Final Idea

After we sat down and spoke about ideas, for the next few media lessons we decided to come to a final idea that we can write down. We all gathered around a board and discussed everything that we all wanted to include in the film. As a group we have thought about many different areas that we could film such as, Werrington park and woods, Tallington lakes etc.. But as a group we thought the best place was ferry meadows as it was a perfect location for what we wanted to do.

Location Report:
Nene Park (Ferry Meadows) stretches for 10 km along the valley of the 'River Nene' just a few miles from our school location. Ferry Meadows Country Park entails a variety of lakes, meadows, woodlands, and parks. The location allowed us to expand on ideas following research on 'The Blair Witch Project' of running through woods using a hand-held camera. There were a variety of play parks within the area and the idea of using one in our final piece came about. We decided to explore the area and found the ideal spot. A large play park is situated at the heart of the country park with a large woods directly behind it. Within the park was a set of swings, climbing frames and other objects, with the lake situated behind it. Because of the popularity of Nene Park Country Park from tourists, we needed to find a time that would show the setting to be deserted, this meant we had to find out exactly when this was and the brief time frame we had to film. We found that this was around one o'clock on a week day and therefore, we set out to film exactly then. The main reason for the choice to use Ferry Meadows as our setting was because it fit our potential storyline perfectly. The two combined to make a very effective psychological thriller. The park could be used to show mystery with swings swinging indepedently, and the lake showing desertion and lonliness in the background.
Risk assesment:
After we decided where we were going to film our opening sequence we had to think of the possible risks that could occur, so as a group we created a risk assesment table.
This is the table of risks. As we have decided to film at ferry meadows, there are many risks that may occur when fiming some worse than others. For example: the highest risk that may occur when filming is drowning, we aren't silly enough to mess around near water let alone deep water so the risk is still very low for us but if anything does happen the water is very dangerous. One risk that is very low is injury to widlife or injury to self from the widlife.

The storyline itself:
We have decided that we are going to have the start of the opening sequence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoQNEYVxcQ) with an establishing shot of the swings in the park swinging on their own. We will then go into a shot of the young girl in red swinging on the swing in a very abnormal way. This will hopefully make the audience understand that this girl isn't all with it, and has a few issues. Throughtout the opening sequence you will see random characters appear either in the backgroud of the shots, or have a close up of these random characters. The random characters consit of:
-A clown
-A nun
-Two younger children
There will also be a man in a trenchcoat and a hat, but he has alot more significance to these random characters. The whole idea of having this man is that he is a murderer that has been around for a long time, and he was the man who killed these other people (the clown, the nun and the two younger children) and although you never see the girl actually looking at these people, you are able to see that she knows they are there. As if she feels them, and its like they are there but she isn't sure. This is the effect we want to establish when filming, to get it like that we just need to make sure that the girl is aware of what is around her but as she has a few issues and isn't totally with it, the audeince won't know if it is her seeing these people or if they are actually there.

The man in the trenchcoat - He is very important within our filming. Altough you don't see him that much, it is important where and when he appears as he is meant to have a creepy feel to him. When he appears on screen the shots are always close ups or over the shoulder shots. This is so you never see the full person, only he eyes, sections of his face and the back of his head. Also you will only see part of his body at one part of time.

Where and when will see you see the :
CLOWN - The audience will see the clown appear behind the swing for a split second as the swing goes up and then will be gone when the swing goes down. As if he was never there.

NUN - The audience will see the nun walk past the swings from the otherside of the fence, so the nun isn't actually in the park itself. Whilst the nun walks past the girl will be happily swinging on the swing as if everything is how it should be.

TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN - The audience will see the two younger children on the see-saw laughing and having a good time, as if the girl can see them in the corner of her eye but she isn't sure if they are there or not. We will hopefully add in some shots of close-ups of the children playing on the see-saw aswell. .


'The Unknown' will also crucial in our opening sequence as a variety of aspects such as the girls pycological state, the man in the trench coat. This is because we are changing the chronolocial order of a typical film, showing the ending of the film, at the start. Therfore, our opening sequence will finish with the titles of the film and the text '2 years earlier'. The opening will be quick and effective, grasping the audiences attention, drawing them in, and wanting them to watch the whole film.


