Tips on making a music video

Behind he scenes & Directors commentary

Plants - Alicia Catling

Call that an idea!?!

When a student comes to you and says "I want to make a film about a stuffed bear in a park in Bicester!", it doesn't automatically fill your heart or mind with enthusiasm. Then they go and create something like this which reminds you that sometimes it's great being wrong.

Colour grading and Treatment for film

Editing

Media Studies - Editing

Comparing the best & the worst

Below are two fight scenes from different productions. Comparing like scene of different quality highlights the technical and creative aspects of the scene and allows you to identify what makes a good scene more easily.

Watch the scenes below and identify how they and used the various criteria for film language to create scenes which although have simular content actually have very different results.

Pay attention to:

• Camera shot
• Camera movement
• Mise-en-scene
• Location
• Setting
• Framing
• Editing
• Character
• costume
• Props
• Dialogue
• Lighting
• Treatment