Jason
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Our film certificate
Our film certificate is 15, we have chosen this certificate because the work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, although there may be strong language. As a group we have decided to have our certification as a 15 because we think that by being this certificate it will attract a larger audience and it means that when we film we will be able to use a wider selection of language and violence can be used; also the narrative is more suitable to the older audience.
Thursday 23 February 2017
The whole film
This is a fundamental layout of how our film will run, this will help us as it gives us a thought regarding how we need the film to run, thus our opening will lead into this easily. This likewise keeps us from making it look a lot like a movie as we are probably aware how it will pursue the succession, we create finishes.
SCENE 1:
Establishing shot showing a council estate. Gritty and dark, looks miserable depressing with low key lighting. Sun going down behind buildings.
Darrell Close, Broomfield.
SCENE 2:
Walks down a council estate, slowly with low key lighting gritty filter on the camera with a medium shot. The male protagonist is wearing dull coloured clothes, worn out hoody with a tracksuit bottoms.
SCENE 3:
Tracking shot of him walking then a medium shot showing him walking past brick houses. This shot is located at HMP Chelmsford, Springfield Road.
SCENE 4:
A shot showing him looking up at council estate houses sighing, looking depressed and sad with fear and anger in his eyes.
SCENE 5:
A shot of the male protagonist laying down watching TV. In the background you can see football tops and trophy's not arranged in an orderly manner. (Character in deep thought).
SCENE 6:
Sighs, turn off the TV and gets out of bed and walks out. Stern look on his face while still looking depressed and determined to do something terrible, he puts on his black cap and heads towards the door.
SCENE 7:
Walks past kitchen sees step dad who is a man who is dressed in a grey tracksuit and a red jacket having an argument with his mother. Step dad holding a bottle of an alcoholic beverage. In the background you can see boxes of beer.
SCENE 8:
He sneaks past while clenching his fist in anger and glares at him while he goes past. Step dad yells at mother in a rude manner.
SCENE 9:
Character is smoking a cigarette looking stern, worried and curious while staring at the window of his residence while his step father brutally abuses his mother. Character leaning on the ledge watching the horrific scene of his mother being abused. Lighting on the character and lighting through the window.
SCENE 1:
Establishing shot showing a council estate. Gritty and dark, looks miserable depressing with low key lighting. Sun going down behind buildings.
Darrell Close, Broomfield.
SCENE 2:
Walks down a council estate, slowly with low key lighting gritty filter on the camera with a medium shot. The male protagonist is wearing dull coloured clothes, worn out hoody with a tracksuit bottoms.
SCENE 3:
Tracking shot of him walking then a medium shot showing him walking past brick houses. This shot is located at HMP Chelmsford, Springfield Road.
SCENE 4:
A shot showing him looking up at council estate houses sighing, looking depressed and sad with fear and anger in his eyes.
SCENE 5:
A shot of the male protagonist laying down watching TV. In the background you can see football tops and trophy's not arranged in an orderly manner. (Character in deep thought).
SCENE 6:
Sighs, turn off the TV and gets out of bed and walks out. Stern look on his face while still looking depressed and determined to do something terrible, he puts on his black cap and heads towards the door.
SCENE 7:
Walks past kitchen sees step dad who is a man who is dressed in a grey tracksuit and a red jacket having an argument with his mother. Step dad holding a bottle of an alcoholic beverage. In the background you can see boxes of beer.
SCENE 8:
He sneaks past while clenching his fist in anger and glares at him while he goes past. Step dad yells at mother in a rude manner.
SCENE 9:
Character is smoking a cigarette looking stern, worried and curious while staring at the window of his residence while his step father brutally abuses his mother. Character leaning on the ledge watching the horrific scene of his mother being abused. Lighting on the character and lighting through the window.
Jason
Friday 17 February 2017
Our film moodboard
By creating a moodboard, it will help us when creating our own film opening by allowing us to get a sense of what the film will look like and how it will pan out.
Samuel
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Audience Questionnaire Answers Analysed
Audience Questionnaire analysed
I tallied up our answer into an excel document to make it easier to view and count how many people chose which answer.
The first question answers our target audience question, our target audiences are people aged between 15-25 who like thrillers, these question makes sure we are not talking to a 80 year old which would not apply to us due to they are not in our target audience, with the second question making Shure we have a varied gender to compare all of answers to, it came off there were 7 male and 7 female showing us that our questionnaire was not gender bias.
the third and forth question "have you ever watched a thriller film" asks our a audience if they have watched any thriller films before and which ones, they answered 13 yes, and 2 no which shows us that our target audience have watched thrillers before, this means that they are expecting certain things like, suspense, action and being scared.
This is reinforced when we asked the question, "do you expect to be scared in a thriller" as my group predicted 12 people said yes while only 3 people said no, reinforcing the point that we there should be a science that will scare the audience in the film.
question 5 "do you like a film with a cliff hanger, suspense or finished story" doesn't really help us with our film opening but allows us to think about the film overall.
in question 6 we asked where would you like to watch the film tolled us about what kind of production company we were going to be. we found out from this that people prefer all kinds of cinemas and viewing areas, so this question did not help or hinder us deciding what kind of production company we were going to be.
