Rebecca's AS Media Blog: ASFF

ASFF

What we did:

We went to York for the day with the Year 13 class to see what people have produced and to have a look around York too. We also got the chance to have a look around St. John's University and attend a lecture where we were shown some of the films of students and what the course is like at the Uni.

Special Effects Master Class

There was a special effects master class that we all attended which was held in the Theatre Royal. This was look into some of the problems that the camera crew face when they are filming, for example - there was a clip from Gravity which is set in space so the camera won't be on the ground all of the time because there isn't any gravity in space. There was almost a floating effect that was given off the way that the camera was used in this scene which was very interesting to see. There was also another showing of a film, Anna Karenina where there is a continuous shot where they are using a steadicam to film the scene. This looked very complicated because as the camera was following one of the actors, the rest of the set was being prepared for the next scene and if anything was out of place then they would have to start again to make sure that they got it perfect. For example, if one of the actors didn't come out on their cue then they would have to start again because the effect would have been lost.

Here are some of the pictures I took while I was in York: