Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Charlie Lambourne Evaluation
Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our 2 minute storyline has been used in many different films and they all have worked out well. I believe that our piece of work challenges more developed media piece because of the special effects with have used and the different ways of changing from one scene to another is just like how many top end films or TV shows would use. We looked at different products that where based on the same genre as us. Here are some examples of the Genre we have chosen.
Final Destination this is a teen horror. In this picture they all in colour and this seems pretty harmless at the moment.
This is more of a horror scene taken from the film Saw this is more of a horror with gore and blood which will attract a wider audience as it has people being cut to pieces and people like to go and see them.
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These films though are very high end and have millions of pounds to spend whilst we don’t have much at all to spend. So we decided that we would do the same storyline of a boyfriend and girlfriend having problems but the boy feels like he is being followed by a mysterious person who is never seen.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
We made a 2 minute opening of a film. The film genre was teen horror. The elements are suspense and surprise. I believe that these elements have been included in our final product. An example of the suspense is when Charles is walking up the silent walk and we begin to hear very creepy.
We chose to do a teen horror film meaning that we would be opening our film out to more than one audience. We used the Teen Horror genre because it is always an interesting topic to film about. The elements of Teen Horror are Scary music, love, blood and chases. For our film we couldn’t use all this effects but we did have some great music to go with the film and our characters where both in love and we had the horror factor, with special effects of a ghostly effect and we used the technique of Steven Spielberg’s film Jaws where u don’t see the evil but you can hear it coming. We represent teens in the film as a couple who are struggling at the current moment in time and they don’t know what is going and we chose this kind of relationship with Horror because many teenage relationships are usually a bit fiery. A perfect example of our film we tried to keep too is “I know what you did last summer.” we kept to the typical teenage elements during filming Lisa was a rude but understanding 17 year old girl whilst Charles was a well dressed but shabby 18 year old boy.
· What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
To distribute our product we decided to use New Line Cinema, this was chosen after watching a load of YouTube clips with different production lines at the beginning. We would release the film on DVD after we had released to the cinemas as this is the most money making way of selling your product to the audiences. But our film is only amateur.
· Who would be the audience for your media product?
We have two audiences our film is aimed at because of the genre of our film. We have the teenage market as our film is about teen life and most teens will watch this because they can associate there problems to that of the film. Also we have the big following of people who love horror so this will automatically help push up viewing polls, also because of our film is based on two different genres quite a lot of people will watch it because so many films have been made on the same genre so people will watch and compare it too different films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer
· How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted our audience by using people of the same age as them and we did this because we knew what its like to be a teen and if you see your life on DVD you can relate yourself to the problems you see.
Also the way we spoke in the film was very in formal meaning it makes the teens feel even more at home because they can feel like it is them in the film.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
When we as a group went did our preliminary film none of us really knew how to work the camera but by the end of our main task we as group feel very confident that we can do camera work very well. Since filming began I have been able to hold the camera at a still angle to produce the best quality of shot.
We have all learnt how to do different angles; I also learned that continuation shot is highly important in filming.
Since our preliminary task ive learned how to edit on our computer and make a complete movie with transitions and fade in’s and fade out’s. This was the main ingredients of our movie to produce and successfully made it work in the end.
8. How did the Feedback you received help you to make a better film opening?
With the feedback we received the people who commented gave us some pointers towards what we should change and what we should keep.
Here is some of the response we got back from our opening scene,
Brilliant video. I commented before and told you to build the storyline up more slowly and you did that now really well. The talking to Lisa on the phone makes it more understandable and the black and white effect and the camera shaking at the silent walk is really good as well.Well done!
This comment was from Simon who was very pleased with the film but he believed the beginning was a bit too fast and that the audience wouldn’t be able to understand what was happening and what was being said between Lisa and Charlie on the phone.
Otherwise he was very complimentary on our piece
Wow guys, since you last asked for criticism comments, this has gotten so much better! Love the fact that the music starts a lot earlier. Seriously. The music is really good and works really well with your footage. Good work! :)
This comment comes from Lisa who was actually part of the film, she said this after she previously had said the music ruined the film so we went out and found more appropriate music for the film.
Hey guys,I thought your film beginning was really good! I especially like the music because it makes the atmosphere of the film really intense and compliments the genre. I also liked how the point of view shots from whatever was stalking your main character were edited differently and in black and white.WELL DONE! (:
As you can see most of the feedback we got back was very positive and this was because we went round asking people what they thought of our first version and they gave us their opinions on what to change so we did what they said and they then re watched the film and said it had improved in leaps and bounds.
Posted by Charlie Lambourne
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our 2 minute storyline has been used in many different films and they all have worked out well. I believe that our piece of work challenges more developed media piece because of the special effects with have used and the different ways of changing from one scene to another is just like how many top end films or TV shows would use. We looked at different products that where based on the same genre as us. Here are some examples of the Genre we have chosen.
Final Destination this is a teen horror. In this picture they all in colour and this seems pretty harmless at the moment.
This is more of a horror scene taken from the film Saw this is more of a horror with gore and blood which will attract a wider audience as it has people being cut to pieces and people like to go and see them.
object width="425" height="344">
These films though are very high end and have millions of pounds to spend whilst we don’t have much at all to spend. So we decided that we would do the same storyline of a boyfriend and girlfriend having problems but the boy feels like he is being followed by a mysterious person who is never seen.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
We made a 2 minute opening of a film. The film genre was teen horror. The elements are suspense and surprise. I believe that these elements have been included in our final product. An example of the suspense is when Charles is walking up the silent walk and we begin to hear very creepy.
We chose to do a teen horror film meaning that we would be opening our film out to more than one audience. We used the Teen Horror genre because it is always an interesting topic to film about. The elements of Teen Horror are Scary music, love, blood and chases. For our film we couldn’t use all this effects but we did have some great music to go with the film and our characters where both in love and we had the horror factor, with special effects of a ghostly effect and we used the technique of Steven Spielberg’s film Jaws where u don’t see the evil but you can hear it coming. We represent teens in the film as a couple who are struggling at the current moment in time and they don’t know what is going and we chose this kind of relationship with Horror because many teenage relationships are usually a bit fiery. A perfect example of our film we tried to keep too is “I know what you did last summer.” we kept to the typical teenage elements during filming Lisa was a rude but understanding 17 year old girl whilst Charles was a well dressed but shabby 18 year old boy.
· What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
To distribute our product we decided to use New Line Cinema, this was chosen after watching a load of YouTube clips with different production lines at the beginning. We would release the film on DVD after we had released to the cinemas as this is the most money making way of selling your product to the audiences. But our film is only amateur.
