Diary Of Filming - 16/12/15

Diary Of Filming - 16-12-15


Chloe, Rashmi and I had a school trip which involved going into London to visit the BBC studios, we thought we would take advantage of the trip and went up a bit earlier to film some footage outside St. Pauls, this was supposed to represent the Lincoln memorial. We were able to record a phone conversation, the lighting was good and it wasn't to noisy so the sound was easy to hear. We also able to film a time lapse as it was very busy in some parts of London.

Production Targets

Make sure that you use sound in the most precise way - can you add diegetic sound effects if needed to make some of your shots and moments more dynamic and build on the continuity of your editing?  A really good production so far - use titles in a precise and controlled way to work beyond your target grade here!  Well done!

Diary Of Filming - 1/12/15

Diary Of Filming - 1-12-15


We would like to film a time- lapse therefore we went to leatherhead town but it wasn't very busy so we changed location to looking down on a busier part of leatherhead which in the end we were satisfied it was also a high angle/ birds eyes view shot adding diversity to our shots.

Getting the Cast

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Securing our cast 

On 2nd of October we asked 2 fellow classmates of our if they would participate in our film. We then filmed their response which is them agreeing.

International Storyboard Pictures - Planning

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Storyboards Pictures 

International Final Credits - Planning

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Final Credits 

                                                        (Without Blue Flare)

                                                           (With Blue Flare)

                                                         (Without Blue Flare)

                                                           (With Blue Flare)

Animatic Storyboard - Planning

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Storyboard 

International - Practice Titles

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Practice Titles 

The programme used was iMovie to create the animated version of the title so it looks realistic compared to the non animatic title that was created in Photoshop. Through google images I got a got a black background then uploaded it to the programme then on Youtube I found a slow motion video of a bullet breaking into the glass (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzNppQk3f8A) to represent the shattering effect which is effective as it looks professional. We got this idea by looking at the Spectre film title that made the text stand out.Then I uploaded and edited the footage by cropping key moment and overlaying the video onto the black background. The video was edited so it matches the colour scheme of background so it’s looks realistic. Then the overlaying of the flare going across the screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOt2nrlmGY) highlighted the title which will be added later on.

               

              

Practice Production titles - Planning

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Production Titles 

Diary Of Filming - 29/11/15

Diary Of  Filming - 29-11-15


Chloe on the weekend went to London with her family and filmed some establishing shots of London and waterloo which look very good in our trailer as it looks very professional. Especially the shots she obtained while up the shard as this makes it look like a lot of money has been spent on getting these kind or aerial shots.

Diary Of Filming - 27/11/15

Diary Of Filming - 27-11-15


Our group as a whole which includes the Cottee brothers all went to leatherhead, this is when we recorded the bulk of our trailer such as Agent miller chasing after the twins and some cars scenes as well as the ending scene of the trailer which is very important as it needs to leave an impact. The day was very successful and we are starting to see the trailer come together.

Research and Planning Targets

Evidence every stage of your journey leading up to post production.  You could add to your analysis of media texts in  order to show your are an expert in marketing campaigns for films of your genre.  A really solid response so far.

Design Titles - Planning

 

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Design Titles

We analysed film title and found that action title background are normally black so the text stands out. The text is written in capital letters and its 3D to make it look bolder. The colour is silver giving it a steel/metallic effect connoting clarity making it easy to see the clearness and crispness of the text. We chose the Cambria font because there’s an emphasis of the ending strokes making it eye-catching. 

 

 

 The background of the production title is black so the text ‘International’ is eye-catching so it’s the first thing the audience will see. We researched film titles where we found that majority of action text in 3D. Then I added another layer then added the shattered glass effect to represent a bullet going through the “O” so it gives the action element to the title so the audience are informed straight away about the genre. The text was overlayed as it’s significant.

 

 

 

We made the production titles by using Adobe Photoshop to create a design of the title so we can make it animatic afterwards. This plan gave us a brief idea of what the title

Questionaire

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Questionnaire

Questions:


1. Age: _ 0-10  _ 11-15  _ 16-20  _ 21-30  _ 31+

2 .Gender: _ Male  _Female

3. How often do you watch Action films?

4. What aspects of horror do you like?
     Chase _
     Suspense _
     Cars _
     Violence _ 
     Guns _
     Love Interest _
     Other _________

5. What other genres do you like?
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6. Why do you or do you not like Action?
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7. Action is the best genre
   _ Strongly agree
   _ Agree
   _ Not sure
   _ Disagree
   _ Strongly disagree

8. What's the best setting for Action?



9. Whats your favorite Action film + Why?

10. Do you prefer a male/female lead

Feedback

0-10 = 9%  16-20 = 72%   30+ = 19%

Male = 28%  Female = 72%

33% of people said they never watch action films which is interesting as that's a third, which is not what I expected as I thought action was a very popular genre that appealed to all ages, I was stunned to see that amount of the people questioned never watched action. 

