Evaluation
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
As a group task, our group decided that we didn’t want to make the storyline obvious so we chose an idea of having flashbacks throughout the film so the viewer would gradually understand what has happened. The idea of this was to make the audience seem confused and question the film, this will then build up the suspense as they are wondering what is/has happened, we chose this idea as it is a mystery and we were sticking to the thriller genre. Our ideas first came from the film “Fargo (1996)” which starts off with a long opening of a car slowly driving past, our idea was to have the woman walking slowly through the fields on her journey home, by having a long opening of an object or person moving slowly, and it makes the audience wonder what is happening, by having this shot at the start it didn’t give away any of the storyline. We then included small fast paced flashbacks throughout the video which would made the audience confused as they are wondering why they were put in and wanting to watch more, but as the film goes on the viewer should be able to understand what has happen as more of the flashbacks are shown of the night before. Some/most of the shots that we decided to use are used in real media products, for example using a close up shot and then quickly cutting to a long shot makes the audience wonder about what happening and what shot will come next. Most of the long shots we used were on the actress walking, these shots were from a far distance away and usually lasted more than 5 seconds, and this might mean the audience were wondering what she looked like, what she was wearing and where she was, as the setting around her was open spaced. After the long shot we quickly used a flashback of a close up of her legs and her tights getting ripped the night before, we used this so the audience were less confused about the rips in her tights as she was walking through the fields.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As a group we didn’t really involve many different social groups in our footage as we just have a women and a man. I’m sure we could have involved more social groups in this project but we had a time limited of 2 minutes and didn’t want to make it more complicated than it already was. As the woman is the main part of this and is the one who is getting raped, this could show that women need to be careful and watch out most of the time, we used the rape scene and the women as the main parts of our footage as it was easy to follow and many other thrillers use the same idea as it sticks to the thriller genre closely. Our film would come around the middle class range as the actors are middle class and we as the film developers are middle class, we aimed our film for all classes to watch but think that middle class will visit cinema’s more and would prefer to watch thriller movies more than higher class people and lower class people. We think that the race who would watch this film is widely open to any race as it doesn’t just settle on one race even though the actress is British and the actor is British. We think that the British might watch this movie more as the roles are taken by British actors, this might mean that the film is distributed in the UK more as the USA won’t know the actors who are being used in our film, which could mean some of the possible viewers might not want to see it.
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I would distribute my film to Working Title. This is because working title has got lots of back up from Universal as they own Working Title. This could help my film be larger and be put into more cinema’s and earn more profit as universal can help fund Working Title for equipment and actors etc. This will help make my film and any other films I make in the future larger and be better quality as the company can afford more expensive equipment and better know actors and actresses. Working Title are a smaller company that work to make films in the UK and have more UK actors in, this would help with my film as they are based in the UK. With the backup of Universal this would help my film as if they enjoyed the film it could have a possibility of going into cinemas in America as Universal own multiplexes over the country, but not only that they could also distribute the film even better in the UK as they will have more money to make Trailers and adverts etc, to make the film get out and make it well known, this will help as more people will be watching the trailer and will be teased by it and will end up watching it when it is out in the UK. As the company is located in the UK this will mean it is easier to communicate with working title and easier to make plans about meeting, filming etc. Even though Working Title is backed up by Universal this won’t mean that the film I am going to make would make it into all of the multiplex’s in the USA it just might have a possibility that it could reach some cinema’s in the USA due to the ownership of Universal and them having the money and power to own multiplex’s over the USA
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
The target audience that our media product was aimed at were for people who like thriller films that have changes in them and that are suspenseful. I think that the audience for my groups product would vary in ages, ranging from 16 + because it contains some violence in, the audience would also vary between genders because some people enjoy different types of films, and enjoy different genre’s and different types of thrillers. Because the age certificate will be around 15/16+ this means that the target audience for age will be above that age, as you can’t watch it otherwise. But even though the film has that age boundary on it the majority of the watchers will be around 18 – 25 as the younger adults may prefer scarier/thriller films that older people. Even though both genders might like this product, it will probably be pointing more towards the male gender due to the men not taking any harm to the product as the women is being raped, but women could also be interested with the product because it relates to the women in the majority of the film, but the women might also like the film as the majority of the film involves a women/girl. Not only would the age certificate be around 15/16 year olds, but I think that the majority of the viewers would age from 18 – 25 as they have the chance to go to the cinema with mates later at night and they might be able to drive etc, they also might have the money because they are old enough to work, so this audience would be the dominant due to them being able to watch the film and have the money and time to watch it.
• How did you attract/address your audience?
Our project was aimed to keep the audience attracted to the footage and audio by making the footage suspenseful and making the viewer to keep watching the footage so they watch it until the end and find out what happens, I think that the project we have made does this well as we have include footage from the night before which is fast paced footage, this makes the suspense build as we kept putting short flashbacks of these short fast paced clips throughout the video to build even more suspense and let the audience to want to watch it until the end so they know what happens. The video might be confusing to some viewers as at the start of the video she has ripped tights, and in the middle of the video in one of the flashbacks you see the guy ripping her tights, this shows that it was the morning after when she was walking home and the flashbacks were from the night before.
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
As I myself had never used a video camera, tripod or the editing software, this project was big as I had to learn how to use all of these new things all at once to be able to film and edit the work, but I was able to learn how to use these very quickly as we got taught well. At the start I could barely work the video camera properly, but I learnt quickly as it was pretty simple to use, also the tripod was simple to use as I am good at finding out how to work things on my own. At the start of the project I had no idea on how to work with the editing software Adobe premiere pro, but now I can do all sorts, I can use the software well and use many of the effects, I can also make titles that are still and that roll of either side, I can also mess around with the lighting within the footage with the lighting effects edit, this allows you to change the colour of the footage to what colour you want, but I’ve only used it to change the footage slightly darker. I have also learned how to separate the audio files from the footage and how to separate the footage from the audio as this was what we needed to do in our project. Not only learning all of that though but I have learnt about all of the different shots etc, this helped me to develop becoming a better director and a better camera man as I gave our groups thoughts of different camera shots and different camera angles to make our film look better and become more thrilling, not only that but directing the actors and actresses where abouts to go and what actions to do, to make the film look even better and have more ideas into our group to decide upon.
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Since the preliminary task I have learnt quite a lot about using the equipment and software we were given to use, not only that but also using a decent well lit location is vital. I have learnt and have got a better understanding of how to work the camera and the different settings are possible, I have also got a steadier hand on the tripod when panning and tilting, this will make the video look better as mostly all pans and tilts are smooth. The main thing I have learnt is about the editing software, my knowledge on how to use the software has expanded as I have used to for longer, I now know how to use titles and how to make them fade in and roll of the side of the screen etc, I have also searched through more of the effects and have a better knowledge on what effect to use, I also know how to select the audio if I just want that, or how to select the video file only. I have also learnt more about planning and testing, if you are using locations outside, it is always best to test before as you might not get the image or footage you want to get due to the weather/time of day, also if you get the correct lighting for the location and what you want it will/can make your footage more interesting as the viewer can understand what is going on and have a good view about where she is and what she is doing there. But, one of the main things that I have learnt is that it’s better to work in smaller groups when you are making small clips, as you won’t need a group of 4 to make a 2 minute video as at least 1 person in the group will be doing nothing. One of the main things that I have learnt from the preliminary task is how important sound is in a 2 minute clip, I realised that if you don’t have the correct sound during the film it can ruin the whole film, I also realised that searching for sounds takes time as you have to get the correct sound for your film to make it correct, it took our group a while to find the correct sounds we wanted and I thought that the sounds are good for our group and they run smoothly which improves the film and adds to the thriller genre as our music is mysterious and makes the viewer to sit up onto their seats and expect something to happen. I also realised that communication around the group is vital because things can go wrong if people don’t follow instructions, and if you don’t tell everybody about ideas or filming times etc people will not be there and will not know what they have to do.