What will the video consist of:
Firstly the film is going to be in Black and White;
1- Establishing shot of Empty Park
2- Slighty smaller width of park with swings swinging
3- Mid-shot; girl appears of swing
4- High-angle shot from on top of climbing frame
5- Low-angle shot almost underneath girl
6- Return to mid-shot of girl on swing
7-Pans around to see man in background facing girl
8-Over-the-Shoulder Shot from man looking at girl
9- Close-up of lighter being struck and cigarette lit
10- Low-angle shot of girl on swing; swing goes up and clown appears, swing goes down and clown dissapears
11- Point-of-View shot from girl on swing; nun appears in front and then dissappears
12- Mid-shot of girl on swings; two children appear on see-saw in background
13- Low-angle of gil jumping off swing (from the veiw of the swings)
14- Low-angle of girl landing and running (oppisite veiw from the swings)
15- Point-of-View from child chasing girl
16- Same shot to establishing shot; girl runs towards black hat and out of park
17- Pans around to see girl walk towards woods
18- Over-the-Shoulder shot from man looking at the now empty park
19-Low-angle shot, man walking towards park (away from camera) and throwing cigarette in front of camera
20- Jump cut moves to mid-shot of girl now entering woods
21- Mid-shot from inside of woods seeing girl enter and run
23- Point-of-View shot from girl srunning in woods; Whip-panning from side to side
23- Close-up of mans eyes blinks and colour flashes in;
24- High-angle close-up of girls hands and mans feet walking up to them

With these 24 shots we have created a storyboard which consists of exactly what we are going to do. (add in video of the storyboard)

Props and Costume:
There were a variety of props and costumes that we needed for our sequence;
The Girl;
- Red evening dress
- Black tights
- Black army style boots
The man;
- A Black Trilby - A black Trench coat
- Black army style boots
- A Zippo Lighter
The Clown;
- A Clown costume
The Nun;
-A Nun costume
The two children;
The younger Girl
- Long white socks
- Grey dess - Pigtails
- The younger boy:
- Grey Shorts
-White shirt with red bow-tie
- Black Waist-coat

Problems that may occur when filming:
Something we need to take in to consideration is the weather, if there is any rain it will not only ruin the effect that we are going for but it will also make the filming of the opening sequence alot more difficult.

Ideas!

As a group we have sat down and discussed things we wanted to do. We have thought about places in particular places such as : Ferry Meadows and Werrington. We wanted to find somewhere that had very interesting backgrounds, we also wanted to included things such as, run down house/barns, parks, woods, fields anything that is spooky. Now we have researched we have been able to discuss where we would definitely like to shoot and what we would like to include. We still only have a rough idea as we haven't yet created our storyboard and gone through it shot by shot.


The rough idea that the group has come up with is:
There is a girl on a swing in a park, and she is all in red and she See's ghost of the past walking around. In the background the audience are able to see a man in a trench coat. The thing about this man in a trench coat is that we know he is there and we can see him but for some unknown reason to the audience the girl cannot see him and is therefore unable to acknowledge him.
We have also thought about why the ghost are there, and who/what the ghost will be. So far we have thought of:
- Two Nuns
- A clown
- An old fashioned teacher with a Cain
- Charlie Chaplin
- Children playing
So far this is all we have, but as for why they are in the opening sequence? Well we have decided that we are going to make is creepy, we have been talking about different things but the only thing that really made us excited about the filming and our ideas was the idea of having ghost from the past or 'hallucinations'. We discussed it as a group and the man in a trench coat is a murderer and throughout the past he has picked victims to kill and left his signature mark, "the red ribbon".

When we were researching certain films, one film took the whole groups eye this being. 'Schindler's list' we all liked the idea of the film being in black and white and having significant things in colour. We have discussed it as a group and decided that the girl's dress will be red and this will be shown to the audience, also the audience will be able to see the red ribbon that is the signature mark of the man in the trench coat. We have been thinking of certain things that we could do that are significant to the piece of filming. One idea is that maybe at one part the camera is on the Man in a trench coats face and you see him light a cigarette and you see the flash of the matched and the end butt of the cigarette in colour as well, maybe to represent 'danger'

Thriller

As a group we have all sat down and thought about things that we could do. We have decided on the genre of "Thriller"

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres. Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more powerful and better equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is villain driven plot, whereby he presents obstacles the hero must overcome.

The Sub-genres:

A thriller can include the following sub-genres, which may also include elements of other genres.

