Prezi evaluation

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This is my prezi presentation of the opening scene task.

Prezi Presentation: Evaluation on 2 minute piece

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This shows the problems we had whilst filming and the location choices we were going to use.

 This shows the overall evaluation. There are some questions i answered too that were relevent to our filming.

On the webpage you can see more clearly of the information and text above. Also access to the locations and problem information.

Research: 3 Video Clips

Looking at different films to help base our film on, or to get a certain feel in our 2 minute piece like in the trailers on the ones below.

Batman- The Dark Knight:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UBP2nXtRRo 

Watching the trailer you can see throughout you get the dark and sudden loud noise after the important moments in the trailer. Also You have the voice in the background. When listening to the voice in the background you find it more dominent than the actual video. This could be a possiblity to add to our 2 minute piece.

The Bourne Identity:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-uQreIwEk

Again there is a voice in the background, you listen to the voice more than the video. However this film to start with is not dark, it draws you in by showing you the main character in a lighter form of lighting than the Dark Knight.  There is fast shots of different situations to sum up the event.  When watching the trailer you can see it is an action film by the clips they have chosen. With this film trailer we could use the idea of a fast pace and make it lighter.

Panic Room: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A4zsmFYlss

The trailer is quite dark and fast paced. the voice in the background is quite powerful and dominating. Throughout the trailer it slows down as you find out more of the film and the characters in it. There is quite dramatic music in the background too. I think out of these trailers i would choose the idea of having a dominant and dramatic music playing to make more suspence.

Two minute piece Images.

 

This shows the landscape view of the field and the park. We do a full 360 to show the whole field, as it is an establishing shot. I like the idea of having  the camera also looking like its from a persons point of view.

     The  park is shown to make you look at a point on the screen instead of a plain field. We then zoomed into the swing showing it moving to add supsence and mystery as there is knowbody there. Also we tried to keep it as dark as possible even though it was very light when we started filming.

 

This shot focus’s on the people walking, trying to keep it dark and keep the tension we thought about having the dark colours on the characters. When watching the shot we wanted to keep it like the camera was following these people and they do not no so they carry on.

 

This shot shows that the camera is facing downwards towards the feet. We thought that when you watch this low angle shot you get the feeling like someone is watching you movements. Before this printscreen is shows that the people walk inline with the level so it looks like there walking out of the camera.

This shot was suppose to be a shoulder level shot keeping in pace with the people walking. when you watching i think the effect we tried to create with this shot works well as the fast pace of the shot goes quite quickly but keeps in the tension. Also throughout the short piece the scenes get darker and darker which also adds to the effect of mystery.

The car going past i think acts like a seperator between the quiteness and supsence, but still has that sense of mystery in the shot. The clip works well in the  place we put it however there is a time in this clip that the camera moves a little off the angle is is suppose to be at.

 

 

 

 

This shot shows that the characters are running away from something behind. I like the way you never see what it is they are being chased from.  However the shot is quite dark and is a little difficult to see what is happening.

 

 

 

This shot is a little dark, but it shows the characters walking into the camera. While editing this video i tried to lighten the clip as it was very dark and hard to capture what was going on. But i think the darkness adds to the main aim of the 2 minute piece.

At the end of the filming, we decided to make it so the camera falls down and ends like something has happened. We tried to keep the shots relevent to the type of film we wanted to portray and i think it worked well.

 

 

Prezi presentation – Evaluation:

This is my evaluation:

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Here is my prezi Powerpoint presentation that I made in order to make a detailed evaluation of my two-minute production task.

This part of my prezi presentation talks about a continuity error that we realised we had made after filming and how we managed to fix it by rearranging the clips so that it was all in a good and realistic sequence.

This section discusses how well we thought we worked together as a group and what we could have done to make a better team, and the problems we had during our production and how we overcame them.

In this part of my presentation I talk about the different parts of the film and why we chose to do what we did as well as how we went about deciding the location we were to use.

 

This part of the Powerpoint presentation talks about the costume that was chosen and how we kept it simple and casual in order to fit in perfectly with our film and also how we did our planning and what we did to help us plan.

Here are some evaluation questions that I have answered in as much detail as possible in order to discuss why we made certain decisions and who we target in terms of our audience.

Video Clips of 3 Thriller Films.

THE HOLE  – 2001

I chose to look at ‘The Hole’ as it was a film also set in the woods like our idea,  and it had very good twists. From watching the opening sequence and then the rest of the film i found some ideas that i would like to use in my own project. For instance i like how in the opening titles you see one character walking along a road, very dirty and asif she is drugged. There is also lot’s of fliers of missing people and as she look’s at them she gets flash backs from what has happened to her. The camera angles and shot’s are mainly close ups of her face as well. Another thing i liked was that every time a character or production team’s name came up it was in the font of the title on the case of the film and also it appeared with an effect that looked like someone shining a flashlight upon it. I would like to try and use some of these ideas for my own piece.

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT – 1999

I think this has been one of the best film’s to look at as it’s going for the type of action we are looking at. I want to use the idea’s of running through the woods with the characters holding the camera themselves as  it will give a jerky effect and create more panic and tension. i also like how it is in black and white as it creates more shadows and makes it look scarier.

SHROOMS – 2007

I looked at Shroom’s but found the opening sequences not very good so I looked further on through the film to see if there was any ideas that I could use for my opening sequence. I liked how they used shots through the trees of people running with the camera far away from the actor’s panning round them. I also liked how they used low shots of people crawling along the floor. Another part that I liked was the make-up and gore they created as we are looking to make our piece gory as we can to create more fear and tension.

