For my opening sequence I will need:
A Young Girl ( who will need quite old clothes and a pair of glasses. )
3 main bullies (either male or female, or mixture doesn't matter.)
These characters will need to wear casual clothes doesn't have to be anything pacific.
Camera
Tape
Tripod
Charger
Bed
Television
Magazine
Pot of pills
I will be filming in two set places, at school and also in a house for my opening sequence.
Monday 22 November 2010
Opening Sequence - Camera Shots List.
Shot 1: A tilt shot of a bullied girl. (Ending with a close up shot on her face where she is crying.)
Shot 2: Following shot of bully walking up to the girl.
Shot 3: Slow motion, medium shot of bully pushing and shoving the girl.
Shot 4: Close up of of bully laughing and walking away.
Shot 5: Medium shot of girl standing there, she then falls to floor and starts crying.
Shot 6: Following shot of girl walking out of school.
Shot 7: Medium-Long shot of the bullied girl getting angry, and kicks the wall.
Shot 8: Medium shot of people walking past laughing and pointing.
Shot 9: Over the shoulder shot of girl walking home.
Shot 10: Long shot of bullies walking towards girl.
Shot 11: Medium shot of girl opening her front door.
Shot 12: The shot will then be a close up shot of the girl shutting her front door.
Shot 13: Will be a following shot of her walking up the stairs.
Shot 14: Over the shoulder shot of girl looking at herself in the mirror (in the same shot she reaches for some pills)
Shot 15: Medium shot of girl taking pills and overdosing. She falls to the floor.
Shot 16: Birds eye view shot of girl lying on the floor dead.
I am going to have after this section of the sequence three quick sots of the bully's reactions when they are being tormented by the dead girl. I wont have the whole scene of these three scenes in the actual film but the audience will know this is what type of haunting happen in the film and also will want them to watch the film as they want to know what actually happens to the bullies.
Shot 17: Medium shot of one of the bullies sitting up in bed quickly with a frightened look on their face.
Shot 18: An over the shoulder shot of one of the bullies watching t.v (the t.v turns fuzzy).
Shot 19: A medium shot of a girl reading a magazine in her room and the door slams shut.
Shot 20: Close up shot of a light swinging.
Shot 2: Following shot of bully walking up to the girl.
Shot 3: Slow motion, medium shot of bully pushing and shoving the girl.
Shot 4: Close up of of bully laughing and walking away.
Shot 5: Medium shot of girl standing there, she then falls to floor and starts crying.
Shot 6: Following shot of girl walking out of school.
Shot 7: Medium-Long shot of the bullied girl getting angry, and kicks the wall.
Shot 8: Medium shot of people walking past laughing and pointing.
Shot 9: Over the shoulder shot of girl walking home.
Shot 10: Long shot of bullies walking towards girl.
Shot 11: Medium shot of girl opening her front door.
Shot 12: The shot will then be a close up shot of the girl shutting her front door.
Shot 13: Will be a following shot of her walking up the stairs.
Shot 14: Over the shoulder shot of girl looking at herself in the mirror (in the same shot she reaches for some pills)
Shot 15: Medium shot of girl taking pills and overdosing. She falls to the floor.
Shot 16: Birds eye view shot of girl lying on the floor dead.
I am going to have after this section of the sequence three quick sots of the bully's reactions when they are being tormented by the dead girl. I wont have the whole scene of these three scenes in the actual film but the audience will know this is what type of haunting happen in the film and also will want them to watch the film as they want to know what actually happens to the bullies.
Shot 17: Medium shot of one of the bullies sitting up in bed quickly with a frightened look on their face.
Shot 18: An over the shoulder shot of one of the bullies watching t.v (the t.v turns fuzzy).
Shot 19: A medium shot of a girl reading a magazine in her room and the door slams shut.
Shot 20: Close up shot of a light swinging.
Thursday 18 November 2010
Preliminary Task Script.
Hannah: Oh Lia, what's the matter? Are you okay?
Lia: (Crying) NO!
Hannah: Why what's happened?
Lia: You was meant to be my friend!
Hannah: I don't know what you mean Lia, what have I done?
Lia: You know exactly what you've done Hannah!
Hannah: (Getting Angry) I've got lesson, I'll talk you later.
Lia: (Crying) NO!
Hannah: Why what's happened?
Lia: You was meant to be my friend!
Hannah: I don't know what you mean Lia, what have I done?
Lia: You know exactly what you've done Hannah!
Hannah: (Getting Angry) I've got lesson, I'll talk you later.
