Evaluating the Rough Cut

Overall, I think the rough cut was pretty decent. The shots were filmed really well and the sequence in which they went in really suited the theme. I loved the variety of different shots included but the jump cuts could have happened quicker to create more suspense.

Ways to improve:

• Since our inspiration came from the film Se7en, we would like to make it similar to that but soe far it's very far from it. To make it more similar we could use a variety of multiple shots and overlaying ones too just to make it more upbeat and thriller like.
• Some scenes seem to be all over the place so this could be fixed by us making sure that every scene is in the right place and makes sense. 
• More meaning could've been portrayed by the rose so in a way we could involve the object more,either filming more shots of the rose or by making sure that the message is portrayed to the audience correctly.
• Music will completely change the atmosphere and enhance the title sequence so making sure we pick the right track will be a game changer.

Evaluating the rough cut

Title sequence rough cut

Evidence of editing of first rough cut.

First we had to create gradient overlays in photoshop to get the right effect on the clips.

 Then we cut all the clips and placed them in the right order

Then we applied the previously made overlays to the clips. with slight varieties of brightness and positioning.

 Finally, we rendered and exported the video.

Evidence of filming

Before filming, we had to create and collect our props and also pick our location.We filmed on three days, it took us two lessons to finish getting together our mise-en-scene, creating our link chart and filling in the diary. Our filming days were very busy even though we were only located in one room, on the last day of filming we went out to film our establishing shot of the front of a building.

Feedback Recieved

Whilst doing our pitch our teacher and peers were evaluating us and gave us feedback at the end, here is what they had to say:

Rebecca our teacher: "The choice of mise-en-scene is great and very well thought out and detailed, there is a clear story line and you explained it very well. You should make sure the title is followed by more action so it doesn't look like a trailer and don't forget an establishing shot"

One group said that they like our ident and they thought the plot seemed very interesting.
Another group suggested that we could have used more images in our pitch however they liked our style of presentation and the use or Prezi and Slides.

Well done:

• Very detailed about ideas and what is going to happen.
• Original
• Well explained
• Detailed mise-en-scene
• Great ident 
• Interesting
• Good style of presentation 
• Good examples

What next:

• Record sounds
• Photo of room 333
• Establishing shot
• More lighting
• Target audience research 
•  Use more media and visuals eg. photos, videos

The Pitch

The Pitch 14) Technology Skills Audit by Sophie Barber

So far we  have used software such of Premier Pro and Adobe after effects which allow us to edit and add titles to our footage.

 I have also used Prezi and Slides which allow me to present my work in a more creative way. Padlet was also use fall as we created a mood board of the things we wanted in our film and what other films had inspired us.
An easy way we found to show what our film was about was by creating a Wordle which is a brunch of words that descried our film or are featured in it. I also used Giffs, these are a fun way of showing a tiny snippet of the film just to show the genre or a certain aspect.

The Pitch 13) Risk assessment by Sophie Barber

Here are some possible risks that may occur while we are filming:

• We are going to use a lighter and a candle so there is a risk that one of us may burn ourselves, to prevent this we must take extra care while handling fire.
• There is also a knife used in our opening section so we must be careful and not mess around while using it.
• We are writing on a mirror using lipstick, this is not a huge risk however we need to make sure it is stable and will not fall over.

The Pitch 12) Production schedule

Production schedule

Monday 23rd November- Planning our mise-en-scene
Thursday 26th November- Creating props like notebook and pictures.
Monday 30th November- Filming
Thursday- 3rd December- Filming
Monday 7th December- Filming
Tue/Wed 8th/9th December - Filming (if necessary)
Monday 14th December - Editing

The Pitch 11) Cinematic Details by Sophie Barber

This is the story board for our opening sequence. The titles will appear of the moving images. In the first section there will mainly be panning and tracking and medium shots. In the second section there is an over the head shot of the woman and the desk and a lot of close ups of the objects. In the third section there are also more close ups and a side shot of her arms while she is walking. In the fourth section there is a quick shot of her reflection in the mirror and a shot form behind, then the candle is blown out and the screen goes completely blank and the title will appear.

 

 

 

 

The Pitch 10) Title Credits by Piotr Ochmanski

The Pitch 9) Sound Design by Sophie Barber

We have not fully decided what sounds and music we would like in our title sequences, however here  are a few strong ideas.
I think there should be a slow, quite piece of eerie music playing in the background, I have found one that I really like. I think it would be even better with the sound of a cassette tape rewinding over the top.


This is the piece of non-diegetic sound that I thought would work well.


