Monday
Coursework Resubmission
After getting our results back from the exam board in August, and feedback from teachers and the examiner’s report, we felt that with specific changes we could improve our coursework grade and hopefully achieve a better overall mark.
To this end we took on board the feedback we had been given, looked over the mark scheme and compared our work to the examples provided by the board and from students from last year’s work and made changes could be made to bring our work up to a higher standard.
To this end we took on board the feedback we had been given, looked over the mark scheme and compared our work to the examples provided by the board and from students from last year’s work and made changes could be made to bring our work up to a higher standard.
Friday
Opening Sequence-The Confession Final Cut
This is our new, improved opening sequence with the changes made in accordance with our audience feedback.
Please click on the video while playing to enlarge (opens in new window)
Please click on the video while playing to enlarge (opens in new window)
Thursday
Changes made to the titles
After gaining feedback from our audience and teacher we decided that we needed to change our titles to be more in line with the forms and conventions of real media products. As it stood the titles were just a progressive scroll of 7 or 6 names in a large font placed in front of a plain black background. From our feedback I decided on a list of changes and improvements that could be made to the titles in order to better satisfy the brief given to us.
• Smaller font
• More names
• Production roles and job titles in front of the name
• More interesting font and more varied colour
When I looked at real opening sequences as part of my initial research, I found that many of the films that I watched, utilised a plain white font which is what inspired the design of the original titles, also looking at James Bond films, with the titles being played on their own, aside from the film itself. However…..
This design and style of titles, clearly did not work well within the parameters of the brief and so some changes were needed to be made.
Between the time when the first set of titles were designed, and when we got our feedback, the school had acquired Adobe After Effects CS4 so I attempted to create the titles on this new software. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I was unable to do anything more than a simple design using the basic textbox and timeline to place them. (I hope to improve on this in time for A2, and expand this knowledge to include animation and the other features available).
After preparing the otherwise completed footage by removing the old titles in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and a few attempts at getting to grips with the new software and layout, I exported the film into After Effects and started to address the problems that arose from the feedback. I wanted to keep the style similar to the plain white style I had seen during research as I felt this was effective, didn’t draw too much attention from the main action, and at the same time, suited our genre. I also decided to move the production credit titles from their current position, to the beginning of the sequence, starting almost as soon as the film does. I did, however leave the title of the film as it was and in the same font. I felt that this was important and the font we had decided on for the title of the film should remain cohesive throughout the project, as it does on the DVD cover. I added yellow into each title as the first name to bring emphasis to it, but also to add a little colour and prevent the titles from becoming boring. This was also the reason I decided to use small case, bold lettering for the job titles. The sequence of the titles appearing follows how one would read text, from left to right. The positioning of the titles on the screen is arguably the most important thing to address, as if the titles closely match the colour of the scene behind, they will be unreadable.
Overall I think the changes I made were successful and I managed to address all the issues raised from the feedback. I think that the simple change I made here dramatically improved the overall production and made it fit the brief in a much more suitable way.
• Smaller font
• More names
• Production roles and job titles in front of the name
• More interesting font and more varied colour
When I looked at real opening sequences as part of my initial research, I found that many of the films that I watched, utilised a plain white font which is what inspired the design of the original titles, also looking at James Bond films, with the titles being played on their own, aside from the film itself. However…..
This design and style of titles, clearly did not work well within the parameters of the brief and so some changes were needed to be made.
Between the time when the first set of titles were designed, and when we got our feedback, the school had acquired Adobe After Effects CS4 so I attempted to create the titles on this new software. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I was unable to do anything more than a simple design using the basic textbox and timeline to place them. (I hope to improve on this in time for A2, and expand this knowledge to include animation and the other features available).
