Tuesday 30 November 2010
mood board
i started my mood board of with all the things that scary me the most and i feel i can connect with.
shutter island
shutter island
music used was heavy dark and creepy
tracking shot following both characters
juxtaposition of the 2 chararcters talking
visual dark lighting
long coats indicates they have somthing to hide
prison
highwalls
barbed wire
crazy old people that come across as scary
water shows they are vonuable
dialoge "why is everybody edgy"
secrety is tight
lots of wood land
thunder
establichingshot used to shower there are lots of places to hide.
in the opening sequence we are shown that the 2 characters. they are supposed to be FBI agents and one of them can't get his gun out this does a close up shot to symbolise they way he acting. they both have a lot of questions. its hsot out at sea on a rough boat this makes them both venuable out at sea. as they enter to the creepy crazy old people with then wearing chains. and the mid shot on the lady wispering Shhhh.. showing ther are secretes.
Scream- horror movie convections
theame/mood
filmed at night
shit is home alone playing with a knive
the swing in the garden blowing in the wind
popcorn burning
locking the doors
danger is impending
set in the middle of nowhere
telephone
Characters
conforms blonde stupid bimbo blonde sterotypes
stupid for fliting on the phone to a complete stranger
we expect her to die- innocent
sound- contrapental sounds
dogs barking
ringing of the phone
locks on the doors
breaze
pop corn popping
swinging chain moving outside
strings violins - reinforces fear
shot choises
tracking shots
canted shot on an angle
panning shots
hand held shots
zoom close up
they all creatate tension
Mood Board
my mood board start with the things that scare me the most, being trapped, sufering, drouning under water spiders
Friday 19 November 2010
Thriller Ideas
one happy american family, but are they, dig a little deep and stratch beneath the surface. they are not all you think behind closed doors.
father - michael
mother- samantha
twins- molly+ sophie
father - michael
mother- samantha
twins- molly+ sophie
Thursday 18 November 2010
2 idea.
father = michael
mother = samantha
twin = sophie, molly
a chinnese family. one happy american family on the outside but dig a little deeper. and strartch beneath the surface. not every family are perfect.
first scene starts with mother samantha goes crazy. and smothers molly with a pillow in midday while father michael is at work molly struggles and sophie comes in to help her sister molly dies just seconds after. but does she. sophie and molly never die
father = michael
mother = samantha
twin = sophie, molly
a chinnese family. one happy american family on the outside but dig a little deeper. and strartch beneath the surface. not every family are perfect.
first scene starts with mother samantha goes crazy. and smothers molly with a pillow in midday while father michael is at work molly struggles and sophie comes in to help her sister molly dies just seconds after. but does she. sophie and molly never die
Prelim Post Production
I learned how to use the programme called Final Cut Server. Final Cut Server is a computer programme created by Apple Mac to put together shots to produce a film. I found using this prgramme very complex, but after a few attempts it was actually quite easy.
We started with a scene with two guys. and props using a table a phone. the first guy walks in with anger while the other guy is sat at the desk by the phone, the desk implys its that wall between them of safty bewteen themboth, the angry guy is making him phone someone this makes the audience think, who does he need to ring and it seems important. you can see the tension on the guys face the worry makes you think what it is all about. this draws the audience in.
To start this process i uploading our clips onto Final Cut, then watching them to find the ones with mistakes or the clips which fitted our sequence best. all the best clips were put into a log bin, the log bin helps to separate the clips as well as on an organisation level, as having this folder makes the clips easily acessible. after choosing my best clips i cut down some clips with background noise or talking, to make the scene look more professional. this helped us to find the best fitting cuts to build a scene which really worked.
Whilst using this, I had to remember to use continuity editing. I had to ensure that the scene made sense and flowed well. I also had to remember to fit the sound over the clips in the correct moment otherwise it didnt fit. Then I had to choose the most relevant shots, to build a scene and to help the film flow smoothly. This was to manipulate time and space in the narrative. I then had to put together the most appropriate shots to help the audience to side with the protagonist and the antagonist. The shots have to appear in a particular order, so that the audience can have some background understanding of the scene. My film showed this, by showing the antagonist walking along into the room with anger on his face opening the door then closing it behind him. Then the protagonist was sat in the same room on a chair with a desk infront of him which the a. Just having this simple 30 second clip, tells the audience that the man is the antagonist, as he looks angry . Then the audience understands that he is fuming and had important news. Just as the protagonist is sat by the desk staring at the phone, this gets the audience to think, whether he is the antagonist as he is going to do the wrong thing by phoneing the other subject, or he is perhaps the protagonist because he is protecting himself
After this, each of the special chosen shots were put onto the storyboard. the storyboard worked as a timeline which would fit each of the clips together. Once we had dragged them onto the story board in the correct positions, we had to make sure the background sound was in time with the movement of the shots. In my sequence we had more screen time on the protagonist as we wanted to highlight how she is good and how her reactions are important to the audience. we made them both have the same amount of screen time. Although, in the editing, we made the cuts between each of them fast paced to show tension between the charcters. With a few single screen shots of the revolver, highlighting again the anger within this scene.
