SOUND AND MUSIC

Our sound will be a thud that we found online at: file://localhost/Users/mac1y122014/Desktop/http--www.sounddogs.com-previews-42-mp3-412415_SOUNDDOGS__su.mp3.webloc

Our music will be Girls by 1975 and Evil Forces which we also found on a uncopyrighted audio website at: file://localhost/Users/mac1y122014/Desktop/Evil%20Forces.webloc

Opening credits

Our title sequence will be placed on the walls etc inspired by Rory Campbell who produced The Edge.

This will be placed on:

The title "Anyone Home?" will be on the brick wall in the very first shot.

"Directed by Nadia Mumuni" will follow the car in the second shot.

"Filmed by Charlotte Barnett" will be on the window pane in the third shot.

"Starring Laura Licata, Kieren Short and Michelle Barnett" will be on the stairs on the fifth shot.

"Music by Laura Licata" will be on the coat pegs on the sixth shot.

"Sound by Nadia Mumuni" will be along the wall markings on the seventh shot.

"Edited by Charlotte Barnett" will be along the radiator on the eighth shot.

Vlog - editing

We have been editing our two minute film opening on the iMacs. After putting together all the footage we wanted to use, we realised we went over by two minutes and we had to cut out a lot. We made a vlog to explain all the things we cut out and stuff we added in. All that we have left is to create the opening titles, add a thud and find a creepy/suspense music. Then we're finished. 

vlog - after filming

Today was the last day my group and I filmed our two minute film opening. We hope we got all the camera shots right so that we don't have to film again. We made a vlog after finishing filming the last scene.

Step by step of film

Walking out of station, along road, up the steps, key in door hole, walk in house, dump bag and take off shoes, walk into kitchen, dump phone, earphones etc on table, fill up a glass from the fridge, hear the thud, look up, set glass down, walk to the stairs slowly, go up the stairs, check brother's room, check 'my' room, walk down the hallway, see the light from under mum's door, open door, say hi to mum, engage in conversation with mum whilst unpacking, put the clothes in the drawer, shut the drawer.

Details for clothing and props

Kieren (Man in house) will wear the following:

plain black t-shirt
black bottoms
black shoes
plain black hoodie/jacket

Laura (daughter) will wear the following:

college badge
normal school clothes
Coat & bag
iPhone, earphones, keys

Mum will wear the following:

normal clothes worn for travel
open suitcase on the floor

Other props:

glass for the water in fridge
chandelier
clothes from suitcase

Mum and daughter script

*OPENS DOOR* M- *looks up* Surprise, I'm home a day early! L - oh my god, you scared me! I thought there was someone in the house *HUGS* M - don't be silly, Laura, come help me unpack L - you don't know how to pack your suitcase very well, do you? *laughs* M - oh gee, thanks! I just dropped the suitcase! L - so how was your trip? M - same old, very boring. Just working and talking to customers - no time to get presents for you and your brother! *picks up clothes and open drawer* *camera in drawer* Mum and daughter talking as they separate and drawer closes, showing the man in the house by the door frame. Fade to black.

Vlog about NEW IDEA

Charlotte and I were in the middle of editing our footage that we shot on Monday when we came up with a new idea as to how we can show the man in house and make him look scary. We filmed a vlog so we could remember the details.

Film practice vlog 2

My group and I went to Charlotte's house again to film a practice. We brought my friend Kieren along who is playing the part of the killer in my house.We wanted to use him for 2 seconds footage but we ended up spending 3 hours filming because we had a few problems like where to put the camera. He does media studies at his school too so he was giving us a few tips and ideas. We decided to film a vlog afterwards to explain what we were doing.

Interviews

I asked my friends a few questions and filmed their answers. The questions were:

What's your favourite film and why?
What's your least favourite film and why?
Are the first two minutes of a film important to you and why?
What three things do you look for in a film?
What's your favourite movie genre and why?
What's your least favourite movie genre and why?




Their favourite movies varied from comedy releases and horror films.
Their least favourite movies
Everyone in the interview said that the first two minutes of a film is important because it must engage the audience.
Most people said that the characters and scenery/setting was what they looked for in the film.

Movie GENRES:

Favourite:

Eva: mystery
Shekinah: action
Ms Goulding: thriller
Izabela: fantasy
Lucy: romantic comedy
Sally: horror/thriller
Ms Foster: thriller
Sophia: horror
Lisa: thriller
Natalia: thriller/ action

Least favourite:

Shekinah: horror
Izabela: classical (biographies etc)
Ms Goulding: Westerns
Lucy: horror
Sally: sci-fi
Ms Foster: parodies
Sophia: romance
Lisa: romantic comedy
Natalia: sci-fi

This is useful to me because my group and I are going for the unexpected/thriller/suspense genre for our two minute film and this data showed that most people enjoy watching thriller films.

Final Film Practice Shots

We storyboarded our final film and decided to pracice filming the shots that we will used for the real film. We wanted to make sure we knew how to do it and where to place the camera before filming our final film. Here's a video we made showing the shots we will use.

Storyboards for final film

Here are our storyboards for our final film. It's a rough copy so excuse the bad drawings and stick men.

Storyboard Vlog

We went to Charlotte's house to draw out our story boards and we also filmed a few practices for certain shots. Here is the vlog explaining what we did.