After preparing the otherwise completed footage by removing the old titles in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and a few attempts at getting to grips with the new software and layout, I exported the film into After Effects and started to address the problems that arose from the feedback. I wanted to keep the style similar to the plain white style I had seen during research as I felt this was effective, didn’t draw too much attention from the main action, and at the same time, suited our genre. I also decided to move the production credit titles from their current position, to the beginning of the sequence, starting almost as soon as the film does. I did, however leave the title of the film as it was and in the same font. I felt that this was important and the font we had decided on for the title of the film should remain cohesive throughout the project, as it does on the DVD cover. I added yellow into each title as the first name to bring emphasis to it, but also to add a little colour and prevent the titles from becoming boring. This was also the reason I decided to use small case, bold lettering for the job titles. The sequence of the titles appearing follows how one would read text, from left to right. The positioning of the titles on the screen is arguably the most important thing to address, as if the titles closely match the colour of the scene behind, they will be unreadable.
Overall I think the changes I made were successful and I managed to address all the issues raised from the feedback. I think that the simple change I made here dramatically improved the overall production and made it fit the brief in a much more suitable way.
Saturday
Thursday
Friday
Opening Sequence-The Confession Rough Cut
Here is our opening sequence rough cut, ready for feedback. We will make changes according to the feedback we recieve.
Thursday
Script
This is the dialogue used in our production:
Detective 1 - "Well this is the house the chief said to look in"
Detective 2 -"I'll check the window, you ring the doorbell"
Victim - 'Gasp'
Villain -"So, are you going to tell me where it is?"
Detective 1 - "Well this is the house the chief said to look in"
Detective 2 -"I'll check the window, you ring the doorbell"
Victim - 'Gasp'
Villain -"So, are you going to tell me where it is?"
Location
Location Choice
For our opening sequence, we needed four locations: a house interior, a house exterior, a warehouse exterior and a dark room.
The house scenes would have to be shot in one of the groups houses. When I was thinking of some shot types for the shot list I thought of them as if they would be positioned in my house, so when it came to filming I thought this would be the easiest place to do it. Another reason for choosing my house is the garage, which, with the lights off and door closed, provided the perfect place for the final scene of the sequence.
Conveniently there is an industrial estate down the road which had some suitable buildings for the warehouse exterior shot.
Our location choices allowed to get all of the scenes and shots we needed within a relatively short time as they are all fairly local and close together, this was useful as it meant we could get the filming done quickly and start editing, which would take longer. It also gave us more time to realise if we needed to re-shoot and scenes or add any new ones in.
For our opening sequence, we needed four locations: a house interior, a house exterior, a warehouse exterior and a dark room.
The house scenes would have to be shot in one of the groups houses. When I was thinking of some shot types for the shot list I thought of them as if they would be positioned in my house, so when it came to filming I thought this would be the easiest place to do it. Another reason for choosing my house is the garage, which, with the lights off and door closed, provided the perfect place for the final scene of the sequence.
Conveniently there is an industrial estate down the road which had some suitable buildings for the warehouse exterior shot.
Our location choices allowed to get all of the scenes and shots we needed within a relatively short time as they are all fairly local and close together, this was useful as it meant we could get the filming done quickly and start editing, which would take longer. It also gave us more time to realise if we needed to re-shoot and scenes or add any new ones in.
Wednesday
Back Cover Write up
I created the back cover of the DVD. When planning out the layout I did a lot of research on what a DVD cover should contain such as Title, pictures, the certificate, bar code, logos, blurb, actors and directors name. I made sure my cover included everything, (bar code and logo I had searched on Google images (and used them on my back cover). I did more research on the types of layouts that are being used on other DVD covers. After researching I had more ideas on DVD layouts and what it contained. I researched into; Hancock, pirates of the Caribbean, Twilight, Transformers, Sin City, Austin Powers, etc. I created the DVD on Microsoft word and Fireworks. I have learnt a lot on how to use Fireworks such as resizing the picture, using all the tools, rotating the picture etc. The back cover contained five clips of the film. I chose specific clips in order to attract the audience to encourage them to watch the film. The clips also include a teaser of what the film is about. During the process of making the DVD cover, there were a few problems with resizing the pictures. Due to this, Josh assisted me to edit the pictures. Frankie and I had thought of the blurb and the actual story, I wrote it on Microsoft Word and shaped it in ‘triangle’ form using Microsoft PowerPoint and placed it on fireworks.
