Own film brainstorm

Me and Shelby have decided to work together for our final filming task.
We've started thnking about what we want to do and possible ideas. Possible genres we considered were:

• Horror
• Romance
• Chick flick
• Drama

We created a powerpoint which listed our possible ideas of what we would plan on doing for each of the genres. From discussions with our class we have come to the decission that we will be going with the drama. This will entail a murder mystery story where there is an interview process and flash-backs of the murder scene and the murder happening.

Preliminary task - the finished product

We have now finished editing and the preliminary task is finished! From this task we have learnt alot and now know what to do for our final task.



From this task i've learnt:

• To use a range of camera shots and appropriate camera shots
• To have a script for filming
• How to use the cameras
• How to use the editing software
• The difficulty of creating continuity - especially without a script
• What to expect when filming the final task



Decemeber Research and Planning Mark

Georgia,

Well done! Your blog is looking great! You have analysed some relevant 2 minute openings and have done a mind map. Your blog is presented clearly and your online diary is going well.

Targets:
Planning - questionnaire/shot lists/storyboard/animatic/mood board etc are all tasks you need to start completing over the next month
Research - When analyisng opening 2 minutes - discuss the order of titles and credits etc - when does the directors name come up - over the action or over black screen etc - what have you learned from the opening that you want to use in your work?

Mark:
At the moment we are looking at B grade territory - revisit your old posts and improve (bullet points fine but more detail)

Preliminary task - editing

Today we uploaded our preliminary task and begun to edit it. Last lesson we were joined by some year 13 media studies students who showed us how to use the adobe editing software and gave us some pointers on what to do.

While editing today we used some of the techniques that the year 13's showed us and found them really helpful.
We found it really hard editing scenes together and creating continuity from one shot to the next.
I think the most important thing that we learnt from editing and filming was to have a written script so it makes it easier to edit shots together and makes it clearer. It also just creates order and is easy to pick up a shot from where we left off when you know what your supopse to be saying.

This is what the software look like and you cut shots using the scissor icon.

Preliminary Task

Today we planned and shot our preliminary task. We tried to make sure that we all had input into ideas and camera shots, and that we all had screen time and camera shooting time.
We havent started to edit it yet but hopefully there are no continuity mistakes or anything that needs to be re-shot as we'll have to gather up outfits and props again.

    We took precautions so that we            Our set. Filming in progress

              wouldnt be disturbed

Horror cliches

For our 2 minute opening we were thinking of a horror/thriller genre. Horror movies divide into several very different categories: slasher, zombie, vampire, mainstream horror Asian horror and revolting Eli Roth films. All of these subgenres rely on battle-tested cliches that appear again and again. Indeed, horror is the one genre in which the absence of cliches would ruin everything.

• If the Japanese started making horror movies that did not revolve around creepy little girls who come back from the dead to avenge themselves on other, even creepier little girls, no one would go to see them.
• If there was not somehow a sense in the Saw-style movies that the victims deserved to be dismembered, the genre would implode.
• If zombies didn't constantly turn up in unusual places - convenience stores, high-rise student housing -aficionados would drop the sub-genre just like that.
• And if Vampires weren't likable in some strange, misunderstood, vampiric way, vampire movies would be nowhere near as popular as they are.
• Small children are often in horor movies. When they are not evil they are troubled loners who consort with invisible playmates who are evil. If one hears children humming innocent nursery rhymes in the background, you can bet that someone is being brutally masacarde.
• Teens in horror movies are usuall spoiled brats who deserve to die.
• They are always the products of  broken homes. This is why they are so often home alone. Since horror movies are marketed towards teens, this suggests, teens already understand that everybody wans to see them die, preferably in some hideous fashion.

Horror films work best in rural settings because:

•  rustics are scary themselves, and because there are no neighbours to beg for help.
• Horror movies almost always contain a scene in which a woman washes her face in a sink, and when she straightens up and looks in the mirror, a girl missing half her face is staring directly back at her. If she decides to take a bath, the tub will soon fill up with blood.
• Horror movies also contain lots of scenes in which the living dead or the living un-dead zip past an open door or window, but nobody sees them.
• Its always a bad idea to go to sleep in horror films, or accept a ride from a stranger, or respond to a personal ad.

