Wednesday 8 May 2013
Evaulation Question Seven; Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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Aimie and I worked together in our Preliminary Task; this
meant that we wanted to answer this question together as we both agreed on what
we have learnt from our Preliminary Task to our final product. We decided to
answer this question on PowerPoint, in this PowerPoint we selected a range of
different camera angles and shots that we used which can be improved, the
mistakes that we picked out on our Preliminary Task we haven’t made those mistakes
in our actual final product. If there was an error we would use some editing
affects to allow the shots to flow.
Evaulation Question Six;What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
To answer question six, Aimie and I decided to use the same approach as question 5 so we ended up doing a video recording, this recording was more like an interview than the last as Aimie wrote a list of questions that she was going to ask me. This video defiantly was my personal view on the different types of technologies that we have used.
Evaulation Question Five; How did you attract/address your audience?
Evaulation Question Four; Who would be the audience for your media product?
Evaulation Question Three; What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Sunday 5 May 2013
Evaluation Question Two; How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Aimie and I worked together on all our evaluation questions, this meant that we were able to do a verity of different videos, PowerPoint and voice recordings. In this PowerPoint there are images showing us when we were filming and images of other films that are well known Thrillers.
Evaluation Question One; In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Saturday 4 May 2013
What I thought about creating our opening sequence
When we began correcting our opening sequence I thought it
would be very much what it was in GCSE, this was that we would use the same
program which meant that we all had experience and could potentially make our opening
sequence look extraordinary, with this thought I didn’t see any complication of
creating our film. However, I was so wrong in every sense, planning and
creating our thriller film was incredible it pulled our whole group together
this was shown when each individual idea fell into what is now our final
product. The complications started to show when we began editing, this was
because even though everyone’s ideas were put in to make the films, everyone
had a different opinion on editing, an example of this was when Sam didn’t want
a certain date added to the bottom of the screen and Lisa, Aimie and I did. This
meant that we would have to agree to disagree on whether the date should be
added or kept however we all decided to add ‘One year later...’ as it was
something we could agree on.
When we found out that we had to use a new program you could
tell there was tension in the group as on the Corel program the editing was
nearly completed, well so we thought at the time. Each person in the group was always able to
spend extra time on this project whether it was in a study period or after
school, each one of us equally contributed to trying to make this film what it
is now. Whilst watching our opening sequence expand, I began to notice problems
which I shared for example at the end of the chase scene when Sam is putting
Lisa on his shoulder there is a shot where Kieran is in front but all of a
sudden Kieran is behind him, I was concerned that this would loss our group
marks and that it doesn’t link properly, luckily Lisa found the ‘drip to black’
effect which allowed the scenes to flow and doesn’t look as Kieran jumps from
one area to the next.
Though-out the experience of planning, making and editing
our product there was only disagreement within the group and that was between
Sam and me. This disagreement came to light when our final deadline came about
and our film was nearly completed but the music still want done, at the time I didn’t
understand why the music had to be done at the last minute and I thought why isn’t
it ready yet we got a couple of days left we need that music. After this Sam
did create and complete the music but it was only when I watch the sequence
with the music added that I understood why Sam had to wait until we completed editing.
When I realised this Sam and I agreed that maybe we shouldn’t of had a
disagreement over something so small but so important to the completion of our
film but though that I got experience of even though there are deadlines and
that means everything must be in and completed, some things like music we will
just have to wait for as they can’t be rushed and need to create the right mood
for the scene they’re in.
All in all I have learnt many different things thought the
journey of this final product but next time I will know that it isn’t going to
be as easy as I original think and maybe everything isn’t going to be as
perfect as I or anyone else wants them to be, we just need to use the resources
that we have and make an opening to a film everything we hope it to be just
knowing there will be issues and errors on the way just have to take them as
they come.
Editing Day Fifteen - 1st May
On the 1st of May all of our group joined
together to watch the final draft of our opening sequence, we saw the effects
Lisa and Sam were able to find and noticed that the film had got better since
they shortened it. In this lesson we
discussed how we could improve our titles as they were the issue that was concerning
everyone, due to everyone thought they were boring as they had no animation to
them. We were able to change this issue slightly by adding the dip to black effect.
