Evaluation Queston 1)

[RO] Q2) Representation

2) In our opening we created the main social group represented shows teenagers as “drifters” people who have little family and only confide in friends, this representation conveys past trauma while giving a sense of pity to the lead character but at the same time seeing how different issues can affect your role in a social group and what social status you form, for exampleBeing a drug mule, would be high up the social status in a group because the act on instinct and carry what the group wants or need,Being scared at the opportunities of life shows that beliefs and values can be morally or politically justified through their action, which either make them a better person of change them to fall deeper into the world they are exposed to.These two points show that many people can have different roles at the same time but at the same time be affected by what is happening around him. An example of this is if a violent crime is committed everyone acts differently to it, but whether they show that difference is what keeps their view and value in the group safe. Our opening shows the main character as someone who trusts his friends but when all goes wrong “he gets the wrong side of the stick” and is left to struggle on his own which is developed throughout the film.

[RO] Q3) Distribution

RO - RG Distribution media evaluation

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This is question 3) of the evaluation

[RG] Evaluation Q4-Q7

Q4-5) Our films target audience was any people from the age of 15 (the films certificate) up to people in their late-twenties/ early-thirties. Because of the films nature, large amount of fast-paced action and many scenes of violence, the film was expected to be preferred by males, although there are many aspects of the film that have appeal to females as well.

Q6) Through the course I’ve picked up a lot of new technology based skills that I previously would have been unable to do. To make the film it was necessary to pick up techniques for filming and editing otherwise the piece would have been harder to make and of lower quality. Working on a blog was a highly efficient way of managing group work and keeping bits up to date while approaching the deadline. On the blog we were able to work together as a group and comment on new posts.

It was a good way to get ourselves prepared for filming. Once our filming began we took the camera out to our original location with the tripod and looked for good places to set up shots. We always considered how the framing would make the shot look through rule of thirds and if the lighting was effecting the picture or continuity. One problem we faced on our first shoot was it got dark too quickly.


Fortunately we were able to overcome this by changing the contrast in editing. We used the editing to change the filters on every shot to give the piece its own “feel” that fitted the genre. When comparing our production to the production of a real film the work was done in the same order with our audience research and location ideas coming way first before filming and finally editing the shots/sounds.

Q7) When we initially filmed our preliminary task we were unfamiliar with using the cameras and weren’t 100% on how to film what we wanted effectively. We only did each shot once for the preliminary which meant we had to cut it very short to edit out the bad angles/lighting. The preliminary was very helpful in the long run despite me seeing it as a waste of time at first. It was the base for us learning how to handle the camera and plan out our shots and it also taught us about how to pace running and cutting to keep the footage visually interesting. By filming our preliminary as a chase scene when we came to filming another chase scene for the actual opening we had a good idea of what looks good. By having used slow pans and handy cam shots before we were able to do them more effectively and with enough ease that would could put extra effort into making sure the shots were just right. We learnt a lot about continuity editing in our preliminary task and used this knowledge effectively in deciding where to cut our final opening. The planning time in between doing the preliminary task and the film opening was extremely helpful.

[RG] Feedback Questionnaire

The following powerpoint shows the results of our feedback questionnaire composed on SurveyMonkey. Our film opening was showed to an audience in the school hall and after watching it the audience was handed our feedback and thoughts questionnaire for use in our evaluation. Twelve people responded to our questionnaire.

Feedback and thoughts

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For our last question people were asked if they had any comments on the film but unfortunatly no one answered.

e-mail sent to sony

i sent this e-mail and i am yet to get a reply from sony

[RG] Call Sheet & Risk Assessment

<-- This is our call sheet. The call sheet helped us organise who we would meet and where we were planning the shoot. It was filled out before we rented our camera equipment so that we were able to pre-plan the shoots and make sure everyone involved knew their job and when/where to arrive.

This is our risk assessment. By filing out a risk assessment before renting out the equipment we were able to avoid any accidents or damage and so were able to shoot efficiently. We assesed the possible risks at each site we planned to shoot in so we could be prepared. The risk assessment was looked at by our teachers before the camera equipment was signed to us.

Audiece Research

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Evaluation proposal

For the evaluation Richard and I have split the questions for answering and initially decided on doing a voice over of our opening with a few stills inserted. However I have decided it would be better to answer the questions in a range of formats on the blog including text, voice over of opening and voice over/text to accompany stills.

Not finished, will improve and lenghen post when finished and am happy with the answers to the evaluation questions. Its probably time to start thinking in which media we will answer each question. I think question 4 and 5 should be text based with stills inserted (charts from SurveyMonkey?) and question 7 should be voice over of short clips from the priliminary and opening, should probably start editing that very soon.

