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(Coursework) (Idea 2) Main Task: Planning

STORYBOARDS.

 As you will notice when you see our final film, the title 'Obsession' comes at the end of the sequence as opposed to our initial plan where we had the title in the beginning.

CALL SHEETS.

 SHOT LIST.

FLOOR PLANS.

SCRIPT.

Obsession Script Final2

PERMISSION.
Below is a letter that was sent to the YouTube account responsible for the song we used in our film, asking for permission to use their media.

(Coursework) (Idea 2) Audience Research

Audience Research!

We interviewed a range of people and asked them a few questions to help us structure a suitable opening that would appeal to them. We wanted to find out what their favourite horror movies were and what they liked in horror movies, in order to gain knowledge of what techniques would be the best to use in our own opening.

(COURSEWORK) (Idea 2) Research: Title Sequences.

Titles!

What is the purpose of a title sequence? This should be a detailed explanation.

- The purpose of a title sequence is to engage the audience into the movie, introducing them to the themes without giving away too much of the plot. The title sequence is the only change the editors get to show the style of the movie in a different way, a way that is creative. Its almost as if  a title sequence is a movie within a movie because the sequence by itself tells a story, preparing the audience for what is to come. 

 What was different in how text was used in zombieland than other films.

- The editors used a font that was not too funny because they didnt want to take the attention away from what was going on in the shots. However, they chose to engage the text with the film which gave the opening that extra edge to it. 

How has the designer of blue valentine tried to emotionally engage with the audience?

- He took still images which were taken on and off set and overlayed them with recordings of fireworks. It starts off as dark and with the light of the fireworks, reveals the still image underneath which evokes a feeling of love and affection as that is what is also visible in the stills.

Hello Lonesome

What is the genre of the film?

- Either a comedy or a rom-com

Explain the style, (CGI, drawn, film?)

- Its all based in a miniture land, very similar to lego. Its all still images.

Explain how the style supports the genre of the film?

- The music sounds quite sad but romantic at the same time, its quite odd. I think the images shown of back gardens and roundabouts give it quite a warm feeling.

How does it introduce you to the film?

- I think it shows us miniature versions of real life locations in the movie so we know it will be based in a city/neighbourhood.

How does it draw you into the film?

- The cute images of the miniature houses and trampolines, because they look so real you're force to keep watching to then realise that its all miniature. You then want to watch the movie to see if there will be real people in it or if it will carry on with the miniature theme.

             How is the font used? What effect do they have? How does it link to the films genre?

- There are several fonts used and each of them are used to go with the image they are in for example some font is in the sun so its shadows are reflected in front of it. The font used with the trampoline has a 'y' which looks like its been knocked down which could possibly represent the childlike feel of the trampoline. It links to the films genre as it has elements of humour in it as well as the conservative side to it.

            What type of transitions are used by the editor? What effect do they have?

-The editor has used simple cuts which give it quite a calm, subtle tone to it.

                        How do the titles reflect the THEME of the film? 

- The fact that the titles do not move at all, they are just still, reflect the theme of loneliness which is explored in the movie. 

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

What is the genre of the film?

- Either and action adventure, horror or thriller

Explain the style, (CGI, drawn, film?)

- A lot of CGI and I think some was drawn aswell.

Explain how the style supports the genre of the film?

- The CGI is very dark and rustig. The weapons fly fast across the screen and the drawings of the characters are made to look very old fashioned but scary.

How does it introduce you to the film?

- It basically tells us who the two main characters are and where they fit in the movie; we find out that they are witch hunters but also orphans as well as heros.

How does it draw you into the film?

- The music really helps to draw the audience to the opening as it is very frightful and demanding, it puts the audience on the edge of their seats. It also supports the images that are shown as the music builds up when hansel and gretel are killing the witch and then slows down again when it goes through the woods or over the town. 

             How is the font used? What effect do they have? How does it link to the films genre?

- The font is very sharp and witch-like it really enhances the spooky feel to the genre of the movie, as it looks quite evil and dark.

            What type of transitions are used by the editor? What effect do they have?

- The editor uses zooms and they also use the fire to fade between each shots. 

                        How do the titles reflect the THEME of the film? 

- All the titles are shown on burnt pieces of newspaper which reflect the theme of destruction in the movie as well as heroism as they are headlines on the front of newspapers. 

Se7en

What is the genre of the film

- Horror

Explain the style, (CGI, drawn, film?)

- I think its a combination of film and CGI as the font seems to be very precise.

Explain how the style supports the genre of the film

- The film in the beginning builds tension and straight away you can tell its a horror because of the extremely dark setting and the fact that it is silent, the only sound being heard is the pendulum. 

