Showing posts with label Lucy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lucy. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Feedback
From our presentation we got good and bad feedback with questions from our class.
Our good feedback was that we where aware of the thriller conventions with a good use of political thriller however we need to make sure we really think about our location and to make sure we use props to create our scene and make it realistic.
Questions that were asked:
- How are we going to use political thriller in the opening two minutes?
Suggestions that where given:
- Shilloute usage
- Think about filming locations and props
- Health and safety in the forest location
- To ensure we are clear with digectic sound
From our feedback we can now ensure that our thriller opening sequence fits the conventions of thriller.
Monday, 24 January 2011
BBFC - 15
No one younger than 15 is allowed to view a ‘15’ film in a cinema. Anyone younger than 15 may not rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be supported in the context of the film, drug use within the film can be shown however it must not be in anyway encourage the use of drugs.
Horror or strong threat is permitted in films, it is not permitted if sexuality is involved.
Hanging, suicide and self-harming are seen as imitable behaviour, they should not be dwelled on with detail to ensure that they not easy to copy.
Sexual activity may be showed however without using strong detail, this is the same for nudity, it may be showed in a sexual context but again without strong detail. Verbal references to sexual behaviour are allowed. Most very strong examples are not acceptable unless they are justified by context.
Pain and injury in violence like the imitable behaviour should not be dwelled on. The strongest images are more then likely to be unacceptable. Strong sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal’s to sexual violence but any that are seen to be sexual violence have to be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.
For any 15 classified film there is no boundary to theme so long as it follows the classification for 15 year olds.
Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be supported in the context of the film, drug use within the film can be shown however it must not be in anyway encourage the use of drugs.
Horror or strong threat is permitted in films, it is not permitted if sexuality is involved.
Hanging, suicide and self-harming are seen as imitable behaviour, they should not be dwelled on with detail to ensure that they not easy to copy.
Sexual activity may be showed however without using strong detail, this is the same for nudity, it may be showed in a sexual context but again without strong detail. Verbal references to sexual behaviour are allowed. Most very strong examples are not acceptable unless they are justified by context.
Pain and injury in violence like the imitable behaviour should not be dwelled on. The strongest images are more then likely to be unacceptable. Strong sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal’s to sexual violence but any that are seen to be sexual violence have to be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.
For any 15 classified film there is no boundary to theme so long as it follows the classification for 15 year olds.
Planning Our Thriller: Initial ideas..
Sub-Genre:
Political Thriller; conventions of political thriller are that stylistically it is similar to regular thriller films, however, the narrative is based around the government and corruption. The narrative is usually based around the struggle for power or the threat of loss of power or lack of trust being established.
Narrative:
Our story will be based around an illegal, controversial government experiment that has gone wrong and a subject has accidentally been released after being under quarantine due to an unstable mental condition.
The first two minutes will involve a telephone conversation between two highly appointed government officials, discussing the experiment. The conversation will be vague, only dropping small hints to what they are talking about. The camera shots will be from the rear of he actors so faces are disguised, retaining a sense of mystery and intrigue.
During the conversation the scene will switch occasionally to show the girl wandering through a forested area, head down in a hospital-style cloak. Ideally these parts will be in black and white. This will make the storyline fragmented, another convention of thriller.
Characters:
Female hospital patient: with a mental issue that has developed from illegal testing.
Government Official 1: The higher of the two officials in the sequence, he will have a powerful strong voice
Government Official 2: This will be the official more involved with the experimental side of things. THis character will also be male.
Suggested Locations:
Office style rooms for the filming of the telephone conversation
Forested area in college for the escaped patient parts.
Political Thriller; conventions of political thriller are that stylistically it is similar to regular thriller films, however, the narrative is based around the government and corruption. The narrative is usually based around the struggle for power or the threat of loss of power or lack of trust being established.
Narrative:
Our story will be based around an illegal, controversial government experiment that has gone wrong and a subject has accidentally been released after being under quarantine due to an unstable mental condition.
