We did some research on the end credits in films so that we as a group could get an insight into what ww needed to include in the credits to make it look more professional. This meant looking at actual film credits and what was included in them. Here is what we found...
A ................ Productions presents (in our case BLAZE PRODUCTIONS)
A ........... Film
Cast (In order of main characters)
Make-up/costume
Edited by
Produced by
Directed by
Music
And the sometimes they would have the name of the film.
This gives us a rough idea of what is needed to be put into our end credits for our film to make it look more professional for the viewers, it also allows everyone to see who did what during the production that might have been mentioned or seen anywhere else.
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Friday, 12 April 2013
Obstacles and disruptions during filming
While filming we did come across some disruptions or issues which did affect our first initial ideas for the film. It meant that because of some of the disruptions that we had to change what we were originally thinking of doing for certain scenes, at times we had to re-shoot some of the angles and movements that we used with the camera etc...
Here are some of the issues that we as a group came across:
STAFF
By staff we mean staff at the harvester which is where our film is set. One of our main scenes was going to be placed in the office of the harvester to make the scene feel more professional and realistic for the viewers. However, there was the problem that the staff did often come upstairs to use the office for their work so unfortunately we had the problem of having to wait for them to finish what they needed to do before we could film again, meaning stop and starting the filming. This effected time for shooting which we found was a massive issue that we had to in some way overcome if we wanted to carry on with the film.
SIBLINGS
Along the same lines of people walking through the filming and getting in the way, as we were filming at group members house, her siblings were very intrigued into what we were doing and what to be a part of it just as much as the rest of us, meaning one of us having to keep trying to get them out of the way and occupied. Another issue we cam across with the children is that while filming the scene in a bedroom, the children were in the bedroom next door which was easily picked up on the camera, to try and overcome this issue we tried removing the children from the bedroom next door and taking them somewhere where the noises they were making wouldn't get picked up on the camera and eventually we managed to sort things out and carry on with what we needed to do.
FLOORING
When we were discussing where is was that we needed to film and what worked best we thought that the main hallway in the upstairs would work well for the main ending scene. However, because the hall way is used by all the harvester staff constantly, the floor had started to make a creaking sound as you walked on it, and unfortunately it wasn't a little creaking sound either, it was clearly picked up on camera and sometimes it even went over the dialogue which caused a great deal of problems. We tried walking around the creaking parts of the flooring but it didn't seem to do us any favours, in the end we decided that actually we didn't need the dialogue and to just have music playing over film instead, the only piece of dialogue that we would be using would be at the end when one of the characters would have one line to say.
LIGHTING
Now lighting is an issue that most people come across if they are filming a video or making a production, it was definitely something that our group were faced with quite a few times in the process of making our film. There was the incidental lighting we used as some of the lights were dimming lights, so while editing we did spot that sometimes the light was always at the same brightness throughout the whole thing. Also the natural light coming from outside was a major problem at stages during the production, we noticed that while filming the office scene that it was quite dark outside, whereas when filming in the bedroom it was bright daylight outside, so some changes had to be made there where we had to re-film certain scenes but as a group we managed to work through those issues.
MAKE-UP
With the make-up the issue that we had was that the person who created the make-up for our antagonist wasn't always able to apply the look whenever we needed her. So in that sense we had to work around when she was free and able to work with us. Fortunately she was very flexible and was able to work at times that was also good for our group, but by Nelly (make-up artist) not always being able to be there to do the make up for us we decided to get all of the parts where you could see the make-up in the film done and out of the way so that we new all we had to do was edit and put everything together.
When you first see 'Nina Wards' character you see her case file picture, in the picture it is supposed to be her from when she had the accident but had started to heal and recover from what had happened. For this make-up we did one whole side of her face severely distorted and severely bruised to show that she has been in a serious accident but was slowly starting to recover. All of the other times through-out the opening sequence when you see the antagonists character her face will be as if she has just come out of the accident, meaning that her face is very bloody and burnt, giving it a sinister effect
SPACE
By space we mean that sometimes when were in certain rooms (bedroom), that it was at times a bit tight when it came to fitting everybody into the shot or being able to stand behind the camera so that we could see what we were doing, which meant that someone had to keep going back and forth to see if the camera was at the right angle and the lighting was appropriate for the scene. Fortunately it was only really the bedroom that we had the space issue with, everywhere else in the harvester ha plenty of space for us to use for whatever we needed to complete our film.
