Reflecting back on the AS Year: Those technical elements that witll aways stay with me.

The technical skills I learnt during AS year:

Camera:

It is important, when filming, to keep note of the 180 degree rule it is when the interviewer will  be placed on the left hand side  of the screen and the interviewee will be seen on the right. As these individuals would be placed in these settings, it is important to take note of the invisible line. The camera can only be moved when the interviewer is on the left and interviewee is on the right.

It is important to position these individuals in these specific places as the audience is the camera. In order to allow viewers to follow a clip, then the 180 degree rule must be done successfully.

Last year I have been able to hold the camera and use the device to get the best outcomes. It is how I was able to recognise shots such as the following: 

Important shot types:

  EWS: Extreme Wide Shot

 WS - Wide Shot

LS: Long Shot

MS: Mid Shot

MCU: Medium Close Up

CU: Close Up

  ECU: Extreme Close Up

  CA: Cutaway - a shot of something other than the current action

  Cut In: part of the subject in detail

Two Shot

  Over the shoulder

In addition, during filming it is extremely important to be organised as well as being able to communicate with one another in order to have a successful product. 

Editing:

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible and filmmedia used to convey information.

An important feature while looking at the technical element of editing is match cuts.

  A match cut can also be known as a match on action.

  It helps to achieve a continuity editing because they make movement or action appear seamless so the viewer following the action rather than realizing an edit had just taken place.

Match cuts always use camera shots from a different camera angle or shot distance.

Editing allowed me to achieve edits such as:

1.    Cross cut

2.    Jump cuts

3.    Slow/fast motion

4.    Eyeline match

5.    Etc

Sound:

Within this technical element I've been able to identify the different sound types that are in media. They include:

Diegetic: 'sound on the set' - actor voices, a TV turned on, traffic noises etc

Non diegetic: sound added during post production - sound effects, pieces of music etc

Dialogue: simply the voices of the actors; things such as accents can be associated here.

Other examples of sound:

  Voice over (non diegetic)

  Synchronous sound (dialogue, non diegetic, diegetic)

  Foley sound (non diegetic)

  Sound bridge (non diegetic) 

ICT: 
Throughout last year, I was exposed to numerous amount of softwares which allowed me to develop my technical skills. They include:
1) Final Cut Pro
2) Photoshop
3)Prezi
4) TimeToast
5) Youtube
6)Storyboard That
And more!