Friday Filming Session Evaluation

Friday Filming Session Evaluation

On Friday we had an whole day to finish filming our final thriller film opening, so we had to start working at quick pace to make sure we finished. There was a list of 52 shot devised and all of them had to be filmed, at the right angle with correct lighting. To get this to work properly we film each shot two or three times from different angles and with different lighting so when editing we had a lot of footage to choose from and obviously some shots would look better than others. Fortunately we did finish filming in time and also had enough time to check over our footage and separate the good from the bad. This would make it easier when editing and if in need to film certain again, we would know which ones. Overall the day went very quickly and we worked efficiently as a group to film our Thriller opening to a good standard.

Tuesday Filming and Editing Session

Tuesday 12th Filming Session

Last Tuesday it was time to start filming our final thriller film, unfortunately we should have started the Friday before, but some of our group including myself did not attend that session. However on the Tuesday we were allowed to start filming. We went out to film in our location but it was sadly occupied so we decided to film our flashbacks which we were incorporating into the thriller film. The flashbacks  filmed were kept very simple because we were only producing an opening and it shouldn't give to much of the whole film away. So to make the flashbacks effective I needed to use editing skills. After we finished filming the flashbacks, as a group we went back and I started editing the footage. After roughly an hour I had finished editing our shots and we were one step closer to our final product.

Joel Ryan,

Prelim evaluation

From creating our Prelim we have come across some technical difficulties and have learnt many new skills, which can help us when filming our opening sequence for the thriller. We have recently learnt that all the footage filmed will not be used for our final product and we were only able to produce less than 2 minutes worth of footage. In the future, we aim to record more clips than needed so that we have a variety of choices when editing. Another problem that we encountered with was the tripod, because we filmed in front of a reflected screen (the glass doors) we were able to see the camera and tripod when filming. While editing we became aware of the gap above our actors heads, unfortunately we were unable to change this as we had a limited time to film, but when we begin filming for our thriller we would position the camera so that there will be no extra space above their heads. From creating our digital storyboard beforehand, it enabled us to plan what different types of shots we wanted to use such as close up, shot reverse shot, panning and many more. By shooting the same scene twice but from different angles, we were able to limit the amount of continuity issue we would have faced which made our prelim flow easily and seem as if it was happening in one shot. By creating our prelim we have learnt how to add text, change the font and move the positioning of it by using the wireframe. For our thriller opening, to improve our clip we will make time to create a soundtrack on soundtrack pro to make it seem professional and more enjoyable to watch. Overall the creation of our prelim was successful because we have learnt new editing skills, have become aware of any problems that may occur and can change our planning/filming methods to prevent it from happening again.

Final Prelim Film.

Prelim Storyboard.

Our Pitch (Powerpoint)

Friday Filming Lesson Supplement.

  
    Friday Lesson Filming Lesson Supplement. [Friday 8 february]

    

Due to the fact that three of our peers did not turn up, myself (Torian) and Kevin Owusu could not               film the important parts of our Film. This meant that we had three hours to kill and so i decided to take shots of our MISE - EN - SCENE and talk about them.

The picture above shows 

The picture above shows a two pair's of freshly bought shoes that we bought as props. one branded 'Antonio' and the other branded 'Clarks'. All five members of our group chipped together to make up enough money to buy the two pairs of shoes. We bought two pairs of shoes because we were unsure of the characters' personality of whom we were buying them for. The first pair of shoes on the left, the Clarks, were bought because they give off a sinister kind of feel. This would link to the characters personality due to the fact that he is a serial killer. The second pair of shoes, on the left, were chosen because they kind of give off a kind of a sophisticated aura and if used on the character, it would give off an even more sinister impression because it'll make him seem sophisticated and intelligent, and more so, knowing what he is doing (killing people). basically, it'll give the impression that he is in the right frame of mind when he is killing these people making him seem more sinister. 

The picture above shows the two pairs i mentioned earlier. However, also included in the picture is  a pair of 'Primark' branded trousers. Members of the group brought this in to use as a prop. We decided to use trousers instead of something like jeans or tracksuit bottoms because it makes the wearer (the killer)seem more sophisticated

Foley sounds

Foley Sounds

Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects which are added in post production to enhance the quality of audio for films, television, video, video games and radio. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass. The best Foley art is so well integrated into a film that it goes unnoticed by the audience. It helps to create a sense of reality within a scene. Without these crucial background noises, movies feel unnaturally quiet and uncomfortable.

