basic camera shots and composition
common types of shots
EWS (Extreme Wide Shot)The view is so far from the subject that she isn't even visible. This is often used as an establishing shot.
VWS (Very Wide Shot)The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing her in her environment.
WS (Wide Shot)The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as possible. The same as a long shot.
MS (Mid Shot)Shows some part of the subject in more detail whilst still giving an impression of the whole subject.
MCU (Medium Close Up)Half way between a MS and a CU.
CU (Close Up)A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
ECU (Extreme Close Up)The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.
CA (Cutaway)A shot of something other than the current action.
Cut-InShows some part of the subject in detail.
Two-ShotA comfortable shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot.
(OSS) Over-the-Shoulder ShotLooking from behind a person at the subject.
Noddy ShotUsually refers to a shot of the interviewer listening and reacting to the subject, although noddies can be used in drama and other situations.
Point-of-View Shot (POV)Shows a view from the subject's perspective.
Weather ShotThe subject is the weather, usually the sky. Can be used for other purposes.
Composition:
Photography brings a visual language that is universal and generally most people can understand. It meaning consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.
Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.
Friday, 26 March 2010
Intro to camera skills
wide shot
over the shoulder shot
cut away
extreme close up
close up
INTRO TO STILLS CAMERA
A still camera is the type of camera that is used to take still photographs. It captures light on to photographic film. To create a good picture you should be aware of different topics. Hotspot, Zoom, Focus, Angle and Light. These are all factors of leading the eye. Like the hotspots. They lead you to the point you should looking at in a chronological order. Focus and Zoom also create a similar effect e.g. focus is very important because can put thinks that we are interested in in focus and the other parts out of focus so that leads our gain to the dominant object in the frame. Angle shows us what status the object or person has that is in the frame. Light creates a mood and feeling (soft light-show the person or object in a beautiful or softer way; hard light-shows every thing in a harder an rough way often used in pictures that should create a dangerous or dramatic atmosphere
Different shot lead the attention of the audience to different points in the picture.
A still camera is the type of camera that is used to take still photographs. It captures light on to photographic film. To create a good picture you should be aware of different topics. Hotspot, Zoom, Focus, Angle and Light. These are all factors of leading the eye. Like the hotspots. They lead you to the point you should looking at in a chronological order. Focus and Zoom also create a similar effect e.g. focus is very important because can put thinks that we are interested in in focus and the other parts out of focus so that leads our gain to the dominant object in the frame. Angle shows us what status the object or person has that is in the frame. Light creates a mood and feeling (soft light-show the person or object in a beautiful or softer way; hard light-shows every thing in a harder an rough way often used in pictures that should create a dangerous or dramatic atmosphere
Different shot lead the attention of the audience to different points in the picture.
Intro to video camera.
We had an introduction to the basic video camera functions. We learnt how to focus, zoom, set up the camera, set up the tripod, install the battery, and install the sound recorder. To install the battery you need to get the battery and slide it into the battery compartment until it clicks. To focus the image in the camera you need to adjust the ring on the end of the camera, the focusing ring is next to the zoom ring. You need to turn the ring either clockwise or anticlockwise until the image through the viewfinder/screen is clear precise and in focus. To install the sound recorder you need to connect the wire to the AV1 socket and screw it in to the holder. To zoom the camera in or out there are two ways this can be done. There is either the zoom button which is directly in front of your hand if you’re holding the camera. There is also the zoom ring on the end of the camera, next to the focus ring. Setting up the tripod correctly is a fundamental part of filming. To set up the tripod correctly you must "bubble" it. "Bubbling" the tripod means to get the bubble on the top of the tripod in the center of the ring. The bubble is in a spirit level on the top of the tripod and the ring in printed on the top of the Perspex covering. You must also make sure you connect the "pan handle" correctly, this is basically a handle to the left of the tripod, and this handle enables you to pain the tripod left or right. Then you must attach the camera to the tripod, you need to slide the camera on to the tripod and it will click, this is how you know the camera is attached correctly.
Continuity editing.
Continuity editing
Continuity editing is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
Basically, to ensure that the selected shots are put together in an order that makes sense to the audience – so that they can follow the story as clearly as possible.
In most films, logical coherence is achieved by cutting to continuity, which emphasizes smooth transition of time and space. However, some films incorporate cutting to continuity into a more complex classical cutting technique, one which also tries to show psychological continuity of shots. The montage technique relies on symbolic association of ideas between shots rather than association of simple physical action for its continuity.
Common techniques of continuity editing
Continuity editing can be divided into two categories: temporal continuity and spatial continuity – literally TIME and SPACE. Within each category, specific techniques can either promote or work against a sense of continuity. In other words, techniques can cause a passage to be continuous, giving the viewer a concrete physical narration to follow, or discontinuous, causing viewer disorientation, pondering, or even subliminal interpretation or reaction, as in the Soviet montage style.
The important ways to preserve temporal continuity are avoiding the ellipsis, using continuous diegetic sound, and utilizing the match on action technique.
An ellipsis is an apparent break in natural time continuity as it is implied in the film's story. The simplest way to maintain temporal continuity is to shoot and use all action involved in the story's supposed duration whether it be pertinent or not.
It would also be necessary to shoot the whole film in one take in order to keep from having to edit together different shots, causing the viewer's temporal disorientation.
However in a story which is to occupy many hours, days, or years, a viewer would have to spend too long watching the film. So although in many cases the ellipsis would prove necessary, elimination of it altogether would best preserve any film's temporal continuity.
Diegetic sound is that which is to have actually occurred within the story during the action being viewed. It is sound that comes from within the narrative world of a film (including off-screen sound).
Continuous diegetic sound helps to smooth temporally questionable cuts by overlapping the shots. Here the logic is that if a sonic occurrence within the action of the scene has no breaks in time, then it would be impossible for the scene and its corresponding visuals to be anything but temporally continuous.
Match on action technique can preserve temporal continuity where there is a uniform, unrepeated physical motion or change within a passage. A match on action is when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following. For example, a shot of someone tossing a ball can be edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting from the first shot.
Temporal discontinuity can be expressed by the deliberate use of ellipses. Cutting techniques useful in showing the nature of the specific ellipses are the dissolve and the fade. Other editing styles can show a reversal of time or even an abandonment of it altogether. These are the flashback and the montage techniques, respectively.
By use of the dissolve and the fade, one can show the relative duration of ellipses. A fade out is a gradual transformation of an image to black; whereas a fade in is the opposite. A dissolve is a simultaneous fade-out of the shot being cut from, and fade-in of the shot being cut to. The dissolve can be said to show a short ellipsis; whereas a fade-out means a long one.
