After putting the film together and in a sense completing a draft copy we looked at areas for improvement...
The feedback would allow us to see what our target audience felt about our production, we had hoped that this would reflect whether our aims and objective had been met.
By putting together a focus group (as previously mentioned in my blog) it would allow our target audience to give detailed and relevant feedback needed for improvement and adjustment.
Positive feedack recieved consisted of the following:
-"Music really suited the film and helped with the general flow"
-"Good use of sound and effects throughout the film, includng acting"
-"Good music, edits and continuity"
-"Really good camera shots - and camera effects used"
-"Cleverly put together and interesting use of contrasting music with flashbacks"
Amousthe positive feedback there were a handful of negative points given, however this was important as it allowed us to improve and make alterations.
-"Transitions needs to be longer between flashbacks"
-"Need more close ups"
-"Cleverly position the music" - "Stop the music when Sophie is running"
-"More distressed image of character i.e. smudged make up"
-"Re-consider the amount of people in your party scene" - There should be more.....
-"Slipping the drug into the drink could be more realistic"
-"More diagestic sound and suspense needed"
-"Unsure whether the music with lyrics takes focus off the main aspects of the film"
Above is the feedback recieved from the focus group and peer assesment. Inevitably the majority of the feedback was negative, though this was important as it allowed the group to improve and focus on changes that needed to be made.
The majortiy of aspects that are peers felt created a negative effect we were able to fix. They were mainly regarding the shots and use of shots used such as adding close ups and reducing the amount of background noticeable which confused the viewer with what they were supposed to be focusing on. Other elemenets consisting of transitions and extending/shortening to make the film flow more evenly. Things like this took a matter of minutes to put right and re-shoot.
Some points however did prove hard to re-construct and change such as are rave scene which was positioned in the drama studio. Of course this is a small area and putting this aside many people were not willing to give up their free time. We therefore made little alteration to this.
We faced the dilema that we were recieving a mound of positive and negative points about different areas of our film from our target audience. This ment we had to decide whether we liked it or not. We looked upon help from our teachers as they are experienced and afterall they are the ones marking it so it was important that we got it right. After much thought and putting into place that our teachers are not our target market we took on board the guidance and decided ourselves.
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Shot list
We put together a rough shot list which holds relation to are shot scehedule...... we are using an approx range of 19 shots to create the opening scene for our film "BlackOut".
1) Establishing shot
2)Long shot of Rose asleep in the woods
3)Close up of Rose's face
4)Medium shot of the party
5)Extreme close up of Roses eyes
6)P.O.V. shot from Rose lead down (tree trunks)
7)P.O.V. shot from Rose lead down (tree tops)
8)Long shot of Rose (in front)
9)Long shot of Rose (face)
10)Medium shot of Rose (in front)
11)Medium shot of Rose (behind)
12)Medium shot of the party(flash back of the night before)
13)Close up of the glass (drink being spiked)
14)P.O.V shot of the woods
15)Medium shot of Rose (behind)
16)Long shot of Rose running
17)Close up of Rose drinking her drink. (Has been spiked)
18)Close up of rose falling over
19)Close up of glass
1) Establishing shot
2)Long shot of Rose asleep in the woods
3)Close up of Rose's face
4)Medium shot of the party
5)Extreme close up of Roses eyes
6)P.O.V. shot from Rose lead down (tree trunks)
7)P.O.V. shot from Rose lead down (tree tops)
8)Long shot of Rose (in front)
9)Long shot of Rose (face)
10)Medium shot of Rose (in front)
11)Medium shot of Rose (behind)
12)Medium shot of the party(flash back of the night before)
13)Close up of the glass (drink being spiked)
14)P.O.V shot of the woods
15)Medium shot of Rose (behind)
16)Long shot of Rose running
17)Close up of Rose drinking her drink. (Has been spiked)
18)Close up of rose falling over
19)Close up of glass
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Introduction
In this task my group is required to produce a film opening with a target time of two minutes.
In order to complete the task in hand four members needed to be assigned. The group list consisted of Myseldf, Layla - Jay, Becky Morrish and Sophie Davies. It was improtant that there were four members in the grop as their were an abundance of tasks that needed to be performed. Each member was given a spercific role in the group, each member brung fourth many attributes which helped with the planning of ideas, generes and story lines.
It was important that the footage gained was original footage, however to get a rough idea of what we wanted to film varioud methods of primary and secondary research took place..... Ranging from first hand film reviews to online reviews.
In order to complete the task in hand four members needed to be assigned. The group list consisted of Myseldf, Layla - Jay, Becky Morrish and Sophie Davies. It was improtant that there were four members in the grop as their were an abundance of tasks that needed to be performed. Each member was given a spercific role in the group, each member brung fourth many attributes which helped with the planning of ideas, generes and story lines.
It was important that the footage gained was original footage, however to get a rough idea of what we wanted to film varioud methods of primary and secondary research took place..... Ranging from first hand film reviews to online reviews.
