Group 17: February 2012

Wednesday 29 February 2012

ROUGH CUT

Rough Cut

This here is a rough cut version of our final film. It presents the rough order in which our final film will be in and gives a hint of the titles at the beginning.

A rough cut is useful to show the order of how things may be like for the final fim and is good to get a feel of the film opening but in a rough version.

Here is the rough cut version of our final final film.

After our rough cut we will then include:

the titles of our film
the transactions that will need to be put in place, for example a fade in fade out
the sound to accompany the film
extra images and footage to be included in the film
and any little extras...

...to make our final opening more improved than the rough cut shown above.

ROUGH CUT OF THRILLER OPENING

What I think is good about our rough cut?

*the idea itself

*the costume

*the places we filmed

*the killing clip

*the shot of smiling

What I think is bad abut our rough cut?

*the time we filmed at

*the amount of long takes on insignificant scenes.

*the constant pop ups of the tudors

*the swing scene

*the use of the same shots more then once I think is ineffective

What worries me about the rough cut?

*the idea we have only a few days

*people who haven't read my blog and don't know about the background to the blog don;t really understand what is going on, they say they don't know why I was killed and it was the quickest shot and the rest are all pointless

*the idea that it will affect my final grade and their isn't much we can do to change it.

Rough Cut

Here is the rough cut for our thriller opening. The rough cut had many faults, which needed to be edited when doing our final copy.

· Some scenes were to fast

· The transition from one scene to the next were not smooth

· Confusion in the storyline (needs to be REARRANGED)

As indicated below some of the errors, which came across in our first rough, cut of editing. Having a rough cut enabled us to see the parts we needed to fix making sure that it made more sense next time. The most important point, which occurred, was that when people viewed this they were unsure of what was going on although this was a discreet title sequence people were still confused. When watching this back as a group we had agreed that the scenes we had were not in the right place which made it more confusing when the viewers watched it back.

When making the final cut of our thriller we need to make sure that the sequence is clear and easy to understand. The rough cut was an outline we used to improve the final copy of our thriller opening, then allowing us to think in detail and focus on specific parts which needed to be improved.

Overall the rough cut was a great way in finding errors which needed to be improved. This was also a great way to preview our work and have feedback as a group in what we think will need to be improved when making the final draft.

Monday 27 February 2012

PREZI presentation on print screens whilst editing

Here I have used prezi an online presentation programme. When presenting the bloopers scene I had also used prezi in order to do this so that I had a range of ICT skills presented. Prezi was different, as the software from bee clip did not require much skill.

To conclude using this software was useful, as it showed a clear layout as well as indicating images used as well.

Presentation using BEECLIP on print screens whilst editing

Presentation using BEECLIP on editing print screens

Using bee clip was a way in which I was able to express ideas and clips through online presentations. Using a variety of ICT skills was significant as it enabled me to use skills that were required. Here is a quick presentation of the bloopers park scene. As shown through the presentation we had taken still images, which I had then analysed when talking about it on bee clip.

Bee clip had a variety of layouts, which I was able to choose from, as shown I had chose a simple layout, which in this case was a scrapbook layout

Overall, to conclude the software bee clip was useful as it was clear showing both the images as well as the writing clear.

Wednesday 22 February 2012

Editing screen shots

We edited using Final cut Pro. We first watched all the footage that we filmed and decided which ones we were going to use. We began putting the scenes we filmed in the correct order on to the timeline. We also set the duration and speed for the scenes.

EDITING SCREEN SHOTS FIRST DAY

Above are our first real shots at editing for our opening and we can see the killing scene of our victim in the park and the ways we were trying to make the thriller seem scary yet not too confusing for the viewers. Above the shot of the victim on the floor we have the shot of the empty swings, personally I didn't see how swings empty in the day time was scary in any way but thats the shot we went with. I have put signs onto the different part of the film and whats going on with the editing software.

Editing screen shots

Here is shown to be the print screens we had taken whilst we were editing some parts of our thriller opening. The editing process was done through the programme of final cut as shown below.

EDITING- Shots filmed over half term

Editing shots for film

After filming our shots over half term, when we got back to college we went straight into editing. Wednesday 22nd of February was our second day of filming. We first decided to focus what scenes were the best out of the shots we took of them, extracting (but not deleting) the not so good ones out of the list. Then we put the scenes we had left into the order that we wanted them and started to adjust the scenes one by one.

We also changed the image of Culpeper to another painting made in the 16th Century to make the impact of the eyes more piercing to the audience.

Here are some screen shots of our editing.

BLOOPERS WHEN FILMING THE OPENING OF THE VOICE BEHIND

Bloopers window

Here is shown to be an brief animation of the window scene that will be used in our opening sequence. The window scene, was very hard to film as the character needed to act like the Thomas Culpepper in which this case was hard as he was a male character. When filming the window scene we see that there was many clips we were able to choose from as most of them were not very good. The framing of the window and the lightening at this stage was significant as the way the characters were reflected was important allowing viewers to see who the characters are. This presentation as shown below is a blooper, this is to show the importance in getting more than one shot of the footage from the window scene as they were shown to be many mistakes that needed to be improved such as the angle of the shot as it wasn't centred in the middle.

