Saturday, 31 March 2012
Construction Final
The embedded video shows the result of all our work in filming, editing and planning. It is the final construction post-editing and is the basis for our evaluation.
Friday, 30 March 2012
Continuity sequence
(Adam)
The embedded video displays the continuity task we were required to do to display basic filming techniques. We were instructed to show on person walk through a door and film the come out the other side, this was to show that we could edit a segment on both sides of the door but still keep the footage flowing seamlessly. we were then required to do a shot reverse shot of myself and Jake exchanging a few lines of dialogue.
Thursday, 29 March 2012
E-mail asking Permission to use a song
(Jake)
As shown in this screenshot, we were required to e-mail Columbia records to get permission for the use of the song "F**king in the bushes" by Oasis in our media product.
As shown in this screenshot, we were required to e-mail Columbia records to get permission for the use of the song "F**king in the bushes" by Oasis in our media product.
Storyboard planning
Adam
1) This frame shows the character of Don Galanakis yelling at the other members of the gang behind a table.
2) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Don Galanakis yelling in a close up shot.
3) This frame shows a number of the objects that will be seen on the table where Andre is seated, they include: cocaine, a gun, a stack of money and then the full shot of of Andre at the table.
4) This frame show the freeze-frame of Andre lighting a cigarette from a flaming £50 note.
5) This frame displays the point of view shot of Mick fighting the character behind the camera.
6) This frame shows another freeze-frame of Mick standing over the point of view character.
7) This frame shows Billy Rich in his suit being brushed by Rent.
8) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Billy Rich.
9) This frame shows a full shot of Rent brushing off Billy Rich.
10) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Rent being pushed away by Billy Rich.
11) This frame shows Ray loading a gun and preparing for a raid of some kind.
12) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Rays aiming his gun and shouting a threat or demand.
13) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Red looking over files on another gang member with the intention of blowing their cover as the source.
14) This frame shows Red pushing the enter button of the laptop to secure the evidence of the gangs infiltrator.
We did not include the final clips of the film showing Ray to be the source because the decision to use those shots came at a much later date than storyboarding the film.
1) This frame shows the character of Don Galanakis yelling at the other members of the gang behind a table.
2) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Don Galanakis yelling in a close up shot.
3) This frame shows a number of the objects that will be seen on the table where Andre is seated, they include: cocaine, a gun, a stack of money and then the full shot of of Andre at the table.
4) This frame show the freeze-frame of Andre lighting a cigarette from a flaming £50 note.
5) This frame displays the point of view shot of Mick fighting the character behind the camera.
6) This frame shows another freeze-frame of Mick standing over the point of view character.
7) This frame shows Billy Rich in his suit being brushed by Rent.
8) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Billy Rich.
9) This frame shows a full shot of Rent brushing off Billy Rich.
10) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Rent being pushed away by Billy Rich.
11) This frame shows Ray loading a gun and preparing for a raid of some kind.
12) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Rays aiming his gun and shouting a threat or demand.
13) This frame shows the freeze-frame of Red looking over files on another gang member with the intention of blowing their cover as the source.
14) This frame shows Red pushing the enter button of the laptop to secure the evidence of the gangs infiltrator.
We did not include the final clips of the film showing Ray to be the source because the decision to use those shots came at a much later date than storyboarding the film.
Sound editing diary entry
(Adam)
When deciding what music to use in our film opening we had to take into account the genre and audience for our film. Once we did this we narrowed the choice down to a few different songs. In the end we decided to use "f###ing in the bushes" by Oasis. This was an obvioius choice in the end because it fitted so well into our opening sequence and also our target audience.
When first creating our opening sequence we had a good idea on how we wanted the music to influence our opening. When it came to adding the music to our opening sequence we wanted the shouting at the start of the song to apear as the opening credits are on screen and then the guitar to cut in as soon as the moving images began. This worked really well and it gave our work a more proffesional feel.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Shot List
(Jake)
1) Idents
2) Titles
3) Medium shot of "Don Galanakis" shouting towards the camera.
4) Close up shot of hands cutting lines of coke.
5) £20 notes falling from the sky.
6) Medium shot of "Andre" wiping face clean with £20 notes.
7) Close up of "Andre" lighting a cigarette with a £20 note.
8) Point of view shot, the character "Mick" fighting someone (The camera)
9) Extreme close up of character "Billy Rich" pulling suit cuffs tight.
10) Another extreme close up of "Billy Rich" this time pulling his tie tight.
11) Medium shot of "Billy Rich" posing in a stance whilst his suit is being dusted off.
12) Over the shoulder shot of "Billy Rich" getting his suit dusted off by "Rent". Then "Rent" gets hit onto the bed by "Billy Rich"
13) Close up of "Rent" looking scared after being hit onto the bed by "Billy Rich"
14) Close up of a gun being loaded by "Ray"
15) Another close up of "Ray" putting the loaded gun into the back of his jeans.
16) Wide shot of "Ray" walking onto the shot and pointed the gun at someone.
17) Medium shot of "Red" typing something on a laptop.
