Martin Scorsese Techniques

Scorsese is a prestigious American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He has worked with some of the best films to date like Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Mean Streets. The films that he has worked on have all been very influential and inspirational pieces that have gone on to make some of the directors today.

Being so successful in his line of work he created a trademark for his work that expressed his style of directing. For example Martin Scorsese would begin his films with a segment taken from the middle or end to make the film more indulging and entertaining for the viewers. Also he introduced the stepping-stones for special effects to be accepted and used in a wider spectrum of the media industry by including slow motion entwined with certain shots, which was revolutionary in cinematography. One of Scorsese’s editing styles would involve pausing the frame during the middle of an action packed frame and have a voice over of the first person narrative in connection to the certain scenario. Another very clever editing technique is the flash-bulb cuts that help change the scene and atmosphere of the setting that help a wipe to happen as well. Many of his techniques has been used and adapted through the years to this very day as Andy Wachowski has used numerous of these techniques in The Matrix as he would speed up and slow down many action shots while a fight would break out which is the same method Scorsese would use to capture the fast paced action taking place.

A well known shoot out scene in The Departed was captured perfectly as different techniques and camera angles were used to get every aspect of the characters in the story, making sure each part of the situation is clear to the audience. During the first set of shots fired the camera swiftly turns as if it was a first person shot of someone turning their head, creating the rapid feel of the battle amongst the cops and villains. He uses quick cuts during the scene so you only really hear the gun being fired and the end result of someone dying. He also captures a birds-eye shot of someone firing the gun towards the camera as they fall back from a shot, involving the viewer in the shootout, making them feel like they are their. There is a juxtaposition between the cops and the robbers involving the shots fired as when ever there is a close-up of the shot fired by the police it shows the pinnacle of the criminals as the shot focuses on them getting shot. This expresses the contrast in good and bad and good winning and overriding the bad guys in which they gun them down. As you only see the two sides in the in a close-up of each individual Scorsese uses shot-reverse shot of them firing at each other. Then the final scene he uses a crosscutting technique to show Jack Nicholson’s reaction as he makes an escape away from the rivalry. 

Photography Evaluation

The photos came out how I had planned and gave a clear insight into theme behind the product. Using a variety of backgrounds and settings to portray the creative use of the architecture around London that is shown through the products as the product is aimed at a young, out-going, artistic audience. The picture would be better used for advertisement purposes to sell the product as opposed to inform people on the product although it has informed the audience of the style behind the brand that is being advertised. Seeing as the photos were aimed around the model that also advertised the product the photos were based on I could of focused on a more in-depth, detailed closer look at the product. I could have achieved this by doing close-up shots that involve the product as the centre of the shot. If these images were to be published in a magazine I think these photos would be ideal to sell the product to the target audience. As these photos would be published in a fashion-based magazine, which is an art form, the readers would also appreciate and relate to the photography, as these photos are also forms of art involving fashion. Making the photos include an array of angles like a birds-eye view of the model and using techniques such as the rule of thirds to allow the viewer to be attracted to the point of interest, the product. I used a fast shutter speed so the whole of the photo is clear so the viewer can see the surroundings clearly in order to help them to relate to the picture and so they look and analyse it longer so you can see the whole picture in all its detail. 

Product Photography

 

How to use the scratch disk in final cut pro

Before starting your project on final cut pro you need to set a scratch disk which will help you keep footage you are working with organised. You need to click on final cut pro then system settings and this will enable you start working with the scratch disk.

Then click on the top set button which will allow you to direct the footage you upload and choose the location/folder of where you want the footage to be stored.

After creating the folder you need to set all the other data to the folder where the data you are saving is being placed so you set the waveform cache, the thumbnail cache and the autosave vault all in the same folder. Having these features in the folder with the raw media you are working with will support your work.

Finally make sure your work has been saved.

Fast Shutter Speed

Using a fast shutter speed allows you to capture lots of detail in a quick shot. Having a fast shutter speed will give you the capability to get a picture of the quickest thing, for instance a drop of water, and still be able to get the persist moment in time you press the button to take the picture. Without using this setting I would not of been able to get these shots. I selected a speed of around 1/4,000th of a second, as I was capturing something this quick you had to be on the ball to get the perfect picture. There was a lot of trial and error but the odd few were managed to get the drop as it hit the water.

Interesting Framing Techniques

Here are some shots I thought captured interesting angles because of the placement of the main attraction to the pictures. For instance the first picture of the tall chair had a simple style of framing as it was just on the left hand side although because the chair is so big it takes up half of the picture this helped incapsulate the viewers eye onto the purpose of the picture, to capture a portrait. The second photo uses I was particularly fond of as the the crowd slowly gets smaller close to the centre of the picture and the smashed glass is the point of interest. This photo follows the rule of thirds.