Overall uploading the footage of our bloopers was very useful. Looking at the above presentation we see the footage has many mistakes including the shot of where the window scene was taken as it was shown not to be based in the centre of the screen.

Bloopers- The window scenes

Watching the clips you can see some of our clips which we could not use. at some points the camera was rolling but we were not ready to film, wheather it was that the dialogue could not be remembered, or it was just filmed wrong.

Bloopers- Window Scenes

Bloopers whilst filming the window scenes

Whilst filming the window scenes at Upper street the first real dialogue scenes were quite hard to maintain a serious tone of voice had it had to seem dark and eerie. The filming was quite funny to do but we got the shots eventually. Here are some bloopers on the filming.

Enjoy

BLOOPERS WHEN FILMING IN THE PARK

Bloopers - Culpepper park scenes

Today was our last day filming, we filmed in Culpepper park. Watching the bloopers you can see some of the mistakes we made. In the first blooper you can see that the umbrella we used to cover the camera from the rain got into the shot.

Bloopers- Park Scenes

Bloopers whilst filming

Filming our for the opening for our thriller didn't always go as expected. There were times when the camera angles were not straight and times where not everything was taken on the first take. Here are some bloopers of the scenes we filmed in the Culpeper Park taken whilst filming.

Enjoy

Bloopers park

As shown below here is a quick animation of the park scene. This was hard to film due to the amount of movement

Sunday 19 February 2012

Fatal Attraction Returns

Thriller, Fatal Attraction pack on the big screen again

The film Fatal Attraction is a1987 American thriller. The film is based around a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to let it end. It results in emotional blackmail, stalking and an obsession from the woman.

Fatal Attraction was a hit and was the second highest grossing film of 1987 in the United States and was internationally popular winning many awards and as part of its Anti-Valentines theme, The Screen on the Green was showing Fatal Attraction again on its screens for one night. There are many older films that can be brought back into cinemas for events like these every year for example fathers day-The Godfather but I think Fatal Attraction was the best thriller that could have been put on at this time of year as it is accessible to almost everyone and relevant to the time which is good to bring back older films to the times of modern day.

Here is the Fatal Attraction Trailer

Friday 17 February 2012

Still Transitions (TUDORS) INSPIRATION

Here is shown to be images which have bee used in the tudors season one and images which we will like to use as stills. All these stills as shown below are linked with tudor Henry VIII. Stills will be used in the opening of our thrillers as we believe that the opening will be different from others creating great suspicion and excitement for the audience whilst watching.

As shown above, some stills have been indicated which shows the types of images which will appear instantly but very quickly. The images are shown to include previous tudors such as Henry VIII and some of his wives. Using these stills will show the audience a brief outline of who these people are and the significance they will have throughout not only the opening of the film but the also throughout.

As shown above we see other stills shown. These stills are shown to include scenes of birds along with Thomas Culpepper the tudor that the opening of our thinner will be based on. The birds are a major effect that the stills portray when they are used as we see we get a clear image of where it has been set and what the birds in some ways could represent which in this case could be peace. The crown that has been represented opposite Thomas Culpepper clearly shows the role that he plays.

As shown above one image shown is of Henry VIII and the other is of the remake character who stars in the character Thomas Culpepper.

Thursday 16 February 2012

Presentation of Filming photos

Photo Scrap book

Here is a 'scrap book' like presentation of the photos we had taken on all of our days of filming. Its a montage of the things we did including; getting prepared, setting up the camera, at locations and filming in general. The presentation maps our days from Saturday 11th to Monday 13th of February and is a nice way to show our filming journey.

Enjoy

Wednesday 15 February 2012

SEQUELS TO MOVIES

Above are the films the Underworld is the first and the other two are the sequels to it. The films after Underworld are basically repeating the same things and become very predictable as the films go on. The films are based around vampires and werewolves and the fighting they are constantly having, it a common notion that sequels drag out the films for to long and this can make the film almost not watchable. However this isn't always the case depending on the quality and what is actually going on in the films. Another example of sequels that drag the story for to long are the scary movies which are basically a mockery of all horror films mixed in together.

The difference between the underworld sequels and the scary movie ones are the scary movies are actually based upon other films and they are clearly aimed at a different type of audience. The scary movies are for those who are familiar with horrors and like to laugh. The underworld films are simply based upon the films before hand, however both have the same effect they become tiring and boring and predictable for audiences.