Friday, 23 April 2010
Thursday, 22 April 2010
First Draft Evaluation
Evaluation
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
As a group task, our group decided that we didn’t want to make the storyline obvious so we chose an idea of having flashbacks throughout the film so the viewer would gradually understand what has happened. The idea of this was to make the audience seem confused and question the film, this will then build up the suspense as they are wondering what is/has happened, we chose this idea as it is a mystery and we were sticking to the thriller genre. Our ideas first came from the film “Fargo (1996)” which starts off with a long opening of a car slowly driving past, our idea was to have the woman walking slowly through the fields on her journey home, by having a long opening of an object or person moving slowly, and it makes the audience wonder what is happening, by having this shot at the start it didn’t give away any of the storyline. We then included small fast paced flashbacks throughout the video which would made the audience confused as they are wondering why they were put in and wanting to watch more, but as the film goes on the viewer should be able to understand what has happen as more of the flashbacks are shown of the night before. Some/most of the shots that we decided to use are used in real media products, for example using a close up shot and then quickly cutting to a long shot makes the audience wonder about what happening and what shot will come next. Most of the long shots we used were on the actress walking, these shots were from a far distance away and usually lasted more than 5 seconds, and this might mean the audience were wondering what she looked like, what she was wearing and where she was, as the setting around her was open spaced. After the long shot we quickly used a flashback of a close up of her legs and her tights getting ripped the night before, we used this so the audience were less confused about the rips in her tights as she was walking through the fields.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As a group we didn’t really involve many different social groups in our footage as we just have a women and a man. I’m sure we could have involved more social groups in this project but we had a time limited of 2 minutes and didn’t want to make it more complicated than it already was. As the woman is the main part of this and is the one who is getting raped, this could show that women need to be careful and watch out most of the time, we used the rape scene and the women as the main parts of our footage as it was easy to follow and many other thrillers use the same idea as it sticks to the thriller genre closely.
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I would distribute my film to working title. This is because working title has got lots of back up from Universal as they own working title. This could help my film be larger and be put into more cinema’s and earn more profit as universal can help fund working title for equipment and actors etc. This will help make my film and any other films I make in the future larger and be better quality as the company can afford more expensive equipment and better know actors and actresses. Working title are a smaller company that work to make films in the UK and have more UK actors in, this would help with my film as they are based in the UK. With the backup of Universal this would help my film as if they enjoyed the film it could have a possibility of going into cinemas in America as Universal own multiplexes over the country, but not only that they could also distribute the film even better in the UK as they will have more money to make Trailers and adverts etc, to make the film get out and make it well known, this will help as more people will be watching the trailer and will be teased by it and will end up watching it when it is out in the UK. As the company is located in the UK this will mean it is easier to communicate with working title and easier to make plans about meeting, filming etc.
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
The target audience that our media product was aimed at were for people who like thriller films that have changes in them and that are suspenseful. I think that the audience for my groups product would vary in ages, ranging from 16 + because it contains some violence in, the audience would also vary between genders because some people enjoy different types of films, and enjoy different genre’s and different types of thrillers. Because the age certificate will be around 15/16+ this means that the target audience for age will be above that age, as you can’t watch it otherwise. But even though the film has that age boundary on it the majority of the watchers will be around 18 – 25 as the younger adults may prefer scarier/thriller films that older people. Even though both genders might like this product, it will probably be pointing more towards the male gender due to the men not taking any harm to the product as the women is being raped, but women could also be interested with the product because it relates to the women in the majority of the film, but the women might also like the film as the majority of the film involves a women/girl.
• How did you attract/address your audience?
Our project was aimed to keep the audience attracted to the footage and audio by making the footage suspenseful and making the viewer to keep watching the footage so they watch it until the end and find out what happens, I think that the project we have made does this well as we have include footage from the night before which is fast paced footage, this makes the suspense build as we kept putting short flashbacks of these short fast paced clips throughout the video to build even more suspense and let the audience to want to watch it until the end so they know what happens. The video might be confusing to some viewers as at the start of the video she has ripped tights, and in the middle of the video in one of the flashbacks you see the guy ripping her tights, this shows that it was the morning after when she was walking home and the flashbacks were from the night before.
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
As I myself had never used a video camera, tripod or the editing software, this project was big as I had to learn how to use all of these new things all at once to be able to film and edit the work, but I was able to learn how to use these very quickly as we got taught well. At the start I could barely work the video camera properly, but I learnt quickly as it was pretty simple to use, also the tripod was simple to use as I am good at finding out how to work things on my own. At the start of the project I had no idea on how to work with the editing software Adobe premiere pro, but now I can do all sorts, I can use the software well and use many of the effects, I can also make titles that are still and that roll of either side, I can also mess around with the lighting within the footage with the lighting effects edit, this allows you to change the colour of the footage to what colour you want, but I’ve only used it to change the footage slightly darker. I have also learned how to separate the audio files from the footage and how to separate the footage from the audio as this was what we needed to do in our project.
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Since the preliminary task I have learnt quite a lot about using the equipment and software we were given to use, not only that but also using a decent well lit location is vital. I have learnt and have got a better understanding of how to work the camera and the different settings are possible, I have also got a steadier hand on the tripod when panning and tilting, this will make the video look better as mostly all pans and tilts are smooth. The main thing I have learnt is about the editing software, my knowledge on how to use the software has expanded as I have used to for longer, I now know how to use titles and how to make them fade in and roll of the side of the screen etc, I have also searched through more of the effects and have a better knowledge on what effect to use, I also know how to select the audio if I just want that, or how to select the video file only. I have also learnt more about planning and testing, if you are using locations outside, it is always best to test before as you might not get the image or footage you want to get due to the weather/time of day, also if you get the correct lighting for the location and what you want it will/can make your footage more interesting as the viewer can understand what is going on and have a good view about where she is and what she is doing there. But, one of the main things that I have learnt is that it’s better to work in smaller groups when you are making small clips, as you won’t need a group of 4 to make a 2 minute video as at least 1 person in the group will be doing nothing.
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
As a group task, our group decided that we didn’t want to make the storyline obvious so we chose an idea of having flashbacks throughout the film so the viewer would gradually understand what has happened. The idea of this was to make the audience seem confused and question the film, this will then build up the suspense as they are wondering what is/has happened, we chose this idea as it is a mystery and we were sticking to the thriller genre. Our ideas first came from the film “Fargo (1996)” which starts off with a long opening of a car slowly driving past, our idea was to have the woman walking slowly through the fields on her journey home, by having a long opening of an object or person moving slowly, and it makes the audience wonder what is happening, by having this shot at the start it didn’t give away any of the storyline. We then included small fast paced flashbacks throughout the video which would made the audience confused as they are wondering why they were put in and wanting to watch more, but as the film goes on the viewer should be able to understand what has happen as more of the flashbacks are shown of the night before. Some/most of the shots that we decided to use are used in real media products, for example using a close up shot and then quickly cutting to a long shot makes the audience wonder about what happening and what shot will come next. Most of the long shots we used were on the actress walking, these shots were from a far distance away and usually lasted more than 5 seconds, and this might mean the audience were wondering what she looked like, what she was wearing and where she was, as the setting around her was open spaced. After the long shot we quickly used a flashback of a close up of her legs and her tights getting ripped the night before, we used this so the audience were less confused about the rips in her tights as she was walking through the fields.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As a group we didn’t really involve many different social groups in our footage as we just have a women and a man. I’m sure we could have involved more social groups in this project but we had a time limited of 2 minutes and didn’t want to make it more complicated than it already was. As the woman is the main part of this and is the one who is getting raped, this could show that women need to be careful and watch out most of the time, we used the rape scene and the women as the main parts of our footage as it was easy to follow and many other thrillers use the same idea as it sticks to the thriller genre closely.
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I would distribute my film to working title. This is because working title has got lots of back up from Universal as they own working title. This could help my film be larger and be put into more cinema’s and earn more profit as universal can help fund working title for equipment and actors etc. This will help make my film and any other films I make in the future larger and be better quality as the company can afford more expensive equipment and better know actors and actresses. Working title are a smaller company that work to make films in the UK and have more UK actors in, this would help with my film as they are based in the UK. With the backup of Universal this would help my film as if they enjoyed the film it could have a possibility of going into cinemas in America as Universal own multiplexes over the country, but not only that they could also distribute the film even better in the UK as they will have more money to make Trailers and adverts etc, to make the film get out and make it well known, this will help as more people will be watching the trailer and will be teased by it and will end up watching it when it is out in the UK. As the company is located in the UK this will mean it is easier to communicate with working title and easier to make plans about meeting, filming etc.
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
The target audience that our media product was aimed at were for people who like thriller films that have changes in them and that are suspenseful. I think that the audience for my groups product would vary in ages, ranging from 16 + because it contains some violence in, the audience would also vary between genders because some people enjoy different types of films, and enjoy different genre’s and different types of thrillers. Because the age certificate will be around 15/16+ this means that the target audience for age will be above that age, as you can’t watch it otherwise. But even though the film has that age boundary on it the majority of the watchers will be around 18 – 25 as the younger adults may prefer scarier/thriller films that older people. Even though both genders might like this product, it will probably be pointing more towards the male gender due to the men not taking any harm to the product as the women is being raped, but women could also be interested with the product because it relates to the women in the majority of the film, but the women might also like the film as the majority of the film involves a women/girl.
• How did you attract/address your audience?
Our project was aimed to keep the audience attracted to the footage and audio by making the footage suspenseful and making the viewer to keep watching the footage so they watch it until the end and find out what happens, I think that the project we have made does this well as we have include footage from the night before which is fast paced footage, this makes the suspense build as we kept putting short flashbacks of these short fast paced clips throughout the video to build even more suspense and let the audience to want to watch it until the end so they know what happens. The video might be confusing to some viewers as at the start of the video she has ripped tights, and in the middle of the video in one of the flashbacks you see the guy ripping her tights, this shows that it was the morning after when she was walking home and the flashbacks were from the night before.
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
As I myself had never used a video camera, tripod or the editing software, this project was big as I had to learn how to use all of these new things all at once to be able to film and edit the work, but I was able to learn how to use these very quickly as we got taught well. At the start I could barely work the video camera properly, but I learnt quickly as it was pretty simple to use, also the tripod was simple to use as I am good at finding out how to work things on my own. At the start of the project I had no idea on how to work with the editing software Adobe premiere pro, but now I can do all sorts, I can use the software well and use many of the effects, I can also make titles that are still and that roll of either side, I can also mess around with the lighting within the footage with the lighting effects edit, this allows you to change the colour of the footage to what colour you want, but I’ve only used it to change the footage slightly darker. I have also learned how to separate the audio files from the footage and how to separate the footage from the audio as this was what we needed to do in our project.
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Since the preliminary task I have learnt quite a lot about using the equipment and software we were given to use, not only that but also using a decent well lit location is vital. I have learnt and have got a better understanding of how to work the camera and the different settings are possible, I have also got a steadier hand on the tripod when panning and tilting, this will make the video look better as mostly all pans and tilts are smooth. The main thing I have learnt is about the editing software, my knowledge on how to use the software has expanded as I have used to for longer, I now know how to use titles and how to make them fade in and roll of the side of the screen etc, I have also searched through more of the effects and have a better knowledge on what effect to use, I also know how to select the audio if I just want that, or how to select the video file only. I have also learnt more about planning and testing, if you are using locations outside, it is always best to test before as you might not get the image or footage you want to get due to the weather/time of day, also if you get the correct lighting for the location and what you want it will/can make your footage more interesting as the viewer can understand what is going on and have a good view about where she is and what she is doing there. But, one of the main things that I have learnt is that it’s better to work in smaller groups when you are making small clips, as you won’t need a group of 4 to make a 2 minute video as at least 1 person in the group will be doing nothing.
Thursday 22nd April
In todays lesson we had finished our video and was just checking it over with sounds and everything to make sure we have made it to our best ability, we had to change some of the sounds around to make them perfect for all of our group to agree on, then we had to export it to AVI, encode it and upload it onto YouTube.
Tuesday 20th April
In this lesson we finally find our groups main music that we wanted to use throughout the film. Catherine and Sarah finally found the correct sound and then they imported it into our media folder, then Aidan and I edited the sound in Adobe sound booth and made it fade in and changed some of the sounds to tone it down and add more bass, we then selected these and inserted the sound into our film in our film and cut them down to perfect sizes to fit the film perfectly in the places we wanted the sound to be.
Thursday 15th March
In this lesson Aidan and I were searching for music that we could use throughout the video, while Catherine was helping us slightly and Sarah was completing her evaluation. Aidan and I searched with Catherine’s help for music that is mysterious and adds suspense to the film; we want a soundtrack that will add to the film over the scenes where she is walking. We then watched the film over more times just to check what kind of sound we need for the scenes we need it in. We finished the lesson knowing what sounds we wanted to get for next Tuesday where we can search for it and get the sound we want.
Tuesday 13th April
In this lesson we captured our shots that we took on Sunday. After this Aidan and I were set to edit the shots and add in the music, we edited all the shots down so they fit into the correct places perfectly and ran smooth. After using the storyboard to correctly put the shots into positions Aidan and I listened to the music through so we could get the correct sounds and get the volume correct, this adds suspense to the video as the sounds are mysterious and thrilling. We ending this lesson by watching the film through a few times to make sure that the sound ran correctly and sounded perfect so we didn’t have to worry next lesson and could just crack on with the work.
Sunday 11th April
We organised a day to re film and film some new shots to add into our film. We decided where to set up the camera and practiced a few shots before we started filming. As we were filming we all had decisions and discussed the different angles and shots we would take, this helped as we had more ideas that we could decide on. We all contributed to directing and filming these shots. After filming the shots we needed we decided to use Aidan’s breathing to sound like its coming from the phone to scare her, this added to build suspense and make the film more thrilling.
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Thursday 25th March
After Tuesdays lesson were we got our feedback for our film, we wrote some of the feedback down so we could use it another time. We discussed our feedback in depth and all agreed on the new shots that we wanted to film and what we wanted to re-film, we also talked about the lack of sound that we had and how much we need to add to our film, we have spoke about the sound that we want while she is walking, but we haven’t yet completed it.
Tuesday 23rd March
in Today’s lesson for most of it we watched every groups videos and then gave them feedback, we then had a discussion as a class about overall feedback for each group, our group noted this down as we could follow it when we were re-filming. We then talked in our group about what we needed to do while Sarah noted it down and planned for new/re filming. We then watched through our video a few times and see what we needed to do from the feedback we got and realise the mistakes we had made. We then had a little group discussion about the new shots we wanted to film, and decided what they were going to be like and whether the whole group agreed on it.
Friday 19th March
Today is the draft hand in date, before we needed to hand it in Catherine and I stayed in for a bit longer than usual to complete the titles and to covert and upload our film to YouTube and then put on our blogs.
Thursday 18th March
I finally had the music that I made at home using the program Magix music maker 16, I made this from different drum sounds and voices etc. This allowed me to choose how I wanted it and how I thought it should be. Aidan and I then sat around the computer cutting the music down to perfection and placing it correctly, we then played through the film a few times to make sure that it sounded alright. Aidan and I then started to do some of the titles for our names etc, we used some of our break time to finish these as we needed to and the hand in date was on Friday.
Tuesday 16th March
In today’s lesson we watched the film a few times to understand where we needed the music and what type of music we wanted, then Aidan and I went on the search for the music using YouTube, we spent most of the lesson looking for this type of music as it was important and we needed it quickly as the first hand in draft deadline was coming up shortly, this was vital as we didn’t have all of our sound found but we filled in the parts that needed it most.
Thursday 11th March
We finally had finished editing the clips together, cutting them down and checking the storyboard to keep the footage in order as we first planned, we then had a brief search on YouTube for dance/club music for when the flashbacks come on and she is at the party. We found some clips that we could use and I was going to send to my brother as he can make music, but we still needed to search for more clips as we couldn’t find the correct type that my group and I wanted to use for these scenes.
Tuesday 9th March
In today’s lesson we captured the new footage we got on Sunday, after capturing the footage I inserted it into our film at the end of the shots and cut them all down until they were the correct sizes. We then sat around one computer as a group while I was putting them into the correct places and we shared thoughts about the ways we should edit the new shots in with the old shots, this will then make the film even better as we will have four different options to choose from. While we were adding the clips, near the end of the lesson we had finished editing all the shots and we listened to it through a few times to think about where we need sound and what kind of sound do we need.
Sunday 7th March
Today we had planned to film the other half of our film, this separate day was to film the flashback scenes we needed. We used Catherine’s house at night to film as we thought it would look much more effective as the flashback scenes needed to be filmed later at night so it looks more effective. We all helped when we were filming because Sarah and I were filming while Catherine and Aidan were directing, this helped as all of the team were joining in so we could get the work done quicker. While we were filming we talked about what we had to finish of doing and what we were going to do as a team, we decided that we needed sound over the flashback scenes to make it sound like a party is happening downstairs while she is being raped, this made it easier for the group as we knew what we needed to finish off doing, while we were talking about the things we needed to do for our film to finish it, we also spoke about how we are going to edit the new shots we have just taken and we decided that all the flashback scenes would have a dip to white at the start of the scene and at the end of the scene, not only that but we decided they would also be black & white.
Thursday 4th March
in this lesson my group and I were planning to edit the shots we had already taken and had decided that we were filming on Sunday, but firstly I rendered and uploaded our storyboard task that I took pictures off and made with the editing software, after this my group and I sat around one computer telling me what to do with the editing and previewing it and then deciding as a group whether to keep the edit or not, this allowed us to all agree on the edit. We then cut, edited and tried out loads of different edits to make our work the best as possible and to look great, while doing this we also agreed on the way the shots should go and the order of them.
Tuesday 2nd March
In today’s lesson my group and I captured the filming we had done on Saturday morning. On Saturday morning my group and I set out filming early in the morning, this was to get the weather from the early morning as we needed this in our opening sequence, this is to show that she had came from somewhere as she would be walking home in the morning so nobody saw her, the filming session went well and we got the majority of our shots we wanted and a couple more added on, Catherine White and I did the majority of the work as she was being the director while I was doing the filming, not only that but Aidan Foster was giving Catherine and I ideas for new shots and different camera angles that we could use to shoot and to make our opening sequence look even better. So in this lesson we captured the work which took the majority of the lesson, while Catherine White and I were doing that, Aidan Foster and Sarah Morris were using the video camera to take shots of the location where we were filming on Saturday, this was to show what the location looked like in mid day. After we finished capturing we were able to edit a bit of it, we managed to edit some of the shots down to the correct size we wanted it and put them in order, with help from Aidan Foster, we both decided on some editing techniques and how we wanted the shots to look.
Saturday 28th Febuary - First day of Final piece filming
As a group we set of to chilwell fields at 6 a.m in the morning to get the correct lighting that our group wanted/needed for our film, we felt that the weather was alright and was good for what we wanted. We needed to film in the morning as she was walking back from a party in the film so we needed the lighting from the morning.
We started filming at around 7 due to it being a bit to dark at 6, we tried out to film at 6 but we realised that the lighting was too dark and it would look very grainy, so we waited until it got better.
We finally got to the correct lighting we wanted, so we got the actress dressed up into her party clothes and we ripped her tights, this was because her tights had been ripped the night before e.g. in the flashbacks we are going to do. Catherine also helped her apply her make up and she got her self upset so she looked like her make up was smudged from her crying the night before.
We followed our storyboard so we knew what shots we wanted to take and where we wanted to position the camera. We finally got filming and took a few takes of her walking across the bridge and around the gravel corner using high angle shots and close ups to vary with different shots. We filmed a close up shot of her face while she was walking so you could see that she was upset and her smudged make up. We then got a long shot of her walking past the camera and down the path while myself the camera man zoomed into the houses in the background to see that there was a housing estate close to the fields she was in. At this moment all of our group were helping towards the filming as I was filming, Catherine & Aidan were directing and setting up the shots before and Sarah was making sure that Ellie(our actress) knew what she was doing in the different shots. We then took a long take which was of our actress walking down a path, this lasted for around 8 seconds, we used this so the viewers might be able to realise she has had a long day.
After completing filming in the fields we filmed her nearer the housing estate as a gentleman in the bus stop (me) asked her if she was "alright" she didn't respond and he looked at her weirdly as something was up with her. that shot was Mine and Sarah's idea as we thought it would work well.
We then got a few shots of her as she was walking down the road into her house, we got different shots from different angles. We got Ellie to act that she was opening the door to her house and I was following her and touching her shoulder, yet we filmed from in front of her and nobody was behind her, this worked well as it gave the scene more suspense.
This day went well as we had all contributed towards filming or directing, this was good as we all helped out. Even thought we had filmed mostly all of the main part today, I and Catherine felt that we didn't film everything we needed and may be that some of the shots could have be re-filmed later sometime.
We started filming at around 7 due to it being a bit to dark at 6, we tried out to film at 6 but we realised that the lighting was too dark and it would look very grainy, so we waited until it got better.
We finally got to the correct lighting we wanted, so we got the actress dressed up into her party clothes and we ripped her tights, this was because her tights had been ripped the night before e.g. in the flashbacks we are going to do. Catherine also helped her apply her make up and she got her self upset so she looked like her make up was smudged from her crying the night before.
We followed our storyboard so we knew what shots we wanted to take and where we wanted to position the camera. We finally got filming and took a few takes of her walking across the bridge and around the gravel corner using high angle shots and close ups to vary with different shots. We filmed a close up shot of her face while she was walking so you could see that she was upset and her smudged make up. We then got a long shot of her walking past the camera and down the path while myself the camera man zoomed into the houses in the background to see that there was a housing estate close to the fields she was in. At this moment all of our group were helping towards the filming as I was filming, Catherine & Aidan were directing and setting up the shots before and Sarah was making sure that Ellie(our actress) knew what she was doing in the different shots. We then took a long take which was of our actress walking down a path, this lasted for around 8 seconds, we used this so the viewers might be able to realise she has had a long day.
After completing filming in the fields we filmed her nearer the housing estate as a gentleman in the bus stop (me) asked her if she was "alright" she didn't respond and he looked at her weirdly as something was up with her. that shot was Mine and Sarah's idea as we thought it would work well.
We then got a few shots of her as she was walking down the road into her house, we got different shots from different angles. We got Ellie to act that she was opening the door to her house and I was following her and touching her shoulder, yet we filmed from in front of her and nobody was behind her, this worked well as it gave the scene more suspense.
