Final Piece

This is the video of my final piece, with all the sound and editing etc.

Media Evaluation on Prezi :)

here is the hyperlink to my media evaluation on Prezi:

http://prezi.com/pybqtoohxg1z/

Mondays Progress

Tomorrow (Monday), me, Luke and Lewis plan to finish our OTS. All we need to do now is to find a sound/piece of music to be played behind our filming. We have decided that the music will include only violins, played in a minor key or something like that! This is to make the OTS less boring a keep the audience more entertained than without music etc.

Also tomorrow I will try to put the original recording of our OTS on my blog, to show our progress and our mistakes etc.

Today's Progress

Today Lewis, Luke and me went out to rerecord a clip we weren't very happy with. This is the scene were we see one character get shot in the alley way. We didn't want to keep this as we thought it looked too unreal as the character was kneeling after he got shot, which is an unlikely position after getting shot! We decided this time to have the character sitting down in an abnormal position. This then made the scene far more believable! We then edited the scene to match it to the other scenes (changing contract and making scene black & white). Although we have finished recording our audio/voiceover, and uploading them, we still need to add them to our OTS, then it'll be finished.

Editing our OTS

Today Lewis, Luke and me started to edit our OTS using iMovie. We are all now familiar with the software having using it more, making it easier and faster to work with! We haven't finished editing the whole thing, this is because we still need to cut out scenes which we don't need. And also we are going to re-record some scenes as we thought we could do far better (alley way scene). Also today we started to work on the voice-overs for our characters.

Luke has talked about what/how/why we edited our OTS on his blog................

Photos for Original OTS

Lewis took some photos of the scenery/mise-en-scene from our original OTS.

Here is the link for the photos!

http://lewissurridge.blogspot.com/2010/02/phots-of-scenary-of-our-ots.html

Story for Final OTS

After having feedback from our classmates, we decided to film again. The main reason for this is because the audience wanted to know why the man was running away from something, and what that something was. We when decided as a group to add a clip to the start of our OTS to show why the man was being chased. After filming and uploading to the computer, we realised that the small clip was roughly 2 minutes, so we may need to trim it slightly!

Semiotics

Semiotics is the use of a sign or signifier in a media presentation, its the way a symbol is used by a director etc to signify something in the production, such as an alley way is used alot in scary films and has now become a signifier as we are used to an alley way leading to danger. when semiotics is applied it is used to raise awareness of the subconsious effects of the image, such as a gun doesn't just signify a gun to americans it signifies manlyness and pride and patriotism, this is because different signs mean different things to different cultures. to have the effect of semiotics in our OTS we are using an alley way in our OTS as it instantly signifies something bad is going to happen and therefore creates tension for our OTS which fits well for our film noir theme.

Original OTS

This is our original storyboard for our original OTS.

Our first scenes are basically shots of the villan walking, hiding from someone. We used closeups, extreme closeups, over the shoulder shots, pans etc.







These shots are basically the same, using over the shoulder, closups, panning showing his legs etc. The end scene is shown so that two people are in the shot, with dramatic shadows.

Today's Progress

Today we recorded the starting of our OTS. After watching our original OTS, we felt as if there was a big chunk missing from it. We had some feedback from the class and they asked why the character got shot, and who by. We finally thought of adding a clip before, showing why the man shoots the other character, giving the audience more of a story to relate to. We will record the rest of our film thursday morning. This will work well as the brightness will have changed. This will work because the next clips are set a few days later.

We filmed in an alley way in Sprowston. This is where the first shooting takes place. We have included many different camera angles/shots. These include, closeups, extreme closeups, pans, tracking, over the shoulder, point of view, and some canted angles.

Thursday we are planning on just improving our original OTS. Firstly we will have a tripod to steady our shots. We have now also got better props such as the gun! We will use a wider range of camera techniques, and more closeups.

Norwich Cinemas (Viewing Times)

Cinema City

http://www.britinfo.net/cinema/cinema-listings-1003700.htm

Hollywood Cinema

http://www.britinfo.net/cinema/cinema-listings-1004175.htm

Odeon Cinema

http://www.britinfo.net/cinema/cinema-listings-1004131.htm

Vue Cinema

http://www.britinfo.net/cinema/cinema-listings-1004152.htm

Re-recording Our OTS

After filming/editing our OTS, we've decided as a group to film again as we believe we could have done better. Learning from our mistakes, we will use a Tri-pod for when its needed e.g. Panning etc. We will be recording tomorrow morning as we have monday mornings off! We have also managed to take more props such as a BB Gun etc.

