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We have finally announced the title to our film.
This teaser poster was made on Adobe Photoshop, constructed from several images. The idea behind it is a vision we had of the main characters "happy place." He goes there to reflect on past times he had there with his deceased brother. The gun was added to show the hostility of the characters mental situation, in contrast with the beautiful backdrop in which he is placed. This, along with further hints in the opening sequence itself, is an insight showing there may be some good to come. Along with the images and colours, we have finally announced the title of our movie "Brotherhood". The way the text is placed is very much intended, with "Brother" being very tightly placed together to show how close the character was with his brother, then "Hood" is spaced apart, and slowing fading away. We done this to show they've now been broken apart, and that the characters mind is slowly spreading, his mental state is degrading.We intend to remake this post later on, as this is only an initial idea.
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We have created Twitter and YouTube accounts; Facebook Fan pages; custom email addresses and Prezi accounts. All enabling us to be at the peak of social awareness, posting on Twitter and Facebook regularly, keeping our fans and peers in the know about our movie. This has been a great way of gain feedback from friends and family too, one person said "I think everything you've done so far is incredible, I love the custom blog and short videos you've made. Although, I think you should add some variety to how your blogs are posted, perhaps do some Powerpoints or Prezi's." Another person said "Your storyboard looks fantastic, I can't wait to see the finished product!" This among other feedback has been essential to our success so far, we hope to continue on with requesting feedback from our peers.
Our smart phones have been an essential tool in keeping everyone updated. Facebook and Twitter app's on our phones have enabled us to blog and socialise with fans whilst on location, in school or whenever an idea pops into our heads. Please see below some screenshots of our mobile Twitter and Facebook activity:
Our smart phones have been an essential tool in keeping everyone updated. Facebook and Twitter app's on our phones have enabled us to blog and socialise with fans whilst on location, in school or whenever an idea pops into our heads. Please see below some screenshots of our mobile Twitter and Facebook activity:
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Samuel's chosen movie influence:
Synopsis - iMDb
Shrooms is a psychological thriller about 3 couples that go to the Ireland woods to collect magic mushrooms and trip out. On their way they meet some strange inhabitants of the woods and it doesn't take long until a creepy story is being told at the campfire which might be more than just a story. So strange things happen, people start disappearing, silhouettes move through the woods and the creepy story starts to melt into reality. The horror kicks in along with the effect of the mushrooms.
This film fits perfectly with what my idea of our film could be because I think we can pick out parts from different films to create a brilliant final piece. The psychological factor of this film is brilliant and I thought that we could use some editing techniques from this film when the characters are on drugs. It has influenced me highly and I think this is my main film that we can pick ideas from. Also, the poster has influenced me because of the text used and how it has been edited.
Analysis:
This poster is very clever with the images that have been used to create a skull, which brings out the themes of death. The two mushrooms symbolise the shrooms taken in the film, whilst the silhouette of the smaller shroom represents the 'death head', which can kill you. The moon is surrounded by sharp looking bushes to also add to the theme of danger and freedom because some characters might feel trapped. The darkness of the poster introduces the horror side of this thriller and the colours convey traditional values by using red, white and black. The text resembles the moon in the background and is distorted like some of the characters; the blurred, fuzzy text represents the effects of the drug when the characters have double vision. Clever word play is used with the release date by using the phrase 'trippin out', this usually associates with drugs because people 'trip' on them. This poster relies on quotes from newspapers to encourage the target audience to see this film. The main characters names (Lindsey Haun and Jack Huston) are also on there to gain more of an audience because they have starred in many other films.
This film fits perfectly with what my idea of our film could be because I think we can pick out parts from different films to create a brilliant final piece. The psychological factor of this film is brilliant and I thought that we could use some editing techniques from this film when the characters are on drugs. It has influenced me highly and I think this is my main film that we can pick ideas from. Also, the poster has influenced me because of the text used and how it has been edited.
Analysis:
This poster is very clever with the images that have been used to create a skull, which brings out the themes of death. The two mushrooms symbolise the shrooms taken in the film, whilst the silhouette of the smaller shroom represents the 'death head', which can kill you. The moon is surrounded by sharp looking bushes to also add to the theme of danger and freedom because some characters might feel trapped. The darkness of the poster introduces the horror side of this thriller and the colours convey traditional values by using red, white and black. The text resembles the moon in the background and is distorted like some of the characters; the blurred, fuzzy text represents the effects of the drug when the characters have double vision. Clever word play is used with the release date by using the phrase 'trippin out', this usually associates with drugs because people 'trip' on them. This poster relies on quotes from newspapers to encourage the target audience to see this film. The main characters names (Lindsey Haun and Jack Huston) are also on there to gain more of an audience because they have starred in many other films.