This day went well as we had all contributed towards filming or directing, this was good as we all helped out. Even thought we had filmed mostly all of the main part today, I and Catherine felt that we didn't film everything we needed and may be that some of the shots could have be re-filmed later sometime.
Thursday 25th Febuary
Thursday – In this lesson our group captured the practice filming we did on Tuesday, this allowed my group and I to choose the shots we wanted to keep and where we wanted to film, we also looked through the shots and edited them, this allowed my group and I to have a better understand of what our actual project will look like, this helped us come to a decision about this and what shots we wanted to add into our project to make it look even better, it also allowed us to remember where we had the camera pointing so we didn’t have to mess around on the day of filming with the camera angles.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Test Filming
Today we began to start filming for a test filming session. we used a member of our group as we will change this character with the actress when we are properly filming. we filmed some of the areas that we thought the lighting in that location might be strange, but when we did it in the test it was alright and worked well so we can use this location in the actual filming.
After doing location research, i felt it was important to take photogrpahs of the location for the rape scene. After taking photographs of the location i then worked on costume and took photographs of this aswell.
I think the lesson was successful as we are now ready for filming it on the up coming saturday. We have uploaded the shots we have done and edited them together as a preview before we film the proper thing.
After doing location research, i felt it was important to take photogrpahs of the location for the rape scene. After taking photographs of the location i then worked on costume and took photographs of this aswell.
I think the lesson was successful as we are now ready for filming it on the up coming saturday. We have uploaded the shots we have done and edited them together as a preview before we film the proper thing.
Questionnaire
Another part of our planning would be the questionnaire. Sarah asked 10 individual college students what they though would make a great thriller, and here are the answers:
1. Do you prefer fast pace or slow for a thriller?
Fast – 4
Slow –6
2. Would you prefer lots of dialogue or less
Lots of dialogue - 3
Not so much - 7
3. Would you prefer a loud soundtrack behind the film?
Yes – 6
No - 4
4. Male or Female lead?
Male – 2
Female – 8
5. Would you prefer a large or small cast?
Large –3
Small –7
6. Would you have a mostly dark or light environment?
Dark –9
Light – 1
7. Which font do you prefer for opening credits?
Century Gothic - 1
Monotype Corsiva - 8
Papyrus -
Segoe Script - 1
Trebuchet MS -
8. Do you prefer opening titles to be?
Bold - 2
Underlined - 1
Italic - 5
Mix - 2
9. Where would you prefer it to be set?
Forest - 2
House -
Town – 1
Field - 3
Abandoned places – 4
10. How long would you prefer each credit to be on?
3 Seconds - 6
5 Seconds - 3
5+ Seconds - 1
1. Do you prefer fast pace or slow for a thriller?
Fast – 4
Slow –6
2. Would you prefer lots of dialogue or less
Lots of dialogue - 3
Not so much - 7
3. Would you prefer a loud soundtrack behind the film?
Yes – 6
No - 4
4. Male or Female lead?
Male – 2
Female – 8
5. Would you prefer a large or small cast?
Large –3
Small –7
6. Would you have a mostly dark or light environment?
Dark –9
Light – 1
7. Which font do you prefer for opening credits?
Century Gothic - 1
Monotype Corsiva - 8
Papyrus -
Segoe Script - 1
Trebuchet MS -
8. Do you prefer opening titles to be?
Bold - 2
Underlined - 1
Italic - 5
Mix - 2
9. Where would you prefer it to be set?
Forest - 2
House -
Town – 1
Field - 3
Abandoned places – 4
10. How long would you prefer each credit to be on?
3 Seconds - 6
5 Seconds - 3
5+ Seconds - 1
Storyboard Task
This is the storyboard of the Thriller opening we are making. The storyboard contains shots needed, angles and storylines that will feature in what we are filming. By having the storyboard it will help us know what we need to do in order to grasp the effect we are going for when presenting it to our audience, it will also help us to follow the plan of our filming.
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Costumes, Actors, Props
This is taken from catherines blog, she has writen up the work we had done. we all contributed to casting and ideas for props and costume.
Main character: Teenage (16/17) girl. Medium height, curvy.
- A short tight body con skirt.
- A tight blank vest top.
- Black fish net tights?
- Coloured high heels?
- White Handbag.
- Blue layered thin jacket.
- Make-up: Pale face with with smudged dark red lipstick, black mascara smudged around eyes and a few streams down the face with a slight hint of coloured eye shadow.
We wanted this costume and make-up to make sure that the young girl looks like she has just been to a party, yet at the same time looks as though she has had a rough night the night before. By having ripped tights it looks as though the young girl has been in some sort of trouble and by matching this with running make-up and a pale face, she will look upset and scared.
Elle Pemberton - 17.
Elle is a part of an acting group named Rama and therefore I thought she would be a good actress for our piece. She has been a friend of mine for a while and I knew I could trust and rely on her. Also, her experience was a great advantage for us.
Rapist: Older guy (19/20). Medium height, slight muscle.
- Dark skinny-ish jeans.
- Green t-shirt.
- Large Nike trainers.
- Longish dark hair.
Jake Frost - 17.
Jake is doing A level Drama at George Spencer College. Because he also has experience and is a good friend of mine, Rob's and Aidan's it was easy for us to be able to rely on him and also to be able to easily ask him to help us out.
Props
We also need just a few props for our film. There aren't very many because it isn't the props that actually explains how the film works out, it's more the answers.
Therefore we will only need:
- Keys: for when Ellie will open her front door to get home and feels a hand on her shoulder.
- Bottle: for when Ellie takes a swig in a flashback to show the audience that she had been drinking and could be quite drunk.
- Bag: for Ellie to search through to find her keys when she gets to her front door and also just generally because teenagers carry handbags.
- Tights: not just costume as it is a prop for one of the scenes in the piece when Ellie takes her tights off just after she has been raped.
Main character: Teenage (16/17) girl. Medium height, curvy.
- A short tight body con skirt.
- A tight blank vest top.
- Black fish net tights?
- Coloured high heels?
- White Handbag.
- Blue layered thin jacket.
- Make-up: Pale face with with smudged dark red lipstick, black mascara smudged around eyes and a few streams down the face with a slight hint of coloured eye shadow.
We wanted this costume and make-up to make sure that the young girl looks like she has just been to a party, yet at the same time looks as though she has had a rough night the night before. By having ripped tights it looks as though the young girl has been in some sort of trouble and by matching this with running make-up and a pale face, she will look upset and scared.
Elle Pemberton - 17.
Elle is a part of an acting group named Rama and therefore I thought she would be a good actress for our piece. She has been a friend of mine for a while and I knew I could trust and rely on her. Also, her experience was a great advantage for us.
Rapist: Older guy (19/20). Medium height, slight muscle.
- Dark skinny-ish jeans.
- Green t-shirt.
- Large Nike trainers.
- Longish dark hair.
Jake Frost - 17.
Jake is doing A level Drama at George Spencer College. Because he also has experience and is a good friend of mine, Rob's and Aidan's it was easy for us to be able to rely on him and also to be able to easily ask him to help us out.
Props
We also need just a few props for our film. There aren't very many because it isn't the props that actually explains how the film works out, it's more the answers.
Therefore we will only need:
- Keys: for when Ellie will open her front door to get home and feels a hand on her shoulder.
- Bottle: for when Ellie takes a swig in a flashback to show the audience that she had been drinking and could be quite drunk.
- Bag: for Ellie to search through to find her keys when she gets to her front door and also just generally because teenagers carry handbags.
- Tights: not just costume as it is a prop for one of the scenes in the piece when Ellie takes her tights off just after she has been raped.
