Pro's-
- The location which i can use being my house , it is a suitable size and can appear as alone and "by itself", this creating a good location and mise-en-scene
- The use of sound, you can experiment with different sound effects creating good effects
- It can easily be portrayed, within the first two mintues even if you are not telling the aduience much, the fact it leads you wondering what will happen as you are left in suspence
-You can create many enigma codes which can play on the audiences mind
- It can instantly be made dramatic and scary!
Con's-
- The use of light can be a problem, being able to portray the right kind of light without it being too dark where you can't see anything.
- Getting the right actors could be a problem, may be difficult to find people who are comfortable and acting out of their comfort zones.
- The sound effects which i use, could be seen as repetitive and not really creating any significant effect.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Monday, 1 November 2010
Analysis of Opening Sequence of Stephen Kings it.
Title: Stephens Kings it
Director: Brian De Palma
Genre: Horror
Once the titles are over, the music begins. The start is shown with pictures of past events in photo frames, these could be significant characters within the film or various past events, lots of enigma codes are thought of. The music which is played is slow and creepy, which is therefore typical of a horror film. A diegetic sound in which we hear is a childs laugh, the laugh comes across as un easy therefore puts you on the edge of your seat making you wonder what is going to happen. Whlist you can hear the child's laugh, the clowns laugh then get's mixed within the child's laugh, this signifies something bad will happen with the child and the clown, as they have been drawn together from the start. Soon is revealed and the clown murders the little girl, as expected, once this has happened there is a non- diegetic sound of slow music, the music instantly makes you feel smpathy towards the mother as she has just lost her little girl. As a typical horror convention there is use of a telephone phonecall, the person who is on the line is unknown with a distictive voice. Finally, to finish this scene there is a diegetic sound of somebody playing the piano, this creating a creepy uncomfortable atmosphere.
The enigma codes which soon arise within this opening sequence consist of, what are the pictures to do with at the start during the titles? why did the clown murder the little girl? and what happened to the little boy Georgie?
These enigma codes make you want to carry on watching the film to find out the answers later on.
The sheets which are in the washing line where the clown is, create a tense atmosphere as they are blowing in the wind and the little girl is not knowing what she is looking for/at. But surprisingly, the little girl does not look scared when she see's the clowns face, but intriged and happy. This makes you feel sorry for the little girl as she is obviously not knowing she is in danger, it almost makes you wish you could tell her and warn her! which again is a typical horror convention.
The props and costumes within the opening sequence play a major role, as the props such as the distinctive pictures at the start and the little girls bike are used as kay materials. The use of the little girls toy portrays her age and her innocence. Also, the clowns obscure costume is extremely different and disticant therefore he will be an obvious character who stands out.
The titles at the start stand out immdiatly, the expected black and white background (most horror films undertake these colours) go together well, the word "IT" is the followed with massive red writing, this also being a typical horror convention as red signifies blood and danger.
Director: Brian De Palma
Genre: Horror
The first character whom we see is a little girl, who in which is portrayed as cute and innocent. Similar to the other two opening sequences i have anaylised, she is young and blonde. The first diegetic sound we hear is the little girl singing which portrays her innocence and youth. As she is the main focus so far, and she is conveyed as cute, by herself and innocent, the audience instantly will guess something bad will happen to her shortly, as this is a typical horror convention. The killer (in this film being the clown) is introduced almost striaght away, this isn't always the case as the killers in most horror films are kept unknown for a while, however within this opening sequence the killer is soon revealed.
