'Its Fate' - Final

Evaluation

Preliminary sequence - 'Feed the fish'

The preliminary tasks taught us a lot about filming and editing as we had to re film and re edit a lot of the footage. When we first started to film we made a big mistake and tilted the camera so it was portrait, making the footage different from other clips we had shot. When it came to editing we uploaded the footage to final cut express and this is where we noticed the camera difference so we had to rotate all the footage so it became equal. By doing this we learnt more from final cut , giving us more experience for when we had to film out main task. We tried to use as many shots as possible while making sure we did not make the film look uneasy towards the audience, for example we used extreme close ups to highlight the importance of the dialogue, making the atmosphere tense.  We also used long shots to capture the whole mise en scene and setting to inform the audience of where this is . Overall filming and editing the prelim task really helped us when it came to our final preoduction , it improved our knowledge and skills for final cut express which helped speed up the editing process.

Response to ideas for our group.

Overall I feel that our group choice was very successful as we hit certain targets of our initial plan ideas. I really enjoyed picking this genre as it was different from the rest of the class and was unique when it came together as a project. We wanted to create something different and explore different types of camera shots, music genre and skills when producing our ‘ rom-com’.  Rather than using fast tracks and typical shots we explored different camera shots to our sequence to keep it interesting and appealing. Our main idea for our sequence we used a parallel narrative, highlighting the separate lives of our characters and the outcome of what could happen later on. This idea came from the opening sequence of ‘Legally Blonde’, this appealed to us, as it was a great way to open up a sequence while introducing both characters at once and keeps the sequence flowing rather then being jumpy.  Our group choice was based on knowledge from films we had seen ourselves, for example, ‘ A Walk To Remember ‘, ‘Legally Blonde’ and typical teen flicks.  I enjoyed creating our idea from scratch as it let us be free with our own ideas when it came to filming cooperating different camera shots like a close up track , while using key iconic parts.

editing

We uploaded all of our footage today and began sorting out the order of the sequences . By uploading this footage we sson realised we were missing a key clip of showing us the location , we remembered we had a good clip in our prelim task , so we used that when moving locations from our characters homes to school.

planning part 4

After school i shot our final parts with Jack , Our main character . This filming did not take very long as everything went smoothly , however some shots were too dark but i added extra light to this footage making the sequence easier to see.

planning part 3

We have shot our first part of the sequence with Nicky , our main character . We have added extra shots and change some around , we added an extreme close up of her lips rather than her eyes .

planning part 2

Today we have shot our last part of the sequence . This took place on school grounds . We noted down the outfits of the characters to make sure when we film earlier footage we can re create the scene. We realised having an over the shoulder shot when one of our main characters was running was not very stable to we had to re shoot this and make the shot a lot shorter .

planning

Today we began planning who , when and where we could film. Some shots involved both characters however other shots involved only one actor/actress , so we had to organise which days we could film and where we could film.

Own initial ideas.

Our first initial ideas consisted of a similar storyboard and idea, however this was changed due to many problems and not being able to get certain props, for example our first plan involved our main character ‘ Nathan’ travelling to school in a car , we hoped we would be able to provide this but due to our age and circumstances we did not have access of a car so we changed this to a tracking shot of ‘Nathan’ walking to school with a friend. Our first ideas were still in the same genre, ‘rom-com’ as we only changed some shots, or storyline still was the same. Overall I found that it is hard to capture key narrative features and iconography for when creating a  ‘ rom-com’ film, as you need many iconic parts to make the film come across as this genre, I feel we captured this well with the music, shots and miss en scene.  The music we chose at the beginning gave a pop, feel good beat to get the audience involved an feel happy and intrigued into watching this while we used a light soft track for the moment the two characters meet to show a ‘spark’ and make this moment significant to the audience as well as being for the characters.

Planning

This is one of our fist plans when coming up with the idea of a 'Rom-Com' and coming up with the characters.

this is a basic plan we started to create for our character profiles.

this is a plan for our camera shots , it helped us plan which shot had which actor/actress so we could organise to film with them .

Our first storyboard

This page of the storyboard is were we changed our initial idea from using a car which you can see in the final product.