The flashback is a reversal of time within a story, or more accurately, a window through which the viewer can see what happened at a time before the time considered to be the story present. A flashback makes its time-frame evident only through the scene's action. For example, if after viewing a grown man in the story present, a cut to a young boy being addressed by the man's name occurs, the viewer can assume that the young boy scene depicts a time previous to the story present. The young boy scene would be a flashback.
The montage technique is one that implies no real temporal continuity whatsoever. Montage is achieved with a collection of symbolically related images, cut together in a way that suggests psychological relationships rather a temporal continuum.
Just as important as temporal continuity to overall continuity of a film is spatial continuity. And like temporal continuity, it can be achieved a number of ways: the establishing shot, the 180 degree rule, the eyeline match, and match on action.
The establishing shot is one that provides a view of all the space in which the action is occurring. Its theory is that it is difficult for a viewer to become disoriented when all the story space is presented before him. The establishing shot can be used at any time as a reestablishing shot. This might be necessary when a complex sequence of cuts may have served to disorient the viewer.
One way of preventing viewer disorientation in editing is to adhere to the 180 degree rule. The rule prevents the camera from crossing the imaginary line connecting the subjects of the shot. Another method is the eyeline match. When shooting a human subject, he or she can look towards the next subject to be cut to, thereby using the former's self as a reference for the viewer to use while locating the new subject within the set.
With the establishing shot, 180 degree rule, eyeline match, and the previously discussed match on action, spatial continuity is attainable; however, if wishing to convey a disjointed space, or spatial discontinuity, aside from purposefully contradicting the continuity tools, one can take advantage of crosscutting and the jump cut Cross-cutting is a technique which conveys an undeniable spatial discontinuity. It can be achieved by cutting back and forth between shots of spatially unrelated places. In these cases, the viewer will understand clearly that the places are supposed to be separate and parallel. So in that sense, the viewer may not become particularly disoriented, but under the principle of spatial continuity editing, crosscutting is considered a technique of spatial discontinuity.
The jump cut is undoubtedly a device of disorientation. The jump cut is a cut between two shots that are so similar that a noticeable jump in the image occurs. The 30 degree rule was formulated for the purpose of eliminating jump cuts. The 30 degree rule requires that no edit should join two shots whose camera viewpoints are less than 30 degrees from one another.
Continuity editing is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
Basically, to ensure that the selected shots are put together in an order that makes sense to the audience – so that they can follow the story as clearly as possible.
In most films, logical coherence is achieved by cutting to continuity, which emphasizes smooth transition of time and space. However, some films incorporate cutting to continuity into a more complex classical cutting technique, one which also tries to show psychological continuity of shots. The montage technique relies on symbolic association of ideas between shots rather than association of simple physical action for its continuity.
Common techniques of continuity editing
Continuity editing can be divided into two categories: temporal continuity and spatial continuity – literally TIME and SPACE. Within each category, specific techniques can either promote or work against a sense of continuity. In other words, techniques can cause a passage to be continuous, giving the viewer a concrete physical narration to follow, or discontinuous, causing viewer disorientation, pondering, or even subliminal interpretation or reaction, as in the Soviet montage style.
The important ways to preserve temporal continuity are avoiding the ellipsis, using continuous diegetic sound, and utilizing the match on action technique.
An ellipsis is an apparent break in natural time continuity as it is implied in the film's story. The simplest way to maintain temporal continuity is to shoot and use all action involved in the story's supposed duration whether it be pertinent or not.
It would also be necessary to shoot the whole film in one take in order to keep from having to edit together different shots, causing the viewer's temporal disorientation.
However in a story which is to occupy many hours, days, or years, a viewer would have to spend too long watching the film. So although in many cases the ellipsis would prove necessary, elimination of it altogether would best preserve any film's temporal continuity.
Diegetic sound is that which is to have actually occurred within the story during the action being viewed. It is sound that comes from within the narrative world of a film (including off-screen sound).
Continuous diegetic sound helps to smooth temporally questionable cuts by overlapping the shots. Here the logic is that if a sonic occurrence within the action of the scene has no breaks in time, then it would be impossible for the scene and its corresponding visuals to be anything but temporally continuous.
Match on action technique can preserve temporal continuity where there is a uniform, unrepeated physical motion or change within a passage. A match on action is when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following. For example, a shot of someone tossing a ball can be edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting from the first shot.
Temporal discontinuity can be expressed by the deliberate use of ellipses. Cutting techniques useful in showing the nature of the specific ellipses are the dissolve and the fade. Other editing styles can show a reversal of time or even an abandonment of it altogether. These are the flashback and the montage techniques, respectively.
By use of the dissolve and the fade, one can show the relative duration of ellipses. A fade out is a gradual transformation of an image to black; whereas a fade in is the opposite. A dissolve is a simultaneous fade-out of the shot being cut from, and fade-in of the shot being cut to. The dissolve can be said to show a short ellipsis; whereas a fade-out means a long one.
The flashback is a reversal of time within a story, or more accurately, a window through which the viewer can see what happened at a time before the time considered to be the story present. A flashback makes its time-frame evident only through the scene's action. For example, if after viewing a grown man in the story present, a cut to a young boy being addressed by the man's name occurs, the viewer can assume that the young boy scene depicts a time previous to the story present. The young boy scene would be a flashback.
The montage technique is one that implies no real temporal continuity whatsoever. Montage is achieved with a collection of symbolically related images, cut together in a way that suggests psychological relationships rather a temporal continuum.
Just as important as temporal continuity to overall continuity of a film is spatial continuity. And like temporal continuity, it can be achieved a number of ways: the establishing shot, the 180 degree rule, the eyeline match, and match on action.
The establishing shot is one that provides a view of all the space in which the action is occurring. Its theory is that it is difficult for a viewer to become disoriented when all the story space is presented before him. The establishing shot can be used at any time as a reestablishing shot. This might be necessary when a complex sequence of cuts may have served to disorient the viewer.
One way of preventing viewer disorientation in editing is to adhere to the 180 degree rule. The rule prevents the camera from crossing the imaginary line connecting the subjects of the shot. Another method is the eyeline match. When shooting a human subject, he or she can look towards the next subject to be cut to, thereby using the former's self as a reference for the viewer to use while locating the new subject within the set.
With the establishing shot, 180 degree rule, eyeline match, and the previously discussed match on action, spatial continuity is attainable; however, if wishing to convey a disjointed space, or spatial discontinuity, aside from purposefully contradicting the continuity tools, one can take advantage of crosscutting and the jump cut Cross-cutting is a technique which conveys an undeniable spatial discontinuity. It can be achieved by cutting back and forth between shots of spatially unrelated places. In these cases, the viewer will understand clearly that the places are supposed to be separate and parallel. So in that sense, the viewer may not become particularly disoriented, but under the principle of spatial continuity editing, crosscutting is considered a technique of spatial discontinuity.
