Tuesday 25th November
Costume:N/A
Props: light, torch, camera, pictures of Yolande, Film reel
Actors: N/A
Script: N/A
To be filmed during the lesson in the photography suite
Thursday 27th November
Costume: Trainers and jogging track suit
Props: Camera
Actors: Yolanda Bramble-Carter
Script: N/A
To be filmed in the morning of the day in question at 9am at the back of Taio's house in the forest.
Monday, 19 January 2009
Final Idea
A camera is sitting in an empty room. A single beam of light swings across illuminating the camera and then swinging back. Cut to a single tray of water with a few pieces of negative film in it. Once again the light swings across and swings back. Next cut to a wall in the same room with lots of photos on it of the same person. Cut to different pictures. Finally have a slow pan of the room giving us a whole look at the surroundings.
Meanwhile, in a forest somewhere a women is out running. it is early morning. Various shots of her from different angles and running up over hills and past trunks and through bushes. Another man is in the forest. he is watching her run. Following her and takiing pictures for his private collection. The photos in the empty room are of this women.
Meanwhile, in a forest somewhere a women is out running. it is early morning. Various shots of her from different angles and running up over hills and past trunks and through bushes. Another man is in the forest. he is watching her run. Following her and takiing pictures for his private collection. The photos in the empty room are of this women.
Preliminary task Review
I think that our preliminary task has come out very well. We did exactly what was asked of us and i think the out come is good. We have managed to adhere to the 180 degree rule making sure that we placed the camera together well. We have a good range of shots that show our competence with the camera. There are a few shots that don't seem to work so well. I also think that our match on action isn't completely perfect but i think that it is the best we could possibly ever get it because we had to completely move the camera in between takes. Overall i'm happy with what we have done and feel very positive for how our thriller is going to turn out to.
Preliminary Task
This is an introduction to the preliminary task. We have been asked to make a simple film. It had to consist of simply a person walking into a room and simply having a little conversation. We have then been asked to story board it together and then we have been asked to film it in our lesson. We have to star in it ourselves and make sure that everyone has a fair chance at using the camera. We also have to make sure that we adhere to the 180 degrees rule and the continuity rule aswell.
Editing part 2
For the last few days we've been working on putting effects on our credits and spreading them evenly throughout our thriller movie. We discussed the fact that we wanted the credits to be in black so that when the light plays across the screen at certain points the words are revealed, much in the same way evidence is revealed in a thriller movie. I thought it was a bit of a gamble and origonally opted for white or another cold colour but black seems to work so we've kept that effect. We've also been working on our movie soundtrack. At first we were going to record a version and add it to our work but this proved too complicated and so we decided to use Soundtrack Pro. We decided to use strings because although they're stereo-typical thriler instruments it gives the inroduction the coldness it deserves. We've made a good start and will be finnishing up this week.
Filming Diary
The filming process was easy to handle mainly because we knew very much so what we wanted. As a group we had the same vision and therefore could bounce off each other very easily. This has been the case throughout the hole process so far. The one thing that I could say about the first day is that our lack of experience showed in our ability to hold concentration.
The monotonous activity of setting up the camera for every different shot brought about a slow recline in our concentration that could be seen in the amount of takes that we had to do and the time taken. This concentration resulted in some clashing of ideas between members of the group. I was happy however that despite this, we were mature enough to talk through these and continue with the work.
The second day of shooting was in the forest behind my house which was easy for me. It was a very relaxed process and less of a test than the previous day. I think this may have been because of the fresh air unlike being in a dark room shooting. In some ways the forest gave us some inspiration and we ended up shooting a few more shots than we had originally anticipated.
There was a problem in the fact that we were filming in a communal forest meaning that we had unwanted “background artists” as I called them, but they were mainly primary school kids that were rather adorable.
We found a problem regulating the sun light, creating a continuity problem for us. Through out the morning we had to re-shoot a couple of the shots or wait for clouds to help solve the problem.
Yet again, the equipment re-arranging became annoying. Unlike being indoor where you just have to move across a room, this time we had to move around a forest which became tiring by the end.
Over all I believe we left with some good shots and enough footage to create the idea that we have.
The monotonous activity of setting up the camera for every different shot brought about a slow recline in our concentration that could be seen in the amount of takes that we had to do and the time taken. This concentration resulted in some clashing of ideas between members of the group. I was happy however that despite this, we were mature enough to talk through these and continue with the work.