As we needed our opening sequence to
look professional we decided to add the ‘20th Century Fox’ as
another production company for our film, this company was chosen as we know
that 20th Century Fox has released thriller films like ours and they
have come successful.
Friday 3 May 2013
Editing Day Fourteen - 26th April
On the 26th of April, everything that needed to
be edited and changed on our film was done, we finally completed our film! Lisa
and Sam went back after school to get the video on a memory card so they could
upload it to their blogs, when they were doing this they hit a dilemma as the
film was over 5 minutes long and they were told it’s meant to be roughly 2-3
minutes. Sam and Lisa stayed extra hours in ensure the film was shortened by didn’t
lose those important shots that were needed. To make the film shorter Sam and
Lisa cut down some of our shots, looking back the shots were incredibly long
but now they are shortened they look better and it makes the film link a lot more.
Whilst Sam and Lisa were behind, Lisa found an effect that
would make the ghost figure look more realistic within the film. In the film
Lisa is standing near the Cabin and you watch Aimie run down the steps after
her, now Lisa has put the effect in you see Lisa and all of a sudden she
disappears, this gives our opening sequence a more lifelike feel.
Saturday 27 April 2013
Editing Day Thirteen - 24th April
On the 24th of April, we finally were able to
complete our editing for our opening sequence. We were able to figure out how
to insert the ‘Fade to Black’ effect between our title sequences and to
successfully manage to split up the flash back and the present date. By finding
this effect it made the opening sequence look so much better which meant it
finally linked together. The only thing left to do is add the music which Sam
will have completed by Fridays lesson.
Editing Day Twelve - 19th April
On the 19th of April Lisa was in Media on her own
due to Sam, Aimie and I being on a geography trip. In this hour lesson Lisa was
able to add more titles to our sequence. Lisa also did some research on other
film sequences and got some ideas of her own and added them to our opening
sequence. Lisa was able to find a
lighting effect this meant the film could flow more. On the 24th
Aimie, Sam and I will able to look at what Lisa has completed and add our own
ideas if need be.
Editing Day Eleven - 17th April
In the double lesson that we had on the 17th of
April we were able to finalise the shots by making sure that the shots link,
this meant that we were able to add more titles into our sequence and hopefully
add some sort of effect. When we watched the film throw we noticed a major
problem one that we noticed before but didn’t do anything about it as we had to
change programs, this problem is the lighting. When watching the sequence as we
filmed on different days and different times the lighting is different in
nearly every shot, we found that the camera automatically set itself on night
mode when we were filming in the Cabin. Due to this dilemma we are trying to
find an effect on the editing program to see if we are able to make all the
lighting the same, this will make our film flow easier and won’t look out of the
ordinary. Unfortunately, we are having some difficulties finding an effect to
do this on Premier Pro as none of us have used this program before this course.
As we haven’t used this program before the titles and effects are static which
could come across as boring, however we are trying our best to put more of an
effect on our title sequence.
Editing Day Ten - 17th April
On the 17th of April we had a double lesson
however Aimie and I decided to go to Media during our study period this gave us
more time to edit as an individual and meant that Aimie had more time to learn
how to use the software. Within this study period Aimie and I noticed some
major problems with the film that Kieran goes from helping Sam then jumps to
standing behind Sam, we hadn’t realised this problem before but we had no time
to go and re-film so we have to leave this jump in our opening sequence.
Another problem was that Sam lays Lisa at the lack and then all of a sudden she
is turned over, this problem was easily sorted out due to Aimie and I looking back
at the unedited shots and finding that shot that shows Lisa being turned over,
this shot is now in the opening sequence and we have found that it makes the
film flow more.
Editing Day Nine - 16 April
On the 16th of April Lisa, Sam and I went back
after school to continue editing our opening sequence. We didn’t stay long as
there wasn’t much left we could do and always there were some decisions that
had to be made which meant we needed Aimie. We got the final extension date
which is the 30th April.
