Final edit of live type and sound filming practice

Final edit of live type and sound filming practice

We were given a task to create a bag swaping scene, using ideas from what we saw in collateral. The location my group decided to use was around the corner from college, seeing as we didnt have much time. (40 Minutes)

We had to make our scene suspenseful, so we came up with the sort of camera shots we wanted to use, such as esablishing shots, close ups, long shots, over the shoulder shots and P.O.V shots.
It was our first time using the camera, so it was a bit hard shooting certain shots and recording however we pulled it together and used as much camera shots as we could.

We decided that we were going to shoot two of us entering from different directions, for instance i came from a building , looking busy aswel as being on a phone, whilst paris entered the scene by walking up these steps, as we walked we drew closer and this showed suspense, we then swapped the bag without making it obvious it was swapped.

Skills Audit: Livetype and Sound

Skills Audit: Livetype and Sound

Outline

Our objective was to film a short sequence of a briefcase swap, that we originally saw in collateral. Instead of using a briefcase my group decided to use a bag, after we shot our scene we used final cut pro to edit bits out, then we exported our clip to Livetype and Soundtrack pro.

Livetype

This is used to make your clip look effective,
for instance you can add effects for transitions,
font, colours and titles. Also this gives it a professional look
and an intriguing opening.











Soundtrack Pro

This allows you to add sounds to specific moments,
for instance you can add panting, something dropping,
footsteps and a car engine, these are all natraul sounds
that can be created using this software. Also instrumental
sounds are used to set a scene or create a suspenseful atmosphere.

Match Cut Prelim Exercisse

In our media lesson our group filmed a opening sequence to a film lasting two minutes. We made the film up and wrote it down on a storyboard. For the film we used tracking shots , establishing shots, close ups and mid shots. We then edited it using final cut pro. We done lots of match cuts and used live pro to make titles for our sequence. We also used soundtrack pro to make suspenseful background music for our opening.

Introduction to cameras and Health and safety tutorial

In our media lesson we was shown how to use the video cameras. We learnt how to fix the camera onto a tripod and how to take it off. We also leart how to lock the camera onto the tridod to protect the camera from getting damaged. We then learnt how to focus the cameras and zoom in and out and all other nessacary fuctions we needed to know for the camera.

LOCATIONS

This is London fields train station were we shot out opening scene, we chose this location because we didn't to film at a place that was very busy in the day time and this train station happened to be the one which was the most quietest of the ones we already knew, we didn't have to ask for permission but we just had to be aware of the camera and surroundings.

We also shot the other part of our scene in college, it was our teachers office. this was helpful because it made our scene come together, it was near enough to looking as a police department.

STORYBOARD

This is the storyboard for our film, we have drawn every single detail that we want to be in our film such as, camera shots, props and mise en scene.

StoryBoard

This is our storyboard for the thriller 'Last Call' these drawings show step by step the planning and process of how were going to film each scene and in what order.

List of thriller sub-genres

THRILLER SUB-GENRES

Action thriller - Consists around physical action, which usually involves a hero.
Conspiracy Thriller - Involves the conspiracy of lies and rumors, also secretive actions which are not told until the protagonist unfolds them.
Crime thriller - Has criminals who either succeed or fail in their criminal offenses, for example murders and robberies.
Disaster thriller - Often involves disasters to do with the world, like earthquakes and floods.
Drama thriller - its usually a serious story.
Science-fiction thriller - involves unworldly elements such as aliens and creatures
Horror thriller - Is when the main character of a film is being attacked by an enemy which either dead or alive.

Thriller sub-genres

Action thriller- Often has a lot of violence, an antagonist, guns and explosions.

Crime thriller- Focuses on a criminals and involves murders, robberies, chases and shootouts

Science-fiction thriller- Has Aliens and other out worldly things

Horror thriller- Involves unrealistic creatures and the main characters in danger

Religious thriller- Involves Religious objects, institutions and questions

Spy thriller- often has government agents , violent actions and terrorists

Drama thriller- has elements of a thriller film and has a twist e.g. The Illusionist, The Interpreter and The Prestige.

Intro to cameras & Health and Safety Tutorial

Intro to cameras & Health and safety tutorial

In this lesson we was basically taught how to use the functions on a camera and what there purposes are. We were then taught went wanting to film from far, focusing on a particular point not to zoom in to far otherwise the picture will be become out of focus. After learning about how to work and use the camera. We then learnt how to put the camera on the tripod and how to take it off, and the dangerous of not locking the camera on to the tripod.