Movie Poster

Editing Diary

This is where we are going to start editing. i am very excited to see our final film opening, but will not rush.

Shooting Diary 2

 this week we have had to refilm the majority of shots in a coursework because we needed it to be more obvious whats happening and make it obvious to the audience that is it a horror.

we have now finished filming and are about to start the editing.

Shooting Diary

So far in our recording, we have got the start of our opening,
it sets the scene as a church showing the spooky atmosphere and environment, after that it introduces the main character showing him upset at his just lost wife's graveyard
the video shooting was going well, but we did encounter some problems such as lighting, but eventually they where solved

Using Blue Screen Technology

Weekly Report 01/11/2010

This week we have started to use the cameras, recording out preliminary task.
now we are working with  Final Cut Express to edit the filming and finishing the preliminary task.
i have enjoyed filming and using different camera shots in our filming, using trail and error to see what works best.

Weekly report 20/10/2010

This week we have been researching, and preparing for the preliminary task, we have reasearched Editing, order of scene shots and shot transitions that omit parts of and event causing an ellipses in plot and story duration.
also earlier on today we was practicing with the cameras using shots such as extreme close up, over shoulder, extreme long shot and more.

Preliminary Task

For our preliminary task we are going to have a few a few shots of someone walking through a door from different angles and view points. the person is going to sit down on the chair and begin to have a debate with the person he is talking to, this will then turn into an argument resulting in the angry person throwing a punch. the person who threw the punch will then leave the room slamming the door, we will use camera skills to show different angles of the door slamming and then a close up of the angry person storming off, finishing with a camera shot of the person who was punched.

Final Decisions

Soundtrack.We were thinking of having a mix of both fast-paced music and standard atmospheric music. For instance, fast-paced Drum and Bass would make a chase scene seem faster, and it would make the scene seem tense and it get your heart beating fast.

Sound effects.For sound effects we would need things like , blood splatters, screams, sliceing sounds, footsteps and heavey footsteps. As we are doing a horror, this would seem rather appropriate. these are all sound you expect from a horror film.Costumes.For costumes, the character being chased would need normal clothing, as he is just a normal person. The killer would possibly need a mask and a hood. This makes the killer seem like he is isolated, like you know nothing about him, and not seeing his face makes it more of a mystery. You feel like you don't know the killer, so you can't feel sorry for him because of his background. This forces you to empathis with the victim.

Props.We would need a mask and an object to be used as a weapon. This is fairly simple as we only need two minutes of footage, so props aren't a major issue. But we were looking at using a weapon that hasn't been seem in a horror movie. This could give a feeling of authenticity.Lighting.For lighting, we will proably use night vision and spotlights, this is because we are going to be filming in the dark.

Preliminary Research task

Editing :

• Changing
• special effects
• slow down / speed up time
• films made up of 100's of cuts

Continuity edititing is the film doing what the eye naturally does.

types of shots

1. establish shot
2. mastershot
3. over the shoulder
4. close up
5. extreme close up

Shot transitions that omit parts of and event causing an ellipses in plot and story duration
Jump out/dissolve - 2 images/clips overlap
Overlapping editing is a common charecteristics of the frenzied king kong addition films in the 80's + 90's
Temporal editing - Plays with time
Spatial editing - 180 degree rule.

final desicions

Soundtrack.We were thinking of having a mix of both fast-paced music and standard atmospheric music. For instance, fast-paced Drum and Bass would make a chase scene seem faster, and it would make the scene seem tense and it get your heart beating fast.Sound effects.For sound effects we would need things like , blood splatters, screams, sliceing sounds, footsteps and heavey footsteps. As we are doing a horror, this would seem rather appropriate. these are all sound you expect from a horror film.Costumes.For costumes, the character being chased would need normal clothing, as he is just a normal person. The killer would possibly need a mask and a hood. This makes the killer seem like he is isolated, like you know nothing about him, and not seeing his face makes it more of a mystery. You feel like you don't know the killer, so you can't feel sorry for him because of his background. This forces you to empathis with the victim.Props.We would need a mask and an object to be used as a weapon. This is fairly simple as we only need two minutes of footage, so props aren't a major issue. But we were looking at using a weapon that hasn't been seem in a horror movie. This could give a feeling of authenticity.Lighting.For lighting, we will proably use night vision and spotlights, this is because we are going to be filming in the dark.