The second day of shooting was in the forest behind my house which was easy for me. It was a very relaxed process and less of a test than the previous day. I think this may have been because of the fresh air unlike being in a dark room shooting. In some ways the forest gave us some inspiration and we ended up shooting a few more shots than we had originally anticipated.
There was a problem in the fact that we were filming in a communal forest meaning that we had unwanted “background artists” as I called them, but they were mainly primary school kids that were rather adorable.
We found a problem regulating the sun light, creating a continuity problem for us. Through out the morning we had to re-shoot a couple of the shots or wait for clouds to help solve the problem.
Yet again, the equipment re-arranging became annoying. Unlike being indoor where you just have to move across a room, this time we had to move around a forest which became tiring by the end.
Over all I believe we left with some good shots and enough footage to create the idea that we have.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Idea Analyzed
We have created an idea for our thriller opening that we hope will engage the audience whilst still un nerving them. I have always felt that these are two of the most integral things in thriller openings. However we have taken into account that we are not shooting a high budget film like most thrillers so our idea (previously explained by Jack). We therefor wanted to make it simple but still effective. We have organized to shoot in two easily accessible locations to help. This means no money coming out of our project. We use one actor who is also in our group which yet again cuts complication.
Our production schedule Tuesday 25th November and Thursday 27th November are the fewest amount of days we could shoot in whist still getting the shots we need. This will avoid any extra complications with clashes in our own personal schedules. Using fewer days also give us a chance to have contingency day to shoot another story-boarded idea if we don’t collect enough footage.
“A camera is sitting in an empty room. A single beam of light swings across illuminating the camera and then swinging back. Cut to a single tray of water with a few pieces of negative film in it. Once again the light swings across and swings back. Next cut to a wall in the same room with lots of photos on it of the same person. Cut to different pictures. Finally have a slow pan of the room giving us a whole look at the surroundings.
Meanwhile, in a forest somewhere a women is out running. it is early morning. Various shots of her from different angles and running up over hills and past trunks and through bushes. Another man is in the forest. he is watching her run. Following her and taking pictures for his private collection. The photos in the empty room are of this women.”
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LABELS: JACK
Our opening has no clear narrative. We decided to do our opening this way after being influenced by openings such as “Usual Suspects” and “Momento.” This devise is used to force the audience to want to know what can happen next. They ask the question “what is coming out of this?” However, in order to do this we must have a clear answer to that question, otherwise our opening will loose the effect that we want it to have and it will look sloppy.
We have also chosen to follow a femme fetal challenging that characters you would normally see. She isn’t Caucasian with blond hair. WIth this we hope to break through a different audience barrier and appeal to more people. We felt that the classic idea of a femme fetal was in many way out dated and by changing this we hope to show our vision of future film.
Our production schedule Tuesday 25th November and Thursday 27th November are the fewest amount of days we could shoot in whist still getting the shots we need. This will avoid any extra complications with clashes in our own personal schedules. Using fewer days also give us a chance to have contingency day to shoot another story-boarded idea if we don’t collect enough footage.
“A camera is sitting in an empty room. A single beam of light swings across illuminating the camera and then swinging back. Cut to a single tray of water with a few pieces of negative film in it. Once again the light swings across and swings back. Next cut to a wall in the same room with lots of photos on it of the same person. Cut to different pictures. Finally have a slow pan of the room giving us a whole look at the surroundings.
Meanwhile, in a forest somewhere a women is out running. it is early morning. Various shots of her from different angles and running up over hills and past trunks and through bushes. Another man is in the forest. he is watching her run. Following her and taking pictures for his private collection. The photos in the empty room are of this women.”
POSTED BY BRIT SCHOOL BDC AS THRILLERS AT 12:52 0 COMMENTS
LABELS: JACK
Our opening has no clear narrative. We decided to do our opening this way after being influenced by openings such as “Usual Suspects” and “Momento.” This devise is used to force the audience to want to know what can happen next. They ask the question “what is coming out of this?” However, in order to do this we must have a clear answer to that question, otherwise our opening will loose the effect that we want it to have and it will look sloppy.
We have also chosen to follow a femme fetal challenging that characters you would normally see. She isn’t Caucasian with blond hair. WIth this we hope to break through a different audience barrier and appeal to more people. We felt that the classic idea of a femme fetal was in many way out dated and by changing this we hope to show our vision of future film.
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