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I have chose to use 'Brothers' as an inspiration to our opening sequence. In summary before leaving on his second tour in Afghanistan, Marine Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maquire), a leader, an athlete, a good husband and father, welcomes his screw-up brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) home from prison. He'd robbed a bank. In country, Sam's helicopter is shot down and all are presumed dead. Back home, while Sam wastes away as a prisoner in a remote encampment, Tommy tries to take care of the widow (Natalie Portman) and her two children. While imprisoned, Sam experiences horrors unbearable, so when he's rescued and returns home, he's silent, detached, without affect, and he's convinced his wife and brother have slept together.
Sam suffers from intense psychological problems when he arrives home, this idea of Sam going to war and seeing some terrifying things is incredibly attractive for the opening for a thriller. It heavily influenced my idea of a soldier going into war and bearing witness to his brothers death. Mentally scared, the soldier is sent home; where he has left one war to go into battle with himself. We see the break down of a human. This will influence our opening sequence, as we wish to base story around the phychological aspects, where the main characters brother is killed in action, causing immense mental issues.
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I have chose to use 'Brothers' as an inspiration to our opening sequence. In summary before leaving on his second tour in Afghanistan, Marine Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maquire), a leader, an athlete, a good husband and father, welcomes his screw-up brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) home from prison. He'd robbed a bank. In country, Sam's helicopter is shot down and all are presumed dead. Back home, while Sam wastes away as a prisoner in a remote encampment, Tommy tries to take care of the widow (Natalie Portman) and her two children. While imprisoned, Sam experiences horrors unbearable, so when he's rescued and returns home, he's silent, detached, without affect, and he's convinced his wife and brother have slept together.
Sam suffers from intense psychological problems when he arrives home, this idea of Sam going to war and seeing some terrifying things is incredibly attractive for the opening for a thriller. It heavily influenced my idea of a soldier going into war and bearing witness to his brothers death. Mentally scared, the soldier is sent home; where he has left one war to go into battle with himself. We see the break down of a human. This will influence our opening sequence, as we wish to base story around the phychological aspects, where the main characters brother is killed in action, causing immense mental issues.
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We encountered many health and safety risks, which we had to overcome and avoid. Our first set of footage was based inside the house and everything was fine for us to proceed.
1. After leaving the house we had to ensure that filming any running shots had to been done with extreme care because our main character could trip on any logs, sticks or bushes. We checked the area and it was ok for us to continue. Along with our main characters falling hazards, Samuel, who was filming had to ride a bike whilst filming to catch the perfect shot. We overcome any crashing hazard by also checking the area and taking slow precautions when riding.
2. A high angle walking shot was took in the park which caused a health and safety risk because Samuel had to extend the legs of the tripod and hold it above his head to gain this shot. He could of dropped this and broke our expensive equipment, plus hurt himself. So we decided to walk slower to gain more control over the camera.
3. By the road our main risk was getting run over. As Jack approached the road as we were filming, he simply just stopped and waited for a large gap to walk across the road to make it safe to cross. We couldn't press the pedestrian button because it wouldn't of set the scene for our setting because the traffic lights can be seen. Also, filming this high angle shot was hard, due to there not being anywhere to place the camera but luckily we found a place but it was windy. This once again created the problem of damaging the equipment, so Samuel had to hold it in place for it not to fall.
4. Next, we started to film over Bedfords Park and it had began to rain causing us the problem of all our electrical equipment getting wet. Luckily, Jack had the idea of cello-taping a Pirates of the Caribbean umbrella to the tripod, which surprisingly protected the camera perfectly. We had to change camera lens' with extreme care also.
5. Our main health and safety risk was taking a replica metal gun into the public whilst filming. Fortunately, we had no problems with having it out as we were filming but we would of said it was purely for media purposes.
1. After leaving the house we had to ensure that filming any running shots had to been done with extreme care because our main character could trip on any logs, sticks or bushes. We checked the area and it was ok for us to continue. Along with our main characters falling hazards, Samuel, who was filming had to ride a bike whilst filming to catch the perfect shot. We overcome any crashing hazard by also checking the area and taking slow precautions when riding.
2. A high angle walking shot was took in the park which caused a health and safety risk because Samuel had to extend the legs of the tripod and hold it above his head to gain this shot. He could of dropped this and broke our expensive equipment, plus hurt himself. So we decided to walk slower to gain more control over the camera.