This is the sound of the cassette tape which I think would sound great over the top of the music as the main character, Rose has a bundle of cassette tapes on her desk which are dated and I think it would create a good link by adding in this Foley sound. We would easily be able to record this ourselves with the right equipment.

We would also use other diegetic sounds such as The opening and closing of a draw, the sound of a pencil writing on paper, a flame flickering, a doorbell ringing, soft foot steps, the sound of a candle being blown out and the flicking on of a lighter.
These sounds have not been record yet however they will be one of the first things we do before filming.

I like the sound used in the opening sequence to Sweeney Todd by Tim Burton  this is because there is also a piece of tense, eerie music and over the top are diegetic sound such as rain drops, cogs turning, blood dripping, the sound of flames, water running and oven doors closing.

The Pitch 8) Mise-en-scene - Props and costume by Sophie Barber

THE PITCH - 7) Mise-en-scene : Location&Setting by Kezia Naykene

The location for our title sequence is very basic and uncomplicated. We are filming the whole thing in a dark black room and adding our own props such as tables and candles. Our location appears to be in a house but can actually be filmed anywhere with a dark black space.

Ideally in the room there will be a table and chair placed against the wall which is where the main character is going to be sat. On the table there will be placed a notebook, candle, love notes and other gifts that the woman has previously received from her ex's. The room  is going to be very dark and depressing because it represents how the individual is feeling and what she's constantly surrounded by.

THE PITCH - 6) Audience Detail by Kezia Naykene

THE PITCH - 5) Institutional Detail by Kezia Naykene

This is our Ident that will come before the opening titles start.

THE PITCH - 4) Representation by Kezia Naykene

In the title sequence the main character being the psycho ex girlfriend will be introduced as she is the main part of the whole thing. She is portrayed as very violent and psychotic seeking revenge for all the hurt caused. No social groups are evident in our opening.

The Pitch 3) What Genre of film is it? by Sophie Barber

We have chosen to do a thriller because we all  love the opening to the film 'Se7en' and it has been a huge inspiration for us.
I was interested in doing a Thriller because of the amount of detail needed and to close up intricate shots, I also like the use of panning and tracking which we will use quite a bit. In openings to thrillers the aim is to create slight suspense and mystery, we do this in ours as our characters full identity is only shown for a split second and at first her desk looks normal until  you get closer.

Here are some close ups from Se7en that gave us some inspiration for the shots we have decided to do:

 

The Pitch 2) What type of title sequence is it? by Piotr Ochmanski

The Pitch 1) The Film by Sophie Barber

Analysing the use of sound in previous students title sequences (task 28)

Blogging health check 1

At the moment i am not up to date and my blogs lack quality. i need to catch up as well as improve my already existing blogs.

22) Blogging Health Check 2

I have made an attempt on catching up with my blog posts however i am still not completely up to date.  i have also began using more different forms of media for my posts, like prezi or using gifs and images. I still need to go back to my first few posts and improve those.

Blogging Health Check 2

In response to this feedback, I will keep up with my work and complete all tasks due. I will make sure that I spend at least 4 hours a week on blogging and that I continue to use a variety of different techniques. Also, from now on my posts will be in the correct order so that my blog is more put together.

Blogging health check 2

I still need to catch up and start making my blogs more in depth. I feel like i have got better but i need to put more time into my work. i will start to use a lot more technology onto the blog and be up to date.

17) Genre shortlist.

The genre we are most likely going to be creating our title sequence with is thriller. This is because we find it easier to come up with good ideas for this genre, we also think that the title sequence for a thriller is the most interesting and entertaining.



The title sequence of Se7en is a classic example of a thriller, and it is very interesting and engaging, it just makes you want to watch the whole film.

I would also enjoy creating a Crime title sequence. This is because I enjoy crime movies and I have many ideas on creating a good Crime title sequence

15) The importance of sound in film

Sound is used in film to establish tone, atmosphere and to help give the audience clues about the plot, characters or identify the genre of the film. For example if the music is fast and upbeat, the genre will most likely be action, whereas if its slow and moody, it suggests the movie will be a thriller or horror.







Sound in general is what you hear, whereas a soundscape is all sound and a sound design is what sound you choose to use in your film.
Sound in general is very important to the film, for example, in our lesson we watched the opening to the shining twice, once with sound and once without. We found out that without sound it's extremely boring and uninteresting, you also can't tell what the film will be about, perhaps about a happy family going on a road trip.



However with sound we find out that the plot is exactly the opposite of that, the eerie music suggest that something bad is going to happen and that the family is in danger.

14) Conventions of a thriller.

A thriller usually consists of a battle between the protagonist and the antagonist. We follow the story of the protagonist as they seek justice and antagonist tries to kill them.

