Showing posts with label Parris Bolmin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parris Bolmin. Show all posts
Monday, 24 May 2010
Friday, 30 April 2010
Location of the thriller 'Last Call'
For our thriller we chose the location London Fields train station as it is a quite train station where hardly anyone goes. So we thought nobody will bother us when filming although some still did. We also thought it was a good idea because we was able to get good still images and variety camera shots of the city.
We also wanted to film in the Hackney library because we needed a office kind of look for the scene we wanted to add for the police officer but was unable as it is a public area and had to get permission before had. Even though we was allowed but only to film in a certain area where no one could be filmed. in the end we thought this was bad idea as we needed a a computer and a table for the mise en scene which will help the audience get the feel of the surroundings. A few days after we then got permission to film in our teachers office which we found was alot better because he had all the facillities we needed for example piles of paper folders ,a computer and a desk. We then able to think of new ideas for the scene we had already thought of in the begginning and came up with a better one.
We also wanted to film in the Hackney library because we needed a office kind of look for the scene we wanted to add for the police officer but was unable as it is a public area and had to get permission before had. Even though we was allowed but only to film in a certain area where no one could be filmed. in the end we thought this was bad idea as we needed a a computer and a table for the mise en scene which will help the audience get the feel of the surroundings. A few days after we then got permission to film in our teachers office which we found was alot better because he had all the facillities we needed for example piles of paper folders ,a computer and a desk. We then able to think of new ideas for the scene we had already thought of in the begginning and came up with a better one.
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Evaluation
Question 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and convention of real media shots?
Throughout the film we used a var
iety of camera shots e.g. close ups and long shots each shot being no longer then 6 seconds as in many films camera shots are normally for a short period of time to create of feeling ofsuspense and usually to tell the audience what’s going to happen next as the viewers watching the film will become bored as minimal action is taking place. We used many different angled shots as we wanted the viewers to see the character from different points of view. Many of the shots being high angled as we wanted to see the character as well the surroundings. This is similar to the film 'Sherlock Holmes' in the begginning in the film we see a close up zoom out into a long to show the surrounding of where the character was. In the film 'Sherlock Holmes' i expected to see tiltes running along the screen as the film was playing similarly to our film 'Last Call'.
The soundtrack i created was melodious as i wanted to create a feeling of tranquility as if nothing was going to happen in the first scene. We a jump cut between the two character as one is walking down the hall way and the other is entering the train station the tempo then begins to pick up pace as we can now tell something is going to happen. The use of the mise en scene (office, body language of police officer) is important as it creates a feel as if this is a real murder scene is taking place. This is comparable to the begginning of the film as the two charcters are trying to capture a criminal. The use of their clothing added to the century they where in.
We chose the location of the train station in London Fields as we wanted somewhere empty to film so nobody could bother us but also because we could get a good establishing shot of the city.
Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our movie clip represents the social group of age.
Straight a way in the opening scence we see a long shot of a young girl dressed in high heels, a short black dress giving a image of a typical teenager as she is cumming back from a night out in the early hours of the morning as she walks near the train station to light a cigarette.
The image of the girls from the film 'Amerian Teen' is different from our movie clip as the teenage from our movie clip 'Last Call' was percieved as a working girl. However the girls have a similar way of dressing but are shown differently as they are cheerleaders. The are many simarlarites for example facial and body language. The character in both images both look very bold and confident and give the look of sophiastication.
Question 3&4- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and Why? How will you attract/ address your audience?
This student used the internet to launch her movie to a wider audience as they know many people of different ages use the internet for many different purposes e.g watching films , playing games and listening to music . Launching a movie clip on the interenet enables you to get views and opinions from people all aroung the world, which may even be seen by a potenial sponsor .
Youtube might distibute my media product as youtube is a collosal networking site where people around the world can upload their own personal video clips that they made themselves or by other people. As my clip is a low budget student video it can only be distributed on Youtube and vimeo so i wouldn't have to spend money to put it on a screen for people to view my movie as youtube is free. I can also send links on other networking sites for example Twitter and Bebo where i can recieve
more opinions from a global audience.