Planning

  

Audience Analysis

Categorie		Things to consider
Age		What's suitable Storyline
Gender		Male audience dominates cinema viewing Genre
Where they live		Class Age Relevance to area
Occupation		T.V listings(when a programmes on)
Lifestyle choices		adverts for target audience in magazines, websites, billboards, etc.
Political		Newspapers lean towards certain partys
Ethnicity		Wide ethnic background to include wide audience
Attitudes	Attitude portrayed through clothes, props and setting in advertisments.

film opening - the bank job

The bank job is a gangster film, which is implied by the costumes and the accents, and the violence represented. Like GoodFellas, the time and the setting is also identified by appearing across the screen in text. The main character is focused on an made central in shots. He's also made to appear quite cheeky and cocky by winding up some violent men, this can indicate what there is to come from the character and how the story may go. He's also seen talking to a women in a car organising to meet up with her to discuss something, this could lead onto the story and the opening of what is going to happen.

film opening - 10 things i hate about you

In the opening of 10 things i hate about you, you can instantly tell that it's a comedy through the dialogue and the representation of the different characters and the stereotypes used for the high school cults which also shows the setting. The stereotype of a jock, dumb blonde, geek, popular kids, emos and rebellious teenagers is used so that different types of people can relate to the film, although the sterotypes are over exagerrated to add comedy value. Another way the comedy is put across is through the text presented on the computer screen, being written by the head teacher, which shows her writting a sexual novel, which is the opposite of what you would expect her to have been writing about and is unrelated to what is happeneing in the office. The romance aspect of the film comes across as the character cameron (geek) starts to crush on bianca (dumb blonde), which is a typical boy likes girl romance cliche. The main charcters can be identified as they are made the main focus by being central in shot. The main characters are only shown briefly but you can already tell a great deal about them through their attitude and actions and the sterotypes, like Kat who is shown to be very opinionated and agressive within a short time.

Film opening - The last seven

The last sevens' opening featured lots of violence, torture and aspects of religion through the use of rosary beads and crosses and crucifix; this could lead audiences to think the film is from the thriller genre. This is also an introduction of what the story will be like and the affect of guns and knives makes you think of violence. Its made clear that the film is set in London with shots of major land marks and the underground, although there are also flashes of abandoned, derelict housing. The way the shots are edited together when flashing to the barron housing insinuates the genre as it's blurred and disorientated when it transits from shot to shot. The blood created through make-up also reinforces the violence and the genre.

Film opening - GoodFellas

GoodFellas is a gangster film which you can identify by the use of costume and the accent of the characters. you can also tell the genre of the film from the violence used and the voice over quoting ' always wanted to be a gangster'. The setting and the time the film is set is presented to the audience by being written across the screen. The main character is identified as he is focused on and is in the foreground. Also he is the one giving the orders whilst they are beating someone up and he lets the others do the dirty work. The story is easily identified through the use of props and make-up, using guns and bood and also the violence indicates what the story is like and what it's about. A red light is used to create an atmosphere and ambiance making audiences think of danger.

Film opening - Children of men

Children of men is an action/sci-fi film. I idenified this as the opening featured explosions and was set in the future. The purpose of the opening was to introduce us to the main character, played by Clive Owen, and introduced us to the setting in London. We could tell this setting was created to look like it was set in the future as elements of London had been modified to look newer and more up to date, and a bus passes by with a digital TV screen on the side advertising something, which is developed technology as this does not happen today, insinuating the future and technology becoming more advanced. In the opening, the story is outlined as well. This is done through the use of TV screens in the background and the news reporters dialogue, talking about humans dying out and the youngest person dying and no more babies being born. We can tell Clive Owen is the main character as he is the main focus and the camera follows him.

Definitely, Maybe - opening sequence analysis

In the opening of Definitely, Maybe many vaules are esablished.

The main charcter Will is introduced in his office where he does advertising. He is going through the process of getting divorced and has a daughter named Maya. Will is also made to appear quite doppy to help the audience warm to the character and he also talks directly to them in a voiceover while narrating what's happening and playing music where he's made to look doppy and comical.

The setting is established in New York where its familiar to the audience and gives them a feeling of comfort as the place is familiar to them and easily recognisable from the shots of the empire state building.

Like in many openings of films, you're presented with opening titles and the production companies. In Definitey, Maybe, Universal Studios is the production company, which is a well known company and is guaranteed to influence viewers and inform them that the feature has high production values. Working Titles is also a well known production company. It's a british company and is popular for distributing romantic comedies which informs the audience of the type of  film they're watching.

Working Titles is one ways of identfying the genre of the film, but many other tools are used to do the same thing. Ryan Reynolds who is casted as the male lead is identified with other romantic comedies and is also attractive, which makes the likeliness of him finding romance probable. Another way of identifying the genre is the music played. Will mistakenly plays the audience an upbeat hip hop song, which has comedy value. He then goes on to play a happy, upbeat song, similarily used in other romantic comedies. Will is also experiencing the process of a divorce, which highlights the fact that he's due to be single soon which also insinuates romance and him finding a new partner. While Will is collecting his daughter Maya from school, there's a disturbance over the students having sex ed. classes where some of the dialect said is funny.

Experimenting

From the begining

I just made my blog and this is my first post of year 12!!