Editing Day Eight - 8th April
On the 8th of April we went back to school to get
hopefully complete the editing. We were in school for 2 and a half hours. In
this time we managed to add more titles and were continuing to put shots in
order. This was not straight forward as through this short period of time we
faced some problems, one of them being shots were missing so the storyline didn’t
make sense so we had to find the shot we were looking for and re-add it. The
next problem was that the program kept on shutting down, this meant that all
the work we had done would disappear and wouldn’t save, this was a problem as
we kept having to do the same shots and editing over and over again due to the
program not saving our work. We managed to solve this problem by every little
crop, add scenes, title we would have to immediately save it, this way if it
did shut down we wouldn’t have to start all over again.
On this date we finally decided the name of our film we went
with ‘The Cabin’, this is due to the Cabin being the main feature of our film,
however if we think of a better name in the next couple of days we can always
change it. With this extended deadline
as a group we were confident that we would be able to complete the opening sequence,
this meant Sam had to start his music as soon as the titles were added.
Friday 26 April 2013
Getting Our Extension
Due to our extension, we decided to go back to school during our Easter holidays. We picked the 8th of April as it worked for all of us, we agreed to meet around 10am to continue the editing and hope we are able to get our final product.
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Editing Day Seven - 27th March
The last day of editing before our Easter holidays had taken
place was on Wednesday 27th March. This lesson all of us were present,
this meant we were able to show Aimie the editing we had already done on
Premiere Pro and how to use it so she could begin editing. In this lesson we
took it in turns to edit shots and cut them if need be, Aimie needed assistance
now and again but grew confident with the new program as the lesson went on. In
this lesson we were able to put the shots in order and all the shots had been edited
now we just needed to put them all together and make sure they link together.
Due to the time code problem the group decided to come back one day in our
Easter holidays, this would allow us to get more editing completed and be ready
for when we come back to begin our evaluations.
Saturday 23 March 2013
My Costume
In this photo I am wearing more colour than Aimie did but I tried
to stick to a darkish colour blue. I decided to do this as I was an extra at
the gravestone and was trying to sow respect for Aimie’s loss.
Aimie's Costume
These photos of Aimie represent a sister crying over her
twin who has died. The colours that she is wearing are dull; this shows a sign
of respect for her loss.
Kieran's Costume
This photo was taken when Kieran wasn’t in our film we didn’t
manage to re-take a photo on his own however our second photo with Sam and Lisa
in it shows what his top half is wearing. As a group we believe the film wouldn’t
be as good as what it is now if Kieran wasn’t in it due to the fact it makes
more sense with him there than it would without him.
Sam's Costume
These photos show that Sam cannot be recognised due to his
hoodie and the scarf around his face. This gives the impression that he was
always out to do something dangerous and not get caught.
Lisa's Costume
In this photo Lisa’s costume is of a usual
teenage girl going out, this is what she is wearing in the flashback sequence
which shows her make-up or clothing not damaged, muddy or smudged.
Filming Day Two - Photo
Due to the problems that occurred on filming day two at Sam’s
cabin there was only one photo taken and in this photo it shows Aimie’s hair
down instead of up.
Filming Day One - Photos
This image shows Aimie and me setting up the camera equipment
ready to begin filming the chase scenes.
These two images show a clear demonstration of a close up of
the Kieran’s, Sam’s and Lisa's feet.
This image shows a long shot going into a close up of Kieran
and Sam beginning to follow the victim Lisa.
Editing; Day Five and Six
This current week Aimie has been ill and was unable to
attend school. As a group we decided to still keep Aimie in all group decisions
and inform her on the latest problems we are facing, we were able to do this by
getting permission from our teachers to call her when needed her input. An
example of us calling Aimie up was when Lisa and I thought of putting ‘A Year
Ago…’ instead of two dates ‘12 February, 2012’ and the ‘12 February 2013’ as in
our opinion it looked better and made it look more like a flashback, Sam didn’t
agree he thought that the dates looked better so we decided to call Aimie to
get a final decision and she agreed with Lisa and myself so we needed up changing
the dates to just ‘One Year Ago..’