Tuesday 14 February 2012

TARGET AUDIENCE FOR OUR THRILLER

Yes, if a video game is rated ‘15’ it is not suitable for players who are under 15. Parents should not assume that because something is a game it is unlikely to contain the same sort of material as a ‘15’ rated film or DVD. If the BBFC has rated a game ‘15’ it is because it does contain the same sort of material as a ‘15’ rated film or DVD.

The ‘15’ rating has nothing to do with the difficulty of a game or the amount of skill required to play it.

the sort of things you will find in a 15 film unsuitable for those under the age of 15 is;strong violence,swear words,references to sex in a rude way,brief scenes of sex and violence and drug taking.

When coming up with the idea for our thriller opening I didn't really know what the certificate age it would be. However after researching and looking into the different certificates of different thrillers I feel our thriller would be best under an aged 15. A issue I thought we would have was that horrors are normally more bloody and supernatural and thrillers a little more realistic but when really looking into the different types of thrillers around I have found this to be untrue. So our thriller would fit perfect with this age certificate.

PRESENTATION OF PICTURES WHILST FILMING

Whilst filming we found it very difficult to deal with with regards to the weather we found it hard because one day we were filming and there was snow and the next day it was raining. We also found filming on uneven ground extremely difficult as the majority of the shots we wanted to do were either over the shoulder tracking shots and we also wanted to do circling shots so we found that hard to deal with. Another difficulty we had whist filming was the people in the park, we wanted to have shots with people in them and then we needed the park empty for the story of our film to be believable. This was a problem because we couldn't make people do as we pleased as we choose to film in a public place, but we spent three long days making it work for us and hopefully the final piece will show just how much.

FILMING- Shoot 4

Shooting day 4- photos and summary

Monday 13th February was our fourth day of filming and we decided to film the scenes in which Ethel was about to kill Rose in the deserted Culpeper Park.

Here are some photos of the filming we got done on the Monday.

Summary:

Overall filming our last scenes on Monday went quick but effectively well, whilst filming we had realised what had needed changing or replacing and the props topped off the acting scenes and some of these pictures can definitely be used in our final cut. The location was muddy as the rain was falling but the umbrella brought with me on the day was useful in protecting the camera equipment. Now we will edit our filmed material after half term to see what we will be including in our film and what scenes (if any) need to be re-filmed.

Presentation through i movie whilst in action

Below i have used ICT skills to present the images we used whilst filming types of action that had taken place whilst filming which have been presented through i movie. Taking images whilst filming was important as we needed this when editing to use the jump cut through the beginning of the film. Through this presentation images of the victim being hit is one key aspect that has been portrayed. To make this seem realistic we had to provide certain props to do this. As a group we brought food colouring to make the blood seem realistic allowing the viewers when watching feel the suspense that blood seems to create.

The location of our filming was very difficult which we needed to think about more carefully before we started to film our thriller. The location of out thriller was based in the park known as 'Culpepper park' (based on tudor times). Although the location of the park was seen to be open all the time it was hard to get hold of as there were many people in it, and the scene involved only the innocent victim. This therefore involved us going back everyday to make sure this part of the film was filmed. In Culpepper park there was shown to be a lot of children which we needed to use when filming making sure we asked them before we did. This scene had to be done accurately the first day making sure the shot was clear. Doing this was important as we didn't want continuity to occur as the same children won't be in the park the next day. As this was significant we had taken a number of shots in the park scene which we then later on will choose the best one.

The bat was also another prop we had to provide which was used to hit the innocent victim. The bat not only showed us who got hit but also symbolised the woman itself as she was also represented to be a scary disturbed woman. The woman was also shown to of had the bat previously before the victim got hit enables the audience to build up tension and realise the woman may do something horrible with this weapon.

Overall to conclude filing with the group went well as we stuck to the story board which gave us a clear outline of what to do and what to film. We also provided many props which needed to be brought to make out thriller stand out and appeal to our target audience which is based around 15+. If we have enough time to go back and re film any parts we may film the park scene of the character getting hit.

PRESENTATION WHILST GETTING READY

Above are a few of the clips from the scrap book maker Beeclip that I used to show our groups process in getting ready and the ways we used our costumes to make our characters look and feel more realistic. Ethel is the one in the black hat and black dress, we wanted to give the feeling of her being on the edge and psychotic. We used the long black dress to symbolise someone who is trapped inside themselves and has been taken over by the darkness or possible someone who's mind used to be open and clear is now dark and full of nothing except the ghost that now possesses her. Culpepper is the one dressed in the black cape covering her face and we see her as a different person as she is now dead and is actually supposed to be a man, we found this hard to portray with a girl as their was no way we could see most features on her face this is why we put more focus onto her eye. The eyes as you can see are yellow we thought this would be the tip of the ice burg on the fear factor for our viewers and to show how truly thrilling our film actually is with a dead ghost who his possessing and turning a woman mad to get revenge on the lives of poor innocent people for example our victim me. I was supposed to be the innocent victim this is why i was dressed very casual for filming, i found this very hard to portray because in real life i am far from the innocent quiet one.