I would attract my audience by making pop up ads on the net and by creating a game like the movie 'Shaun of the Dead'.
I would then design my own personal website similarly to the film 'Star Trek' using a theme to attract my particular target audience of the ages 16-19.
Question 5 - Who would be the audience for your media product?
Name: Shanice
Age:20
Hobbies: Loves shopping in H&M and River Island and also creating animations
An aspirer working in an graphic design studio who loves going to the cinema to watch horror movies which inspires her to create characters by the use of their facial expression and body language in the film to use in her animations. During her free time she loves to go shopping with her friends in River Island and New Look She hopes to make a thriller movie one day using the characters she made up. which she wishes will be seen by a potiential sponsor who will give her the opputunity to create more films that will go global and will be attracted by a larger audience. She is very ambitious and loves to live life to the fullest.
Question 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
LiveType
By using Livetype i was able to make titles with the use of added effects of what type of movie i was trying to persue . Also i learnt how to put the tiltes in order of what scene i wanting them in .Whether its on a plain backgroung or running along the scene, on the timeline. As a group we tried to pick a font and effect that we thought would go well with our thriller and that would attract the audience of the ages 16-19. By looking at the credits of many other films e.g District 13 . I noticed alot of their tiltes are running across the scene as the movie is playing except from the main title of the film which i tried to persue in my thriller.
For editing my thriller i used Final Cut Pro which helped me to inport and export certain parts of the scene i didn't want. Also i was able to add may effects from example a fade which is shown near the end of the clip. At the start i was i finding it hard to use final cut pro as i didnt know how and where to add the added effects i wanted in my thriller but i continued to use it- it became easier.
Soundtrack Pro enabled me to make a composition by using a variety of instruments and sound fx. By using the sounds it helped my movie clip become more of a thriller as i was able to add different modulations onto a graph to make it sound suspensful. By adding different melodys at the same time made the clip interesting as the sounds overlapped making you want to listen more for the instruments that were being played. By putting the sounds on to the graph at different times helped the audience to know when the scene changed and also if something suspensful was going to happen.
Question 7- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at the prelim not only have i developed my exisitng skills but gained new ones since ive been filming. I learnt when filming to have very little space above the head which i had alot of in this prelim clip. By using final cut pro i am now able to cut out part of the scene that i don't want to use anymore. In this clip most of the filming was out of focus, now compared to our new thriller ' Last Call' i made sure before filming the camera is in focus,, and that i've checked the spirit level. Now having experience with the camera i am now capable of filming a variety of camera shots and different angled shots for example mid shots , extreme close ups high angled shots .Whereas in this prelim clip we can only see a minimal of long shots and close ups.
Question 8- Audience feedback and comment?
Question 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and convention of real media shots?
Throughout the film we used a var
iety of camera shots e.g. close ups and long shots each shot being no longer then 6 seconds as in many films camera shots are normally for a short period of time to create of feeling ofsuspense and usually to tell the audience what’s going to happen next as the viewers watching the film will become bored as minimal action is taking place. We used many different angled shots as we wanted the viewers to see the character from different points of view. Many of the shots being high angled as we wanted to see the character as well the surroundings. This is similar to the film 'Sherlock Holmes' in the begginning in the film we see a close up zoom out into a long to show the surrounding of where the character was. In the film 'Sherlock Holmes' i expected to see tiltes running along the screen as the film was playing similarly to our film 'Last Call'.The soundtrack i created was melodious as i wanted to create a feeling of tranquility as if nothing was going to happen in the first scene. We a jump cut between the two character as one is walking down the hall way and the other is entering the train station the tempo then begins to pick up pace as we can now tell something is going to happen. The use of the mise en scene (office, body language of police officer) is important as it creates a feel as if this is a real murder scene is taking place. This is comparable to the begginning of the film as the two charcters are trying to capture a criminal. The use of their clothing added to the century they where in.
