Thursday, 14 April 2011
Friday, 1 April 2011
Evaluation questions- draft form
1.) Our film is film Noir based opening sequence which incorporates generic conventions. The conventions we have incorporated are; guns, a voice over, mystery (or enigma), an American accent, and police officers. We choose to use a grey colour scheme in order to maintain the noir convention. Mystery was a key theme in our opening sequence and we did not want the audience to know much of the plotline, only why the exact moment is happening and the rest was to reveal itself in the rest of the film. We also incorporated some elements of horror like the ‘heavy breathing’ scene which shows Bradley and David running across a marina, the heavy breathing is given a sound perspective to promote fear more. We got ideas like this from our influential work such as ‘Se7en’ and ‘La Confidential’. Another big influence on our work was the stylism of ‘My Chemical Romance’s ‘Danger Days, the fabulous lives of the killjoys’ tour. We adopted this style which seemed quite neo noir and brought it into our filming, such as white shoes and flames in the sky at the end scene.
2.) Our opening sequence does not really represent any social groups, although there is the slight stereotypical presentation of gender through how the male characters fight, run around and are generally quite active, though females seem absent. We chose not to challenge generic conventions of gender with Noir because the stereotype has shown to be quite popular within the films main audience and in order to maximise profit we did not change this. We adopted a slight American accent in order to appeal more to an overseas audience.
3.) I think our piece is something quite feasibly producible in a Hollywood studio because it is quite similar to existing products such as ‘LA Confidential’ and ‘Sin City’. It is similar to many Noir film and incorporates many of the generic conventions. I believe it would be quite a lucrative film as opportunities such as merchandise production and selling could arise, with anything from cups to T-shirts to theme parks. Merchandise is quite a wide based and open market to pursue. If our piece were to be produced by a Hollywood studio I believe it would be produced by someone like Peter Jackson, who is quite used to filming ‘Large scale’ epics; such as King Kong. This is because throughout the rest of the film there would be a lot more action such as explosions and shoot-outs to fit in with the conventions of Noir.
4.) The audience my media product is targeted at is aged 15+, however it would be preferred around middle aged people because of the history of Noir being quite an old type of filming, although Neo Noir challenges this convention and brings it to a younger audience; something we hope to achieve ourselves. Stereotypically our film style would be more appealing to a male audience than a female one, however the use of clever plotline and mystery could possibly make it more appealing to a female one. The other films we researched (La Confidential, Sin City & Danger Days videos) are aged mainly at 15+ audience also but I would say they not only appeal to a younger generation of adults but also the more mature viewers among them. This has maximized the films potential by making the content suitable from practically all ages and anybody able to enjoy it. We tried to stick to this convention by making it a thriller, with horror elements that would not be too scary for a younger audience but would still keep the older audience interested.
5.) I think that my sequence would attract the audience because of the audience group it is aimed towards, the targeted age group is a contribution to the audience attraction, however gender depends on how people feel about film noir. Stereotypically, most men will prefer film Noir than women, and it may attract a more masculine audience. However, at the box office I think women may be dragged by their husbands/boyfriends to go and see the film I think women may be lured into liking the film noir genre therefore creating more money at the box office. Having the two males take part in the opening sequence I think this may appeal to a women as they will wonder what is going on and probably deicide which is good cop and bad cop and choose which side they are going to back. Particular points in my film that would appeal to my target audience are suspense and enigma. So overall I think that my sequence would be appreciated by Film Noir genre fans throughout because of its content and the Mise En Scene.
one shot in particular we used in our media was a match on action this was to demonstrate the seriousness of the two cops and that they are out to get each other this brings about suspense.
We received feedback such as
awesome shots
dont really understand the story line, needs something adding
great mise en scence
trainers, why?
We took a look back at our opening sequence and decided that it did need something else adding this is why we came up with the idea of adding in a voice over about the cops and what mission they are going on. We added in ambient sounds such as police sirens to give suspense. The trainers issue we are doing Neo noir meaning modern film noir so we interpret this as what people will wear these days.
