Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Film Opening Coursework. Storyboard Problems.
We are having trouble uploading our storyboard, will be uploaded within two weeks hopefully!
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Film Opening Coursework. Film Schedule.
Here is our film schedule we are using for our filming. This is subject to change because we are bound to have some problems whilst filming, whether that be due to weather or any other matter. This is why we have the additional dates to use for any additional filming we have missed out.
Our deadline for filming is 24/02/2014.
Our deadline for filming is 24/02/2014.
Film Opening Coursework. Script
Our script was hard for us to write as there is no dialogue involved whatsoever. The script is useful to us as we can follow the script for our camera angles and make sure we don't miss any shots out which are useful to us.
OUR SCRIPT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES AND EDITS.
OUR SCRIPT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES AND EDITS.
Film Opening Coursework. Roles and Responsibilities Within The Production Team.
Myself and Dan (danjproductions.blogspot.com) are the only two members in our production team. Dan has been allocated as director of filming and cameraman whereas I have been allocated the role of director of editing and head editor. We will swap between the roles, ensuring we both further expand our knowledge of filming and editing but Dan will be focusing mostly on the camerawork and I will be focusing mostly on the editing.
Film Opening Coursework. Analysis Conclusion.
After going through all of my analysis of different film genres and films within these, I have found certain codes and conventions which are typical of Social Realism films and Thriller films which we will use in our film opening so that make it as effective as other film openings.
SOCIAL REALISM CODES AND CONVENTIONS:
- Location shooting (We will not be shooting in a studio)
- Non professional actors (Our actors will be people we know from school with no dramatic training)
- Semi improvised scripts (There will be no specific instructions, just a broad overview)
- Humor and seriousness (The humour will come from the party, the seriousness will come from the morning after when we find the person who has died)
THRILLER CODES AND CONVENTONS:
- Tense music (This will be played when we are viewing the characters the morning after, when they are waking up with blood on their hands)
- Montage editing (This will be done when we are in our party scene, the shots will be a montage of the night)
- Extreme close ups/Close ups (This is to highlight the fear and horror on the characters faces)
SOCIAL REALISM CODES AND CONVENTIONS:
- Location shooting (We will not be shooting in a studio)
- Non professional actors (Our actors will be people we know from school with no dramatic training)
- Semi improvised scripts (There will be no specific instructions, just a broad overview)
- Humor and seriousness (The humour will come from the party, the seriousness will come from the morning after when we find the person who has died)
THRILLER CODES AND CONVENTONS:
- Tense music (This will be played when we are viewing the characters the morning after, when they are waking up with blood on their hands)
- Montage editing (This will be done when we are in our party scene, the shots will be a montage of the night)
- Extreme close ups/Close ups (This is to highlight the fear and horror on the characters faces)
Monday, 20 January 2014
Film Opening Coursework. Survey Analysis.
Myself and Dan decided to do a SurveyMonkey instead of a Voxpop to establish what audiences are interested in, in regards to film openings. This is what we found:
The first question in the survey asked about peoples favorites film genre. 48.72% of responses said Comedy was their favorite film genre. We have chose to stay away from comedy as the main genre for our film opening as it is difficult and a too high skill set for our current media skills. The second highest response was Romance with 15.38%, followed by Thriller with 10.26%. Horror and Social-Realism were the last two with 2.56% of the votes each. Other responses such as Drama and Marvel were added. Although Social-Realism was one of the lowest, we have still chosen to use it as our main genre. This is because we will be able to go in-depth into the scenario filmed with the use of drugs and alcohol. One of our main objectives it to change the way Social-Realism films are portrayed and hopefully change peoples opinions about them as they are not the most popular at the moment; as our survey shows.
The second question asks about specific favorite films. Many of the responses relate to films directed by Quentin Tarantino. Using his ‘wacky’ ideas we hope to use a similar style when filming ours, especially in the opening party scene. Other answers mention films like ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ which fits in very well with our party scene as it has very short shots of the party, in ours we hope to develop the scene with the use of lights, music and drug use. Many of the films people submitted are comedy, our party scene also has the objective to make the audience laugh as watching nowadays teens at a party can be entertaining to watch.
The next question asks about what makes a good film opening. Many of the answers said suspense. This is exactly what we intend to use when we produce our opening. The final opening part of the scene revolves around an incident with a lot of suspense as to what actually happened. Another answer commented that a good film opening should be one that ‘grabs your attention quickly’. This is what we have planned to do with the use of non-diegetic sound which will be placed over the top and the short alternating shots in which we intend to use. The use of bright colours used (neon paint, laser and UV lights) will make it stand out.
