On February 3rd our Media Studies group had the privilege of going to New York. I've always longed to travel to New York as the iconic status of this city has always appealed to me due to its famous landmarks and vibrant lifestyle. The whole point of the trip was to explore the city as a media phenomenon, looking at social and cultural aspects as well as the advanced world of modern filming. I was quite intrigued to view the famous filming locations as New York is renowned for this, I was fascinated by the vast amount of film locations and the numerous films, such as; Cloverfield, I am Legend, Ghostbusters and Spiderman that have been involved around these landmarks.
This gave us an insight into how everything is over exaggerated due to editing to help emphasise the presence of its surroundings compared to real life, especially when viewing the 'Friends' apartment. On top of witnissing these famous filming locations we had the chance to attend a 4 hour filming masterclass, where we learnt about: filming,editing and acting. From attending this class i learnt about the various lighting postions to help emphasise shadowing around characters and setting to help create a mood or an atmosphere to produce a certain affect on the audience.
I also learnt that editing can be reletively simple when shown the correct method. A brief tour of NBC Studios also came in useful as the layout of a television set clearly demonstrated the various angles from where the shots are taken and established.
Overall I throughly enjoyed my time in New York as it was an amazing experience and I have taken lots of inspiration which will hopefully encourage and develop certain ideas of filming.
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