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'Jaws'- Opening sequence analysis

The sequence starts off with the institution logo appearing, ‘Universal’, the use of silence used creates and builds the atmosphere, while keeping the audience focused on the sequence, the light back ground music slowly fades out as the screen fades to black. This is very significant as the backing track that slowly starts is now very iconic and is known throughout the film industry. When the backing track first is heard the titles/credits are seen on the screen, the rhythm of the music is followed by the credits, which is non-diegetic and keeps the building the atmosphere of flow of the sequence. The building of the tensions is accomplished when the sound is repeated but steadily increases its speed, this is followed by a point of view shot which you assume is some sort of aquatic animal ‘ shark’, this creates the effect of the audience being this animal while informing the audience on what it is and its location however carrying on the atmosphere with the reoccurring music. The backing track is heavily increased and begins to be harsher as the adding of other instruments, for example added drums, trumpets and percussion, this creates a more full sound and deep pacy rhythm. The title ‘jaws’ is now seen on the screen, the font is very bold and thick with the slight curve on the letter ‘J’ has connotations of a fin or tail on a shark. The font is slightly shadowed having a 3D effect; the colour stands out from the dull background so it is easier to see and this is contradicting to the idea of not being a able to see a shark when in the ocean.

                                                                                                              

'Legally Blonde' - Opening Sequence Analysis

Legally blonde

 The sequence begins with the ‘MGM’ logo for the institution of the film production, quickly fading out leading the pop up beat music, this gives the audience a very happy and cheery connation’s for what is about the happen. The clip is then followed on by a blurred out back clip of blonde golden hair, this is the stereotypical ‘high school popular girl’ this works well with the music, giving off a ‘perfect’ I deal world for this character. This also matches to the lyrics of the background music, ‘ it’s a perfect day ‘ – this has a key importance as it subtly puts forward the idea o this character having a perfect life and something may disrupt it.  The font is clearly shown in this first clip, the pink glowing colour represents the ‘girlie’ side of the character but while linking to the themes of this opening sequence, which will be followed up later on. The font of the text is set out as if it had been written; it swirls and curls which has connotations of being written by a very girlie girl.  The clip is followed on by more titles but also fixes the back image so it becomes clear in seeing the main character brushing her hair. You start to see simplistic key important parts of putting the character together for example, her hands has silver bracelet, perfect manicured nails, a clean skin tone while brushing her hair.  After this its lead on to the next sequence of a track of a bicycle carrying an envelope, to which you later find out is intended for the main character. Throughout this sequence a parallel narrative is set out between the main character getting ready and an envelope making its journey to her.  This is very effective as it brings two narratives together while giving the audience full information. It may not be set out in real time, however this is good as realistically you would not be able to view all of what the director has wanted you to see and pick upon.

'The Dark Knight'- Opening sequence analysis .

i chose to analyse the opening sequence of 'The Dark Knight' , as it highlights and uses many different camera shots, editing features , mise en scene and certain locations to capture the threatening dramatic characteristics of the film. The sequence starts off with its opening credits , ' Warner Bros.' , 'DC' ...The sound starts as soon as the clips starts , acknowledging that it is set in a urban city , surrounded by skyscrapers , cars , shops etc. This has connotations of importance , high status within the characters and what is about to happen . The music begins with a ticking sound , this has connotations of a bomb or running against the clock . However this is then added with a pacy beat over lapping onto the ticking sound. The camera shot then tracks and zooms into a skyscraper , which is significant to the location because of what will happen next . The music begins to fade out , which draws the audience into the sequence which is the disrupted by the smashing of the window . This creates the atmosphere of disruption and crime . The editing of parallel narratives begins as we meet new criminals , and the main villain . The parallel narratives are a key importance to why i chose to analysis the opening sequence as we have cooperated it into our own film sequence . The parallel narratives help keep the story flowing while different things are happening at once , making the storyline stay together while finding out different things which will eventually all lead up together.This is where we are introduced to two of the criminals , the camera then tracks them as they go across to the other building , the shot then tilts and shoots down to the floor from the skyscraper , highlighting the height and dangers of the what is about to be taken place. The first part of the dialogue is heard when more of the criminals are introduced with in the sequence , most of all the dialogue is here to help the action flow , filling in specific details of what is happening but while describing the reason for this and the villain behind it all . which keeps the audience on the edge of who is leading this making them want to carry on watching it to piece together all the different sequences relating back to the parallel narratives from the dialogue .The camera then tracks the criminals as they break into the bank , this helps create the feeling of running away while helping us see a clearer view or where they are and their intentions , from this we find out they are breaking into a bank but we have had subtle hints from the dialogue before hand. The music then goes back to its pacy repetitive beat while staying non-diegetic giving the audience the feel of not being able to predict the consequences.