Monday 15 November 2010
Monday 8 November 2010
Preliminary Task Evaluation.
Preliminary Task:
Filming and acting in this task helped us to understand the roles of being in front of the camera, acting and also behind the camera, filming for the task itself.
We have done a task quite similar to this so when we bought it back to edit we knew the application 'Premiere Pro' quite well and it was easy to edit and to move the clips about with confidence.
It didn't take us very long to film both tasks as we paired up with Tom and Hannah and shared the camera and ideas to help our clips be the best that they could be. Filming the shots was fairly easy and straightforward to do but we had to make sure that when filming we didn't break the 180 degree rule and make sure we had all the shots needed for example, shot reverse shot, and an over the shoulder shot.
When editing we did have to cut some of our shots out because when we looked at it fully there were a lot of cuts to the clips which made it look quite choppy and out of place, so we decided to fully cut that section out and leave it starting on the entry rather then having clips before the entry to the door opening, as this section wasn't actually needed as we had all the required shots in the clips after.
Filming and acting in this task helped us to understand the roles of being in front of the camera, acting and also behind the camera, filming for the task itself.
We have done a task quite similar to this so when we bought it back to edit we knew the application 'Premiere Pro' quite well and it was easy to edit and to move the clips about with confidence.
It didn't take us very long to film both tasks as we paired up with Tom and Hannah and shared the camera and ideas to help our clips be the best that they could be. Filming the shots was fairly easy and straightforward to do but we had to make sure that when filming we didn't break the 180 degree rule and make sure we had all the shots needed for example, shot reverse shot, and an over the shoulder shot.
When editing we did have to cut some of our shots out because when we looked at it fully there were a lot of cuts to the clips which made it look quite choppy and out of place, so we decided to fully cut that section out and leave it starting on the entry rather then having clips before the entry to the door opening, as this section wasn't actually needed as we had all the required shots in the clips after.
Thursday 4 November 2010
3-4 Ideas for Filming Opening Title Sequence.
Film Opening:
Idea 1: For my film opening title sequence, I want to make it as eery and to keep the audience wondering what the film is mostly about. I would like the opening to focus on a character but not actually show the characters appearence to make the opening more interesting and keeping the eyes and focus of the audience wondering what is going to happen in the actual film and what kind of character this mysterious person is going to turn out like.
I am thinking to make my film opening a horror film as that will give me good ideas to make the character more mysterious and make the audience more eager to watch the next part of the opening.
I can put sound effects onto the opening to make it more spooky and scary, and also keep the colours quite dark which also makes it more scary.
I will film the opening in different areas such as at school and also outside of the school premises to change the areas in which will make my film opening look better.
Idea 2: My second idea is going to be about two girls moving into a new house, and are very excited. Before they moved they were out for the night and had told what they thought had been a genuine person they were moving and the road, throughout conversation they tell him where they are moving to and he can then come round to their new house and bring a few friends. When the boys come round, the girls do not know that they are planning to kidnap them and take them away.
I'm going to name the film 'kidnap' and I will use different actors to show who plays what part. I will use close ups to show the emotions of the characters. Also I will use shots such as medium shots etc. to show the planning of the kidnap and also the two girls talking about their new home.
Idea 3: My third idea is about a girl who is severely bullied at school and her self esteem is very low. The bullying then becomes unbearable for her and she ends up killing herself. The bullies then experience weird paranormal things happening to them which scare them. It is the girl that killed herself coming back to haunt them and she ends up killing them in a scary way, one by one.
The camera shots I will use will be close ups of the bullies faces when the girl comes back to haunt them, also weird shots, but without the girl actually being in the camera, but shots to show the audience that her spirit is still on screen.
Videos that inspired me for the choices of what I'm going to do was the film Chainsaw Texas Massacre My first idea as it does not show the character fully it first. He is shown in parts to keep the audience interested. For idea 2 the film 'Taken' had an idea in my head as it is about two girls that get kidnapped by men.
My third idea was based on a bit of the film 'Paranormal Activity' and other horror films.
Idea 1: For my film opening title sequence, I want to make it as eery and to keep the audience wondering what the film is mostly about. I would like the opening to focus on a character but not actually show the characters appearence to make the opening more interesting and keeping the eyes and focus of the audience wondering what is going to happen in the actual film and what kind of character this mysterious person is going to turn out like.
I am thinking to make my film opening a horror film as that will give me good ideas to make the character more mysterious and make the audience more eager to watch the next part of the opening.
