Our Final Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTPiKYvyJQ&feature=youtu.be

This is the link to our final video.

Focus group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QT4rci9PE-o

This is Bryony talking about what kind of films she likes and what she likes to see in the opening title sequences.

Focus group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xkwulBmOZ3o

This is Chelsea talking about what film genres she likes and what she likes to see in the opening title sequences.

What is a Focus Group

We have decided to have a focus Group this is a group of people that we will discuss what they like in an opening title sequence and will evaluate our work. Here are a few things we will discuss;

• what movies they enjoy
• what genre they like watching
• how they think our video is going
• how they think we should improve it
• how they think the final product is

throughout the process of creating the opening title sequence we will keep having meetings and discussions with our focus group, This helps us as we have ideas from people outside the group and we know that they will be honest. Some will also be members that aren't in the media group as they will have new and different ideas that aren't shared with other people in the media so there won't be any same ideas as we would like ours to be different.

Evaluation

After evaluating our whole task there are many things i think we’ve done well as a group and many things that could have been improved on.
As a group we worked well under all the preasure, esspecially after having to change our entire film. We rarely got stressed with eachother and we all took on seperate parts so that it wasnt soo much stress on one person.
The things we didnt do too well with were over looking our mistakes. We didnt think our film was bad until the teachers told us what we needed to improve on at the last minute, which after looking back over it it was a good move to change the film. In our new film we used many good camera shots to help us gain effects, we used alot of closeup shots so that the audience can only see what we want them to see this way we arent giving away to much and we are able to leave them wondering what the film could be about or what the charcter is doing in the opening title sequence. We have also recorded on of us singing que sera sera acoplella because we thougth this is going to give a creepy effect and the lyrics are quite symbolic for our story line.
  If we had kept our orginal film i would have had alot  to evaluate and i would have been able to talk alot oabout what we could have changed, but since we changed it and improved it alot i feel as though we have already evaluated it whilst we were doing the process and took on our own group evaluation and made our film what we originally wanted it to be. Sophie

Evaluation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fahZhaqXuKA

This is our final question for our evaluation.

Evaluation

This is our seventh question for our evaluation

Evaluation

This is our sixth question for our evaluation.

Evaluation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y1jUh4bSCMg

This is our fifth question for our evaluation.

Evaluation

This is our forth question for our evaluation.

Evaluation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oorEACXu7d4

This is our thrid question for our evaluation

Evaluation

This is our second question for our evaluation.

Evaluation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIT-qJk3otA

This is our first question for our evaluation.

Research for our film

All we needed to do now is filming, we started that off using the big camera which we had trouble using because it wasn’t easy to work. To overcome this problem we used our teachers smaller camera which we found so much easier!

Research for our film

Before we started filming we had to decide who was going to be in our film. After some discussing we decided Gwen was going to be the killer and jess was going to be the victim. They were both very happy to play the roles,so then sophie and natalie did the filming and directing.

Research for our film

Once we had our final plot sorted out we needed to think about the type of props we may possibly need for shooting. We came up with idea of the killer having a scrap book of all these girls in it, with highlighted features that she wants in it! we all agreed in the group this was a good idea and created the book.

Research for our film

After some discussion in our group we have decided to do our opening title sequence thriller horror because its easier for us to do in school and easeir for us to pull off without it looking too cheesy are really unrealistic.

Research for our film

We have started thinking about what we want our opening title sequence to be like. There are so many options we like from looking at all these previous ones. Our options are to either to do a paranormal horror or a thriller horror.

Research for our film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JigksOkG34

this is gwen demonstarting a panning shot as we will be using this alot in opening title sequence.

Research for our film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edkNjmcG_c0&feature=youtu.be
This is jess talking about the reason dont want to use a script in our opening title sequence.

Research for our film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9a6HbZ3qdE&feature=youtu.be

This is gwen talking about the different locations that we may use on our films.

Research for our film

The shots we will be using will depend on the scene, location and setting. The many different types of shots we will most likely be using will be a mid shot as well as long shot and over the shoulder shot. We like all these shots the most because they give more effects and you are able to see the emotions on actors faces because in a horror this is vital. We will more than likely not be using birds eye view becauser we felt as thought there was no need and we thought it would be very hard to film. Sophie and Nat have disgust why they like long shots and they think its and effective shot because you can see the actors reactions to their soroundings.

Research For Our Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npC4KIvhdFs&feature=youtu.be

This is jess talking about our storyline of our film.

