Saim Yasin's Blog

Today i learned about new editing techniques from the internet. Normally i used the software Filmora 9 but as i took Media studies i have started using Premiere Pro and have seen that their is much more to editing. I learned how to mask one clip onto another, i learned how to add an adjustment layer which helps us to make changes to the original video which is very helpful, i learned how to make a video jumpy, i learned to place a text and make it track a certain object in a video. The biggest challenge for me at the moment is color grading as it is quite difficult and not easy to learn but i shall play around with it and learn it in time.

Today i learned about Camera shots and compositions. I learned new types of shots e.g Dutch Tilt, Dolly In, Dolly Out, Crane shot etc. and i also learnt about camera angles and what they represent e.g high angle shows a character to be weak and low angle shows a character to be strong or big. I also learnt about the rules of third and 180 Degree rule. I watched a lot of short segments from films like heat in which de niro and pacino are having a conversation at a table, that scene perfectly shows the 180 degree rule as the camera keeps switching as the person speaks.

Today i studied the deconstruction of film openings. Specifically speaking i learned deconstruction about the film Silence of the Lambs. I learnt how silence of the lambs being a horror has long pan shots to intoduce the audience with the environment. It's title is also shown at the centre of the movie's frame to show proportionality of a horror. I also learned a lot of other things about it which were quite helpful to me. I learnt it form this site: https://www.slideshare.net/monstersinc3/deconstruction-of-film-openings

Today i studied about the representations in film openings. I studied how many films follow conventions and many dont. I saw how horror films for an example represent a person to be weak in situations of danger whereas action films always show protagonist and antagonist to be at the same level in a fight. I also saw how even the smallest details can show the feeling of a movie for example if a person is wearing all black he could either be a robber or a spy or he could be in danger etc.

I studied genres previously. I also studied about how each genre has different types of openings. Action has a very jumpy and quick opening, Horror has a dark and slow opening, Crime has an opening in which usually in the start there is a deal going on or a gang fight etc. This helped me with my knowledge on Film Openings.

Today i studied about film genres. The ones that striked me the most were Action, Horror and crime. These ones striked me the most as i always loved movies like Avengers, Insidious, The Godfather, Scarface etc. I read how these genres communicate with their audiences and what kind of audience does each genre get.

 HI. I am Saim Yasin, I study in AS Beaconhouse Margalla Campus Islamabad and I take media studies. Ill post my progress and methods on this blog.