I can put sound effects onto the opening to make it more spooky and scary, and also keep the colours quite dark which also makes it more scary.
I will film the opening in different areas such as at school and also outside of the school premises to change the areas in which will make my film opening look better.
Idea 2: My second idea is going to be about two girls moving into a new house, and are very excited. Before they moved they were out for the night and had told what they thought had been a genuine person they were moving and the road, throughout conversation they tell him where they are moving to and he can then come round to their new house and bring a few friends. When the boys come round, the girls do not know that they are planning to kidnap them and take them away.
I'm going to name the film 'kidnap' and I will use different actors to show who plays what part. I will use close ups to show the emotions of the characters. Also I will use shots such as medium shots etc. to show the planning of the kidnap and also the two girls talking about their new home.
Idea 3: My third idea is about a girl who is severely bullied at school and her self esteem is very low. The bullying then becomes unbearable for her and she ends up killing herself. The bullies then experience weird paranormal things happening to them which scare them. It is the girl that killed herself coming back to haunt them and she ends up killing them in a scary way, one by one.
The camera shots I will use will be close ups of the bullies faces when the girl comes back to haunt them, also weird shots, but without the girl actually being in the camera, but shots to show the audience that her spirit is still on screen.
Videos that inspired me for the choices of what I'm going to do was the film Chainsaw Texas Massacre My first idea as it does not show the character fully it first. He is shown in parts to keep the audience interested. For idea 2 the film 'Taken' had an idea in my head as it is about two girls that get kidnapped by men.
My third idea was based on a bit of the film 'Paranormal Activity' and other horror films.
Monday 1 November 2010
Superbad Storyboard + Planning
Storyboard
Planning
Before actually filming we needed to write a shot list down to plan and help us when it came to actually filming. In this opening we do not have any different shots or angles so we just needed to make sure the straight view of the camera was held steady and also had both characters in the shot the whole time. There was also no speech so we didn't need to write out a script or plan that. It was easy to plan we just needed it to be as professional and similar as possible.
Final Remake/Evaluation of Superbad.
Evaluation of the remake of Superbad:
Our project was to recreate a film opening of our choice and to film and create it to look as similar to the actual professional opening as possible. Using similar costumes and actors, the same script and setting, background music and transitions, effects etc.
For the remake of superbad which is an American comedy film (2007) about young teenagers getting themselves into trouble. The opening we needed to remake was a colourful cartoon looking shot of two people dancing. There is transitions and different colours to add and we did this in adobe after effects. The actual filming itself was a constant straight forward two person view. Before we filmed we planned our opening by making a list of screen shots and also drawing out a story board to help us when filming.
Organising the cast and equipment: When organising and sorting out the equipment to film, we didn't need props or extras apart from the camera, the tripod and the two actors that would be performing in front of the camera. We needed to be organised and make sure everyone knew exactly when and where we was filming, and we also needed to make sure the camera and tripod was signed out the exact time we were going to be filming. We also had to make sure the two people we used were available when we were filming. There was no speech in our opening just a song. Also we didn't need set costumes or makeup etc, because the start of our film needed after effects after we filmed as the opening is in a style of a cartoon with just the outline of the character in colour. This meant we didn't need to worry about the props costumes etc because it didn't really matter. So the main focus was getting all the filming exactly how it needed to be and as the characters do a dance for the opening the moves were as similar to the ones on the actual film opening.
When filming, it was quite basic and easy to film as we didn't have to have any different angles or shots it was just a basic front view of the two person shot. With the two dancers straight ahead in front of the camera. Although quite easy we needed to make sure both people when moving and dancing was both exactly in the camera at all times. This was quite hard as the place we filmed in was quite small and so it was tricky to get both actors in and in the camera shot when moving in different directions.
We didn't need to act or have a set acting piece in our film opening as all the characters did was dance, but we needed them to still be focused and co-operative to get it done as quickly and to the best possible standard we could. We had times when our actors went wrong when dancing and stopped and laughed but we needed to make sure they were sensible and mature when filming so my filming partner and I could get it as accurate as possible without distractions and irritations.
After filming and transferring it to after effects we didn't know exactly how to get our filming into the cartoon colourful view that we wanted. We had to play around with the package and see what worked to make it as similar as possible. We found it hard so only took small clips of our opening and made them as similar as we could the actual opening as it took extra time and assistance to use this package we had no clue about. We also had to use the actual Adobe Premiere Pro to alter and edit the filming and add the effects and transitions before using the after effects, which means we needed to be quick and ended up needing more time.
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