The jump cut is undoubtedly a device of disorientation. The jump cut is a cut between two shots that are so similar that a noticeable jump in the image occurs. The 30 degree rule was formulated for the purpose of eliminating jump cuts. The 30 degree rule requires that no edit should join two shots whose camera viewpoints are less than 30 degrees from one another.
Story boarding
One of the key aspects of Film-making is the ability to follow and interpret storyboards.
These help you to understand the Director's intentions as a camera operator (where to place the camera), as a Cinematographer (looking at lighting sources etc) and as a basic way of understanding what locations and shots are needed to get the desired effect.
These help you to understand the Director's intentions as a camera operator (where to place the camera), as a Cinematographer (looking at lighting sources etc) and as a basic way of understanding what locations and shots are needed to get the desired effect.
One of the key areas in which all modern films plan is the big budget stunt sequences. Often these are devised using clever computer animation packages commonly referred to as
Pre-viz but often enough the first plans are drawn up using traditional storyboards -
Pre-viz but often enough the first plans are drawn up using traditional storyboards -
Account of shooting preliminary task.
i filmed my prelim task in a empty room at my school hurtwood house. There was nothing in the room which gave us lots of space for the equipment.the location worked well as it was quiet and empty there was a door as a prop and a chair which was perfect as that was all we needed, we kept it incredibly simple as the task was rather simple. my role was director and i directed our two charachters and shoute "stand bye" "rolling" "action" this was my first time taking the role of a director i found it extremelly exciting.
The lighting we used was very bright it was very simple lighting and there was nothing to complex. The bright light was effective to the scene it made the scene over exposed and sharp.
When we where filming we needed to ensure the camera was set up properly. We made sure we bubbled the tripod and that the tripod was level in each shot. We checked each shot was framed correctly each time and made sure the lighting and equipment was not in shot at all. We used appropriate angles for each shot. We used basic angles and used close ups, wide shot, long shots and over the shoulder shots to make our piece more interesting and therefore effective. We were given a set story board with each shot we needed therefore we shot all the mid shots, over the shoulder shots close ups and long shots all at the same time. We had to conform to the 180 degree rule to ensure we did not break it. As I was director I had to remember to use the correct terminology such as "stand bye" "rolling" "action".
From the prelim task that I was set I learnt a lot about practical film making. I learnt how to direct a small set and i learnt how to use and set up a video camera moreover I learnt how different lighting can effect a sequence and how lighting makes a huge difference. I also learnt how continuity is extremely difficult and how actors must always behave in the same way on screen for each shot.
Horror poster.
This image was created in addition to make its audience feel frightened , scared , horrified yet intrigued and interested. The title "eaters" is meant to provoke the audience to feel uncomfortable, a little shocked but eager to look into as it is a horrifying image the name is meant to emphasize this and create drama. The head that has been eaten through and rotted away was an image taken from the as study group and it is infact a person at Hurtwood. The image was created to entertain people in a thrilling way the use of red colors was created to emphasize’s blood and hell all death like features. The rotted faces are representing decay and death which furthers horror and creates more drama i positioned the faces in the center to draw more attention to the image and show how significant the eroded faces are. The circle of the face symbolizes the circle of life and the horrors some people have to go through.The shot was originally an extreme close up
What is a horror?
What is a horror film?
Here are some personal points that people may encounter in a horror film. The audiences own identification with fears of terrors of the narrative. Fear of the other evil monster or person in the darkness or behind doors etc. Fear of the body being ripped or mutilated. Our own personal boundaries being transgressed. Emergence of terror at any level being enjoyed from a safe/vicarious distance.
ideological: The implicit or explicit messages embedded within the narrative. Themes of punishment, rejection and or revulsion at subjects which deviate from correct thinking. from simplistic or basic messages.
in our modern understanding of fear we rationalize the supernatural and defeat it with psychology rather than Latin chants.
Modern media creates demons by crusading against sections of society and labeling them.
Here are some personal points that people may encounter in a horror film. The audiences own identification with fears of terrors of the narrative. Fear of the other evil monster or person in the darkness or behind doors etc. Fear of the body being ripped or mutilated. Our own personal boundaries being transgressed. Emergence of terror at any level being enjoyed from a safe/vicarious distance.
ideological: The implicit or explicit messages embedded within the narrative. Themes of punishment, rejection and or revulsion at subjects which deviate from correct thinking. from simplistic or basic messages.
in our modern understanding of fear we rationalize the supernatural and defeat it with psychology rather than Latin chants.
Modern media creates demons by crusading against sections of society and labeling them.
My thriller idea and other thriller ideas not used.
music of revenge :thriller and other thriller ideas not used
This story is about a girl and boy who were both blessed with great talent which singled them out and made them special in comparison to the average human. Both humans were able to play the piano with such talent at such young ages, they played with grace and beauty that drove their audiences wild.
However they both wanted to determine who the better player was. The girl was voted most creative and the boy felt jealous and angry as in the public eye she was a better piano player. The girl suggested they should have a competition to see who was the more talented player. In anger and envy the boy agreed.
They both shared a great passionate love for music, something that few people could relate to as it took over both their lives and it was what they lived for.
The boy with deep pressure and stress goes slightly mad and kills the girl before the competition as the chance of losing was unacceptable for him and he did not want to be known as a failure. The girl’s spirit lingers over the boy for months he feels the presence but never really acknowledges it. The boy of course is now classified as the world’s most talented piano player. The pain that the girl feels as a ghost is excruciating and she despises the boy as he stole her passion and fame through death.
She haunts him and decides he will pay for his sins, she kills him. The girl comes behind the boy in a practice room she strangles him and shuts his head inside the piano, she then plays the piano that his blood is covered with and has a content look upon her face.
some other thriller ideas …..The main character sits opposite her twin sister, suddenly the lights go out and something holds her back and parralises her but theres nobody touching her or in sight. When the lights come back on and she is able to move, her twin sister is hanging in front of her..situated in a play roomOran ex boyfriend stalks his beautiful ex girlfriend and has intentions to torture her as she dumped him and broke his heart for another guy. The girl has run away to the country side and believes she will be safe there however her ex works for the CIA and gets hold of gadgets easily he tracks her down and takes advantage of her isolation her friend who came with her to the country was missing and a horrible smell is smelt under the bed
Title retribution
•Key character: ex sico heartbroken stalker boyfriend: Dominic
•The exceedingly beautiful blonde girl called kitty
•Stalker Dominic takes advantage of scared kitty as she is in isolated country side, she is first aware when she smells a strange horrific smell she looks under the bed and its her best friend who came with her dead circled with blood she looks over towards the door and a heart with a picture of kitty is stuck on with the blood of her best friend
•Takes place in the deep isolated country side
•Dominic does it as he was obsest and heart broken over his girlfriend he wants revenge and he becomes deranged and deadly, dominic has family history of mental illness which can only be kicked of with an immense amount of sadness and stress
Act 1
•Dominic and kitty where high school sweethearts, both very popular and very well behaved. Dominic went on to working for the CIA and kitty decided her feelings were not as strong as they used to be all those years ago.
