Friday, 26 April 2013
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Question 7
Question 7
''Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?''
When looking back on my preliminary task that I completed at the beginning of the year i can see the progress I have made since which has helped in the production of my final product. When I first started I had little knowledge of what each shot type was and how to use them to their full potential. Since then I have improved my skills and i now know the correct terminology for each and how to use them appropriately. During the filming of my preliminary task I learnt about the 180 degree rule, match on action, shot/reverse shot, continuity editing and how to frame a steady shot. When I had used these shot types in my preliminary task at the beginning of the year, I used them in a basic format but did not push the skills further. Since this task I feel I have pushed these skills along when producing my final product.
During the time that I have spent since the preliminary task I have seen my progress in the use of match on action. When I first used match on action I wasn't entirely sure how to use it properly so the shots where it is used arent as clear. In comparison to this, when I used match on action in my final product it was clearer as to what type of shot has been used. This shows my development in the understanding of how to film and edit a video clip in a professional way.
In this clip we see Aaron looking at Darren who is asleep on the desk. We then get a shot of Aaron's puzzled facial expression as he is talking to Darren trying to wake him up as he is late. After this we get a final shot of Darren again from Aaron's point of view as he is waking up from his sleep. These shots are slightly shakey which throughout the time that I have had to produce my final I have improved. They have also improved in the way that we view the shots as now in my final piece they are a lot clearer.
As there was no dialogue in our piece because we wanted to use sound to create the atmosphere, we only used match on action when the main character was in the bath. This clip shows the main character casually having his bath going about his normal, daily life and we don't think anything of it. We then see a shot of a blank ceiling for a long period of time as if it was shot from the characters point of view. After we have focused on this for a while it goes back to the shot of the character in the bath where blood suddenly drips on him. This is an example of where my knowledge of match on action has increased as the shot is pretty clear to what it is and the shots are not as shakey as they appear in my preliminary task.
Throughout the process since the preliminary task I have developed my skills in continuity editing. As you can see the main character first grabs the pills that stop his hallucinations and opens up the box. There is then a different shot where he takes them and breathes. The two shots where cleanly edited together so that the two shots looked like they run smoothly into each other. This has improved a lot since my preliminary task as before you could tell they were three different camera shots.
In this clip the editing is not as smooth so the two clips do not run clearly into each other. When looking at this clip in comparison to the other you can see a great contrast in the skills that I have improved on. You can tell in this clip that they were three different shots taken at different times.
''Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?''
When looking back on my preliminary task that I completed at the beginning of the year i can see the progress I have made since which has helped in the production of my final product. When I first started I had little knowledge of what each shot type was and how to use them to their full potential. Since then I have improved my skills and i now know the correct terminology for each and how to use them appropriately. During the filming of my preliminary task I learnt about the 180 degree rule, match on action, shot/reverse shot, continuity editing and how to frame a steady shot. When I had used these shot types in my preliminary task at the beginning of the year, I used them in a basic format but did not push the skills further. Since this task I feel I have pushed these skills along when producing my final product.
During the time that I have spent since the preliminary task I have seen my progress in the use of match on action. When I first used match on action I wasn't entirely sure how to use it properly so the shots where it is used arent as clear. In comparison to this, when I used match on action in my final product it was clearer as to what type of shot has been used. This shows my development in the understanding of how to film and edit a video clip in a professional way.
In this clip we see Aaron looking at Darren who is asleep on the desk. We then get a shot of Aaron's puzzled facial expression as he is talking to Darren trying to wake him up as he is late. After this we get a final shot of Darren again from Aaron's point of view as he is waking up from his sleep. These shots are slightly shakey which throughout the time that I have had to produce my final I have improved. They have also improved in the way that we view the shots as now in my final piece they are a lot clearer.
As there was no dialogue in our piece because we wanted to use sound to create the atmosphere, we only used match on action when the main character was in the bath. This clip shows the main character casually having his bath going about his normal, daily life and we don't think anything of it. We then see a shot of a blank ceiling for a long period of time as if it was shot from the characters point of view. After we have focused on this for a while it goes back to the shot of the character in the bath where blood suddenly drips on him. This is an example of where my knowledge of match on action has increased as the shot is pretty clear to what it is and the shots are not as shakey as they appear in my preliminary task.
Throughout the process since the preliminary task I have developed my skills in continuity editing. As you can see the main character first grabs the pills that stop his hallucinations and opens up the box. There is then a different shot where he takes them and breathes. The two shots where cleanly edited together so that the two shots looked like they run smoothly into each other. This has improved a lot since my preliminary task as before you could tell they were three different camera shots.
In this clip the editing is not as smooth so the two clips do not run clearly into each other. When looking at this clip in comparison to the other you can see a great contrast in the skills that I have improved on. You can tell in this clip that they were three different shots taken at different times.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Directors Commentary Script
Directors Commentary
Hello I'm Sophie and I'm the director for the opening title sequence called Vanish.
At the beginning you can see our distribution company which is vertigo films. We chose this because it distributes low budget films which are mainly in the genre of thriller like ours. For our production company we designed it ourselves. We named ours 'Thrillseekers production' as we feel this is appropriate for a thriller genre as you watch them to gain thrills throughout. We used a lion as the main logo point as we felt it reflected the idea of thrills and being scared as a lion is the main animal for this.
We chose our target audience to be between the age of 16-25 and to also be a mixed gender. We chose to use this everyday setting as we felt all our audience would relate better to it. To go along with this we chose to use everyday items that most people from our target audience would already have at home and regularly use. This is to show that the character we chose is relate-able as he lives in a normal home.
Throughout this opening sequence we have used eerie music to create the atmosphere needed for the audience to fully feel like they are watching a thriller. In our opening title sequence we decided that our main character would not be shown to wear a costume as such but to only have a white towel. This is to show purity and how innocent he is when he is just having a regular bath that everyone else in our target audience has or has heard of.
After he has had the hallucination, taken the pills and then calmed down we see him sit down to try and relax on the sofa. The camera then zooms into him to show the audience that he is alone. We did this so that the audience know there is no one else with him which foreshadows events that happen later on in the piece. At the end after we have seen the 'thing' in the bath we see a lot of black flickering light and then it suddenly ends with a big title on your screen. We used this to try and scare the target audience which reflects our genre.
Focus Group
After the focus group, we evidently learnt that we had reached many of our goals and aims which were previously set by us, prior to the actual creation of our opening sequence. This included aspects such as:
- Making our audience want to watch on
- Ensuring that we met all the conventional features found within an opening sequence
- Ensuring that our editing and title sequences looked professional and that they were well placed within the frame
- Appealing to our target audience
- Ensuring that our overall opening sequence flowed well together
Audience feedback powerpoint
When doing our feedback we found out that most of the people we asked thought our opening title sequence was successful as the sequence reflected our chosen genre. They thought that we represented this chosen genre well through our choice of props, characters and settings.They all wanted to continue watching on as it left them asking many questions. For example they all wanted to see who the person in the bath was at the end as they didnt expect to see her. This meant that we feel we did a good job in all the choices we made into the lead up to the final piece.
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