Main conventions include:

• Tense music
• Slow music reaching a climax.
• Jump cuts
• Dark lighting
• Shadows
• Protagonist running away from the Antagonist 
• (Extreme)Close ups

A good example of a movie that follows most of these these codes and conventions is The Dark Knight Rises.

13) Analysing 3 title sequences.

Se7en:

There aren't many macro elements in this title sequence as we don't really learn anything about the characters or plot. However we do find out that the movie is more or less about a murder.

Micro elements: The only shot type in the title sequence is extreme close up of objects or hands, the music was eerie and the lighting was dark.

Order of Titles: 

New line cinema presents

Arnold Kopelson production

film by David Fincher

Brad Pitt

Morgan Freeman

SE7EN

Gwyneth Paltrow

Richard Roundtree

R. Lee Ermey

John C.McGinley

Julie Araskog, Mark Boone Jr

John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey, Peter Crombie

Hawthorne James, Michael Massee, Leland Orser

Richard Partnow, Richard Schiff, Pamala Tyson

Casting By

Music By

Costume by

Edited

Production Design

Direcor of photography 

Co-Porducers

Co-Executive Producers

Executive Producers

Written By

Produced By

Directed By.

Gone Girl:

Macro elements: We are introduced to 2 characters, a man and his wife. From the beginning of the title sequence we find out that the man is evil as he thinks about cracking his wife's skull open. We also see that the movie is set in the suburbs.

Micro elements: Many establishing shots of buildings and other landscapes. There are some long shots of the man, this shows us more about the area he lives in. The music in the background is quite calm and soothing.

Order of titles:

Twentieth Century Fox & Regency Enterprises

David Fincher film

Ben Affleck

Rosamund Pike

Gone Girl

Niel Pattrick Harris

Tyler Perry

Carrie Coon

Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit

David Clennon, Lisa Banes

Casting by

Sound Design by

Music by

Costume by

Editor

Production Designer

Director of photography

Executive Producers

Produced by

Screenplay by

Directed 

Skyfall:

Macro elements: in this title sequence you subliminally find out everything that happens in the movie. We are obviously introduced to James Bond.

Micro elements: There are many long shots of James Bond within an animated realm. the shots blend into one another as the camera zooms in on something, revealing the next shot. In the background you hear a song by Adele, this is quite a slow and relaxing song.

Order of titles: 

Daniel Craig

Skyfall

Javier Bardem

Ralph fiennes

Naomie Harris

Berenice Lim Marlohe

Ben Whishaw

Ror Kinnear, Ola Rapace

Albert Finney

Judi Dench

Co-Producers

Script Supervisor

Sound Recordist

Electrical Supervisor

Sound unit assisstant director

Unit Production Manager

First Assisstent Director

Casting by

Titles by

Special Effects

Stunt Coordinator

Second unit Director

Costume by

Edited by

Director of photography

Production Designer

Music by

Executive Producer

Written by

Produced by

Directed by

12c) What film genres do audiences prefer?

From my survey, I found out that the top 3 preferred genres are Action, Comedy and science fiction. However people didn't know why they preferred that particular genre of film, apart from comedy.

Most under 17 males preferred Action or Comedy, whereas most 25-35 year old males preferred science fiction, this is probably due to them growing up around the same time as the star wars series.

I would prefer to make a Comedy film as it has a wide target audience which includes men and women. Comedy movies typically don't need as high of a budget as an Action or Sci-Fi Movie as there aren't as many special effects.

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TASK 30 - Half Term Homework - Planning Costume Ideas

Task 1

Example 1

Character Name: Effy

TV Series: Skins

Costume/Makeup: Effy wears very dark makeup and clothing at times which reflects her mood. Dark, heavily applied eyeliner around her eyes accompanied by her usual cold stare. Throughout the series she takes less care of appearance, appearing tired and fatigued. These factors hint at the development of Effy's depression

Example 2

Character Name: Jenny Humphrey

Tv Series: Gossip Girl

Costume/Makeup: Jenny is firstly introduced as a typical pretty and girly teenage girl. Wearing cute little outfits, simple makeup and beautiful natural hair. Later on, when Jenny becomes mischievous and rebellious, her makeup and appearance also starts to change. She starts wearing heavy eyeliner and a shorter hair look with a whole different fashion sense. From pretty skirts to grunge outfits.

Example 3

Character Name: Regina George

Movie: Mean Girls

Costume/Makeup: Regina is your typical high school mean girl. She is a very dark and mean character who comes across as emotionless. But instead of dressing like her personality would suggest - dark colours, she dresses in mostly girly colours like pink and always has the latest clothing. Pink lip gloss is one of her main everyday essentials.

