Different Types Of Structure Of a Film Opening - Majeda

Examples Of Intertexuality - Majeda

A few ideas for the opening of our thriller - Majeda

My Favourite Sub Genre - Majeda

Evaluation of Prelim

In today's lesson we were tasked with producing our own clip based on the idea that was given to us in class, which was to create a scenario where there is a character who walks into a room and shares a few lines of dialogue with another character sitting opposite, while acting out this scenario we were told to use a number of camera angles that we were taught in class, we also tried to implement the 180 degree rule to make our clip as realistic as possible.

We started filming outside of the college to get some outside shots and to introduce the main character, we then got some close ups and a few long shots of the main character walking through the college gates and then entering the college, we tried to make the shots as realistic as possible by thinking about the camera placement because when you shoot the clips you need to continuously think about what the audience will see when they are watching it on the big screen.

Unfortunately we did make some mistakes regarding the camera placement but I think for the majority of our clip was shot in the way that looked right when we watched it back on the big screens, I think that all the match cuts we used worked well and really made the clip flow in the way that we wanted it to, one of our major mistakes was the fact that we were a little confused with how the 180 degree rule worked, and because of that I feel that the dialogue scenes that we shot were unsuccessful mainly because the two characters that were in the shots kept moving and there was no eye contact because the cameras were placed  in obscure angles.

Thriller Props...

Weapons

Thriller Locations...

Inside Shots

These are all shots from inside my bathroom, I was thinking that we could  rein-act the scene from psycho where there is a women in the shower, and a unknown man creeps into the bathroom and murders her in the bath, we can use the fake blood to make the scene look as realistic as possible, we can have hand prints on the tiles of the bath room to let our audience know that a women has been murdered. We can also have a shot of the victim sliding down the tiles of the bathroom. We can also use the bathroom to film a scene where the psycho is just washing his face and hands, at the same time we can go into a flashback of the psycho killing his victims.

Outside Shots

The shots that you can see above are locations that I think we will be able to use in our film, for example we can use the shot of London hospital to start the film, we can get a close up of one of the windows and then go in to another shot to make the audience think that we are in a hospital room. We can then walk down one of the side alleys at night time maybe carrying a weapon. From this we can  walk up to a house and knock on it and then we can shoot the rest of our film such as the bathroom scene and the scenes where the psycho murders the whole family.

Pitch ..... 10,11,12

10) We've learned a variety of skills, whilst using the camcorder during our practical lessons. When we did a remake of 'Collateral' and our Prelim clip we practiced using different types of shots, as well as how to put it in a certain mode or to keep the camcorder still to get shots in focus. We used 'Final Cut Pro' as our editing software. This was used to experiment with different credits when adding text to the opening of 'Arlington Road', also we learned how to merge two shots together, to present a smooth and sharp video. We've learned that on the blog we can be as creative as we want when presenting a post, we can use 'animatic' to present storyboards, images to back up what we write as well as the post to look good as appearance wise. 

11) We think that Fox Searchlight Pictures should produce our movie. This is because they specialise in British films, which are either drama or horror.  

  

 12) Our target audience is young adults.As our film is about a young boy who is stuck living his life in a mental asylum, the young audience can relate to the young boy (the main character). This will appeal to the audience as they would want to know how and why is this young boy in this place. They would be asking themselves questions, such as 'what turned this innocent boy into behaving like this?'

Opening shots in our thriller film...

For the opening scenes in our thriller film I think it will be a good idea to start by getting a number of panning shots of famous landmarks around London such as the ones you can see above, we should shoot these shots at night to set the mood for the whole of the film. From this we can go into the idea that we discussed in class where we will get a shot of a hospital, from this we will go into a shot of a plain empty room with only a desk and the psycho in it, in this room there will be a number of shots of the psycho scratching at the wall and carving into the desk.

Prelim final - Evaluation

In the previous lesson we were given a brieft to produce our own clip. A scenario where there is a character who walks into a room and has a conversation with another character sitting opposite them. While acting out the scene we were told to use a number of camera angles as well as the 180 degree rule to make the clip look realistic.

We firstly began filming outside of the entrance of college where we got some shots; close ups and a few long shots of the main character walking through the barriers and then entering the college. We repeatedly took a couple more footage of the same shot to check which one was perfect enought for the audience when they will being seeing it.

 

Overall we did make some mistakes during the filming, due to the camera placement. However, I think when were watching the clip back after adding a few credits our clip worked well with the match cuts we used really made the clip flow in the way that we assumed it would. One of our major mistakes was that we were quite confused with how the 180 degree rule worked, this is because I feel that the dialogue scenes we chose to shoot were rather unsuccessful mainly because the two characters that were in the shots kept fidgiting and there was not much eye contact as the cameras were placed  in obscure angles, and also not serious emotions were shown.

In the clip that we produced today we found the 180 degree rule quite confusing at times, and because of this we were unsure where the camera was meant to be placed to get the best shots as possible. Unfortunately we did not do the 180 degree rule right which meant that a small part of our clip towards the end looked a little bit unprofessional, but I feel that now I have researched into the 180 degree rule i will be able to put it to the test in the thriller film that we create in a few short weeks.

Filming of the Prelim - Choose which ones you want :)

TUTORIAL OF 180 DEGREE RULE

Prelim : Planning, storyboard, anamatic

Prelim Edit

ANALYSIS OF PREVIOUS STUDENTS FILM OPENING.(screen shots)

By analyzing these students 2 minute film opening ('Rushes'), i took some screen shots of the certain parts which stood out most to me and which i found more revealing in relation to the uses of the four conventions (mise en scene, sound, editing and sound). These particular shots contained elements that support the theme of a thriller.

These are some more shot of the character on the ground and the camera being lifted by someone.

These are some screen shots of extreme close ups of the character on the ground.

Here are some screen shot of the character on the ground.(close-up of this face and dirty shoes)

 This is some screen shots of the settings (large doors, lots of heavy locks)they used and more shots of the camera and television which the character uses to watch the footage.

Below are some screen shots of the opening credits and tittle 

These are on the sheets on the desk in front of him. This is also a creative and unique way of presenting their credits