Evaluation- QUESTION 8 Pictures

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Evaluation: Audience Feedback And Comment

Planning our pitch

To film we were told that we needed to pitch our ideas on the film . At first we decided that we was going to present our pitch on PowerPoint but then decided not to as we had found a more friendlier and presentable website called prezzi . We were all assigned stuff to work on and present . So we lined up notes to each sector so when it came to presenting we knew what we were going too talk about . .

Final Edit

During today's lesson we all worked on finishing off adding the sounds to our title sequence . In the previous lesson me and prince were working on the titles whilst maria and Rosie were working on the sound . I feel that working together works way better then separately as it gives us a wider range of ideas and you are able to gain help from more people when your stuck . This was the last lesson we had to get out film finished . Although we had limited time we were not under too much pressure and were able to finish off the sound affects to title sequence calmly . As this was the last time  we were going to work with the sound we had to check it over again and again to make sure that it was all in sync and perfectly fitted the piece of drama . Once we had made sure this happened we imported them into final cut pro

In this lesson we also had to add the titles to out actual drama . We were not sure how to do this so we got assistance from another member of another group . The titles didn't take long to do as we knew what direction we was pushing in  . Once we had finished all the titles we move them over to final cut pro and our title sequence was finished .

Tension In Step Father

In Step Father there are many examples of techniques that create suspense .

In the opening scene the director uses Mise en scene is used to creat suspense and tension . The scene begins with standard props such as bread , cups , toaster , kettle ex  to create a normal atmosphere .Although the use of a creepy background makes something seem not right . This idea is justified as the camera then tilts down for us to see a dead body on the floor . We are schocked and this instantly leaves us wanting to know more about what has gone on .

Mise en scene also plays creates tension and suspense in a another scene . David and Micheal are in the basement . The lights are low and the background is dark which ultimately sets the mood. They are also surrounded  by many tools that could kill in a instant , this leaves us all expecting David to kill Micheal . We already know about Davids ruthless murders and the fact that we know more information then Micheal perfectly creates tension  .

Another example of when suspense is created is when the Stepfather is out side the lady with the cats house . He drives past her and they make eye contact . Convinced she knows about him being the murder he drives past . The cat lady then continues the play with her cat , we then hear ring at the doorbell . We are suspect it too be David at the door ready to kill her off . She then opens the door and theres no one there . The camera is then at a low angle but nobody is there . Just pause for a couple seconds and closes . With the great speed the cats jumps on her and screams right in front of the camera . We then are left  schooked and most of us jump and are terrified .

Evaluation Of Snatcher

I think filming snatcher turned out to be way better then the filming of bag swap . Looking back at the film i think we have learned from our previous mistakes . This time we did not leave so much space over the characters head and the film ran more smoothly . We were also able keep focus and be time efficient as before we were mucking about and not taking it too seriously . I have also learned how important having a thought plan . In bag swap it was more about improvisation and we went along with what came to mind . With snatcher we had a solid thought out plan and it really showed in the quality of our drama .

Were also taught how to fade sounds in and out of our drama which gave our drama a boost. Although there is it still room for improvement as we need to learn how to mute out all background sounds but i feel that once we get the hang of it we will gradually master all the techniques .

Sound

Once we had finished editing our film we knew that we needed to add sound to our opening . It was hard because we could only find upbeat music on Sound Track pro . We continued to look hard and it became frustrating and tiring when we could not find anything else but this jolly music . We knew that if we wanted our title sequence to live up to its full potential then the music had to be perfectly suited to our drama . After searching for a while we finnaly found and sample piece of sound of a violin played in a minnor tone . Once we heard it we knew it was perfect for our drama . We then repeated this throught the rest of our piece . Our teacher then recommended that we add a motif to the girl everytime she appeared . We then asked if every one in the group was happy with that idea and  no one had any complaints. So we played around with sounds and finnaly found a screeching and screaming that gave the desired affect we aiming to achieve . Although we still have some work to do everything seems to be promising

Adding Titles

As we were short on time prince and i decided to start creating titles that would be appropriate for out film . Before we got started we did some research on other films in the same genre as ours ( psychological thriller), as we wanted to get a rough idea what type of font we should  use and what affect we were looking for .  So we went on you tube and analysed films such as 'Fatal Attraction' and ' Mulholland Drive ' .

To create title we knew that we would have to use LiveType . This was hard as neither of us had used Live Type before , so at first we had to play round and roam all the features of the software . It was clear that we didn't know what we were doing some we asked a teacher for some assistance . The teacher told us the basics on how to : add text , add effects and how long each title should be . This was helpful and we started to get the hang of it . Although we did find some trouble in finding the perfect font for out opening . We knew that would hard to go for a hard edged font and something that is powerful .We eventually found and used a effect which shakes and drops down which found to be very affective and fitting perfecting with what we envisioned . . We then typed in names of the producer , editor , director ex . Although we did not finish all of it in this lesson , we wont have much more to do and the assistance of Maria and Rosie shall be useful .