[GROUP] Rough Cut

Media Pitch

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[Group] rough cut comments

With this piece of work. the critisisms with it were the style and tempo of music didnt really grip onto the media to make it feel like a chase scene, so we completely developed a new soundtrack, in which i e-mailed Sony and asked to use the media, which was kasabian - Reason for Treason.

[GROUP] - Anamatic

[Group] - Finished opening

[Group] Current status of Coursework

Sound

Richard emailed Sony regarding using the track "Reson is Treason" by Kasabian, which we decided fits well with the theme of our genre and the pace of our cutting. The song can be heard on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfuT1VUKARk (from 0:08)

Title and Fonts

Richard also found a new font to use for the title on the opening and has started modifying and editing the font in Premier to make it more visually appealing and fit into the title sequence. We've chosen to use the sound piece from the last post (RO - Sound, 16 March 2010) to put together with the titles as they fade onto the screen.

Future Shoots

We've planned out all missing shots and things we want to reshoot and have organized the order and times we want to shoot them in. New locations have been thought of that will make the opening more interesting and we hope to include a few shots we haven't used yet to keep the piece from becoming boring. After discussion with our teachers we've fully organized everything we need to do and everywhere we have to go to completre shooting and have the footage ready for editing in time to meet the deadline.

RO - Sound

i am thinking of createing my own soundtrack to stop wierd loops that just sound the same, so i am thinking of using cubase 4 to create different effects through the soundtrack to keep it "Alive".

[RG] Shoot 13/3/10

Originally we planned to shoot on Friday but had to wait till the next day because of the weather. We met up at a time we felt would provide the right light but still would lack people walking around the could ruin our shots. We filmed all the major shots off our storyboard of the running sequence but were unable to shoot our "passer by" shots as no one was available to give us a hand. We will return to the location to film these shots during the week or at the weekend.

Location: Otford
Equipment used: Camera, Tripod

The tripod was used for most of the shots to achieve effective panning and steady-cam shots. When shooting I had to consider the rule of thirds and how visualy noisy the cars cars make the shot.

Preliminary Task

We set out to film a chase sequence through continuity editing,

The continuity editing was a success but we would like to improve the quality of the camera work and the fluent movement between the shots

[RG] Mood Board

Preliminary Task

Just finished the editing of ther camera work and we were both surprised at the quality of the overall piece so far, just need to add the naration and then the sound then the task will be completed :)

[RG] Opening Analysis

Trainspotting

-The film opens with a steady cam shot of two characters running away from security in a busy street. At first, the audience doesn't know why they are running.
-The camera cuts to ground level and you can see the feet of the main character as he runs and objects falling to the ground from his pockets. The audience can then deduce that the man has just robbed somewhere.
-There is a low angled shot as the man runs down a small set of stairs which snaps to a point of view angle of him running down the road.
-This point of view switches to another point of view shot of a driver as he hits the man in his car.
-A name title pops up and then there is the first cut to a new scene of him smoking.
-This cuts to a scene of characters playing football where their name titles are shown.
-There are then continuous cuts between the smoking scene and the football scene as the main character falls down.

-The whole opening is accompanied by narration as there is no other dialogue and the tone and words used set the theme of the movie. The song Lust for Life by Iggy Pop is also constantly accompanying the opening and gives the footage an upbeat, late 80s/90s feel, that is effective at fitting the theme and running sequence.

RO - The preliminay task

planning the storyboard today was very hard as the idea wasnt a collabarate contribution to it, will be fun to see how it will look like after shooting though

[RG] Group - Discussion 28/01/10

Richard and I had a group discussion in class regarding the first few opening shots. We have started to storyboard the camera angles and shots we are going to use create a running scene and have discussed where to fit in the correct music, narration and diagetic sounds during the sequence. We have also been looking at fonts for the films title as we have planned how we will incorporate the title into a freeze frame during the opening running sequence.

RO - Theme music for opening

As The opening of trainspotting is the male running, we could do that but have the song "Keep on running" by Spencer Davis group, (I think that's the right song name as the computer in the 6Th form library didn't have sound), as this state running away from something which could be a theme for the opening as well, create a plot of someone running away from someone or something, then we could leave a cliffhanger before the end of the scene to hook the audience in, for example he catches up with someone or something and the camera is shown from that point of view at the main characters face to show the disbelief and fear in his eyes. Just a thought but thought it could really well with the theme music. :)

Group - Discussion 26/01/10

We had a discussion in class yesterday and started basing an idea on the trainspotting video and a teen thriller as the video has an effecftive yet simple opening. i'll have to search around the teen thriller to find more films along the lines of trainspotting and find out different techniques used.

RO - Camera Work

Using the cameras yesterday we used a sweep shot to capture someone running, then a steady cam shot to follow the runner, we used the teachers chair to help with the steady cam to create a mobile platform for filming while holding the camera.
run into a bit of trouble with the chair as it was difficult to steer therefore i fell of it but everything worked out as we found out that we took a risk by shooting the thin path in the quite area and not the path leading from the art block.