Empire Cinema - Sunderland Viewing Times

This link shows what is on in the Empire Cinema and what times they are on etc.

http://www.britinfo.net/cinema/cinema-listings-1056542.htm

UK's Box Office 22-24 January 2010

Here is the link that shows the UK's Box Office form the 22nd to the 24th of January

http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/article/16381/UK-Box-Office-22---24-January-2010

Today's Progress

Today, me Luke and Lewis gathered together to film our Opening Title Sequence. We took the schools camera and our storyboard. The weather was quite good for what we wanted to achieve, however if it was slightly darker it would have been more dramatic as there would have been shadows etc. learning from this mistake, we will think about the timeing in future so that the lighting is right for the style we wish to achieve. We also tried to edit our final recordings.

We found difficulty editing because we were a bit unexperienced with iMovie as we hadn't used it in a while. We will overcome this by asking how to do the uploading properly, or using iMovie 09 on my laptop. When we have done that, we will then decided what the voiceover is going to say, what our OTS will be called, and whether we should make our OTS black & white or not. These will all be descussed in our next gathering.

Camera Angles We May Use For Final Project

For our final project/recording, i have thought about what camera angles we may use.

We wish to make our project mysterious and we will follow this idea by using camera angles such as pans and tracking etc. This is so the audience will see the character but not see their faces. i've looked at camera angles such as:

• Close-ups - This is when the camera is focusing on the characters face, showing the emotions on the characters face.
• Extreme Close-ups - This is where the camera zooms in on the face to show even more emotions and get an idea of what the character was thinking.
• Shot Reverse Shot - Means repetative shots. For example, we were thinking of using this is our last scene. Let's say I use an over the shoulder shot over character 1, character 2 will be shown. Then it would go on so then there is an over the shoulder shot of character 2 looking at character 1.
• Over the Shoulder Shot - This is where the shot shows half of the character and their shoulder. It gives the empression that we are standing behind the character that is in the scene.
• Framing - This is when the subject is in the middle and surrounded by something else. This makes the character stand out more so the focus is more on the character. Because our filming will be in mousehold woods, we will be surrounded by trees etc. will is ideal for our characters to stand out.
• Reverse Tracking - This is when the camera zooms out from the character who is moving away from the camera. I do not think we will use this technique as it is not very relevent for the style/mood we wish to create!
• Tracking - Tracking is where the camera is following the character/subject which gives the empression that we are following the subject. We will use this because it makes the scene tense and adds mystery.
• Pan - Standing for Panoramic View. This is when the camera moves from side to side, showing the whole landscape. It is also used for when the camera is following the charcter. We will use panning as our main character runs a lot in our OTS so we will use Panning to capture him.
• High Angle Shots - This is when the camera is higher than the subject, making the subject look small and powerless. Also making the audience feel bigger.
• Low Angle Shots - This is when the camera is lower than the subject, making the sebject look big and powerful.
• Canted Angle Shot - This is where the camera angle is tilted/not straight. This is used either to make the scene disorientated or just to fit in a longer view.

Group Meeting (Deciding our Roles)

Today our group had a meeting. We then discussed what our progress in media was like and how we could organize our blog, orginize what we are doing e.g. filming, editing and when we are going to meet etc.
I have already created a storyboard to outline what our OTS will include, such as characters, mise-en-scene, lighting, location etc.
All three of us will start to film on Monday morning. This will be in Mousehold as it is a perfect place for lighting, and our decided location. We haven't yet decided who are two characters will be, however we will pick two people before monday. These will be male characters.
Luke will be sorting out the editing and sound.
Lewis will be sorting out the Photos and filming.

Script and Storyboard for OTS

I took the role of writing/making a storyboard for are Opening Title Sequence. As the OTS has to be based around film noir, we decided to use similar camera angles such as extreme close ups etc. The OTS is set in Mousehold woods as we wanted a man to be running away from another man, seen at the end of our OTS. i've decided to use many dramatic shots including silhouettes, long shadows etc. Because Mousehold has many open spaces, we will record most of it. For example, i have included a scene where the character is running from one side of the shot, to the other side. I thought that if the characters have their hoods up, it may make the OTS more believable as our characters will be teenagers. This would also seem more modern etc. When we start to edit the clip, we will most likely make the whole thing black and white to mimic film noir's genre. I believe that if we include very little sound effects, the clip will become more tense and mysterious.