Description Of Storyboard

1st scene- its going to be a birds eye viesw of an old school picture this is goign to be lonely and nothing elese pon iut this is showing that the eprson in the image is alone.
2nd scene- blank shot with titles
3rd scene-someone holding the image and destroying it by setting it on fire this is going to be an over the shoulder shot as we want it to show that soemone s looking from behind and seeing that they are destroying the image. This i showng them disliking their image.
4th scene- blank image with titles
5th scene- turning of a hand that it going to be self harmed
6th scene- blank image with titles
7th scene- blood dropping into a sink again to show self harming.
8th scene- blank image with titles
9th scene-  she i going to be in a steaming bathroom looking in the mirror and wiping clean the miroe this is to show that she doesnt like her image. This would be good to be a point of view shot this is so that the audience are looking at it from her view and seeing what she is doing.
10th scene- blank image with titles
11th scene- she is thenm going to wipe lipstick of her face again this is going to show her not liking her image. This could be a close up of her face to just focus on the lips.
12th scene- blank image with titles
13th scene- This si going to be her cutting up images of faces out of books/magazines. this is to show what she wants. This could be a bird eye view so that the audience can see clearly what she is cutting out.
14th scene- blank image with titles
15th scene- Will be her putting all the images together to create an image of  what to her seems like a perfect face.
16th scene- blank image with titles
17th scene- An image of her standing by the water. ths image si going to be zoomed out this is so that she looks far away and alone, as in this image we want the audience to see that this is how she feels.
18th scene- blank image with titles
19th scene-Her looking out of the window.
20th scene- blank image with titles
21st scene- A close up of her hands sewing skin together. This shows that she is creating mask of 'perfect features'.
22nd scene- blank image with titles
23rd scene- A close up of her cutting skin. this shows that she is working on the mask.
24th scene- blank image with titles
25th scene- circling more photos picking out more features she likes
26th scene- blank image with titles
27th scene- Her point of view shot of looking out of a window of a school and watching kids walking across the yard. This showing the audince that she is watching people.
28th scene- blank image with titles
29th scene- Her lookimg into a classroom. again this si showing that she is watching someone.
30th scene- blank image with titles
31st scene- A close up of a phone and a text message open on it.
32nd scene- blank image with titles
33rd scene- A zoomed out image of her throwing the phone thsi is to show that she is getting rid of the evidence
34th scene- blank image with titles
35th scene- Her standing by the water then
36th scene- blank image with titles
37th scene-close up of her face to the camera. This is to shock the audince and for them to not know what happens next.

Story Boards

These are our story boards for our film.

Research for our film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn6GMrvbiB4

Thisa is the opening title sequence of the ring, we liked this one also because it is very similar to se7en and they both use the same affects they use quick shots and black screens to break up each scene, which is what our group wanted to do.

Reserach for our film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS10Z0X9VEQ
This is the opening title Sequence for se7en which is our inspirtaion for our film.

Research for our film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS10Z0X9VEQ

This is someones take on the opening title sequence of se7en. I have chosen to put this into our blog because i feel as though if someone else has been able to create these proffesional affects then our group is able to also. In this particular clip they have used very dark lighting it almost looks navy blue this in its self give the audience a feel of mysterious goings on and the navy blue lighting represents the cold which in this case could also represnt cold hearted people. They have also used the exact same music as the orignial which in this case is ok because they are trying to created the same opening title sequence.    Sophie

Genre Reserach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p4zP8Ns92U&feature=youtu.be

This is gwen talking about the effect we like.

Genre Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhmnIDu1jI8&feature=youtu.be

This is natalie talking about the audience profile.

Genre Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B95EaBSVW2g&feature=youtu.be

This is Sophie talking about what films we liked out of the ones we watched and why.

Genre Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh7cYDjSe2Y&feature=youtu.be

This is gwen telling us how the genre comedy makes her feeland why she likes it.

Genre Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvM8cIzgNTI&feature=youtu.be

This is gwen talking about the genre comedy.

Genre Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYYY-ndEXg&feature=youtu.be

This is sophie talking about how the horror genre made her feel and all the different types of conventions.

Genre Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfywqXAt3BI&feature=youtu.be

This is sophie talking about the genre of a horror film.

Genre Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTREuuv3Ro8

This is natalie talking about how romance films are prestented and how they make the audience feel.

Genre Research.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7HVwDZlJ0o

This is natalies evaluation on genre romance.

Genre Research.

This is our genre research into what films people like to watch.

Genre Research.

