Blue Screen Practice

This Week ........

This week in Media, we are going to be shooting the last few frames of our movie opening. We will be be using our double lesson on Wednesday morning to film at Ryan house. Its importnat that its in the morning, so it doesnt confuse the viewer, as our first shots were also in the morning.

We will then use the rest of our weekly media lessons to edit and put the footage together. We need to add titles, sound effects and music. We also need to decide wether or not we need any re-shoots.

Mac Suite and Editing

Today we worked in the Mac suites to edit our preliminary task. We got there and we're given out mac account details. We were then guided on how to upload our filming products and given a website link for tutorials to use the program Final Cut Pro. As we started this we had difficulties opening our shots as we filmed in HD which we were told not too, so we had to change the settings of each clip and save them into a new folder. We then finally uploaded all the clips needed and put them together in order. We did realise a mistake had been made in filming, we missed a match on action shot, so we had to cut and and close gaps to make it work. After that we had no more issues and finished our days editing successfully.

Animatic

Production Schedule

Treatment

The core themes of our film will be a zero to hero. With the zero being Keith (Ryan Knight). Keith is a hero who believes he is amongst one of the greats but in fact he is a simple minded, mild mannered brummie, he can’t even save a cat from a tree. The story will see him realise that he is isn’t in fact a good hero when he tries to rescue a cat from a burning building but he fails to do this because his hero skills match that of a tea cup. The film will see Keith turn into a slightly better hero with help from a retired hero.

In our opening will be a long shot of Keith’s house (Ryan’s house) then it will zoom in to his bedroom where we will see Keith sleeping. We will then see him being rudely awakened by his alarm clock and fall out of bed in a slapstick manner. He will then go on to eat breakfast to show that he is a normal everyday guy. After he has ate his breakfast he will then get “suited” up into his hero costume which is just his mom’s dress, a pair of slippers and an afro or a sieve for a helmet. Finally, Keith will proceed into his living room where he is met by his brother who mocks him and beats him up. We will add this last scene because it shows how bad of a hero Keith actually is.

Story Boards

Preliminary Movie

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Prelimanery Task

Characters -
Ryan Knight
Dean Harding

Camera Men -
Thomas Youster
Matthew Cartwright

Dean is filmed walking down the corridor, before opening the door and entering the room. Ryan is seated at the table, with a Marvel Chess set, Ryan is an experienced chess player, and Dean thinks there playing Uno.
As dean enters the room, we will have a match and action shot for when he walks down the corridor and opens the door. We will then do the same for when he is walking down the ramp towards where ryan is seated.

The Importance Of Editing

Editing is without doubt, the most important factor for making a film. It evolves everything, from special effects, to camera shots and angles.

Camera angles are exstreamly important,  when it comes to editing a film, as the angle of a camera or the distance between camera and actor, can dictate what is occurring in a scene. Scenes will usually start with an establishing shot. This is when the characters in the scene are shown in whole, this gives the viewer the feeling that they are right there in the scene. The pattern continues onto the Over the shoulder shots and close ups, which are often used when filing a conversation. The over the shoulder shot allows us to see characters reactions, and emotions, this is then improved, with the use of the close-ups, which takes us into the characters face. This allows us to see emotion and deeper feelings within a facial expression.

Flashbacks are also a key feature of editing. Flashbacks can be used anywhere in films, weather its the beginning, middle or end, flashbacks are used to allow viewers to see previous events from back in time, or even sometimes a peak into the future.

The 180 Degree rule, is something that must be taken into consideration when shooting a scene. This is when a camera is on one side of the scene, showing us the view from the from or the side, ensuring that we are able to see the faces of the characters. An invisible line is then created, to show how far the camera can go, before it changes sides. I the camera need to change sides, the only way this can be done, is if you show the camera moving, this way its clear to the viewer.

Questionaire Graph Results

Here are some of the results gained from our questionaire.................

The Narrative

Dont get confused when asked about the narrative. Alot of people think of the narrative as someone telling the story. They would be wrong. The Narrative is the plot of a story, and it consists of 3 theorys.

1. Binary Theory :
This is when an Narative establishes something that is not, its also helps establish, who is who ,when it comes to Hero's and Villains.