Tuesday
Editing
Editing
For the editing section of our film, Abida and I took clips from the whole of our filming and put together a special features section. This was done to show the fun we had while creating our film and also to show our editing abilities.
For the editing section of our film, Abida and I took clips from the whole of our filming and put together a special features section. This was done to show the fun we had while creating our film and also to show our editing abilities.
DVD Front Cover
Front cover
For the front cover of our DVD, Josh demonstrated how to edit using the Fireworks. Once I had this knowledge I began to create the front cover for our DVD.
Through my research I looked at other film covers, which helped to me to decide the best picture to use. The films that I researched were:
· I Am Legend
· Butterfly Effect
· Saw
· Sin City
· Hancock
· Transformers
· Marnie
From these films I found that Butterfly Effect, Saw, Sin City and Marnie were the most useful. I found Butterfly affect useful as from this I contracted the idea of using a picture that does not have that much relevance to the film, however it was mysterious and had relevance to the name of the film. I decided to use the idea of creating mystery within the picture, as it would help to create an interest within the audience. From the Saw film I was enlightened by the idea of using a picture, which drives the whole film, this is why I chose a picture of a hand holding the necklace, as it is the turning point within the film, which drives the search. Last of all I looked at Marnie and Sin City, as the colours that was used were very contrasting between the two films. The film Marnie had a bold orange colour along side of a black, where Sin City was very dull only illuminating the title of the film held in red.
With all of these ideas I came to the conclusion of using a screenshot from the film opening of a hand holding a necklace (the evidence). I used this as I found that it created mystery but also gave a good idea of the type of the films genre. In creating the cover I took a screenshot of the image and modified the size of it within fireworks. After doing this I decided to fade the colour of the picture to a dull grey/brown, this also helped to build upon the mystery of the film, as the audience have been limited to what colours they can see. I added layers later on to ensure that the cover was not too dull and boring. Adding layers built upon mystery and made the cover reveal the real genre of the film.
When I had finally finished the picture for the cover I had the problem of the cover not being long enough. For this Josh edited the picture within fireworks to ensure that it was the correct size for a DVD cover. Once this was done I added a red title of the film along the edited section, as it was a dark colour this ensured that it stood out well.
Along side of the front cover I added the spine of the DVD cover. For this spine Josh added in the title in red to match the front cover, also he rotated it to ensure it was visual. Lastly I added the British board of film classification, this was to ensure that consumers were automatically aware of the age limit of our film, ensuring no mistakes are made. Our films classification is a 12A; this is because it does infrequent scary scenes and sustained moderate threat.
For the front cover of our DVD, Josh demonstrated how to edit using the Fireworks. Once I had this knowledge I began to create the front cover for our DVD.
Through my research I looked at other film covers, which helped to me to decide the best picture to use. The films that I researched were:
· I Am Legend
· Butterfly Effect
· Saw
· Sin City
· Hancock
· Transformers
· Marnie
From these films I found that Butterfly Effect, Saw, Sin City and Marnie were the most useful. I found Butterfly affect useful as from this I contracted the idea of using a picture that does not have that much relevance to the film, however it was mysterious and had relevance to the name of the film. I decided to use the idea of creating mystery within the picture, as it would help to create an interest within the audience. From the Saw film I was enlightened by the idea of using a picture, which drives the whole film, this is why I chose a picture of a hand holding the necklace, as it is the turning point within the film, which drives the search. Last of all I looked at Marnie and Sin City, as the colours that was used were very contrasting between the two films. The film Marnie had a bold orange colour along side of a black, where Sin City was very dull only illuminating the title of the film held in red.