· Who would be the audience for your media product?
We have two audiences our film is aimed at because of the genre of our film. We have the teenage market as our film is about teen life and most teens will watch this because they can associate there problems to that of the film. Also we have the big following of people who love horror so this will automatically help push up viewing polls, also because of our film is based on two different genres quite a lot of people will watch it because so many films have been made on the same genre so people will watch and compare it too different films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer
· How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted our audience by using people of the same age as them and we did this because we knew what its like to be a teen and if you see your life on DVD you can relate yourself to the problems you see.
Also the way we spoke in the film was very in formal meaning it makes the teens feel even more at home because they can feel like it is them in the film.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
When we as a group went did our preliminary film none of us really knew how to work the camera but by the end of our main task we as group feel very confident that we can do camera work very well. Since filming began I have been able to hold the camera at a still angle to produce the best quality of shot.
We have all learnt how to do different angles; I also learned that continuation shot is highly important in filming.
Since our preliminary task ive learned how to edit on our computer and make a complete movie with transitions and fade in’s and fade out’s. This was the main ingredients of our movie to produce and successfully made it work in the end.
8. How did the Feedback you received help you to make a better film opening?
With the feedback we received the people who commented gave us some pointers towards what we should change and what we should keep.
Here is some of the response we got back from our opening scene,
Brilliant video. I commented before and told you to build the storyline up more slowly and you did that now really well. The talking to Lisa on the phone makes it more understandable and the black and white effect and the camera shaking at the silent walk is really good as well.Well done!
This comment was from Simon who was very pleased with the film but he believed the beginning was a bit too fast and that the audience wouldn’t be able to understand what was happening and what was being said between Lisa and Charlie on the phone.
Otherwise he was very complimentary on our piece
Wow guys, since you last asked for criticism comments, this has gotten so much better! Love the fact that the music starts a lot earlier. Seriously. The music is really good and works really well with your footage. Good work! :)
This comment comes from Lisa who was actually part of the film, she said this after she previously had said the music ruined the film so we went out and found more appropriate music for the film.
Hey guys,I thought your film beginning was really good! I especially like the music because it makes the atmosphere of the film really intense and compliments the genre. I also liked how the point of view shots from whatever was stalking your main character were edited differently and in black and white.WELL DONE! (:
As you can see most of the feedback we got back was very positive and this was because we went round asking people what they thought of our first version and they gave us their opinions on what to change so we did what they said and they then re watched the film and said it had improved in leaps and bounds.
Posted by Charlie Lambourne
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Vidur Bharatram Evaluation.
Like I said before that our aim were the people who enjoyed watching horror movies and suspense thrillers. As we did use two teenagers around the ages of 17 and 18 our main targets for audience would be the Teenagers across the U.K. The storyline does involve a love story gone wrong but has elements of The Ring. The decision to keep it above the age of 15 as the rating would be a good idea. Our project also aims at an older age, as thrillers usually tend to attract all age groups but is definitely aimed at the younger people.
At first we had difficulties to choose the “perfect Genre” for our movie. We went through many trailers of Romantic, Comedies and Drama’s. As a group we did not want a cheesy story that would have a few audience members and would be like the rest. We wanted change so as a group we came up with a storyline for a horror movie. Looking at many trailers of different movie that involved teenagers like “ I know what you did last summer” “Fear of the dark” and “ The Grudge” were the main reasons and inspirations for our Teen Horror genre. I think this genre would appeal to the audience because there are many teenagers right now in the U.K looking for a perfect horror movie that would directly relate to them. I think our movie, In The Shadows, would be the perfect example of the Teen Horror.
- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We chose add Newline Cinema’s in our opening. Hence I would like to think that Newline Cinema would like to distribute our movie around. Releasing this on DVD would be better than releasing it in Cinemas. Well of course DVD would be a better distribution method as this is only an amateur movie. Newline Cinemas has a tendency to distribute horror and suspense movies across the globe. Making this the number one target for distributing rights. Also Newline Cinemas have a big fan following which is a good sign for us.
I also found out that New Line Cinemas have released many horror movies that have done very well for example Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Final Destination 2 and 3 also Snakes on Plane. These movies were also very inspirational in our movie that as a group we made. Hence we chose New Line to distribute the movie. There is a big audience for New line which make our movie better in the market.
- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
To make our movie represent a particular social group, which was, a horror group we had to make many decisions regarding how we were going to show horror and fear in our movie. We had to find a day, which was going to be dark and cloudy to have a horror atmosphere. We had many such days making filming easier than we expected. Editing I used many effects to show the horror scenes in our movie. Music we chose a dramatic sound effects that changed our movie to benefit us. Why did this happen? Because the music added a sense of anxiety for the audience who are hooked on watching our movie.
- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My media course work is about a 2-minute opening of a Horror movie. Or product took many ideas from different genres of films to create. Ideas like Donnie Darko and The Ring were central in forming the baseline of our script and our storyline.
I drew out a storyline that fit into the pictures above and tried to represent all the horror materials I could find that would fit in. The Fear Factor that I put into the movie contributes to the forms of the conventions of real media. The way we used lighting in many shots with dark backgrounds added to the genre of fear and horror. We used in one occasion a very well worked tilt shot on our chapel called the Michael Kirk. Here the dark effects could set the scene for an epic shooting. The effect of editing played a big role in our movie, black and white videos to represent the Killer or the ghost. The music was also chosen to have the scary effect of the movie on the audience a very slow build up song.
- How did you attract/address your audience?
I tried to attract the audience by using the simple method of suspense through our opening two minutes. Charles Lambourne our main character in the story dies at the start during the credits and before the main title of the film. We used different styles of editing and cross cutting to make it look nice and well done. We took the title into consideration and had a few ideas that we could sell. One of the titles fit right in with the movie and we decided that “ IN THE SHADOWS” would be the best one. This was a good was of attracting our audience as the titles tell a bit of the story already and gives ideas that this could be a horror movie.
To address our Audience we did not use Narration, but on the phone call in the opening scene we hear Charles talking to Lisa in a very casual informal way. Here we wanted to address the audience in a teenage casual way. This helped us be very natural with our conversation adding the point of fear. The titles were the only the credits to give the actors names. We did not use many captions to describe the events unfolding on screen.
- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Over the last few months working on “ IN THE SHADOWS” I have personally learnt how to use our editing software, Premier Elements, on our school computers and use Audacity, which is a music-editing software to compile tracks and edit them down to the right size. Also I have learned how to use a tripod to its full use. That is when filming to have the tripod stand straight and use to rotate and pan on many important occasions such as a chase sequence or a following shot. As I was the member to make all the titles for our movie I did practice a lot on Adobe Photoshop to re-construct the titles of the credits that are in our movie. Finding new websites on downloading music that wasn’t copyright was a big achievement on our behalf and use that in our movie to create effects and soundtracks. The Camera side of the technologies progress was also a maximum as I learned how to use zoom in and out to fade in shots that were highly required in our thriller.
Not only the technical side I mastered but also I learnt how to create a blog and upload images and videos on that. Learnt how to imbed videos from You Tube onto our blog that allowed us to give greater detail in our work. Downloading videos from the website www.keepvid.com has helped us get videos for our movie for instance the opening credits for our movie which was the New line cinema title. The technologies that I have learnt has changed our movies dramatically and every day im learning new things.
- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at the time we as a group did the preliminary task I can confidently say that I have improved a lot. I have learned how to use the camera well and hold it still. Learned different shots and angles from Low angles to high angles. From extreme close ups to point of view shots. The tripod has come into play as well as it helped me balance the camera so we could get better shots. I also learned that continuation shot is highly important in filming, so if the weather is dark and cloudy and I am filming I cannot go back and film the same scene on a sunny day. The continuation would not be successful. By now we learned like I said before how to edit our movie on Premier Elements. To be infocus is also one of the most important things required in filming a good movie. I learned this when I was filming the preliminary task.
Since our preliminary task ive learned how to edit on our computer and make a complete movie with transitions and fade in’s and fade out’s. This was the main ingredients of our movie to produce and successfully made it work in the end.
- How did the Feedback you received help you make a better film opening?
"Brilliant video. I commented before and told you to build the storyline up more slowely and you did that now really well. The talking to Lisa on the phone makes it more understandable and the black and white effect and the camera shaking at the silent walk is really good as well.Well done!"
Here on this comment we had Simon Dethleffsen giving us feed back on our Main task video. Here he said that we had to improve the quality of the phone call between Lisa Mitchell and Charles Lambourne so that the audience could understand what exactly was going on between them to. This makes the story line clearer as we as an audience understand why Lisa walks to Charles in the first place.
Wow guys, since you last asked for criticism comments, this has gotten so much better! Love the fact that the music starts a lot earlier. Seriously. The music is really good and works really well with your footage. Good work! :)
Here in the comment above made by Lisa Mitchell she tells us that our music was one problem that was pulling us down in the video. Hence we edited the tracks to fit the whole video of the opening scene. The track where it starts of in the “ Oceans Productions”
These comments definitely helped us in improving our movie to get a better grade.
Gregor Sharp's Evaluation
1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Before making our film we researched other films that were of the same genre as ours. These included films such as Final Destination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4osKSQrrk&ytsession=Ed-Dn-qIF1GMvZZb_h0E4HNsXj2oitXyvZfolMP5Xjs6CCBQkzAQRmVhA7pF5v4XHTnVJHMcaTFz1YHuqFwGeAMwW-ZzGd2hqtcqC3je8fjyBWyIQfr0_oTtcBvXGk1Sa_tVSL8y0wCO6EeibNa4cdClCvQ8H8vesFX5ptMBHy6T49hKUi2TsILww8mY-bQuJs1PxK352Vj_GDlW-cLFIZdVl0l7VULIFRp_BFUO2iA1gWl_2Jxx6dEjDNOM9ZTlHnE3RjQZ8V4
Here is a screen shot of an example of teen horror.
We realised that we would be unable to create something on this scale so we began to think about how to set the mood that people would think something was going to happen. We had a build up of things that are included in films such as the above. This included someone with a problem on their mind, a girlfriend (which is almost always included) and the fear of death or something terrible happening. Also we used music to build up the suspense which is a major part in films of this sort. We took the thrills of a horror and developed this and then put the teen side of things in to make the teen horror. One example of a horror technique is not being able to see the danger but knowing it is there. That was our aim and I think that we were successful in putting that across. We got this idea from the film Jaws which is not in the same genre but managed to bring across the feeling that we wanted in our product.
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The people represented in our film are examples of people that are troubled and that believe that paranormal activity is following them. Here is a URL of a higher end film that acheived this effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSSqxrh5kp8&ytsession=RitPzxgrcrzZ2RkxcMrMls02IXKTiiXj3e08EXk8OsbQfxHXBeMhx1jPVFoZxdpsNWDbzgxXauezxa0qgxlsAWf2_Mc2lqPzp4yNrYca-9Y0kt5lsdva--J1aXcKHW4K7sTYd_GfIPKqxLev0EEdbr_lbUXeOJUfngxtOms22ofBnwOM8LCez2UQE87v7juZa8LbadsaQJpW824gMkvD4AM1Nf8X72c-e7gChoZi8I7gLcdbElyB7KdIL8efG2Hw4pmTo-pNoYw
We made a 2 minute opening scene of a film. This film was of the genre teen horror. The elements of this genre are suspense, thrill and surprise. I think that these elements have been included in our final product. An example of the suspense is the music that creates a tense atmosphere on the silent walk, of thrill there is the final scene where Charles gets killed and of surprise is the fact that Lisa disappears in the last shot meaning adding the possibility that it was her that killed him.
Personally I think that this is what the people that enjoy watching these films (who we are representing) will enjoy this scene as it still leaves them on the edge of their seats as still you don't see the killer.
And finally the characters in the film are representing people of their age. This is done by using the clothes that are used by teenagers and girlfriends that they trust etc.
Other films that also represent these particular social groups include Final destination and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -
3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
For the distribution of our media product we chose to use New Line Cinema. This was decided after watching video clips on YouTube. The signature of New Line Cinema fitted very well with the theme/mood of our film. For example we tried using Paramount but the mood that it created was just simply too happy for our intended atmosphere. When we saw New Line Cinema we thought that it was dark enough and was silent enough to help create the serious mood that we wanted. Here is a comparison of the two signatures:
Then we researched what other films along the same lines as ours that they had distributed. The results were films such as Final Destination:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4osKSQrrk
This meant that our media product might be of interest to them as it was the same genre as others that they had been involved with. Not only have they used this genre before but it has also been successful therefore increasing the interest of distributing our media product.
4) Who would be the audience for your media product?