2A. Equalibrium :
This is the beginning. Before the Narrative and the twists unfold. A good example would be the film Spiderman. In the beginning when Peter Parker is just an ordinary guy.

2B. Disequalibrium :
This is the moment when the plot of the film takes shape. This is when the main twist in the story begins. Spiderman again as an example, the moment when Peter gets bitten by the radioactive spider is the moment he becomes Spiderman and gains his powers.

2C. New States of Equalibrium :
This is when the twist of the problem gets solved or comes to an end. Spiderman again as an example, When spiderman finnaly defeats the Green Goblin and saves Mary Jane.

3. Character Type

Hero - The Good guy. The Strong male characters who fights back against the evil.

Villain - The Bad guy. The villain is the hero's nemesis who is often stronger but will always be defeated in the end.

Heroine - The main female role. Is often used as a ransom for the villain. Usually in love with the hero or somehow related.

Father -  The stong Authorative character who ussually pays the hero to help save the heroin on even trys to help.

Helper -  The helper is better known as the side-kick who offers his services to the Hero.

Donor -  The character who helps the hero by giving them information of some sort or somekind of powers.

Mentor -  The teacher who guides the hero and passes down his wisdom.

Mood Board of Superhero Parody

Weekley Analysis : Week 1

Hypodermic Needle Effect

The Hypodermic needle effect is a theory that suggests the media in a film or a computer game is capable of manipulating or convincing the brain into believing that a certain aspect of the media is real. This causes the audience to believe what they see or hear in films or computer games.

This isn't always a good thing. In 1993, in Liverpool, a young 3 year old boy, James Bulger was sadly, abducted, tortured and murdered. The two boys found guilty of his murder were only kids themselves. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables who were both aged 10, suposedly saw the film "Child's Play 3" and were attempting to re-create a scene they had saw. This is a case of the Hypothermic Needle Theory.

James Bulger

Audience !

The Audience is massively important in the film industry. Without a paying audience there would be no income for film industry's. The film industry has to choose its target audience before releasing a film, although a large majority of producers have a target audience in mind before hand , but to ensure that they are going to make profit, they have to there target audience very seriously . They have to consider things such as, AGE, CLASS, HABITS, LIKES, DISLIKES, RELIGION, NATIONALITY, ETHNICITY, GENDER, and IMAGE.

Film Genres

The definition on genre In film theory is that it refers to the method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed. 
There all hundreds of different Genre types, but they are usually rounded up in to more simple category's.                   

SCI-FI

WAR

GANGSTER / CRIME

MUSICAL

HORROR

ROMANCE

COMEDY

WESTERN

Saving Private Ryan Opening

The opening of Saving Private Ryan, is brilliant at setting the story running for the entire film. Its based in World war II, and tells the story of a group of U.S soldiers sent to retrieve a fellow soldier to bring him home. Fighting in a world war is obviously a terrifying experience, and this is shown early on in the film , as the first shot of the soldiers is at eye level, which lets the audience interact. You feel like your on the boat along side the soldiers, you can see by the looks on their face that they are scared. I think the slight use of low key lighting is effective, as the weather is used as an comparison to what the soldiers must be feeling inside.

2 minutes into the opening a high camera angle is used, showing the view of the German soldiers. This shows there power in this situation as they are the ones who have the land and the dominant weapons. The U.S soldiers are being looked down on as the weaker force. On a few occasions, low angle shots are used to look up at Tom Hanks, as he is the main character and hero in the film , and also the highest ranking officer.



Wikipedia Review

Film Review

Camera Angles

Low Angle Shot:In cinematography, is an upwards shot from a camera positioned low on the vertical axis, often at knee height. This technique is sometimes used in scenes of confrontation to illustrate which character holds the higher position of power. 

High Angle Shot:
High angles are shot from high above the characters head, but not as high as a birds eye view, these shots are often used to portray a character as small or less significant.

Birds Eye View:
Birds eye view , is often used as a sign of power or to make people look insignificant. Gives the audience a sense of knowing, and puts them in a God-like position.

Eye Level:
One of the more common angles, gives the audience the sense of importance in a scene, as they feel involved in what is going on. The focus of the camera is level with the head of those on screen which is often around 6ft of the ground.