Once the titles are over, the music begins. The start is shown with pictures of past events in photo frames, these could be significant characters within the film or various past events, lots of enigma codes are thought of. The music which is played is slow and creepy, which is therefore typical of a horror film. A diegetic sound in which we hear is a childs laugh, the laugh comes across as un easy therefore puts you on the edge of your seat making you wonder what is going to happen. Whlist you can hear the child's laugh, the clowns laugh then get's mixed within the child's laugh, this signifies something bad will happen with the child and the clown, as they have been drawn together from the start. Soon is revealed and the clown murders the little girl, as expected, once this has happened there is a non- diegetic sound of slow music, the music instantly makes you feel smpathy towards the mother as she has just lost her little girl. As a typical horror convention there is use of a telephone phonecall, the person who is on the line is unknown with a distictive voice. Finally, to finish this scene there is a diegetic sound of somebody playing the piano, this creating a creepy uncomfortable atmosphere.
The enigma codes which soon arise within this opening sequence consist of, what are the pictures to do with at the start during the titles? why did the clown murder the little girl? and what happened to the little boy Georgie?
These enigma codes make you want to carry on watching the film to find out the answers later on.
The sheets which are in the washing line where the clown is, create a tense atmosphere as they are blowing in the wind and the little girl is not knowing what she is looking for/at. But surprisingly, the little girl does not look scared when she see's the clowns face, but intriged and happy. This makes you feel sorry for the little girl as she is obviously not knowing she is in danger, it almost makes you wish you could tell her and warn her! which again is a typical horror convention.
There is constant edits from the little girls face to the clowns face, which is seen as a clear edit. The continuous cuts throughout illistate the status of the clown and that he is seen as the bad scary character. There is the use of a cross- dissolve of when the man is reminded about the event with his son Georgie which is then followed with the women playing the piano. The piano almost signfies the emotion he is feeling, portraying the sadness. The use of the fade out which contines onto the next scene once the clown has killed the little girl, has a heart warming effect of upset for the mother to come out and find her daughter missing.
The use of the low angle shot portrays power within that shot, you are looking up to a character who therefore has alot of power over you, this is the connotation for this shot. This shot has been used to present the clown, instatly this proves the amount of power the clown has over Lorraine. The zoom in of a close up of her face shows her emotion, as i mentioned she looks happy to see the clown, this conveys her lack of knowledge as she is obviously very young, therefore doesn't see danger upon her like we do. The location is shown through the use of an extreme long shot of Lorraine riding her bike, this enables the audience to see the mise-en-scence and how alone she looks, portraying something bad will be coming her way. The opening sequence is located within a neighbourhood, despite the extreme bad weather the setting comes across more friendly than average horror films.
The use of the match-on-action shot creates a tense and suspence atmosphere, it keeps you alert. There are cuts of close ups of both the little girls face and the clowns face, to show the emotion of both of them as in this moment in time both of the characters are equally important. When the clown approachers the little girl, through the use of a point of view shot, this instantly makes you feel sorry for the little girl as she is helpless and not aware of the danger she is in, as at this point we know the clown means harm.
The iconography is important within this opening sequence, the old pictures in black and white at the beginning illistrate bad events will occur within this film, as the atmosphere is kept tense from the start. The little girl singing alone keeps the suspence atmosphere as it comes across as creepy as there are no other sounds. The killer being the clown, has an extremely distict look about him which is kept obvious throghout. The bad weather within the opening sequence with the stuck of lightning is a typical horror convention of extreme bad weather.
The props and costumes within the opening sequence play a major role, as the props such as the distinctive pictures at the start and the little girls bike are used as kay materials. The use of the little girls toy portrays her age and her innocence. Also, the clowns obscure costume is extremely different and disticant therefore he will be an obvious character who stands out.
The titles at the start stand out immdiatly, the expected black and white background (most horror films undertake these colours) go together well, the word "IT" is the followed with massive red writing, this also being a typical horror convention as red signifies blood and danger.
The actors names are shown whlist the pictures at the start are also presented on the screen, just as the titles are ending, there is an extreme transistion from an old photo, into a different photo which then becomes real life. This is a different and unique way of starting the film, creating tension.
I think the intended target audience are people of the age 18+ as so far the film comes across as uncomfortable and disturbing. Both genders could be intrested in this film, however i think it is more aimed at men as women generally will feel more sensistive about the children dieing.