How does it introduce you to the film?

-Through the different clips of the notebooks opening, showing pictures of deformed hands, eradicated faces, razor blades and so on introduce us to the type of horror it is. They also give us a brief idea of what the movie will be about so we have a sight idea of whta to expect.

How does it draw you into the film?

- The use of the unsettling music which involves disturbing screaming make us more interested along with the short flashing images. The fact the the flashes are quick encourage the audience to keep watching to see what comes up next. 

             How is the font used? What effect do they have? How does it link to the films genre?

- The font is used to exaggerate the theme of the movie as it seems to be handwritten but by someone who has abnormal hands which explains why the first picture seen is one of a pair of crooked hands. The font add to the unsettling feeling of the music and the way it flashes connotes a sense of distortion.

            What type of transitions are used by the editor? What effect do they have?

- The editor used flashes and fades which build tension as you never know what is going to come up next.

                        How do the titles reflect the THEME of the film? 

- The fact that the titles are distorted as well flashing reflect the fast paced, jumpy theme of the movie.

Drive

What is the genre of the film?

- Crime drama

Explain the style, (CGI, drawn, film?)

- Film

Explain how the style supports the genre of the film?

- The use of film only creates a sense of realism which allows the events which occur later on in the movie to be more believeable.

How does it introduce you to the film?

- A series of establishing shots, shoing us the location intercutting with shots of the main character driving.

How does it draw you into the film?

- The continuous shots of the main character driving make the audience want to know where he is driving to.

             How is the font used? What effect do they have? How does it link to the films genre?

- I found the font quite confusing as its pink and femenine, whilst the main character is male. I think it gives the opening a hint of mystery and possibly suggests that women have a significant role in the movie.

            What type of transitions are used by the editor? What effect do they have?

- The only transition used is fade which add to the shots of the man driving, making it seem as if he has been driving for a long time.

                        How do the titles reflect the THEME of the film? 

- Even though the titles are pink, they are in a type of 'barbie' font which reflects the scandalous theme of the movie.

INSPIRATION.

One of the title sequences we have looked at is the opening of a Danish TV series called 'The Killing'. We thought that the simplicity of the title sequence is really effective especially because the genre is thriller/horror. Eventhough it is just credits on a background, intercutting with continuous shots of a someone running, it engages the sudience by building suspense without giving too much away, and that is exactly the effect we want to have on our audience with our film.

Another title sequence that inspired us was the Final Destination 3 opening sequence. We liked the way the font imediately conforms to the genre of the movie which is horror. As well as conforming to the genre, the way the font seems quite old or destroyed reflects what happens in the movie (deaths, destruction of lives, happiness, relationships).

(COURSEWORK) (Idea 1) Main Task: Filming.

Thursday 7th Feb 2013

Location: Angel, Islington

Jodie and I went to shoot some establishing shots in Angel. We found it quite hard to get the exact shots we wanted to get as we couldn't get high enough to get the perfect birds eye view. However, we got some shots of traffic and a few high angle shots.

Friday 8th Feb 2013

Location: Nightingale Estate

We all went to Nightingale estate to get some better establishing shots of the area. Nightingale is a tower block so we went to the 21st floor, and took some shots of the view. We panned from left to right, hopefully this will be our first shot.

Saturday 9th Feb 2013

Location: Tottenham

Nga, Jodie and Mica plus our cast went to a house in which they filmed most of the shots. I wasn't able to go for a reason that was out of my control. It didn't go in the way that we all wanted it to so we have to do some re-takes but we did get some really good shots.

Sunday 17th Feb 2013
Location: Essex (Jodie's House)
We all went down to essex to film the house scenes. We used the blue and grey filters over the lights to create a "crack house" atmosphere. The filming went really well however, when we looked back at the footage we realised that we didn't have enough extras to make it look realistic and we didn't use enough camera techniques so we scheduled another filming day to get some more shots.

Thursday 21st Feb 2013
Location: Hackney (Pedro's House)
We decided that the car scene of our opening would be too complicated considering the amount of time we had to film and getting the lady to drive. So to avoid further complication we chose to start our film with the main character (Pedro) at his house. Here, we got some great shots of our main character and his mum. Again we used the lights to create a "warm" atmosphere. As we were filming using the stairs in his house we had some complications with the shadow of the camera being visible in the frame but we were able to work round that and get the shots we needed.

(COURSEWORK) (Idea 1) Main Task: Synopsis.

