shooting schedule

shooting schedule 

Preliminary task

Final Film

Question 7

In the preliminary task, i learned a lot about continuity editing. For example, we had to make sure that our clip included an example of a match-on-action, master shot, shot reverse shot and more importantly, we had to adhere to the 180 degree rule. Here is our preliminary task clip:

 As you can see throughout the clip, we included all of the required continuity editing techniques that we had learned. However, it is clear from the audio of that clip that we did not know much about editing, for example, you could hear the background noise throughout the piece. As well as this, we did not use any examples of more advanced camerawork skills. This is quite a contrast from our opening sequence:




As you can see from this opening sequence, our group used more complex camerawork skills. For example, we used over-the-shoulder shots, extreme close ups, and point of view shots. These techniques were used to keep the piece feeling tense, as opposed to it becoming tedious through the repetition of the same type of shots.
As well as this, we also used far more editing techniques. For example, we included titles in our opening sequence, as well as adding in our own production company logo. This made our opening sequence look more professional, and gave the appearance of the opening of an actual real film. Also, we decided to detach the audio from the majority of our clips, instead adding in our own custom soundclip running throughout the clip. We decided to detach the audio as there was too much background noise, and it also made our ambient sound clip sound very tense and dark on its own. This therefore gave the clip the feel of a real thriller film.

Question 6 part 5: What technologies required careful use or planning?

Question 6 part 7: Were there any times where you had to do something again because you hadn't used the technologies correctly?

One time where we had to do something again was when we had to re-shoot a few clips with the camera.  This was because some of our clips had bad continuity, for example we broke the 180 degree rule when we shot me going through the gate. Therefore, we had to re-shoot that shot in a way that it would adhere to the 180 degree rule, in order for our piece to have good continuity. 

                      Another thing that we had to do again was use Livetype. This is because the first time we used it, we placed our movie into Livetype incorrectly. This meant that when we tried to play our clip, the screen was in the wrong resolution, as well as the fact that our screen had split in half and was the wrong way round. When we used Livetype for the second time, we imported out movie into Livetype as a background movie. This ensured that our movie stayed in the correct resolution. 

(Below are images as evidence for the previous paragraphs). 

Me walking through gate shot 1.

Me walking through gate shot 2.

This screenshot was of our movie in Livetype after we had corrected the issue.

Question 6 part 2: What technologies are brand new to you?

Question 6: part1: What technologies have you used???

Peer assessment of opening sequence. 15/02/2013

Peer assessment of opening sequence. 15/02/2013

Peer assessment of opening sequence. 15/02/2013

Teacher assessment for our opening sequence second draft

River Bed Draft 2

First draft for our film 'River Bed'.

how does your media product represent particular social groups?

In our media product we decided to portray our main character as a criminal; white, male and around the age of 18. He is shown as a dark mysterious character, as very slowly more and more parts of him can be seen, ending with his face.

 

However we also decided to portray our victim as a white, male, child probably of ten years old. This shows the victim's innocence but more importantly his vulnerability as he is seen on his own in the piece.We decided to portray our victim as a child as it adds to the dark, creepy atmosphere of the piece. Also, it shows how evil the child abductor is as he preys on weak, innocent and vulnerable children.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

There are eight conventions of an opening sequence. These include: titles, establishing shot, equilibrium and disequilibrium, close ups, establishing the theme, soundtrack, logos, and giving clues to the audience. Conventions are used within an opening sequence in order to set the scene and reveal pieces of information to the audience. One opening sequence  that uses the convention of using lots of close ups is Wallander, which we analysed for part of our research posts. Throughout the opening sequence, there are close-ups used to show various parts of the character, ending showing the main character holding a knife, consequently suggesting to the audience that she has committed a murder.  An example of where we used a close up in  our own opening sequence is  when I can be seen putting a piece of card into my pocket. The fact that the only the blank side of the card can be seen makes the audience wonder what significance the card holds to the rest of the film.

Our opening sequence falls under the genre of a thriller film. the conventions of a thriller movie are: cinematography, characters, theme, music and sound, mise en scene and editing. One way in which i think we used music and sound effectively is that our music consisted of  a low droning sound without any natural sound in order to create a dark, almost evil atmosphere and suggest to the audience that something  is about to go wrong. One film that also does this effectively is "the sixth sense" as it incorporates in its opening sequence a similar piece of music to ours and makes it work with the genre. 

I think that we constructed a good representation of an antagonist- something that is very conventional of a thriller film. This is because we made him a very mysterious character, and as it was an opening sequence, we did not reveal much about him- such as his motive for doing what he did (abducting a child). We portrayed him as being very dark and also scary. This type of thing happens a lot in thriller films, such as SAW, in which the antagonist- Jigsaw, is a very dark and mysterious character. 

This is our cast list :

Character description

This is a characters description that me and my group made of the two main characters that will be shown during our opening sequence to our film.

Jack 

•  Jack is a 17 year old boy who attends 'Bishopsford High School'
• He likes to play football, go to the gym and hang  out with his friends
• He doesn't really get on with his family
• He has a part time job working at tescos
• He is 5ft 5
• He has blonde hair

Tommy - 

• Tommy is a young boy aged 10
• He goes to 'Westbourne Primary School'
• He likes to play out with his friends after school
• He has brown hair
• He likes to ride his bike 
• He is 4 ft
• He goes to stagecoach

 

Titles: Font ideas. 

 This is a wordle that we created to help us decide on what font styles to choose.

I think by using a serif font for the titles of the cast and crew it will make our production look more professional as it would be following the conventions of the thriller genre.

cast/crew font idear 1:

I think this would be a good font to use beacuse it gives the veiwer the impression that the film is quite a serious one.

cast/crew font idear 2:

I dont think that this would be as an effective font in comparison to choice one as it doesnt look as serious as the first font.

film name font ideas.

I like this font for the film name I think it is intersting and also looks visually appealing to the audience.

film name font idear 2:

i also think that this would be an effective font as it would allow the audiene to get ideas about what the film would involve. i think it would be an intersting twist to the title.

 

Sound Ideas

 
http://www.freesound.org/people/Nosebleed%20Cinema/sounds/94146/

This ambient piece of music will be used throughout the whole opening sequence. The low pitched continuous rumble will effectively make the audience feel uneasy. This ambient rumble will not be very loud, as it is merely background noise used to add a dark atmosphere to the  opening sequence. As a group, we decided that this sound clip would be perfect to use in our opening sequence.

http://www.freesound.org/people/Elektrocell/sounds/20705/ 

This piece of music could also be used throughout the opening sequence.This sound clip is also a low pitched ambient sound. However, instead of being a low-rumbling sound like the previous clip, this one sounds somewhat like a swarm of bugs working. Even though this sound could potentially work well in our opening sequence, we decided as a group not to use this one, and opted instead to use the first sound clip.

Vox Pops

These are the vox pops that our group produced in order to give us an idea of what they would want to see in a thriller film