Below is the opening sequence:
Analysis of Opening Sequence of Triangle.
Title: Triangle
Director: Christopher Smith
Genre: Horror
When the characters are first introduced the mother is crying, her vulreability is soon revealed, she has blonde hair and looks fairly young , this being a typical convention of a horror film. Sympathy is soon felt towards the little boy and the mother as we see her crying and the expression on the little boys face, as an audience we are unaware as to why she is crying. The mother is shown alone with her son, portraying her weakness in not having a strong man to keep her safe, this being another typical convention as she is known as alone with a son, therefore very vunerable. The fact that she is rocking her son back and forth portrays the comfort she is trying to give him, she is trying to reasure him that everything will be alright. As an audience at this point we are still unaware as to what is going on, therefore enigma codes are soon raised.
The enigma codes which are soon raised consist of, what was the little boy's dream? and does that have anything to do with her dream later on? Why is she crying at the very start? Who rang her doorbell? Why does she apologise to the man when she see's him? these enigma codes keep you wanting to watch more and find out the answers.
The sound throughout the opening sequence is soft and quite, this makes it slightly creepy. Once is begins, you can hear seagulls which illistrates the film will be based around the sea possibly, the fact that while these noises are ongoing the screen is kept black with titles coming up, this portrays the importance of the noises as they want the audience to pay attention to them. Slow diegetic music is then played which is carried on for a while, this creates an on edge atmosphere as it is creepy and slow. The music then increases an upbeat tempo with demonstrates the opening sequence developing and the story unfolding. A diegetic sound consisting of the lawn mower shows that there are other people around her and at this moment, she is not alone. As well as this, we can hear her breathing heavy which is another diegetic sound the effect this has is that the audience is cleary meant to hear this, therefore you associate her heavy breathing with worry, shock or fear. The music then progresses to become more like music you come across in a horror film.
Once we have met the mother and the son and the events of somebody knocking on the door and the paint on the floor are over, it then cuts to a different day introducing new people. This portrays these people are important as they are shown early on. Whilst the camera is moving along their street, it is seen as looking from somebodys point of view, whom we are unaware who at this point. Whilt this is obvious with somebody knocking on the door who then disappears, you then become to imagine that somebody (who we are not suppossed to know yet) is there. The camera movement is constantly slow, there are a number of different cuts to different things. The effect this has on the audience is that they are left not knowing the true picture as of yet, as different cuts are constantly changing. There is a close up of one of her son's toys, this portrays it has some kind of unknown signifacance. At the start when the mother and son are hugging, there is a close up and almost over the shoulder shot of both the mothers and her sons face, therefore you can see the emotion of both of them. After the slow camera movements, there is soon a fast zoom in of the mother when she comes to the door, this creates servere tension as the audience are wondering who is there, and so is the mother. The camera then pans round from the back of her head to the side of her face, which is then a long shot of the garden. This enables the audience to see beyond the mothers vision, this being a typical horror convention, letting the audience witness something the characters cannot.
The iconography is based around the expected characters (a women alone with her son) and the ironic suspeicious music. There is natural light throughout the opening sequence, therefore the expected dark atmosphere is not always portrayed within this opening sequence.
The titles within the opening sequence are kept running for quite a while, the white writing against the black background stands out therefore is easily understood. The black and white colours signify dullness and possible danger. When the title of the film comes onto the screen it has three different effects coming of it, emphasisng the title. The title is then faded into the centre with block capitals, keeping it simple and bold.
As the opening sequence doesn't give away too much, and is fairly suitable for younger ages. I would say the intended audience is for 15+ being both genders, however partically women as it seems like the film is based around them, as the main character is female.