The initial story board
To start off with thr group needed to gain a rough idea of what was happening in our film so we could prepare..... we therefore create a story board which gave us a vivid imaage to what was happening.
Below is a copy of the original story board:
Below is a copy of the original story board:
Potential shots
Before I began to film the shots we discussed it amougst the group and decided that it may prove beneficial to see what they looked like before hand, we hoped that this would have given us an understanding to the camera angles used and allowed s to see the quality of the pictures taken.
Below is an extreme close up of our actress and posed is a potential shot that we hoped to relate to. This shot holds the intention of getting across "Roses" state of mind and it therefore achieves its purpose. We found that this shot worked very well as the extreme close up would allow us to reflect the girls fear and emotions..... which plays an important aspect in our fim. A simialar shot will be found in the openeing scene of our film.
The idea behind this shot is to show Roses vulnerabillity and it links in nicely with the film, its target audience (teenagers) reflecting how we are all vulnerable...... This shot will be placed to reflect the scarcity and lonliness of Rose.
The shot also build suspense which is an important aspect in a film opening, as we want the reader to keep guessing.
Below is an extreme close up of our actress and posed is a potential shot that we hoped to relate to. This shot holds the intention of getting across "Roses" state of mind and it therefore achieves its purpose. We found that this shot worked very well as the extreme close up would allow us to reflect the girls fear and emotions..... which plays an important aspect in our fim. A simialar shot will be found in the openeing scene of our film.
This shot was to be used in our "Rave scene" in which Rose is getting stalked. An over the sholder shot was going to be implemented to reflect how powerless Rose is in relation to her unexpected stalker.
The idea behind this shot is to show Roses vulnerabillity and it links in nicely with the film, its target audience (teenagers) reflecting how we are all vulnerable...... This shot will be placed to reflect the scarcity and lonliness of Rose.The shot also build suspense which is an important aspect in a film opening, as we want the reader to keep guessing.
Shooting schedule
In order for thr group to get an idea of what needed to be done, when it needed to be done and dead that must be met we arranged a shooting schedule.
Date, Time and What it is we are doing?
20th Jan Period 1+2, Finish planning story board
26th Jan Periods 3+4 ,First shots - Woods
27th Jan Periods 5+6, Filming P.O.V + Flashback shots
29th Jan Period 1+2, Uploading footage and begin editing
31st Jan All day, Finish Film
1st Feb Period 5+6, Uploading and editing
2nd Feb Period 3+4, Editing
3rd Feb Period 1+2, Editing
9th Feb Period 3+4, Final edits
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Above is a copy of the shooting schedule put together by the group, of course we tried to stick to this but by no means was it easy,and on a number of occasions it required us to use are spare time to ensure we were up to date with it.
Date, Time and What it is we are doing?
20th Jan Period 1+2, Finish planning story board
26th Jan Periods 3+4 ,First shots - Woods
27th Jan Periods 5+6, Filming P.O.V + Flashback shots
29th Jan Period 1+2, Uploading footage and begin editing
31st Jan All day, Finish Film
1st Feb Period 5+6, Uploading and editing
2nd Feb Period 3+4, Editing
3rd Feb Period 1+2, Editing
9th Feb Period 3+4, Final edits
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Above is a copy of the shooting schedule put together by the group, of course we tried to stick to this but by no means was it easy,and on a number of occasions it required us to use are spare time to ensure we were up to date with it.
Editing
When we had finished filming the film the footage was uploaded onto the I-Mac so we could see the outcome of our shots.
Once we looked through the shots and decided which worked well and which didn't..... making various alterations to clips, cutting them down and adding special effects such as transitions to ensure a positive flow was consistent.
Once we looked through the shots and decided which worked well and which didn't..... making various alterations to clips, cutting them down and adding special effects such as transitions to ensure a positive flow was consistent.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Choice of possible songs...
The group looked at a number of songs in order to determine the most ideal song that would accompany are non diagetic video.....
Below is just a small amount of the songs looked at:
Drum and bass - for the disco/club
Below is just a small amount of the songs looked at:
Drum and bass - for the disco/club
- Pendulem Slam
- Pendulem Propain nightmares
- Prodigy
- Mr happy
- Pendulem Blood sugar
- Prodigy - Warriors dance
A majority of the songs looked at were based on a certain band such as Pendulem as we are familiar with with their genre of music and aware that many of their songs would prove suitable. However because we needed a really up-beat tune and many of the songs proved to slow throughout the scene and did therefore not meet our need.
We needed to find an up-beat song that matched the rhythm of the film and actions taking place.... a song that would build up anticipation and suspense, we decided upon: Warriors dance as this an up beat song which creates fast rythem and anticipation...... it is therefore nicely suited to our film.
We equally needed to find an appropriate song that fitted in well with the opening shots , something that we could associate with the theme of betrial and sadness.
Again we looked at a number of songs that proved suitable:
- Kings of Leon Closer
- Kings of Leon use somebody
- Hallejuar
- A number of snow patrol songs..... featuring chasing cars and just say yes
We concluded that Kings Of Leon - Closer was the most appropriate song as it provided the rythem and beat that are film required. And being that my group is producing a film opening a song with rythem and beat is needed to build this anticipation......