Synopsis

The film follows a day in the lives of a group of 18 year olds from a low income area of East London. The story focuses mainly upon a group of friends known as (their name). The protagonist Derell, is caught up in the life of sex, money and drugs. His life all comes crashing down from the moment his mums alcoholic ways become unbearable. She doesnt work or pay bills, so Derell tries to make ends meet by stealing. Although Derell isn't dependent on his mother, he has a little sister that he still has to care for, alongside being involved in one of the biggest drug scandals in the city. Whilst being caught up in this, Derell and the (name) are robbed of £100,000 worth of drugs. Will they find out who really stole it?

Once we finish planning we will add the remaining details - Below is the alternated synopsis for our film after making the final changes.

The film follows a day in the life of an 18 year old from a low income area of North London. The protagonist Derell, is caught up in the life of money and drugs. Although Derell isn't dependent on his mother, he feels the need to impress his boys alongside being involved in one of the biggest drug scandals in the city using a very unique method of trade. Whilst being caught up in this, Derell is robbed of £100,000 worth of drugs. Will they find out who really stole it? Who is the real Derell Williams?

(COURSEWORK) (Idea 1) Main Task: Planning.

The Plan.

To help plan our task we made a list of influences and props we'll need to give us an idea of what our film would be based on, and the props that'll help portray our genre. We then created a brainstorm based around our main character, this is just a brief description.

We then created a storyline for our task, and listed all the different locations that we'll be filming.

During our planning process we came to the conclusion that our ideas were too complicated to establish in the first two minutes of our film so we decided to simplify our ideas. Below are the simplified versions of our plans.

Storyboards.

We had some complications with our storyboards so we had to simplify them..below 

are the simplified storyboards.

(COURSEWORK) (Idea 1) Main Task: Research.

Genre

We decided that our traget audience would be teens/young adults because we feel that we would be able to relate with them more as we are the same age and we know first hand what teens find interesting, so we conducted a survey in order to see which genre was most commonly preferred in our sixth form.

Below are the results from our survey:

As you can see the majority of the students in our sixth form prefer dramas so we have all came to the conclusion that we want to do a DRAMA with elements of thriller for our main task. We researched the different movies that we have seen, (obviously being dramas) that we liked and chose these movies as main inspiration:

Rollin' With The Nines.

Kidulthood.

Top Boy.



Ill Manors.

Sket.

(COURSEWORK) - My First YouTube Video.

Representation of Children and Teenagers in the Media

We were given a task by our Media teacher to create a video about the representation of either children, teens or the elderly in the media and post it on YOUTUBE. I chose to do a little mixture between children and teens. This was my first time using iMovie so its not that amazing but I am learning and developing new skills, so the more I use it, each video I post should get better and better each time.

You can click here or on the title to view my video!

(COURSEWORK) - Preliminary Task: Production Schedule.

Above is our production schedule for our preliminary task. It is essential that we produced this schedule in order for us all to be organised during shooting so everything runs smoothly. We have written down the time slots in which we will shoot each scene. Bearing in mind that this is just an estimation of how long we will take to film each scene, it may take more or less time when we actually start filming. As you can see we have also written down which floor plan we will be using for each scene, as well as the actions and props that will be used.

(COURSEWORK) - Preliminary Task: Storyboards.

The bottom one is first, then the top one. If you click on the picture you will be able to see the annotations for each scene.

(COURSEWORK) - Preliminary Task: Floor Plans.

(COURSEWORK) - Preliminary Task: Planning.

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Genre – Horror

Roles within the group:

Director – Reanne 

Camera girl – Mica 

Lighting and Set Preparation - Nga

Sound/editing – Jodie

Story line:

A student falls asleep in class and wakes up to a dark empty school, he/she panics and then run out of the classroom down a long corridor (dark and spooky) opening doors on their way but all doors are closed with empty classrooms. She finally gets to the end of the corridor to an empty room where there is a person in a seat in the room with one spotlight on the person seated. The person is turnt away so we are unaware of his identity, the person then turns around which twists the story from a horror to a comedy as the theme of christmas is introduced although the beggining of the story generated a horific atmosphere.

Script

Character (Pants whilst pausing): Sorry I’m late

Character2: I’ve been waiting ages for you (DEEP AND CYNICAL VOICE)

Character 1: I came as quick as I could, I didn’t realise the time

(Character 1 looks at clock to show eye-line match)

Character 2: Oh well it doesn’t matter now, take a seat

Character 1: Ok (nervously and takes a seat)

(Character 2 slowly reaches for a briefcase & opens it)

(Spins chair around)

Character 2:  So which one should we give mum for Christmas (JOLLY TONE)

(Lays out a pack of cards in front of character 1)

Props/Objects needed:

·                     Briefcase	·                     Desk	·                     Computer Chair
·                     Christmas Cards	·                     Onesie	·                     Clock