Below is the opening sequence:
Director: Christopher Smith
Genre: Horror
When the characters are first introduced the mother is crying, her vulreability is soon revealed, she has blonde hair and looks fairly young , this being a typical convention of a horror film. Sympathy is soon felt towards the little boy and the mother as we see her crying and the expression on the little boys face, as an audience we are unaware as to why she is crying. The mother is shown alone with her son, portraying her weakness in not having a strong man to keep her safe, this being another typical convention as she is known as alone with a son, therefore very vunerable. The fact that she is rocking her son back and forth portrays the comfort she is trying to give him, she is trying to reasure him that everything will be alright. As an audience at this point we are still unaware as to what is going on, therefore enigma codes are soon raised.
The enigma codes which are soon raised consist of, what was the little boy's dream? and does that have anything to do with her dream later on? Why is she crying at the very start? Who rang her doorbell? Why does she apologise to the man when she see's him? these enigma codes keep you wanting to watch more and find out the answers.
The sound throughout the opening sequence is soft and quite, this makes it slightly creepy. Once is begins, you can hear seagulls which illistrates the film will be based around the sea possibly, the fact that while these noises are ongoing the screen is kept black with titles coming up, this portrays the importance of the noises as they want the audience to pay attention to them. Slow diegetic music is then played which is carried on for a while, this creates an on edge atmosphere as it is creepy and slow. The music then increases an upbeat tempo with demonstrates the opening sequence developing and the story unfolding. A diegetic sound consisting of the lawn mower shows that there are other people around her and at this moment, she is not alone. As well as this, we can hear her breathing heavy which is another diegetic sound the effect this has is that the audience is cleary meant to hear this, therefore you associate her heavy breathing with worry, shock or fear. The music then progresses to become more like music you come across in a horror film.
Once we have met the mother and the son and the events of somebody knocking on the door and the paint on the floor are over, it then cuts to a different day introducing new people. This portrays these people are important as they are shown early on. Whilst the camera is moving along their street, it is seen as looking from somebodys point of view, whom we are unaware who at this point. Whilt this is obvious with somebody knocking on the door who then disappears, you then become to imagine that somebody (who we are not suppossed to know yet) is there. The camera movement is constantly slow, there are a number of different cuts to different things. The effect this has on the audience is that they are left not knowing the true picture as of yet, as different cuts are constantly changing. There is a close up of one of her son's toys, this portrays it has some kind of unknown signifacance. At the start when the mother and son are hugging, there is a close up and almost over the shoulder shot of both the mothers and her sons face, therefore you can see the emotion of both of them. After the slow camera movements, there is soon a fast zoom in of the mother when she comes to the door, this creates servere tension as the audience are wondering who is there, and so is the mother. The camera then pans round from the back of her head to the side of her face, which is then a long shot of the garden. This enables the audience to see beyond the mothers vision, this being a typical horror convention, letting the audience witness something the characters cannot.
The iconography is based around the expected characters (a women alone with her son) and the ironic suspeicious music. There is natural light throughout the opening sequence, therefore the expected dark atmosphere is not always portrayed within this opening sequence.
The location seems preety friendly, which is not expected of a horror film, as there is no big house in the middle if no-where, this location almost seems nice. The mise- en- scene throughout is kept fairly to the point and basic, but then develops when they leave for departure on their boat. The suspiciousness of the paint being on the floor, leads to engima codes as the audience are clearly unaware of the reasons behide this. The atmosphere almost always seems on edge and arkward, the mother looks constantly tired, stressed and worried. This creates questions for the audience as you want to know why this is the case, the main reason why the mother is acting in this way.
The titles within the opening sequence are kept running for quite a while, the white writing against the black background stands out therefore is easily understood. The black and white colours signify dullness and possible danger. When the title of the film comes onto the screen it has three different effects coming of it, emphasisng the title. The title is then faded into the centre with block capitals, keeping it simple and bold.
As the opening sequence doesn't give away too much, and is fairly suitable for younger ages. I would say the intended audience is for 15+ being both genders, however partically women as it seems like the film is based around them, as the main character is female.
Below is the opening sequence:
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Analysis of Opening Sequence of Scream.
