final task
I really enjoyed working with my group but i wish i had done more to help and i will make sure i help more next year in the task.
Elements of our Opening Sequence
Elements of our Opening Sequence
Characters
Sophie Vale: Interviewer
James Grimley: Psycho
Aaron Beard: Neighbour
Harrison: Kidnapper
Location
Harrison’s garden and cabin
Drama Studio
Narrative/Plot
An interview will take place with a man of 30 who is recovering from living in his kidnapper’s cabin for 15 years when he was just 15 years old. Throughout this film opening we will show evidence of the conditions the man lived in and talk about how the psycho was found. We imagine the man as a psycho because the conditions he lived in turned him mental.
Genre
Our genre is a documentary. Although it comes across as a thriller we are showing the life of the psycho in a documentary and then interviewing them.
Themes
Real life events
Professional Voice-Over
Direct and Indirect Interviews
Reenactment
question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
During the process of our prelim task I learn a lot about camera shots and techniques, editing on premiere and I learnt about genres that I hadn't heard of before. All this came in good use when making my final film opening and I was able to use these skills I had learnt to produce to the best of my ability.
During the process of our prelim task I learn a lot about camera shots and techniques, editing on premiere and I learnt about genres that I hadn't heard of before. All this came in good use when making my final film opening and I was able to use these skills I had learnt to produce to the best of my ability.
For our prelim task we were given the genre 'Urban Teen Drama' which I wasn't that familiar with. But with research put in I found out that 'Skins' and 'Top Boy' were Urban Teen Drama's that I could get ideas from for my prelim task when looking at the appearance of the actors, story lines and locations. Urban Teen Dramas include rough, low standard people that are into drugs and crime and walk around the streets or are in a school. We took the idea of them being in a school and started to produce our storyboard in which we learnt to label what was happening in each scene, timings of each scene, the camera shots and sound effects. With this research and planning I was able to produce my prelim task knowing what each are my shots were going to be in each scene such as the 180 degree shot, long shot and tracking shot. We also thought of a typical story line that would suit an Urban Teen Drama well about a girl who goes to school dealing drugs with a boy that doesn't go to school and committing crimes in the process. With the storyboard it was easy to know what camera shots we needed to use for each specific scene for example the 180 degree shot for the interview. This made the process run quicker and easier.
My tracking shot has improved because we started off tracking with the camera by hand but now we have learnt how to use the tripod and found this more effective. We have also used shots better for specific scenes and found out which shots work better.For example the long shot worked best on the teacher catching the girl and drug dealer as it gives us the impression that nobody else was around and it was just them and the picture, a close up wouldn't have given much away. We improved our drug dealing scene as first of all it was a long shot and we couldn't hear what they were saying in their conversation so we changed it to a close up. We are more confident with the equipment now as we know how the camera works and it's attachments that are used to upload the videos onto a computer and we know how the tripod can easily make a scene look better by different heights or the smoothness of the shot.
Overall I think our prelim task went well considering it was our first time practicing making up our own story, using our own camera shots and still learning how to edit. Although we didn't meet all of our tasks as our brief production diary wasn't evident and not all of the shots were included, we had our genre conventions, task idea, title and script included and our storyboard. We used premiere mostly to produce our prelim task but also used Prezi to present our research.
My tracking shot has improved because we started off tracking with the camera by hand but now we have learnt how to use the tripod and found this more effective. We have also used shots better for specific scenes and found out which shots work better.For example the long shot worked best on the teacher catching the girl and drug dealer as it gives us the impression that nobody else was around and it was just them and the picture, a close up wouldn't have given much away. We improved our drug dealing scene as first of all it was a long shot and we couldn't hear what they were saying in their conversation so we changed it to a close up. We are more confident with the equipment now as we know how the camera works and it's attachments that are used to upload the videos onto a computer and we know how the tripod can easily make a scene look better by different heights or the smoothness of the shot.
Overall I think our prelim task went well considering it was our first time practicing making up our own story, using our own camera shots and still learning how to edit. Although we didn't meet all of our tasks as our brief production diary wasn't evident and not all of the shots were included, we had our genre conventions, task idea, title and script included and our storyboard. We used premiere mostly to produce our prelim task but also used Prezi to present our research.
