First filming session

For our first filming session we went to our main location at Newington Green park, whilst at our location we got caught in loads of rain however, we had an umbrella to keep the camera and equipment dry. When we was filming we managed to get most of the important long scenes done apart from one which due to the rain we couldn't film as it was too muddy for Talia to be laying on the ground 

First filming session

Theres are some pictures from out first filming session. 

Planning-Blogging Healthcheck 2

Feedback
From my feedback, my teacher has said that I have done a good level of blogging but there are some improvements that I can do to make my blog excellent. Here are the things I can do:

• Be more creative with the blog design and ICT use.
• Use of GIFs so we can create moving images.
• Use slideshows instead of putting moving images.

Planning - Blogging health Check 2

Quoted below are the comments from my teacher of what I should do to improve and also how I can get a better grade.

"33 posts
You are blogging more now which is good. Aim for 2 or 3 posts over the course of each week. Keep blogging consistently rather than falling behind and then catching up.
- The presentation of your blog needs working on.
- Be more creative with the blog design and ICT use
- GIFs will bring your still images to life without having to create videos
- Group posts should reflect the work of 4 people, some posts lack sufficient detail
- Slideshows should be used for lots of photos"

Blogging health check 2

Comments from my first blogging health check:

"33 posts
You are making steady progress but lots of room for improvement. Many of your posts, especially the individual ones, are simply typed up blog posts which is ok for one or two but you MUST make good use of ICT and embed multimedia into your work. Make your blog as creative as it can be.
- The presentation of your blog needs working on.
- Be more creative with the blog design and ICT use
- GIFs will bring your still images to life without having to create videos
- Group posts should reflect the work of 4 people, some posts lack sufficient detail
- Slideshows should be used for lots of photos"

These comments were made by Marisa. I will work with these comments to get a higher level/grade.

Blogging health check feedback

These are my blogging health check feedback:
13/20

32 posts
You are making steady progress however there will need to be some improvement to see a real difference and an increase in your mark.
- The presentation of your blog needs working on.
- Be more creative with the blog design and ICT use
- GIFs will bring your still images to life without having to create videos
- Group posts should reflect the work of 4 people, some posts lack sufficient detail
- Slideshows should be used for lots of photos

I will try and use this feedback to make my blog more interesting and follow them to make my grade higher.

Planning-Storyboard

Storyboard

Sheet 1

Sheet 2

Sheet 3

Sheet 4

Sheet 5

Sheet 6

Planning- The Pitch Feedback

Pitch feedback from class

Group 11 Feedback:

What was good about the pitch/ideas presented:

• Good theme.
• good insight into the genre.
• not typical - makes it interesting.
• Location and Setting is interesting.

What would have made the pitch even better?

• Use more visual elements.
• Use less words.

Questions:

• What costumes or props will you be using?

Rating: 8/10

Group 13 Feedback:

What was good about the pitch?

• The idea presented was very unique.
• Everyone participated.

What would have made the pitch even better?

• More images, visuals and evidence of props

Rating: 8/10

Group 14 Feedback:

What was good about the pitch/ideas presented?

• The presenting was evenly spread out
• Good amount of detail

What would have made the pitch even better?

• More photos to give an idea.

Ratings: 8/10

Group 15 Feedback

What would have made the pitch even better?

• Very detailed.
• They had a clear idea of the type and structure of their film.

What would have made the pitch even better?

• A more detailed storyboard
• More Images-Visual ideas

Questions?

• What extra scenes are you going to add?
• Who's going to be your side characters?

Rating:7.5/10

Planning-The Ptich

8) mise en scene, props, costumes, make up

a. what props do you intend to use?
we want to use blood (fake), notebook,
b.which costumes have you created and for which characters?
the costumes for abdul who plays ben middlesworth is going to be tracksuit (baggy clothes) with hood

there will be no other characters in the title sequence other than someone playing dead

c. what other aspects of mise en scene have you planned for?
people in the park
over the shoulder for writing scene
dramatic lightening for close ups

10. Title Credits

This is a rough copy of what our title credits will look like:

We tend to use in Motion as we all seem to find quite quick and easy to do.  we thought that we're capable of making the title credits more professional by creating them on Motion.

7- Mise-en-scene - Location & Setting

a) These are the locations that we are going to use for our title sequence.

1. Library,
2. Islington Green Park or Newington Green Park
3.College
4. Owen Fields

b) And these are the settings that we're using for the title sequence.

