11.00am, we entered the performance hall and sat down, we had to wait a while for them to get started.
First some of the performers began to sing, then it turned into about four pairs of guys fighting over a girl, before that they acted like we were actually there working in the casino and spoke to us, shook our hand and smiled.
Before each performance the presenter came and Spun the wheel on the floor, for the next act, sometimes he would go up to the audience and talk to them and get us even more involved.
The next act was Hansel and Gretel the lion tamer, they were very amusing, when it got to the point where they actually had to get the "lion" they explained they had lost it, when they eventually did find it they had a"tug war" with it, when the lion came out, it was actually a girl in a lion costume.
They explained they will make it speak, she replied"Moo", while Gretel distracted the audience Hansel spoke to the girl; The second attempt it worked.
After that they made the lion disappear before our very eyes... by using a white sheet over her, after they finished she ran off stage asking if she could move now.
The next act, the can-can, it was good but in my opinion it didn't draw me in and neither did the Bollywood dance, the one that mainly drew me in was the circus like one, where there was people on stilts, people dressed as a monkey and giraffe, someone giving out chocolate coins, also another act that drew me in was the Mr. Bean act, with a twist in a sense, four girls came on with the strip tease music and started to take off Mr. Beans clothes, of course leaving his boxers and shirt.
Obviously there was a few more acts, like singers.
All together though i really enjoyed the experience, and watching it because it was so well prepared, directed and performed i would recommend it to anyone who enjoys humor and isn't shy about getting involved in front of an audience.
Friday, 26 November 2010
Friday, 12 November 2010
Critical review on our culture show video
After about a lesson looking at how to work a camera and how to use mise en scene, sound, lighting, camera work, composition and angles, we then looked at the Sony A1 camera on our next lesson.
We learnt how to white balance the camera, if we didn't do that we would end up having a blue or orange haze on all our footage. Not good.
We also looked at the focus, manual and auto, and the exposure we looked at these so that for the exposure we wouldn't allow too much light into the camera and create a bright image and we looked at the manual and auto focus it because it can give your video a unique element and add a professional touch to a simple video
We also looked out how directors/camera operators and photographers use lines, horizontal, vertical and diagonal to give a different sense to the scene.
We looked at looking space where the subject is looking into a empty space, talking, facing, looking or thats what the audience can see.
And we looked at motion space, where the camera shows an empty space on the side where the subject is moving/walking, and different heights to give a sense of emotion.
We looked at all of these and then looked at a culture show program.
We began planning our own culture show in a group, three people in a group, we used a story board and we made a script.
Two people from the group then went off to film and interview whilst the other one looked at how to edit on final cut pro.
When the camera man and interviewer came back with the footage we transfered it to the macs and began editing.
After that lesson our next lesson we began adding finishing touches like music.
This is where we used the razor blade tool, we used the razor blade tool to cut footage where we needed to add effects or cut into the footage where there was a mistake.
These are the browser, viewer and canvas boxes.
The browser is to find effects, the viewer is to view everything you have done, and canvas is where the footage comes up that you took when you first started transferring.
This is the timeline, where you add the footage and audio, and where you use the razor to cut the footage or the audio where it needs to be cut.
The way we could improve the final product is adding better music more effects,and a longer video this is because the music we used doesn't really go with our footage we basically just found one that sounded good and applied it, and by adding more effects we can improve it with transitions between scenes, and by making the footage longer we can draw people in more as ours is only about 3 minutes where we could of made it longer and improved it by interviewing more than one person.
We learnt how to white balance the camera, if we didn't do that we would end up having a blue or orange haze on all our footage. Not good.
We also looked at the focus, manual and auto, and the exposure we looked at these so that for the exposure we wouldn't allow too much light into the camera and create a bright image and we looked at the manual and auto focus it because it can give your video a unique element and add a professional touch to a simple video
We also looked out how directors/camera operators and photographers use lines, horizontal, vertical and diagonal to give a different sense to the scene.
We looked at looking space where the subject is looking into a empty space, talking, facing, looking or thats what the audience can see.
And we looked at motion space, where the camera shows an empty space on the side where the subject is moving/walking, and different heights to give a sense of emotion.
We looked at all of these and then looked at a culture show program.
We began planning our own culture show in a group, three people in a group, we used a story board and we made a script.
Two people from the group then went off to film and interview whilst the other one looked at how to edit on final cut pro.
When the camera man and interviewer came back with the footage we transfered it to the macs and began editing.
After that lesson our next lesson we began adding finishing touches like music.
This is where we used the razor blade tool, we used the razor blade tool to cut footage where we needed to add effects or cut into the footage where there was a mistake.
These are the browser, viewer and canvas boxes.
The browser is to find effects, the viewer is to view everything you have done, and canvas is where the footage comes up that you took when you first started transferring.
This is the timeline, where you add the footage and audio, and where you use the razor to cut the footage or the audio where it needs to be cut.
The way we could improve the final product is adding better music more effects,and a longer video this is because the music we used doesn't really go with our footage we basically just found one that sounded good and applied it, and by adding more effects we can improve it with transitions between scenes, and by making the footage longer we can draw people in more as ours is only about 3 minutes where we could of made it longer and improved it by interviewing more than one person.
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