•Dominic came home fro m work and kitty explained to him how she did not love him anymore, she knew he would re act badly but not as badly as he did. Dominic begged her and forced her to stay locking every door and securing every exit possible, in fear kitty smashed the downstairs window in the middle of the night and escaped to her best friends house down the road. She ran covered in mud in her night down to her best friends house who happened to be a neighbor she escaped with her best friend d and decided she would be safe in the deep country side however Dominic was clever and had access to gadgets and tracking devices through his work. Kitty drives the next day to the supermarket to get food for her and her friend when she arrives back she smells a strange strong disgusting smell that is coming from under the bed she slowly looks under and its her best friend suddenly she looks over at the door and she sees her picture that Dominic took of her pinned up covered in blood.
The situation going from bad to worse act 2
•Kitty is dripping in cold sweat with a look of shock painted across her face after encountering the smell of death and the image of her best friend dead underneath the bed covered in blood was imprinted in her mind. Dominic and kitties best friend Chloe were also very close Dominic and Chloe were as close as brother and sister which made the situation stranger and more terrifying for kitty as he has the strength to kill someone so close to him. The grief of Chloe did not start as the shock and terror held it back. kitty wanted to get out of the house as she assumed Dominic was inside the house.
•Kitty runs outside in a panic to get far away however she slams the door which creates a loud noise and therefore indicates to Dominic her location in panic kitty trips on a branch, footsteps can be herd from behind her she gets up and screams as her hair is pulled back and she is pushed onto the ground
•A quick glance of the blooded axe makes kitty think quickly. Thousands of ideas in kitties head were making here look more and more panicked her white face, torn clothes with mud and dirt Stains dramatizes this scene. She slowly knowing she is in the presence of Dominic reaches for her phone as she hears the footsteps she knows she can not run an idea sprung to her mind.
Act 3
•Kitty is in a state of terror and shock she slowly looks up and meets her eyes with Dominic. He looks down at her with a loving yet guilt and sorrowful look upon his face. Dominic looks at the axe and then again at kitty, Dominic suddenly lifts his arm up with the axe and utters “I am sorry if you are not with me you can not be with anyone”
• kitty yelps, cries and begs for him back telling him how much she loves him, she told him that it was a mistake breaking up with him demanding a divorce and she said she will love him forever for she knew it was her only hope of survival. He surprisingly throws the axe beside her and embraces her in his arms, squeezing her a little to tightly, suddenly kitty grabs the axe and hacks him down with her eyes shut. Dominic dies and kitty calls the ambulance and police once she gets in range.
film’s USP
•This film is different from others because it is a husband and wife who were happily married who were fortunate enough to live a luxurious life style their life changed dramatically from normality and happiness to a sudden psychotic death chase. Dominic did not have any track record and was a naturally calm and understanding, level headed man.
•This film contains gore and suspense and ensures the audience to have a thrilling experience.
•An audience will expect the film to be edgy, filled with terror, tension, thrill and suspense. An audience also wants the evil murderer to die or be locked up in the end, as it creates a sense of reassurance in reality
This story is about a girl and boy who were both blessed with great talent which singled them out and made them special in comparison to the average human. Both humans were able to play the piano with such talent at such young ages, they played with grace and beauty that drove their audiences wild.
However they both wanted to determine who the better player was. The girl was voted most creative and the boy felt jealous and angry as in the public eye she was a better piano player. The girl suggested they should have a competition to see who was the more talented player. In anger and envy the boy agreed.
They both shared a great passionate love for music, something that few people could relate to as it took over both their lives and it was what they lived for.
The boy with deep pressure and stress goes slightly mad and kills the girl before the competition as the chance of losing was unacceptable for him and he did not want to be known as a failure. The girl’s spirit lingers over the boy for months he feels the presence but never really acknowledges it. The boy of course is now classified as the world’s most talented piano player. The pain that the girl feels as a ghost is excruciating and she despises the boy as he stole her passion and fame through death.
She haunts him and decides he will pay for his sins, she kills him. The girl comes behind the boy in a practice room she strangles him and shuts his head inside the piano, she then plays the piano that his blood is covered with and has a content look upon her face.
some other thriller ideas …..The main character sits opposite her twin sister, suddenly the lights go out and something holds her back and parralises her but theres nobody touching her or in sight. When the lights come back on and she is able to move, her twin sister is hanging in front of her..situated in a play roomOran ex boyfriend stalks his beautiful ex girlfriend and has intentions to torture her as she dumped him and broke his heart for another guy. The girl has run away to the country side and believes she will be safe there however her ex works for the CIA and gets hold of gadgets easily he tracks her down and takes advantage of her isolation her friend who came with her to the country was missing and a horrible smell is smelt under the bed
Title retribution
•Key character: ex sico heartbroken stalker boyfriend: Dominic
•The exceedingly beautiful blonde girl called kitty
•Stalker Dominic takes advantage of scared kitty as she is in isolated country side, she is first aware when she smells a strange horrific smell she looks under the bed and its her best friend who came with her dead circled with blood she looks over towards the door and a heart with a picture of kitty is stuck on with the blood of her best friend
•Takes place in the deep isolated country side
•Dominic does it as he was obsest and heart broken over his girlfriend he wants revenge and he becomes deranged and deadly, dominic has family history of mental illness which can only be kicked of with an immense amount of sadness and stress
Act 1
•Dominic and kitty where high school sweethearts, both very popular and very well behaved. Dominic went on to working for the CIA and kitty decided her feelings were not as strong as they used to be all those years ago.
•Dominic came home fro m work and kitty explained to him how she did not love him anymore, she knew he would re act badly but not as badly as he did. Dominic begged her and forced her to stay locking every door and securing every exit possible, in fear kitty smashed the downstairs window in the middle of the night and escaped to her best friends house down the road. She ran covered in mud in her night down to her best friends house who happened to be a neighbor she escaped with her best friend d and decided she would be safe in the deep country side however Dominic was clever and had access to gadgets and tracking devices through his work. Kitty drives the next day to the supermarket to get food for her and her friend when she arrives back she smells a strange strong disgusting smell that is coming from under the bed she slowly looks under and its her best friend suddenly she looks over at the door and she sees her picture that Dominic took of her pinned up covered in blood.