[RG] Opening concept - Stephen King's IT

This video shows a simple but highly effective oppening to a Horror movie. With some basic editing software to create the opening credits and employment of some elementary camera shots this oppening could be recreated by our group. It is an effective oppening to a horror movie as it creates suspence and fear in the audience, while also leaving a great deal of mystery for the film to expand upon.

The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcW_FbNG1cg

Watch from 0:00 - 3:13

[RG] Genre Analysis - Horror

1. Horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness. Many horror movies also include a central villain. More recent horror films can usually be split into three distinct, but related, sub-genres: the horror-of-personality i.e. “Psycho”, the horror-of-Armageddon i.e. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and the horror-of-the-demonic i.e. “The Exorcist”.

2. Early horror movies are largely based on classic literature of the Gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A sub-genre of horror is the slasher film, usually with a teenage cast and targeted towards a teenage audience, so a good direction of the genre for our group to look into.

3. Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent Nosferatu classic, to today's CGI monsters and deranged humans. They are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens.

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Villain



Victim

5. The location of Horror can be practically anywhere, from widely populated cities to more commonly small, barely populated villages. One location often found in horrors is the large, old fashioned building that is usually haunted or abandoned.

6. The essence of horror is the violent, unanticipated disruption of audience trust in moral and natural order, but modern “horror” are less about horror and more about iconography. The horror genre is a flood of movies featuring zombies, vampires, werewolves, swamp creatures and Frankenstein who's analogues have supplanted the superhero as the dominant mainstream figure.

7.Costume

8. By changing the angle and placement of lights, you can turn an everyday scene into something horrifying. While these techniques are ideal for horror, they can also be used to add suspense or an air of mystery to an otherwise ordinary scene.
Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It tends to heighten the sense of alienation felt by the viewer, hence is commonly used in film noir and horror genres.

9. Here are a few fonts found on 1001freefonts.com that would suit the Horror genre:

RO - Technical Analysis of Trainspotting opening

Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996)

The Scene starts with a close up steady shot of the main male character running towards the camera to convey a sense of mystery, for example running from something.
Then the Camera cuts to his feet to show items falling out which conveys theft while showing people running behind in suits conveying security.
Then a medium low shot to show the actor running from a near side on view.
Then a low angled Shot to a follow sweep to follow the male down the stairs.
A POV shotto show the character running as if someone is following him or chasing him.
Then a mid shot to show from the cars POV and the male sliding over the cars bonnet for him then to stop.
A Mid shot of the character smoking,
Then a long shot of the male character smoking,
A long shot of the teams of footballthen shots of the football with titles of the characters names.
A continuity shot between two scenes of him falling down.

Narration shows the story at the beginning but also gives you a view that this is going to be a teen thriller.
Music has a high tempo to convey running as its an upbeat lifting song but also creates an britpop feel through the music to create a film based on the 1980's

I have learnt from this that you can create a simple opening yet it will be very effective, the narrative drives the film as it explains what he does in which we want to know more.

RO - Genre Analysis - Thriller

Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more powerful and better equipped villains.

Vladimir Nabokov who taught at cornell university said that "In an Anglo-Saxon thriller, the villain is generally punished, and the strong silent man generally wins the weak babbling girl, but there is no governmental law in Western countries to ban a story that does not comply with a fond tradition, so that we always hope that the wicked but romantic fellow will escape scot-free and the good but dull chap will be finally snubbed by the moody heroine"

There was connotations of earlier thrillers in "Homer's Odyssey."

"The genre is a fascinatingly flexible form that can undermine audience complacency through a dramatic rendering of psychological, social, familial and political tensions and encourages sheltered but sensation-hungry audiences, in Hitchcock's phrase, "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it's like." Quote From Source

Thrillers include assasination, jeprody, murder, mass murder and terrorism.

Sub Genres of Thrillers

Action Thriller - The Transporter(Leterrier, 2002)
Conspiracy Thriller - JFK (Stone, 1991)
Crime Thriller - Seven (Fincher, 1995)
Disaster Thriller - World trade centre (Stone, 2006)
Drama Thriller - The illusionist (Burger, 2006)
Erotic Thriller - Basic Instinct (Verhoeven, 1992)
Legal Thriller - The Firm (Pollack,1993)
Medical Thriller - Awake (Harold, 2007)
Political Thriller - The Agency (Kaczender, 1980)
Psychological Thriller - The Good Son (Ruben, 1993)
Spy Thriller - The Bourne Identity (Liman, 2002)
Techno Thriller - The Hunt for Red October (Mctiernan, 1990)
Religious Thriller - The Di Vinci Code (Howard, 2006)
Science Fiction Thrillers - Alien (Scott, 1979)

Text source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)