3. By the road our main risk was getting run over. As Jack approached the road as we were filming, he simply just stopped and waited for a large gap to walk across the road to make it safe to cross. We couldn't press the pedestrian button because it wouldn't of set the scene for our setting because the traffic lights can be seen. Also, filming this high angle shot was hard, due to there not being anywhere to place the camera but luckily we found a place but it was windy. This once again created the problem of damaging the equipment, so Samuel had to hold it in place for it not to fall.
4. Next, we started to film over Bedfords Park and it had began to rain causing us the problem of all our electrical equipment getting wet. Luckily, Jack had the idea of cello-taping a Pirates of the Caribbean umbrella to the tripod, which surprisingly protected the camera perfectly. We had to change camera lens' with extreme care also.
5. Our main health and safety risk was taking a replica metal gun into the public whilst filming. Fortunately, we had no problems with having it out as we were filming but we would of said it was purely for media purposes.
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This video basically explains the plot of our film idea and a few changes added to our storyline:
A quick video going over our plot, and some other extras!
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Here is the forth part of our storyboard
These videos were made on the iPad (Shown below) in an app called iMovie. The footage was filmed on a Canon 500D
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Here is the first part of our storyboard
Here is the second part of our storyboard
Here is the third part of our storyboard
Here is the forth part of our storyboard
These videos were made on the iPad (Shown below) in an app called iMovie. The footage was filmed on a Canon 500D
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Judging from these ratings, and comparing them to our initial ideas, we believe that our opening sequence will be rated 15. We think this because the intense psychological content of intended idea, coupled with "violence and moderate drug references."
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Average result for questionaire:
I began my reults by using http://www.chartmaker.mathwarehouse.com/ but I didn't find this website quick and efficient for making our graphs so I continued by using Word.
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We asked, 3 people in a group video, a couple of questions about the generics of a thriller. Heres what happened:
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Title sequences are key in the opening sequence of a movie. They can help set the scene; give hints into the story and include an insight to characters roles. Saul Bass is a real inspiration for the opening title we want on our Thriller. We have noticed that a lot of AS Media opening sequences aren't really opening sequences, they place you straight in the middle of the movie, paying tiny amounts of attention to the title sequence. We want to change this, we're going to pay extra attention to the title; almost making the entire 2:30 minutes the sequence. Please see here: ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cADL_gjDim4&feature=related ) for what we want to base our title sequence on.
The website 'Art Of The Title' has a great explanation: "While title sequences come in all shapes and sizes, it is of course inevitable that similar topics and themes will emerge from the pile. These don't necessarily have to be genre-specific and in fact, their ability to transcend film genres is part of the lasting appeal. Consider the Saul Bass school of graphic animation and the many genres that particular aesthetic has been applied to, from comedies and romances to thrillers and capers. The detail-oriented montage is another example, where the audience is introduced to themes in a film or information about its players through relevant close-up or overlapping imagery.
There are certain narrative, technical, and graphic techniques for which title design is an ideal venue. Because of its short format and creative license – and sometimes because of their budgets – title sequence real estate is often used to explore elaborate, abstract worlds previously unknown or unseen, letting us see the world in a different way, or conjuring up worlds of their own. For this reason – combined with an enduring human fascination with how things tick – Inner Workings is a theme that is frequented by a broad spectrum of genres (though, to be fair, most often associated with sci-fi and fantasy)."
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Before we started filming our thriller the year 13's gave us tips on what we should do:
1. They advised us that we should have a detailed storyboard so we could go straight to a location with a plan on what to do there without changing our mind when we got to our location.
2. The location should be original to get more marks because some groups had used the same location and chose a horror/thriller genre, whereas, being different will get you more marks.
3. Our thriller should have minimal dialogue if any, but we've already shown that we can create a piece without dialogue (Prelim).
4. We should start filming as soon as possible in case we need to retake any shots; the more shots the better.
5. Spending time on the music is vital for our thriller because we can't use any song, due to it being copyrighted.
6. Don't rush the process of editing because that is a crucial element with getting the most marks we can.
7. Don't be afraid to change things within our piece. We think changing things within our thriller would be for the best because it shows that we can alter our ideas in a better way that will benefit us.
8. We should have a specific idea about what we want our thriller to look like so we have a goal to aim for and this means our idea will be the same but it's the little things that we change that would count.
9. Don't leave the blog until the last minute, otherwise it will get left, which is why we are updating it every time we complete a piece of work.
10. Try not to bring a large group of people into your thriller because it's mayhem trying to get everyone to do what you want when they wont listen.
11. Be original with blog posts, try not to keep doing something different every time we post on to our blog, otherwise we would over do it.
