Evaluation - In Progress

I have finished my Evaluation I just need to upload them onto my blog and I will be finished.

Evaluation In Progress

I am almost done with my Evaluation and I am hoping to finish it by the end of today. I have spent a lot of time after school to work on my evaluation so hopefully I will finish it today. I have used Prezi and Youtube to do my Evaluation.

Equipment I Used

The equipment I used during my filming were a Flip camera and a small trypod

I also used a small Filp Tripod

Considering I did not have the best equipment I think I did a good job. I don't blame the equipment for anything as i think i had a good quality camera I just think that it is not the best camera that i could get.

The editing softwear i used is Serif MoviePlus X6. It is simple and easy to use but I think it is a good editing softwear.

Re-Filming

First Day of Re-Filming

Today I will be re-filming parts of my film. I will be using one of the actresses homes as I did not like the lighting in the previous house, I also did not like the colour scheme of the house. I also did not like he computer on the table as I thought it looked too small.

New Script

 Voice over

Isabella: 2 years ago my father died, leaving only my mother to look after me and my younger sister clary. It was tough times but we managed.

In the living room

Isabella: Clary. Come here

Clary enters

Clary: what 

Isabella: look at this

Clary : it's and email. What about it

Isabella: look at who it is from

Clary looks at the screen 
She looks confused

Clary: but that's impossible

Isabella: I know right. Do you think someone is trying to play a prank on us?

Clary: if it is a prank. it is a very sick one

Another email appears
Both are scared

Isabella opens the email
Both are scared 
They look out the window

Re-Filming

I got some feedback for my film and it did not go as well as I thought it would go. the sound in the begining was not good and the scene with the stalker was too light.
I am going to have to re-film some clips

My First Film II

My first atempt at creating my film did not go well. I think I could have done better and that I could have done more filming. I will show it to my teacher and my target audience to see what I need to do.

My First Film

Editing Process II

I think I am doing a better job editing my film this time as i have a better undertanding of the software. There are still things i am not happy about in my film, I will try to fix then in the editing process but if I can't I might have to re-film some clips. The editing I have done include using Slow Motion, Fade, Cut, Cross Cuting.

Thoughts and Feelings II

I am very upset at myself for losing my work.
But I am not going to let this stop me. I will just have to do it again, and since I have already done it before it will be more easier. I have decided to re-film some scenes for example the scene in the house i will change the location to another room as I think it doesn't look like a teenagers room.

I Lost My Film II

I have managed to find so some of the work I did. Unfortunately I could not find all of my work so I will still have to re-film some scenes.

I Lost My Film

I lost the film that I have been working on. I think I have a back up copy at my house but if not i will have to re do my editing. Luckily I didn't lose the footage

Editing Process

I have stated editing my film. I think it is going well, although I have noticed some continuity errors and in one scene someone is laughing. I am trying to edit it so that i don't have to re-film but if i don't think it will turn out good i will re-film.

Thoughts and Feelings

I think I did really good today considering it was my first time filming on this scale.
I did however find a few problems during my first day of filming:

Props as I did not have a large budget and had to pay from my own pocket.

Actors one of the actors did not know all of her lines so we had to stop to tell her what to say. In the end we decided to hide the script near her so she could read it.

But other than that everything else went well

First Day of Shooting

I have jsut finished my first day of filming. 

Things that went well

For my fist day of shooting i think it went well. The setting was good as it had just snowed the day before so we had a nice snowy graveyard.

Things that did not go well 

one of the actors did not know all of her lines so we had to stop to tell her what to say. In the end we decided to hide the script near her so she could read it.

So in the end I think the day went well considering what happened 

Actors

The actors I used are all friends of mine. I chose Patricia Rosa as she is a drama student so i thought she could make a good mother. Kate Sexton and Chelsea Weatherill are not drama students so they were the most unprofessional as they would laough and look at the camera. I had to use them as they were the only girls that i knew with time to help me out.I think considering this was their first time acting they did rather good

The actors I used were:

• Patricia Rosa -The Mother 
• Kate Sexton -Clary 
• Chelsea Weatherill -Isabella

Characters/Costumes

Isabella

Isabella will be the main protagonist
Costume 1
For the fisrt scene she will be in a school uniform 
Costume 2
She will be wearing a white jumper and jeans

The Mother

The mother will be there for emotional support
Costume 
The mother will be wearing a red skirt and a gray jumper

Clary

Clary will be the protagonist's sister and will help her out  
Costume 1
For her first costume she will be waering a school uniform
Costume 2
She will be wearing a white jumper and jeans

The Stalker

The Stalker will be the main antagonist in my film.
Costume
As I dom't want to reviel who the stalker is yet I will not be showing much of him just his arms 

My Storyboard

Music

All the music we used for our film we got from a copy right free website: http://freeplaymusic.com/

Location

Me and Flavio  have planned to use my friends house for most of the scenes. For the scenes in the graveyard I will be using the church near my school.