This is our genre research into what films peoplelike to watch.

Genre Research.

This is our Genre research into what filmspeople liketo watch.

Genre Research

This is our genre research into what films people like to watch.

Genre Research.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2kht7MmVuM&feature=player_embedded

This is Texas Chainsaw Massacar.The OTS we watched in school.

Genre Research.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k2gsEI34CE&feature=player_embeddeden

This is Seven, the opening title sequence we watched in school.

Genre Research.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzWfHsp5WgI&feature=player_embedded

This is the Exorcist opening title we watched in school.

Genre Research.

The final film we watched was Dracula which is slightly different from all the rest because it is almost medevil but still a horror never the less. The audience for this film can be for anyone over the age of 15. The music in this film is very loud and powerful it sounds as though it has it has choir singing in it too which helpswith the medevil theme. Dracula repells god which shows the auidence its going to be a religious type of film and its giong to be all about revenge from the beggining.

GenreResearch.

The third film we had a look at is the texas chain saw massacar this is a total horror film and you see this fromthe word go! the first images you see are of body parts, by the come up so quickly its hard to make out what exactly they are, its almost as if someone is taking a picture of them you get this impression from the sound that goes along with it to. Then it goes to an image of two very decomposed bodies mergered together and in the background you can hear what sounds like a radio broadcast telling you basically what has happened recently in this town. After all this has happened it goes to the credits and the are on a red back ground and red always symbolises death and blood with is very apopriate.

Genre Research.

The second film we looked at was Se7en this is a horror/ thriller but after seeing the opening we would say its heading more towards the horror aspect, the only way its a thriller is because it doesnt tell you too much and keeps you guessing throughout. the audience of this film will be people of 15 and over and also people who enjoy being kept guessing. throught the first scene you get and image of a man remenising over his killings or perhaps planning them you can never be to sure in the first scene. The music is very scartchy and powerful and towards the end it get louder and the images get faster which makes it sound and look more sinister. From all this you get the feeling its going to be a twisted film.

Genre Research.

Whats the difference between a horror and thriller ?!

The aim of a horror film is there to scare their audience through images and horrific scenes, where as a thriller is there to get the auidence thinking through a good story line. People get confused between these two genres and the difference isnt extremely large but is still there.

Genre research.

The Exorcist
Horror
Religious and psychological
Age would be adults
A young child is being possessed you can tell this by the way the mum is saying she have a fit it wasn't like that and then there wa an image of the child just living there and she had bad eyes that were red and looked sore.
The lighting is dark and the camera is on an angle and the light keeps going on and off. when the titles come on the screen they appear suddenly and its as if they are creeping up I think this shows that it is a thriller one of the title appear behind a curtain whilst the curtain is blowing in the wind also titles appear on each step the camera is going up the stairs as if it from the feet angle the stairs are dark. The titles are shadowed being the first title this was showing that there was going to be something taking over her. The music is of a piano and its changing from a high note to a low note it was a classic horror theme tune. When the mum us talking to the doctor the lighting is bright but then when the priest is talking to the child its dark. The Title Exorcist changes the X changes upside down and turned it to a cross this is to show its (anti-christ) the back writing that shadows it is scribble.

Evaluation on our Preliminary Task.

We planned opening scene to do this we had to look at other ones and what they did then do a story board and a script to know what we were doing we also needed to know the camera shots. once we had planned it we filmed the opening scene and made sure that we followed the storyboard and the script. After we had finished filming we uploaded it onto the computer and edited it so it had a title and the right scenes in order this was to make sure it looked proffesional.

Sophie recorded the opening scene she had to make sure that she did the right camera shots for that scene for her to do that she had to follow the storyboard. Jess, Gwen and Natalie acted.Jess  walked into the room and sat down and Gwen and Natalie were sat opposite Jess then asked Gwen about parents evening and then we finished.

We struck to the time with the storyboard and the script but once we filmed it was hard to keep to the time as we couldnt get the work onto the computer as it was on the teachers computer and couldnt get it on to our computer to edit it. Once we got it onto the computer we edited and we got it done quickly as we had already lost out on time.

We did well with getting the Camera shots done and making sure that it looked well once it was filmed. We also did well with making sure that it was edited and and it looked good and how it is meant to.

If we were to improve it would be to get it done quickly but to a high standard so that when we put it on the computer we have plenty of time to edit it and get the final piece uploaded.

Our Preliminary Task.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4z5tpCvsM&feature=player_embedded