This has effect our film opening by helping us decide what kind of company we are going to be and how our movie will run as a whole.
Monday 13 February 2017
Group research into our genre
I have chosen to utilise the thriller genre as a feature of my examination.
A thriller for the most part comprises of a distinction between the hero and opponent, when there is an interruption to the harmony. At that point the story demonstrates a series of negative occasions building pressure and tension for the peak. The point of the hero is to establish equity, while the antagonist looks to devastate it.
Conventions of a thriller normally include the following:
The hero is regularly an overcome male who tries to maintain the balance. The antagonist will have a concealed character that the group of onlookers will reveal as the film advances. Regularly the opposer goes out for vengeance from a past occasion.
Themes of a thriller:
The story line will be planned so the audience will imagine that it can really transpire, which will make them terrified.
Cinematography of a thriller:
There will be a ton of close ups and extreme close ups of the hero character, this is regularly used to draw attention to their feelings, likewise it can be utilised to concentrate on props to help the story. The shots of the rival character will be sliced rapidly and will plan to hide their personality, for instance, a shot from the back, a calm shot, an outline or shadow of the character.
Editing of a thriller:
The director will incorporate lots of jump cuts because there will be things happening that the audience will be unconscious of what is yet basic for the film to bode well. Cross cutting is a key point in editing as it is utilised to manufacture anticipation which is basic for a thriller.
Sound in a thriller:
Music is fundamental in any film to comprehend the mind-set of the characters and indicate a huge part in the film. In a thriller it includes anticipation and pressure. It will regularly begin at a moderate pace and after that development to make the shots more sensational for the crowd.
Mise En Scene:
The area is critical for the film since it will help the group of audience build up the topic.
Lighting is regularly relaxed however, lowkey lighting is often used when tension builds up.
Costumes: Antagonist will be in dull garments on the off chance that you see them. Hero will be in customary day garments.
A thriller for the most part comprises of a distinction between the hero and opponent, when there is an interruption to the harmony. At that point the story demonstrates a series of negative occasions building pressure and tension for the peak. The point of the hero is to establish equity, while the antagonist looks to devastate it.
Conventions of a thriller normally include the following:
- -Low key lighting
- -Quick cuts
- -Shadows
- -Tension music
- -Changes in the angle of shots
- -Diegetic sound of breathing
- -Sting sounds
- -Black and white shots
- -Montage of shots
- -Protagonist is in the mercy of the antagonist
The hero is regularly an overcome male who tries to maintain the balance. The antagonist will have a concealed character that the group of onlookers will reveal as the film advances. Regularly the opposer goes out for vengeance from a past occasion.
Themes of a thriller:
The story line will be planned so the audience will imagine that it can really transpire, which will make them terrified.
Cinematography of a thriller:
There will be a ton of close ups and extreme close ups of the hero character, this is regularly used to draw attention to their feelings, likewise it can be utilised to concentrate on props to help the story. The shots of the rival character will be sliced rapidly and will plan to hide their personality, for instance, a shot from the back, a calm shot, an outline or shadow of the character.
Editing of a thriller:
The director will incorporate lots of jump cuts because there will be things happening that the audience will be unconscious of what is yet basic for the film to bode well. Cross cutting is a key point in editing as it is utilised to manufacture anticipation which is basic for a thriller.
Sound in a thriller:
Music is fundamental in any film to comprehend the mind-set of the characters and indicate a huge part in the film. In a thriller it includes anticipation and pressure. It will regularly begin at a moderate pace and after that development to make the shots more sensational for the crowd.
Mise En Scene:
The area is critical for the film since it will help the group of audience build up the topic.
Lighting is regularly relaxed however, lowkey lighting is often used when tension builds up.
Costumes: Antagonist will be in dull garments on the off chance that you see them. Hero will be in customary day garments.
Jason
Saturday 11 February 2017
What we know about film openings as a group
what we know about film openings
-showing the genre the film
-narrative gives a little insight of whats happening and gives the audience an idea
-character, showing the potential main characters or relevant characters and introduces them
-atmosphere is showing what the feeling is like in the setting and how characters are feeling
-showing the films for the film and sets a tone for the rest of the film
-settings where the films is being potentially set
-the sound sets the mood, this can be music or dialogue from characters
-titles is showcasing the actors, producers and showing the production company
-don't reveal too much
- engages the viewer to watch the rest of the film
This will help us film our opening as we know we have an idea on what to include in our one and it will make ours better as we are taking these ideas from making a good film opening and making it into ours.
