Tuesday 31 January 2017
Monday 30 January 2017
Question 7 - Evaluation
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIM TASK, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM THAT TO THE FINAL PRODUCT?
Starting the preliminary task was fairly difficult. We were given the genre of Documentary and decided we wanted to implement some aspects of horror into it. We decided to base it on a real life story and narrowed it down to female serial killers. The actual plot we had chosen was quite easy and straight forward to do but the actual planning and the fitting of the plot to the genre took some time.
We struggled to create a visual and straightforward story board and the shooting schedule. We did eventually create a storyboard we can work off and plan a schedule.
We also struggled with settings for the task. We did not plan in advance what settings we would need for our task, therefore we had to improvise and use whatever room we could. Consequently the settings do not fit with our story our the period the story was set, for example there is a fire alarm on the wall when the narrative is set in the 1900s.
The filming of the prelim task was quite straight forward. We had to include certain shots, for example shot reverse shot. We kept the rest of the camera work fairly simple changing between using a tripod and hand held camera.
For the editing of the prelim task, we kept it quite simple just turning the flashbacks into black and white to emphasis that the time the plot was in was in the past. We did not add any wacky transitions because it took away from the story.
Overall I was quite happy with the final footage. It fitted the genre we were given and we told the key parts of the story that we wanted to tell. For one of the first editing tasks we had done, the editing was up to the standard we wanted and the final piece came out well, If I was to do it again, I would plan in more detail in advance, for example the setting.
Panaphobia is the final film opening. The idea for the narrative was quite easy to think off, We wanted to create a teenage drama but with different twists, for example a montage. We came up with the idea of a missing girl, and the opening of the film would be a montage of her life and the friendships she had. We created 3 characters, Erin Blake (Missing girl), Isla Hall and Amber Hocart (Erin's friends). We wanted these 3 characters to be relatable to our target audience of 15+, therefore we planned in advance the costumes of the character.
We wanted to create a relatable narrative, so we planned our settings and needed props/costumes in advance. We decided to film the montage in both an arcade and a school. We decided to film in a school because it is an everyday setting for most teenagers therefore our target audience can relate to it more.
We created multiple storyboards, one on prezi powerpoint and two on paper that include the different camera shots we were going to use and the duration the clips would last for. We also booked the places we wanted to film, for example we contacted Chelmsford Tenpin Bowling to ensure that we could film on their premises.
We filmed the footage hand held to create a sense that the footage was being filmed on a phone by the teenagers, therefore creates a first hand experience of the friendship for the viewer. We also used disposable cameras to take pictures and write the titles on the back of them.
We edited quite a lot of the footage. For the titles, we wrote them on the back of the disposable camera pictures and burnt them. In editing we reversed this shot to reveal the titles out of the flames. We had to then speed up the footage by 1000% to ensure the flames burnt quickly on the footage. We also changed the colouring and brightness of the footage, for the montage we made the lighting warmer to reflect the happy atmosphere and for the come home plea the lighting was bright and contrasted to the warm atmosphere therefore creating a harsh atmosphere.
Compared to my preliminary, the planning and research was more in depth and that consequently lead to a better constructed and well finished final clip. We found out that the planning was really important to get a good final piece. The planning needs dedication because every aspect needs to be planned out to ensure success. Editing was also improved. The editing was of a higher skill in our finished footage, and the time we took on this also led to a better, more rounded finished piece.
The finished film opening was of a way higher standard than the prelim task, and that is down to the planning and the longer time spent dedicated to this task.
Overall, I am pleased with my finished product. It reached the standard level I wanted and ticked all the boxes of looking professional and being appealing to my target audience. If I had more time to film it again I would change some of the script, for example "snapchat us",because whilst it brings the footage into present times it also distracts from the seriousness of the narrative.
Starting the preliminary task was fairly difficult. We were given the genre of Documentary and decided we wanted to implement some aspects of horror into it. We decided to base it on a real life story and narrowed it down to female serial killers. The actual plot we had chosen was quite easy and straight forward to do but the actual planning and the fitting of the plot to the genre took some time.
We struggled to create a visual and straightforward story board and the shooting schedule. We did eventually create a storyboard we can work off and plan a schedule.
We also struggled with settings for the task. We did not plan in advance what settings we would need for our task, therefore we had to improvise and use whatever room we could. Consequently the settings do not fit with our story our the period the story was set, for example there is a fire alarm on the wall when the narrative is set in the 1900s.
The filming of the prelim task was quite straight forward. We had to include certain shots, for example shot reverse shot. We kept the rest of the camera work fairly simple changing between using a tripod and hand held camera.
For the editing of the prelim task, we kept it quite simple just turning the flashbacks into black and white to emphasis that the time the plot was in was in the past. We did not add any wacky transitions because it took away from the story.
Overall I was quite happy with the final footage. It fitted the genre we were given and we told the key parts of the story that we wanted to tell. For one of the first editing tasks we had done, the editing was up to the standard we wanted and the final piece came out well, If I was to do it again, I would plan in more detail in advance, for example the setting.
Panaphobia is the final film opening. The idea for the narrative was quite easy to think off, We wanted to create a teenage drama but with different twists, for example a montage. We came up with the idea of a missing girl, and the opening of the film would be a montage of her life and the friendships she had. We created 3 characters, Erin Blake (Missing girl), Isla Hall and Amber Hocart (Erin's friends). We wanted these 3 characters to be relatable to our target audience of 15+, therefore we planned in advance the costumes of the character.