Action thriller: This often features a race against the clock, it also contains la lot of violence, and an obvious antagonist (bad guy). These sort of films do usually contain large amounts of guns, explosions, and large elaborate set pieces for the action to take place. They also have elements of mystery films and crime films but these elements take a backseat to action. Examples of these kind of films are things such as "James Bond", "The Transporter", " The Jason Bourne" both the novels and the fims.
Conspiracy thriller: This type of film is when a hero/heroine confronts a large, powerful group of enemies whose true extent only he/she recognizes. Examples of such films are, "Three Days of the Condor", "Capricorn One", and "JFK".
Crime thriller: This particular genre is a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime/rimes. These films often focus on the criminal(s) rather than a policeman. Crime thrillers usually emphasize action over psychological aspects. Things that mainly happen in these films include such things as murders, robberies, chases, shootouts, and double-crosses are central ingredients.
Some examples of these kind of films include "The Killing", "Seven", and "Inside man"
Disaster thriller: In which the main conflict is due to some sort of natural or artificial disaster, such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc., or nuclear disasters as an artificial disaster. Examples include "Tremor" by Winston Graham, and the 1974 film "Earthquake".
Drama thriller: In which the story consists of the elements of a thriller and drama film. These films are usually slower paced and involves a great deal of character development along with plot twists. Examples include "The Illusionist", "The Interpreter" and "The Prestige".
Erotic thriller: This is when a film consists of both erotica and thriller. It has become popular since the 1980s and the rise of VCR market penetration. The genre includes such films as "Basic Instinct", "Dressed to Kill", "Fatal Attraction" and "Obsessed"
Legal thriller: In which the lawyer-heroes/heroines confront enemies outside, as well as inside, the courtroom and are in danger of losing not only their cases but their lives. "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham is a well known example of the type.
Psychological thriller: In which the conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical. The Alfred Hitchcock films "Suspicion" "Shadow of a Doubt", and "Strangers on a Train" are notable examples of the type.
Spy thriller (also a subgenre of spy fiction): When the hero is generally a government agent who must take violent action against agents of a rival government or (in recent years) terrorists. Examples of this genre include "From Russia, with Love" by Ian Fleming, "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum, and television series such as "Mission: Impossible" and "24"
Techno-thriller: In which technology is described in detail and made essential to the reader's/viewer's understanding of the plot. Tom Clancy defined and popularized the genre with his The Hunt for Red October, and is considered to be the "Father of the Techno thriller".

Most thrillers are formed in some combination of the above, with horror, conspiracy, and psychological tricks used most commonly to heighten tension. Combinations are highly diverse, including:
Science fiction thrillers: Jurassic Park, Sunshine.
Techno/political/conspiracy/military: Robocop, S.M. Stirling's Draka novels.
Legal/forensic/psychological/: Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs novel, Seven.

After looking at all the sub-genres to thriller, we are now able to think of many ideas we now need to sit down and write them all down and expand our ideas.

Watching Blair Witch

As it is the half term, we all decided to get together as a group and sit down and watching the movie that we are most interested in. "The Blair witch project", personally i thought that this film was very interesting, i liked the way it was filmed with the point of view/steady cam shots the whole way through. I also liked the idea of there being two cameras, one in colour and one in BLACK and WHITE. When watching "The Blair witch project" we all looked at the many different camera angles that were used, as the whole film (apart from the parts that were 'documented' were in steady cam the angles weren't very good or they weren't a big mixture. There were a lot of long and medium shots as they are the easiest to use especially if you are running all the time. There were a few close ups, but these close ups where created by zooming the lens in when one of the characters was doing something. This meant that the quality of the picture wasn't that great and it made it seem as if the film was just a random filming, (making the audience feel as if the story that was given to them, that is was all real and that the film was recovered was all true).

Genre

In film theory, genre refers to the method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed. Most theories of film genre are borrowed from literary genre criticism. As with genre in a literary context, there is a great deal of debate over how to define or categorize genres.Besides the basic distinction in genre between fiction and documentary, film genres can be categorized in several ways.

Types of Genre:

Animation: Animation is the use of computer renderings or drawings (or occasionally photos of representational objects, known as stop-motion animation or claymation) shown in a sequence in order to depict an action or event rather than using the filming of live actors.

