8193 - Will Burden

 Evaluation Post

 

Planning

Title Designs (Group)

Credited Roles

Audience Research Analysis (Group)

Titles and Credits Ideas (Group)

Storyboard Animatic (Group)

Pitch Reflection (Group)

Pitch (Group)

Treatment
 
Backstory
 Typography Research (Group)

Storyboard Ideas (Group)

Concept Ideas (Group)
 

Filming

Call Sheet and Risk Assessment (Group)
 
Proof of Obeying the Risk Assessment (Group)

Shooting Feedback

Problem Solving (Group)

Location Recce and Practice Shots Feedback

 Practice Shoot Plan (Group)

Film Schedule (Group)

Practice Shoot Location Recce Pictures

Practice Shoot Location Recce (Group)
 
Practice Horror Shoot Short Film (Group)

Research

Titles Analysis

Institutional Context

Technical Analysis

Sequence Analysis

Opening Sequence Analysis

 

Group Concept Ideas

Moodboard and Analysis of the Thriller Horror Sub-Genre

Zombies and Horror Films

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#8345 - Dan Wild

Evaluation

Initial Research
Gender Representation
Slasher Sub-Genre Analysis and Mood Board
Nightmare on Elm Street Analysis
Scream Analysis
The Shining Technical Analysis
Institutional Context

Follow Up Research
Opening Titles Research
Group Titles Research
Group Audience Research Analysis

Initial Ideas
Group Concept Ideas
Group Character Development

Production Practice
Group Wilderness Woods Reccie Photos
Group Reccie Write Up
Group Wilderness Woods Short Film

Story Development
Group Backstory
Group Treatment
Group Pitch Prezi
Group Pitch Reflection

Practice Production
Storyboard Ideas
Group Animatic
Group Rough Cut

Production
Call Sheet and Risk Assessment
Group Shooting Feedback
Group Problem Solving

8233 - Ross Galloway

Ross Galloway - 8233

 

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys

Final Production



Preliminary Task

Evaluation Post

Planning

Title Designs

Credited Roles (Group)

Audience Research Analysis (Group)

Titles and Credits Ideas (Group)

Storyboard Animatic (Group)

Pitch Reflection (Group)

Pitch (Group)

Treatment (Group)

Backstory (Group)

Typography Rough Design

Storyboard Ideas (Group)

Concept Ideas (Group)

Filming

Call Sheet and Risk Assessment (Group)

Proof of Obeying the Risk Assessment

Shooting Feedback (Group)

Problem Solving (Group)

Location Recce and Practice Shots Feedback (Group)

Practice Shoot Plan

Film Schedule

Practice Shoot Location Recce Pictures (Group)

Practice Shoot Location Recce (Group)

Practice Horror Shoot Short Film (Group)

Research

Titles Analysis (Group)

Institutional Context

Technical Analysis

Sequence Analysis

Opening Sequence Analysis

Moodboard and Analysis of the Supernatural Horror Sub-Genre

The History of Horror Research


 

 

RG #8233 Evalutation

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Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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WB #8193 Evaluation

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DW #8345 Evaluation

 

Title Designs

For our movie opening I decided to create titles using Adobe After Effects at home. I created two possible title ideas using two different fonts. One was much more simple than the other and after discussion with the other members of my group I decided to use the simpler one in our final piece. Below are the two title designs I created:

 

 

The above title sequence is the one we chose to use in our final piece. We believe it suited the sub-genre of our piece more appropriately and felt as though using a more simple, and bare title sequence looked of a more professional quality.

 

 

 

The above video is the other title sequence I created. After discussion with my group, teachers, and other members of the class. We decided not to use this one as it appeared to be more appropriate for a horror television programme that is more light-hearted than our final piece. Therefore, we did not believe it suited the correct codes and conventions for our sub-genre and horror opening.

Call Sheet and Risk Assessment

This are our call sheet and risk assessment for our shoot at Will's house.
 

Credited Roles

We chose Vertigo Films as our production label due the fact that they are an independent British film company. They suit our film due to producing films on a very low budget. They have a limited amount of resources and usually will use real locations. Because of this we felt that they would be the type of studio that would fund a film like ours. Moreover, we have only a few actors playing within our piece along with only a few workers behind the camera. Thus Vertigo Films suit us due to their use of a skeleton crew.