1. In a Classroom
2. College Hallway
3. Park Bench

Planning-The Pitch 3

Number 3

A. Real teen film title sequences that have inspired the group and I is the 2001 independent and critically adored film which is Donnie Darko. This is because the film is a very unusual teen drama because it has a dark and mysterious theme which most teen dramas do not have.

B.  We intend to challenge these film openings because films like Donnie Darko contain disturbing themes at times and we just want our title sequence to be dark and intense.

Planning-The Pitch 13

Number 13

A.Risk that we can face whilst filming are:

• Camera damage from rain
• Solution is to keep the camera protected from rain by using an umbrella to protect it.
• Dropping the camera
• Solution is to keep an eye on the camera and when not in use, hold it with the strap so it doesn't fall out of your hand.
• Loss of equipment
• Solution: Give each member of the group a responsibility of each equipment so that they will look after the equipment properly.

Planning-The Pitch 11

Full Storyboard

Here is the full storyboard of our title sequence which mentions what the credits are in which order and the shot types being used.

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

Number 6

Planning-The Pitch 9

Number 9

A. In our title sequence, we will be using:

• Voiceover
• Foley sound
• Score
• Motif

B. For the soundscape of our title sequence, we plan to use something like this

Planning-The Pitch, 5

Number 5

A. Our movie will be an independent production.

B. Film4 would  our distributor because they have been the distributor of many UK independent films like Attack The Block and The Inbetweeners. Also, Studio Canal have produced many UK independent films too like Attack The Block as well.

C. If we had a big production company help us produce the title sequence, the type of titles and credits we would have would be much better in terms of quality and appearance. Because we don't have this we are limited in creating our movie titles.

14) technology skills audit

a. what different technology have you used and learned about to date?
we have used Cameras and Tripods for hardware. For software we have learned to use garageband, motion and final cut pro
b. what has each one allowed you to do?
Camera - allowed us to film the title sequence key scenes
Tripods - allowed us to have steady film
Garageband - create sound for the film
motion - was able to choose what animation we wanted on our title sequence
final cut pro - we used this to edit our title sequence
c. how has each one helped you to develop your project?
Each one has helped us develop our project as it has helped us produce the title sequnece, add sounds to the title sequence, Final cut pro has allowed us to edit the clips that we have made and make them into a whole film. Motion has allowed us to make thet title sequence that we have edited in to the sequence using Final cut. The tripod has allowed us to develop our project as it makes the filimg look more profetional. 

4. Representation

Representation

Representation

Which characters will introduce in your title sequence?

Ben Middles

Sarah Middles

The doctor

What different social groups are evident in your opening and how will they be portrayed - using Mise En Scene, camera and editing?

Ben

His social group that is represented is a young teen who is very quiet - which will is unusual for teenagers.

MIS- Ben is quite a weird teenager that wears dark baggy clothing.

SOUND- When Ben is first shown to the audience there will be dark chilling synchronous music

CAMERA- Over the shoulder shot, High angles, Medium Shots

EDITING- Transitions, Jump Cut, Dark Lighting

Production schedule - Pitch (12)

target audience

a. Who is your core target audience?
our core target audience is 16-18
b. Who is your wider target audience?
young adults or 21+
c. how will you attract your audience?
since we are an independent film company to release our film we could go to film festivals to get a larger audience. Also in the film we will include teenage actors as it is for teenagers.
d. how will you address them in your title sequence?
we will address them in our audience by it being relatable e.g. being misunderstood and feeling trapped. in the title sequence we will have fast moving motions which will attract the audience.

What type of title sequence is it? - The pitch (2)

A. Do you intend to have a discrete, stylised, narrative or animated titile sequence?
We intend to have a narrative title sequence as we will have a voice over and we intend to show what happens in the plot during the title sequence.
B. What real title sequence have you looked and which ones have influenced you?
We have watched Donnie Darko which has influenced out plot of the story.
C. Do you intend to stick close to (conform) or challenge the conventions seen?
We intend to challenge these conventions as we didn't want to make it the same as Donnie Darko.

1) The film

a. What is the title of your film?
The title of our film is Visions
b. What's the treatment?
The film is about a young boy who has a mental illness. He claims he is able to see how people will die but no one else can. His mother becomes increasingly worried and takes her son to the doctor who suggests putting him into a mental asylum. The mother disagrees and tries to help her son alone at home which has serious consequences.