• Traditional Animation: Also known as "cel animation", this is one of the oldest animation subgenres. Basically, it is a way of animating a cartoon by drawing and painting pictures by hand. Each drawing or painting is a different frame of animation, and when they are flipped or put in sequence at the right speed, they give the illusion of movement. Examples are Beauty and the Beast and Spirited Away.
• Stop motion: A genre similar to Traditional Animation, however, instead of using hand drawn pictures, stop motion films are made with small figurines or other objects that have their picture taken many times in order to provide the animation frames. Examples are The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and The Corpse Bride.
• Computer Generated imagery (CGI): A genre of animation that includes animating a cartoon on a computer modeling program. Models of characters or props are created on the computer, and then programmed to do something specific. Then, when the animation is completely programed, the computer can play a completely computer generated movie. CGI is often used for the visual effects in Live Action films as well. Examples are Up or Toy Story.
• Puppetry: Although it is technically live action, puppetry is a different way of "animating" a movie and puppets are often used in lieu of live actors. Usually, there are small figurines or figures (similar to stop motion), but these are controlled and filmed in real time. Like CGI, puppetry can be found in Live Action films as a method of achieving a special effect. Examples are The Muppets and The Dark Crystal.

Live action: Live action uses the filming or videotaping of live actors instead of animation. Essentially, it is filming using real people, props and sets. Many a live action production does feature animation to achieve certain special effects work, but the film still falls under live action so long as at least some characters are played by real people whose physical performance is captured on film or video. Examples are "Citizen Kane" and "The Godfather".

Research into Films...

Reasoning for this research - As a group we are all intrested in the genres of horror and thriller, so we have looked up some films and are planning on watching them to see if it something we would like to do.

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock:

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, which said: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else"

Blair Witch Project :

The Blair Witch Project is an American horror film released in 1999. It is presented as a documentary pieced together from amateur footage, filmed in real time. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three young student filmmakers, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams who hike into the Black Hills of Burkittsville, Maryland to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch, and subsequently go missing. The audience is told that the three were never found, although their video and sound equipment ,along with most of the footage they shot, was discovered a year later. This "recovered footage" is presented as the film the viewer is watching.

The Blair Witch Project grossed $248,639,099 worldwide, compared to its final budget which ranged between $500,000 and $750,000. The Rotten Tomatoes website provides links to 127 reviews for the film, with 85% of these reviews being favorable. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film four stars, calling it "an extraordinarily effective horror film". It was listed on Film critic.com as the 50th best movie ending of all time. Critics in particular praised Donahue's apology to the camera near the end of the movie, saying it would cause "nightmares for years to come", and which Ebert compared to Robert Scott's final journal entries as he froze to death in the Antarctic

Schindler :
Schindler's List is a 1993 American drama film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as Schutzstaffel officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern. The film was a box office success and recipient of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score, as well as numerous other awards. In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked the film 8th on its list of the 100 best American films of all time. Throughout the whole film everything is in black and white other than the litte girls red dress. I liked this concept and idea personally.

I have collected some information from this blog from, www.wikipedia.org Mainly the dates and the main happenings in the movie. As i have heard of these movies but i have never seen them and i needed to know more about them. Now that i have researched them i think i may either watch both of these movies or one and see what happens in them and see if there is anything that i particularly like that i may be able to share with the rest of the group.

Dirty Harry

We started by just looking at movies and analysing them we decided to look at "Dirty Harry" to start with.......


The opening sequence to Dirty Harry is effective as it covers the aspects of genre, location, characters, our protagonist and antagonist. By doing this the audience are able to understand the basics of what is going on without knowing the actually story. Right at the beginning of the film the audience is able to hear church bells which may symbolize many things such as death or happiness, in the case of the opening sequence to Dirty Harry the church bells symbolize death, as straight after the bells sound the screen shows a list of police officers that have died in the line of duty. The screen then splits into two, overlaying the list of soldiers is the San Francisco Police Badge this happens in a slow dissolve not a quick movement which can give a solemn effect. The screen goes into a very slow dissolve again but this time it shows a man on the screen holding a gun, whilst this is happening the music changes from being bells to high pitched music, this builds suspense and may suggest to the audience that the man is going to do something bad like shot at someone, as well as this the gunman’s face has been covered so it makes him seem more mischievous and interesting. Not only is the gunman’s face hidden but the camera is blurred at a low angle, this could represent that the gunman is very significant to the film and makes the audience think that he is the antagonist. By covering the aspects of the characters the audience are able to understand who is the protagonist and the antagonist in the case of this movie the protagonist is Dirty harry and the antagonist is the person who shoots the girl in the swimming pool.