The people that we had to aim our product at were those people that enjoy watching horror films. We had to decide which age range that we were going to target before we started filming our media product. The main reason for this is that if we had chosen to target the audience of the age of 12 and above then we might have had to change some material that included bad language etc. This to us did not really affect our story line as there was no footage that was shot that could be seen as insensitive or inappropriate for viewers of certain ages. There are no shots with bad language etc as we did not think that it was necessary to having a wide audience. This is because we made sure that the story had elements that attracted viewers of all ages. These included death for the viewers of 18+, there was a step up in to the world of horror films for the people that have just finished watching films of 12+ and there was the ground in between for those that watch films of 15+.
Eventually we decided that 15+ was a good age group to aim for because that gave us the largest audience. People that are over this age group will definitely still watch films of this genre that have a lower age limit and people that are under this intended age group will also get to watch it as they watch films that are above their actual age. This is the symbol that would be displayed showing people which age group this media product is aimed at and who will be allowed to watch it.
5) How did you attract/address your audience?
When making the film we had to decide on which techniques would be most effective in attracting our audience. By using people in our year to act meant that people would find the story easy to relate to because the characters involved are of the same age as the target audience. This is due to the life that is lived during school and the trusting relationship between boy and girl. We also used a trusting media distributor because people trust that New Line Cinema distribute good films meaning that they will be interested in our film. The film is an informal address to the viewers. This is shown by the conversation over the phone at the beginning is between a boyfriend and girlfriend and does not include language of a formal fashion.
6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
In the making of our media product I have learnt to use the software Adobe Premier Elements 2.0.
This software is the one that we used to edit and make changes to our footage. Before I was able to make any changes I had to be able to upload the footage on to the computer from the video camera that it was currently on. I did this by using a card reader which is connected to the computer with a USB end. From then it is just a simple dragging task from the folder containing the cards media to the computer folder that you want the footage to go in to. Throughout the making of the product I have learnt how to do many things on the software from unlinking sound and video on timelines to changing the colour of the footage on screen to black and white etc. Personally the skill that I think that I have become best at is cutting pieces of footage and making the bridge between the two sides of the cut very smooth.
Photoshop is another software that I have learnt to use for creating titles and alteringthe appearance of a picture. Below is a screenshot of photoshop as it is first opened.
Here is an example from our film that is work from photoshop; (the titles in the corners)
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
As mentioned above I have learnt how to use the softwares such as premier elements and photoshop since the begining of the preliminary task to the finished main task. But there have also been some learning experiences other than softwares.
I not only learnt to use a video camera but also a digital camera for still pictures and the equipment that is to be used with them. This includes tripods. I had to learn how to use a tripod much better for my main task than for my preliminary task. This is because we tried to get shots that were more advanced than those in a preliminary task which requires the tripod to be used on ground that isn't flat and also when I climbed a tree for a high angle shot I had to use a tripod to hold the camera higher than I was to get some extra height. This required knowledge of which screws were tight and making sure the legs weren't under any stress that could cause snapping etc. Here are two pictures of tripod use in the preliminary task before we really got to grips with the equipment.
8) How did the feedback that you recieved help you to make a better film opening?
Simon said...
Brilliant video. I commented before and told you to build the storyline up more slowely and you did that now really well. The talking to Lisa on the phone makes it more understandable and the black and white effect and the camera shaking at the silent walk is really good as well.Well done!
Before making our film we researched other films that were of the same genre as ours. These included films such as Final Destination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4osKSQrrk&ytsession=Ed-Dn-qIF1GMvZZb_h0E4HNsXj2oitXyvZfolMP5Xjs6CCBQkzAQRmVhA7pF5v4XHTnVJHMcaTFz1YHuqFwGeAMwW-ZzGd2hqtcqC3je8fjyBWyIQfr0_oTtcBvXGk1Sa_tVSL8y0wCO6EeibNa4cdClCvQ8H8vesFX5ptMBHy6T49hKUi2TsILww8mY-bQuJs1PxK352Vj_GDlW-cLFIZdVl0l7VULIFRp_BFUO2iA1gWl_2Jxx6dEjDNOM9ZTlHnE3RjQZ8V4
Here is a screen shot of an example of teen horror.
We realised that we would be unable to create something on this scale so we began to think about how to set the mood that people would think something was going to happen. We had a build up of things that are included in films such as the above. This included someone with a problem on their mind, a girlfriend (which is almost always included) and the fear of death or something terrible happening. Also we used music to build up the suspense which is a major part in films of this sort. We took the thrills of a horror and developed this and then put the teen side of things in to make the teen horror. One example of a horror technique is not being able to see the danger but knowing it is there. That was our aim and I think that we were successful in putting that across. We got this idea from the film Jaws which is not in the same genre but managed to bring across the feeling that we wanted in our product.
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The people represented in our film are examples of people that are troubled and that believe that paranormal activity is following them. Here is a URL of a higher end film that acheived this effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSSqxrh5kp8&ytsession=RitPzxgrcrzZ2RkxcMrMls02IXKTiiXj3e08EXk8OsbQfxHXBeMhx1jPVFoZxdpsNWDbzgxXauezxa0qgxlsAWf2_Mc2lqPzp4yNrYca-9Y0kt5lsdva--J1aXcKHW4K7sTYd_GfIPKqxLev0EEdbr_lbUXeOJUfngxtOms22ofBnwOM8LCez2UQE87v7juZa8LbadsaQJpW824gMkvD4AM1Nf8X72c-e7gChoZi8I7gLcdbElyB7KdIL8efG2Hw4pmTo-pNoYw
We made a 2 minute opening scene of a film. This film was of the genre teen horror. The elements of this genre are suspense, thrill and surprise. I think that these elements have been included in our final product. An example of the suspense is the music that creates a tense atmosphere on the silent walk, of thrill there is the final scene where Charles gets killed and of surprise is the fact that Lisa disappears in the last shot meaning adding the possibility that it was her that killed him.
Personally I think that this is what the people that enjoy watching these films (who we are representing) will enjoy this scene as it still leaves them on the edge of their seats as still you don't see the killer.
And finally the characters in the film are representing people of their age. This is done by using the clothes that are used by teenagers and girlfriends that they trust etc.
Other films that also represent these particular social groups include Final destination and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -
3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
For the distribution of our media product we chose to use New Line Cinema. This was decided after watching video clips on YouTube. The signature of New Line Cinema fitted very well with the theme/mood of our film. For example we tried using Paramount but the mood that it created was just simply too happy for our intended atmosphere. When we saw New Line Cinema we thought that it was dark enough and was silent enough to help create the serious mood that we wanted. Here is a comparison of the two signatures:
Then we researched what other films along the same lines as ours that they had distributed. The results were films such as Final Destination:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4osKSQrrk
This meant that our media product might be of interest to them as it was the same genre as others that they had been involved with. Not only have they used this genre before but it has also been successful therefore increasing the interest of distributing our media product.