With all of these ideas I came to the conclusion of using a screenshot from the film opening of a hand holding a necklace (the evidence). I used this as I found that it created mystery but also gave a good idea of the type of the films genre. In creating the cover I took a screenshot of the image and modified the size of it within fireworks. After doing this I decided to fade the colour of the picture to a dull grey/brown, this also helped to build upon the mystery of the film, as the audience have been limited to what colours they can see. I added layers later on to ensure that the cover was not too dull and boring. Adding layers built upon mystery and made the cover reveal the real genre of the film.
When I had finally finished the picture for the cover I had the problem of the cover not being long enough. For this Josh edited the picture within fireworks to ensure that it was the correct size for a DVD cover. Once this was done I added a red title of the film along the edited section, as it was a dark colour this ensured that it stood out well.
Along side of the front cover I added the spine of the DVD cover. For this spine Josh added in the title in red to match the front cover, also he rotated it to ensure it was visual. Lastly I added the British board of film classification, this was to ensure that consumers were automatically aware of the age limit of our film, ensuring no mistakes are made. Our films classification is a 12A; this is because it does infrequent scary scenes and sustained moderate threat.
Monday
Opening sequence synopsis
Background
Before the film starts, someone has gone missing and an investigation is taking place.
They have been kidnapped by a person or group of people who are looking for something, believing the victim to have it or know its whereabouts.
Synopsis
Two detectives are investigating the missing persons case. Following a lead, they end up at a house. They find signs of a struggle, and an identifiable piece of clothing [necklace or something similar].
At this point there is a black and white flashback showing the attack, leaving the house in the state the detectives found it.
The film then cuts back to the present, the detectives are putting the identifiable piece of clothing [necklace or something similar] into an evidence bag and leave to take back for analysis.
Then cuts to another house, or building, where we see the inside of a very dark room a door opens from a lit room, allowing us to see a silhouetted character [implied to be the attacker]. The light also allows to see the victim tied to a chair in an otherwise empty room.
Before the film starts, someone has gone missing and an investigation is taking place.
They have been kidnapped by a person or group of people who are looking for something, believing the victim to have it or know its whereabouts.
Synopsis
Two detectives are investigating the missing persons case. Following a lead, they end up at a house. They find signs of a struggle, and an identifiable piece of clothing [necklace or something similar].
At this point there is a black and white flashback showing the attack, leaving the house in the state the detectives found it.
The film then cuts back to the present, the detectives are putting the identifiable piece of clothing [necklace or something similar] into an evidence bag and leave to take back for analysis.
Then cuts to another house, or building, where we see the inside of a very dark room a door opens from a lit room, allowing us to see a silhouetted character [implied to be the attacker]. The light also allows to see the victim tied to a chair in an otherwise empty room.
Friday
Questionnaire Analysis
To evaluate our film, we needed to collect feedback from viewers, this was done by making a questionnaire, which would be filled out and returned, we carried this out to see what improvements we could make, or what others felt we did wrong. I then took the results of this and made them presentable by using pie charts. Here is the questionnaire that we use:
This chart shows that the plot of our film was quite easy to understand, out of 7 results, 5 people said that it was, and only 2 people said that it was difficult to work out what was going on.
All 7 people that we asked to fill out our questionnaire believe that genre was very clear, so this chart shows that 7 people (100%) answered ‘Yes’ to this question. Everyone answer the ‘What did you think the genre was?’ question with either ‘Crime’ or ‘Mystery’ or they answered with ‘Crime/Mystery’.
From our feedback we can show that the music we produced for our film did fit the genre, although we did have 2 people that felt that it did not match and said that an improvement we could make was to find/create better fitting music. 
This pie chart is showing that everyone in our audience that we asked to fill out the questionnaire believed that we included enough different shot types. We made sure we used enough different shot types, so the film would not get boring or repetitive.
After analysing the feedback from our questionnaire, we found that 100% of our audience would want to continue watching it, mainly because our film provoked many questions that people would want to find out the answer to, and to see why something happened. 
Even though 7 out of 7 people said they wanted to continue watching the film, only 4 out of the 7 said they would recommend the film to another person, We feel once we finish making our improvements we can increase the number of viewers that will recommend our film.