The situation going from bad to worse act 2
•Kitty is dripping in cold sweat with a look of shock painted across her face after encountering the smell of death and the image of her best friend dead underneath the bed covered in blood was imprinted in her mind. Dominic and kitties best friend Chloe were also very close Dominic and Chloe were as close as brother and sister which made the situation stranger and more terrifying for kitty as he has the strength to kill someone so close to him. The grief of Chloe did not start as the shock and terror held it back. kitty wanted to get out of the house as she assumed Dominic was inside the house.
•Kitty runs outside in a panic to get far away however she slams the door which creates a loud noise and therefore indicates to Dominic her location in panic kitty trips on a branch, footsteps can be herd from behind her she gets up and screams as her hair is pulled back and she is pushed onto the ground
•A quick glance of the blooded axe makes kitty think quickly. Thousands of ideas in kitties head were making here look more and more panicked her white face, torn clothes with mud and dirt Stains dramatizes this scene. She slowly knowing she is in the presence of Dominic reaches for her phone as she hears the footsteps she knows she can not run an idea sprung to her mind.
Act 3
•Kitty is in a state of terror and shock she slowly looks up and meets her eyes with Dominic. He looks down at her with a loving yet guilt and sorrowful look upon his face. Dominic looks at the axe and then again at kitty, Dominic suddenly lifts his arm up with the axe and utters “I am sorry if you are not with me you can not be with anyone”
• kitty yelps, cries and begs for him back telling him how much she loves him, she told him that it was a mistake breaking up with him demanding a divorce and she said she will love him forever for she knew it was her only hope of survival. He surprisingly throws the axe beside her and embraces her in his arms, squeezing her a little to tightly, suddenly kitty grabs the axe and hacks him down with her eyes shut. Dominic dies and kitty calls the ambulance and police once she gets in range.
film’s USP
•This film is different from others because it is a husband and wife who were happily married who were fortunate enough to live a luxurious life style their life changed dramatically from normality and happiness to a sudden psychotic death chase. Dominic did not have any track record and was a naturally calm and understanding, level headed man.
•This film contains gore and suspense and ensures the audience to have a thrilling experience.
•An audience will expect the film to be edgy, filled with terror, tension, thrill and suspense. An audience also wants the evil murderer to die or be locked up in the end, as it creates a sense of reassurance in reality
Logging our shots.
Logging our shots
We selected the appropriate shots from the various takes of each angle. We set up a log bin, we did this by creating a new folder called log bin we transferred all the best shots into the log bin and rejecting and deleting all the unwanted poor shots. Selecting and rejecting the different shot choices is important as we wanted to get the best quality and most effective and accurate shots as we possible could therefore in order to do this we deleted all unwanted shots, and kept the best fit for our scene to ensure it is effective.
Organizing our shots
We worked from a story board which enabled our shots to be organized and it guided us to take the shots in the most possible organized way, the shots in the story board were selected to tell the story in the best way. The character who is given the majority of screen time or privileged with the close ups is significant towards the audience as it enables the audience to have there views on the character and can decide essentially "whos side" they are on.
Shot order
Certain shots need to appear in order for the story to make sense it also controls the story information.
We selected the appropriate shots from the various takes of each angle. We set up a log bin, we did this by creating a new folder called log bin we transferred all the best shots into the log bin and rejecting and deleting all the unwanted poor shots. Selecting and rejecting the different shot choices is important as we wanted to get the best quality and most effective and accurate shots as we possible could therefore in order to do this we deleted all unwanted shots, and kept the best fit for our scene to ensure it is effective.
Organizing our shots
We worked from a story board which enabled our shots to be organized and it guided us to take the shots in the most possible organized way, the shots in the story board were selected to tell the story in the best way. The character who is given the majority of screen time or privileged with the close ups is significant towards the audience as it enables the audience to have there views on the character and can decide essentially "whos side" they are on.
Shot order
Certain shots need to appear in order for the story to make sense it also controls the story information.
Account of research sources
When deciding what our final thriller idea should be we looked on the internet and looked at newspapers and films that we studied in the past. The idea of music of revenge was taken from various different sources. I read the news paper and read an article about famous musicians then it began to click I looked at ghostly images on the internet and wanted to have a quirky and different idea to differentiate our group from everyone else. We had a few shot ideas from various films we have studied and also realized the effect that sound and music can have on a thriller film therefore taking a few ideas from past films and the internet.
My target audience.
Generally horror films target the younger generations, especially teenage boys as they seem to get a thrill from the suspense and terror that horror films produce. Teenage boys seem to have to prove a point to society and themselves that nothing scares them and horror films are a way of showing this. Therefore our targeted audience is teenagers, mainly boys. Our actress is a teenager and therefore the audience can relate to the younger generation and the suspense and horror is aimed at younger people to give them the adrenaline they ask for when watching a horror film. The film is targeted at all classes as the opening sequence is filmed in a traditional English boarding school therefore attracting all people that comprehend with this type of atmosphere.
What kind of instatution would produce my film?
Fox Searchlight Pictures is a film division of 20th Century Fox , established in 1994. It specialises in indie (independant) and British films, alongside dramedy and horror, and is variously involved with the production and/or distribution of these films.In the early-to-mid 1980s, prior to the creation of Searchlight, Fox previously released independent films under the banner of 20th Century-Fox International Classics; the most notable of the releases under this banner include Bill Cosby: Himself, Reuben, Reuben, and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Fox Searchlight's Slum dog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 81st Academy Awards as well as a further 7 academy awards. Other Fox Searchlight films receiving Best Picture nominations include The Full Monty, Sideways, Little Miss Sunshine and Juno. Because all these films are clever and trying to also give the audience a message we thought our ambitious film would suit Fox Searchlight. Additionally, they produce Low Budget films that are good quality and being backed by Fox they also have the finance to successfully market, advertise and distribute films to a larger audience than the niche audience that would see a film if it was on a smaller completely independent label. Although our film is Horror we would like to appeal to larger target audience than just small scale fans of low budget horror films.
music of revenge idea
This idea was taken from myself, i thought it was slightly quirky and different. There are three people in our group : Josh Gorman , myself Catrina Kirby and Nurit hirschfeld. However four jobs have been allocated for the shoot. The jobs consist off a director, a producer, a sound engineer and a costume and set designer. As there are only three in our group we will all put in work and share the role of the sound engineer. my role and job is the director.