Oren Peli was chosen due to his directional role within the first Paranormal Activity film and Area 51. Within these films we witness that handi-cam shots are quite prominent throughout. Thus due to shooting in a similar style, we believe that Oren Peli would be the type of director who could take on that very role within our production.  Even though in the past he has predominantly been a producer, he is very suited to take on the role as the director in our film. He isn't very highly credited or well recognized as a top director within the film world, thus feel he would accept the role as director for a low budget, independent movie such as ours.

Allan Niblo was chosen as our producer for multiple reasons. Firstly he was the co-founder of Vertigo Films so would already be involved with the production team. He has experience of both directing and producing in the past but feel he would be best suited to the role of producer due to only directing once before. This is in contrast to the 8 films he has produced. Moreover, he has also took the role of the executive producer in four films previously. Due to his great involvement and experience within Vertigo Films, producing successful films such as Monsters, we feel as a group that he fits the role of producer greatly.

 

The executive producer we have chosen to use in our production is Jason Blum. Even though he is a very successful as a producer in his own right, having major success with Insidious, Paranormal Activity and Sinister, we gave him the role of executive producer due to his limited experience with Vertigo Films. He has become a very respected producer in recent years due to Blumhouse Productions which specialises in producing horror films. Moreover, he worked as an executive

producer for Warner Bros. thus we believe he has the credentials to be a very successful executive producer for our film.

 

Bear McCreary will be the composer for our soundtrack. He is reasonably well established and composed popular soundtracks such as The Walking Dead. As a group we were drawn to the opening of this series and really wanted to emulate something along the same lines, hence the use of a montage within our opening sequence. Thus we felt that someone like Bear McCreary who has already been involved with an opening we would like to emulate, would be best suited to take on the role as composer for our film.

 

Risk Assesment and Equipment Proof

When completing our shoot for our piece we soon discovered one of our risks would have to be overcome. This problem was the rain. We were aware that water damage could occur to the camera if the necessary precautions were not taken. To ensure this risk was demolished we covered the camera with a plastic bag whilst keeping the lens un-covered, and having someone hold an umbrella over the cameraman whilst he was filming to give double protection. Below is an image showing how we assessed the risk, and overcome it.

To take full advantage of equipment so we could gain a range of A grade shots, our group rented out the track and dolly to create a smooth effect of the camera moving along a certain focal point. Below is an image showing us using the track and dolly with a torch to create light on the focal point during the dark lighting.

Shooting Feedback

We filmed on Wednesday night at my house. We used a DSLR camera that was loaned to us from another student within the class. We then used a tripod, and a track and dolly within the production of our film. When we got to my house we aimed to modify the house as much as possible within reason in order to create the desired set. We did this through props such as dust sheets and photo frames, along with the darkening of the rooms. Once the location was appropriate to film we started to shoot.

By this point the actors were in costume and ready to film. Before the actors were needed, the shots used in the montage were filmed. For these we used the tripod in all of them along with a tracking shot of the front door. We then invited the actors (Alex Rogers, Fin Carroll and Ciara Mulcahy) to join us and we filmed the rest of the sequence. The actors all performed to a very high standard and we were very happy with their performance.

By using a DSLR, the lighting issues we originally faced were easily overcome. We hope that the shots will all come out nicely and that we have achieved some A grade shots. Moreover through careful editing, we hope to achieve a tense atmosphere, presenting a decrepit, desolate house. We aim to position the audience with the house and the hauntings within it. Instead of the focus being on a selection of characters, or one in particular, we want the house to be the main focus of the story. Thus our montage shots will show the isolated house in order to position the audience with the house.

Audience Research Analysis

WB "Walking Dead" Tiltles Anaylsis

This title sequence is very effective and uses many establishing shots in order to create the feel for the series. The opening two series used this title sequence. Personally I find it very effective how the images are only shown for a few seconds at a time. It is showing us how decrepit the world around them has become.

The titles shown within this title sequence are done very effective. All of them are presented in a very plain font and integrated within the images shown. At first they fade out along with the images but go on to cut out when the pictures on the screen do the same. As the image moves so do the titles. This makes it feel as if the titles are part of the image on the screen. I especially like this and would definitely try to emulate something of a similar nature.