The 2 main improvements that we were told we could make, one being to make the dialogue towards the beginning a lot clearer as many found it hard to hear, the other is to change our music to a more fitting style. Other then those two, we felt that there wasn’t too much more we could improve on. Overall we were all pleased with the feedback we got from our viewers.
1. Is the plot understandable?
Yes No
2. Did you think the genre was clear?
Yes No
3. What did you think the genre was?
4. Did the music match with the genre?
Yes No
5. What did you like?/ What didn’t you like?
6. Were there enough shot types?
Yes No
7. What demographic would like this film?
8. What improvements do you think could be made?
9. Would you continue to watch it?
Yes No
10. Would you recommend the film?
Yes No
Yes No
2. Did you think the genre was clear?
Yes No
3. What did you think the genre was?
4. Did the music match with the genre?
Yes No
5. What did you like?/ What didn’t you like?
6. Were there enough shot types?
Yes No
7. What demographic would like this film?
8. What improvements do you think could be made?
9. Would you continue to watch it?
Yes No
10. Would you recommend the film?
Yes No
After analysing the results of these, I put the ‘Yes/No’ questions into pie charts to show the opinions of our audience. Below I will include the charts, and an explanation to what this shows.
This chart shows that the plot of our film was quite easy to understand, out of 7 results, 5 people said that it was, and only 2 people said that it was difficult to work out what was going on.All 7 people that we asked to fill out our questionnaire believe that genre was very clear, so this chart shows that 7 people (100%) answered ‘Yes’ to this question. Everyone answer the ‘What did you think the genre was?’ question with either ‘Crime’ or ‘Mystery’ or they answered with ‘Crime/Mystery’.From our feedback we can show that the music we produced for our film did fit the genre, although we did have 2 people that felt that it did not match and said that an improvement we could make was to find/create better fitting music. This pie chart is showing that everyone in our audience that we asked to fill out the questionnaire believed that we included enough different shot types. We made sure we used enough different shot types, so the film would not get boring or repetitive.After analysing the feedback from our questionnaire, we found that 100% of our audience would want to continue watching it, mainly because our film provoked many questions that people would want to find out the answer to, and to see why something happened. Even though 7 out of 7 people said they wanted to continue watching the film, only 4 out of the 7 said they would recommend the film to another person, We feel once we finish making our improvements we can increase the number of viewers that will recommend our film.The 2 main improvements that we were told we could make, one being to make the dialogue towards the beginning a lot clearer as many found it hard to hear, the other is to change our music to a more fitting style. Other then those two, we felt that there wasn’t too much more we could improve on. Overall we were all pleased with the feedback we got from our viewers.
Monday
Target Audience
We decided to do our film based on a crime scene. Therefore it fits into the genre of crime/mystery. Our main target Audience was aimed at 12+. Our film is classified as a certificate 12 as it does contain infrequent scary scenes, sustained moderate threat. This type of film is suitable for the likings of both genders, as everyone prefers this genre. Audiences of both genders would be interested in this film as the music choice is suitable; there are good shot types and the characters. The location was a difficult choice to think about as we had researched on other films and seen many scary scenes are located in a building. Hence why, we have chosen that our film should be located in the interior of the building.
This is only suitable for 12 years and over. It does contain disturbing scenes. Those who are younger than 12, they are only allowed to see 12a film is they are accompanied by an Adult. (I think ‘12A’ film is suitable to our genre of our film as it does contain scary scenes)
15 – Anyone under 15 years are not allowed to see ‘15’ film in cinema
Moreover when researching on audiences age we had looked at the age groups that are set for films. Firstly, based on the genre of our film we needed to know what is acceptable for each groups therefore we looked at;
PG – “Parental Guidance – these types of film should only be suitable for children that are aged eight or above. (I think our film isn’t really suitable for eight years old as it does contain scary scenes)
This is only suitable for 12 years and over. It does contain disturbing scenes. Those who are younger than 12, they are only allowed to see 12a film is they are accompanied by an Adult. (I think ‘12A’ film is suitable to our genre of our film as it does contain scary scenes)
15 – Anyone under 15 years are not allowed to see ‘15’ film in cinema
Friday
Costumes
When looking for costumes Frankie and I had thought about the types of characters we wanted. Based on the genre of our film, a mystery/thriller, the costumes have to match the genre. Therefore it was essential to consider the type of outfit needed for each of the characters in the film. After knowing what type of characters we were looking for, we then searched on images from the search engine, Google. We also looked through magazines as an extent research for costumes.
