Hello my name is Ashley Nimmo and this is my blog for AS media film coursework i hope you enjoy!
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Welcome
Hello my name is Ashley Nimmo and this is my blog for AS media film coursework i hope you enjoy!
Preliminary task storyboard
Before filming our preliminary task of a sequence of shot, reverse shot and match on action we had to design a storyboard with every part of the short film.
Questionnaire summary
After my target audience research was complete, we thought about the kind of film we wanted to use.
The first question was a simple one, and one that we had a good idea of the answer. “Do you watch films?” To which every one of the people we asked said yes. We decided after that to base our target audience to our generation.
“Who do you watch them with?” A lot of people said both friends and family to this question. This made us think about how we could make our film appeal to both our generation and their family market of filming.
“What genre do you watch?” Most people said a comedy/ action; this is the mixed genre we decided to use, as we thought it would appeal to our generation & target audience.
“Does the opening raise questions?” There was about a half and half split for whether the target audience wanted the opening to raise questions so we decided, to leave the audience making up their mind about what is happening in the plot, basically leaving questions to be answered & to get the audience thinking.
“Do you like it if there is a soundtrack?” The majority said yes, this confirmed what we were planning to do. We used the “Great Escape” by We Are Scientists, as it fitted our genre and target audience & was also appropriate to the theme of our film.
“Do you like the start sequence to set the scene?” There were mixed feelings about this question but the majority said yes. We decided to set the scene for the rest of film from the 2 minute start we were creating.
“Is the opening of the film the most important part?” Again a mixed view from our target audience, however we now knew that we needed to make our opening as entertaining as possible in order to keep the audience interested & wanting to see more.
“Do you prefer to watch films at home or at the cinema?” A fifty, fifty split between our target audiences meant we couldn’t make our opening film suitable for just cinema or just at home. Hopefully it will appeal to both.
Research: Film Deconstructions
To further my understanding and kowledge and to help me to pitch my final product. I have analysed the first four minutes of four different films, these films are ranged in terms of genre, year, director and certificate.
Year:2007
Director:Edgar Wright
Genre:Action comedy
The film starts off with non diegetic sirens and police cars to set the scene for the film as it is about the life of a policeman. Then it starts with the main actor (Simon Pegg) walking towards the camera which is inside a desk. As he is walking you can hear the diegetic footsteps become louder as he comes closer. And he stops at a close up and reveals his badge showing that he is a police constable. Then flashes on to a dolly shot of him walking forward. He is inside a police headquarters and in the background is non diegetic music with non diegetic narrating on top of it. Then shows a montage of his life and shows what the narrative is saying. Included in the montage are zoom ins, zoom outs, close ups and jump shots to make the montage more effective. There are also parallel shots where the actor drives the car sides to the side and the camera closes up on his face. Followed by the same actor skidding a bicycle to the side and the camera closes up on his face again. There is also a short first person shot at the end of the montage. When the montage ends it shows two people having a conversation with a shot reverse shot effect with a diegetic conversation between them. Included is a quick pan shot of the surrounding area before coming back to the original shot reverse shot conversation. Overall i believe the start of this film is effective and would succeed in anchoring the viewers in to watching it due to the fact that there is all this action in the first two minutes. I believe that people would be intrigued to find out what will become of the policeman and how he will cope with going away from his local area.
WitchcraftCertificate:18
year:1988
Director: Andrew Flemming
Genre:Horror
At the start of the film it cuts straight to a shot of a rocky outcrop at dusk, in the background you can hear non diegetic sound that adds to the quick arrival of the scene. Then from below the outcrop appears a girl with tattered clothing panting and running away. The camera then moves to a long shot and you can see she is being chased by men in black clothing wielding pitchforks. From then on the non diegetic sound turns into quite sinister music. After that there is a dolly shot of the girl running and looking back and in the background is a shore to a body of water. The camera then stops as the girl carries on running and then there is a 2 or 3 second gap where you see the men run past the camera. Then there is a jump cut to the camera being behind a gated path. There is a canted angle to show it being quite scary. The girl runs towards the camera and veers to the right. A while later the girl stops running and the camera runs up from her toe to head and she then touches her brooch on her dress. This triggers a use of editing and jump cuts twice to a close up of the shining brooch in a black background to show the significance of the prop. A little while later a girl wakes up you realise that this has been a dream. And a girl wakes up and stands to reveal that she is pregnant. It then shows a pan shot of a seaside and a big building in the background with another rocky outcrop. During this there is a diegetic sound of the waves crashing onto the shore. And then jump cuts in cue with a minimalist piece of music which also sounds quite sinister. And the camera then turns into a first person view of looking through a series of rooms to reveal it is a girl walking through a corridor. I think that the start of this film is not a very effective one as i believe that too much is happening in the first four minutes.