Account of props
The first and most important prop in my opinion was the costume of our actress and the make up. A white washed out feminine dressed was used for our actress this was perfect as it created a ghostly figure and added a huge sense of realism, the style of the dress was slightly old fashioned which furthered the realism as a modern day dress would not have the same effect. The make up we used was very whit and pale for the face and Smokey black for the eyes which also worked extremely well. We used a computer as a prop and lights this worked well as it revealed how evil can interfere with technology. These where the only props used as we tried to keep it as natural as possible to increase the realism.
The costuming for the shoot was fairly basic. We had decided that in order to portray a very ghostly look that our main character (the ghost girl) would just be dressed in a white floaty dress we agreed this costume would be best for her to portray her ghostly-ness, she also had her hair back brushed to make her
Ghost like. Our other characters (the girl in the bedroom) was dressed in normal clothes although she was dressed in all black this was challenging the stereotype of good person white clothing, bad person black clothing. We did this because we wanted her to look as natural as possible, and we figured this was the best way to do it. The second person (man at reception) we had asked to also dress as if he was going to work, the reasons for doing this were the same as the previous character, and we wanted him to look as natural as possible.
The costuming for the shoot was fairly basic. We had decided that in order to portray a very ghostly look that our main character (the ghost girl) would just be dressed in a white floaty dress we agreed this costume would be best for her to portray her ghostly-ness, she also had her hair back brushed to make her
Ghost like. Our other characters (the girl in the bedroom) was dressed in normal clothes although she was dressed in all black this was challenging the stereotype of good person white clothing, bad person black clothing. We did this because we wanted her to look as natural as possible, and we figured this was the best way to do it. The second person (man at reception) we had asked to also dress as if he was going to work, the reasons for doing this were the same as the previous character, and we wanted him to look as natural as possible.
Account of shooting day
The pictures below reveal the sense of the atmosphere that lurked around us on the shooting day. Moreover the pictures show what was going on and why we used various different lighting and various different shots.
In the first picture we were sorting out and organizing the lighting for the upcoming shot. We had to adjust the lighting to make our opening sequence as effective as possible. We put a blue sheet over the bright light to make a more dramatic and ghost like atmosphere.
In the second photo we were setting up the camera on tracking this was effective as we shot our actress walking down the stairs, the tracking kept the camera extremely steady which concluded with an effect of realism.
The third picture is a image of me filming the actress making sure the camera was in the perfect position to film the shot.
In the first picture we were sorting out and organizing the lighting for the upcoming shot. We had to adjust the lighting to make our opening sequence as effective as possible. We put a blue sheet over the bright light to make a more dramatic and ghost like atmosphere.
In the second photo we were setting up the camera on tracking this was effective as we shot our actress walking down the stairs, the tracking kept the camera extremely steady which concluded with an effect of realism.
The third picture is a image of me filming the actress making sure the camera was in the perfect position to film the shot.
.The shooting day began in the early hours of the morning. We planned our thrillers weeks before the shoot. we constructed a story board in preparation of our thriller we had a props and costume list, shot list , we planned our location in a group meeting, decided our roles that included a producer, director, cinematographer and a sound engineer.
I thought the shooting of our thriller went extremely well although poor circumstances arose. The weather was a little difficult and we found ourselves shooting in a snow storm thus making a little improvisation key. However the group worked well as a whole and we all switched roles, enabling us to experience every job, strengthening our media skills. We where each given individual roles to play which we mostly stuck with accept for the occasional swap of jobs enabling us to have a taste of every job. The actor’s role became a little repetitive; if I could I would add in more action for the actor to make the sequence a little more interesting and dramatic.
I was in charge of writing the shot list, which meant I had to write down in order every shot we took and how many takes we took for each individual shot. In our thriller we used various different shots such as tracking shots, medium shots and close ups. we mainly used these shots because our actress was a ghost and indoors she would not be wearing any shoes, it was snowing outside and we were due to shoot outside therefore to keep the reality and continuity we could not have her feet in view which meant shot choice was limited. The close ups signified our actress showing her level of importance in the sequence. The tracking shots where extremely affected although the track would sometimes move out of place if a person accidentally moved it therefore to keep the continuity we would always have to ensure the track was in place and never moved. One of the most enjoyable parts of the day was shooting in the snow, we covered the camera with umbrellas to ensure the equipment did not get wet, it was highly amusing.
We chose our location to be inside and outside. The snow was coming down heavily outside and the effect of this increased reality as our actress just wore a dress therefore suggesting she has inhumane powers like a ghost as humans would normally go outside in freezing snowy conditions barely wearing any clothes. The location we picked inside consisted of a dorm room ,corridors and a staircase which worked well however the set was a little to modern which made it a little less effective then we had hoped. However the group chose the locations well and worked as hard as possible with the locations we used to increase realism and drama to ensure the sequence was highly effective
I thought the shooting of our thriller went extremely well although poor circumstances arose. The weather was a little difficult and we found ourselves shooting in a snow storm thus making a little improvisation key. However the group worked well as a whole and we all switched roles, enabling us to experience every job, strengthening our media skills. We where each given individual roles to play which we mostly stuck with accept for the occasional swap of jobs enabling us to have a taste of every job. The actor’s role became a little repetitive; if I could I would add in more action for the actor to make the sequence a little more interesting and dramatic.
I was in charge of writing the shot list, which meant I had to write down in order every shot we took and how many takes we took for each individual shot. In our thriller we used various different shots such as tracking shots, medium shots and close ups. we mainly used these shots because our actress was a ghost and indoors she would not be wearing any shoes, it was snowing outside and we were due to shoot outside therefore to keep the reality and continuity we could not have her feet in view which meant shot choice was limited. The close ups signified our actress showing her level of importance in the sequence. The tracking shots where extremely affected although the track would sometimes move out of place if a person accidentally moved it therefore to keep the continuity we would always have to ensure the track was in place and never moved. One of the most enjoyable parts of the day was shooting in the snow, we covered the camera with umbrellas to ensure the equipment did not get wet, it was highly amusing.
We chose our location to be inside and outside. The snow was coming down heavily outside and the effect of this increased reality as our actress just wore a dress therefore suggesting she has inhumane powers like a ghost as humans would normally go outside in freezing snowy conditions barely wearing any clothes. The location we picked inside consisted of a dorm room ,corridors and a staircase which worked well however the set was a little to modern which made it a little less effective then we had hoped. However the group chose the locations well and worked as hard as possible with the locations we used to increase realism and drama to ensure the sequence was highly effective
Main task production
My original prelim task was extremely basic in comparison to my thriller opening sequence.
In the prelim task we were allocated one room for our location whereas in the thriller sequence our location varied from outside to inside and various different shots around our school campus were taken therefore I learnt how to set up the camera quickly and adapt from location to location.
