print screens of editing

 This is editing the press scene with the scrolling text

 This is the Breaking news box on the left.

 Now i have added the names on the top right.

 This is the sound recording of the crowd in the background

This is the finished edited of the press scene.

I have added the red box at the bottom and the Live at the top left.

LOCATIONS

These are the front shots of the night scene and the where about of man 1 and man 2. the door on the first floor of the where house will be where the killer will be revealed for the first time as a shadowy figure .

these are inside the warehouse and were the scene of the sniper will be taken. For safety we will set up in the light and wait for it to get dark. this scene does require lighting which is a problem our plan is to use an adjustable floodlight powered by a generator but we might not be able to find a generator. instead we plan to use powerful touches.

Prelim task

This is my Prelim task with William Davidson and Kane Guichard

Evaluation

In this task we were made to film a sequence and concentrate on match on action.

I filmed each shot three times and used the best shot for each bit. Then i edited it so the timings are correct in this case i had to edit the walking to the door and opening it, making sure that the timings where perfect from the camera showing from outside to the inside. i had to do a lot to make this short clip right without mishaps.

sorting the scene for the tv in the window

Today we went to the electrical store in the town and asked if we could use one of their TV's for our opening, after some persuasion they have agreed and moved a TV to a window for us to use. However we have come across a problem of our USB stick not being compatible with the TV so we could not film that day. We are planning on putting the press scene on CD format so we can use it for the TV another day.

filming

we began filming on the 4th of December with the night street scene filming a few clips

here are some pictures of us setting up and filming.

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

Secret productions;Director: William DavidsonSoundman: Kane Guichard  
Camera man: Lewis PickeringCast list;Cheif of police = Tim GrapsonMan 1 =  James QuinlanMan 2 = Calum DowseSniper  = Kane Guichard Members of the press = James Quinlan, Henry Inman, Jonny Knibbs, Peter Forsite.Props:Paper, Fake sniper, podium, Green screen. 

script

PROLOUGE

PRESS ROOM

Chief of police in conference room with flashing camera lights, explains the resent deaths and the measure he will take to prevent them in the future. Slow zoom toward chief of police.

CHIEF OF POLICE:

At 03:40 this morning, Police SGT Samuel Ward was                                                                             found outside 34 Baker Street and confirmed dead at the scene. It is suspected that he was murdered by strangulation.

Zooms out onto TV in electronics store window, showing a live news report audio gets quieter.

CHIEF OF POLICE:

This seems to be connected to the previous killings of inspector Amy Grant and Police constable Ian Jones, who were found on the 5^th at 0215 in the early hours within the same operating area.

News report goes static with actor walks by, with edited so many hours later fades to black with text still there into the next scene.

THE MEETING 

PRESS ROOM/NIGHT STREET

Close up on the pavement with production logo intergraded into it. A foot steps into it and walks of out of shot.

Straight cut to an extreme close up on his pocket with director’s name above it. Man1’s hand goes into pocket and covers the text.

Close up on mans shirt with the edited by… text. The man 1 then zips up coat.

Camera and sound by… on man1’s shoulder and is brushed of by his hand. Man 1 stops to meet another mysterious man 2.

Option 1: tracking shot following man 1 up to man 2 in shot revealing a shadow in the window while man 1 and 2 exchange an object between them.

Option 2: stationary shot of meeting place man 1 and 2 enter shot from the left and right and exchange an object.

Camera moves forward on dolly into the centre of man 1 and 2 zooms into window following a transition into...

NIGHT STREET/WAREHOUSE

Muzzle of sniper with a slow extreme close up arcing shot of the whole sniper. Moves to behind the shoulder of the assassin showing the two men in street. Cuts to finger on trigger. Trigger is then pulled cut to black with title. 

storyboards

1 to 3 are the opening scene.

Frame 7 explains Shot type: Extreme close up. Camera movement: tracking along side man 1 walking. Notes:man 1's hand covers the Directed by... as he puts hand in pocket. Frame 8 explains Shot type: extreme close up . Camera movement: tracking in front of man 1 walking. Notes: edited by is put onto man1's shirt.