Title: Scream
Director: Wes Craven
Genre: Horror
Within the Narrative Context the killer and victom have already been introduced, and it soon becomes obvious he is going to do something to her. From the opening sequence, it seems that the film will be based around the events within this.
The Enigma codes which are soon raised vary, the instant question which comes to mind is who is the person on the phone to her, who is the soon to be killer. As well as this, you wonder what is going to happen to her, you want to know if she survives or not. You also begin to wonder why she takes an intrest to the person ringing her as she does keep picking up the phone to him, as well as this she tells him she doesn't have a boyfriend when she does, which is a question the audience will wonder. Enigma codes keep the audience on their feet and keep their eyes glued to the screen, as your questions will be answered throughout the film.
How the characters are established and represented are conveyed through obvious horror conventions, for example, the obvious convention for a horror film, the main character in the opening sequence being a women, blonde, alone and in a big house, this portraying how helpless she is, therefore an easy target.
Also, her boyfriend being known as "big" to try and save his poor girlfriend. The killer, has not yet been shown until later on in the opening sequence, you can only hear his voice through the phone, this conveys the suspeciousness and terror the character is experiencing making the audience want to see who he is. Another perfect convention, being the fact that you can only hear the killers voice therefore have no idea who he is, the use of the phone creates servere tension.
The Location in which the opening sequence consits of is a big house in the middle of no-where, with a very large empty garden where clearly no-one is about. This is the perfect location for danger to arise.
The editing techniques and their effects are used instantly, to start of with, there is a straight cut from the title to the phone ringing, which is a well known convention of a horror film, the effect this has on the audience is that you instantly know she is in danger. The rest of the opening sequence is filled with continuious cuts to create on going energy, this allows the audience to follow what is going on constantly, creating a dramatic and extreme effect.
The Camera techniques cause various effects on the audience. There are a number of slow zoom in shots, that bulid up tension allowing the audience to see the emotion the character is experiencing, also the camera plays the role of following the main character about, this demonstrates she is the main character at that precise time, therefore keeping the camera on her portrays something bad will be happening to her at one point. As soon as she picks up the phone at the beginning the camera movement known as a pan conveys how naive and innocent she is. Also, the opening sequence is filled with eyeline matches in order to portray what she is looking at which creates suspence.
The diegetic sounds in which we can hear is the telephone ringing and the phonecall between the killer and the women, this allows the audience to hear everything which is being said, so therefore you can almost feel her pain and worry. Half way through the opening sequence, the killer says to her "i want to know who i'm looking at" this instantly puts her into shock and the music in the background becomes louder and to the point creating dramatic tension, this is an example of non- diegetic sound within the opening sequence. Another diegetic sound is the dog barking through the middle of the opening sequence, this portrays that there is something around. As the phonecalls become more frequent and soon are shown as scary for her, the music is played more which is non- diegetic,as us as an audience can only hear it, and not the characters. This demonstrates how strange and obviously abnormal it all seems.
The Iconography is exteremely important as it demonstrates to the audience what the genre is and instantly sets the scene. Little things the women and the soon to be killer does conveys that it is a horror film, the use of the telephone ringing instantly creates tension, the fact that the converstation between her and the killer is converted to horror films themselves, shows that this film could be something to do with that. An enigma code such as why are they finding converstaion eventhough they don't know eachother, soon becomes awkward portraying that something bad must occur, as this isn't what normally happens (talking to strangers on the phone).
At the start the title appears as red, connoting blood with a black background, as well as this, there is screaming in the background to back up the name of the film and the obvious emotion horror films put you through. Also, it is set in night time with bad weather, looking cold with servere wind. The whole of her house is dark throghout, with little natural light in any of the rooms, this illistrates the typical characteristcs for a horror film. As the opening sequence progresses, the music builds up creating on going tension.
The Intended target audience I think are those who enjoy horror films from the age of 16-30, being both genders. This is shown to me by all the typical conventions within the opening sequence and their meanings, the expected phonecalls throughout creating drama for a younger audience.