Oblique / Tilt:


Tilting the camera can be very effective if used correctly, it often gives the feeling of distortion or confusion, it adds mystery to scenes and is often used in horrors to show the imbalance or nerves in a situation.

Different types of camera angles and shot

Nico (Above the law)

Nico (Above the law) Opening Scene

Nico begins with an expedition of Steven Seagals childhood, and shows us how he was a close family man, who grew up learning the ways of mixed martial arts, and ju-jitsu.

Film Review

Wikipedia Review

Scary Movie 3 Opening Scene

This parody film, plays on the fact of a typical horror opening by stereotyping two attractive blonde girls in school girl outfits who are gullable, paranoid and stupid. They over exaggerate this by using two famous glamour models in Pamela Anderson and Jenny Mcarthy who go on to have pillow fights and begin to lose items of clothing, which i think is used to portray horrors as melodramatic and predictable.



Pamela Anderson and Jenny Mcarthy in the opening scene ^

Film Review

Wikipedia Review

The Godfather Part I Opening

This opening scene is brilliant at portraying the Godfathers power. It begins in very low key lighting which shows you the secrecy and mystery of the Godfathers buisness. It begins with a Extreme close up shot of a man , who is pleading with the Godfather to help him with a problem. The camera slowly begins to zoom out and eventually reveils the Godfather sitting in a much bigger chair, and wearing a much more expensive suit, which shows his power and dominance, which somes up the film within 30 seconds.

Flim Review
Wikipedia Review

The New Guy Trailer

The New Guy Poster

Film : The New Guy
Genre : Teen Comedy
Made : 2002

This Film is about a boy who goes through a really tough time in his high school , due to bullies and teachers. He decides to start afresh in a new school, he changes his image and his personality , to fit in with the popular crowd.


1* I think that the use of colours is very important in this poster. I think this shows the divide between good and bad, as the good characters in this film are on top of the pile where the background is yellow, and the bad characters are bottom of the pile where the background is red.

2* The different levels in the poster is a comparison to a popularity chain , and the fact that the main character is higher than everyone else , shows his domninance.

3* The slogan somes up what the film is all about. You can instantly see who the zero is by what he's wearing , and the fact that he is surrounded by all the popular girls.





Film Review
Wikipedia Review

Camera Angles and Lighting

This shot shows all the good characters standing at the bottom of the stairs in high key lighting . The low angle shot , shows high key ligting at the bottom of the stairs , compared with the low key lighting at the top. This indicates that downstairs is the safer place to be.

 The main characters are all wearing one item of bright coloured clothing, which shows the representation of good , it also shows young age.

The characters facial expresions shows they are scared and unsettled by there surroundings, and this is also shown by them all standing close to one another/

This shows a high angled medium long shot , intent on using the childs height to add humour the shot

Critics Review of the parody film "SCARY MOVIE 2"

OK, not Oscar material and this was pretty badly made. But again like most brainless comedies, I walked in the theater with a good mood and expecting a laugh and I got that with "Scary Movie 2". I mean people are being so harsh on this film, I understand, I know this isn't the greatest movie or comedy. But if you aren't expecting fun and laughter, I think normally you just feel like bashing the movie then.







We have some of the old cast members from the original Scary Movie: Anna Farris, a surprising return of Regina Hall, and Marlon and Shawn Wayne. This Scary Movie took on the films like The Exorcist(hilarious scene by the way), Poltergeist, The Haunting, Mission Impossible, Charlie's Angels, and What lies beneath. With some great add ons like Tim Curry, I just had a great time. Tori Spelling, yeah, she's a bit scary, but for some reason she still gets her equal share of laughs.






The Butler just killed me with the hand. Yes, it was gross, but I think you just have to let go and just go with the joke. Scary Movie 2 isn't the best comedy ever, but it's a decent one with your brain turned off. Sick jokes, yes, and very crude one's, this movie isn't for everyone. But I think if you enjoyed the first Scary Movie, you'll enjoy this one too!

Scary Movie- Budweiser advert parody

Film Ideas .........

The film would be in the genre of comedy, maybe a spoof or parody of a film already created

Group Information

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*RYAN KNIGHT...=)
*DEAN HARDING...=)
*MATTHEW CARTWRIGHT...=)
*THOMAS YOUSTER...=)