Storyboard/Shots
this is a plan that Sarah created to ensure that our group remembers the shots we need to shoot on saturday
Field Shots
1. Across the bridge, long shot of girl walking towards bridge.
2. Close up of girls legs walking across the bridge.
3. Long low angle shot of girl walking (down path)
4. Side close up of girl crying, still walking down path, near gap leading to next field.
5. Close up on ripped tights straight on, girl walking to camera.
6. Low angle long side shot panning as girl walks, showing street.
7. Girl walks past camera to front door, camera pans.
8. Mid shot of girl at her door, side mid-shot.
9. Close up of girl fumbling in her bag.
10. Hand held camera walking up behind girl.
11. Close up of girls head and shoulder, hand comes up behind her.
12. Close up of her turning around.
13. Pan, eye level, empty street.
Flashback Shots
1. Girl with bottle, drinking. Mid-shot side.
2. Girl feet to right of frame, guys feet come in from left side.
3. Girl being pushed onto bed, Mid-shot from side.
4. Girl lying down, guys crawls up and heads out of shot, Mid-shot of bodies.
5. Close up of her leg, guy rips tights. Hand slides in from top of frame.
6. Long shot eyeline match of door closing.
Field Shots
1. Across the bridge, long shot of girl walking towards bridge.
2. Close up of girls legs walking across the bridge.
3. Long low angle shot of girl walking (down path)
4. Side close up of girl crying, still walking down path, near gap leading to next field.
5. Close up on ripped tights straight on, girl walking to camera.
6. Low angle long side shot panning as girl walks, showing street.
7. Girl walks past camera to front door, camera pans.
8. Mid shot of girl at her door, side mid-shot.
9. Close up of girl fumbling in her bag.
10. Hand held camera walking up behind girl.
11. Close up of girls head and shoulder, hand comes up behind her.
12. Close up of her turning around.
13. Pan, eye level, empty street.
Flashback Shots
1. Girl with bottle, drinking. Mid-shot side.
2. Girl feet to right of frame, guys feet come in from left side.
3. Girl being pushed onto bed, Mid-shot from side.
4. Girl lying down, guys crawls up and heads out of shot, Mid-shot of bodies.
5. Close up of her leg, guy rips tights. Hand slides in from top of frame.
6. Long shot eyeline match of door closing.
Bedroom Pictures
These are the photographs that i have taken of the location for one of the scenes in the thriller. There are also photos of the costume the victim in our video will be wearing.
These are the photographs that i have taken of the location for one of the scenes in the thriller. There are also photos of the costume the victim in our video will be wearing.
These are the photographs that i have taken of the location for one of the scenes in the thriller. There are also photos of the costume the victim in our video will be wearing.
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Friday, 12 February 2010
Analysis of Opening Sequences of Two Thrillers
We have been set a task to analyse two opening sequences to two thrillers,
My second opening sequence is The Dark Knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0&feature=related
Mise En Scene - the background at the start of this is in the city, you can see one man holding a mask in one of his hands, the costume he has on is a dark suit and holding a briefcase in one hand and a mask in the other. This might show he is a business man and is looking for a place to rob because of the mask to cover his face. The background is in the city and it is daylight, the city has cars going past, which means it’s a busy city. this adds to the genre because if the city is busy and the man has got a mask in his hand, this might be rather suspicious of what he is going to do, this adds to the genre as the viewers will become tense and want to know what happens next and whether they get caught. Later on in the opening sequence you get to see the characters with masks on actually running into the bank with people outside on their phones, this will be suspicious as they are going to do a robbery. The mise en scene inside the bank was very light and plain because it was a bank, there were rather a lot of people in the bank and there were workers and customers. The Mise En Scene can add to the genre by making things become tenser especially if its day light and people are watching in a busy city, this might then make the viewer wonder whether they are going to get caught because of the people in the city phoning the police.
Camera - The camera in this opening scene is used well to add suspense and getting the audience to wonder what is going to happen next. Some of the camera shots like the one where you can see the man in the suit standing there waiting for the car to arrive with a mask in his hand, is a low angle shot and might make him dominant as the camera is lower than his head, this means that he might be taller and stronger than others. this adds to the genre as the audience will be wondering what will happen as he has a mask in his hand and looks like he is going to cause trouble. The fast running shot when they are entering the bank allows the viewer to see what it’s like being one of them and following them into the bank, this adds to the genre as it is scary and you want to know what is going to happen in the bank. This shot also allows you to view all of the bank. The long shot of the guy in the mask pulling the male bank worker over the desk allows the audience to view the whole bank and who else is in the bank. This adds to the genre as you are wondering what is going to happen to all the other people that are in the bank. the two shot where one of the characters in the mask are stopping the alarm, allows you to see what is happening behind him and what the other character in the mask is going to do to him, this adds to the genre as you are left wondering why he had killed him.
Editing - The fast straight cuts between each of the characters and what they are doing either inside the bank, on top of the bank or trying to open the safe. The fast cuts are used so it seems faster and there is much more tension going on and you left want to watch what is happening in each of the other parts of the bank. This adds to the genre as you are tense as your are watching these characters steal a bank while killing each other so they can gain more of the money and not share it.
Sound - the sound in the background builds suspense while they are taking over the bank, this adds to the genre as they are committing a crime. The dialogue between each of the characters is usually aimed around the money and the joker, this is because the joker is the leader and all of the characters want a share of the money so they decide to kill each other so they can gain a larger amount of the money. This adds to the genre as you know it will be a thriller because of the murders and the amount of tension there is in each scene/shot.
My second opening sequence is The Dark Knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0&feature=related
Mise En Scene - the background at the start of this is in the city, you can see one man holding a mask in one of his hands, the costume he has on is a dark suit and holding a briefcase in one hand and a mask in the other. This might show he is a business man and is looking for a place to rob because of the mask to cover his face. The background is in the city and it is daylight, the city has cars going past, which means it’s a busy city. this adds to the genre because if the city is busy and the man has got a mask in his hand, this might be rather suspicious of what he is going to do, this adds to the genre as the viewers will become tense and want to know what happens next and whether they get caught. Later on in the opening sequence you get to see the characters with masks on actually running into the bank with people outside on their phones, this will be suspicious as they are going to do a robbery. The mise en scene inside the bank was very light and plain because it was a bank, there were rather a lot of people in the bank and there were workers and customers. The Mise En Scene can add to the genre by making things become tenser especially if its day light and people are watching in a busy city, this might then make the viewer wonder whether they are going to get caught because of the people in the city phoning the police.
Camera - The camera in this opening scene is used well to add suspense and getting the audience to wonder what is going to happen next. Some of the camera shots like the one where you can see the man in the suit standing there waiting for the car to arrive with a mask in his hand, is a low angle shot and might make him dominant as the camera is lower than his head, this means that he might be taller and stronger than others. this adds to the genre as the audience will be wondering what will happen as he has a mask in his hand and looks like he is going to cause trouble. The fast running shot when they are entering the bank allows the viewer to see what it’s like being one of them and following them into the bank, this adds to the genre as it is scary and you want to know what is going to happen in the bank. This shot also allows you to view all of the bank. The long shot of the guy in the mask pulling the male bank worker over the desk allows the audience to view the whole bank and who else is in the bank. This adds to the genre as you are wondering what is going to happen to all the other people that are in the bank. the two shot where one of the characters in the mask are stopping the alarm, allows you to see what is happening behind him and what the other character in the mask is going to do to him, this adds to the genre as you are left wondering why he had killed him.