6.) I have learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product. The camera equipment was new to me and it was a new experience to be able to use it, however, along the way I did find the strengths and weaknesses of the camera equipment. The camera equipment that was needed was all available but only a small number of cameras where HD so for the majority of my opening sequence an ordinary camera was used leading to the film being grainy at points. The tripods used where all really easy to understand and use and it was simple to make sure it wasnt tilted or offside because there was a spirit level built in.
We didnt get to use any new equipment to enhance my film such as the TV studio, a track or jib etc. This is because they werent necessary for any shots in my sequence.
When using the editing software I found it difficult to grasp how at first but when I uploaded my shots I had a play around and used all the tools as a practise run to see all the techniques available and to get familiar with the imovie software. I have learnt that the editing is a vital stage in the process of creating an opening sequence and I found that my piece just continued to develop to a higher standard with each step.
Garageband is the software which I use to create my soundtrack. I found that it was useful however it was complicated and didnt have all the sounds, which I wanted to use, available. I found this software difficult to understand and had to resort to watching help clips on the garageband website and on youtube. Even after the help tips, I still struggled to piece together a track and I think that this difficulty shows with my final track.
7) Looking back at the primilmary task, i think i have learned alot. I know that planning is essential because this allows for the actors to know where they are going and just take off alot of pressure. This causes less conflict between people. The planning and research we had to do for our piecce i think was essential as this gives a deeper understanding into what what we want to do which we choose film noir -(neo). This allowed us too bounce ideas of each other when we went into looking the subgenre of film noir and analsing films that would be in compertition with us athe the box office. In the preliminary taski dont really think personally i knew what the technolgies could do to enhance my prelimmary task as iti is a learning curve.Although i think that this reflects in the perlimmary task. New technoligies take a long time to learn- it depends on the person really i think it is important that we know final cut is the best tool to make the film look professional. In the prelimmary task we used imovie whih very simplistic to finalcut.
2.) Our opening sequence does not really represent any social groups, although there is the slight stereotypical presentation of gender through how the male characters fight, run around and are generally quite active, though females seem absent. We chose not to challenge generic conventions of gender with Noir because the stereotype has shown to be quite popular within the films main audience and in order to maximise profit we did not change this. We adopted a slight American accent in order to appeal more to an overseas audience.
3.) I think our piece is something quite feasibly producible in a Hollywood studio because it is quite similar to existing products such as ‘LA Confidential’ and ‘Sin City’. It is similar to many Noir film and incorporates many of the generic conventions. I believe it would be quite a lucrative film as opportunities such as merchandise production and selling could arise, with anything from cups to T-shirts to theme parks. Merchandise is quite a wide based and open market to pursue. If our piece were to be produced by a Hollywood studio I believe it would be produced by someone like Peter Jackson, who is quite used to filming ‘Large scale’ epics; such as King Kong. This is because throughout the rest of the film there would be a lot more action such as explosions and shoot-outs to fit in with the conventions of Noir.
4.) The audience my media product is targeted at is aged 15+, however it would be preferred around middle aged people because of the history of Noir being quite an old type of filming, although Neo Noir challenges this convention and brings it to a younger audience; something we hope to achieve ourselves. Stereotypically our film style would be more appealing to a male audience than a female one, however the use of clever plotline and mystery could possibly make it more appealing to a female one. The other films we researched (La Confidential, Sin City & Danger Days videos) are aged mainly at 15+ audience also but I would say they not only appeal to a younger generation of adults but also the more mature viewers among them. This has maximized the films potential by making the content suitable from practically all ages and anybody able to enjoy it. We tried to stick to this convention by making it a thriller, with horror elements that would not be too scary for a younger audience but would still keep the older audience interested.
5.) I think that my sequence would attract the audience because of the audience group it is aimed towards, the targeted age group is a contribution to the audience attraction, however gender depends on how people feel about film noir. Stereotypically, most men will prefer film Noir than women, and it may attract a more masculine audience. However, at the box office I think women may be dragged by their husbands/boyfriends to go and see the film I think women may be lured into liking the film noir genre therefore creating more money at the box office. Having the two males take part in the opening sequence I think this may appeal to a women as they will wonder what is going on and probably deicide which is good cop and bad cop and choose which side they are going to back. Particular points in my film that would appeal to my target audience are suspense and enigma. So overall I think that my sequence would be appreciated by Film Noir genre fans throughout because of its content and the Mise En Scene.
one shot in particular we used in our media was a match on action this was to demonstrate the seriousness of the two cops and that they are out to get each other this brings about suspense.