In the prelim task I had a small role that only lasted for an hour as director whereas in the filming of the sequence I played the role as director and producer as my group switched roles to ensure we all got a taste of the various different jobs that are needed for a making of a film. The thriller required a lot more hard hands on work whereas the prelim task did not.
The lighting in the prelim task was very basic it consisted of one bright light to sharpen up the room whereas the lighting in the thriller changed with each shot. We used blue sheets to create a cold, blue ghost like effect, natural sunlight, various orangey, red lights for the inside shots
In the prelim task we were given a structured storyboard and told what to do whereas in the thriller sequence we were made to create our own story board and plan our shooting day completely on our own with no assistance.
The actual filming was completely different between both tasks. The prelim task was only one hour, whereas the thriller took nine hours and we used tracking gin our thriller and used various different shots.
My media skills have developed as I now have a more sophisticated understanding of the editing process. Our sequence has developed its own style which consists of slow cuts which involve plenty of fading to ease from world to world, the ghost world and real world, our main theme. We created a restricted narrative where the close shots draw the audience in without revealing too much we also blended a few quick cuts to surprise the audience. Opposed to a fast paced action sequence with fast cuts between two situations.
We started the editing process with logging our shots into a log bin we had two separate log bins one for the real world shots and the other for the ghost world shots. We then lay out our ghost world shots on the timeline. However we could not do the same immediately with our real world shots due to weather conditions, we had to wait for a sunny day to take all the real world shots and this comes up rarely in England. Eventually we lay down our real world shots on the timeline. We then edited our shots in together getting the right style and pace. The pace was normal and our style was very ghostly and fantasized we created the feel of ghostly fantasized world through our editing.
The music and sound that we used was diegetic and non diegetic sound. We found our music from sound track pro and edited to make our thriller unique and interesting. The music fits in with our thriller perfectly and creates a ghostly cold and scary effect through various different tones. We used no ambient sound from the shoot day. We used birds tweeting and blasts of wind to enhance realism this was part of our diegetic sound we also used a drone as non diegetic sound. We researched other horror films and many contained the drone sound in their soundtrack. It creates tension and builds up thrill. The music makes the audience feel scared yet excited. The careful placing of the right music has lead the audience in the direction we wanted them to go we want them to feel thrill and terror and the music successfully enhances this.
We have used titles and graphics in our sequence our sequence starts with a distributor followed by a production company our following titles are inkeeping within the mood of the production we have the same font style throughout our sequence.
In the prelim task we were allocated one room for our location whereas in the thriller sequence our location varied from outside to inside and various different shots around our school campus were taken therefore I learnt how to set up the camera quickly and adapt from location to location.
In the prelim task I had a small role that only lasted for an hour as director whereas in the filming of the sequence I played the role as director and producer as my group switched roles to ensure we all got a taste of the various different jobs that are needed for a making of a film. The thriller required a lot more hard hands on work whereas the prelim task did not.
The lighting in the prelim task was very basic it consisted of one bright light to sharpen up the room whereas the lighting in the thriller changed with each shot. We used blue sheets to create a cold, blue ghost like effect, natural sunlight, various orangey, red lights for the inside shots
In the prelim task we were given a structured storyboard and told what to do whereas in the thriller sequence we were made to create our own story board and plan our shooting day completely on our own with no assistance.
The actual filming was completely different between both tasks. The prelim task was only one hour, whereas the thriller took nine hours and we used tracking gin our thriller and used various different shots.
My media skills have developed as I now have a more sophisticated understanding of the editing process. Our sequence has developed its own style which consists of slow cuts which involve plenty of fading to ease from world to world, the ghost world and real world, our main theme. We created a restricted narrative where the close shots draw the audience in without revealing too much we also blended a few quick cuts to surprise the audience. Opposed to a fast paced action sequence with fast cuts between two situations.
We started the editing process with logging our shots into a log bin we had two separate log bins one for the real world shots and the other for the ghost world shots. We then lay out our ghost world shots on the timeline. However we could not do the same immediately with our real world shots due to weather conditions, we had to wait for a sunny day to take all the real world shots and this comes up rarely in England. Eventually we lay down our real world shots on the timeline. We then edited our shots in together getting the right style and pace. The pace was normal and our style was very ghostly and fantasized we created the feel of ghostly fantasized world through our editing.
The music and sound that we used was diegetic and non diegetic sound. We found our music from sound track pro and edited to make our thriller unique and interesting. The music fits in with our thriller perfectly and creates a ghostly cold and scary effect through various different tones. We used no ambient sound from the shoot day. We used birds tweeting and blasts of wind to enhance realism this was part of our diegetic sound we also used a drone as non diegetic sound. We researched other horror films and many contained the drone sound in their soundtrack. It creates tension and builds up thrill. The music makes the audience feel scared yet excited. The careful placing of the right music has lead the audience in the direction we wanted them to go we want them to feel thrill and terror and the music successfully enhances this.
We have used titles and graphics in our sequence our sequence starts with a distributor followed by a production company our following titles are inkeeping within the mood of the production we have the same font style throughout our sequence.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Task 1:In ways does your media product, use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
“In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products”Our media product shares many similar qualities of a normal horror opening sequence however our media product also challenges forms and conventions of real media products.
Like in other horror films our opening sequence reveals the genre of the film which is a thriller. We reveal the genre of our opening sequence through our actresses hair make up, dress and overall persona. Furthermore we reveal the genre through the lighting and sound. Which relates to the film the Ring 2 as in the Ring 2s opening sequence darkness and scary music is revealed to show the audience that the film is going to be a horror and thriller.
This shot was taken to represent the real world its contrasting the ghost world creating thrill and suspense it challenges forms of real media products.
This shot is an example of where we used titles its is allocated at the right time as the actor, ted jackson appears in the corner of this shot. which creates realism as it uses conventions of real media products.
our opening sequence challenges audience expectations as it creates a huge tension as the audience are drawn into the thriller as there are two worlds the ghost world is filmed outside in the snow and the real world is filmed on a Sunday the contrast is extremely effective as it draws in the audience and challenges forms of real media products.
We also use titles in our opening sequence which adds a sense of realism as nearly all films use titles in the opening sequence. We use a title for our actors and actresses we use titles for the producer and director of the film and we title the production company which enhances realism as many other films use titles. The font of our titles also link to the genre of our film and the titles are edited into the opening sequence at appropriate times which upholds forms of real media conventions
This shot is effective as it showed how powerful our actress was as she cuts of all electrical power when electricity meets her presents. The shot creates thrill and suspense
Task 2: How does your product represent particular social groups?
This is a picture of the boarding school we filmed in.