Grab some frames from both tasks and put them on the blog and show what you know about shottypes, edit terms and techniques. Compare to similar techniques and the effects created in realproducts (embed relevant frames)
Make sure you mention the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot, continuity,camerawork to build tension and suspense, empathy…
Filming the interview
Filming the interview with Josiah (James) about his
experience being locked up in the shed. He was asked questions that he answered
without showing his face because he was still very shaken from being treated
disrespectfully and very badly. He did not want to show his face to the camera
for people to see.
Location shots
The pictures in this Photobucket are of Josiah's (James) living conditions in the cabin where he was put by his kidnapper. The living conditions were shown by the pictures which show the mess on the floor with food tins, wee on newspaper, old toys that entertained him. There is also scraping on the walls with a tally chart of the amount of weeks he stayed in the shed and drawing pictures of his family in paint hat was left in there.
production diary
day1 we discussed everyones ideas and chose mine but changed it a little
day2 we presented our idea to the class and got feedback on it
day3 we looked at all the feedback and changed the idea to make it better
day4 the picture is evidence of us planning for our storyboard
day5 we made a newpaper actical about the lost boy in are task
day6 we gave everyone roles to do
day7 made voiceovers for our filming and a voice over of our story board
day9 film the storyboard
day 10 redone the voiceover and made another newpapermine and my peers evaluation
my evaluation
I thought the genre was clear and the music made it even more clear as most people know where that songs from but it did make it sound more like a comedy then a detctive drama. i thought the script was to short and it would have made it better if i knew my lines overal i thought it was good.
1. I worked with lee hart and max gridley which was really good because i know them both well, we worked really well with each other by sharing and listening to each others ideas.
How did you plan your sequence? What processes did you use? What theories did you try to take in to account?
2.we planned it by
I thought the genre was clear and the music made it even more clear as most people know where that songs from but it did make it sound more like a comedy then a detctive drama. i thought the script was to short and it would have made it better if i knew my lines overal i thought it was good.
1. I worked with lee hart and max gridley which was really good because i know them both well, we worked really well with each other by sharing and listening to each others ideas.
How did you plan your sequence? What processes did you use? What theories did you try to take in to account?
2.we planned it by
juno storyboard
In this task we had to make a storyboard for the opening scene of the film Juno. we had to show every sceen and we had to write short description of what was being shot and what type of camera shot was going to be taken.
high budget film
The Avengers
The Avengers is a marvel created film, is a 2012 American
superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero, produced by Marvel Studios
and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures it had a budget of $220
million and the box office made over $1.518 billion.
This isn’t surprising as one of the lead actors (Robert
Downey Jr) has a net worth of $170 Million, he’s one of the most expensive actors
ever.
low budget
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film written, co-produced, photographed, edited, and directed by Oren Peli.
The 88minute film had a budget of $15.000, it made over $193,355,800
The film is about a young couple, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of " video footage", from cameras set up by the couple in an attempt to document what is haunting them.
Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film written, co-produced, photographed, edited, and directed by Oren Peli.
The 88minute film had a budget of $15.000, it made over $193,355,800
The film is about a young couple, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of " video footage", from cameras set up by the couple in an attempt to document what is haunting them.
Setting;from what you can see from the openning the main setting for this film is on and spaceship and in space
Themes; obviously knowing who made the film is a big hit on what theme it is as marvel are known to create the best superhero films ever! whichis unrealalistic
icons; t
narrative; the film is about a group of criminals who nned to stop fanatic from destroying the galaxy they have to escape the spaceship prison
characters: the main characters in the film are five space criminals who have to save the galaxy
textual analysis; they mess about and make jokes aiming to make it more of a funny superhero film
genre photos task
Upload your photos and apply the DISTINCT (setting, themes, icons, narrative, characters, textual analysis) and describe the genre and why you did what you did. Did it work? What went well/Even better if...
disaster;
We were given a genre picture task, in which we took pictures to show a certain genre. The genre that we were given was disaster so we took a picture and tried to show a motorcyclist that had feel off hid bike and landed in a tree. a lot of people thought it was funny so they thought the genre was comedy. Next time, to make sure it is seen to be disaster instead of comedy.
We were given a genre picture task, in which we took pictures to show a certain genre. The genre that we were given was disaster so we took a picture and tried to show a motorcyclist that had feel off hid bike and landed in a tree. a lot of people thought it was funny so they thought the genre was comedy. Next time, to make sure it is seen to be disaster instead of comedy.
sci fi; We were given another genre for the genre picture task and the genre that we were given this time was sci-fi so we took a picture of someone with a street cone on his head to try and show hes a being from another world.
semiotics
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