Frame 9 explains Shot type: Close up. Camera Movement: tracking shot in front of man 1 walking. Notes: Edited by... covered by the zip. Frame 10 explains Shot type: close up of shoulder. Camera movement: tracking while man 1 walks. Notes: camera and sound by.... on man1's shoulder.

frame 11 explains Shot type: close up on shoulder Camera movement: tracking shot while man 1 walks. Notes: camera and sound by... wiped off by left hand of man 1.

4 to 8 are extreme and close ups because it creates tension and curiosity making the viewer want to see more.

10 to13 are the shots to option one in which we might use.

15 to 18 are the frames for option 2 if used.

frame 24 establishes the sniper is aiming at the two people.

19 to 26 are also extreme and close ups to create more tensions and enigma. 

where we would advertise

We would Market our film On the TV so we can get our film to the most amount of people as possible. This is because billions of people watch TV and the chances that millions will see this advert is high. we are also wanting it to show after countdown so it hits our target audience of 35 and over woman. with this target audience in mind we would advertised in magazines for 35 +.

what is the bbfc?

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) are the people who classify films from U to R18 here is their booklet about 

them self.  

1.The British Board of Film

Classification (BBFC) is an 

independent, non-governmental body

funded through the fees it charges to

those who submit films and video

works for classification. Here, and

throughout the Guidelines, video

works are taken to include video

games, and films and programmes

released on DVD or Blu-ray, or 

distributed by means of download 

or streaming on the internet.  

2.The BBFC classifies films on behalf

of the local authorities who license

cinemas under the Licensing Act 2003. 

3.The BBFC classifies video works

which are released as video 

recordings under the Video

Recordings Act 1984. (The video

games covered by the VRA are those

whose exemption is forfeited under

section 2(2) because they depict

human sexual activity, gross violence

or other matters of concern.) 

4.The BBFC classifies video works

which are distributed other than as 

a video recording (for example, by

means of download or streaming 

over the internet) under a voluntary

scheme called BBFC.online.

5.The BBFC will not classify material

which it believes to be in breach of

the criminal law.

How our film will be rated:

12+ it will contain suggestive violence and not much strong language.

other films in our genre have been rated around the same or higher depending on how they want to show the deaths.]
E.G True crime (1999) 

Blurb for our film

A physiological thriller which will intense you with mystery into the mindset of an ex-centric killer. In a quite district, Detective mason (actors name) hunts down a cunning assassin to prevent the potential death of himself.

Theses are more ways of putting logos into the film opening!

This is a TV show but I have picked this because of its genre and how they have established this straight away. They do this by using extreme close ups on blood, knife,cutting things, floss and shoe lace which is made to look like strangling and the shirt to make it look like suffocation. This idea of using extreme close up restricting full view to make the viewer make there own assumptions I really like and believe it should be used.

Target audience

We looked at some information on the UK film council and this is the audience statistics;

As you can see thriller/suspense is the the second most popular and is closest to our genre. This means our genre will work well with the general public.

 As you can see this table tells use that females over the age of 35 most enjoy watching this genre, also the people who are in the C2 social class enjoy watching this genre the most. 

All this is important for us to know what our target audience is!

C.M.I.N.T.S of our film opening.

Genre; Murder mystery/ Thriller.

C- Shady, unknown characters, detective officers.

M-C- long trench coats, hats clothing that covers face with shadow.

     L- Low key, Street lighting.

     A- Mainly consists of males.

     M- Characters outside will be wet because of the rain.

     P- Guns, Bullets,Gloves.

     S- Alleyways, streets, city these are normally set at night.

I- Shady characters, guns, night streets filled with street lamps.

N-This is what the audience interprets due to only being able to do 2 mins it could lead onto a past story or just carry on from there.

T- Revenge, mental conflicts.

S- gun shots, footsteps, non-diagetic. 

Mine, Will's and Kane's pitches. The ending is a technical mishap please ignore!