Video Clips of 3 relevant Thriller films:

The Crazies. This film is a really good film and I thought it would be good to use. This film is interesting, different but also very predictable in terms of the plot. You can easily guess what is going to happen at the end of the film. For example you can predict that everyone dies because of the chemicals in the water pipes that they were drinking from but the two main characters would survive and live to tell the tale. This is what I don’t like in a film because I want to be surprised by the ending. It was also very unrealistic. The storyline was very exaggerated and by all means you would know that this would never happen. By watching this film we realised that we do not want our film to portray such a predictable and unreal manner, what I mean by this is that the film we make has to be very believable and a potential real life event. Therefore we used this film as a base to achieve the look and effect that we wanted. We tried to make our film as realistic as possible but also leaving suspense and not making the story obvious in terms of what was going to happen in the line of events. The graphics are clever in this film creating an effective explosion and so real settings in which the film took place in. The use of special effects to show a character being hung in the car wash as they were trying to escape worked really well.

Awake. The realism in this film is true and effective. This is what we liked about the film. The events that were shown in this film were true and could be a major possibility in actual daily situations. We based the realism of this film in our own film, making the events eligible to happen in a daily routine. For instance a patient being awake during a very risky operation. Although this is very unlikely to happen on a regular basis, it is still a  major possibility that it could happen. The film was very cleverly made with good actors and clearly put together well as a film. It was the type of thriller that kept you on the edge of your seats whilst wondering what is going to happen. This type of suspense worked really well as everyone is curious as to what the possibilities could be, and will they be what they are expected to?

Shutter Island. As a film of reality this film isn’t the best of choices, but when being a film of thriller this film was amazing. The drama involved in it was not very predictable as there were many unexpected twists, the graphics were clever and the amount of tension that was purely built through the amazing acting skills and the tension music in the background. For example the main character walking through a long dark corridor looking for something but didn’t quite know what he should expect. This meant that the audience is in the same vote and they also did not know what they should expect or how bad the consequences of his actions would be.

Evaluating the characters and costumes used in the main task.

These are the costumes that we ended up using for each character in the edit of the film.

Karly played by Whitney McKernan

Karly's full costume

We decided to use dark black skinny jeans and the top half of the costume  lighter colours as it then keeps the audiences focus on the body language of the upper half of the character.

Karly's hair and make-up

We decided to leave the hair down as it would look more effective when the character was running as it would show the speed and pace of the piece when it was free and windswept.
We also decided to use a bright purple eyeshadow to show that her character was a bright and loud person. It also helps to show that this is the main character as the other girl character has very naturalistic and plain make-up.

Karly - top half of costume.

We used a blazer and a pashmina scarf to keep in with todays fashion and to show the time zone of the piece and also to show that this charcter is up to date with things such as fashion and the sort of style and personality she has.
We also used a statement teeshirt to show her personality. Idealy i would of been running without a jacket and just a teeshirt like before but it was too cold and raining to continue filming without it.

Karly's costume - attention to detail.

We used these badges to show Karly’s personalty and outlook on life even though it is a tiny detail.
Karly’s character is very outspoken and individual. She makes her own views on life and has her own style.

Karly - Footware

Again footware is also a minor attention to detail but as we shot many shots from ground level just showing the feet we felt it was important to make each charcters footware different so it would help the audience to know which character was which without seeing the upper half of their bodies.
Karly’s footware is plain plimsoles but with bright neon colours to show that she considers every part of her to show who she is to the outside world.

Dannii played by Lauren Kirby

Dannii - Full Costume

We kept the clothing and make-up of this charcter quite plain to help show the status of the charchters and to show the audience to which charcter their focus should be on.

Dannii - Hair and Mke-up

We left the charcters hair down at the beginning of the film and towards the end put her with a hood up. This was to help show that the weather had changed and become colder.
We kept the makeup of this charchter quite plain to show that she was more of a follower in the friendship between her and karly rather than the leader.

Danni - Top half of costume

Due to the weather on the day of filming the actor playing this charcter had to keep her hoody on to keep warm whilst filming. We decided though that this actually helped add effect to the piece as she was wearing dark jeans and a bright purple hoody which helped keep focus on the upper half of her body.

Dannii - Footware

Dannii’s footware is quite distinctive to show that she follows todays fashion rather than alternative fashion.
Sam played by Nik Jones

Sam - Full Costume

For sam we decided that he would also be more into alternative fashion like his girlfriend karly.

Sam - Hair

We decided to keep Sam’s hair natural and wavy like the actors natural hair. This would show contrast to the killer as he has short and straight styled hair.

Sam - Top Half of Costume

Sam’s top half of the costume is quite dark as with this charchter we focused more on filming the bottom half of him so his trousers were of a brighter colour to show the focus. We kept the top half patterened though to still show the type of fahion he followed.

Sam - Footware

Although this footware does’nt entirely fit with type of style we were going for for this chrachter, we felt it important that the actor wore comfortable footware as he would be featured in most of the running shots. also with the bright colours it helps to focus the audience in.
Simon played by Kevin Smibert

Simon - Full Costume

We decided to keep this charcter in completely dark clothing to make him seem more scary and to build tension.

Simon - Hair

We decided to have simon’s hair styled and gelled but we also kept his hood up till the end to hide his identity. Also by having it styled and by having him wear a chain it showed that he was from a different stereo type from the other charcters.

Simon - Top Half of Costume

We had him wearing a sports jacket which was black to show what sterotype he was from and that he was different from the other chracters.

Simon - Attention to Detail

We had him wearing gloves to show that he had thought through this plan and he wouldnt leave any DNA. it also makes the chracter seem more terrifying as most of skin apart from the bottom half of his face is covered.

Simon - Footware

We kept the footware within the stereotype and sporty look. We also had it fit in with occuring theme of black/dark clothing.