4) Who would be the audience for your media product?
The people that we had to aim our product at were those people that enjoy watching horror films. We had to decide which age range that we were going to target before we started filming our media product. The main reason for this is that if we had chosen to target the audience of the age of 12 and above then we might have had to change some material that included bad language etc. This to us did not really affect our story line as there was no footage that was shot that could be seen as insensitive or inappropriate for viewers of certain ages. There are no shots with bad language etc as we did not think that it was necessary to having a wide audience. This is because we made sure that the story had elements that attracted viewers of all ages. These included death for the viewers of 18+, there was a step up in to the world of horror films for the people that have just finished watching films of 12+ and there was the ground in between for those that watch films of 15+.
Eventually we decided that 15+ was a good age group to aim for because that gave us the largest audience. People that are over this age group will definitely still watch films of this genre that have a lower age limit and people that are under this intended age group will also get to watch it as they watch films that are above their actual age. This is the symbol that would be displayed showing people which age group this media product is aimed at and who will be allowed to watch it.
5) How did you attract/address your audience?
When making the film we had to decide on which techniques would be most effective in attracting our audience. By using people in our year to act meant that people would find the story easy to relate to because the characters involved are of the same age as the target audience. This is due to the life that is lived during school and the trusting relationship between boy and girl. We also used a trusting media distributor because people trust that New Line Cinema distribute good films meaning that they will be interested in our film. The film is an informal address to the viewers. This is shown by the conversation over the phone at the beginning is between a boyfriend and girlfriend and does not include language of a formal fashion.
6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
In the making of our media product I have learnt to use the software Adobe Premier Elements 2.0.
This software is the one that we used to edit and make changes to our footage. Before I was able to make any changes I had to be able to upload the footage on to the computer from the video camera that it was currently on. I did this by using a card reader which is connected to the computer with a USB end. From then it is just a simple dragging task from the folder containing the cards media to the computer folder that you want the footage to go in to. Throughout the making of the product I have learnt how to do many things on the software from unlinking sound and video on timelines to changing the colour of the footage on screen to black and white etc. Personally the skill that I think that I have become best at is cutting pieces of footage and making the bridge between the two sides of the cut very smooth.Photoshop is another software that I have learnt to use for creating titles and alteringthe appearance of a picture. Below is a screenshot of photoshop as it is first opened.
Here is an example from our film that is work from photoshop; (the titles in the corners)
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
As mentioned above I have learnt how to use the softwares such as premier elements and photoshop since the begining of the preliminary task to the finished main task. But there have also been some learning experiences other than softwares.
I not only learnt to use a video camera but also a digital camera for still pictures and the equipment that is to be used with them. This includes tripods. I had to learn how to use a tripod much better for my main task than for my preliminary task. This is because we tried to get shots that were more advanced than those in a preliminary task which requires the tripod to be used on ground that isn't flat and also when I climbed a tree for a high angle shot I had to use a tripod to hold the camera higher than I was to get some extra height. This required knowledge of which screws were tight and making sure the legs weren't under any stress that could cause snapping etc. Here are two pictures of tripod use in the preliminary task before we really got to grips with the equipment.
And here are some pictures that we took of the location that we were filming in with the digital camera during the main task when we had aquired the skills needed to use the necessary equipment.
Another thing that I have learnt that is not to do with technology is time management skills. This would could have been a big problem for our group if we did not sit down and do some planning as it is very easy to fall behind by time wasting. Another problem that we overcame was not only filming what you thought you needed rather than more which gives you more options when you are editing. Finally, below are some examples of the equipment that I have fully learnt to use since the Preliminary Task.
8) How did the feedback that you recieved help you to make a better film opening?
Here is the feedback that we have collected for our 2 minute film opening.
Simon said...
Brilliant video. I commented before and told you to build the storyline up more slowely and you did that now really well. The talking to Lisa on the phone makes it more understandable and the black and white effect and the camera shaking at the silent walk is really good as well.Well done!
The girls; said...
Wow guys, since you last asked for criticism comments, this has gotten so much better! Love the fact that the music starts a lot earlier. Seriously. The music is really good and works really well with your footage. Good work! :) Lisa Mitchell x
Wow guys, since you last asked for criticism comments, this has gotten so much better! Love the fact that the music starts a lot earlier. Seriously. The music is really good and works really well with your footage. Good work! :) Lisa Mitchell x
Gabi Paterson said...
Hey guys,I thought your film beginning was really good! I especially like the music because it makes the atmosphere of the film really intense and compliments the genre. I also liked how the point of view shots from whatever was stalking your main character were edited differently and in black and white.WELL DONE! (:
Hey guys,I thought your film beginning was really good! I especially like the music because it makes the atmosphere of the film really intense and compliments the genre. I also liked how the point of view shots from whatever was stalking your main character were edited differently and in black and white.WELL DONE! (:
This is from the second time that we had recieved feedback although the criticism recieved before was verbal as a posed to being posted on the blog. The first time we were told that the story dragged on a bit and the story line wasn't clear enough. we decided to change the begining so that we showed a conversation over the phone so that the audience had a chance to realise what was going on.
Another point that did come up from a few people, that Lisa mentions above, was that the music started a bit too late. This was changed so that it starts earlier in the film and starts to set the mood sooner.
After doing this we got some feedback from some others and there were postive comments about the music setting the mood successfully and it complimenting the genre.
Finally one point that was brought up verbally by some people that the point of view shot shouldn't just be in black and white but also have an effect on the footage helped me to decide on using the blurred effect when Charles is being watched on the silent walk. Personally I feel this effect adds a great deal to the finished product as you can tell that it is something stalking the main character but it builds suspense as you are unsure of what is going to happen, what the creature is, or why it is stalking/following him. Overall the feedback that we have recieved has been very positive and has been put to good use.
Written by Gregor Sharp
Monday, 15 March 2010
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
We made a 2 minute opening of a film. The film genre was teen horror. The elements are suspense and surprise. I believe that these elements have been included in our final product. An example of the suspense is when Charles is walking up the silent walk and we begin to hear very creepy.
We chose to do a teen horror film meaning that we would be opening our film out to more than one audience. We used the Teen Horror genre because it is always an interesting topic to film about.
The elements of Teen Horror are Scary music, love, blood and chases. For our film we couldn’t use all this effects but we did have some great music to go with the film and our characters where both in love and we had the horror factor, with special effects of a ghostly effect and we used the technique of Steven Spielberg’s film Jaws where u don’t see the evil but you can hear it coming.
