Editing

Once we had our footage we decided to edit it together. During this process we realised we had continuity in a few shots but decided it wasn't worth going back to refilm it as it's only a few seconds of our piece and it's likely that most people won't notice it. But overall I think that

When editing, Adrian had a good idea to use the sound of him shouting and reverse it so it sounded eerie for when our character falls over due to him having a shocking flashback. We all agreed that it sounded better once we added a type of whoosh noise over the top of the track.

Meeting 16

Meeting 16, 9/3/09

All present

today we plan to get footage of the shutters closing as when we filmed this at the farm it was too jolty and when sped up it did not close evenly enough.

Outcome:
We could not get access to the shutters as we could not find the key to open them we will plan to get these shots next time.

Monday 9/3/09

Today we went to go film some of the shots that we had problems with, so now we have the footage of the car stereo being turned up as last time it was too blurry. We would have redone the shot of the shutters but we could not get access to the shutters so that will have to be done later, when we film the antagonist.

Filming 2/3/09

We went to go film on Monday the second as we had double media separated with lunch, this gave us plenty of time to film what we needed and capture the sounds of things like the the shutters. We used the road by the farm to film our character coming into the farm and breaking down. We decided to use this instead of the footage we had from when we filmed beforehand as the camera moved too much due to potholes and it could make the audience feel unsteady, which isn't something we wanted to do at that point when filming. Now we need to film the protagonist looking down on the car and the sequences inside the car, so it should only require one or two more trips back to the farm.
Then, once we have all our footage we can edit it together and use techniques like cutting and fading. Then we should be able to combine our two selected songs with the footage to create the tension and mystery that we plan to have at specific points.

Filming

Looking at the timetable of when everyone is free to film, we saw that we could film in our media lessons on monday week one on our timetables as we have double media and after school on monday, wednesday and thursday.

We decided to film on the monday during our double media lesson as it seems to be more convenient.

Meeting 15

Meeting 15 24-2-09
All Present

Today we plan to put our footage onto the computer (from yesterday) and have a look at it.
We need to make sure the lighting conditions were suitable, and the shots were properly framed.

Outcome:
A lot of what we filmed is not useable, its either badly lit or has crew members in the shot.
The shot where its pointing at the road the shot is too shaky. (over the sholder)

These will have to be reshot.

Meeting 14

Meeting 14 23-2-09
All Present

Today we plan to go film the first 4 – 6 shots from our storyboards.

Meeting 11/12

11
All Present

Starting doing story boards.
Started Prelimary scores

12
All Present

Continuing Story Boards
Showed preliminay scores to rest of group (provided by emiel)

Final Plot Plot

Male character, the man is quite well dressed, as if he is from the city, and is a paper pusher, and doesnt do too well around the farm. shows up at barn 0ut of petrol. (gas canister)
After looking for people, he susses noone is there, and then begins to have flashbacks. These flashbacks are of an experience he has forgotten about. The flashbacks are of children screaming, and shocking stuff, whilst looking at a room.
A shutter, which he walked through shuts on him, and traps him in the barn, he must now get out.
As he explores the area as a way to escape. Credits roll.

This plot challenges conventions, because a male character, is out of his depth, and very scared, which is usually portrayed by a female character.
One actor throughout sequence, however you are aware of a antagonist. This is created by a negative atmostphere

Meeting 10

Meeting 10 – 09/01/09
All Present

Divy up jobs for storyboarding.

Sam Costumes
Adrian photos – story boarding
Emeil sounds – creating music 1 min approximately
Karen lighting – further research

Lighting

I was set the task of looking at different lighting ideas to use when filming, I have suggested the following techniques:

For the lighting, I thought that we could use car headlights to light the shot up as it's effective when it comes to the situation as the lights can create a type of spotlight and there are a couple of varieties to the brightness of the light. An advantage to using a car as the light source is that the car can be included in the shot to add to the atmosphere or it can be out of the shot to add some mystery to where this light is coming from.

The lights that are already in the barn that we're using can be used as a visible source to create a sense of artificial lighting. We can add more light to the scene but it will be difficult as if we had a light source that's off the shot then it would create shadows in unwanted places, especially if its behind the camera.

Another light source we can use are torches which can give the audience a sense of mystery and it can also be used so it's eerie if it is used slowly as if it is searching for something in the shot, this can reveal specific items to give the audience ideas to what is coming later in the plot.

When filming we could emphasise the characters in the scene by using the backlight in a specific way, for example the backlight could be low and the character could be lit so they're brighter than the background to make them stand out in the shot. Another way to emphasise certain aspects of the sequence is to use the lighting as uplights so they make the sequence more creepy.

Bad Boys 2 analysis

In the film Bad Boys 2 it starts with fast cuts that creates a frantic feeling to the situation at the beginning. Bad Boys 2 shows the ‘baddies’ from the beginning that creates dramatic irony, this is due to the audience knows something that the ‘goodies’ don’t so it makes the audience feel more knowledgeable than the heroes. The colour balance in is red and blue and the low key lighting both show the division in the good and bad sides. The camera tracks the coffin and it also gives the audience the feeling of looking in to create a sense of mystery for the situation.

