Changement of mise-en-scene (by emmanuelle)

New Ident

Being independent, I decided that our ident needed to improve as it never looked as professional as i expected it to be this is why i produced my own new original logo on Photoshop using it skills. 

This is my final logo:

This will be integrated into the establishing shots of my film to fit into the the title sequences conventions of our genre, Urban, crime thriller.

Pitch Feedback

While  presenting our idea to the class I was feeling really nervous however half way I got comfortable and this activity really helped to gain more confident talking about my work also to apply critics in order to improve.

• As the mise-en-scene of the group I realised that I did not do enough research on the location so  I guess I need to do more research for the location and find a shop where we can film.
• the idea behind the costume is supporting how media portray young black/Arabic teen boys (hoody, timberlands, black backpack (carrying weapon or drugs) 
• most films will show teens boys planning to steal phones or sport wear
• we challenge that by planning to steal jewels
• planning the heist professionally might seem unusual to some viewers because we expect to see teen boys planning to steal something in a park or on the road

(written by Emmanuella )  

Casting & Audition of Actors/Extra.

All the actors that will appear in our title sequence are three of the students in our group, therefore there wasn't anyone else that we had to interview or audition to play a part in our film.

Final Pitch

Final Pitch

TASK 16: Sound

What is sound?
Sound are vibrations that travel through the air, and can be heard when the go into and through a person's or animal's ear.

What is soundscape?
A piece of music considered in terms of its component sounds.

What is sound design?
The process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements.

What is suspension of disbelief?
A willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; the sacrifice of realism and logic for he sake of enjoyment.

Why is sound important in film?
It helps immerse the audience within the world the film is presenting. It presents the tone and atmosphere of the film, and could help giving the audience ideas of plot, character significance and morality. It could help sway the audiences emotional reactions to moments or even increase the realism of the film. Some people; such as George Lucas, believe that sound is 50% of a film, and without sound, the film is incomplete.

Health-Check - Blog task 23

I have currently caught up with the blog tasks that i had to do and i've also tried to use a variety of different ways to present the blog-tasks.

I will now have to keep myself organised and do the blog tasks that need to be done in time so i won't fall behind.

Macro & Micro analysis - Blog Task 14

Blog task 17 - Analyse the use of sound in one film opening.

Final Idea

written by reeve 

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment written

As for all film productions, there are man potential risks that occur whilst a film produces stunts and many other action packed scenes. In this blog post, I will be looking and analysing these risks and avoiding potential problems. 

The first risk is that we will be holding really expensive equipment that involve cameras, tripods and fig rolls. This could leave us susceptible to being robbed. One way we can avoid this is working in public areas and always having 2 or more people whilst filming. This also could mean that the cameras could be damaged however with persistent teaching from the media department we can cater for these problems efficiently.

Another risk is a miscommunication between partners which could lead to people not making it to filming . One way we combated this is by creating a whats app group which we exchanged numbers which means that we can avoid in upcoming problems and if someone cant make it for some  reasons than it can be easily communicated.

PITCH Characters rep

Rough production timetable

Production schedule from mohamud made and reeve

Mise-en-scene

               

Credits/ title

a) What will the title credits look like?
For the font/appearance of our films main titles, the decision for our font isn't exactly final yet. I believe we were leaning more towards using an 'Eroded' font similar to this:

This font (called Plane Crash) is not our final font for the film. The font for the rest of the credits will probably be the same font used for our title, so we will have to make sure our font looks decent will other text or looks good on varied sizes. If the eroded font makes things difficult for us, we could possibly use a more simple font like this:

This font (called YWFT Matter) is a pretty nice looking font, but is also a font we haven't considered for our final film. This is only a font to fall back on if the 'eroded' fonts don't work out too well. This font is also similar to those used in the 'Bullitt' opening credits, so this font usage could be considered as homage to one of our inspirations for our opening credits.

b) If we stay close to our inspirations (Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) and Bullitt), we would probably have the font usage remain sort of simple yet stylized in way that makes the text move around on screen, alongside objects or timed alongside music, or forming in a stylized way.