When the gunman goes to shoot the innocent girl in the swimming pool, the audiences haven’t got any idea why but understand that this is why he is there. The way this is suggested is by the way in the camera is used, instead of just aiming the camera at one and then the other and showing her being shot, the director builds suspense by showing different angels of each character, always having the gunman’s face concealed. One of the most interesting camera shots is when we see the girl through the crosshairs of the gun; this is whilst our antagonist is aiming for a shot. The reason this is interesting is because we now see girl who is swimming as an object and no longer as a human being the audience also pick up on the fact that she hasn’t done anything wrong from what they know. When she gets shot it is very quick you see the gunman pull the trigger but if you look away for a very quick second you would be miss it. Whilst the victim is dying you see it once again through the sniper gun. This suggests to the audience that the gunman is enjoying what he is doing and wants to watch the victim die. Unfortunately all the audience knows about the young girl swimming is that she must be wealthy as she is swimming in a penthouse pool, therefore they do not understand why she has been killed.

When Clint Eastwood enters the film, we automatically know he is the protagonist as he is dressed smart in a full suit when the weather is hot enough to go for a swim, this suggests to the audience that he is not only good at what he does but he is dedicated to his work and helping people. The music also becomes more upbeat when he enters, the camera shot is a close up of him with a very hard and stern face. This could also suggest to the audience that he takes everything seriously when it involves people of San Francisco. By the way in which the camera is used the audience can tell a lot more how good Harry is at his job, when the dead girl is laying on the floor the camera is showing everything from floor level which makes the audience feel as if they were then, whilst this is happening Harry tilts his head up very slightly to a building, the audience may understand straight away that this is the building in which the young girl got shot from. Whilst he makes his way over to the building he walks through the streets and the camera the stops and shows the height of the building by panning up it, This is then when Harry works his way up to the top of the building but going to back way through the industrial ventilation showing the bad side of San Francisco, this reason this he goes up this way is because the gunman would not of got through the building with a gun, These next few shots show how hard it would have been for the gunman to get up to the top of the building. When Harry is finally at the top, you see how big a dived there is between the good and the bad; this is shown by Harry standing on the other side of the wall to the gunman. Whilst our Protagonist is on top of the roof he finds a bullet shell on the floor and puts it into an envelope, when this happens the music turns a lot softer this could suggest that he is able to figure something’s out a little more than before. He then turns around and the camera shows a close up shot of him looking at a note. This is when the first piece of speech is said throughout of the whole of the opening sequence “Jesus” Suggesting that it is something worse that what ha s already happened.

All in all the opening sequence is very effective in many ways, not only does it demonstrate to the audience what may happen throughout the film, but it also covers all the aspects of a great opening sequence by building a lot of suspense and interest into the characters as they all seem mysterious. The way in which the cameras are used displays who is powerful and who is also good and bad.

New York.

As part of our media course we got a chance to go to New York City, so i took the opportunity. We left for New York at 4am on wednesday morning and we returned at midday on the sunday. Whilst we were in New York we did many things, but one of the things we did was a FOUR hour media workshop. In this workshop we did a mixture of different things. We filmed, acted, learnt about lighting, and we also learnt how to edit. There were four groups that made four different videos. I uploaded my groups video onto YOUTUBE, and here is the link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTx7l_MoCU, Whilst making this short viedo i was in charge of the camera and filming.

What to do!

Deciding on what to do : On the first day of being set this task we were told to decided groups, the group i am working in includes Myself, along with Ollie Aird, Jon Orrell and Mark Falco. When we decided our groups, we then had to think of a preliminary task we could do. We knew it didn't have to be very long but as a group we had to think of some sort of story line, and what kind of camera angles/shots we could use. As we were talking about what we could do we made a brainstorm and then afterwards we created a storyboard so we knew exactly what we needed to film when we had the camera set up; this was so it didn't take longer than it needed to be!







Canon MV500 : This is the Video camera we used, it was someone in my groups family Camera. The reason we used it was because we found it difficult to get hold of one of the Sony SX30. We did have some difficulties with the Canon Video camera as it was nearly 10 years old and the sound had gone on the camera itself. Even though we were unable to hear the clips we had filmed straight after recording, however, we were able to hear everything once imported onto the computer itself.