We received feedback such as
awesome shots
dont really understand the story line, needs something adding
great mise en scence
trainers, why?
We took a look back at our opening sequence and decided that it did need something else adding this is why we came up with the idea of adding in a voice over about the cops and what mission they are going on. We added in ambient sounds such as police sirens to give suspense. The trainers issue we are doing Neo noir meaning modern film noir so we interpret this as what people will wear these days.
6.) I have learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product. The camera equipment was new to me and it was a new experience to be able to use it, however, along the way I did find the strengths and weaknesses of the camera equipment. The camera equipment that was needed was all available but only a small number of cameras where HD so for the majority of my opening sequence an ordinary camera was used leading to the film being grainy at points. The tripods used where all really easy to understand and use and it was simple to make sure it wasnt tilted or offside because there was a spirit level built in.
We didnt get to use any new equipment to enhance my film such as the TV studio, a track or jib etc. This is because they werent necessary for any shots in my sequence.
When using the editing software I found it difficult to grasp how at first but when I uploaded my shots I had a play around and used all the tools as a practise run to see all the techniques available and to get familiar with the imovie software. I have learnt that the editing is a vital stage in the process of creating an opening sequence and I found that my piece just continued to develop to a higher standard with each step.
Garageband is the software which I use to create my soundtrack. I found that it was useful however it was complicated and didnt have all the sounds, which I wanted to use, available. I found this software difficult to understand and had to resort to watching help clips on the garageband website and on youtube. Even after the help tips, I still struggled to piece together a track and I think that this difficulty shows with my final track.
7) Looking back at the primilmary task, i think i have learned alot. I know that planning is essential because this allows for the actors to know where they are going and just take off alot of pressure. This causes less conflict between people. The planning and research we had to do for our piecce i think was essential as this gives a deeper understanding into what what we want to do which we choose film noir -(neo). This allowed us too bounce ideas of each other when we went into looking the subgenre of film noir and analsing films that would be in compertition with us athe the box office. In the preliminary taski dont really think personally i knew what the technolgies could do to enhance my prelimmary task as iti is a learning curve.Although i think that this reflects in the perlimmary task. New technoligies take a long time to learn- it depends on the person really i think it is important that we know final cut is the best tool to make the film look professional. In the prelimmary task we used imovie whih very simplistic to finalcut.
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Script for voiceover for Mystery
Script for voiceover:
Bradley Hope – Detective Macs Pain
David Leighton – Chief Constable Creedy
Phone rings
‘Macs, Rogue is in town. I need you to keep an eye on him, but whatever you do don’t engage. ‘
‘Boss, this guy is in town and you’re telling me I can’t engage?! He killed Lawrie boss, a good cop!’
‘Macs, don’t get ahead of your self you don’t stand a chance this guy is Lethal’.
‘I’m gonna get him, Lawrie deserves that at least.’
‘I am your commanding officer and you will do as I instruct, I want you to follow him, I want you to watch him but under no circumstances make contact, do I make myself clear or do I have to get Officer Stooge on the job?...
‘No, no Stooge is half the cop I am’
‘I know, that is why I put you on this assignment, there was no other way’.
‘Boss..’
‘I only gave you this because you’re the only one good enough to even keep up with him. If you engage I will take your badge, your gun and your job Macs.’
‘So be it.’
‘What?’
‘Listen to me, Creedy. I’m gonna follow that bastard, just as you asked. I’m gonna follow him, just like you asked, then I’m gonna do the rest. I’m gonna hunt him down, I’m gonna hurt him, and make him bleed, then I’m gonna make him beg. Then I’m gonna kill him. And there ain’t a god damn thing you can do about it.