Practice Video 2

Charlotte and I decided to film a second practice video in "The Green" in Enfield Town. We used a wide variety of different camera shots and angles. When we start planning our two minute film opening, we will select the techniques that we thought were most effective.

Water Practice Video

In our two minute opening film, we want a camera shot in water. So for this we decided to place the waterproof KODAK inside a glass of water and film someone walking past it to create more of an effect. We wanted to do a practice beforehand and we filmed us setting it up and trying out different techniques to get the camera shot we wanted.

Practice 2 Vlog

Charlotte and I filmed a few shots for another practice video. We filmed in Enfield Town in a place called the "Green" where the river runs through town. We filmed many shots such as panning, tilt, establishing shot etc. This is a vlog explaining what we did basically.

Vlog about film idea

Ms Foster filmed my group's vlog as we spoke about our ideas for our two minute film opening. Originally, we were going to go for physcological thriller and we had planned out everything for that particular idea but then a few days before this vlog was filmed, we came up with a different idea.

Film Practice Review Vlog

After filming and editing our film practice, we asked our friend from another group to review our video. She really enjoyed it.

Film Practice

We filmed a film practice last lesson and used today's lesson to edit it. We included shots like establishing, panning, tilt and midshot. 

Vlog

I decided to make a vlog on how I'm finding media studies so far and what we did in our last couple of lessons regarding the prelims and the outakes.

Prelim Outakes

My group and I decided to use clips from our prelim that were funny and not used for the actual prelim to create an outakes video. We didn't have many outakes (I'd like to believe this is because we were so professional) but we made use of the three or four that we had. We also added music and audio effects to make it funnier.

Final Prelim

Here's our prelim video. We based it on a video my group and I found on YouTube called "which one of you doesn't know how to flush the toilet". We chose this video because we thought it was funny and it included all the elements we needed to create our prelim; someone walking through the door, two people talking and someone sitting down. We had to take out a few swear words and changed the angle shots and personally I think this is better than the original.

Final Prelim Vlog

My group and I filmed a vlog talking about our final prelim and the outakes video we created afterwards. We used iMovie for the first time and found it really difficult and frustrating at first but after a while, we got the hang of it and enjoyed discovering all the different effects.

Group Vlog Prelim - Change of plans

So, my group and I decided to change our prelim from High School Musical to a video that was quite popular over the internet. We did this because we thought it would be funnier to do the video instead of the High School Musical reenactment.




Here's a screen shot of the video from YouTube. The original was taken down.

Shot/Reverse Shot & 180 Degree Rule

I found a clear explanation about shot/reverse shot online:

I also found another explanation about the 180 degree rule:

Group Vlog About Prelim

My group and I made a vlog about our prelim ideas.

Macs

I have used a mac before but I only really used it for the internet purposes at my friend's house so I'm still finding it difficult to understand how to use it. At home, I have a Windows 8 PC and I have just about learnt how to use that. I prefer basic PCs however macs look really interesting and I'm looking forward to using them all year.

Favourite actor (female)

My favourite female actor is definitely Jennifer Lawrence. She is famous for starring as the main character in The Hunger Games but I have admired her from before. She is extremely beautiful and talented and she has an awesome personality that I can see from her interviews. Whenever I watch an interview with her in it, I always end up laughing because she's a really funny person and makes every situation feel so relaxed. I admire her and really would like to be her.

My First Vlog

Here's my first vlog. I was quite nervous at first and I wasn't sure of what to say but I finally did it and here it is.

Prelim script

My group and I decided on the High School Musical scene where Gabriella meets Troy's dad, Coach Bolton. We chose this because we thought it would be funny and everyone has seen High School Musical. We searched up the script online and found the scene we thought would be pretty good. Here's a picture of the written scene that we will use for our Prelim on Friday.

Prelim brainstorming

Today during study time, my group and I (Charlotte, Nadia and me) brainstormed a few ideas for our prelim. We decided to base it around famous movie/television quotes and came up with five ideas that we liked. Here is a photo I took of our brainstorming.

These quotes are the ones that we were interested in doing, e.g. Peggy Mitchell from Eastenders' famous quote "get out of my pub!" 

Filmmaking Tecniques

Screenshot of Luther episode & Storyboards

On Tuesday 17th September, the class had to watch a scene from Luther. We had to create a storyboard, drawing each different camera shot. My storyboard has 15 shots.

Here are a few pictures of my storyboards.

Favourite actor (male)

I have two favourite male actors, Johnny Depp and Daniel Craig. I love them both because of their talents (and looks). But I'm going to choose Daniel Craig today. He's a really talented actor and despite being 45 years old, he's still able to jump off buildings etc in his most famous film: James Bond. I started watching James Bond films purely because Daniel Craig stars in them and I do not regret it. James Bond is one of the best films I have ever watched. As well as his good looks, Daniel Craig is able to act in any role possible and I think that's a key feature for actors. He makes every film he stars in ten times better.

Favourite film

I have loads of favourite films so I'm finding this really hard to decide on which one. But my all time favourite film has to be Dirty Dancing. When I was younger I really enjoyed dancing and although I NEVER danced like the actors in the film, this became my favourite film. One of the things I love about this film is that there is a variety of themes within for example, romance and comedy. And it also has more serious features like class discrimination. This film taught me how people used to view those within a lower class. I also really like Patrick Swayze.