We also decided to create a costume section on the mood board, where all our ideas were displayed and well planned out. Also when planning we considered costumes on both gender as it wasn’t confirmed on who would get the role. Hence why, the costume section includes the female hair designs, top and jeans. However our final planning included all males as shown below;
Antagonists – black suit
This outfit doesn’t give out their characteristics. The black suit keeps their identity hidden. It gives the audience no insight of what this person maybe. Therefore I think their outfits matched with the genre – mystery/thriller as the film left the two men mysterious.
Two detectives –Black cost & trousers
We decided to dress them in black although they were quite similar to the two bad men. It was quite difficult to think about the detectives, as they were also the main characters. But on the other hand, the characters outfit made then look professional and the film more serious.
Ordinary boy – Normal top and jeans
We didn’t want the audience to judge the character and bring first impressions of his image; therefore the film made his image bring out his identity as normal and dressed him in a simple outfit. We wanted him to dress ordinary because when action is taken place in the film, the audiences cannot understand why the boy had been kidnapped until the end therefore the film is playing the genre (mystery).
Also to make sure that we had the right idea of costumes, Frankie and I did extent research on mystery/thriller films. To give us an idea of what type of costumes are used, these are the lists of films that we looked at,
- Bad boys
- Men in black
- Se7en
- Sin city
- Gran Torino
- Hancock
Thursday
Music Pt2
Music
As well as what Frankie and Abida made on Garage Band for the Action section, we also needed a piece of music for the beginning when the detectives find the house and the necklace.
We wanted a quieter and calmer piece for this part, so I looked through a number of copyright free songs from our teacher’s husband’s band and settled on a section of one of their songs to loop around. We didn’t think that lyrics would be suitable for this part and that a drum beat would give the wrong feel to the scene, so the piece I chose was a slow, soft guitar piece that also sounded quite sad. This was appropriate for the crime scene as something bad had happened and we wanted to also convey this across in the music.
Originally this music was in two places in the film, once at the beginning up to the point when the victim opens the door and again after the credits up to the victim opening the door in the dark room.
However, when we showed the rough cut of our film to the other groups their feed back told us that they thought we needed a different piece of music for the post credits section. So I started to look for alternatives, after looking once again at the music my teacher had given me, I couldn’t find anything suitable that I thought would fit. I also searched mobygratis.com and although found something we could use, the time it took to get back permission to use it, did not fit the schedule we had to get the production done. Instead of trawling the other copyright free music sites and possible having to pay a fee for permission to use them, I decided to use the Garage Band software on the Macs. Using what Frankie and Abida had done as a guide, I tried to make a piece of music that would fit in with what we already had and gave the scene to sort of atmosphere we wanted to create. The instruments I chose to use where just drums and guitar, the same as what had already been used, this gave the music a unified feel. To continue this I selected the guitar track from the same category as Frankie and Abida had. The drums I chose where slower than the other Garage Band section, to fit in with the slower pace of this section. Another reason I picked this drum beat, is the bass drum rhythm, which sounds similar to a heartbeat, the section the music plays over is very tense as the victim has been taken by the villains. The music had to be ‘scary’ and tense, similar to the other section but at a lower tempo. I also thought that the addition of a footsteps sound effect would help to build tension for this part and also help reinforce that the victim had been taken to the warehouse. Garage Band had a suitable sound effect so I added in it. Overall I think the music fits well with the scenes it is meant for and helps to reinforce the ideas we wanted to get across in the scenes.
As well as what Frankie and Abida made on Garage Band for the Action section, we also needed a piece of music for the beginning when the detectives find the house and the necklace.