There is a scene where I need it to look dark, for that scene we will be using my photography darkroom as there are no windows and we will use about 5%of lighting. I will film the scene in my house.

Target Audience Reasearch

Is This Genera Popular With Audience Today?
Horror films are still very popular. Teenagers like horror films as it give them a sense of shock and suspense, one teenager i asked said that it gives him an adrenaline rush when he sees something scary. This is true as even today as more and more horror films are being produced, for example Paranormal Activity 4 was released 17 October 2012, with a worldwide box office of £94,199,811.14

Script For My Film:

Pre-production

Production Company

A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, film, television, radio, and video. The production company may be directly responsible for .fundraising for the production or may accomplish this through a parent company, partner, or private investor. It handles budgeting, scheduling, scripting,

Universal Studios

 

Founded by Carl Laemmle in 1912. Universal Studios is one of the oldest American movie studios which is still in continuous production. Some of the films they have done with other companies are Bridemaids (2011)
Scott Pilgrims Vs The World (2010)
8 Mile (2002)

                                     

DreamWorks 

Founded in 1994, by Steven Spielberg, Jeffery Katzenberg and David Geffen. This production company develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming. Films such as Chicken Run (2000)
Shrek (2001)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Columbia Pictures

American Film Production company founded in 1919, by Cohn-Brant-Cohn, which is Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt. Here are some films which were produced by them and others; 

Peter Pan (2003)

Thunderbirds (2004)

The Holiday (2006)

Information from http://en.wikipedia.org

Images from Google.co.uk

Camera Shoots

A camera shot is the amount of space that is seen in one shot or frame, camera angles give different experiences and sometimes emotions.

Wide Shot

The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as comfortably possible.

Mid Shot

Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.

Medium Close Up

Half way between a Mid Shot and a Close Up

Close Up

A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame

Extreme Close Up Shot

 The extreme close up gets right in and shows extreme detail.

Images from Google.co.uk
Imformation from http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/

Movie Genre

Horror

Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes

Action 

Action film is a film genre in which one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include physical feats, extended combat scenes, violence, and frenetic chases. Action films tend to feature a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds, including life-threatening situations, a villain, or a pursuit, which generally conclude in victory for the hero.

Comedy 

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. These films are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are generally light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences. The comedy genre often humorously exaggerates situations, ways of speaking, or the action and characters.

Romance

Romance films  are romantic love stories that focus on passion, emotion and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters and the journey that their genuinely strong, true and pure romantic love takes them through dating, courtship or marriage. Romance films make the romantic love story or the search for strong and pure love and romance the main plot focus.

 

Preliminary Tak II

This is the script me and my partner Flavio wrote:

 

The Storyboard for my film:

This is my Short Film called: Willy Wonka a Unfortunate Lure

Preliminary Task Reflection:

 

Preliminary Tak

For my Preliminary Taks me and my partner was asked to create a short film. The film had to be at least 2 minutes long and show use of the following:

•  Shot Reverse Shot 
• Match On Action 
• The 180 Degree Rule 

 The film could be about anything i wanted it to be but it had to have scenes where:

• Someone walks into a room 
• Sits down 
• Has a conversation with someone  

Other than those requirements the film could be what ever i wanted it to be.

Analysing Movie Openings

I was asked to watch 2 films and analyse their openings. I chose The Lord of The Rings and Ju-on The Grudge

My Reflection For My Short Film 

My First Attempt at Filming

My first task was to make a short film so I can learn how to use MoviePlus X6.

This was the first time I ever tried to film and edit something, I think I did ok considering it was my first attempt

Elements of video production

Pre-production:

Pre-production is the planning stage of making a film, it occurs before the camera starts rolling. Pre-production consists of  creating storyboards, scouting locations,

Video-production

A stage were the director is shooting scenes this includes cinematography, audio, lights,directing, arts and effects. This could also include who is going to be in the film or video for example actors and presenters.

Post-production

Post-production is the final stage in film/television production, it occurs after the action has been filmed. It typically involves editing, adding in the soundtracks and placing voice overs 

Welcome

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