Monday, 14 March 2011

Different Style Intro

while editing, we decided to try a differnt style intro, and add music with a quick blackout effect




while we thought that it was effective, we found that it felt more like a music video than the introduction of a film.

Thursday, 3 March 2011

High Five Studios Intro



EDIT 7/03/11

after viewing the footage again i decided to add another effect to the font and normalized the audio to give it a bit more volume

Dolby

I like how you are being reflective and evaluating your decisions and explaining revisions. i would like to see some clips soon!

Monday, 28 February 2011

Changes and a brief review

After doing a very rough cut for the chase scene and looking over the script again we decided to change a few things but also re-film the chase, as after reviewing other action films it is rare that you have a camera that tracks a person that runs past, which then goes back, tracks the next person and so on, we want to change these to still shots, but also due to problems with the cast we had to use people that where not as experianced on bikes, which resulted in when it came to putting together the rough cut the person had to be sped up alot, which in certain places looked very unrealistic

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

This is a very rough cut of the chase scene which hasnt been completed, alot of the angles i want to refilm, and possible add some more shots in there aswell. Again its a very rough cut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtGnAAYR5Yk


In the end we scrapped this entire intro, as we felt it was to sped up and some of the acting was not very realistic, For example Will flailed his arms around and calum did not really "sprint".

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Final Script

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B98x3Dek_inAMWI4ZGNlNWUtOWU3NS00MTZiLWEwNGItNzMyMGIxZTUxZjNi&hl=en&authkey=COSm06UH

Final Script Wording Change

the part which was *subject to change* will be changed to

MAFIA 1
GO TO HELL!

SMITH
you first

SMITH then shoots mafia 1

Why we chose idea 1

Reasons why we chose story idea 1 - Man who knows something he shouldn’t (Name of film to be decided possible names: Bullet Storm, Backstab, Defiant and Overkill)
Reasons why we chose this idea are because we felt that it was the most realistic as in it was the easiest for us to make and because we felt that the others were too hard for us to achieve at a good level. Story Idea 1 was good because we have the things that we need to get a good standard; we have people who are willing to help out with chase scenes, bike riding at fast speeds and people who are willing to act as stunt doubles. We have someone in our group who knows how to use Sony Vegas (Video Editing) and he knows how to use Adobe After Effects (special effects program), so that will help us get the gunshot effects that we desire to have. We have a rough idea of where we are going to film, and are going to scout them out and their environment on weekends and see what it is like. And we have the costumes and props we need already and anyone we are missing we are going to buy.
We decided not to do the other 2 story ideas because we thought that they would require a lot more work and items and environments which we desire to have, we wouldn’t be able to have. Such as in story idea 2 we wanted an elevator, with a camera view on the outside with a low angle shot watching the elevator go up. We might have been able to get the elevator, but we wouldn’t be able to get the shot we want. We feel that we will be able to compromise at some areas to get the film but we wouldn’t get it to the standard to what we want and we feel that it won’t be as good as story idea 1. But this would be our second choice because we have a rough idea of where we could film it but it wouldn’t be to a good level.
We had also had story idea 3 which was going to be a horror film. But this was the most likely one that we wouldn’t chose, we really liked the idea of this but felt that it was going to be the hardest to achieve at a good standard. It would require a lot of make-up, costumes, a couple of buildings which look old, abandoned and would have no other (working) humanity around them, e.g. car sounds, roads. We know a couple of abandoned buildings but not in the environment that we want. We thought if we could do this idea well it would be great but we didn’t feel that we would be able to get a horror film to a good level with its effects of tension and scare tactics like making you jump. So this idea was also put to the side.

Dom typed this up but we all contributed to the reasons as to why we chose this idea

Story-line idea 1

The scene starts out with the main character chasing a member of the mafia. The character wants to know why the mafia are after him so he begins to question him. The mafia member is resilient and doesn’t tell him much. The main character executes him but the other mafia members that are also looking for him hear the gun shot and chase after him. The main character sees some kids on bikes and steals one of the bikes to get away. The mafia members steel the other bikes and begin to pursue. There are some stunts on the bikes and a long chase, then the main character is caught on a long stretch of path. The mafia member sees his chance and pulls out his pistol and fires at the main character. The bullet gets him in the shoulder and he is thrown of the bike. The mafia surround him and knock him out.