Pitch1:
we pitched 2 ideas to the group one was about an ex SAS soldier, who has in the past on a mission that went wrong killed innocent people. The first 2 mins of the film will consist of flashbacks to the slaughtering of the innocent people. a few weeks pass and shows his family and him being happy. then on a tv the news will be shown reporting deaths of ex SAS soldiers. he begins to panic and prepare for what is to come. target audience 15+ and action fans
feedback:
one problem that occurred was the setting being in a sunny place the problem with this was that we are in the winter when we film so a sunny day will be hard to get.
The amount of people were also a problem simply because we probably not be able to gather enough actors.
However the group liked the flashback idea because it gives a background to the main character.
overall this idea needed more thinking and more time in which we did not have.

Pitch2:

This idea was a mystery action, a private assassin is killing people and a detective is on the job to find him. the first 2 mins of the film will start with a press confrance about severall killings. it would fade out with his voice still going in the back ground. it will fade to a man walking down a street in black and white, meeting another man. there will be close ups and diologe followed by a death of one of the men. it will then switch to a sniper on a roof top preparing to kill the final man. he will pull the trigger and will go to black and the films title.
feedback:
more thoughts of it being too much to fit into 2 mins.
the group liked the idea of the overlap of the press and the man walking down the street.
the idea of the point of the killer has now been scraped because of it being too complicated.

Results:
the group overall agreed with idea 2 the one with the detective.
since this we have gone with the detective idea.

Analysis of an ex students opening of a movie

The opening scene consists of conventions; they show the production name (madness production), director, produced by, who is being starred. The establishing shots consists of photos of what is thought to be the main protagonists and is confirmed with the camera being on the person in real life. The sound consists of a ticking clock creating suspense, then a deep low sound to create more suspense this increases with volume. the actor's arm appears into view in a close up shot of a door handle the arm moves slowly and gradually. They use zooms mid shot to close up to a bench to reveal a memory flashback. It then it moves to a low key lighting scene walking up some stairs again with eerie music and slow movements. The music becomes very loud when the woman without the face is first scene. The flickering light is a good idea this is used so the woman can appear and disappear with less confusion and keeps the audience interested. There are flashbacks added to the clip to add a backdrop to the main protagonist this has the title ghosted over the top letter by letter spelling Paranoia, finally revealing the title in full. This film opening i think is good in the sense of creating suspense. the down fall of this could be the constant slow movement when i don't think it is needed.

What is Enigma?

Enigma is defined as a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation.

The term is used in media is what leaves the viewer wanting to know more and leaves them asking questions. Any good film opening will always have enigma and make the viewer want more.If enigma is not met then the opening of the film could feel like it has no role or feeling!

Another Logo design

-Graffiti Dragon Productions

The conventions of Film openings

-At the begining of nearly every film the prodution logo is shown to tell the audience who produced this film. This logo can differ according to the genre of the film its self;

-This is their normal logo.









-These are their other types of logo.














- Most films also begin with their title;

This again is designed to show the genre of the film.

-The opening scenes usually also show the directors, producer, and main actors names. (these are only a few) again these tend to be in the style of the genre of the film.

Shot Circuit (1986) - Opening

The opening scene for short circuit consists of;

-Close up camera shots and staitonary cameras.

-The starting credits are edited in to fade away.

-The main character introduction is unusual because normally the character is introduced straight away but in this case he's not built yet.

- The music is a scientific Si Fi type of music to set the genre of the film.

-There is no make up in this because its a robot.

-The lighting is relativly dark and only light on the actual objects on screen.

-The setting os properly in a lab somewhere, because the only human in this clip is wearing latex gloves as if to show cleanlinness.

-The props consist of robotic parts and cogs.

Another idea for the Logo

-Viper Productions

Some ideas for Logo for Film opening

Mad Lion Productions (blue)






Mad Lion Productions (Black)

Secret Productions

Inconspicuous Bear Productions

Snatch Opening 2 mins 16 secs.

The opening scene for this film is unusual in the case of;
Camera- the camera films clips of security screens, on theses are stationary shots of the character's walking down corridors. this gives the audience a sence of non-belonging.
The intro of the characters are unusual because they are not seen properly only on security cameras.
Music- is religious to go with the costume of them being "jews" because it is Jewish music.

Also the introduction of the actors names are put only on the security screens rather then the main one.
there is only music and the actors names to edit in, no tranitions because only one camera is used to film one scene (not including the security cameras).

The people im working with.

- Lewis Pickering (ME)

-Will Davidson

- Kane Guichard