‘Macs no! I know you were close to Lawrie but…’
‘Save it chief’
Beep
we added this transcript to be said over our film after we got our audience feedback. Seeing our film on the big screen made us realise that we had to add more to our opening sequence. When we saw the opening sequence on the big screen we realised that it needed more and that it wasn't quiet at its potential because the storyline was ambigous with out it.People thought our camera angles/shots were good but we needed to add something else to get the total "wow" factor.
Bradley Hope – Detective Macs Pain
David Leighton – Chief Constable Creedy
Phone rings
‘Macs, Rogue is in town. I need you to keep an eye on him, but whatever you do don’t engage. ‘
‘Boss, this guy is in town and you’re telling me I can’t engage?! He killed Lawrie boss, a good cop!’
‘Macs, don’t get ahead of your self you don’t stand a chance this guy is Lethal’.
‘I’m gonna get him, Lawrie deserves that at least.’
‘I am your commanding officer and you will do as I instruct, I want you to follow him, I want you to watch him but under no circumstances make contact, do I make myself clear or do I have to get Officer Stooge on the job?...
‘No, no Stooge is half the cop I am’
‘I know, that is why I put you on this assignment, there was no other way’.
‘Boss..’
‘I only gave you this because you’re the only one good enough to even keep up with him. If you engage I will take your badge, your gun and your job Macs.’
‘So be it.’
‘What?’
‘Listen to me, Creedy. I’m gonna follow that bastard, just as you asked. I’m gonna follow him, just like you asked, then I’m gonna do the rest. I’m gonna hunt him down, I’m gonna hurt him, and make him bleed, then I’m gonna make him beg. Then I’m gonna kill him. And there ain’t a god damn thing you can do about it.
‘Macs no! I know you were close to Lawrie but…’
‘Save it chief’
Beep
we added this transcript to be said over our film after we got our audience feedback. Seeing our film on the big screen made us realise that we had to add more to our opening sequence. When we saw the opening sequence on the big screen we realised that it needed more and that it wasn't quiet at its potential because the storyline was ambigous with out it.People thought our camera angles/shots were good but we needed to add something else to get the total "wow" factor.
Final Edit
In our final edit we choose to do a voice over because people didnt really understand the storyline,which is why we needed the voiceover.Doing this allowed us too,add ambient sounds such as police sirens this allowed for the people to feel suspense in all i think we have done a good job in our final edit i think it reflects our ability.I think we reflected the neo noir genre well and i think people could imagine doing it in their life. You can see that there is a revenge element as during the voice over we can see something dramatically has gone down.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Layout in final cut.
In final cut we had the bar at the bottom which allowed us to move the sounds, images and video footage around. We can see these on the thumbnails. This makes it easier to change it around. It is a very effective programme. sometimes there is more than one track these are used when there is overlay footage.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Brad, Sophie, David Callum Rough Cut.mov
Audience Feedback.
we recieved our audience feedback from our group peers and took on board what they said. we got told which bits were good and which bits we needed to improve. seeing the film on the big screen also pointed out to us as a group of what we needed to do, to improve our film further to get a better grade. watching our film on the bigger screen made us understand better and what conventions we as a group needed to put in and what conventions had already worked well.
one criticism we got on our film is that people didn't really know the plot line as it was a little bit ambigious we are going to take this on board and but non diagetic sound in so this will tell us what is going on in the storyline.
Thursday, 3 February 2011
coursework prelim
We did our prelims at the start of the course,this was our time to explore and experiment but of course we had to meet the brief which was stay on the 180 degree rule, Match on Action and eye-line match. This was our time to experiment with the equipment and allow us to make our mistakes and figure out the strengths and weaknesses of the camera equipment. We used Imovie to edit our prelims which is very simplistic to what we will use for our actual opening sequence which is final cut. As this was a prelim we didn't need to go into too much detail so we used Imovie. I think both of the software's have their time and place to be used.We also learned how to postion the camera for shots and also the procedure you must go through to film something, by storyboarding and jotting down ideas I think the prelim task allowed us get expierence for our opening sequence and this helped throughly.
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