Story-line idea 2

The scene starts out with a man walking into a building (Possibly from a car) (scene idea was to film in black and white) you see the man walk up to the elevator and there is a short cut viewing the security looking at him. (Possible point of view shot) he goes up in the elevator then gets out and starts to walk to an office area towards a man who is sitting in a chair, the man in the chair is expecting the other man. They have some idle chat (there is tension between them (They are enemies)) the man who is seated pulls out a pistol and points toward the other man. While this is happening the main character dives sideways into a side room and begins shooting through the wall in attempt to hit the other man. The other man by now is up and running after him. There is a long chase but then the main character traps the other man in a closet and locks him in. he then pulls out and uzi sub-machine gun and empties a whole clip through the door. He opens the door to find the other guy in the room dead, peppered in bullet marks.

Story-line idea 3

This scene starts with four people walking down an alleyway at night all holding weapons. They come across a mangled corpse on the floor. The corpse is squirming and making odd sounds (The camera could be slowly zooming in to this). Then they hear lots of growling and more strange sounds getting louder and the sound of footsteps (Point of view shot to see where they’re looking). They start running back but as they do, a massive horde of zombies covered in blood come running round the corner at them (Jerky camera movements could be used to make the running seem authentic). They begin to shoot while moving back. One character at the back spots a ladder to a roof and points to it. They make it up the ladder

we all contribute to these ideas but calum write them up and developed them further

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Mrs D

You have thought carefully about how you might advertise your film and how you might distribute it. To improve, add another paragraph about costing and production campanies etc. to show understanding of Institutional practises.

Product Placement

In our group we decided to focus on the genre of action. Further into our research we decided to look into the sub genres of thriller/adventure. We found that this had the largest audience that we could cater for. Going into research for product placement we decided to individually look into different advertising methods that companies may use to draw the maximum attention to the film, some of the categories would be:

Advertising using still image e.g.: Newspaper averts, Magazines, Billboards, Posters


Advertising using moving image e.g.: Film Previews, TV trailers


E-commerce (The Internet)

I focused on the still image but we then came together as a group and combined all of our information into one set
Our research showed that a lot of Film Corporations’ promoted their new film using free third party websites such as YouTube and social networking sites such as Facebook and twitter. These methods exist and can be free advertisement for the film, but they can also pay to have their film promoted through trailers which would be displayed before someone else’s video. So there is a potential of having millions of people view adverts for their film.
Using The TV to advertise is a great tactic as a huge amount of people watch this, and often are forced to watched adverts in-between programs, as well as this if you were to see a film at a cinema the previews and trailers are often related to the genre of the film, so you would be directly advertising to your target audience. Using trailers is a brilliant technique because it can tease the audience and show them what to expect and get them hyped up for the film, making them want to go see it.
When a company wants to advertise their film using still image, a common goal is to put it where they believe there target audience would see it, for example. Action films would be based around the age of mainly 15-30 and maybe older people, and predominantly a male audience. Music magazines often contain small articles on movies, but also these smaller articles may be found in motoring magazines. Another technique would be to display a large image on a billboard would be leased to them for a limited time, but it would be in a place that everyone would see it, although it would not be directly aiming at their target audience it would get a lot of publicity. As well as large billboards displaying an advertisement, you often see them on busses or bus stops, which would be constantly moving and advertising the film around a busy city centre would get widely noticed.
As a group we have decided to incorporate a lot of the ideas above. We have decided to advertise on channels such as ‘Dave’, ‘channel 4’ and ‘ITV2’. Our research shows that these channels play a lot of similar genre films so we can advertise to our target market. Also Dave is considered more of a male channel because it hosts motoring shows. Our film is aimed more at males, so advertising on this channel we found will be effective. If we were to advertise we would probably have previews on films of a similar genre (action) on channels such as Sky Action, Movies for Men Film 4, or even the Box Office previews. As well as this free advertisement is available using websites such as YouTube to host the trailers, and for a price have it advertised as a banner on other websites, such as IMBD. Also advertising on a bus or a billboard in a main city centre would draw a lot of attention and be noticed by a large amount of people.