12. Get realistic props! Some thrillers we saw used unrealistic props and they didn't look as best as they could have done.
13. Don't film in an area which is too dark, you will not be able to see anything on the film..
14. If we use anyone in our two minute thriller, find good actors otherwise they could jeopardise our grade!
15. Use a variety of shots instead of the ones we have planned on our storyboard; some could be better than others.
16. Filming lots of footage on a single day can ensure that we would definitely find the right combination of shots to put together.
17. Make a good plan! This means we can get the shots we want done straight away, then begin on the alternative shots that we could use in our thriller. Our plan must not be vivid.
18. We need to check the weather to ensure that we have the right conditions to film, plus the weather determines our costumes for the thriller.
19. The main thing we need to watch out for is continuity editing because if our cuts are not perfect or things are different it will affect our grade drastically!
20. Finally, it doesn't matter too much with how long it is, but the maximum is 2 minutes 30 seconds. This isn't too important because we can just cut bits out to make it within the 2 minute mark and our planning will initially tell us how long it will be.
1. They advised us that we should have a detailed storyboard so we could go straight to a location with a plan on what to do there without changing our mind when we got to our location.
2. The location should be original to get more marks because some groups had used the same location and chose a horror/thriller genre, whereas, being different will get you more marks.
3. Our thriller should have minimal dialogue if any, but we've already shown that we can create a piece without dialogue (Prelim).
4. We should start filming as soon as possible in case we need to retake any shots; the more shots the better.
5. Spending time on the music is vital for our thriller because we can't use any song, due to it being copyrighted.
6. Don't rush the process of editing because that is a crucial element with getting the most marks we can.
7. Don't be afraid to change things within our piece. We think changing things within our thriller would be for the best because it shows that we can alter our ideas in a better way that will benefit us.
8. We should have a specific idea about what we want our thriller to look like so we have a goal to aim for and this means our idea will be the same but it's the little things that we change that would count.
9. Don't leave the blog until the last minute, otherwise it will get left, which is why we are updating it every time we complete a piece of work.
10. Try not to bring a large group of people into your thriller because it's mayhem trying to get everyone to do what you want when they wont listen.
11. Be original with blog posts, try not to keep doing something different every time we post on to our blog, otherwise we would over do it.
12. Get realistic props! Some thrillers we saw used unrealistic props and they didn't look as best as they could have done.
13. Don't film in an area which is too dark, you will not be able to see anything on the film..
14. If we use anyone in our two minute thriller, find good actors otherwise they could jeopardise our grade!
15. Use a variety of shots instead of the ones we have planned on our storyboard; some could be better than others.
16. Filming lots of footage on a single day can ensure that we would definitely find the right combination of shots to put together.
17. Make a good plan! This means we can get the shots we want done straight away, then begin on the alternative shots that we could use in our thriller. Our plan must not be vivid.
18. We need to check the weather to ensure that we have the right conditions to film, plus the weather determines our costumes for the thriller.
19. The main thing we need to watch out for is continuity editing because if our cuts are not perfect or things are different it will affect our grade drastically!
20. Finally, it doesn't matter too much with how long it is, but the maximum is 2 minutes 30 seconds. This isn't too important because we can just cut bits out to make it within the 2 minute mark and our planning will initially tell us how long it will be.
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Cape Fear is made by Universal, who are famous for their thrillers such as, Psycho and Shutter Island. The Universal emblem begins to be encapsulated by water, whilst the drizzle of water is heard. The first shots are of murky water, which is symbolic for thrillers because water is a sign of tranquillity, although it is very dangerous because you never know what is lurking beneath. The water looks murky due to the sun looking as if it is setting, which is another common norm film directors use because darkness heightens tension and adds to the fear of not knowing what’s in the dark. The music is eerie to ease the audience into the film and the white font for the credits are distorted like the water it’s on, also symbolising a fractured personality. White is a typical colour for a thriller, along with red and black, it symbolises purity and innocence. Some credits pass until we see a flying eagle in the reflection of the water representing a predator swooping down, ready for the kill. As the eagle ascends off camera Robert De Niro’s name is shown to be symbolic because he is the predator. The music picks up its tempo a little when the eagle glides down.