Re-shoots
Having originally filmed a complete shoot we uploaded the footage and their were certain aspects that inevitably didn't run as smoothly as expected..... we therefore decided upon a re-shoot on the Wednesday - 17th.
The group sat down together before this date, looked over the film and jotted down errors for improvement. We also took into consideration are target audiences views...... gathered a focus group and took critisizm constructively.
When the day came the weather was against us and puttin into place that we didn't want to re-shoot the whole film, it would not have proved easy to change the scenery or the weather for this factor. Thus resulting in a major drawback t0 the group and plans made. We did have the option of changing the scenery though this would have proved insufficient and perhaps created a negative view on the group and its final production as the use of mise en scene would have differed un - accordingly.
After a dissapointing first attempt we decided to check the weather forecast for the following day, we decided upon the 18th, a Thursday. Again the weather decietful, nevertheless we made the best of our time and got on with other aspects of the film that reflected important such as the music that would accompany it. Although this did mean we were not behind schedule with our film and time was of the essence.
Again, we looked at the weather forecast and decided upon another date - the 23rd.
The weather was promosing and to are amazement the bad weather had cleared. We begun re-shooting the shots noted and scenes for improvement, also taking into account the deadline we found it neccasariy to take a few extra shots to ensure their were an abundance to chose from. This also enabled us t eliminate those shots that weren't to good quickly.
Filming is now finnished and we are momentarily making adjustments and alterations to sound tracks.
The group sat down together before this date, looked over the film and jotted down errors for improvement. We also took into consideration are target audiences views...... gathered a focus group and took critisizm constructively.
When the day came the weather was against us and puttin into place that we didn't want to re-shoot the whole film, it would not have proved easy to change the scenery or the weather for this factor. Thus resulting in a major drawback t0 the group and plans made. We did have the option of changing the scenery though this would have proved insufficient and perhaps created a negative view on the group and its final production as the use of mise en scene would have differed un - accordingly.
After a dissapointing first attempt we decided to check the weather forecast for the following day, we decided upon the 18th, a Thursday. Again the weather decietful, nevertheless we made the best of our time and got on with other aspects of the film that reflected important such as the music that would accompany it. Although this did mean we were not behind schedule with our film and time was of the essence.
Again, we looked at the weather forecast and decided upon another date - the 23rd.
The weather was promosing and to are amazement the bad weather had cleared. We begun re-shooting the shots noted and scenes for improvement, also taking into account the deadline we found it neccasariy to take a few extra shots to ensure their were an abundance to chose from. This also enabled us t eliminate those shots that weren't to good quickly.
Filming is now finnished and we are momentarily making adjustments and alterations to sound tracks.
Settings
Because our film features desceat the group needed to create a sense of loss of security and unawareness to the sourroundings. We could have based the film inside and this would have proved easier to film as the weather conditions interuped filming times and delaid arangements. To meet the groups aims of basing the film on reality events we researched past events that have previously taken place and we also attempted to think of a circumstance we could relate to.
We concluded that the film would be set deep in the woods as people can associate the woods with mysterios objects and woods are known for being "Spooooky". By placing are actress in the woods it allows the viewer to gain an understanding of the hard conditions he/she would potentially face in those cicrumstances. As oppose to waking up on a bright summers day central to shops etc..... this would create the oppositve effect.
The group scowered the woods for a suitable location and put into place "Mise en scene" and the light that we wanted/didn't want and also the scenery and the image it reflected.
We found a remote location which provided suitable lighting and scenery. Because the film is based upon mysterious goings on it was important that the landscape was messy, dirty, and again remote. Trees were to be used to promote different camera angles and also to reinforce the idea of power, it was important that the greenery was not to condense as light plays an important aspect in the film. Twigs, trees and general forest aspects were used as props in order to create imagery to someone being hidden and "them not knowing where he/she lied".
It was equally improtant that the area chosen provided a large enough area to reflect the girls desolate presense amougst the great outdoor.
We concluded that the film would be set deep in the woods as people can associate the woods with mysterios objects and woods are known for being "Spooooky". By placing are actress in the woods it allows the viewer to gain an understanding of the hard conditions he/she would potentially face in those cicrumstances. As oppose to waking up on a bright summers day central to shops etc..... this would create the oppositve effect.
The group scowered the woods for a suitable location and put into place "Mise en scene" and the light that we wanted/didn't want and also the scenery and the image it reflected.
We found a remote location which provided suitable lighting and scenery. Because the film is based upon mysterious goings on it was important that the landscape was messy, dirty, and again remote. Trees were to be used to promote different camera angles and also to reinforce the idea of power, it was important that the greenery was not to condense as light plays an important aspect in the film. Twigs, trees and general forest aspects were used as props in order to create imagery to someone being hidden and "them not knowing where he/she lied".
It was equally improtant that the area chosen provided a large enough area to reflect the girls desolate presense amougst the great outdoor.
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