We have adapted our film opening to meet the preferences of our audience, (teenagers) who took this survey. We want it to reflect nowadays ‘Teenage Raves’ by focusing of alcohol, drugs and sex. We will do this by filming close-ups and use slow-motion to show the effects of what these substances feel like.
The first question in the survey asked about peoples favorites film genre. 48.72% of responses said Comedy was their favorite film genre. We have chose to stay away from comedy as the main genre for our film opening as it is difficult and a too high skill set for our current media skills. The second highest response was Romance with 15.38%, followed by Thriller with 10.26%. Horror and Social-Realism were the last two with 2.56% of the votes each. Other responses such as Drama and Marvel were added. Although Social-Realism was one of the lowest, we have still chosen to use it as our main genre. This is because we will be able to go in-depth into the scenario filmed with the use of drugs and alcohol. One of our main objectives it to change the way Social-Realism films are portrayed and hopefully change peoples opinions about them as they are not the most popular at the moment; as our survey shows.
The second question asks about specific favorite films. Many of the responses relate to films directed by Quentin Tarantino. Using his ‘wacky’ ideas we hope to use a similar style when filming ours, especially in the opening party scene. Other answers mention films like ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ which fits in very well with our party scene as it has very short shots of the party, in ours we hope to develop the scene with the use of lights, music and drug use. Many of the films people submitted are comedy, our party scene also has the objective to make the audience laugh as watching nowadays teens at a party can be entertaining to watch.
The next question asks about what makes a good film opening. Many of the answers said suspense. This is exactly what we intend to use when we produce our opening. The final opening part of the scene revolves around an incident with a lot of suspense as to what actually happened. Another answer commented that a good film opening should be one that ‘grabs your attention quickly’. This is what we have planned to do with the use of non-diegetic sound which will be placed over the top and the short alternating shots in which we intend to use. The use of bright colours used (neon paint, laser and UV lights) will make it stand out.
The final question relates to the best film opening they
have scene in a film. Pretty much all of the films people replied with have
opening scenes with the use of loud sound, and suspense. As I mentioned before
this is exactly what we intend to do as it grabs the viewers attention straight
away.
We have adapted our film opening to meet the preferences of our audience, (teenagers) who took this survey. We want it to reflect nowadays ‘Teenage Raves’ by focusing of alcohol, drugs and sex. We will do this by filming close-ups and use slow-motion to show the effects of what these substances feel like.
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Film Opening Coursework. Ordering Products.
For the party scene in our film opening, we have had to order a few items in which myself and Dan have split the cost of.
These items include:
- 3 bottles of UV paint
- 2 tubes of UV face paint
- 1 UV light
- 1 set of UV contact lenses
- 1 eShisha Stick
These items will all feature in our party scene.
These items include:
- 3 bottles of UV paint
- 2 tubes of UV face paint
- 1 UV light
- 1 set of UV contact lenses
- 1 eShisha Stick
These items will all feature in our party scene.
Monday, 6 January 2014
Film Opening Coursework. PLAN.
This is our plan which we will continue to edit and change as we progress through planning, shooting and editing our Film Opening.
Film Opening Coursework. Collecting Data.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q8SRCHT
Above is the link to our SurveyMonkey questionnaire on Film Openings.
This is so myself and Dan get a better understanding of what makes a good film opening and what things to avoid when creating our film opening as to make it 100% effective.
Film Opening Coursework. Film Examples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVYcH7QlbA
This film is a thriller called Along Came A Spider. With Morgan Freeman playing Alex Cross, it is a high action, high suspense psychological thriller with the best ending I have personally ever seen to a film. It's very different from the novel written by James Patterson but it is directed in such an amazing way that no one even cares about the difference between the book and the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuneXaJIAmo
This film is a social realism called Trainspotting. It's extremely popular and was released in 1996. It follows the story of Renton, played by Ewan McGregor, who is deeply submersed in the Edinburgh drug scene. It is a social realism film because it focusing on aspects of Edinburgh which sadly are true, such as the heavy drug use.
This film is a thriller called Along Came A Spider. With Morgan Freeman playing Alex Cross, it is a high action, high suspense psychological thriller with the best ending I have personally ever seen to a film. It's very different from the novel written by James Patterson but it is directed in such an amazing way that no one even cares about the difference between the book and the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuneXaJIAmo
This film is a social realism called Trainspotting. It's extremely popular and was released in 1996. It follows the story of Renton, played by Ewan McGregor, who is deeply submersed in the Edinburgh drug scene. It is a social realism film because it focusing on aspects of Edinburgh which sadly are true, such as the heavy drug use.
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