We chose the location of the train station in London Fields as we wanted somewhere empty to film so nobody could bother us but also because we could get a good establishing shot of the city.
Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our movie clip represents the social group of age.
Straight a way in the opening scence we see a long shot of a young girl dressed in high heels, a short black dress giving a image of a typical teenager as she is cumming back from a night out in the early hours of the morning as she walks near the train station to light a cigarette.
The image of the girls from the film 'Amerian Teen' is different from our movie clip as the teenage from our movie clip 'Last Call' was percieved as a working girl. However the girls have a similar way of dressing but are shown differently as they are cheerleaders. The are many simarlarites for example facial and body language. The character in both images both look very bold and confident and give the look of sophiastication.
Question 3&4- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and Why? How will you attract/ address your audience?
This student used the internet to launch her movie to a wider audience as they know many people of different ages use the internet for many different purposes e.g watching films , playing games and listening to music . Launching a movie clip on the interenet enables you to get views and opinions from people all aroung the world, which may even be seen by a potenial sponsor .
Youtube might distibute my media product as youtube is a collosal networking site where people around the world can upload their own personal video clips that they made themselves or by other people. As my clip is a low budget student video it can only be distributed on Youtube and vimeo so i wouldn't have to spend money to put it on a screen for people to view my movie as youtube is free. I can also send links on other networking sites for example Twitter and Bebo where i can recieve
more opinions from a global audience.
I would attract my audience by making pop up ads on the net and by creating a game like the movie 'Shaun of the Dead'.
I would then design my own personal website similarly to the film 'Star Trek' using a theme to attract my particular target audience of the ages 16-19.
Question 5 - Who would be the audience for your media product?
Name: Shanice
Age:20
Hobbies: Loves shopping in H&M and River Island and also creating animations
An aspirer working in an graphic design studio who loves going to the cinema to watch horror movies which inspires her to create characters by the use of their facial expression and body language in the film to use in her animations. During her free time she loves to go shopping with her friends in River Island and New Look She hopes to make a thriller movie one day using the characters she made up. which she wishes will be seen by a potiential sponsor who will give her the opputunity to create more films that will go global and will be attracted by a larger audience. She is very ambitious and loves to live life to the fullest.
Question 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
LiveType
By using Livetype i was able to make titles with the use of added effects of what type of movie i was trying to persue . Also i learnt how to put the tiltes in order of what scene i wanting them in .Whether its on a plain backgroung or running along the scene, on the timeline. As a group we tried to pick a font and effect that we thought would go well with our thriller and that would attract the audience of the ages 16-19. By looking at the credits of many other films e.g District 13 . I noticed alot of their tiltes are running across the scene as the movie is playing except from the main title of the film which i tried to persue in my thriller.
For editing my thriller i used Final Cut Pro which helped me to inport and export certain parts of the scene i didn't want. Also i was able to add may effects from example a fade which is shown near the end of the clip. At the start i was i finding it hard to use final cut pro as i didnt know how and where to add the added effects i wanted in my thriller but i continued to use it- it became easier.
Soundtrack Pro enabled me to make a composition by using a variety of instruments and sound fx. By using the sounds it helped my movie clip become more of a thriller as i was able to add different modulations onto a graph to make it sound suspensful. By adding different melodys at the same time made the clip interesting as the sounds overlapped making you want to listen more for the instruments that were being played. By putting the sounds on to the graph at different times helped the audience to know when the scene changed and also if something suspensful was going to happen.
Question 7- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at the prelim not only have i developed my exisitng skills but gained new ones since ive been filming. I learnt when filming to have very little space above the head which i had alot of in this prelim clip. By using final cut pro i am now able to cut out part of the scene that i don't want to use anymore. In this clip most of the filming was out of focus, now compared to our new thriller ' Last Call' i made sure before filming the camera is in focus,, and that i've checked the spirit level. Now having experience with the camera i am now capable of filming a variety of camera shots and different angled shots for example mid shots , extreme close ups high angled shots .Whereas in this prelim clip we can only see a minimal of long shots and close ups.