The outline for the opening sequence is that a mother and a doctor have a meeting about the mother's son who she believes has a mental illness. We see the boy writing in a book recording all the deaths that he has seen. We then see him in a classroom separated from other students and we see him exit. Then he is in a park and sees a woman die and he finds out it was just a vision and the title sequence ends with the boy writing in his notebook.

Research: Analysis of a youth drama

Analysis Of A Youth Drama

- The Blair Witch Project

 

CAMERA

In The Blair Witch project they use various camera angles throughout their title sequence e,g they use:

High angles

Low angles

Point of view shot

Medium shot

Over The Shoulder shot

Close ups

Medium Close up

 

EDITING

Jump Cuts

Sound Bridge

Editing For Perspective

Various Transitions

Eyeline Match

Cross Cut

 

SOUND 

Voice Over

Dialogue

Lots of Foley Sounds

theres alot of Synchronous and also Asynchronous Sounds

Digetic and Non-Digetic are frequently evident in the show.

 

 

 

 

 

Summarise how to create titles in Motion

When using Motion to create an animated title sequence I added the different information.  

Research- Summarising Motion

Motion

Motion is a very simple tool to use for creating high-quality titles for films. It is very easy to use.

For Motion, you first have to choose from a variety of templates and some of these are very good templates that are very eye-catchy.

Then you can customize everything from where the text is, what the text says and what color,size and font the text is.

From the pictures below you can see some basic templates I have made using Motion.

Research- Summary Of Motion

When you click the motion icon this screen will appear that will come up with four options. First you'll want to click the third screen that will then show you the library of all the templates you can use.

This is library that has a full range of templates that you can use to create titles. Once you have chosen the title, you'll be able to change/customise the text size/font and either colour. 

This is ta screenshot of what happens once you have clicked on your chosen template. Here you can see I have edited the text to visions, you'll be able to add any text you would like.

As I was getting to know the basics of Motion, I managed to create idents by editing the texts that was in the template.

Research- How to use motion

 When you open up motions you will get the option to choose what title sequence you wish to use to match your film that you want to create

 

  This is what you will see when you open up the template that you have chosen

This is my first title of my title sequence. To create this you have to pause the clip where you can see the words 'input text here' and doing clip to be able to type in new words. You are then able to change the font type and the size. 

This is my final title in my title sequence. I only have two as this is all the template allowed me to type in. To add this text you will have to complete the same steps to do this one. 

Whilst doing this I had some problems as I didn't quiet understand how to use motion pictures as it isn't as easy as it looks. 

Planning-Macro Elements

Institution/Studio

The institution/studio that will produce our film will most likely be Film4 Productions. This is because they have made a variety of indie movies based in the UK and they have also made a youth drama called Attack The Block which has the same target audience as we do. Therefore, Film4 Productions will be our institution/studio.

The distribution company we will produce a title sequence for is Studio Canal. This reason because they have been the distribution company of the youth drama Attack The Block and many other UK indie films. Hence the reason we have chosen to be distributed by them.

Film4 Productions

Studio Canal

Planning- Font styles and typeface

Due to our type of film (drama/thriller) we wanted to have a font style that matches. Within the group we took some inspiration from this font styles from other movies.

CREATING OUR OWN IN WORD: 

Research-Summarising Garageband

Garageband summary

To create sound/music in Garageband, it is very complex but easy when you understand how to use it. First, you must get rid of the sound from the clip that you have dragged onto the software. Then, you decide what types of sound layers you would like to include. 

These can be:

• Music
• Foley Sound
• Voice Over
• Sound Effects
• Motif
• Dialogue

This is the interface of the software named Garageband:

To add sounds, there is a library of sample tracks. These can be used in any way you like corresponding to your track. These can simply dragged in to the area to create sound.

Research-Garageband tutorial

This is our garageband tutorial title sequence. 

We made this using garageband.

We included music, sound effects. foley sound and motif.

Research - Evaluation (The Breakfast Club)

During my time of filming our remake of The Breakfast Club, I endured quite a few problems which easy to solve in a matter of seconds. For example some of the props used in the actual film wasn't available to get hold off, so we thought of using other equipment that may look quite similar as the one shown in the opening title sequence of the film. 

Another aspect of something that was a hindrance to us but didn't really effect us that much was the time we had to finish the remake, this is because we had several ideas on how to create the film but the time managed to go quicker then we thought which on another day now that we have experience wouldn't effect us in the slightest.