Valdimir & Levi strauss

 

VALDIMIR PROPS

• HERO - leads the narrative, saves the day
• VILLAN - conflicts with the hero, wrecks everything
• HEROINE - ussualy some sort of prize award
• FATHER - offers reward
• HELPER - helps the hero save the day
• DONER - helps the hero in terms of gives him clue's and stuff
• MENTOR - teaches and guides the hero

LEVI STRAUSS

• man vs. women
• good vs. evil
• black vs. white
• hero vs. villan
• father vs. daughter

Cover idea

Comedy mood board

Questionnairre

Narrative Theories Research

A narrative is a story that is created in a constructive format (as a work of speech, literature, pictures, song, motion pictures, television, video games, theatre, musical theatre, or dance) that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events. Narrative is important because is explains what is going on and who is in the film, helping the audience to know whats hapening.
the three different narative theories are -

• Binary opposition
• equilibrium theory
• characters type

I think the most useful one in creating an effective narrative opening will be character type so the audience can have a feeling they already know the characters.

 Bibliography  is a systematic list of books and other works such as journal articles.
 filmography  is a systematic list of films.

Mood Board

created by curtis meredith

Character type and role with narrative

Hero - leads the narrative, is usually looking for something (a quest) or trying to solve something
Villain - conflicts with the hereo
heroine - is usually some sort of prize or reward for the hereo
farther - an authority figure who offers a reward for the hero
helper - helps the hero
donar - gives the hero something
mentor - teaches and guides the hero

What we expect from a horror

Why we chose Horror

Audience research

Audience research is the most important part of the media industry.

mass media information, is challenged to the 'masses' through opinion leadership. the people with the most access to media and having  more understanding  of a media content explain and diffuse the content to others...unfinished.

Saving Private Ryan - Opening Scene - Film analysis

in this film the technical and symbolic codes used are

• dark colours to show its based on an old war.
• angry/nervous facial expressions to show it is a matter of life or death, making you worried for the soldiers,giving you a feeling of their emotions.

          

Weekly report 29/09/10

This week in media our teacher showed us many thing such as symbolic codes, technical codes, analysing opening scenes, how to use a blog and a variation of camera angles such as birds eye view, dutch tilt, high angle, low angle, childrens eye level and ground level. I have took notes and am excited to use them in my own work.

Genre

While the scope of the word "genre" is commonly confined to art and culture, it also defines individuals' interactions with and within their environments. In order to be recognized as genre these interactions and environments must be recurring. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre )

genre advantages

• audience know what they are going to whatch
• genres can be mixed up such as rom-com which are called hybrids.
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The Ring 2 - Film opening

The whole film, revolves around a video of a ring. At first their is a lot of confusion to what the video is about and how people die after watching it, but one women investigates deeper into the scenario, fighting for her and her sons life.

the genre is a horror/thriller based film. using such as:

dim lighting

close ups

knifes as props in background

camera focused on the tv when the video is on

the costume hair and make up used is brilliant using bright pale facial makeup and jet black hair for the evil girl.

Symbolic code

The Ring

The cold blue camera filter represents an abnormal character

The symbolic code for a cold blue effect/filter is a convention of a horror/thriller.

the facial expressions are forbidden as she hides her true look.

Symbolic Code

THE SHINING

LONG SHOT

NEUTRAL

this picture has a scary mystery,the positioning of the character makes him seem inferior to the focus of the still image.

also the photo is concentrated on the door, by using lighting too highlight the mystery, at the end of the corridor.

his costume and hair makes him look young and fragile, indicating their is a threat.

Technical code analysis

 Close up     

This is a close up of an evil villain 

it emphasises his teeth to show he is abnormal and will eat somebody

the close up angle is to get the full face to show exactly what he looks like.                 

"The Strangers" Trailer (Better Lock Your Doors!)

this is along the lines of our idea.
we like it because its realistic, but also scary and only involving real characters.