Then when the police are looking at the Klu Klux Klan activities they are slowly moving forward with a beat, this shows how silent and serious the scenario is. Then, the two main characters suddenly reveal themselves and starts singing, this creates a dramatic effect of revealing them when in this dangerous and serious scenario but yet when they’re singing it is almost as if they are mocking them, this has a slight comic effect on this section of the film. When one of the characters is standing in the middle with the Klu Klux Klan around him a quick beat is put in over the top as the situation is so serious, this replicates the audience’s heartbeat and creates a feeling of suspense as you don’t know what he’s going to do next. When one the same character shoots to save his friend, the shot is done in slow motion and the camera follows the bullet as it emphasizes what is happening in the scene.

Meeting 9

Meeting 9 – 30/1/09
All Present

Lighting and Sound

Sound - Why?

Atmosphere – Sound fx, voice overs, soundtrack, tone of voice.
Realism – Diegetic, Movement, Use of equipment, Mise-en-scene
Dialogue – Clarity (directing and recording) External mic/camera mic

Our Plan

• Any dialogue between multiple characters, would be better for an external mic
• Personal speaking would be good as overdubbing, to get a close up sound, as well as any flashback speaking, since that would sound better if isolated and in your face.


Lighting – Plan

• Any outdoor shots we will be key and fill lighting by a tractor and or a teleporter. They have huge lights, which would be good for lighting people correctly.
• Indoor shots, (eg broken barn) would be low key lighting, will be lit by workman lights out of frame, to create the illusion, all light is natural coming through the cracks, and open doors.

plot idea extension

If we go for the idea where the main character wakes up at the farm and doesn't have any memory of how they got there, they could come across items around the farm that can remind them of struggles that happened before the situation happened or just flashbacks to how they got there in the first place, and then the flashbacks finally let them remember something like how they got to that place.

meeting 8

Meeting 8 28-1-09
All Present

Tasks since last
ï Sam researched thrillers that have been released in the past year. And is analyzing the results.
ï JCB health and safety.
ï Discussed possible shots.


Character Motifs
Protagonist
Antagonist

Meetings 6/7

Meeting 6

Wrote analysis’s of films onto blog
Created own plot ideas

Meeting 7

Updated the blog logo (Adrian’s Photoshop Skills)
Discussed ideas
Pulled together those ideas and evaluated on feasibility.

The DaVinci code

The extract started with the credits, this begins with a drip effect on black screen and the ripples of the drip is a gold colour which is a good effect as its emphasised when on the black background. Once the credits begin after this drip effect, the credits are shown afterwards with an effect as if there's a blue torch behind it, the torch is giving the effect of almost revealing the credits to the audience. Then the music begins, this gives the effect of a female choir and when this music sounds, it crescendos while getting higher towards the end.

 

The shot shows paintings then it moves to the right slightly and it reveals a man running down a corridor, this character appears to be in some sort of trouble, this creates a sense of mystery and suspense as it doesn't reveal to the audience the reason why he is running. Another character is introduced but the audience are not shown who it is as this character is lit from above so the features of his face are emphasised but yet you can't see his face properly, then when he speaks the audience is given a feeling of mystery again as they don't know who he is talking to or why he's on the phone to them.

When the first character is on the floor which could suggest that this character has submissive qualities in this scene, this shot is back lit but the shot shows the source of the light, also the characters face is lit with a blue light which could show the desperation that the man feels in this certain scenario. At the same time the voices of the two men are echoed so the audience is almost captivated by what they are saying. The other man in this scene is standing, the camera is tilted to make him look as if he's looking down to the camera like he's the dominant one in the situation, this feeling of dominance is backed up later when he shoots the character who is on the floor. The sound of the gunshot is emphasised and is given a echo as it is done in complete silence. This dominant character is lit from above, but the blue light that was highlighting the features of the characters turns white as if the desperation in the situation has suddenly been lifted.

The shot then cuts to a different situation where a new character is giving a lecture and he's first shown standing in front of a black screen with bright white lettering on, this is effective as it makes the audience wonder what he's talking about and they focus on him as he's standing in front of this background which is mainly black. The camera is at an angle so both the screen and this new character is in shot. Once the picture slide show begins on the screen behind him, the colours are mainly yellows which suggests that the colour balance has been changed to emphasize certain aspects of these pictures or just the pictures themselves.

In the next scene, the character who gives this lecture is in a room with different other men, the costumes are all smart suits that are in either navy, grey and black. These colours gives a sense of mystery as the audience isn't given any clues to what is about to happen. Then he get approached by another man in a dark coloured suit and this mysterious man speaks of a death, the audience then feels the sadness of the situation as there is a lack of colour in the screne.

Possible Plot Scenario

The lead character goes into an unknown, deserted farm that's located in the middle of nowhere. They go looking for some signs of life but doesn't find any, but they find blood and signs of struggling. The character ends up discovering a dark secret that the farm has. Along the way the character get put into situations that require brains to escape, the situations require a solution which is produced in a couple of minutes.

meeting 5

all present 

all wrote separate plot ideas and then proceeded to compare the ideas picking bits form each of them and dying how they can be improved and then saying how it is achievable within our current area and environment 

a example of this is if we were looking for a mountain scene and lived in  the centre of london this would not be very realistic 

plot motive possibilities

• killing
• unstable environment
• no go area
• blood/viscera
• crime
• loss/kidnap
• science
• theft
• quest
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