Rocky 3
Rocky 3 Certificate: PG
year:1982
Director:Sylvester Stallone
Genre: Sport/Action
At the beginning is a picture of the champion belt shining in all its glory and then there is a non diegetic sound of the typical rocky theme tune. With the belt there the title of the film scrolls over from left to right. Along with the music is a sounding commentary of a fight which is also non diegetic but turns diegetic when there is a fade in to the current fight. There a medium shot of the two fighters on one side not breaking the 180 degree rule. And then editing is used to create the part where they both fall to the ground in slow motion. There is a jump cut to a girl shocked with a diegetic gasping sound. Then it jump cuts back to the fight with the referee continuing in slow motion counting from 1 to 10. The slow motion then speeds up along with the diegetic commentary which is along with a number of jump cuts to show the important characters of the film. And when Sylvester Stallone stands up and wins the fight and there is a diegetic sound of crowd cheering with the non diegetic rocky theme tune running in the background. There is then a freeze frame and a zoom in to Sylvester Stallone face which then the Rock theme tune music turns in to Eye of the tiger. As the music builds up and starts there are fireworks to go with the music when it climaxes. Then “Rocky” is spelt with the colours of the fireworks. After that then follows a montage of a series of fights that Sylvester Stallone wins with fade ins and outs of the different fights and a la’s Vegas style theme of clubs and places in neon lights. Along with the montage pictures of newspapers fade in to the side as well as magazines with the main characters face on them to show that he is at the top of his game in boxing. There is also a noticeable zoom in to another character who has been watching his career throughout this montage which would make the viewers raise questions on who he is and what part he will play in the film. Overall i believe that this starting sequence is quite effective due to it being about boxing with straight away clips of fights which is what the viewer wants to see. I also like the way they have used their editing to create an effective way of telling the viewers how Rocky is being publicised and all is going well for him. I believe the idea of bringing the other character on worked quite well as the viewers want to know who it is and will watch the film to find out.
Preperation:Shooting schedual
Shooting schedule
1. Low angle of Ash as he runs away from the camera
2. Mid shot of David looking at his phone
3. Pan shot of Ash running through an alleyway
4. Mid shot of David as he starts to run
5. Long shot of David running over a bridge
6. Point of view shot from Ash’s perspective as he runs across a different bridge
7. A pan and tracking shot of Ash as he runs through the market square
8. Close up of Ash and the camera looks up into the sky
9. Close up of David as the camera pans down from the sky
10. A long shot of David running towards the camera near a supermarket car park
11. A Match on action shot of Ash
12. A mid shot of David coming through a different alleyway
13. A point of view shot of David coming out of the alleyway
14. Match on action shot of Ash as he opens the bag he has been carrying
15. A action/reaction shot of where ash jumps over a fence and David lands
16. A tracking shot of ash coming up past a church
17. A pan shot of David as is running towards the safe house door and a continuity shot as he enters the safe house
18. A pan shot of Ash as he runs around a corner and a continuity shot of him opening the door and going inside the house
19. A match on action shot of them greeting each other
20. A shot reverse shot of them talking to each other
21. A zoom in shot of David’s face
Preperation:Props and locations
This is the props and locations for our film production. It allowed us to plan exactly what we needed so we didn't forget anything. It also helped us ensure that we knew exactly where we needed to film so that we could film quickly and efficiently.
Props & locations
Props
A Nike rucksack was used in the film and its purpose was to give the impression that there was something stolen inside of it.
Locations
Main location- Market Harborough
· Path way next to Sainsbury’s.
· Path way behind Sainsbury’s.
· Across road towards tattoo parlour.
· Round the corner from the church and jumping over a wooden bench next to the church.
· Tesco car park.
· Through alley way near pizza man.
· Street where house was & house door.
· Bridge next to Tony & Guy
· Garden and bridge next to Tesco’s car park
· David Wardle’s house
Preperation:Production logo
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| And as a result we designed our own unique title using the name as "Aced Productions" by the idea of the first letter of each of our names in our groups. As you can see this stands out and is of high quality, if we had more time we would of designed a unique tranisition for this title. |
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