The four of us as a group all worked together and came up with ideas to overcome these problems that we were faced with.
Here are some of the issues that we as a group came across:
STAFF
By staff we mean staff at the harvester which is where our film is set. One of our main scenes was going to be placed in the office of the harvester to make the scene feel more professional and realistic for the viewers. However, there was the problem that the staff did often come upstairs to use the office for their work so unfortunately we had the problem of having to wait for them to finish what they needed to do before we could film again, meaning stop and starting the filming. This effected time for shooting which we found was a massive issue that we had to in some way overcome if we wanted to carry on with the film.
SIBLINGS
Along the same lines of people walking through the filming and getting in the way, as we were filming at group members house, her siblings were very intrigued into what we were doing and what to be a part of it just as much as the rest of us, meaning one of us having to keep trying to get them out of the way and occupied. Another issue we cam across with the children is that while filming the scene in a bedroom, the children were in the bedroom next door which was easily picked up on the camera, to try and overcome this issue we tried removing the children from the bedroom next door and taking them somewhere where the noises they were making wouldn't get picked up on the camera and eventually we managed to sort things out and carry on with what we needed to do.
FLOORING
When we were discussing where is was that we needed to film and what worked best we thought that the main hallway in the upstairs would work well for the main ending scene. However, because the hall way is used by all the harvester staff constantly, the floor had started to make a creaking sound as you walked on it, and unfortunately it wasn't a little creaking sound either, it was clearly picked up on camera and sometimes it even went over the dialogue which caused a great deal of problems. We tried walking around the creaking parts of the flooring but it didn't seem to do us any favours, in the end we decided that actually we didn't need the dialogue and to just have music playing over film instead, the only piece of dialogue that we would be using would be at the end when one of the characters would have one line to say.
LIGHTING
Now lighting is an issue that most people come across if they are filming a video or making a production, it was definitely something that our group were faced with quite a few times in the process of making our film. There was the incidental lighting we used as some of the lights were dimming lights, so while editing we did spot that sometimes the light was always at the same brightness throughout the whole thing. Also the natural light coming from outside was a major problem at stages during the production, we noticed that while filming the office scene that it was quite dark outside, whereas when filming in the bedroom it was bright daylight outside, so some changes had to be made there where we had to re-film certain scenes but as a group we managed to work through those issues.
MAKE-UP
With the make-up the issue that we had was that the person who created the make-up for our antagonist wasn't always able to apply the look whenever we needed her. So in that sense we had to work around when she was free and able to work with us. Fortunately she was very flexible and was able to work at times that was also good for our group, but by Nelly (make-up artist) not always being able to be there to do the make up for us we decided to get all of the parts where you could see the make-up in the film done and out of the way so that we new all we had to do was edit and put everything together.
When you first see 'Nina Wards' character you see her case file picture, in the picture it is supposed to be her from when she had the accident but had started to heal and recover from what had happened. For this make-up we did one whole side of her face severely distorted and severely bruised to show that she has been in a serious accident but was slowly starting to recover. All of the other times through-out the opening sequence when you see the antagonists character her face will be as if she has just come out of the accident, meaning that her face is very bloody and burnt, giving it a sinister effect
SPACE
By space we mean that sometimes when were in certain rooms (bedroom), that it was at times a bit tight when it came to fitting everybody into the shot or being able to stand behind the camera so that we could see what we were doing, which meant that someone had to keep going back and forth to see if the camera was at the right angle and the lighting was appropriate for the scene. Fortunately it was only really the bedroom that we had the space issue with, everywhere else in the harvester ha plenty of space for us to use for whatever we needed to complete our film.
The four of us as a group all worked together and came up with ideas to overcome these problems that we were faced with.
Friday, 22 March 2013
Rough cut
After presenting our rough cut to our class we got feedback from 3 of the groups on how to improve our sequence we were given a set of questions that we needed to answer for each opening sequence the questions are as following:
1) How well have the technical areas been produced? (camerawork, editing, sound and mis-en-scene)
2) How well has the genre characteristics been used? can you identify the sub-genre?