This week we were able to use a new editing programme instead of ‘Corel’ and this is called ‘Adobe Premiere Pro’. This new programme more professional than the last. Once Lisa, Sam and I knew what we were doing we started re-editing our film. To make sure we were on the right path we continued to look back at our previous work on Corel to see if we want exactly that shot and if there was a better shot we might have missed. In the limited time we have had this week we have nearly completed a rough copy of the editing, we still have to continuing cropping a little and names have to be added but we are starting to see what our final piece will look like.
Due to the problems of the programming we are getting an extension on our editing this will involve Lisa, Sam, Aimie and I coming back to school in our Easter holidays to be able to complete this editing task before we start our evaluation next term.
This week we were able to use a new editing programme instead of ‘Corel’ and this is called ‘Adobe Premiere Pro’. This new programme more professional than the last. Once Lisa, Sam and I knew what we were doing we started re-editing our film. To make sure we were on the right path we continued to look back at our previous work on Corel to see if we want exactly that shot and if there was a better shot we might have missed. In the limited time we have had this week we have nearly completed a rough copy of the editing, we still have to continuing cropping a little and names have to be added but we are starting to see what our final piece will look like.
Due to the problems of the programming we are getting an extension on our editing this will involve Lisa, Sam, Aimie and I coming back to school in our Easter holidays to be able to complete this editing task before we start our evaluation next term.
Editing; Day Four
We still have not found a way of getting rid of the date and time at the bottom on our film so the most likely conclusion will be that we will have to restart the editing process on a new programme. This could become a big problem for my group as it took a long time to just cut the shots and put them into order and we still have music and effects to add in to it too. This means, if we have to restart everything we will have to come back after school to complete it otherwise we will not have enough time to complete our film. However, all members are willing to use our own time to complete this task so hopefully we will be able to have everything sorted out and finished by the deadline.
The video above shows how far we got editing on the Corel
software and how the date does affect our film in a professional manner, it
also affected the emotion we wanted the audience to get out of the film. This shows that to get a better result we need
to use the new program.
Editing; Day Three
We continued to edit our film on
Friday 15th March, this meant we were continuing taking it in turns cutting
shots and putting them into order. We had completed all of the flashback clips
and so now just needed to add in the shots at the cabin. However, as we are
editing our film there is a date and time appearing in the bottom right hand
corner, and as this is not allowed on our films we needed to find a way to get
rid of it. Although we tried many ways, we may have to result in using another
editing programme, however, this may mean that we have to start the editing
again which would take up a lot of time which we do not have. For now we are
just continuing with what we were doing in case we are able to remove the date
and time another way.
Editing; Day Two
We continued editing on Friday 8th Marcht, that day we continued to
take turns cutting the shots and putting them in order. As we completed the
first lot of shots in the graveyard scene, we then added in the shots from the
'flashback' scene as these appear between the graveyard shots. We have also
text which will appear in the bottom left hand corner of the very first shot
and the first flashback shot, to show the difference in time to help the
audience understand that it is a flashback.
Editing; Day One
We began our editing on Wednesday,
6th March, which was our deadline for the filming to be completed by. As we had
completed our film on the previous weekend we were able to upload our shots and
begin the editing process. On this day, we began to cut our shots and put them
in the correct order. We took turns in doing this, and will continue to take
turns throughout the editing of our film so that we all have an equal part to
play in this process and we listen to each other’s ideas and decide as a group
what we think is best. We have also begun to add the title sequences as we go
because we have ours appearing between shots at the beginning of our opening
sequence.
Props - Mobile Phone
As a group, we decided that Aimie
should use her phone as a light in the cabin because it was pitch black in
there and we needed some sort of light source. This also created a good effect
when she was looking around the cabin and when she sees the ghosts reflection
in the mirror. As Aimie walks around the cabin she points the light towards her
feet so that when she reaches the mirror she shines it into the mirror and as
she does this she sees her sisters ghosts behind her and then drops the phone
which then makes it pitch black again, and leaves a sense of mystery. We
believed this was a good way to end our opening sequence.