Storyboard

Brand our blog

Brand your blog (By Mohamud Madey)

To brand our blog, I decide to use a broken into jewellery box. This is because the context of our title sequence is about a heist of a jewellery store and I found that it is relevant. It also connotes of what our title sequence is about and gives the blog reviewer an immediate idea of what our group are working towards and what we are trying to create.  

LOGO MAKING

                                                                    Logo
We had to have a go at using after effect to create a LOGO

• I found it really hard to edit on mac computers
• I do like my logo but this little activity just made realize that editing is not for me (got to be honest)
• it too me long to remember export and import
• to chose the style of writing

Blogging task 33

In this lesson, we learned how to make our own ident by using websites and adobe after effects. This allowed me to use a synergy of platform to make it effective and realistic as if it was an actual professionally run production company. I will most likely apply these skills and make a new and improved ident for the final film.

TASK 33: Concept Ident

In our lesson, we learned about some websites, templates and software that can help us make some company idents that we could possibly use in our final film (which we won't). We used a website called 'Online Logo Maker' where we could make a custom bad logo, which we then saved onto the desktop. From there, we looked at several pre-made After Effects templates which we could then use to make our Ident. I wasn't particularly a fan of most of them, so I tried to pick one that wasn't as 'over-the-top' compared to the others. From there, we could replace the placeholder logo with our very own bad logo. I can't say I'd ever want to use either the ident itself or even the logo for our final product.

Institutional Detail

Blog Task 33

Production schedule

Production schedule from mohamud made and reeve

Audience Details

Audience Detail (written by Mohamud Madey)

We decided that our chosen genre usually appealed to the unisex young adult age range of about 16-24. However, to prove this we conducted primary and secondary data so that we have a rough idea if our audience would be appealed to this certain type of movie. Since the movie is urban as it is based in the city of London; it would only be common sense if our genre is more mainstream. Also, the codes and conventions of our target audience have similar appeals which are faced paced and suspended belief type movies as well as laid back movies that involve comedy. 

For our primary research, we interviewed 4 people including 2 males and 2 females where each gender had a age range of one older and younger than 24 years old. We noticed that females above the age of 24 where not as interested as males and that all our respondents under 24 would like to watch our movie. Here is the proof of our research.

For our secondary research, we used the BFI statistical yearbook and the YouGov research page and looked at our similar movies inspiration which included the Dark Knight, GTA V and the taking of Pelham 123. This gave us an audience profile of who would be interested in our specific movie. Here is what we obtained:

    

TASK 22: Remake Evaluation

We attempted to do a shot-by-shot remake of the opening sequence of Collateral. For the most part, we did fairly well. When it came to planning and doing storyboards, we had a fairly easy job to do for it. Most of the shots were easy to remake and copy, as the opening was fairly simplistic. As the original films opening takes place in a crowded airport/shopping mall-like area, we considered filming in the small shopping centre nearby, so we could possibly replicate the 'bustling and crowded area' look, but we decided against that due to time constraints as well possible problems of people walking in front of shots, or not wanting to be filmed. We instead settled with filming on the bottom floor of the college, as it would be much easier and there would be less people present to disrupt shots (though we still experienced enough of that). For filming, we used the standard HD camera's provided to us by the college, as well as a tripod and a fig rig (which we never used) that were also provided to us by the school.

For editing, we used Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015. We were able to slow down shots (which looked kinda weird, but it worked out fairly decently), edit sound levels, and even add in the soundtrack from the original movie. Most of this was possible due to the incredibly helpful IT team at the college, who taught us about editing sound levels, and slowing down of speeding up shots. They also taught us about special effects, but we didn't have the time to incorporate any into our remake. We also tried to make the opening look more 'real' and 'authentic' by adding the Paramount Productions Logo to the start of the film, like in the original, but we overlooked the completely different aspect ratio between the Paramount Ident and the rest of the opening, resulting in an abrupt aspect ratio change. This is something 'we' (or 'I' because I was the one who decided to put it in, and therefore screw it up) could've edited if we had the time or if I was less careless and oblivious. As for the rest of the opening, we added some opening credits such as displaying the actors names and such. The opening of our remake is not exactly identical to the original film, as we changed some dialogue and we added a shot that wasn't present in the original film. I guess it was so we could give it our own personal spin on the opening. Aside from the previously mentioned shot, we tried to stay true to the original in terms of shots, though they aren't exact, as we didn't really have the appropriate space or skill to replicate some of the shots. Ours is a bit more 'boring' compared to the original, since our lighting is much more dimmer, since we filmed in a college hallway, rather than a bustling and brightly lit airport, and due to being in a college hallway, our setting is a bit boring in comparison, since there are no other people present in shots aside from the two stars, and there isn't much to care about or be interested in looking around a hallway.