Foley sounds are used to enhance the auditory experience of the movie. Foley can also be used to cover up unwanted sounds captured on the set of a movie during filming, such as overflying airplanes or passing traffic.

we must understand that sound is an extremely key element to be ever used, sound has many effects, it helps build tension, settle the tone or even to imply a certain thing is a different way, sound has many more important ways to portray different meanings and so on.

After watching the Foley sounds clip, I learnt numerous things about Foley sounds. For instance, initially I thought all diagetic sound was created within action. I thought soundtracks were the only sound that were edited into the action, But after watching the clip I realised apart  from dialogue, the majority of sound is created individually and then edited into the action post production in order to support dialogue and action.

The clip has made me realize the importance of sound and editing, and the link between the two micro elements and I have also realized how much sound is altered before being part of the final production.

Intertextuality

Intertextuality

Intertexuality refers to the visual references between two films where one film has ‘borrowed’ aspects from the other which audience members may be able to recognize.

Psycho is a very famous thriller and the opening sequence creates a lot of meaning and sets a pace of the film. The audience may recognize certain camera angles, aspects of Mise en scene, and snippets of sound or methods of editing in some films that you have seen in others.

In addition it is more commonly known for its famous and thrilling scene in where the woman is viciously murdered in the bath and this scene has been recreated many times.

Here are many examples which show how intertextuality was used, where the scene from ‘psycho’ was used in other film but interpreted differently.

What lies beneath:

'what lies beneath' was released in 2001 and it had borrowed few aspects from 'psycho', the scene were we see a man take the woman to the bathroom and this location for a murder, it was purposely used so the audience will notice the similar pattern through the use of certain props for example the shower head being turned on as the woman lays dead was a particular similarity.

Fatal attraction:

In 1987 the film 'fatal attraction was released and in addition to ‘what lies beneath’ this film had also borrowed aspects of the film ‘psycho’, one scene consists of an outbreak in the bathroom were two men are picture fighting and being violent, the fact that it is location of this scene was in the bathroom, now become a thriller convention as its famous debut in psycho proved to be popular amongst the audience who will associate the scene with that film.

he stepfather:

Moreover the film stepfather was used scenes which were reacted from the film ‘psycho’, were a women is being chased up the stairs into the bathroom by a man with a knife, this shows where again a murder occurs in this scene therefore this shows the aspect of death and thriller associated with a bathroom scene. This scene has been repeatedly used in many different thriller films. This is an abstract and popular decision as it most definitely created tension and suspense.

Farha 

Prelim Evaluation

Prelim Evaluation

From making our Prelim I have learnt a lot because there was good things and bad things which we could have improve on.Luckily when  making our actual thriller film opening we will. Firstly, the good things which came out of our thriller was that we have improved our filming skills a lot since we lasted filmed our Film Remake. It seems we decided to step up our game and incorporate a greater variety of shots into our work which makes it more interesting. Also we have seemed to reduced the amount of mistakes we usually make when filming for example when we made Film Remake we missed out a scene.

If we had some more time on our hands when producing our prelim we would have got even better marks because some of it ended up being rushed because we were running out of time. We also had a lack of planing and personally I believe this affected us when making our film. From this I have learnt that the planing stages of our actual thriller film opening our going to be essential because weak planning will result to a weak film opening.

We also need to be more aware of the mise en scene around the frame of the camera, because when shooting our prelim their was a shot where a tripod was clearly visible in the footage. This made our work look a little unprofessional which most likely lost us marks.

When evaluating the editing stage of the producing the prelim, I don't think it went that badly, we manage to get the footage flowing naturally and shots matched well. We also used slow motion in a shot which really added some extra feeling to the prelim. The downside to the editing was that once again we did not get to add all the titles to the Prelim which is a little bit disappointing. This happened because we ran out of time. But now knowing this when we create our actual thriller film opening we would have to managed our time organization more

Joel Ryan,

Our Draft - 1/02/2013

Our draft Idea is a psychological thriller opening where we show footage of an anonymous serial killer analysing the victims he has previously murdered and ones which he will kill in the future . Today we went and viewed our location where we took a look around and took pictures of the '' victims '' who are going to be in our film. The people we used in the main pictures where people from our class.