We started with a scene with two guys. and props using a table a phone. the first guy walks in with anger while the other guy is sat at the desk by the phone, the desk implys its that wall between them of safty bewteen themboth, the angry guy is making him phone someone this makes the audience think, who does he need to ring and it seems important. you can see the tension on the guys face the worry makes you think what it is all about. this draws the audience in.
To start this process i uploading our clips onto Final Cut, then watching them to find the ones with mistakes or the clips which fitted our sequence best. all the best clips were put into a log bin, the log bin helps to separate the clips as well as on an organisation level, as having this folder makes the clips easily acessible. after choosing my best clips i cut down some clips with background noise or talking, to make the scene look more professional. this helped us to find the best fitting cuts to build a scene which really worked.
Whilst using this, I had to remember to use continuity editing. I had to ensure that the scene made sense and flowed well. I also had to remember to fit the sound over the clips in the correct moment otherwise it didnt fit. Then I had to choose the most relevant shots, to build a scene and to help the film flow smoothly. This was to manipulate time and space in the narrative. I then had to put together the most appropriate shots to help the audience to side with the protagonist and the antagonist. The shots have to appear in a particular order, so that the audience can have some background understanding of the scene. My film showed this, by showing the antagonist walking along into the room with anger on his face opening the door then closing it behind him. Then the protagonist was sat in the same room on a chair with a desk infront of him which the a. Just having this simple 30 second clip, tells the audience that the man is the antagonist, as he looks angry . Then the audience understands that he is fuming and had important news. Just as the protagonist is sat by the desk staring at the phone, this gets the audience to think, whether he is the antagonist as he is going to do the wrong thing by phoneing the other subject, or he is perhaps the protagonist because he is protecting himself
After this, each of the special chosen shots were put onto the storyboard. the storyboard worked as a timeline which would fit each of the clips together. Once we had dragged them onto the story board in the correct positions, we had to make sure the background sound was in time with the movement of the shots. In my sequence we had more screen time on the protagonist as we wanted to highlight how she is good and how her reactions are important to the audience. we made them both have the same amount of screen time. Although, in the editing, we made the cuts between each of them fast paced to show tension between the charcters. With a few single screen shots of the revolver, highlighting again the anger within this scene.
Monday 11 October 2010
Camera Operating
on the Thursday 7th of October in our groups we filmed a scene using all the differant shots.
close up
wide shot
mid shot
extreme close up
two shot
over the shoulder shot
point of view shot
we had to male actors come in to play the scene. props used a old fashions telephone. that was the message we were tyring to get across that he needed to ring. wwe had a close up of the facial expression. the anger in one and the worry in the other. and the gaze they had towards eachother. we worked out the porition of body launguage and the contact how he was leaning in towards him with the phone.
Stand By/ Standing By- readys everyone into position for the take. The AD calls STAND BY and the response tells them that everyone is prepped.
Turn Over/ Turning Over- (Roll film. rolling) The director tells the camera operator to start filming- a few seconds of film is then run as the camera get up to speed. this is often referred to as LEAD ON. once done the camera operator will respnd TURNING OVER or ROLLING. to indicate being up to speed.
ACTION! - Cue for the actors to perform the take, and the crew to do their jobs. It is good practice for the Director to let the film rin on a further few seconds after the take is completed before cutting- this is referred to as LEAD OUT.
CUT! - Cue for the camera to stop running film. industry practice expects that the camera operator does not cut before being told.
close up
wide shot
mid shot
extreme close up
two shot
over the shoulder shot
point of view shot
we had to male actors come in to play the scene. props used a old fashions telephone. that was the message we were tyring to get across that he needed to ring. wwe had a close up of the facial expression. the anger in one and the worry in the other. and the gaze they had towards eachother. we worked out the porition of body launguage and the contact how he was leaning in towards him with the phone.
Stand By/ Standing By- readys everyone into position for the take. The AD calls STAND BY and the response tells them that everyone is prepped.
Turn Over/ Turning Over- (Roll film. rolling) The director tells the camera operator to start filming- a few seconds of film is then run as the camera get up to speed. this is often referred to as LEAD ON. once done the camera operator will respnd TURNING OVER or ROLLING. to indicate being up to speed.
ACTION! - Cue for the actors to perform the take, and the crew to do their jobs. It is good practice for the Director to let the film rin on a further few seconds after the take is completed before cutting- this is referred to as LEAD OUT.
CUT! - Cue for the camera to stop running film. industry practice expects that the camera operator does not cut before being told.
Tuesday 28 September 2010
What is a Thriller?