Filming Day Four - Sunday 3rd March
Sunday 3rd March was our last day of filming. On this
day we agreed to meet at the same place and time for lighting once again. Once
we all arrived at 4pm we went back to the wooded area were we filmed. That day
we decided to make more changes than any other to our storyboard because there were
some shots better than others and we were able to create them. One of the shots
that we decided to change was the shot of Sam carrying Lisa to the lake, I decided
to sit on the floor and look up this allowed the camera to get a view of Lisa
hair swinging and Kieran looking suspicious as Sam was walking off.
An idea that came to my mind that day was that Lisa was originally
on her phone when she was walking up this wooded area so why not drop it by
accident (once she is dead) and Kieran ‘Leader’ can pick it up and throw it
into the lake once the body is left. This idea lead to a brilliant close up of
Kieran looking at the phone once he arrived at the lake and smiled at it as she
was proud and glad that she died and throw the phone into the lake to make sure
there was no evidence of them being there. However you couldn’t throw a phone
into a lake so we looked for a rock around the same size as the phone which
Kieran would be allowed to throw; this was another prop that was used.
On that day Aimie and I were many only cameras and directed
most of the scenes due to the other needing to be in scenes however Lisa and
Sam did get to shot some scenes on the last day. From the 3rd of March we have all
been editing the film so it would be completed by the 27th March,
2013.Filming Day Three - Saturday 2nd March
On Saturday the 2nd March we completed filming at
Sam’s house, on this date Sam had located the key and we were able to use the
Cabin for our final shots. Before we started filming we decided to look at our
clips after watching the opening shots we realised that the quality wasn’t as
good as we thought and realised that Aimie’s hair was down on that day where on
the 2nd it was up, with these problems our group came to a conclusion
that we shot re-film the opening shots to get a better quality of film and that
nothing would of changed for example hair, make-up clothing etc. On this day each one of us filmed as at some
point each individual member had to be doing something other than filming from
making a noise in the background to being a main part.
Saturday the 2nd March went better than the 20th
of February this is because we all knew what we were doing and knew what needed
to be added to make the story link; this meant that shots needed to be added to
our original idea to make this opening sequence successful. An example of a shot that needed to be added
would be the shot when Aimie is at the gravestone crying for her sister and
suddenly a hand appears on her shoulder almost as someone is comforting her
(close up of hand) Aimie then reacts to this by turning around and there not
being anyone this gives the audience the impression of a ghost which makes the
opening sequence more like a mystery.
Once the scenes were made from the gravestone to Aimie following
her sister’s ghost we arrived at the scenes of the cabin. At this point it was incredibly
dark so we had to use the ‘night mode’ on the camera to be able to see Aimie
enter the cabin as she sees her sister’s ghost enter. As the cabin was dark
Aimie needed a light to be able to see where she was going, this also gave a
sense of mystery to the film. As my phone was the only phone that had a decent
light quality Aimie used that this allowed her to walk toward the mirror whilst
looking around the cabin to try and see her sister what she doesn’t realise
until she looks in the mirror that Lisa is behind her, this makes Aimie jump
and drop the phone as sees her dead sister in the reflection. This shot is the
final shot of the opening sequence, as a group we thought this would keep the
audience on their edge of their seats and wanting to watch more.Filming Day Two - Wednesday 20th February
On Wednesday the 20th February we began filming
at the log cabin at Sam’s House. This is where the present date filming was
made from Aimie at the Gravestone to Aimie seeing Lisa in behind her. There was
an imitate problem once we arrived and that was that Sam’s parents were out and
he didn’t have or know the key to the cabin, this meant that we were limited to
the scenes that we would make and ended up just filming the gravestone scenes.