3) What do you like about the rough cut?
4) How can they improve the rough cut and what criticism can you give the group?
The first set of feed back we got was:
Group 1 feedback:
1) - Good Sound - Dialogue and ambient sounds were clear.
- Location was good as the room was plain.
- Low key lighting may of added to the mysterious feel.
- Good use of make-up and costume.
- Camerawork could be more accurate.
2) The beginning of the rough cut is what gives the main characters of a thriller, it also helps to add
meaning and gives it an edgy feel. psychological thriller is easy to identify
3) The makeup and costume is what makes the rough cut professional and realistic, the acting was on
point.
4) To improve the rough cut you could keep the camera still whilst in the hall way,
different shots need to be used.
Group 3 feedback:
1) The camera work in the first shot is effective and professional however the second shot is wobberly
and the harsh lighting takes the attention slightly away from the actresses.
Good acting. The zoom is blurry and slightly unclear.
Good, effective, costume and makeup.
2) Psychological thriller is clear as we can see that the woman is confused about what's going on. The
mis-en-scene and camera work help to show the audience this genre as the characteristics are
realistic.
3) The original narrative. The setting is professional and matches well. Costume and paper work props
work well.
4) Camera work needs to be steady and focused, lighting could be improved.
Group 4 feedback:
1) Camerawork - good angles.
Sound - Nice sound, we like the police siren added.
Mis-en-scene - brilliant costume/make up and also good acting.
Editing - Smooth editing
2) Psychological thriller, is obvious because of make up and acting. Also back of 'patient' builds
enigmas, white costume implies mental institution.
3) We really like costume and make up. We are confused already and asking questions 32 seconds.
4) Some camerawork was a bit shakes (the zoom) more explanations as to why its 'her turn'
Make editing faster and a bit more slower at points.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Test shots
The short clip uploaded above is a series of practiced test shots done by our group.
By the use of final cut we separated the test shots and sequenced them together in order to produce this 30 second clip. Secondly we then followed a sheet of simple instructions on how to convert our test shots into a You tube video, but encountered difficulties located the video so we directly uploaded it from our desktop file.
The test shots were filmed at the initial location of Marnies apartment. We thought it was a significant process to practice in order to perfect our initial production. We also agreed that by having as many different types of shots will allow us to play around with the editing and enable us to add as many different shot types within it. By filming a variety of shots we are able to make it more visually appealing and allow the audience to understand what we are trying to portray.
By the use of final cut we separated the test shots and sequenced them together in order to produce this 30 second clip. Secondly we then followed a sheet of simple instructions on how to convert our test shots into a You tube video, but encountered difficulties located the video so we directly uploaded it from our desktop file.
The test shots were filmed at the initial location of Marnies apartment. We thought it was a significant process to practice in order to perfect our initial production. We also agreed that by having as many different types of shots will allow us to play around with the editing and enable us to add as many different shot types within it. By filming a variety of shots we are able to make it more visually appealing and allow the audience to understand what we are trying to portray.
By having a variety of shot enables us to capture different angles of our film and see what works best for each scene.
By using final cut we were able to edit and put together our test shots, enabling us organise and analyse what would work best within each scene. The way we have combined it makes it easier for viewers to understand what we are trying to achieve within our sequence. Next we were given a set of instructions to follow that would help us upload our short clip onto Blogger along with the rest of our work.
We believe our test shots would be effective as it gives the audience an insight into what is in store during the sequence without giving too much away.
Test shots allow both us and the audience to assess whether certain shots would work within certain scenes, enabling us to create different enigmas at different points.
While conducting test shots for the sequence we stumbled across different issues that we faced making us aware of thing we would have to avoid while filming the final production. Examples of this would be..
- How to best deal with hand held filming without unnecessary movement or zooming.
- finding the right camera angles
- Continuity
- 180* rule
- Control of external sound.
by taking all of the above into consideration, it will support us to avoid any mistakes or errors that might occur and that have come to our attention while producing the tests shot.
by taking all of the above into consideration, it will support us to avoid any mistakes or errors that might occur and that have come to our attention while producing the tests shot.
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