Task 2

Name: Cruella Asten

This is the main character in the title sequence who appears as the psycho ex girlfriend. She's very sincere when first met but get on her bad side and it's a whole different person. She was in a long relationship for 3 years when she found out that he'd been seeing other women on the side. Cruella doesn't take this well and turns absolutely insane. She plots against everyone who's ever hurt her and the outcome is shocking.

TASK 27 - Audience Profile

AUDIENCE PROFILE

Name: Amy Hall
Location: London

Age: 18
Class: Middle Class

Gender: Female (females are more attracted to psychological thrillers)

Occupation: Works at her local Tesco's

Hobbies: Watching Netflix, going clubbing on weekends and speed dating regularly

Personality:Bubbly, out going, caring and bitchy
Brands: Sony, Tesco, Harrods, Superdrug
Media: Guardian, Pretty Little Liars, Facebook, Twitter

TASK 26 - Target Audience

Since our genre is basically psychological thriller, I decided that our target audience being 16-25 year olds would be very suitable. This is because they involve violence and graphic images but ours won't be that explicit therefor will suit the younger audience who love thrillers. 

HUNGER GAMES

BLACK SWAN

Planning Mise-En-Scene Ideas (task 30)

The Brief

Film Idea: Psycho stalker girl is planning to ruin her 3 latest ex boyfriends lives. You soon see that the extensive planning to do so has been on going for months. Rose, who shows no remorse, plans to cause trauma and heartbreak

Key Props: A black leather notebook/diary (where she plans/writes about her victims), Red lipstick (representing femininity and blood), a candle (fire showing danger) and a single rose (symbolizing her name, along with love or death)

Location: Home in the suburbs

Setting: An office or small room

Costume: Black, sleek, feminine clothing. Red nail polish and red lipstick.

Lighting: Dull/dark with candle light

My target audience (task 27)

These are two profiles of people who watch films in the same genre or similar to what i'd like to make.

An audience member for my Thriller.

Name: Christina

Lives in: London

Age: 19

Class: Middle class

Occupation: Marketing Student

Personality type: Clever, Kind, Sometimes Bitchy and Emotional

Hobbies & interests: Going to the cinema, Skiing and Drama

Brands they consume: M&S, Netflix and Amazon.

Media they consume: Guardian news paper, Empire magazine and OK.

Watches CSI, New girl and Goggle box 

Who is our target audience (task 26)

I think the best target audience for either of our thriller would be between the age of 15 and 25 as there could be aspects of violence, death and physiological issues that maybe disturbing for younger viewers. The film would be suitable for male and females, even though the main character is female it revolves around multiple male characters. Films that have similar audiences are, The loft, Gone Girl and Black Swan.

For the action/adventure film the best target audience would be over the age of 15 as it wouldn't be as explicit. I think this film would appeal more to males as the genre is more suitable for a male audience due to the characters and conventions such as conflict, persuasion, fear and danger. Films similar to this would be, 2012, San Andreas and The impossible.

TASK 25 - Mood Board for our title sequence

Created with Padlet-

An idea (task 23)

In class we used Wikipedia random article generator to find a name for a film, ours was an article about a solar eclipse. we then had to choose randomly, a location and prop. we was given a bus stop and a pair of glasses.  

We had an idea that there could be a man waiting at the bus stop, when he see's a pair of glasses. The man picks them up and puts them on and he see's a huge solar eclipse through them. The man realizes that he's seen it before in a dream, there is then a flash back showing the dream where he see's the world ending on the night of the solar eclipse, he then goes on a journey to save the world and convince others he is telling the truth.

TASK 24 - Idea For Title Sequence

The genre for the title sequence is romance/thriller. The story-line is that the main character is heart broken and plots revenge- how typical! But this story has a twist to it. It's all in her head. She hasn't actually dated the guy they were friends but she imagined them as a couple so much that she generally started to believe it.

Name: Charlotte Rose-Mary
Age:23
Occupation: Secretary
Personality: Loud, funny, secretive, over the top and violent.
Hobbies: Shopping, Netflix, Feminist

The title sequence would be set in an ordinary suburban area,but it will be very dark and grungy. Lots of blood will be involved,knives, violent images and tears. 

TASK 23 - Brainstorming for our title sequence

Ideas for our title sequence

TASK 22 - Blogging Health Check 1

Progress review (task 22)

My progress grade is not as good as it should be as i found blogging quite difficult initially, however I am happy with my grade as i know that i have a lot more room for improvement.