The water begins to enhance a shade of red to represent blood, anger and passion, whilst a non-diegetic sound sting can been heard. The title ‘Cape Fear’ fades onto the screen with melodramatic music to give the audience a positive reassurance that this is a thriller. The tranquil water juxtaposes the intense music because it shows a disturbance to this film and foreshadows an upcoming event. A terrified, distorted eye fades onto the screen to represent Robert De Niro’s life; eyes are usually thought to be windows to the soul during thrillers, the feeling of not being able to see frightens everyone. A giant mouth consumes the screen, as if to say ‘nothing will stop it’, once again symbolising De Niro. Another distorted figure appears, this time it’s a face that shows sorrow and pain, the water is still surrounding the screen. Shortly after, yet another distorted face appears but this time the music has become more frantic and the red tint in the water is back to repeat the notion of blood, passion and danger. The low angle shot of him makes the audience feel as if he is superior.
The climax of the music is higher pitched to elaborate the disturbing image of a silhouette of a man with a green background. The mans stance shows him to be ready for some thing, whereas the green represents envy, so already the opening is leaving questions drifting around the audiences mind. 
Cape Fear – (1991) – Part 1
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Once again the image of the silhouette fades away, possibly like the characters soul. The water and music become calmer again until a sound sting is used as a tear/blood drop falls down the screen covering it in an incredible sea of red to secure the thoughts of blood and danger. A pair of eyes fades onto the screen, surrounded by the blood to repeat the notion of thrillers being about looking into people’s eyes (or their soul). The eyes turn from red to blue to symbolise the stillness of the scene as the blue pair of eyes convert into a young woman wearing a white shirt. The white shirt has it’s top button done up to show how she is repressed and the colour shows her purity and innocence. She is sat upright with a slight smile on her face; behind her are a pair of windows which are trapping her. Outside is raining to foreshadow that something bad will happen, then suddenly there’s another sound sting occurs and pictures of religious people and dictators, such as Starling are stuck to a wall.
The pictures are in Robert De Niro’s prison cell. The iconography's placed in his cell are very symbolic, his books show his intelligence because he is reading the Bible and he also has books about trial cases and how to keep fit. As he comes into the shot, the first thing the audience see’s is the tattoo dominating his back whilst he’s working out. The tattoo is of a pair of scales reaching across his back and on one side it says ‘faith’ and the other says ‘justice’, which shows his religious beliefs and makes the audience realise he believes in the saying ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’. This man looks like he has a purpose in life with his physical strength and knowledge.
[Robert De Niro’s religious tattoo]
The camera zooms out to show that he is imprisoned, he pushes his hair back to look good and puts on his shirt as the guard opens the gate to let him out. The music is still playing the same melody over and over as if to taunt him because he has been waiting and waiting for this moment to be released. As he walks from his cell, the guard follows him to show that he dominates the prison and every over prisoner keeps quiet because it shows they are scared of him. Constantly his composition is in the centre of the screen also showing his power in the prison.
He is about to leave the front gates of the prison, but dialogue is exchanged between him and the guard. He tells the guard that no one’s coming for him and that he’s already read his books. This shows that he doesn’t need anyone and shows his intelligence; once again backing up the point that he has a purpose in life. A storm is in the background of the long shot views him leaving the prison foreshadowing a bad upcoming event. His composition shows his dominance whilst he walks straight into the camera to move onto the next scene and his eye contact is so strong it’s like he’s looking at the audience saying he wants revenge.
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Our mood board consists of multiple images of film posters that we thought was appropriate because they are all thrillers. Each film is brilliant and we believed that we can use this as a quick reminder of how we could produce our thriller; mixing these films would make the perfect thriller in our eyes and that's what our intentions are.
Samuel - "I'd definitely say the main film in this mood board that I'm thinking of basing our thriller around is Shrooms, due to the intensity and editing used within".
Jack - "Since this mood board was created I have decided I would like to base our thriller around a film called Brothers. The psychological aspects of this film are phenomenal".
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Our initial idea (Click to enlarge):
The year 13’s told us to be original so we used their advice by creating our first idea. So far we have managed to come up with a vague plot. A man was in the war in Afghanistan with his brother, until he watched his brother get brutally murdered by the enemy, which causes him to become extremely mournful and secluded in his mind. This causes a downward spiral of drug use, which leads to schizophrenia; he wants revenge on his country.
We thought we could begin our two minute clip with a short comic book start to introduce his past to the audience, until he snaps out of his nightmare and grabs for his gun by his pillow. He staggers out of bed with the gun and stumbles onto the wall next to him; symbolic functions of drug abuse are left around the messy room.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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A match cut, is a cut in film editing between either two different objects, two different spaces, or two different compositions in which an object in the two shots graphically match, often helping to establish a strong continuity of action and linking the two shots metaphorically.
Match cut by Bosslight Media
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Match cut by Bosslight Media
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In film making, the 180° rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.
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To explain our post production thoughts and issues we conducted a filmed interview. Please see below:
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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.