Our product represents various different social groups. It represents middle age men as we have a working middle age man as an actor in our thriller. Our thriller targets mainly young teenage boys who are in school as our opening sequence is filmed in a traditional boarding school therefore our thriller targets people who go to school and especially people in boarding schools. The actress who is playing the ghost is young and pretty wearing a small dress and therefore she would appeal to teenage boys. Generally horror and thriller films appeal and are targeted at teenage boys as it seems to increase and show others of their masculinity and strength as stereotypically teenage girls are to scared and weak to watch horror or thrillers therefore they stick with romantic films. However some teenage girls would appeal to our opening sequence as it creates a thrill and tension.
Our horror film represents an upper middle class social group as it is filmed in a boarding school. Another horror film called “the boarding school of horrors” also targets the same audience as our film we saw how effective that film was and decided that a boarding school is a perfect place to film our opening sequence. Our film involves a number of shots that are thrilling and it is aimed to bring a young audience into the cinema because the majority of teenagers are interested in thrill.
Task 3:What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
An institution is an organization that provides media content and supply the content to the industries. There are many different film industries through out the world such as; paramount picture, Sony, 21st century .I would put my thriller into a institution in the Hollywood film industry, this way I would have more budgeting for my film and it would have a higher chance of becoming a success. I would choose first century fox because it is extremely well known and is a well established company therefore my film would have a good reputation. First century fox have the financial fund to budget and support my film and they will progress my film into success. The third reason for me choosing first century fox is because they have participated in the making of very well known films with the genre of a horror. However as I am not famous and have not had the experience as many other film producers I may have to look at other film industry such as fox searchlight or lionsgate which are low budget institutions as they have produced many thrillers that have still succeeded even though its on a low budget such as saw vi, Gamer and breathers.
Task 4:Who would be the audience for your media product?
This is my ideal target audience member.
Just from the photo you can see that this boy is a typical teenage boy in the 21st century we can see this from his clothes and style. He is the sort of person I would want to watch this film as he is a young teenage boy from a good background and goes to a boarding school. He is well educated. All these factors are included in my target audience. He as all the experiences I need him to have to sell my film to him as he attends a traditional boarding school. He is young trendy and is the sort of person that would appeal to my thriller.I would probably advertise my film on facebook or put up an advert just before a holloaks programme as from his style and fashion i can see his is modernised and his music is very mainstream i know he has facebook and therefore he can appeal to my film and show his friends who are like him the advertising of my film through various facebook applications.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Task 7 looking at all aspects of all productions
The sophistication of the planning and preparation from my basic prelim task has improved dramatically, which is shown in my main task. In the prelim we where given our own story boards to work from whereas in the main task we where given nothing. We had to come up with all our own ideas and we constructed our own story boards. We planned the location, lighting,costume,actors, different shots, props, sounds and edited what we filmed. Opposed to the prelim task where we had help with the filming and all we had to do was find actors and film no planning was involved. In the prelim we where given basic shots to use where as in the main task we used close ups, tracking, medium shots, long shots, wide shots and over the shoulder shots. We filmed all day in the main task whereas we only filmed for an hour in the prelim task. The main task was much more in-depth and complicated in comparison to the prelim.
My film making skills have developed from my basic prelim brief of wide shots, medium shots and close ups to a sophisticated sequence with a visual narrative. We used tracking in our sequence to make certain shots effective, the tracking created visual imagery which added sophistication to my sequence. In the main task we filmed all day so I was able to use the camera and work throughout the day constructing various shots. In our editing we used special effects such as dissolves in-between shots and slow cuts which added a sense of realism and suspense to our thriller. The story boarding went extremely well, we found it easier telling our story visually rather than with dialogue.
My camera skills have developed as we used a various number of shots and angles in our main task we stuck to the 180degree line at all times and made sure we always got the framing for eye line matches right. I developed my camera skill to a large extent because the prelim and main task where on completely different scales and the main task pushed me to get involved more and use the camera a lot more to make our sequence effective.
In our prelim we just used the sound from the recording and ambient sound to the use of Foley work. Which contrasts to my main task, thriller.
The music and sound that we used in our main task was diegetic and non diegetic sound. We found our music from sound track pro and edited to make our thriller unique and interesting. The music fits in with our thriller perfectly and creates a ghostly cold and scary effect through various different tones. We used no ambient sound from the shoot day. We used birds tweeting and blasts of wind to enhance realism this was part of our diegetic sound we also used a drone as non diegetic sound. We researched other horror films and many contained the drone sound in their soundtrack. Therefore my use of sound and knowledge of sound has developed as you can see there are many differences, between both the prelim task and main task.
I learnt how to master new technology in the programme final cut pro and final cut server. I learnt how to use special effects in final cut and how to cut all shots together in order to make the narrative effective. I learnt how to apply sound into our narrative.
In final cut server we check in our thriller and checkout, a way to understand checking in and checking out is using a library as an example in a library you check in and check out books, which is similar to using final cut server.
My film making skills have developed from my basic prelim brief of wide shots, medium shots and close ups to a sophisticated sequence with a visual narrative. We used tracking in our sequence to make certain shots effective, the tracking created visual imagery which added sophistication to my sequence. In the main task we filmed all day so I was able to use the camera and work throughout the day constructing various shots. In our editing we used special effects such as dissolves in-between shots and slow cuts which added a sense of realism and suspense to our thriller. The story boarding went extremely well, we found it easier telling our story visually rather than with dialogue.
My camera skills have developed as we used a various number of shots and angles in our main task we stuck to the 180degree line at all times and made sure we always got the framing for eye line matches right. I developed my camera skill to a large extent because the prelim and main task where on completely different scales and the main task pushed me to get involved more and use the camera a lot more to make our sequence effective.
In our prelim we just used the sound from the recording and ambient sound to the use of Foley work. Which contrasts to my main task, thriller.
The music and sound that we used in our main task was diegetic and non diegetic sound. We found our music from sound track pro and edited to make our thriller unique and interesting. The music fits in with our thriller perfectly and creates a ghostly cold and scary effect through various different tones. We used no ambient sound from the shoot day. We used birds tweeting and blasts of wind to enhance realism this was part of our diegetic sound we also used a drone as non diegetic sound. We researched other horror films and many contained the drone sound in their soundtrack. Therefore my use of sound and knowledge of sound has developed as you can see there are many differences, between both the prelim task and main task.
I learnt how to master new technology in the programme final cut pro and final cut server. I learnt how to use special effects in final cut and how to cut all shots together in order to make the narrative effective. I learnt how to apply sound into our narrative.
In final cut server we check in our thriller and checkout, a way to understand checking in and checking out is using a library as an example in a library you check in and check out books, which is similar to using final cut server.
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