Frank
-showing the genre the film
-narrative gives a little insight of whats happening and gives the audience an idea
-character, showing the potential main characters or relevant characters and introduces them
-atmosphere is showing what the feeling is like in the setting and how characters are feeling
-showing the films for the film and sets a tone for the rest of the film
-settings where the films is being potentially set
-the sound sets the mood, this can be music or dialogue from characters
-titles is showcasing the actors, producers and showing the production company
-don't reveal too much
- engages the viewer to watch the rest of the film
This will help us film our opening as we know we have an idea on what to include in our one and it will make ours better as we are taking these ideas from making a good film opening and making it into ours.
Frank
The type of institution we will be
Our group had to choose what type of institution we would like to be, this could either be mainstream or independent, we chose to be an independent institution as we do not have the funds to be a mainstream film and these funds would be used for bigger name actors and better camera quality, also the film we are making is a gritty film so being an independent film could actually help this film as the institution fits the film. As we don't have big name actors or high production values we are targeting a specific audience and a specific age range. We have limited amount of marketing we could do and the distribution of the film would be limited and would not be able to go on multiplex cinemas like the mainstream films do, therefore we would target our film to reach independent cinemas as that where it would do best and would be the only thing our company would be capable of.
This helps us with making our film opening as knowing the institution we are means that we know what a film within that sector consists of, this could be that it is gritty, this helps as this is what we are aiming for in our opening, also we can look and take ideas from other independent films as we know we are similar to these openings and it can make our opening better than it could've been without other external ideas.
Frank
Tuesday 7 February 2017
Our remake film opening
By going through the process of creating a re-make of an existing film opening sequence, it helped us acknowledge the structure of a film opening and therefore we can apply that to our own film opening by using the correct types of conventions displayed in the specific genre that we had chosen. Also, we have learnt how to correctly use titles effectively and how to have effective use of camera to portray different types of angles/shots to the viewer.
Samuel
Remake Storyboard
By creating a storyboard for our remake, it will allow us to establish the types of conventions that you would typically see in a film opening of this genre. Hopefully, it will help us to not include irrelevant things that do not link to the main genre.
We learnt that storyboards are an illustrations of scenes coming together. It guided us in choosing what happens next in the opening sequence, it also directed us and helped the cast to know exactly what happens next.
Samuel and Jason
Remake Shotlist
Shot
|
Type of
shot
|
Length of
shot
|
Description
|
1
|
Picture of production logo
|
11 seconds
|
-
|
2
|
Aerial shot
|
17 seconds
|
Aerial shot showing the car driving along a road
surrounded by green woodland
|
3
|
Extreme long shot / tracking shot
|
15 seconds
|
An establishing shot of the car driving through
the forest surrounded by tall trees
|
4
|
Tracking shot - continuous
|
24 seconds
|
The car will be tracked by the camera in a
continuous motion showing the movement of the car on the road in the forest
|
5
|
Aerial shot
|
30 seconds
|
A long continuous aerial tracking shot that shows
the car entering the tunnel
|
It will help us when creating our own film opening by knowing exactly which shots we need to film and so that we are prepared and organised before we start production.
Samuel
Monday 6 February 2017
Remake Timeline
By creating this timeline of our remake of a film opening, it will allow us to know how the structure of film titles flows and how we should use this knowledge to apply to our final film opening.
Samuel
The Re-make
We chose to create a re-make of an existing film opening because it will allow us to get a feel for the type of opening that we would want to create. Also, it will allow us to identify the generic conventions required in a specific film opening so that we can tailor our own film opening to our chosen film genre.
By explaining why we did a remake of a film opening, it will allow us to identify conventions that you would most likely see in a film opening. Also, by doing this, we will make sure that we don't include inaccurate things that don't need to be in our film opening as it might confuse the viewer.
We chose to re-create the shinning because it has an opening that builds up suspense as well as providing excellent establishing shots, our group has found out through the opening of "The Shining" (1980) that music plays a key element in building up suspense and tension, this allows us to use this information in our final film, to create suspense and tension, in our film opening to infuse our audience into the story and to be absorbed into the atmosphere of the film.
Samuel + Callum
By explaining why we did a remake of a film opening, it will allow us to identify conventions that you would most likely see in a film opening. Also, by doing this, we will make sure that we don't include inaccurate things that don't need to be in our film opening as it might confuse the viewer.
We chose to re-create the shinning because it has an opening that builds up suspense as well as providing excellent establishing shots, our group has found out through the opening of "The Shining" (1980) that music plays a key element in building up suspense and tension, this allows us to use this information in our final film, to create suspense and tension, in our film opening to infuse our audience into the story and to be absorbed into the atmosphere of the film.
Samuel + Callum
Sunday 5 February 2017
The Re-make - the actual film opening
We chose to remake this film because we had a group member who had a car that we used in our film opening, also we really liked the concept of the actual opening because we all have an interest in cars to a certain extent.
By creating a re-make of an actual real life film opening, it will help us when creating our own film opening by allowing us to know what looks good in an opening sequence and what doesn't look good in an opening sequence.
Samuel
Friday 3 February 2017
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