The first two minutes will involve a telephone conversation between two highly appointed government officials, discussing the experiment. The conversation will be vague, only dropping small hints to what they are talking about. The camera shots will be from the rear of he actors so faces are disguised, retaining a sense of mystery and intrigue.
During the conversation the scene will switch occasionally to show the girl wandering through a forested area, head down in a hospital-style cloak. Ideally these parts will be in black and white. This will make the storyline fragmented, another convention of thriller.
Characters:
Female hospital patient: with a mental issue that has developed from illegal testing.
Government Official 1: The higher of the two officials in the sequence, he will have a powerful strong voice
Government Official 2: This will be the official more involved with the experimental side of things. THis character will also be male.
Suggested Locations:
Office style rooms for the filming of the telephone conversation
Forested area in college for the escaped patient parts.
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Thriller Soundtrack Evaluation
we created our thriller sound track on garage band, to create a sound to go with the thriller genre we decided to use a deep base sound as the background noise. We added some sound effects to add to the tension of the track. The scratchy noises are a back chillers, they bring fear to the viewers. We decided to start are sound track with a very sudden busy start, this brings the attention to the audience and puts them on the edge of their seats. Things that went well when creating our sound track were the fading of the music and knowing what part of the track needed to be dimmed down and others that needed to be heard more. Things that could have gone better, we could have made the sound track longer then it is, this would need to be extended of an opening sequence.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Preliminary Evaluation
We learnt how to position the camera in a particular ways from this we learnt what shots were most effective. when editing we found that there was another way of cuttimg in and out so that we ould get the clips we wanted. This turned out to be easier and we could get the cuts more accurate.
We found that finding the correct location to film our preliminary task was a little difficult, this was because we needed a corridor with doors but a corridor that was long enough to get our long shot that was wanted. Whilst trying to upload our film to youtube we had some difficulties the whole film uploading as the first couple of tries only a half the film went on, we resolved this by rendering the whole video again to ensure it was all smooth. After doing this we managed to upload the video first time with no problem.
Having given some of the conventions of thriller a thought, we decided to use an effective mise-en-scene that made our first character seem mysterious and dark with his hood up while his body was positioned in a way that the camera did not expose his face until the climax of the scene. Our camera angles were basic. Most angles used were long shots and close-ups, including over-shoulder shots for the conversation. these added mystery to our storyline. although we wanted to, we didn't use any non-digetic sound due to timr ristrictions. we included a conversation as this was part of what we were tasked to do. In the editing phase we only used one simple fade in/out transition to add a smooth transition into our main sequence. In the editing process we made sure we stuck to the 180 degree rule to add continuity.
We found that finding the correct location to film our preliminary task was a little difficult, this was because we needed a corridor with doors but a corridor that was long enough to get our long shot that was wanted. Whilst trying to upload our film to youtube we had some difficulties the whole film uploading as the first couple of tries only a half the film went on, we resolved this by rendering the whole video again to ensure it was all smooth. After doing this we managed to upload the video first time with no problem.
Having given some of the conventions of thriller a thought, we decided to use an effective mise-en-scene that made our first character seem mysterious and dark with his hood up while his body was positioned in a way that the camera did not expose his face until the climax of the scene. Our camera angles were basic. Most angles used were long shots and close-ups, including over-shoulder shots for the conversation. these added mystery to our storyline. although we wanted to, we didn't use any non-digetic sound due to timr ristrictions. we included a conversation as this was part of what we were tasked to do. In the editing phase we only used one simple fade in/out transition to add a smooth transition into our main sequence. In the editing process we made sure we stuck to the 180 degree rule to add continuity.
Preliminary Task
This is our Preliminary Task, in which we just got used to using the camera and using different shots.
Preliminary Task Storyboard
These are our storyboards we followed when filming our preliminary work, though brief these were essential in remembering what we had to capture.
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