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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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When we began to film the prelim, we encountered a few issues whilst filming. Firstly, We couldn't find a free space to film for about 15 minutes, which delayed us with time until we found a free classroom. Next, we forgot to organise our props, such as the newspaper, so we borrowed one from student services, which ensured that we were ready to film. As we progressed with the set design, our first idea was to have a spinning chair so Jack could spin around with the newspaper but we couldn't find one that was unoccupied. Another problem that struck us was the issue of us only having two group members which made it awkward for us to both be in the shot at the same time. But luckily this meant we could show the process of us filming. Our last problem consisted of us not being able to take it seriously, which caused us to have uncontrollable laughter (see outtakes).
Our prelim task enabled us to over come the fear of being filmed and has refreshed Jack with his editing skills.
We was given an hour to film but because we wasn't able to start filming until 9:15 and was finished by 10, so we had 15 minutes less than some of the other groups but still managed to finish in time with more than enough extra shots. I think we had finished shooting early due to our storyboard being so precise and accurate that we knew what we were doing straight away. Our prelim lasts for one minute and five seconds, which is a bit long but overall I think it's worth it due to the quality.
If we had a chance to redo the prelim task we would of added dialogue because we had already completed the task before realising that we should of added dialogue. I think our piece works well without dialogue, due to the fact that we could show our true acting skills through NVC (non-verbal communication). Another way in which we could alter our prelim is by switching the location to the media room where we were originally going to film it but unfortunately it was taken by another group. Finally, the last alteration we would of made if we was to do the prelim again would just be to be more organised with props and to secure a location.
Our prelim task enabled us to over come the fear of being filmed and has refreshed Jack with his editing skills.
We was given an hour to film but because we wasn't able to start filming until 9:15 and was finished by 10, so we had 15 minutes less than some of the other groups but still managed to finish in time with more than enough extra shots. I think we had finished shooting early due to our storyboard being so precise and accurate that we knew what we were doing straight away. Our prelim lasts for one minute and five seconds, which is a bit long but overall I think it's worth it due to the quality.
If we had a chance to redo the prelim task we would of added dialogue because we had already completed the task before realising that we should of added dialogue. I think our piece works well without dialogue, due to the fact that we could show our true acting skills through NVC (non-verbal communication). Another way in which we could alter our prelim is by switching the location to the media room where we were originally going to film it but unfortunately it was taken by another group. Finally, the last alteration we would of made if we was to do the prelim again would just be to be more organised with props and to secure a location.
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Samuel:
My initial idea's consisted of the films, Shrooms, Taken, Fight Club and Black Swan because I had the idea that our two minute opening to a thriller could include the below. This would ensure a clever twist in the storyline, which we could slyly show during our trailer, poster and finally the opening two minutes that we are planning to complete. I chose Shrooms because I like the editing being used when the characters in the film are "tripping" on the drug to create a perfect effect which would link into our character having schizophrenia. Taken was another of my choices, due to the fact that it has a brilliant storyline and constantly makes you wonder what will happen. Also, it could happen in reality, which always leaves the viewer thinking. Fight Club and Black Swan are relatively the same kind of film due to the psychological factor and schizophrenia within. Finally, I wanted to have the juxtaposition of good and evil consealed in our opening to create a traditional type of film; my idea was to have a person who is schizophrenic and his inner self juxtaposes his outer self.
My initial idea's consisted of the films, Shrooms, Taken, Fight Club and Black Swan because I had the idea that our two minute opening to a thriller could include the below. This would ensure a clever twist in the storyline, which we could slyly show during our trailer, poster and finally the opening two minutes that we are planning to complete. I chose Shrooms because I like the editing being used when the characters in the film are "tripping" on the drug to create a perfect effect which would link into our character having schizophrenia. Taken was another of my choices, due to the fact that it has a brilliant storyline and constantly makes you wonder what will happen. Also, it could happen in reality, which always leaves the viewer thinking. Fight Club and Black Swan are relatively the same kind of film due to the psychological factor and schizophrenia within. Finally, I wanted to have the juxtaposition of good and evil consealed in our opening to create a traditional type of film; my idea was to have a person who is schizophrenic and his inner self juxtaposes his outer self.
Jack:
For my initial ideas, I drew inspiration from multiple films. They are all linked in there sense they're thrillers, but their sub genres are also very similar. I have seen all of the listed films, and enjoyed them all; meaning it would make complete sense to base our thriller around the same area. "The Dark Knight" was particularly inspirational for me as the dark, intense and mysterious aspects to the film, we're some key themes I want to convey. A film which was also drawn to my attention is "Brothers" - In which a man goes into the US Army, then being placed in Afghanistan, where he see's some terrible things, mentally scaring him. This physiological schizophrenia allows a huge range of potential ideas that could materialise into a very unique opening sequence.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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After some final alterations, and getting a little carried away, our prelim is complete. I (Jack) took the rest of the footage we had already edited in school earlier on today, opened it in Premiere Pro CS5 and added some borders, a soundtrack, a little colour correction and a noise filter. The soundtrack (The Pink Panther Theme tune) is one which I have changed in such a way it is not a copyright infringement. Please see the completed prelim below:
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Storyboards helped us with the planning of our prelim so that it ensured that we knew roughly what we was going to do and where we would film. Also it meant that we had a hard copy of planning, along with pictures of our storyboard on our iPhones, which is how we was able to upload it to our blog. Our storyboard helped us with organisation, even though we did manage to forget some props but we over come this issue.
The Year 13 students briefly advised us by talking us through how to set up the tripod with our own personal camera, a Canon 500D. This certified a full 1080p resolution, although we only used 720p.
When we watched other examples of Prelim tasks, we saw a few errors which were mainly to do with continuity editing where the next shot wasn't filmed/placed right to make a smooth cut. This was the main problem in the majority of other peoples prelims so we planned to capture the cuts at exactly the right time to create our piece.
The Year 13 students briefly advised us by talking us through how to set up the tripod with our own personal camera, a Canon 500D. This certified a full 1080p resolution, although we only used 720p.
When we watched other examples of Prelim tasks, we saw a few errors which were mainly to do with continuity editing where the next shot wasn't filmed/placed right to make a smooth cut. This was the main problem in the majority of other peoples prelims so we planned to capture the cuts at exactly the right time to create our piece.