We started of to look at The Unusual Suspects what constitutes a good thriller. We started at looking at the the poster. talking about when you look at the poster what relates it to be a thriller.
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we also deconstructed the poster and looked at what we could see in the image (denoted) and what was implied (connotation)
The visual Suspects
Denvotions
connotations
- Twist in plot
- Hidden identity
- violence
- good vs. evil
- glimpses of whats happened
- protagauist vs. antagonist
- extra audience information, compared to character
- dark lighting
- murder
- dramatic music
- criminals
- police
- death
- mystery
- alot of smoking
we also deconstructed the poster and looked at what we could see in the image (denoted) and what was implied (connotation)
The visual Suspects
Denvotions
- 5 men in a police line up
- they are all dressed differently
- one is in a cream suit
- they are all differant heights
- no one is smiling
- one is wearing a red shirt
- man on the end is grasping his hand
- one has a porsche jacket
- one has his hands in his pocket
- leather guy has an aggessive stance
- horantal lines behind them
- tallest in the middle like a pyramid
- red front title
- man in cream is wearing a tie
connotations
- men are in trouble in police line up one of them is guilty
- all in the same situation together
- it may imply that he is a different character
- they've been caught
- red represents danger
- holding arm for discomfort to hide pain
- porsche jacket symbolises false identity
- hands in pockets looks hard tough
- lines represent bars of the prison cell
- tallest formation hardness going up
- tie man shows good guy, protagonist.
Photography and Image and Manipulation
Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.
Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.
In the paast 2 weeks we have been studing how to use Photoshop learning how to use the
dodge tool
clone stamp
layers
colour
crop tool
healing brush
i started of with an image from inception by duplicating the layer and placing James Bond girl onto the scene.
and by using the crop tool cloning there heads onto different bodies. by doing this i created a new image by manipulating two old images of film posters. by creating a sexy dangerous look for a film cover. with the danger of the burning city in the background and with the sexy bond girls ontop of the layer.
<---- image here. black and white
Camera Operating
I learnt about camera functions, timecode, white balancing, aperture settings, focussing etc.
I also learnt how to put up a tri pod and was able to bubble it for a steddy role. you benefit more using a tri pod you dont get the shake when when your hand holding it.
In the paast 2 weeks we have been studing how to use Photoshop learning how to use the
dodge tool
clone stamp
layers
colour
crop tool
healing brush
i started of with an image from inception by duplicating the layer and placing James Bond girl onto the scene.
and by using the crop tool cloning there heads onto different bodies. by doing this i created a new image by manipulating two old images of film posters. by creating a sexy dangerous look for a film cover. with the danger of the burning city in the background and with the sexy bond girls ontop of the layer.
<---- image here. black and white
Camera Operating
I learnt about camera functions, timecode, white balancing, aperture settings, focussing etc.
I also learnt how to put up a tri pod and was able to bubble it for a steddy role. you benefit more using a tri pod you dont get the shake when when your hand holding it.
In our filming, we used a Sony DV180. Like the one in the picture below.
We used this camera to produce shots such as 'close ups', ' medium wide shots' and 'establishing shots'. These were all used to create tension within the audience or to highlight aspects of a scene. We also used the establishing shot to show where we were location wise. We had to take into account the compositions of the shots. Such as rule of thirds and the 180 degree rule. I learnt to be cautious when filming to not have too much space or too little space above the subjects head. As well as being cautious of too much space between the subjects as it distracts the audience. This taught me to move objects away from out of the background. Continuity is also a very important factor, as it makes a huge affect on the audience. Therefore we had to remember to keep the background the same in each shot. On a few occassions I had to do a retake for a few shots because of this. Some of the shots we use are like the ones below. These shots are important because without them, it confuses the audience.
close up
medium wide shot
Establishing shot
About myself
Hey there
I am Emily. I live in America in Chicago with my boyfriend Dan. It's a bit differant to hurtwood there is a bit more going on. I studied at Newlands in Brighton I did photography at Gcse and after studying that it inspired me to take up media. I am also studying Textiles and Photography at A level.
My favorite films are. Ghost, Italion Job The Sweetest Thing and Harry Brown
I like anything really. whether its action, non-fiction or gangster films.
My music varies from all over. I love listening to everything whether its country to rap to heavy metal to hiphop.
My hobbies are Dancing, Skiing and Art.
I am Emily. I live in America in Chicago with my boyfriend Dan. It's a bit differant to hurtwood there is a bit more going on. I studied at Newlands in Brighton I did photography at Gcse and after studying that it inspired me to take up media. I am also studying Textiles and Photography at A level.
My favorite films are. Ghost, Italion Job The Sweetest Thing and Harry Brown
I like anything really. whether its action, non-fiction or gangster films.
My music varies from all over. I love listening to everything whether its country to rap to heavy metal to hiphop.
My hobbies are Dancing, Skiing and Art.
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