As there weren’t many scenes that could be filmed due to the lack of a cabin we decided to go back to Sam’s house at a later date to finish the filming of Aimie following and seeing her dead twin Sister in a minor reflection. It was also a good idea to finish filming early that day as Lisa needed to re-do her make-up and hair to make it look like she had been put into a lake. As we needed to return to Capstone and Sam’s house we decided that the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of March we will complete the filming without rushing and creating a better quality of film.
In opening shot is where Aimie and I was looking at the
gravestone and grieving for the death of
Aimie’s Twin Sister, I wasn’t in the shot for long as I was just an extra
however there was many different shots that were used for Aimie’s emotional
scenes. In these opening shots Lisa and Sam were on camera duty as Aimie and I
were in the film.
The gravestone that Aimie made out of cardboard didn’t look
realistic in the area that we put it in (the bottom of Sam’s Garden) to make it
more realistic I put the gravestone behind a rock and put poison ivy around it
this gave it a more realistic appeal.As there weren’t many scenes that could be filmed due to the lack of a cabin we decided to go back to Sam’s house at a later date to finish the filming of Aimie following and seeing her dead twin Sister in a minor reflection. It was also a good idea to finish filming early that day as Lisa needed to re-do her make-up and hair to make it look like she had been put into a lake. As we needed to return to Capstone and Sam’s house we decided that the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of March we will complete the filming without rushing and creating a better quality of film.
Filming Day One - Monday 18th March
On the 18th of February we began to
film at Capstone Park. We all decided to meet at the bench at 4pm, this time
was set so the lighting would be perfect for the flashback clips so it would be
not too light but not too dark either. On this day we only had a limited amount
of time due to people needing to get home, however in this limited space of
time we got the a lot of the flashback filming done. At this point all we
needed to complete was Lisa getting dragged and then to be finally killed at
the lake. As the shots where not completed on the 18th we arranged another date
to go to Capstone Park and complete the recordings this date was Wednesday the
20th.
On Monday 18th February we located
an area that would be perfect for Lisa to get kidnapped in a wooded area. As a
group we tried to stick to the storyboard plan however one of our friends
Kieran came along and we decided to make the filming better in our opinion by
adding him as another villain with Sam. Kieran was became the ‘Leader’ the one
who made the rules and told Sam what to do. The idea was that Kieran would call
Sam (Close up shot) and tell him that Lisa was walking up the wooded area and
state ‘don’t mess it up this time’ this statement was used to make the audience
realise that it is just a frequent activity that these two villains carry out.To make the scenes flow we added more props for example our phones. Lisa uses her phone as she is walking up the wooded area whilst Sam and Kieran are using their phones to communicate to each other that Lisa is approaching Sam. Another prop is used which is that Sam was wearing a scarf around this mouth and nose to hide his identity from the victim Lisa.
In the scene where Lisa is being
chased up the wooded area we decided to use a variety of shots we ended up
filming one side view, long shot and point of view shot (POV) to get a more of
a fill of the attack. Out of all these shots the Point of View shot is most
affective as in it the audience would be able to put themselves in Lisa’s shoes
and hear the quickness of her breath as she is being followed when she realises
that two people are chasing her and the sense of panic and danger occur.
Aimie and I were mostly filming on
Monday 18th March as Lisa and Sam were the main actors and actresses on that
day. Each decision that was made or an idea that was changed we discussed as a
group and came to a verdict before we carried out with the idea.Friday 1 March 2013
Prop - Gravestone
Saturday 16 February 2013
Filming
On Friday 15 February I signed out the equipment so over the half-term break we can start filming. Yesterday we decided that Sunday we will be filming at Capstone and Monday we will be filming at Sams house, both days we will be meeting at 4 this is due to the lighting that we need.
Friday 8 February 2013
Filming starting Dates
As a group we decided to film in our half-term due to people at week during
the week. This helps us as it means the group can film all off our opening
sequence in a couple of days straight instead of an hour here and there, this
is an advantage due to there being no change in look. Today we have logged out
the equipment to make sure that we have the right material to film properly
when the dates arrive.
Wednesday 6 February 2013
Friday 1 February 2013
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