We represent teens in the film as a couple who are struggling at the current moment in time and they don’t know what is going and we chose this kind of relationship with Horror because many teenage relationships are usually a bit fiery.
A perfect example of our film we tried to keep too is “I know what you did last summer.”
Charlie Lambourne
We chose to do a teen horror film meaning that we would be opening our film out to more than one audience. We used the Teen Horror genre because it is always an interesting topic to film about.
The elements of Teen Horror are Scary music, love, blood and chases. For our film we couldn’t use all this effects but we did have some great music to go with the film and our characters where both in love and we had the horror factor, with special effects of a ghostly effect and we used the technique of Steven Spielberg’s film Jaws where u don’t see the evil but you can hear it coming.
We represent teens in the film as a couple who are struggling at the current moment in time and they don’t know what is going and we chose this kind of relationship with Horror because many teenage relationships are usually a bit fiery.
A perfect example of our film we tried to keep too is “I know what you did last summer.”
Charlie Lambourne
Monday, 8 March 2010
Group Management
1) How did you manage the group dynamics, equipment and resources, interim deadlines and the necessary collaborative nature of film making?
As a group there were three members. We decided to split equally the tasks in hand, meaning that none of us would be passengers that would relax and not do any work. So at the start we wanted to divide the work hence one member did the editing of the movie and then the other members started to find music and help make titles. At times we all individually shared the opportunities to write up on the blog about the work we are doing. We managed our equipment properly cameras, tripods and costumes well. Each lesson we set tasks that we were going to finish in that lesson. Like on our first filming days we divided tasks of find out the genre of our movies which was going to be a horror, finding music which was required to create the atmosphere in our film and the last thing we started our movie of was by drawing the story board which was very important in our creation. Also we divided the filming duties every time we went filming outside. One member managed the camera and the other the acting. This created work for everyone in the group. (Vidur Bharatram)
2) What health and safety and logistical problems did you solve?
While making the film we made sure that we stuck within the school rules and campus. We did not do anything that was a health and safety risk apart from climbing a tree. We felt that this was a reasonably small risk to take as we had checked the strength of the branch before we did this. Bar this there was nothing that could be an issue for health and safety. (Gregor Sharp)
3) How did you organise your human resources – the people involved in the production?
We chose two people to be in our film. We had a typical relationship with a boy and a girl who where played by Charles and Lisa Mitchell. We had one problem with Lisa’s hair she wouldn’t stop dying it meaning we had to go out and reshoot many of our shots again, other than that we managed to keep a tight grip on our actors and we didn’t have any other problems. (Charles Lambourne)
4) How did you manage actors, locations, costumes and props? Remember that deciding NOT to use a particular strategy [e.g. not to use any props] is also a creative decision.
We first had a small audition with a few actresses to play the role of Lisa. But eventually we took the real Lisa Mitchell to play Lisa in our movie. We then decided to find a perfect location for the horror scene of Charles’ death. In our school campus we have a very old church near some woods so we analyzed and speculated the area. We saw that the location of the church was perfect as it was dull and scary. Also we had to find a spot where the phone calls could be made when Lisa and Charles speak in the opening scene. So we needed a common room and we found the perfect spot in a boarding house called Round Square. The only few props we used was a phone. For costumes we just used very casual teenage clothes while Lisa used her school uniform to say that she was in high school. Looking after these costumes was a difficult task as sometimes they would get dirty as the mud and slush was everywhere on our location. We decided not to use major props to keep the opening scene simple. This made it easier to manage and to worry over small details. (Vidur Bharatram)
5) How did storyboarding and creating a shooting script work in practice? Did you make creative decisions to depart from the original plan? For what reasons and with what outcomes?
Vidur created a storyboard at the beginning that we thought we where going to stick by through the whole filming, but as we found out from filming some parts where too long or not good enough to be in the film. We decided some of the footage had to be cut through our own decisions and some where through other peoples thoughts.
Some of the cuts included Charles waking up in bed and him picking up his phone and talking to Lisa but we didn’t see her at all pick up the phone so we decided to get rid of it and start with a new beginning with me and her having a phone conversation talking about what is happening. Then we had a load of footage of me walking towards the silent walk and after a few words from Mrs Downes we also cut a lot of the footage as it was pointless a filled up to much camera time. So we turned the footage into a faster more slicker version.
(Charles Lambourne)
As a group there were three members. We decided to split equally the tasks in hand, meaning that none of us would be passengers that would relax and not do any work. So at the start we wanted to divide the work hence one member did the editing of the movie and then the other members started to find music and help make titles. At times we all individually shared the opportunities to write up on the blog about the work we are doing. We managed our equipment properly cameras, tripods and costumes well. Each lesson we set tasks that we were going to finish in that lesson. Like on our first filming days we divided tasks of find out the genre of our movies which was going to be a horror, finding music which was required to create the atmosphere in our film and the last thing we started our movie of was by drawing the story board which was very important in our creation. Also we divided the filming duties every time we went filming outside. One member managed the camera and the other the acting. This created work for everyone in the group. (Vidur Bharatram)
2) What health and safety and logistical problems did you solve?
While making the film we made sure that we stuck within the school rules and campus. We did not do anything that was a health and safety risk apart from climbing a tree. We felt that this was a reasonably small risk to take as we had checked the strength of the branch before we did this. Bar this there was nothing that could be an issue for health and safety. (Gregor Sharp)
3) How did you organise your human resources – the people involved in the production?
We chose two people to be in our film. We had a typical relationship with a boy and a girl who where played by Charles and Lisa Mitchell. We had one problem with Lisa’s hair she wouldn’t stop dying it meaning we had to go out and reshoot many of our shots again, other than that we managed to keep a tight grip on our actors and we didn’t have any other problems. (Charles Lambourne)
4) How did you manage actors, locations, costumes and props? Remember that deciding NOT to use a particular strategy [e.g. not to use any props] is also a creative decision.
We first had a small audition with a few actresses to play the role of Lisa. But eventually we took the real Lisa Mitchell to play Lisa in our movie. We then decided to find a perfect location for the horror scene of Charles’ death. In our school campus we have a very old church near some woods so we analyzed and speculated the area. We saw that the location of the church was perfect as it was dull and scary. Also we had to find a spot where the phone calls could be made when Lisa and Charles speak in the opening scene. So we needed a common room and we found the perfect spot in a boarding house called Round Square. The only few props we used was a phone. For costumes we just used very casual teenage clothes while Lisa used her school uniform to say that she was in high school. Looking after these costumes was a difficult task as sometimes they would get dirty as the mud and slush was everywhere on our location. We decided not to use major props to keep the opening scene simple. This made it easier to manage and to worry over small details. (Vidur Bharatram)
5) How did storyboarding and creating a shooting script work in practice? Did you make creative decisions to depart from the original plan? For what reasons and with what outcomes?