My prelim is also the group's practical remake.

Task 16

Task 22

Remake Evaluation

Planning

- Our group decided to do a remake of 'Collateral'. The planning of the remake was by far the easiest step in my own opinion due to the fact that all the shots we needed to create for the remake where all shown in the original scene of Collateral. We were able to easily storyboard the shots of the scene that we were going to create. However, what we planned out in the end did alter from the original scene due to the difference in location/props etc. 

Filming

- The filming of the remake was the most enjoyable yet also the most challenging part of the remake. What was the most challenging for the remake was the fact that we actually had to create what we planned out for the scene in the short amount of time that we had left compared to the time we allocated for the planning and the editing. Most shots took quite a few amount of retakes before we got them the way we wanted, the reason we needed to take these retakes was probably the fact that none of us were actually 'good' actors, yet we wanted the acting to be somewhat decent. 

Editing

- While we did run into a few problems for editing, for example not knowing how to use certain effects such as slow-mo, or using a soundtrack representing the busy setting in collateral. We did manage to take our time and finish the editing the way we wanted to. The media technicians at our college were very clear and quick in telling and teaching us how to get rid of the problems that we were facing.

Overall, the remake went better than i expected. During the whole recreation of the scene, my group was serious and professional about the remake while we also had a lot of fun doing the task together as a team.

TASK 25: 'Head On' Activity

The 6 Minute Creativity Challenge

Blogging task 25

TASK 23: Health Check 1

This is the feedback for the work I have done so far. I guess I'm fairly pleased with results, as I completed most of the tasks, got positive feedback, and a pretty decent grade. I am happy to know that my 'quality' of writing is actually good, and my idea of a film opening is seen positively, though trying to convince my group may take some effort.

As for the improvements, I'll obviously have to start getting work done earlier to meet deadlines, and in other cases; actually finish my work. I'll also have to start incorporating much more usage of Prezi and Emaze in order to make my work look less boring and so I can get a better grade.

FEEDBACK - IMPROVEMENT

Looking at the feedback I feel like I need to start meeting the deadlines and meet the targets thats been set by Mary. Firstly I'm going to start by changing the titles , complete the tasks -aim to post 4 complete blogs in a week and use more ICT apps.

Blogging Task 22

Practical Remake Evaluation

During our remake of Collateral, I noticed that it was extremely easy to plan and storyboard our shots as well as create a script. This is because the video provided us with a complex but understandable template to replicate. This in turn allowed us to storyboard the shots which were fairly simple but due to restrictions in time and space, we realized that our exact replication of the opening couldn't be completed and that my group, 25, had to do it in our own way.

This is when we decided to film inside the 6th form departments ground floor. Although it did not create the same bustling atmosphere as the airport had in the movie. We had more filming spaces that were quiet so our shot could seem much more professional. Furthermore, the use of the fig roll and tripod also gave us more professional shots.

Our final process was editing all our cuts to make final cut which wasn't easy but with the help of our group ICT intellect we managed to include effects such as slow motion as film titles that are transitioned into the cuts. Another problem that occurred was the sound. This is because we wanted to edit in a bustling sound that collateral had as well as include a bit of music toward the end that created tension without affecting the noise of the dialogue. We mange to hurdle other this in adobe premier by learning a tutorial from our media technician, Fergy who taught us out to change the volume for a certain period of time.