Overall I think our group did okay and the good quality standard remake we done outlined how great we are working as a team to fulfil this task as best as we could of have done on the day.

Research-Evaluation Of Breakfast Club Remake-

Evaluation of remake of 

The Breakfast Club

I think that our remake of the The Breakfast Club went very well at times. This is because we had very good shots and we also had some that seemed unprofessional. I believe that if we had more time to film the remake, the final product would've been much better. I also believe that the remake could have been better if we had better actors  because that would've made it better. Overall, I believe that the remake was good but could be much better.

Reseach - Xmas Homework

Sub-genre

High School Drama

Title Credits

Universal pictures presents and Marv films presents

The producer : Matthew Vaughn

The film title is then shown 'kick ass 2'

It has a little sub heading on the screen referencing the time of day they are talking about.

Now the cast are then credited, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is first to be shown.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Chloe Grace Moretz

Clark Duke

Morris Chestnut

Donald Faison

John Leguizamo

Jim Carey

August Prew, Garret M. Brown and Ian Glen share the whole frame.

Linda Booth, Robert Emms, Steven Mackintosh and Monica Dolan also share the same frame.

Andy Nyman, Daniel Kaluuya and Tom Wu are in then credited

Lynsy Fonseca, Olga Kurkulina, Yancy Butler

Casted by Reg Poerscout-Edgertson

Production sound mixer Simon Hayes

Hair and Make-up designer Fae Hammond

Costume Designer Sammy Sheldon Differ

Music composed by Henry Jackman and Matthew Margeson

Edited by Eddie Hamilton

Production designer Russell de Rozario

Director of photography Tim Maurice Jones

Associate producer Leonie Mansfield

Co-producer Jane Goldman

Executive Producer Stephen Marks, Claudia Vaughn, Pierre Lagrence and Trevor Duke Moretz

Executive Producer Mark Millar and John S Romita jr

Produced by Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack and David Reid

Produced by Matthew Vaughn

"Based on the comic book written by Mark Millar and John S. Romita jr"

Screenplay by Jeff Wadlow

Directed by Jeff Wadlow

Type of title sequence

Titles on a moving image

Narrative

Mainstream or Independent

The film is a mainstream movie based on a well-known comic book and it is produced by Matthew Vaughn, he was also the person that had created X-Men: First Class and Stardust

Storylines Introduced

In the film's opening we learn that a young boy called Dave Lisweski is quite bored being retired as a hero so he then begins to train with Hitgirl as he sees her the person who could make him a proper superhero. Also another storyline introduced in the  movie is that Hitgirl also known as Mindy Macready is going to school as a normal human being since her dad died in the prequel of this film. Minutes after her arrieval we see that Mandy is feeling school so she opts to call a taxi and go back to the hideout that her and her dad went to when they were superheroes. The next day Mindy attempts to go school again but then later calls a taxi expectedly, Dave tails her tot taxi and offers to go wherever she's going.

 

The main characters are:

 

Dave Lisweski

Mindy Macready

Chris D'Amico

Detective Marcus Williams

 

 Clark Duke

Social groups introduced to the films opening sequence are young adults that are quite rebellious and also heroic adults represented too.

 

Adult Interactions

In the start of the film the teenagers are quite respectful to adults that are shown in the movie but there isn't really much of them in the movie as it's targeted at older teenagers.

 

Camera

Close up,

Establishing shot

Wide shots

Lots of medium shots

Quite a few group shots at then end of the movie. (beginning of the battle)

Low Angles and High angles

over the shoulder shot

Sound
Dialogue
Non-Digetic and Digetic sounds
Foley Sound
a few voice overs
Editing

Shot reverse shot
Transitions
Match Cuts

Mise En Scene

The key locations used are various rooms in the high school, the streets and also the main characters bedroom. Prison cells are also frequently shown in the movie.

The key props in he film are quite violent weapons such as guns, swords, traders and also blades etc. The props are quite significant to the plot and the movie because it creates a contrast of the good and of the bad people in the film. Furthermore kick-ass uses swords which tells us that he's a character that likes to defend against the enemies.

Lightening is very easy to recognise throughout the movie. The reason why I say this because when the camera is shown on 'Chris Amico' or the limo scene in the film they have a dark lightening to outline something dark is going to happen.