Problems....... and Achievements

Unfortunately we were unable to film the house scene so we therefore re-arranged it from Saturday to Wednesday from 4:00. Another problem was that one of our main actors was excluded so we therefore need to contact him in order to find out when he is available.
However we did manage to do our filming on Friday which included filming our surrounding to add towards the beginning of the opening scene.

Font

We then needed to decide on what font we could use for our credits so we then we onto www.dafont.com
In order to find out different fonts that related to women i went on to www.artofthetitle.com
In the film 'Juno' i noticed that the fonts were really comical, bold and, easy to read which help to attract our teenage audience.

This clearly shows different ways that it could attract teenagers to watch the film. One being that it easy to read another thing is that it is really colourful and makes it easier for things to stand out. 

In the film 'Ginger Snaps' I noticed that the font was really child like considering that it is in fact a horror film making the film more realistic. 

In the film 'Blue Valentine' I noticed that they used photos of the couples in the film in the background so that it was easier to understand that the film was a romantic film. They then used a firework frames to transition each photo and to change the different credits and also the different photos. 

In the film 'Napoleon Dynamite' already I could notice that this film was based around school and teenagers. It was a really good idea how they used different films, books and, stationary to show different actors names and a way to represent how some of the characters are without seeing them. Our group therefore decided that we wanted to do something similar but using books to portray the different characters in our film. 

'Romeo and Juliet' is a really good example to demonstrate a good romantic film, which could relate back to our film which involves showing the story through different characters. With the title sequences we decided that we were going to do the same as Romeo and Juliet which involves freezing each character and then saying their name and who they are playing.

Production Schedule

Filming

Today we started our opening to our film at 8:30 ending at 8:50 where we needed to film the classroom scene with Ned Flame being bullied. We did have a few problems which we then tackled. 

One problem was that we needed to wait until 8:35 in order to receive our tripod due to the teacher not arriving until 8:30, this therefore meant that we had to start a little later than usual. Another problem was that the actor playing Ned Flame came 10 minutes late so we then had to wait for him to come which meant that we didn't have a lot of time left to film. 

On Saturday we will be filming the house scene with both brothers and see how that goes

Vlog 1

Script

Influences

From the survey we were then able to pick out what genre we could base our opening on, which was Romantic Comedy rather than doing something typical usually Action.

We then went on to youtube to check out different openings that would help towards finding an idea on how to start the film as well as how the credits were presented.

Here are some of the openings that we looked at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sczh_KjjFNU - Step brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NPNoKHlTLM - Juno

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_fNozfJtCY- Mean Girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqps_-QfnOQ- Hitch

Survey

We found it really difficult to decide on what genre we wanted to base the opening on so we decided to ask some people what genres they preferred as well as other questions which could then help towards our opening.

Which genre do you prefer Action, Thriller, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-fi, Western, Crime & Gangster, Comedy, Fantasy and Animation? 

Here are the results: 

 

From the results i then asked people why they liked these genres and these are their responses:

Drama: "It helps me express how i feel"and "Its Interesting"

Romantic Comedy: "Its funny", "Gives advice", "Helps me to escape and its simple", "Has a good story that makes people laugh"and "Relevant"

Action: "Exciting", "Feel as though you are in the movie" and "The Thrill"

Thriller: "Suspense" 

Horror: "Like to scare people" and "Adrenaline" 

Comedy: "Funny" 

Fantasy: "Enter into a new world" 

We asked them: "how often do watch television in a week?"

Here are the results: 

 

We then asked for their gender?

We then asked them for their age?

I then went on to ask what was the latest film they watched and here are the results:

• Grave of the Fireflies
• Rush Hour 3
• 50/50
• Mission Impossible
• Limitless
• Killers
• In Time
• Goon
• Legally Blonde
• 500 Days of Summer
• Tangled
• Happy Potter 4
• Immortals
• Original Nutty Professor
• Happy Feet 2
• Lord of the Rings
• Saw 
• Rise of the planet of the apes

My Preliminary Task

Evaluation: Preliminary task

In my preliminary task I was able to learn how difficult it was to capture different moments in order to create suspension. From trying to create a shot without showing a persons reflection I was able to learn that there are different ways to capture a perfect shot.

I would rate my teamwork as 9/10 because we all worked together to get the job done, stuck to our individual roles given to us and remained under scheduled time. For my personal contribution I would give myself a 9/10 because i contributed to the editing as well as making sure that everyone was getting their job done and helped towards finding an actor to play the suspect in the investigating room as well as making them feel comfortable. Next i learnt that rather than sticking to 1 role i will also do things that i am not used to which includes working with the camera. I will continue to give more ideas within my group and also continue to help with planning in order to finish shooting at the scheduled time. 

Within the 180 degree rule we managed to film the characters talking whilst remaining on the right side of the 180 degree rule which was used with dialogue. At first we were worried that we broke the 180 rule but we done it again and managed to remain on the right side. 

Shot reverse shot was used between both actors talking to one another to see different responses to one another which helps to create tension. At first we found it difficult to understand what we needed to do but then we were then shown examples which helped towards our preliminary task. 

Match on action/ continuity was used when the officer was walking in with the folder opening the door to us seeing the officer walking into the interview room. Through editing i was able to make a clean cut making the film flow. 

Some problems occurred with sound and lighting. 1 problem being that there were a lot of background music which were hard to disguise even through minimizing sound. Another problem was when we tried to film the clock but the cameraman was reflected making the shot unrealistic. 

Preliminary Task

Preparation: For my preliminary task i want each shot to portray a different emotion. I will be editing and filming continuously in order to get the right shot for the specific moment in time. In my preliminary task i will be demonstrating match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.