Editing - The fast straight cuts between each of the characters and what they are doing either inside the bank, on top of the bank or trying to open the safe. The fast cuts are used so it seems faster and there is much more tension going on and you left want to watch what is happening in each of the other parts of the bank. This adds to the genre as you are tense as your are watching these characters steal a bank while killing each other so they can gain more of the money and not share it.
Sound - the sound in the background builds suspense while they are taking over the bank, this adds to the genre as they are committing a crime. The dialogue between each of the characters is usually aimed around the money and the joker, this is because the joker is the leader and all of the characters want a share of the money so they decide to kill each other so they can gain a larger amount of the money. This adds to the genre as you know it will be a thriller because of the murders and the amount of tension there is in each scene/shot.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Analysis of Opening Sequences of Two Thrillers
we have been set a task to analyse two opening sequences to two thrillers,
My first opening sequence is going to be Pulp Fiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwusCDRiDwE
Camera –
The Two shot of the conversation in this clip allows the viewer to see the clothes they are wearing, what the cafe is like and kind of where it is located. You can also see the movement of the characters while they are talking to each other. This point allows the viewer to wonder whether it is going to be a thriller or not, because it’s a road side cafe, and it’s the day-time, they also don't look like they would make a robbery as they are dressed in normal clothes, they also aren't talking secretively as they are speaking loudly and relaxing. this makes the viewer wonder what is going to happen because it is rather suspicious as if they were going to commit a robbery they don't have any masks or anything to hind their identity or DNA, this might make the viewer tensed and wondering what will happen next.
The medium long shot of the two characters sitting down allows the viewer to see their body posture and movement, it also allows the viewer to see the clothes they are wearing. this camera shot helps the genre to be a thriller as the viewer will be wondering what is going to happen next as they don't look suspicious and they are wearing normal clothes, so if they did do a robbery there would be a larger chance of them getting caught as they aren't hidden in anyway.
The close up of the innocent worker shows the innocence in her face because she asks them a question and smiles, this might make the viewer wondering what they are going to do next and whether they could harm or shock a person like that. This will add to the thriller genre as the viewer will notice she is innocent and might make the viewer thinking why they are going to commit a robbery on an innocent cafe.
The shot/reverse shot of the woman and the man’s conversation shows you that the women might not agree on everything the man is saying as you can see her face expressions and the silence. But, he is the dominant one and she follows his orders. After the shot of the woman it flicks back to a longer take of the man talking and then switches back to the woman asking a question. This might mean that she wants to know what is going to happen as she wants a better understanding of it so it might be less risky. This adds to the genre as they are agreeing on committing a robbery and she has been forced/convinced to commit the robbery with the male.
Mise En Scene –
The costumes the main two characters are wearing are normal and plain, this makes the viewer thinks that they are two normal people just eating and having a drink. This adds to the thriller genre as the viewer might be wondering why they are going to do something when dressed like that and thinking about whether they are going to get caught later on because they haven't covered up their faces.
The background is just normal streets, as you can see cars going past. this makes the viewer think that they are just going to have a drink and talk about something, but this adds to the genre because they are in daylight and in a public place where other people are around which makes it more noticeable and more likely that they are going to get caught after the robbery.
The shop is a cafe and there are other people in there, the time of day is daylight and you can see clearly. This will add to the genre because you will be thinking whether they will get caught because it’s easy and clear to see their faces, so there is a higher possibility of getting caught and this makes the viewer become tense and wanting to know what happens later on in the film.
Editing –
Most of the editing are straight cuts as this won't add any suspense or tension to the film. This adds to the genre because it’s not a horror and isn't trying to be scary, it just wants the viewers to be tense and to wonder what is going to happen next.
There is a jump cut when the woman interrupts and asks if they want more coffee, this interrupts their conversation they were having so they start on a new topic or jump to the most important part of the conversation. This adds to the genre as it could mean she was listening in on the conversation and knew what they were planning to do.
Sound –
The dialogue between them involves talking about different types of robberies and how they did them. The way they are talking is loud because they might not care about other people hearing even thought it should be secretive as its illegal. This adds to the genre as the viewer might be thinking about whether other people can hear what they are saying, this could possibly have them sent to jail if someone listened to their conversation.
When the male character slams the gun on the table, the sound is very loud and other people in the cafe might be suspicious. this adds to the genre because the viewer might be wondering whether other people in the cafe could hear that and whether they were going to get caught because there was a gun lying on the table.
When both of the characters are talking about robbing the cafe, they both move in closer and talk quieter so other people cannot hear what they are discussing. This adds to the genre as you know they are going to do something bad otherwise they wouldn't have started whispering to each other.
My first opening sequence is going to be Pulp Fiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwusCDRiDwE
Camera –
The Two shot of the conversation in this clip allows the viewer to see the clothes they are wearing, what the cafe is like and kind of where it is located. You can also see the movement of the characters while they are talking to each other. This point allows the viewer to wonder whether it is going to be a thriller or not, because it’s a road side cafe, and it’s the day-time, they also don't look like they would make a robbery as they are dressed in normal clothes, they also aren't talking secretively as they are speaking loudly and relaxing. this makes the viewer wonder what is going to happen because it is rather suspicious as if they were going to commit a robbery they don't have any masks or anything to hind their identity or DNA, this might make the viewer tensed and wondering what will happen next.
The medium long shot of the two characters sitting down allows the viewer to see their body posture and movement, it also allows the viewer to see the clothes they are wearing. this camera shot helps the genre to be a thriller as the viewer will be wondering what is going to happen next as they don't look suspicious and they are wearing normal clothes, so if they did do a robbery there would be a larger chance of them getting caught as they aren't hidden in anyway.
The close up of the innocent worker shows the innocence in her face because she asks them a question and smiles, this might make the viewer wondering what they are going to do next and whether they could harm or shock a person like that. This will add to the thriller genre as the viewer will notice she is innocent and might make the viewer thinking why they are going to commit a robbery on an innocent cafe.
The shot/reverse shot of the woman and the man’s conversation shows you that the women might not agree on everything the man is saying as you can see her face expressions and the silence. But, he is the dominant one and she follows his orders. After the shot of the woman it flicks back to a longer take of the man talking and then switches back to the woman asking a question. This might mean that she wants to know what is going to happen as she wants a better understanding of it so it might be less risky. This adds to the genre as they are agreeing on committing a robbery and she has been forced/convinced to commit the robbery with the male.
Mise En Scene –
The costumes the main two characters are wearing are normal and plain, this makes the viewer thinks that they are two normal people just eating and having a drink. This adds to the thriller genre as the viewer might be wondering why they are going to do something when dressed like that and thinking about whether they are going to get caught later on because they haven't covered up their faces.
The background is just normal streets, as you can see cars going past. this makes the viewer think that they are just going to have a drink and talk about something, but this adds to the genre because they are in daylight and in a public place where other people are around which makes it more noticeable and more likely that they are going to get caught after the robbery.
The shop is a cafe and there are other people in there, the time of day is daylight and you can see clearly. This will add to the genre because you will be thinking whether they will get caught because it’s easy and clear to see their faces, so there is a higher possibility of getting caught and this makes the viewer become tense and wanting to know what happens later on in the film.
Editing –
Most of the editing are straight cuts as this won't add any suspense or tension to the film. This adds to the genre because it’s not a horror and isn't trying to be scary, it just wants the viewers to be tense and to wonder what is going to happen next.
There is a jump cut when the woman interrupts and asks if they want more coffee, this interrupts their conversation they were having so they start on a new topic or jump to the most important part of the conversation. This adds to the genre as it could mean she was listening in on the conversation and knew what they were planning to do.
Sound –
The dialogue between them involves talking about different types of robberies and how they did them. The way they are talking is loud because they might not care about other people hearing even thought it should be secretive as its illegal. This adds to the genre as the viewer might be thinking about whether other people can hear what they are saying, this could possibly have them sent to jail if someone listened to their conversation.