This is the Canon MV500 ........ AND ........ This is the Sony SX30











With this camera we were able to do the camera angles and shots we needed to do, with the help of a tripod. Within our preliminary we included such shots as, 'the over the shoulder shot' and 'close up shot' and others these two being the most important within our piece of work. The reason why we used an 'over the shoulder shot' is because we wanted to show the conversation at the beginning of the clip, it was also so the we could have the editing of the clip a lot more interesting instead of just face and face. The audience will be able to see both sides of the conversation. When we used to 'close up shot' we made sure the shot was clear enough and the reason we added it made sense. We included a 'close up shot' when Jon was opening the door within out media clip, we tried to film it from the right hand side but because of in an earlier clip he had only his right hand free it didn't look very effective and it was hard to see him actually open the door, so as a group we decided to see what it looked like from the left hand side.


Filming our Preliminary; When filming our preliminary we all had our own little jobs but at the same time helped out with everything, my main job was the filming, and Mark helped me out, and as a group we deiced that Ollie and Jon were going to star in it. We managed to film what we thought would be all of our preliminary in 2 lessons. During our first session of filming we didn't include any dialogue as we decided that we were going to use a 'VOICE OVER' but after we went through the editing process we decided as a group that this hadn't given the effect we wanted. So we went back to the room we filmed out clip (our old science block) and asked one of our friends, Gregg Sullivan, to be in our work so we could include some dialogue but then not loose the effect of the slap at the end. By deciding to add in more dialogue it meant we had to re-edit our work and re-film some more. Whilst re filming the dialogue we added in a different 180 degrees rule, as the one we did in our first attempt wasn't that brilliant. By filming a preliminary we, as a group, have all be able to understand the work that goes into the filming and how many different things we have to do to make a final piece. We have also understood that the first time we have filmed may not be the only time we have to do it, and that we may have to go back and film some more. As i recorded the most, i have been able to understand how important lighting is in a piece of filming as if the light is too bright or it looks artificial the effect it gives isn't as strong as it would be if it was either natural or done correctly. Only problem i had at the beginning of filming was that when i was filming Jono walking down the corridor through the glass in the door, the audience were able to see my reflection so i suggested that we should turn the light off in the room we were in and leave the light on outside in the corridor and the effect that was given off was very interesting and a lot better than the first effect we started with and al so it had no reflection.

Editing our Preliminary;

To edit our preliminary task, we have used a editing program called 'Sony Vegas Pro'. This editing software is provided by the school but only on certain computers meaning there is a limited accessibility, so if we have wanted to edit we have had to either do it in our free periods or make sure we have a computer free by going in earlier. Jon and Ollie did the main of the editing as the computers were free when they were and when unfortunately Myself and Mark were unavailable. But within lessons we were able to contributed towards The editing. When we finished editing the first time we all believed that not only was something missing but that the voice over didn't sound right. So we had a discussion with one of our media teachers 'Mr Zaidi' and he suggested that we should go back and film some more with dialogue, so this was when we decided to find another actor to make the storyline more interesting. One of our close friends Gregg Sullivan, offered to help us with the re-filming with the dialogue. So we all went back to the room where we filmed the first time and re-filmed adding in dialogue. This consisted of more over the shoulder shots and it also meant that we used the 180degrees rule more within our work.


THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY..

The You-tube upload of it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcI5Owy-Yng

Now as a group we are thinking about what we should do for our final media video. we are thinking about what genre we want to use. What movies we could look at for ideas. What sort of shots and angles we can use and maybe if we should or shouldn't have dialogue in it?



Although we have finished our preliminary, as a group we are able to see that there are some things we need to improve on for example; when filming Jon walking down the corridor through the window i saw that if the light was on inside the room then the camera picked up my reflextion and the cameras so i suggested that we had the light turned off in the room and this solved the problem. It was just that the second time we went back to re-film some parts we forgot about the light being off at the start and had it on. It isn't that noticable but it does take away the effect of the film a little bit.

We are not discuss what ideas we have for our main filming task of an opening sequence to a film. We do have some rough ideas but we haven't fully decided. so we are going to sit down and talk about it and write everything down so that we are able to come to a finally idea.