Problem Solving

We have managed to borrow a DSLR camera so that will help massively with our shots that are in the dark. We are aiming to make the house as decrepit as possible by using dust sheets and placing leaves within the house. We are trying to show how this house has been abandoned for the past four or five years and is beginning to become quite decrepit. We also want to put some picture frames up that we can crack and place on the wall. We hope that this will add realism and add to the effect of the horror. Due to wanting to shoot in dark, we aim to use torches to in order to only see parts of the action. Thus this will cause the audience to feel on edge as they are unaware to see everything clearly.

Feedback 2 - Mrs Fernandez

Dan, Ross, Will
Well done on your planning work so far; you have shown real commitment to the filming project and have some very creative ideas, informed by your research.  At the moment, aspects of your planning are at high L3/  low L4, with Dan more consistent in the quality of research posted, however you are working well collaboratively and your practice tasks demonstrate a high level of technical skill and effective team work.  In order to work towards a level 4 grade you need to carefully consider / amend the following:

1. audience research needs to be posted - sample questionnaire and results analysis
2. Technical analysis posts (all 3) need to have a reflection at the bottom; what did you learn from the process that has informed your concept development?
3. Blog posts need to be smarted up - key words highlighted, subheadings in colour / underlined, images where possible
4. There has been quite a bit of discussion about the issues with set design for the inside of the house and the outside 'neatness' - in terms of establishing shots.  This discussion with your ideas in response need to be documented on blog with images, ideas for props / set dressing etc
5. The fact that your animatic is only 1.18 is of concern - this shows how useful the process of an animatic is in order to highlight issues with storyboarding.  You need to plan further shots BEFORE going filming this week and re-edit your animatic.  Always shoot more than you think you need.  Better to cut that be caught out with not enough footage.
6. Your animatic shoudl have titles in it
Ross / Will - make sure you are commenting and posting yourselves to show your individual contributions to aspects of production.

Titles and Credits

Recently I've been looking at titles and credits from established films to get ideas for our opening sequence.

 

One idea we liked as a group, is explaining how the events of the film are based on a true story. We think this adds a sense of realism to our story, and will complement the use of first-person shots.

 

 

Screenshot from The Strangers (Bertino, 2008)

We liked the idea of starting with this sort of thing, then fading into establishing shots of the house, showing the desolate, dusty rooms, with credits fading in, in an eerie font. This would set up our storyline of the abandoned house

Storyboard Animatic

The purpose for creating this storyboard  was to establish what shots we want to use in what order. Following this we performed a rough cut in order to test the accuracy of the storyboard. This storyboard will help us whilst we film as we will be able to see what shots we want to do in what order.

We feel that we have included a vast range of shots that will enable us to fulfil the criteria of A grade shots. Moreover, we have looked into templates we can add including the camera record overlay. We feel this could be used to great effect for the handi-cam shots and go a way to create further realism.

"Wakefield Manor" Typography Research

I looked into some fonts that we could use for our title.  Personally I like the second font shown as it is reasonably plain yet still chilling. Moreover I really like how there is a combination of larger and smaller capped letters. Through the use of Photoshop we may look to emulate a font like this, giving our own spin.

17/01/14 - Location Reccie and Practice Shots Feedback

On Friday we went to our location which is at my house and performed a full location reccie going through all the shots to gain a full understanding of what we will be doing when we shoot for real. We now know entirely what we have to do when we film in order to resolve the problem with making the house look old and the issues we have with lighting. We now feel confident going into filming as we all have a clear idea of what we want to achieve. Below is some evidence of what we have filmed.
Obviously we were just trying to see what shots would work and the lighting and mise-en-scene of the location weren't how we picture it to look when we film for real but its a start. A few of our shots will change slightly when we come to shoot due to seeing them and feeling we could create a more tense atmosphere by using slightly different camera angles. We aim to sought out our problem with lighting by using natural light and then darkening it later within editing.

17/01/14 - Practice Shooting Plan

On Friday we are planning to go to our location to not only complete a reccie, but also test whether the lighting we are planning to use in our opening, will appropriately work and look high quality when it is filmed and edited. After today's lesson we also discussed how we are going to create our location into being older than it actually is. This is our aim to create verisimilitude for the audience and we will do this through the use of props and pro-filmic effects.