-create the shots and to ensure that when editing the
sound matches with the mise-en-sense. As a group I believe that we carried out
the task very well as we triumphed to solve our shooting and
editing problems. We had numerous issues while shooting the shot, such as the
first shot.
When we started to film
the first shot by positioning the camera the right way up , however when
we referred back to our shot by shot Life on Mars sheet we realised that
we have positioned the camera incorrectly. That the shot that we are men to
replicate it rotated to the right. Another challenged that the grouped faced
were the conditions when filming. In order to get the first few shots we had to
lay on the concrete floor which was cold, dirty and wet holding the camera by hand,
as a result we took turns in filming the first few shots. This way the shots
turned out more clearly, as to having one person lying on the concrete floor
shaking the camera due to the uncomfortable conditions. Another advance that we
got from taking turns was that everyone had a chance to work with the
camera (gaining experience) as well as sharing the work load.
In order for the
continuity exercise to be a success we had to create great idea. As a
result of our great idea we over complicated the task and didn't stick to the
rules of the exercise, which was to show a clear match on match action, 180
degree rule and shot reverse shot of a person coming into a room and having a
conversation between another person. Therefore, we had to change the situation,
keeping it very simple and straightforward. Nevertheless, it was still quite
difficult to film, especially when capturing the 180-degree rule on camera, as
we did not have enough space. Ensuring that the 180 degree rule, shot reverse
shot and match on match action is filmed correctly and edited well is vital, as
we won’t want to confuse the audience but, instead we would like it to flow in order
for the audience not to notice the variety of shots being used.
Continuity editing is
always used by film makes as it is made up by small shots, which ensures that
the audience believes that what they are watching is authentic. In order
to carry out this continuity exercise I have to take in account four key rules.
1) 180 Rule
In
film making the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two
character or element should have the same left/right relationship to each
other.
When the camera passes
over the imaginary axis that runs down both characters (subjects) which
connects them, it is called crossing the line. Which therefore indicates that
any camera work can take place anywhere within the 180 degree space
2) Eye line match
The
eye line match rule is normally used by film makers who want to show the
audience, the characters facial expression as well as what the character is
perceiving. So the eye line match rule is a shot of the character looking at
anything (item, person and etc) which then it is immediately followed by other
shot of what the character is looking at. However the second shot must always
be from the same angle from the first shot.
3) Shot reverse shot
In
film, shot reverse shot is normally displayed on screen in order to create
tension, suspense, conversation, action/violent scenes and etc. The shot reverse
is consistent of three parts, the first part is a shot of the subject, (character/s
and etc) second part is a shot of the another subject, (character/s and etc)
and the third part is that the shot returns back to the first subject
(character/s and etc) in the first shot. This short reverse shot is very
effective as is creates and give the audience a sense if realism.
4) Math on Match action
The
match on match action shot allows the audience to watch the action (what the
audience are perceiving on screen) from different angles (views), which adds
excitement to the shot. However, when editing a match on match action shot,
it is essential that the action/movement is not interrupted but it
continues to flow on as a whole action sequence.
A musical phrase (tune) that is repeated
several times in a piece of music and helps to represents a particular
character, idea or situation.
For example:
In the James bond
movies they constantly repeat the same musical phrase during an action scene in
order for the audience recognise the James bond action situation.
Contrapuntal
sound:
Sound that does not seem to fit with the scene
(images that you are watching) For example:
Asynchronous sound:
When the sound is either intentionally or
unintentionally put out of sync with the moving the image
For
example:
when a person is speaking and the audio does/does not match up with the lip movements.
Synchronous sound:
When the sound matches up with the
movements occurring in the scene
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