Question 8- Audience feedback and comment?
After the film we recieved positive comments back from other student and teachers. We aslo asked them what they thought was good and bad about our thriller movie and what we can improve on in the future.
I was unable to create a word cloud so here is a few comments that was been said
I was unable to create a word cloud so here is a few comments that was been said
Interesting
Thrilling
Good use of sound
Suspensful
Eye Catching
Monday, 8 March 2010
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.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
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.
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.
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Match Cut Prelim Exercise
In this lesson my group had to film a short sequence lasting up to two minutes of somthing that we made up and written down on a storyboard before hand. We had to use a various amount of shots e.g close ups mid shots , an establishing shot and a tracking shot as camilla walked down the hall we then cut the scence to see her by the door from my perpective as she enters. After we flimed our shots for the scenes we then use the programme final cut pro to edit, where we wanted to cut the scence that we filmed after a certain amount of time. We then used live cut pro to add titles to our finished sequence e.g directed by and sound by. Finally we then had to use the programme soundtrack pro to add effect to the sequence to make it thrilling.
Friday, 12 February 2010
Detailed analysis of the thriller Fight Club
Detailed analysis of then thriller Fight Club
Norton plays the unmaned (Protagonist) , he forms a fight club with soap salesman Tyler Durden played by Brad Pitt. The nameless narator Edward Norton is a travelling automoblie company employee who suffers from insomnia. His doctor refuses to give him medication and advies him to visit a support group to witness more severe suffering. After a flight home from a business trip. The narrator finds his apartment destroyed by an explosion. He calls Tyler Durden ( Brad Pitt) a salesman whom he befriended on the flight, and they meet at a bar. The pan around Brad Pitt helps the audience to see the surroundings of where he is, the heavy rock music playing in the backgroung is effective as it sets the mood of the atmosphere as you see contestants fighting. The fast pace editing is also effective as it shows many different scenes as people prepare to compete against the fighters in the fight club.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Thriller and subgenres
A thriller is broad genre of literature,film. television and gaming that includes numerous and often overlapping sub genres. Thrillers are often hybrids there are many different types for example there are suspense thrillers, action or adventure thrillers, sci-fi thrillers (such as Alien 1979) crime caper thrillers such (as the French Connections 1971) , western thrillers (such as High Noon 1952), film noir thrillers (such as Double Indemnity 1944), even romantic comedy- thrillers (such as safety last 1923)
Suspense thrillers inspire me at the moment as they are fun to watch and always keep you sitting at the edge of your seat as you waiting for somthing to happen.
Definition of Suspense and Thriller
Pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome, such as the ending of a mystery novel. For exampel whilst watching Collateral the scene where Vincent (Protagonist) enters the building This scene builds tension as he is trying to get in contact with Anne but fails as he's battery is low as the killer is trying to kill her.
It builds suspense as he enters her office, while she hides in the room the use of the shot reverse shot is effective as it shows the anticipation on Annie's face.
It builds suspense as he enters her office, while she hides in the room the use of the shot reverse shot is effective as it shows the anticipation on Annie's face.
Links to official sites (http//www.youtube.com/watch
Monday, 1 February 2010
Analysis of Sherlock Homes
The style of title is in the style of old english as the end of the letters end it long ticks as if you was to write a letter wiv a pen that u had to dip in ink. The title Sequence highlights the impressive Sherlock Holmes opening credits, including an interview with the designer. By Jason Kottke .
The types of shots used in the tiltle sequence are Close ups of characters and meduim to long shots.
The music in the background as it shows different characeters is effective as it creates the mood of the the opening scene. Also the use of the characters been shown as a painting reinforces the idea that this is a old film.
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