18) Extreme close up of "Red" clicking the enter button. (Meant to imply something important)
19) Quick flash of "Billy Rich" Slapping "Ray"
20) Then another flash of "Billy Rich" shooting "Ray" in the kneecap.
21) Finally, the last shot in the opening is of "Billy Rich" pointing a gun to "Ray"'s head, the screen then goes black and a gun is fired, the words "The Source" then apear (Title of film).
1) Idents
2) Titles
3) Medium shot of "Don Galanakis" shouting towards the camera.
4) Close up shot of hands cutting lines of coke.
5) £20 notes falling from the sky.
6) Medium shot of "Andre" wiping face clean with £20 notes.
7) Close up of "Andre" lighting a cigarette with a £20 note.
8) Point of view shot, the character "Mick" fighting someone (The camera)
9) Extreme close up of character "Billy Rich" pulling suit cuffs tight.
10) Another extreme close up of "Billy Rich" this time pulling his tie tight.
11) Medium shot of "Billy Rich" posing in a stance whilst his suit is being dusted off.
12) Over the shoulder shot of "Billy Rich" getting his suit dusted off by "Rent". Then "Rent" gets hit onto the bed by "Billy Rich"
13) Close up of "Rent" looking scared after being hit onto the bed by "Billy Rich"
14) Close up of a gun being loaded by "Ray"
15) Another close up of "Ray" putting the loaded gun into the back of his jeans.
16) Wide shot of "Ray" walking onto the shot and pointed the gun at someone.
17) Medium shot of "Red" typing something on a laptop.
18) Extreme close up of "Red" clicking the enter button. (Meant to imply something important)
19) Quick flash of "Billy Rich" Slapping "Ray"
20) Then another flash of "Billy Rich" shooting "Ray" in the kneecap.
21) Finally, the last shot in the opening is of "Billy Rich" pointing a gun to "Ray"'s head, the screen then goes black and a gun is fired, the words "The Source" then apear (Title of film).
Monday, 26 March 2012
Editing diary entry
(Adam)
When editing our construction it was a simple process of just choosing which pieces of each characters intro we wanted to include, when we filmed our opening we made sure that we filmed continuously for each characters part. By doing this we were able to give ourselves a choice when it came to using only the best pieces of footage.
(Jake)
The editing itself didn't was reasonably easy due to the software we used "final cut pro" which aided greatly in the editing of of our film opening. The "cut tool" was the tool which we used most of all as it allowed us to easily cut and trim parts of our opening. After showing our friends the rough cut of the film opening it was evident that some parts of our film needed to be edited. The reason for this was due to some scenes dragging on which made the overall opening too long. After this feedback we began to cut the parts of the film which needed trimming down which gave our film a more fluent feel.
Using our practice piece in the final cut - diary entry
(Adam)
When we got to the end of editing our final cut we saw that it may be a good idea to utilise some footage from our practise coursework piece to improve our final cut. Our intention was always to have a proposed storyline in which the character of Ray turns out to be an informant for the police, this was, however, not made obvious by the initial final cut ( a close example of this can be seen in our rough cut ). So then that caused us to consider ways we could improve the construction and it just so happened that our practise piece was very similar in terms of characters to our final piece at the time. We then chose to use a series of clips showing what was an earlier version of the Billy Rich and Ray characters, the clips show Billy torturing Ray and are meant to show a glimpse of the film's later stages, with a complete film aiming to workup to that point.
When we got to the end of editing our final cut we saw that it may be a good idea to utilise some footage from our practise coursework piece to improve our final cut. Our intention was always to have a proposed storyline in which the character of Ray turns out to be an informant for the police, this was, however, not made obvious by the initial final cut ( a close example of this can be seen in our rough cut ). So then that caused us to consider ways we could improve the construction and it just so happened that our practise piece was very similar in terms of characters to our final piece at the time. We then chose to use a series of clips showing what was an earlier version of the Billy Rich and Ray characters, the clips show Billy torturing Ray and are meant to show a glimpse of the film's later stages, with a complete film aiming to workup to that point.
Film title choice - diary entry
(Adam)
The name of our film, after much discussion, was decided to be "The Source". It took us a long time to decide the title for our film, in fact it was the last thing we did after editing the rest of our opening, the main reason it took us a long time was because we found it hard to come up with what would have ideally been a short punchy title that avoids cliches. We chose "The Source" because it reflected what the film would be about had it been a full length feature (see film ideas diary entry post).
The name of our film, after much discussion, was decided to be "The Source". It took us a long time to decide the title for our film, in fact it was the last thing we did after editing the rest of our opening, the main reason it took us a long time was because we found it hard to come up with what would have ideally been a short punchy title that avoids cliches. We chose "The Source" because it reflected what the film would be about had it been a full length feature (see film ideas diary entry post).
film ideas diary entry
(Adam & Jake)
When creating our film opening it was important for us to consider how the rest of our film would take shape. For us it was more of a case of thinking up a whole movie concept and working back from there. We had a good idea of what we were aiming for when we were coming up with a concept mostly through experience of watching films in the crime thriller/gangster genre. We were particularly drawn to the idea of an informant based storyline, whereby the gang is infiltrated by an outside source perhaps linked to the police or a rival gang. The aim of our opening was to introduce the gang members individually as members of the gang in question, the flashes of film at the end are intended to give the audience an idea of who the informant is and a look into a later part of the film. Our film's storyline or rather chain of events is set to show the story of how "the source" became involved in the gang and the series of events that happen for the source to be found out and then how the source escapes the involvement of the gang.