We wanted a quieter and calmer piece for this part, so I looked through a number of copyright free songs from our teacher’s husband’s band and settled on a section of one of their songs to loop around. We didn’t think that lyrics would be suitable for this part and that a drum beat would give the wrong feel to the scene, so the piece I chose was a slow, soft guitar piece that also sounded quite sad. This was appropriate for the crime scene as something bad had happened and we wanted to also convey this across in the music.
Originally this music was in two places in the film, once at the beginning up to the point when the victim opens the door and again after the credits up to the victim opening the door in the dark room.
However, when we showed the rough cut of our film to the other groups their feed back told us that they thought we needed a different piece of music for the post credits section. So I started to look for alternatives, after looking once again at the music my teacher had given me, I couldn’t find anything suitable that I thought would fit. I also searched mobygratis.com and although found something we could use, the time it took to get back permission to use it, did not fit the schedule we had to get the production done. Instead of trawling the other copyright free music sites and possible having to pay a fee for permission to use them, I decided to use the Garage Band software on the Macs. Using what Frankie and Abida had done as a guide, I tried to make a piece of music that would fit in with what we already had and gave the scene to sort of atmosphere we wanted to create. The instruments I chose to use where just drums and guitar, the same as what had already been used, this gave the music a unified feel. To continue this I selected the guitar track from the same category as Frankie and Abida had. The drums I chose where slower than the other Garage Band section, to fit in with the slower pace of this section. Another reason I picked this drum beat, is the bass drum rhythm, which sounds similar to a heartbeat, the section the music plays over is very tense as the victim has been taken by the villains. The music had to be ‘scary’ and tense, similar to the other section but at a lower tempo. I also thought that the addition of a footsteps sound effect would help to build tension for this part and also help reinforce that the victim had been taken to the warehouse. Garage Band had a suitable sound effect so I added in it. Overall I think the music fits well with the scenes it is meant for and helps to reinforce the ideas we wanted to get across in the scenes.
Tuesday
Music
Music
For the music Abida and I created the sound for the chase, we made sure that the music created tension and was the type of sound that would put the audience on the edge of there seats. To create the sound we used garage band on a Mac, to created tunes and change the tempo and pitch to ensure that it fit in well with the scene to create the right mood. It was important for us to consider the type of music, which would be expected to hear within the film, the genre of our film was a mystery/thriller. With this information it was vital that the sound did not give too much away but still sustained the tension building sounds. To ensure that we had the right idea of what type of sound we wanted to create Abida and I did a lot of research into mystery/thriller films. This helped us to gain an overview of what type of sound would be the most successful within this scene. A list of films, which we looked at, is:
· I am legends
· Butterfly affect
· Sin city
· Saw
· Hancock
· Seven pounds
For the music Abida and I created the sound for the chase, we made sure that the music created tension and was the type of sound that would put the audience on the edge of there seats. To create the sound we used garage band on a Mac, to created tunes and change the tempo and pitch to ensure that it fit in well with the scene to create the right mood. It was important for us to consider the type of music, which would be expected to hear within the film, the genre of our film was a mystery/thriller. With this information it was vital that the sound did not give too much away but still sustained the tension building sounds. To ensure that we had the right idea of what type of sound we wanted to create Abida and I did a lot of research into mystery/thriller films. This helped us to gain an overview of what type of sound would be the most successful within this scene. A list of films, which we looked at, is:
· I am legends
· Butterfly affect
· Sin city
· Saw
· Hancock
· Seven pounds
Friday
Shooting Schedule
Sunday 29th November- Alex’s house
Crew members:
· Abida
· Alex
· Frankie
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
Tuesday 1st December- Shotgate Industrial Park
Crew:
· Alex
Sunday 6th December- Alex’s House
Crew members:
· Alex
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
Crew members:
· Abida
· Alex
· Frankie
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
Tuesday 1st December- Shotgate Industrial Park
Crew:
· Alex
Sunday 6th December- Alex’s House
Crew members:
· Alex
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
Sunday
Mood Board
While researching and planning our film product, Frankie and I created a mood board to show our ideas on paper. We visualized our group ideas of what the film may contain. Most of the sources where found on the Internet and magazines. We split the mood board into three sections; costume, props and locations. So our ideas were organised and presented on a mood board.