Interestingly it wasn't just the males who said they watched action the most which subverts from the stereotypes that action has a mainly male audience as a quarter of females also said they watch lots of action films.

The two most popular features people look for in action films were love interest (hot man) and guns/cars, this is what i expected as they are the cliche parts of a film that make it a action film. Violence was only said 15% of the time which surprised me as I thought more people would look for that in action, guns was the most common aspect with 55% of people saying they looked for it in a action film, this is something that we can use to our advantage and include in our film to appeal to a larger audience and make more people want to see our film.

When asked what other genres people liked, so we could include the aspects of other genres people like to create a more appealing film to a larger audience, Comedy was third most popular with 36% of people saying that was another genre they liked - this doesn't really help us as we feel it would be quite hard to incorporate a comedy aspect into our action film, this is something we will have to consider at a later date but I feel it's something we won't end up incorporating in our film. Drama was the most popular with 65% of people saying that was the other genre they liked, interestingly this was most popular with people who didn't like action suggesting as long as you incorporate one of these two your trailer will be liked by audiences. This will help us when making our film as we now know to attract a larger audience we should include a physical side of things, as previously established people do like a chase scene so to optimise our films attraction to people. 


90% said city was the best setting which is interesting as we had anticipate to use city (London, NYC, Washington) as we thought it was most grand and, for production purposes, most accessible and easy to achieve a big budget look. 

Overall this questionnaire was helpful in identifying what people look for in action and the aspects/location to include in our film.

Film Shot List - Planning

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Shot lists

Establishing shot - Washington

Long shot - Lincoln memorial

Medium shot - Miller walking sitting down

Close up - legs as she sits down, on phone

Match on action - reading article on phone

Medium shot - places phone down

Over shoulder shot of lake

Close up - phone rings, pan round/cut to her (cant see her face though)

Low angle shot  - just her phone and part of face

Long shot - twins leaving building

Medium shot - Miller confused

Medium shot - getting into car

low angle - gun going off

Long shot - Miller put face into hands

POV - flicking through reports, pick up photo

Close up - Miller angry

Medium shot - stands up marches off

Establishing shot - NYC

Long shot - bust streets

Close up - picking up package

Over the shoulder - looking at pictures (shoot in England)

Medium shot - on plane

POV - looking at picture of mother, looking out window

Establishing shot - London

Long shot - boat party

Match on action - phone ringing

Medium shot - step outside to answer

Medium shot - party, chaos

Close up - looks around panicked, phone to ear

Long shot - High angle twins walking

POV - looking around

Low angle - walking down south-bank

Medium shot - Miller running down south-bank

Low angle medium shot - twins heading into Waterloo

Low angle medium shot - twins heading towards Waterloo

Low angle medium shot – Miller walking up into Waterloo

Long shot – Miller and chaos of waterloo station

Medium shot – Miller running onto platform as train departs

Long shot – train leaving

Close up – Miller pissed off

 Over the shoulder – researching

Montage – person beaten up

 E.S – Mi6 building

SRS – Miller and boss talking

 Close up – Miller on street walking, bump into one twin

Flashback - Low angle shooting

Close up – follow him

Long shot - spies on them from behind wall

Close up – drive off, see her in rear view mirror, try to follow them but lose them

 Close up – pulls out briefcase, cleans gun

Medium shot – holding Rashmi at gunpoint (medium shot pics of exchanging money)

 Medium shot – sneaks into office

 Montage: OSS looking at pic mum, visiting grave, taking pills, being shot at, throwing paper, fight with someone, racing off in car

Diary Of Filming - 15/10/15

Diary Of Filming - 15-10-15

Interviewees : Billy Cottee

                          Matthew Cottee

   Interviewer : Chloe Hicks 

Camera-ladies : Amy Knight 

                     Rashmi Sen

We did a short interview with the actors, asking them a variety of questions about their role in the film as well as their interests.

 

Opening Titles Analysed

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Analysis of Opening Titles

Black is a common theme in all these titles, it connotes darkness and mystery and implies there will be many enigmas in the film. The titles are written in white/off white which stands out from the dark background, some of the titles are written in red which is different and could connote blood, romance or simply something to stand out from the usual coloured titles.

The titles are placed at the center of the page and they are the only thing on screen making them stand out and making them memorable to the audience. All the titles have a unique twist on them,  Agent 47 has different coloured titles with bright lights behind it, Black mass is simple and plain (something more standard than most titles), Gangster Squad has a 1920s building behind the title (fitting with the historical setting of the film), Spectre has a bullet whole through the 'C'  making the title look more visually exciting, The man from Uncle has 'Uncle' written in red (something different) and Taken has a worn look to the text.

What we will take from these titles is:

- Black background is key

- White titles are conventional

- There should be something to make it visually exciting and unique (we like the bullet whole featured in Spectre's title)