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.