When creating our film opening it was important for us to consider how the rest of our film would take shape. For us it was more of a case of thinking up a whole movie concept and working back from there. We had a good idea of what we were aiming for when we were coming up with a concept mostly through experience of watching films in the crime thriller/gangster genre. We were particularly drawn to the idea of an informant based storyline, whereby the gang is infiltrated by an outside source perhaps linked to the police or a rival gang. The aim of our opening was to introduce the gang members individually as members of the gang in question, the flashes of film at the end are intended to give the audience an idea of who the informant is and a look into a later part of the film. Our film's storyline or rather chain of events is set to show the story of how "the source" became involved in the gang and the series of events that happen for the source to be found out and then how the source escapes the involvement of the gang.
Editing diary entry (photoshop)
(Adam)
An important part of our editing is the use of photoshop to create or freeze-frames. The frames were something we wanted to include because they were a clear cut way to introduce the personalities and character roles of the characters. We took influence in using this idea from old western films and more directly from the film "Snatch". To create the effect on the pictures we exported them into photoshop individually and used the "cutout" filter. For some of the pictures this was all that was needed but for most of them we also needed to alter the brightness and sharpness of the edges to produce a clear enough picture, this was due to the quality of the frames depending on the background they were taken in front of.
This screenshot shows how we created the screenshot of Ray, this frame in particular was a good example of how the characters backgrounds were vital in creating a good freeze-frame with the red canvases behind Adam creating a red effect on the whole picture.
After the transformation using the filters was complete we put the text over the pictures to show the characters name along with that of the actor portraying them. For this we chose to download a font called Urban Jungle due to the lack of originality that could be found with any of the pre-loaded fonts on the mac.
An important part of our editing is the use of photoshop to create or freeze-frames. The frames were something we wanted to include because they were a clear cut way to introduce the personalities and character roles of the characters. We took influence in using this idea from old western films and more directly from the film "Snatch". To create the effect on the pictures we exported them into photoshop individually and used the "cutout" filter. For some of the pictures this was all that was needed but for most of them we also needed to alter the brightness and sharpness of the edges to produce a clear enough picture, this was due to the quality of the frames depending on the background they were taken in front of.
After the transformation using the filters was complete we put the text over the pictures to show the characters name along with that of the actor portraying them. For this we chose to download a font called Urban Jungle due to the lack of originality that could be found with any of the pre-loaded fonts on the mac.
Initial Ideas Diary Entry
(Adam&Jake)
To make our media product its most effective we think it would be a good idea if we were to make a construction that we are part of the target audience for. We first considered the types of movies that our demographic (young males)typically enjoy, upon researching and through our own personal experience we saw that the most popular genres among young males were action movies, comedies, thrillers and gangster films. We are currently most strongly considering the gangster genre of film. We feel that this is a genre we will be able to pull off easily due to our own tastes of film and also because of the opportunities it gives us to experiment with elements of mise en scene and other conventions, of which the genre has many.
To make our media product its most effective we think it would be a good idea if we were to make a construction that we are part of the target audience for. We first considered the types of movies that our demographic (young males)typically enjoy, upon researching and through our own personal experience we saw that the most popular genres among young males were action movies, comedies, thrillers and gangster films. We are currently most strongly considering the gangster genre of film. We feel that this is a genre we will be able to pull off easily due to our own tastes of film and also because of the opportunities it gives us to experiment with elements of mise en scene and other conventions, of which the genre has many.
Weekend of filming diary entry
(Adam)
Initially we had planned for all cast members to be filmed on the saturday, however due to our film recruiting so many cast members not directly associated with the project reliability was an issue. We were able to film Red, Ray and Andre on the saturday but due to cast members pulling out we were unable to film anymore on that day. On the monday we were able to film all the remaining parts (Don, Rent, Billy and Mick). Due to our own time constraints with filming clashing with those of originally intended cast members we had to re-cast the characters of Rent and Mick. This was not too much of a hassle as we were able to reach the desired effect with these re-castings as the new actors were very similar to the ones originally intended.
Initially we had planned for all cast members to be filmed on the saturday, however due to our film recruiting so many cast members not directly associated with the project reliability was an issue. We were able to film Red, Ray and Andre on the saturday but due to cast members pulling out we were unable to film anymore on that day. On the monday we were able to film all the remaining parts (Don, Rent, Billy and Mick). Due to our own time constraints with filming clashing with those of originally intended cast members we had to re-cast the characters of Rent and Mick. This was not too much of a hassle as we were able to reach the desired effect with these re-castings as the new actors were very similar to the ones originally intended.
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