For our film product we knew we wanted to attract the audience by the use of black and white images. So we used these effects on the flashbacks in the scene. Therefore it created more meaning to the storyline. On the mood board the section 'costume' displays our ideas on the 'type of characters' we were thinking of. Our main plan was to have a male protagonist looking simple and casual hence why we came up with the ideas of a plain top and jeans. the antagonists were revealed to look anonymous and mysterious so we wanted their costumes to have a great impact on the genre of the film; crime genre. Therefore we had chosen to have 'black clothes' for example black leather jacket/Suits.
The detectives uniform was to show the importance of the scene. Also the audience is able to understand what is about to happen as when the detectives arrive at a particular point.
These thoughts were our ideas, planning and research. The mood board helped us decide what type of characters we were looking for and it helped us display our thoughts onto paper.
Saturday
Shot List
1.Graphic shot (production logo)
2.Graphic shot (production logo 2)
(dissolve transition)
3.Extreme long shot of house exterior pans round to detectives walking down street
4.Mid shot tracking in front of detectives talking
5.Long shot detectives walking into house looking around at open door etc.
6.Long shot in the house detectives walking in to ‘crime scene’ still looking around, one bends down to pick up and look at necklace on the floor
7.Extreme close up of necklace in detectives hand
(dissolve/flash transition)
8.Extreme close up of victim wearing necklace
(door bell)
9.Long shot from hallway, victim stands up and walks past camera
10.Long shot, character walks down hallway
11.Over the shoulder shot of the two criminals looking at door, we see victim through window looking down, opens door, and realises who is at the door and turns to run
12.Victim runs back down the corridor(camera in same position as shot 9), criminals follow
13.Long shot of victim tripping and falling over sofa
14.POV of victim looking up at ceiling criminals enter shot looking down at victim
(fade to and from black)
15.Long shot of detectives at the ‘crime scene’ one ‘bagging’ the evidence one in the background on the phone, they leave
16.Exterior shot of a warehouse
17.Long shot of very dark room, a door opens with a light behind and a silhouette of one of the attackers standing in the doorway
18.Mid shot of victim tied to a chair with tape over their mouth, light shining from doorway
19.Graphic shot of film title
Shots in bold are black and white
2.Graphic shot (production logo 2)
(dissolve transition)
3.Extreme long shot of house exterior pans round to detectives walking down street
4.Mid shot tracking in front of detectives talking
5.Long shot detectives walking into house looking around at open door etc.
6.Long shot in the house detectives walking in to ‘crime scene’ still looking around, one bends down to pick up and look at necklace on the floor
7.Extreme close up of necklace in detectives hand
(dissolve/flash transition)
8.Extreme close up of victim wearing necklace
(door bell)
9.Long shot from hallway, victim stands up and walks past camera
10.Long shot, character walks down hallway
11.Over the shoulder shot of the two criminals looking at door, we see victim through window looking down, opens door, and realises who is at the door and turns to run
12.Victim runs back down the corridor(camera in same position as shot 9), criminals follow
13.Long shot of victim tripping and falling over sofa
14.POV of victim looking up at ceiling criminals enter shot looking down at victim
(fade to and from black)
15.Long shot of detectives at the ‘crime scene’ one ‘bagging’ the evidence one in the background on the phone, they leave
16.Exterior shot of a warehouse
17.Long shot of very dark room, a door opens with a light behind and a silhouette of one of the attackers standing in the doorway
18.Mid shot of victim tied to a chair with tape over their mouth, light shining from doorway
19.Graphic shot of film title
Shots in bold are black and white
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AS Media Students
Please start to add your research into opening sequences when you have identified key texts to analyse. Mrs Mills
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