The font for the title "scream" is in block writing, this instantly shows how serious and to the point it is. The title being in white, then changing to red to signify the danger and blood which will emerge later on.
Below is the opening sequence:
Director: Wes Craven
Genre: Horror
Within the Narrative Context the killer and victom have already been introduced, and it soon becomes obvious he is going to do something to her. From the opening sequence, it seems that the film will be based around the events within this.
The Enigma codes which are soon raised vary, the instant question which comes to mind is who is the person on the phone to her, who is the soon to be killer. As well as this, you wonder what is going to happen to her, you want to know if she survives or not. You also begin to wonder why she takes an intrest to the person ringing her as she does keep picking up the phone to him, as well as this she tells him she doesn't have a boyfriend when she does, which is a question the audience will wonder. Enigma codes keep the audience on their feet and keep their eyes glued to the screen, as your questions will be answered throughout the film.
Also, her boyfriend being known as "big" to try and save his poor girlfriend. The killer, has not yet been shown until later on in the opening sequence, you can only hear his voice through the phone, this conveys the suspeciousness and terror the character is experiencing making the audience want to see who he is. Another perfect convention, being the fact that you can only hear the killers voice therefore have no idea who he is, the use of the phone creates servere tension.
The Location in which the opening sequence consits of is a big house in the middle of no-where, with a very large empty garden where clearly no-one is about. This is the perfect location for danger to arise.
The Camera techniques cause various effects on the audience. There are a number of slow zoom in shots, that bulid up tension allowing the audience to see the emotion the character is experiencing, also the camera plays the role of following the main character about, this demonstrates she is the main character at that precise time, therefore keeping the camera on her portrays something bad will be happening to her at one point. As soon as she picks up the phone at the beginning the camera movement known as a pan conveys how naive and innocent she is. Also, the opening sequence is filled with eyeline matches in order to portray what she is looking at which creates suspence.
The diegetic sounds in which we can hear is the telephone ringing and the phonecall between the killer and the women, this allows the audience to hear everything which is being said, so therefore you can almost feel her pain and worry. Half way through the opening sequence, the killer says to her "i want to know who i'm looking at" this instantly puts her into shock and the music in the background becomes louder and to the point creating dramatic tension, this is an example of non- diegetic sound within the opening sequence. Another diegetic sound is the dog barking through the middle of the opening sequence, this portrays that there is something around. As the phonecalls become more frequent and soon are shown as scary for her, the music is played more which is non- diegetic,as us as an audience can only hear it, and not the characters. This demonstrates how strange and obviously abnormal it all seems.
The Iconography is exteremely important as it demonstrates to the audience what the genre is and instantly sets the scene. Little things the women and the soon to be killer does conveys that it is a horror film, the use of the telephone ringing instantly creates tension, the fact that the converstation between her and the killer is converted to horror films themselves, shows that this film could be something to do with that. An enigma code such as why are they finding converstaion eventhough they don't know eachother, soon becomes awkward portraying that something bad must occur, as this isn't what normally happens (talking to strangers on the phone).
At the start the title appears as red, connoting blood with a black background, as well as this, there is screaming in the background to back up the name of the film and the obvious emotion horror films put you through. Also, it is set in night time with bad weather, looking cold with servere wind. The whole of her house is dark throghout, with little natural light in any of the rooms, this illistrates the typical characteristcs for a horror film. As the opening sequence progresses, the music builds up creating on going tension.
The Intended target audience I think are those who enjoy horror films from the age of 16-30, being both genders. This is shown to me by all the typical conventions within the opening sequence and their meanings, the expected phonecalls throughout creating drama for a younger audience.
The font for the title "scream" is in block writing, this instantly shows how serious and to the point it is. The title being in white, then changing to red to signify the danger and blood which will emerge later on.