When the male character slams the gun on the table, the sound is very loud and other people in the cafe might be suspicious. this adds to the genre because the viewer might be wondering whether other people in the cafe could hear that and whether they were going to get caught because there was a gun lying on the table.
When both of the characters are talking about robbing the cafe, they both move in closer and talk quieter so other people cannot hear what they are discussing. This adds to the genre as you know they are going to do something bad otherwise they wouldn't have started whispering to each other.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Finishing Preliminary Task
Lesson 5, 2/2/2010
My group and I started off this lesson by opening our video and watching and listening to it, this helped us have an understanding of the improvements we need to make. We agreed on deleting one of the edits because we had added to many into the video, we then decided to record some footsteps, so we could add the audio into apart of our video. after we had filmed some footsteps, we then added the audio only into our video and slowed them down. After we had completed the edit of our task we then had to export the file in an AVI format, this is because we need to send a copy off to the examiner and to put it on youtube, putting the clip into AVI allows the viewers or the teacher to add it onto a DVD, put it onto youtube and to just watch it at a computer.
My group and I started off this lesson by opening our video and watching and listening to it, this helped us have an understanding of the improvements we need to make. We agreed on deleting one of the edits because we had added to many into the video, we then decided to record some footsteps, so we could add the audio into apart of our video. after we had filmed some footsteps, we then added the audio only into our video and slowed them down. After we had completed the edit of our task we then had to export the file in an AVI format, this is because we need to send a copy off to the examiner and to put it on youtube, putting the clip into AVI allows the viewers or the teacher to add it onto a DVD, put it onto youtube and to just watch it at a computer.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Editing
Lesson 4, 28/1/10
In this lesson my group and I started to do our editing task with Adobe Premier Pro CS4, we firstly opened our task and renamed all of our takes so that we can easily find the shots in order. After naming all of takes, we then added them all together and watched through the whole thing. We then decided as a group where to cut the takes and made sure that all of my group and I were happy with the takes and had cut enough off so that the whole video ran and looked good. We then added a few edits to the video and listened to it. After doing that we then decided on what other edits we wanted to add in, the sound we wanted to record and add on and also whether we need to re shoot the last section of the video. As a group we then found out how to make the take look darker and how to add lighting effects to the take, we found this difficult to make it look professional and identical, but we had a go at it and made it look similar to our capabilities. after having a go at trying to sort the lighting out we then decided as a group the other edits and the title screen we wanted to add into the video.
In this lesson my group and I started to do our editing task with Adobe Premier Pro CS4, we firstly opened our task and renamed all of our takes so that we can easily find the shots in order. After naming all of takes, we then added them all together and watched through the whole thing. We then decided as a group where to cut the takes and made sure that all of my group and I were happy with the takes and had cut enough off so that the whole video ran and looked good. We then added a few edits to the video and listened to it. After doing that we then decided on what other edits we wanted to add in, the sound we wanted to record and add on and also whether we need to re shoot the last section of the video. As a group we then found out how to make the take look darker and how to add lighting effects to the take, we found this difficult to make it look professional and identical, but we had a go at it and made it look similar to our capabilities. after having a go at trying to sort the lighting out we then decided as a group the other edits and the title screen we wanted to add into the video.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Filming Stage
Lesson 3, 26/1/10
In this lesson we had finish our planning and were ready to film, we had our tape, camera and tripod ready and sorted out. we then briefly look through the storyboard. firstly we set up the white balance, after a few attempts of learning how to pan properly and getting the camera set up we started to film. The filming lasted around 1 hour and a half, after this we were happy with our shots and were confident that we had done this well, after previewing all the takes we had done. we were than taught how to use Adobe Premier Pro and had saved our captured video and it had been put onto our college T drives. My group and I then started on watching some of the takes on the computers and decided to start renaming all of the scenes so that we could find them easily and get them in order.
In this lesson we had finish our planning and were ready to film, we had our tape, camera and tripod ready and sorted out. we then briefly look through the storyboard. firstly we set up the white balance, after a few attempts of learning how to pan properly and getting the camera set up we started to film. The filming lasted around 1 hour and a half, after this we were happy with our shots and were confident that we had done this well, after previewing all the takes we had done. we were than taught how to use Adobe Premier Pro and had saved our captured video and it had been put onto our college T drives. My group and I then started on watching some of the takes on the computers and decided to start renaming all of the scenes so that we could find them easily and get them in order.
Planning Task
Lesson 2, 21/1/10
My group and I started of this lesson with completing our planning and starting our storyboard. We had been told that we have this lesson and next lesson to finish filming and then we have to edit. Firstly we started off by finishing our planning and knowing what we were going to do in this task. We then got onto the storyboard, we decided what we were going to do and the shots we had in mind.
This picture is the first sheet of the storyboard my group and I made, this involves five different shots and the explanation of what we want the shots to be, for example a pan around the corner. we included this information so we could look back at the storyboard so we could follow that as clearly as possible
This is the second and final picture of our completed storyboard, as I said above this also includes the information about each shot and what we want them to look like.
After we had completed our Storyboard my group and I decided that we were going to film next lesson as we didn't have to rush it and had a whole 2 hours to film, in the time we had left of this lesson we decided to negotiate the actors and finish writing our blogs.
My group and I started of this lesson with completing our planning and starting our storyboard. We had been told that we have this lesson and next lesson to finish filming and then we have to edit. Firstly we started off by finishing our planning and knowing what we were going to do in this task. We then got onto the storyboard, we decided what we were going to do and the shots we had in mind.
This picture is the first sheet of the storyboard my group and I made, this involves five different shots and the explanation of what we want the shots to be, for example a pan around the corner. we included this information so we could look back at the storyboard so we could follow that as clearly as possible
This is the second and final picture of our completed storyboard, as I said above this also includes the information about each shot and what we want them to look like.
After we had completed our Storyboard my group and I decided that we were going to film next lesson as we didn't have to rush it and had a whole 2 hours to film, in the time we had left of this lesson we decided to negotiate the actors and finish writing our blogs.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
The Preliminary Task
Lesson 1, 19/1/2010
In the first lesson we started it off by making our own accounts on this website, so we can create blogs as we go by every lesson and record our data that we made on this. We were then introduced to the coursework which we found out counted to 50% of our AS grade, and got put into groups to make our preliminary task. I got put into a group with Sam Willis and Henna Mistry, we firstly started to produce the spider diagram of the planning for the preliminary task. we have been taught all of the rules about the preliminary task with the 180 degree rule, we have also been shown how to work the camera's especially using the white balance, to make our task best quality.
This picture shows the task we got set to do in the lesson, this shows our brief thoughts as we are showing the location, actors, camera shots, dialogue, props and the costumes. We included all of this so we can have a preview of this before we are filming to look back and remember what we wanted to have in the film, this helps my group to keep ideas.
In the first lesson we started it off by making our own accounts on this website, so we can create blogs as we go by every lesson and record our data that we made on this. We were then introduced to the coursework which we found out counted to 50% of our AS grade, and got put into groups to make our preliminary task. I got put into a group with Sam Willis and Henna Mistry, we firstly started to produce the spider diagram of the planning for the preliminary task. we have been taught all of the rules about the preliminary task with the 180 degree rule, we have also been shown how to work the camera's especially using the white balance, to make our task best quality.
This picture shows the task we got set to do in the lesson, this shows our brief thoughts as we are showing the location, actors, camera shots, dialogue, props and the costumes. We included all of this so we can have a preview of this before we are filming to look back and remember what we wanted to have in the film, this helps my group to keep ideas.
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