Monday, 31 January 2011

Real Media Artifact 2

Team America: World Police

Team America is not predominantly an Action film, but is in fact a comedy/spoof film, but there is still action involved.
The intro scene is very peaceful, but starts off by using subtitles to tell you where it is, the camera Is focused on what appears to be a painting of Paris, at which point a puppet appears on the set and acts in the stereotypical French way which you find humorous, but as the camera zooms out you realise that everyone is a puppet, and is set around the stereotypical French person, although it is done In a very serious manner, it is incredibly humorous, The camera is one long take and with the non diegetic music in the background makes it very peaceful and does set the scene very well, the camera ends with a close up on a women’s face speaking French and appears to be calling to someone.
The camera then changes to a small boy singing merely and hopping along, making the scene feel calm collect and as if nothing can go wrong, he then bumps into a man at which point the music changes in to a more alert and tenser sounding track, the camera then does a medium close up of what you are duped into thinking Is a terrorist, the far east like soundtrack strengthens the stereotype, and makes the music also makes the audience feel uneasy and as if something is about to happen, as well as this the camera changes to a reaction shot of the small boy, but as the film is predominantly a comedy it makes the audience laugh rather than relate to how he may be feeling. As the camera tracks the terrorists they meet up with more people, The music and the setting give of a idea that something bad is about to happen but is taken away from with the comedy aspect lighting the spirits although the way in which it is done is dead serious, it completely contrasts itself while doing this.
The camera then comes back to the boy and the women from the start seems to be comforting him, though through the little emotion that they can portray, the worry in the voices adds to the tension of the scene, at which point you hear sirens, and the music changes to a much more upbeat and hopeful sound as the camera changes to a few short take’s of the Team America chopper. The camera does a wide angle shot of the public looking up in relief, and the a close up of the terrorists, panicking which adds to the hope of the audience. But then as the terrorists have nothing else to do the music changes a much more worrying sound and the terrorists open fire, this starts the primary action of the scene, and adds excitement to it. As they are rappelling down from the chopper the camera goes into a close up of the two puppets, and them talking with some slight humour that you would expect from a action film. The camera swaps between Team America and the Terrorists firing at each other, and finally with a terrorist being hit and shot back into the pond. Showing that Team America are superior and winning, giving hope to the scene.

Thursday, 27 January 2011

Dolby

Insightful analysis here Lewis. when you move onto your own, timing and length of shots/takes is important so consider this in your analysis and that will help when you storyboard.

Real Media Artifact

Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith

The first 1:30 of the film is the intro credits, but after that the actual film starts.
The first scene is the camera tilting, and you catch the glare of the sun as it tilts onto what appears to be a planet with a ship/cruiser orbiting, this establishes where the current scene is taking place, It seems almost peaceful, except there is non-diegetic music playing, which is a slow solid drum beat, which makes the scene feel tense, but also adds a sense of power and dominance because of its scale, constantly making the audience feel the contrast of the calm location and the intimidating ship and music. The camera vertically pans while it tracks the ship as it is moving you hear two fighters before they appear on screen, and as they fly past the music changes into a fast paced, but as well as this the camera also changes and starts tracking the smaller fighters, but the as the camera tracks, as well as following them you feel more immersed in the scene, as the audiences view is like they are also flying behind them, As they fly though the ship you get an idea of scale making you think there might be something bigger happening, Then as the ships fly over the edge with a side tracking camera changing into a birds eye you see the action. The music becomes more intense and you hear a lot of Diegetic SFX sounds which have been added in, the sound of the fighters, the explosions, and gunfire, also there are lots of other fighters which dart across the camera showing the scene as fast paced. The bird’s eye view also shows a vast amount of ships, fighting each other over the surface showing the sheer scale, and how epic the fight is, immediately drawing the audience in. Although the camera is in a bird’s eye view it is still tracking the initial fighters, and the camera then goes back to a very close tracking camera and follows them far closer, but the camera actual does go around the fighters 360 showing you every angle of the fighters, it also weaves in and out of them getting you as close to the battle as they can, additionally showing the battle that is raging on around them. It shows them weaving in and out of turrets avoiding the gunfire, showing the danger and adrenaline, but also shows them then opening fire, causing a huge explosion, which is where instead of following them underneath the explosion the camera goes straight through it, bringing you into the action more, and showing you the intensity of the battle. As well as doing this it also blinds the audience from the next scene, as the camera then opens out onto another large wide angle scene showing a huge fight happening, and more SFX, The camera stops following the two fighters briefly as it focuses on a large cruiser in a skirmish with another, you hear the power of the weaponry in the SFX, and the explosions and to the realism and help intensify the cataclysmic damage. The camera is still moving along with the fighters even though they are not on screen, but eventually they drop back into the shot, and the camera gets close up while the fighters are steady, showing the characters and starting the dialogue and story.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Miss D

Lots of detailed questionnaires that has given you a range of results. I now suggest that you summarise these findings to indicate what they have told you- analysis is what you can determine from results, not just what the results are.