We wanted to create a relatable narrative, so we planned our settings and needed props/costumes in advance. We decided to film the montage in both an arcade and a school. We decided to film in a school because it is an everyday setting for most teenagers therefore our target audience can relate to it more.
We created multiple storyboards, one on prezi powerpoint and two on paper that include the different camera shots we were going to use and the duration the clips would last for. We also booked the places we wanted to film, for example we contacted Chelmsford Tenpin Bowling to ensure that we could film on their premises.
We filmed the footage hand held to create a sense that the footage was being filmed on a phone by the teenagers, therefore creates a first hand experience of the friendship for the viewer. We also used disposable cameras to take pictures and write the titles on the back of them.
We edited quite a lot of the footage. For the titles, we wrote them on the back of the disposable camera pictures and burnt them. In editing we reversed this shot to reveal the titles out of the flames. We had to then speed up the footage by 1000% to ensure the flames burnt quickly on the footage. We also changed the colouring and brightness of the footage, for the montage we made the lighting warmer to reflect the happy atmosphere and for the come home plea the lighting was bright and contrasted to the warm atmosphere therefore creating a harsh atmosphere.
Compared to my preliminary, the planning and research was more in depth and that consequently lead to a better constructed and well finished final clip. We found out that the planning was really important to get a good final piece. The planning needs dedication because every aspect needs to be planned out to ensure success. Editing was also improved. The editing was of a higher skill in our finished footage, and the time we took on this also led to a better, more rounded finished piece.
The finished film opening was of a way higher standard than the prelim task, and that is down to the planning and the longer time spent dedicated to this task.
Overall, I am pleased with my finished product. It reached the standard level I wanted and ticked all the boxes of looking professional and being appealing to my target audience. If I had more time to film it again I would change some of the script, for example "snapchat us",because whilst it brings the footage into present times it also distracts from the seriousness of the narrative.
Wednesday 18 January 2017
Prroduction Diary
Production diary
New production diary
1/11/12We were first put into our groups and we were told that we would be making our own film opening, our group was me , Lucy and phoebe. We first had a discussion of the genre of film we wanted to make and we spoke about different ideas that we had.
2/11/16-The next lesson we further discussed our ideas and decided on a teen drama where a young girl goes missing.3/11/16-The lesson after this we thought about names for our film, we researched a few phobias relating to loneliness and isolation we also thought of other things to do with these themes. We decided to use Panophobia, meaning the fear of everything .
5/11/16-The lesson after this we worked together to produce a PowerPoint presentation of all the ideas we had so far, we did this over the course of a few lessons and when we finished we presented to the class .
8/11/16-In the next lesson we made a shooting schedule , this included the locations , dates and times that we would be filming. We also made a storyboard for each scene and the shots that it would include and for how long each shot would last. In this lesson we also made a prop list that included prices.
9/11/16-The next lesson we spent researching different videos that we could get influences from, we looked at music videos that showed teen rebellion, loneliness and some videos that ha some reversed scenes in it.
10/11/16-The next lesson we made a mood board showing the themes that our film would include we also did a risk assessment or when we film.
11/11/16-The next lesson was spent by making the missing poster and writing the script/voiceover , before we made these things we spent a while looking at real life missing posters and looking at missing people websites to make sure that our poster looked realistic. We also looked at real missing pleas that were on YouTube , this would help with writing the script.
12/11/16-The next lesson we decided to change our location, because of our new location we needed to call up tenpin bowling to check if it was okay to film there , once we called up we were told to email them , we then did this and waited 48 hours for a reply.
13/11/16-The following Monday we began to film for the first time. We did this at my house after school and this is where we filmed the come home plea, in this scene Lucy and Phoebe acted and I was behind the camera.
14/11/12-The following lesson we went up to a quiet and empty classroom so that we could record our voiceover, we recorded it on both my phone and Lucy's camera, we did this to see what quality of sound was best.
15/11/12-The lesson in-between then and the second time shooting were spent editing the footage that we already had
16/11/16 -That Thursday we went to film at the arcade, we took a disposable camera with us to take the photos that we would later be burning. Here we filmed most of our scenes.
25/11/16-The next time we worked was on Sunday at around 5 o'clock, this is where we filmed the burning photos and the scene where the missing girl both holds the lighter and watches the come home plea on YouTube, we met in the evening because we needed it to be dark, we filmed this at Phoebes house.
27/11/16- The next lesson where spent editing and uploading the work we had done so far onto the blog, we also redid the story board adding in the shot types and times. We also decided on a song that would best match our film.
28/11/16- When our first draft was complete it was presented to the class , we looked at our feedback the next lesson and took some key point and typed them up. Whilst Phoebe and Lucy edited the following lesson I made the poster for the film.
29/11/12- The next lesson while Lucy edited me and phoebe began to think of different ways to market our film, we decided that two of the ways would be on social media and on buses. Phoebe made the poster for the bus and I made the twitter page.
30/11/12 -For the next lesson whilst Lucy edited we continued to upload what we had done so far on to our blogs and also looking over our feedback thought of different ways of improving our work.
02/12/16-The next lesson we retook some photos because on the feedback it said that some of the ones we had were unclear. We took these photos around school and it took us the whole lesson.
03/12/16- The next lesson we redid some shots so that we had more shots other than just at the arcade , we also did this around the school.
05/12/16-The next lesson Lucy edited and me and phoebe began to tick of the checklist.
6/12/16- We remade a version of the storyboard on prezi including all of the sots and scenes
7/12/16- We then decided on the institution of Film 4 and inserted there logo to the start of our film, we also used Phoebes logo and added that to the star
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