Evaluation [Part 1 & 2]

[Dare] Lighting/Mise en Scene

I chose this location because its got the stereotypical old fashioned look that a lot of mystery films have in them and the lighting is dim but light enough to see whats going on, i also liked the stream of light across the floor, i thought that was effective as well.

i made her walk down the centre of the shot so the audiences eyes focus on that and nothing else.

it was a really bright day when i shot this section, which was good because i didn't have to worry about it being to dark when i edited it, though the brightness doesn't really fit the mood so i had to add darkening effects on to the clip in Sony Vegas

i was stood on a ladder when i filmed this shot, i wanted a high angled shot for two reasons. reason one, so that i could get the whole body in the shot and see everything on it because i specifically gave her a card in her hand and a bag which would come into play later in the film. and reason two, to make her look small and weak, if i'd done it from another angle you wouldn't be able to see the whole body very well and it wouldn't have the same impact on the audience

i made some blood with washing up liquid and red and blue food dye, though my sister wasn't to happy when i got it in her hair, but i needed it to look like she was bleeding from her head and it worked!

in this shot i had to cover-up my sisters curtains because they were purple and clear her desk so that were wasn't teddies and things in the shot and i put the things that she had worn in the previous shots on the desk so it looked like the evidence put out on a table like they do in CSI just not as high-tech, i had a test tubes set out as well from an old microscope i have.

I shot this from a side on angle so you could see the detectives face, and that was is looking at the card. if i'd done it from a front angle the audience wouldn't have felt involved like they were there with him because they'd be where the desk was which doesn't work!

because i'd covered up the curtains it made the room really dark, but that's what i wanted, i then used a lamp to aim the light at Darius' (the guy in the picture) face and the evidence, it still wasn't light enough so i added some lighting effects on in Sony Vegas afterward.

Editing

I've done the first 29 seconds of my film opening and realy happy with how it looks, the first part is easy to do, but im having problems organizing people to the next section, the scene set in the church can only be filmed on a sunday so i have very limited times to do it in,

11 of my shots are set in the church so the vast majority of my filming needs to be done on a sunday the rest can all be done in school, but most people dont have free's the same time as me so i will have to organize some time after school quickly.

Titles test and new script

Credits test first! this was kind of the image that i had in mind, its just a basic mock-up of what I'm going to do and testing out transitions and the best effects to use, it still needs tweaking slightly i don't think the "CCTV camera effect" is right i think it needs to be in black and white and maybe slightly jumpy, also the text isn't right i think I'll look for some different texts to use.

Script

i mainly changed my project so i could base it around music rather then speech, dialogue tends to let people down so I'm using as little as possible.

Shot 16: Close up on student sat in front of mysterious person - "I hear they play drums during services"

Shot 17: Close up on the mysterious person - "Only to those who can hear them"

this is the sign to let the student know he/she has got the right person.

Shot 20: high angled point of view shot on mysterious person, who looks up at the student and takes the book - "Pleasure doing business."

Production company logo finished

took about 10 minutes to put together in sony vegas, i dont know whether to put any sound effects on it, i probably will eventually though

Production company logo.

this is the Logo that i came up with originally, this is just a basic still image version of it though, the images below will all be part of a movie symbol that I'll edit together in Sony Vegas at home

i called the company "Jet productions" because one of the big things local to me is Frank Whittles invention of the jet engine, the spiral above goes in the centre of the circle below and will rotate continuously while the text appears

More idea's + Videos

Like i said in my last entery, i want to do a mystery/comedy. so i've been thinking about what i could do in it, and i want to do somthing like the following test i've done


it took about 20 minutes to do 1 second, so if i was going to do this it'd only be in short bursts, or on still images

I havn't seen watchman but this is my favourite opening i've seen so far, its really simple, but really effective. some openings can be really boring but this one was good because i kept watching and didn't look away for a second despite it being 5 minutes long. the embedding was dissabled again, so link it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=573XmVOdD2Q

i think this opening would have been just as effective without the country music in the background, the music adds a sad mood to it, but if it wasn't there just the scenes on the screen are powerful enough.
i thought it was good how the credits mixed in with the video, i hardly noticed them. i plan on doing someone similar with my opening. i also intend to use music as the base of my opening but something fast paced and a strong beat.

Ideas and More videos

I have a lot of different ideas for my film opening but i'm not sure what genre to do so i'm watching some more videos for inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8hqExgrxQU

This is the hot fuzz trailer, the embedding is disabled so URL will have to do.
i couldn't find the opening sequence so i watched the trailer instead (even though we're watching it in Media now i'd been meaning to watch it at home anyway its one of my favourite films)
i'd like to do something like this with my opening, action, but funny as well



spider man 2 opening titles.
i could do something like this with Sony Vegas, it would take a very very very long time but i've done something similar in my own time before

my idea for my opening is to add my credits/titles into the clips so they are coming out from behind objects



the pirates of the caribbean opening sequence, in which there are no credits and only the title at the very end, its a really effective opening because it gets straight into the action.

im trying to think about the time of year when we start filming so i no what kind of weather there will be, because it would be difficult to do a film about a beach party or something in snow! :D
i have to remember that i've got limited locations and limited people to be in my opening as well as weather and other facts that could affect it, so trying to take all that into consideration, while thinking about genre and an idea is proving to be quiet difficult
i was thinking maybe a mystery/comedy because it would be easy to work around location/people/weather and is a pretty wide genre for ideas