Final Film- Amnesia

Screenshots

Planning Our Filming

To make a opening title sequence we first had to plan what we were going to film . We all sat down together in class came up with aload of ideas . The hardest part about having so many ideas is that every one wants to do there idea and no 1 wants to give in . This made it extremly hard to come up with a decison on what we were going to film .

We were first going to do a scene in a park of a guy kidnapping some1 daughter but then we were told it wasnt original and had been seen numerous times every year . This made us re consider and we eventually decided to use Princes idea . His idea was to film a guy on his bed having a nightmare . There were going to be mutiple flash backs of him and a young girl . From here we got the basic plot of our idea we then all added to this plot with mutiple ideas shaping around it . The plot suggested that our genre was going to be a pyscological thriller . At first i wasnt to impressed with the idea but eventually i came around to liking the idea when one or two things were changed it was broken down to me.

We then had to decide on the location we would  film it . We choose to film at rosies house at first i wasnt to happy with the idea as it was too far away from my house but then nobody else wanted to film in their house so it had to be done . The next topic we had to discuss was filming the little kid who would be able to find a child that would be able to film in the time and day we had . Prince then said his friend sister could do the job and that would be all taken care of .

We knew that we had to give our film some variation so we planned on what diffrent type of camera angles were going to film , under what lights and on what day . We were then told that we could take the camera on friday and he had to be returned on wednesday . But none of us were free untill tueday so we would only have 1 day to film it in the half term .   

Planning our film was a stressfull but enjoyable process and i hope it goes as well as we have planned .

Taking A Look At Our Rough Cut

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This is our rough cut of our opening title sequence . Watching it over i think its good , the sound fits perfectly with with the scenes and it creates the desired atmosphere we require . The affects also give it that creepy feeling ,  the fuzzing and shaking will be sure to spook out the audience . As it a pyschological thriller , we choose to use a discrete opening to confuse the audience but at the same time give a sample of what to expect from the movie and keep them intrigued and wanting to watch more . I think our opening looks realistic and my group and i can be very proud of what we have achieved.  We still are yet to add any titles but looking at the film we have comed up with quite a few spots to place them .So we have planned to come together next lesson and finnish it off shouldnt take to long as we already know where we our putting the titles

Editing Our Film

In the following lesson after we had filmed our film we decided to edit our film and delete all the irrelevant scenes that weren't needed . We also had to come together and decide the chronology of the scenes . This was the first time we were able to watch the scenes back . There were quite a lot of scenes that didn't work and need to be cut . For instance the blood in the knife dropping scene didn't work as it looked fake and way to unrealistic to make our film credible .Once we had put the scene is the order we felt it worked ,we decide it was time for some effects . We all had different ideas on the affects we should allocate to individual clips . We knew that for the film to be effective the editing was maybe even more important then the filming . We decide the transition of the TV to prince would be more effective in slow motion and we also assigned princes flashbacks as bouncing and fuzzy as we wanted the audience to get the idea the flashbacks weren't clear and still have them wondering what was going  . We tried not to get carried away with the affects as it wouldn't be practical . We tried to keep it to the minimal to make or title sequence presentable .

Presenting Our Film

We were asked to present our pitch for a title sequence to the class and anarbel . Using a website called prezzi we made a fun and simple presentaion which contained the basic idea we had on our title sequence . The presentaion contained : the story line ,location , set ,characters , sound, lighting , genre of film and target audience . For all of the stuff we were presenting we had to explain why we had chosen to do that stuff in a certain way and why we had chosen that idea . We knew that we had to pitch our presentation carefully and everything had to be thought out thoroughly. Once we had finished our presentation we allowed the class to ask questions . There was some compliments and constructive criticism which i thought was helpful and needed . The main question that had our brains running was about lighting . We initially planned to film in the dark but we had been ask how could the film be seen with the lack of lighting . We questioned Anabel and she reassured us that we could attach a bright light to the film and it would be perfectly fine . The feedback and questions we got were productive and allowed us to question our ideas and re consider and change some stuff . In conclusion i think we pitched our title sequence well and  were able gain something positive out of it .

Filming

We met up during the half term to film our opening . Our main objective was to get all the filming done on that day  , we decided to film at Rosie's house . Once we were all together we go to filming straight away .  We already had a our plan on what scenes we were to film  , this was useful as it made us time efficient and if we made errors or never planned something out properly we could go back and sort it out as we had time on our hands.

Although we had our story board and everything planned we decided to change one or two things that didn't work around . Coming into film we knew what problems we may occur and we generally did well to over come them .We made sure that all the irrelevant stuff in the back ground was moved and the bedroom didn't look like 'Rosies' but the actual characters . We also made sure that we filmed under the most effective lighting . We turned off the light in the room and used the light attached to the top of the camera . We were also careful in having a wide range of shots .These ranged from , close ups , extreme close ups and wide shots . We also used our imitative decided to used water and drip it down prince face to get the affect of sweat . For blood we used a mix of shampoo , ketchup, water and pink food colouring although it looked good at the start eventually i didn't like it because it looked unrealistic

The little girl in the scene was played by pr

Publish Post

inces friend Monica . I think she did a great job of acting and had a positive effect on our filming .

Editing Screenshots

Rough Cut

Story Board

Our Prezi

Working Title on Prezi