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Questionaire Results: Age Range 30+

1. Do you enjoy watching films?
Yes-14
No-0

2. How old are you?
30-40-8
41-49-6
50+ -0

3. Gender
Male - 7
Female - 7

4. What’s your favourite genre of film you enjoy watching? (Please specify one only and no sub genres, e.g. Comedy-Action)
Action -2
Comedy -3
Horror -1
Romcom -3
Thriller -2
Fantasy -2

5. What’s your favourite film of all time?

N/A

6. How do you watch films?
DVD/Blue ray - 11
Cinema - 9
TV - 10
Legally downloaded - 0
Illegally downloaded - 0
Streaming - 0



7. How do you find out about films?
T V - 12
Internet - 3
Radio - 2
Magazine/Newspapers - 4
Friends/Family - 11
Other - 2

8. Do you watch film trailers?
Yes -11
No - 3

9. Do you have a favourite actor / actress (Specify Below)

N/A
…………………………………………………………………………………….

10. Do you ever re-watch a film that you have already seen?
Yes - 14
No - 0

11. Have you watched a film in 3D before?
Yes - 12
No - 2

If so, did you find the 3D film more entertaining than a regular film?
Yes - 8
No - 4

Questionaire Results: Age Range 16-29

1. Do you enjoy watching films?
Yes-17
No-0
2. How old are you?
16-19-10
20-29-7

3. Gender
Male-8
Female-9

4. What’s your favourite genre of film you enjoy watching? (Please specify one only)
Action-4
Comedy-5
Horror-3
Romcom-2
Thriller-2
Fantasy-2

5. What’s your favourite film of all time?
N/A

6. How do you watch films?
DVD/Blue ray-13
Cinema-16
TV -11
Legally downloaded-3
Illegally downloaded-2
Streaming -4

7. How do you find out of films?
T V -7
Internet-8
Radio-2
Magazine/Newspapers-6
Friends/Family-8
Other-3

8. Do you watch film trailers?
Yes-14
No-3

9. Do you have a favourite actor / actress (Specify Below)
N/A
…………………………………………………………………………………….

10. Do you ever re-watch a film that you have already seen?
Yes-17
No-0

11. Have you watched a film in 3D before?
Yes-16
No-1

If so, did you find the 3D film more entertaining than a regular film?
Yes-10
No-7

Questionaire Results: Age Range 6-15

1. Do you enjoy watching films?
Yes-13
No -0

2. How old are you?
6-10-11
11-15-2

3. Gender
Male-6
Female-7

4. What’s your favourite genre of film do you enjoy watching? (Please specify one only and no sub genres, e.g. Comedy-Action)
Action-2
Comedy -4
Horror -1
Romcom-1
Thriller-2
Fantasy-3

5. What’s your favourite film of all time?
N/A

6. How do you watch films?
DVD/Blue ray-11
Cinema-13
TV-9
Legally downloaded-1
Illegally downloaded-0
Streaming-2



7. How do you find out about films?
T V-10
Internet-7
Radio-2
Magazine/Newspapers-4
Friends/Family-8
Other-2

8. Do you watch film trailers?
Yes-14
No-0

9. Do you have a favourite actor / actress (Specify Below)
N/A
…………………………………………………………………………………….

10. Do you ever re-watch a film that you have already seen?
Yes-14
No-0

11. Have you watched a film in 3D before?
Yes-13
No-1

If so, did you find the 3D film more entertaining than a regular film?
Yes-10
No-3

Initial Questionaire

Here is the group draft questionaire

Questionnaire

1. Do you enjoy watching films?
Yes O
No O


2. How old are you?
6-10 O
11-15 O
16-19 O
20-29 O
30-40 O
41-49 O
50+ O


3. Gender
Male O
Female O


4. What’s your favourite genre of film do you enjoy watching? (Please specify one only)


5. What’s your favourite film of all time?


6. How do you watch films?
DVD/Blue ray O
Cinema O
TV O
Legally downloaded O
Illegally downloaded O
Streaming O



7. How do you find out of films?
T V O
Internet O
Radio O
Magazine/Newspapers O
Friends/Family O
Other O


8. Do you watch film trailers?
Yes O
No O


9. Do you have a favourite actor / actress (Specify Below)

…………………………………………………………………………………….

10. Do you ever re-watch a film that you have already seen?
Yes O
No O


11. Have you watched a film in 3D before?
Yes O
No O

If so, did you find the 3D film more entertaining than a regular film?
Yes O
No O

Deadline Sheet