Filming!!!

YES I HAVE DONE FILMING!!!!!!
IT was amazing and gemma was an absolote star she did everything I asked of her and followed my instructions to the letter!!!

Had fun and got alot done although i still have more to do!!!

Editing and more filming still to be done!!

Digipak

"Digipak is a patented style of compact disc or DVD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI Media, a MeadWestvaco, Inc. resource, which acquired the original trademark holder, IMPAC Group, Inc., in 2000. MeadWestvaco licensed the name and designs to manufacturers around the world."

Quote taken from Wikipedia.

Digipak is something i will have to produce as part my media project so looking into this product as part of my preparation for this will be extremely useful.

"Digipak is a patented style of compact disc or DVD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI Media, a Mead Westvaco, Inc. resource, which acquired the original trademark holder, IMPAC Group, Inc., in 2000. MeadWestvaco licensed the name and designs to manufacturers around the world."

Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Today we discussed health and safety and came up with a list of things we should abide by...

• No filming in inappropraite locations.
• Check safety of locations e.g. roads.
• Minimise risk of theft of equipment.
• When filming on location ensure teacher and responsible adult know where you are and have you telephone number and when you will return.
• CHeck all equipment is working before you leave.
• Ensure you have permission for filming if neccessary.
• Always film with at least one other person.

This list was very useful and opened my eyes to some aspects of health and safety.

Filming

This evening I filmed the first part of my filming and I was really happy about this. Gemma followed direction well and undertsood the look I wanted to acheive. What I filmed this evening was a piece that we could possiblly use at the start of the video before the music starts and I think this is a brilliant idea.
Will let everyone know when I do some more filming.

FILMING THIS WEEK!!

I'm starting filming this wednesday with Gemma which i am so happy about....
Already got lots of good ideas that should b really good and fit the song Gemma has written well.
Will keep you posted...

Feminist Film Theory and Audiences

Laura Mulvey and her her essay on Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1970).

• She beleived cinema reflects society. Therfore cinema reflects a patriarchal society. (patriarchal = a society lead by and for men)

HOW DOES A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY MANIFEST ITSELF IN CINEMA?

Example : Patriarchly and phallocentrism are linked.

• The phallus (male genitals) is the symbol of power.
• NOTE HOW GUNS ARE USED IN FILMS.

GUNS = PHALLUSS = POWER

eg. When a both man has a "mid-life crisis" they buy themselves phallic objects (sports cars).

THE GAZE

The 'gaze' of the camera is the male 'gaze'.

• The male gaze is active, the famle passive.
• Within the narrative male characters direct their gaze towards female characters.
• The specators made to identify with the male look, becuase the camera films from the optical well as libidinal, point of view of the male character.
• Thus three levels of the cinematic gaze - camera, chracter and spectator - the objectify (sexual gaze/glorifies woman) the famel character (the triple gaze).
• Therfore the audience is constructed as though everyone was male.Women are forced to look as though they were a male audience member.

AGENCY

• In the classical Hollywood cinema the male protagonist has agency (he is active and powerful).
• He is the agent around whom the drmatic action unfolds.
• The famle character is passive and powerless - she is the object of deisre for the protagonist and audience.

EROTIC DESIRE

Mulvey argues that women have two role in film:

1. As an object of erotic desire for the characters.
2. As an object of erotic desire for the audience.

Animatic

This is the animatic of my storyboard idea.