Our final idea is going to be based on our stalker (played by Sarah's Dad) who follows young girls and takes photos of them and develops them in his creepy old darkroom. Our actual film will begin with a few shots of myself walking somewhere and we will edit this long shot into stills with a camera shutter noise on top to make it appear as though the stalker is taking photographs of myself.
We will then fade to black and we will then change to a shot of the darkroom door in the dark with the stalker walking into the darkroom, however when he enters the darkroom he will turn on the redlights when he is in the doorway and as there is a redlight outside the darkroom, it will create the sudden effect from darkness to creepy redlights. Once he is in the darkroom we will pan around and show all the surroundings of the room which will include photographs of girls with notes about them next to them. Then the stalker will drop something, making a sharp loud noise and the camera will move quickly around from the photographs to the stalker developing his new photographs of me.
We will then have a new bright establishing shot of my characters house, after a second the stalker will walk past the house, looking up at it and then down an alley next to it and wait. We will then show my character leaving the house and walking down the drive and in the direction the stalker came from, however as I am leaving the drive, the stalker will begin to follow. Then there will be a shot of him following me from behind down another alleyway.
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Our Final Film Idea and Storyboard
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Practising using iMovie
After finishing our preliminary we realised there was alot of unused footage, we decided to make an 'out-takes' version as there were alot of accidental takes which were amusing and it would also give us practise using iMovie before we begin editing our film. We decided to not use any effects as it made the clip look unprofessional however we did test out a few and we now already have a few ideas on what effects we are going to edit into our film opening. Having the extra footage came in use as we used different takes in every shot of our preliminary video without having a problem with continuity, this helped us agree as a group that when we record our film opening we will record it 3 times even if we are happy with it. Here is our finished outtakes video uploaded onto our own user account of Youtube.
G321 Report OCR Media Conference 2009 And Marking Criteria
This the G321 coursework marking criteria
This is last years official OCR report for all G321- Coursework Production Unit
Mise-En-Scene Presentation
In groups we were set a task to produce a powerpoint/presentation on how the mise-en-scene in a UK drama shows status, sexuality, gender or age. As a group we decided to base our presentation on how sexuality is shown in the clip of Skins. This is our presentation;
'What Is Media?' Powerpoint
This powerpoint covers subjects aswell as key points and terminology that will be included in my examination on May, for revision we are going to have test to insure that we fully understand what is being stated.
Jaws Shot Analysis
This is an ideal shot-by-shot analysis of Jaws, it shows every shot in the film aswell as why they are used without constant repitition of the same points aswell as going into enough detail.
Opening Credits
In research for our groups film opening it seems most films include credits of some kind during the establishing scenes, these may be very creative or very dull. This website explains the importance of opening credits and gives good examples of films with variating sequences.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Silence Of The Lambs
ning is. Unfortunatley the films opening quite dull as it is simply made up of a girl completing an assault course. This establishes the location as we understand where the girl is, however it doesn't grab the audience's attention as well as other films which jump straight into the action. It does leave the audience on as stereotypically women are not often in the armed forces so the audience watches to find out why the woman is completing this course. It may be believed however that she is running away from something as she often turns around to search around her and the scene is very foggy to add mystery.
ook like a woman. There is a shot of his arm reaching out to touch the policewoman, which is similar to a shot we have filmed of our killer reaching out. This shows that the obsessed killer is not violent but is not timid. The reaching out to touch the victim seems alot more effective as it creates creepiness that sends goosebumps up the spine. I think that we should use the shot we have filmed similarily to this, as it has been used in a film already and creates a very spooky look. Also this shot uses the nightvision effect which we are considering using when we use the dark room, I think we should use it as it creates a gloomy effect and establishes the dark, creepiness of the location.