Vidur created a storyboard at the beginning that we thought we where going to stick by through the whole filming, but as we found out from filming some parts where too long or not good enough to be in the film. We decided some of the footage had to be cut through our own decisions and some where through other peoples thoughts.
Some of the cuts included Charles waking up in bed and him picking up his phone and talking to Lisa but we didn’t see her at all pick up the phone so we decided to get rid of it and start with a new beginning with me and her having a phone conversation talking about what is happening. Then we had a load of footage of me walking towards the silent walk and after a few words from Mrs Downes we also cut a lot of the footage as it was pointless a filled up to much camera time. So we turned the footage into a faster more slicker version.
(Charles Lambourne)
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Video Production Questions
1) At a micro, technical level, how well did you observe the conventions of continuity, the language of film and the grammar of the edit?
When making our film we made sure that we included a variety of different camera shots and angles. However this meant that we had to be careful not to break the 180 degree rule etc. Also when we were doing this we made sure that the camera position gave good continuity as some of the shots were shot in two bits. For example when Charles is entering the Silent Walk we have a shot watching him from the front and then from the back. In this particular shot we had to make sure that the correct foot is leading when the shot changes. Also when we were getting a high angle shot to look down on Charles in the Silent Walk, as the camera man, I needed to make sure that the camera was still and not juddering.
Over all I think that as a group we did a pretty good job of making sure that the continuity of our film was good. (Gregor Sharp)
2) How many mistakes did you make, and did you improve in the main task having made errors in the preliminary exercise?
We only had a few small of problems, on of them was that half way through us beginning our filming Lisa had dyed her hair a different colour and in one shot I am wearing a different jacket than in the others. Our film was moving flowing than our preliminary task and when we shot our preliminary task the camera was usually out of focus so when decided to shoot the main task before we did any filming we would make sure the camera was in focus and that the camera was steady. (Charlie Lambourne)
3) At a more symbolic, macro level, how does your fiction film reflect or challenge the conventions of the genre or type you are working in? Will it fulfil the ‘contractual’ nature of film genre or will it subvert expectations deliberately?
Personally I think that our film fits in to the chosen genre comfortably. The chosen genre was teen horror and with the actors being teenagers and being in a school environment it brings the story closer to home for all the teen viewers. In many films of this genre there is a similar story where someone is followed by an unknown character. This means that the story that we chose is not too far outside of the box and that people will trust the story line enough to come and see it, were it a full film. (Gregor Sharp)
4) Are there any elements of deliberate pastiche or parody, where you ‘play’ with the genre’s codes and history? Are there any intertextual moments where you hint at a reference to another film?
Our movie that we made was original screenplay. We did not want to hint at any other movies. We did unknowingly hint at a few movies like Donnie Darko and The Ring. There are no elements of parody in our movie as we wanted to make it a serious opening two minutes. Our movie does start of with a murder which then has to get solved and it revolves around this phenomenon or ghost. I believe our movie has no parodies hence makes it our own original script like I said before. Even with our genre codes we have not deliberately tried to create a spoof on any movie. (Vidur Bharatram)
5) What kinds of audience pleasure are you trying to provide, and how confident are you that you have delivered on this promise?
We were trying too provide a fear factor for our audience. As a group we feel that this has been achieved as throughout the film you do not get to see the person/creature that is chasing him. This technique is taken from Jaws as we liked the way that not being able to see the danger created more of a tense atmosphere. Even in the last scene where Charles dies you still do not get to catch a sight of the killer. (Charles Lambourne)
When making our film we made sure that we included a variety of different camera shots and angles. However this meant that we had to be careful not to break the 180 degree rule etc. Also when we were doing this we made sure that the camera position gave good continuity as some of the shots were shot in two bits. For example when Charles is entering the Silent Walk we have a shot watching him from the front and then from the back. In this particular shot we had to make sure that the correct foot is leading when the shot changes. Also when we were getting a high angle shot to look down on Charles in the Silent Walk, as the camera man, I needed to make sure that the camera was still and not juddering.
Over all I think that as a group we did a pretty good job of making sure that the continuity of our film was good. (Gregor Sharp)
2) How many mistakes did you make, and did you improve in the main task having made errors in the preliminary exercise?
We only had a few small of problems, on of them was that half way through us beginning our filming Lisa had dyed her hair a different colour and in one shot I am wearing a different jacket than in the others. Our film was moving flowing than our preliminary task and when we shot our preliminary task the camera was usually out of focus so when decided to shoot the main task before we did any filming we would make sure the camera was in focus and that the camera was steady. (Charlie Lambourne)
3) At a more symbolic, macro level, how does your fiction film reflect or challenge the conventions of the genre or type you are working in? Will it fulfil the ‘contractual’ nature of film genre or will it subvert expectations deliberately?
Personally I think that our film fits in to the chosen genre comfortably. The chosen genre was teen horror and with the actors being teenagers and being in a school environment it brings the story closer to home for all the teen viewers. In many films of this genre there is a similar story where someone is followed by an unknown character. This means that the story that we chose is not too far outside of the box and that people will trust the story line enough to come and see it, were it a full film. (Gregor Sharp)
4) Are there any elements of deliberate pastiche or parody, where you ‘play’ with the genre’s codes and history? Are there any intertextual moments where you hint at a reference to another film?
Our movie that we made was original screenplay. We did not want to hint at any other movies. We did unknowingly hint at a few movies like Donnie Darko and The Ring. There are no elements of parody in our movie as we wanted to make it a serious opening two minutes. Our movie does start of with a murder which then has to get solved and it revolves around this phenomenon or ghost. I believe our movie has no parodies hence makes it our own original script like I said before. Even with our genre codes we have not deliberately tried to create a spoof on any movie. (Vidur Bharatram)
5) What kinds of audience pleasure are you trying to provide, and how confident are you that you have delivered on this promise?
We were trying too provide a fear factor for our audience. As a group we feel that this has been achieved as throughout the film you do not get to see the person/creature that is chasing him. This technique is taken from Jaws as we liked the way that not being able to see the danger created more of a tense atmosphere. Even in the last scene where Charles dies you still do not get to catch a sight of the killer. (Charles Lambourne)
6) Although time management may seem a less exciting aspect of the creative media practice, it is possibly the most important - how did you manage your time, and with what success?