Below is the opening sequence:
Monday, 18 October 2010
Preliminary Task- Editing
Overall, the decisions in which we made for our final editing process were based around the intention of our narrative, creating anger throughout. This was presented through the use of quick cuts and a few cross dissolves in order to portray the emotion. We only made a number of small changes, within our storyboard we had a shot of the angry character banging their thist onto the table, due to the fact we couldn't fit this in while editing with any suitable cuts, we could no longer include this shot. Aswell as this, within our storyboard and animatic near the start we had a close up of the angry characters face which we planned to last approximately 2-3 seconds, as we ended up filming this free hand the shot became extemely shaky which led to us having to cut it down, therefore it was kept very short. On the other hand, these were the only changes in which we had to do as we were happy with our final animatic so stuck to it as best as we could. The changes in which we did make, however were mistakes that show we need to have better preparation for future editing tasks. As i have mentioned before, we tried our best to keep the school like things out of our narrative, unfortunauly we realised while editing that during an over the shoulder shot of one of our characters the tripod was left in the shot, this clearly demonstrates the mise-en-sence is very important. However, apart from this the mise-en-scene was just how we wanted it. Although the lighting was fairly dull, this portrayed the dull aggressive mood but wasen't that clear. The props in which we used, consisting of the table and chairs and the book one of the character reads worked well, in order for this to happen we had to move around alot of the other table and chairs in the classroom, so the room didn't look like a classroom! The expression and emotion we were hoping our characters would show wasen't always possible, the angry character didn't always keep a stern aggreeive look, however i don't think this effected our narrative and the people whom we chose are not actors, therefore they did well acting in our preliminary task.
The cinematography in which we chose to use was acheived throughout, the different camera movments such as a pan to the back of the characters head was shown as planned. Aswell as this, all of the shots worked well, apart from a close up of the angry characters face in which we had to cut down, this could of been achieved to a better standard if we didn't film a close up of his face whilst him walking, this illistrating we should of planned bettter.
The continuity rules such as the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot demonstrated how they are meant to look and the intention of them. The editing progressed the continity shots to convey there meaning such as to show on going energy from shot to shot. The music in which we used was the same music we used for our animatic, we decided to stick to this as we felt it created great tension throughout whlist fitting to our particular narrative. When the characters exchange dialogue to one another we faded out the music gradually as we felt it gives off a clearer effect rather than just cutting it off suddenly.
We managed the meet the breif exactly as the characters within our narrative did exactly what was asked of them "a character opens a door, walks across a room, sits down opposite another character and exchanges two sentences". We kept on refering back to the brief in order to make sure this was met. During the preliminary task i have learnt a number of continuity techniques and specific shot types to create the right effect, as well as this i have learnt how to edit shots effectivley creating the best effect on the intended audience possible.
Below is our finished task:
The cinematography in which we chose to use was acheived throughout, the different camera movments such as a pan to the back of the characters head was shown as planned. Aswell as this, all of the shots worked well, apart from a close up of the angry characters face in which we had to cut down, this could of been achieved to a better standard if we didn't film a close up of his face whilst him walking, this illistrating we should of planned bettter.
The continuity rules such as the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot demonstrated how they are meant to look and the intention of them. The editing progressed the continity shots to convey there meaning such as to show on going energy from shot to shot. The music in which we used was the same music we used for our animatic, we decided to stick to this as we felt it created great tension throughout whlist fitting to our particular narrative. When the characters exchange dialogue to one another we faded out the music gradually as we felt it gives off a clearer effect rather than just cutting it off suddenly.
We managed the meet the breif exactly as the characters within our narrative did exactly what was asked of them "a character opens a door, walks across a room, sits down opposite another character and exchanges two sentences". We kept on refering back to the brief in order to make sure this was met. During the preliminary task i have learnt a number of continuity techniques and specific shot types to create the right effect, as well as this i have learnt how to edit shots effectivley creating the best effect on the intended audience possible.
Below is our finished task:
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Top tips for filming!