One thing that we made sure to do was to make the most of our time when out filming especially. For a few occasions at the beginning of our main task we did not manage our time very well and due to procrastination we did not manage to get all of the work done that we had set out to do. This meant that we needed to rethink the way we approached the task each lesson. At the end of each lesson we would talk about what we had to do next lesson so that the planning didn’t take up any time. Then at the start of the lessons we would know what was to happen, allowing us to carry it out a lot more efficiently. (Gregor Sharp)
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Corrected Main Task
After our main task was completed our teacher watched it and gave us some feedback on how she thought we would be able to improve it slightly. One thing that came up in her feedback that matched what other members of the class had to say was that our titles did not fit the style of film that we had produced. We spent time looking at our options for the change and decided on a different one but we kept the colour the same as it showed up clearly on the footage.
Here is the copy of the corrected film.
Written by Gregor Sharp & Charles Lambourne
Here is the copy of the corrected film.
Written by Gregor Sharp & Charles Lambourne
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Titles And Editing of them.
Here we changes the title to a black background so that it fits into our movie genre of horror. Also I used outter glow to make the titles look bigger than the other titles used in our movie.
Posted by Vidur Bharatram
Changing the Animated Logo.
Before we posted our film we changed the logo from Paramount to New Line cinema. Paramount was a bit over the top for our film. We changed it so that New line could fit into our movie and create an atmosphere of horror as the logo is very dark and murky. Also we had a lot of feed back from our class mates who told us to change the ending titles of " In the Shadows" to make it bigger and brighter so that it stands out from the titles of the opening credits. I also personally took the task to make the titles of the opening credits on Photoshop. The editing was easier to do as I just fade in and out the titles. Also in our Oceans Productions title we stretched the music out so that the scary music starts on the production title.
Posted By Vidur Bharatam
Posted By Vidur Bharatam
Monday, 8 February 2010
08/02/2010
This afternoon in class we converted our final main task in to a windows media file so that we were able to put the film on our blog. This was successful and we are now awaiting other class members to give us feedback.
Gregor Sharp
Monday, 1 February 2010
2/2/10 Coursework
This afternoon in class we were looking at making titles in our film. Currently the only things missing from our film is a second piece of music and titles. We were looking through different trailers from other films to help inspire us with our one. This was very effective and helped us chose which type we should use. In the end we narrowed our decision down to either ones that paused a character in action and introduced them and the other one was to have them running as the character was talking on screen without stopping the video. We decided to go for the second option in the end and I think I speak for the whole group by saying that we are very happy with the end product. At the moment the first 2 titles are complete and next lesson our objective is to complete all of them. Also this afternoon I was looking for some more music to fill the gaps in the video. This went well as I found one very suitable song and I am looking to finish this task in tomorrow's lesson.
Written by Gregor Sharp
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Further Editing 28/1/10
With further editing and managing to put in the sound we found that it was a very successful day of work but we did hit one problem. Although we had decided on the Paramount intro, after watching it we thought that it was slightly over the top. Also it had some music that gave of a happy feel when you heard it. Although it is possible to unlink the sound and video it wouldnt be the same to have it without the sound that it is known by. Therefore we changed the intro from Paramount to New Line Cinema. This fits better with our film as it is blue which matches out production title (Oceans Productions) and also it is dark which adds to the mood that the film is trying t0 create.
Written by Gregor Sharp
Written by Gregor Sharp
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Re Shooting mobile phone scene
Today we had to go back out re-shoot some more footage as when we filmed it yesterday the footage came over as very fuzzy and poor quality, this was due to poor lighting and wobbly camera work. Which was very weird because when we went and shot Lisa on the other side of the phone conversation the footage came out perfect with no problems of sound or lighting.
So when we went back today we went to the same place and we played around a bit with the lights as we where inside a room also we had a new camera as well meaning the chances of the footage being poor was very unlikely. So when we shot the footage and placed into our film it look a lot better than yesterdays footage
posted by Charlie Lambourne
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
26/1/10 Filming with Lisa
This lesson we were looking at the footage that we had already got together and we reaslised that the film did not explain why Lisa is there or what connection she has to Charles. We then decided which shots we could film to help explain to he audience and this went well.
One shot was of Charles phoning Lisa and telling her that someone is following him.
The next shots were of Lisa in the library when she recieves the call and what her responses to Charles are. The reason for this is that we thought we could show a short conversation to break up the first few scenes as it was too slow to begin with.
Charles tells Lisa that he thinks someone is following him and now the audience knows what is going on.
Written by Gregor Sharp
One shot was of Charles phoning Lisa and telling her that someone is following him.
The next shots were of Lisa in the library when she recieves the call and what her responses to Charles are. The reason for this is that we thought we could show a short conversation to break up the first few scenes as it was too slow to begin with.
Charles tells Lisa that he thinks someone is following him and now the audience knows what is going on.
Written by Gregor Sharp
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Paramount Logo Entry
Today in our lesson we downloaded and added the paramount logo video from a movie trailer. We found the video from Youtube as well and downloaded the URL to our blog. This enabled us to add the video into our Main Task. This completed our beginning of the movie and now as a group we have to discuss the music that we will be using in our Main Task.
Written by Vidur Bharatram
Written by Vidur Bharatram
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Main Task Feedback
This afternoon in class we were given the opportunity to give and recieve feedback on our main tasks. The main thing that people seemed to pick up on was that the first shot as it was too long. Below is some of the feedback that we were given.
Kim – Lisa is wearing school uniform & opening shot is too long & more titles
Simon – Build up the tension slower than we have
Sultan – First shot is too long but there is good use of effects
Tess – No girl at the end of the film & first shot too long
Mrs Downes - Needs some sound at the beginning, there is talking in the background some shots that needs to be cut out & at the end there is a wiggle in the fingers that needs to be cut out.
We have taken on board all of this information and we are very grateful for it as we are using it to improve the footage that we currently have.
Written by Gregor Sharp
Kim – Lisa is wearing school uniform & opening shot is too long & more titles
Simon – Build up the tension slower than we have
Sultan – First shot is too long but there is good use of effects
Tess – No girl at the end of the film & first shot too long
Mrs Downes - Needs some sound at the beginning, there is talking in the background some shots that needs to be cut out & at the end there is a wiggle in the fingers that needs to be cut out.
We have taken on board all of this information and we are very grateful for it as we are using it to improve the footage that we currently have.
Written by Gregor Sharp
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