In order to have an effective filming experience, you need to follow the following tips:
1. Make sure the location in which you choose is appropriate and suitable
2. Make sure all of the props you wish to use are prepared before hand
3. Make sure you vary your shot types to benefit your narrative
4. Make sure you choose reliable actors
5. Make sure you use the time effectively
Overall, you need to be organised and prepared before hand with the right props and location, as well as preparing effective shots and techniques that you will be using.
1. Make sure the location in which you choose is appropriate and suitable
2. Make sure all of the props you wish to use are prepared before hand
3. Make sure you vary your shot types to benefit your narrative
4. Make sure you choose reliable actors
5. Make sure you use the time effectively
Overall, you need to be organised and prepared before hand with the right props and location, as well as preparing effective shots and techniques that you will be using.
Filming Process
Overall, our filming was successful. In order for us to make it successful, we had to follow The Brief which consisted of "a character opens a door, walks across a room, sits down opposite another character and exchanges two sentences." As well as this, before we started filming we had to take under consideration the location, props and actors, which was something we learnt through the lessons before hand as the mise-en-scence is extremely important to empahsis the importance of your filming. For our narrative, the anger we were trying to portray needed a simple yet dull location, to empahasis the seriousness. As we only had one lesson so we were fairly limited in who was availaible to be in our narrative and where we were going to film, we decideded to film on the top of A block, using one of the classrooms. We thought this was the best area out of all of the school as the corrider in which we used is plain and simple, and so is the classroom. As we have learnt from this before, we tried our hardest to get any school like things from the background out of each shot such as boards etc. The lighting and background needed to emphasis the anger throughout our narrative. Aswell as this, the dialogue the characters exhanged worked extremely well, as the emphasis and anger was there throughout. For each shot we were able to deliver what we needed too, for instance the shot types and the emotion the character was experiencing. The filming techniques such as match on action and shot/reverse shot helped make the filming process effective in what we were trying to portray to the audience. The previous lessons where we learnt this was therefore very usefull.
I think that we matched the brief well, in order for us to show our first character opening a door we used match-on-action to portray the ongoing energy, this also showing the useful effect this technique has, to show the character walking across a room we used a long shot with moving subject walks into space this easily showing the audience the importance of the certain shot's. To show the characters sitting down opposite eachother and exchanging dialogue we used varied techniques consisting of the match-on-action technique, long shots, mediam shots, close ups and extreme close ups, this all enablying the audience to get the true meaning of our narrative and to fit the brief precisely, which i feel we did with our own interpretation on it.
Our characters being Luke and Sally were very good at portraying the emotion needed, this then therefore helped us concentrate on the shots in greater detail. However, although we tried our best to make the location suitable for our narrative by removing or avaoiding anything school like in the background, this was not always possible therefore the emotion we were trying to create wasen't always what we wanted due to the mese-en-scence. This suggests that for future filming with more avaibile time the location needs to be thought out and planned to a better standard. From going over the different shot types and learning new techniques needed to make shots more effective, i definitely now feel far more confident in applying my knowledge for my courcework.
I think that we matched the brief well, in order for us to show our first character opening a door we used match-on-action to portray the ongoing energy, this also showing the useful effect this technique has, to show the character walking across a room we used a long shot with moving subject walks into space this easily showing the audience the importance of the certain shot's. To show the characters sitting down opposite eachother and exchanging dialogue we used varied techniques consisting of the match-on-action technique, long shots, mediam shots, close ups and extreme close ups, this all enablying the audience to get the true meaning of our narrative and to fit the brief precisely, which i feel we did with our own interpretation on it.
Our characters being Luke and Sally were very good at portraying the emotion needed, this then therefore helped us concentrate on the shots in greater detail. However, although we tried our best to make the location suitable for our narrative by removing or avaoiding anything school like in the background, this was not always possible therefore the emotion we were trying to create wasen't always what we wanted due to the mese-en-scence. This suggests that for future filming with more avaibile time the location needs to be thought out and planned to a better standard. From going over the different shot types and learning new techniques needed to make shots more effective, i definitely now feel far more confident in applying my knowledge for my courcework.
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