Storyboard Session

These are photos of the storyboard me and Emma have created. There also is a photo of a timeline we both created, and as you can see there is a photo of me and Emma doing the work (researching and marking the timeline).

Our RoughCut

L3 - GROUP 2 (Hannah & Emma) Film Opening Rough Cut from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

I do realise we still have a lot of work to do, for example we need to put titles on our opening. We also need to put our extra footage in the sequence, this is why we have left a blank bit in our opening so far, and this is as this is where the footage will go. However I think the soundtrack we have chosen works really well with what we have created so far. The shakiness of the shots is to create the fill of real life; also it is to add a comic effect. I also believe the shot of Emma in the mirror works really well, we deliberately over did the so-called “geek” look to add humour to our film opening. I am pleased with how our work as turned out so far, and am looking forward to sharpen it up.

Feedback for Liam and Tom :D

This so far is a very good start to a film opening, however it does still have work needed to be done. The first thing I noticed what you may need to change or sort out, is to make it clear that there’s an argument going on and its not just background noise. Also make it clear whom the argument is between. Another thing I noticed was that a lot of the shots taken where in “long shot”, so maybe you should use a larger range of angles and shots, experiment more as you want to draw the audience in. I noticed that the music you have chosen to use fits in well and makes your opening a lot more interesting. Maybe have a bit more going on than just walking, tell the characters story, you could do this by putting a voice over it. I really liked the shot of tom walking and the cars and bikes were going past, I thought this looked really effective. You probably already know but you need to add titles and maybe a few more shots, which aren’t just walking. Overall this is very good so far, well done guys :)!

L3 - GROUP 3 (Tom & Liam) Fim Opening Rough Cut from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

Film Categorization.

Film Categorization.


I think that our film should be classified as a 12A.


The A stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. '12A' means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (e.g. someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.
The content of '12A' rated films is suitable for children aged 12 and over, but i would not recommend taking young children to see them. The films may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them. An adult may take a younger child if, in their opinion, the film is suitable for their child. responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to watch the film at hand is up to the accompanying adult.


A quote from the BBFC concerning the age guidelines for a 12A: "the BBFC considers the content of '12A' rated films to be suitable for children aged 12 and over, and we would not recommend taking very young children to see them."


Their may be language used in the film but it must be infrequent and mild. The BBFC said :"The BBFC's Guidelines state that there may be strong language (e.g. 'f***') at ‘12’ or ‘12A’, but it must be infrequent."


Moderate violence can be seen in the film but, "it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama)."



The creative risks that our group took for our film opening are the style of our opening.
Our film is comical and it is a creative risk as our audience may not agree with our style of comedy and it could seem offensive to people who we base our characters on.
This could cost us because it could make our footage come across as offensive to some viewers. The Benefit of the creative risk we took is that the comedy comes across as funny to most viewers and therefore benefits us.

My Favourite shot so far.

This is a drawing of the scene i believe i shot well of Emma, this is meant to symbolise Emma looking in the mirror as the "Geek". I like this shot because you can seen the costume of the character also you can tell that she is looking in the mirror. I also think it was shot quite clearly.

films in common with our film opening

There are many films that relate to our film opening. This is because ours is based on the basic chick flick line, which is basically to do with popularity and appearance. You could say that our film opening has a lot in common with "Means Girls"; this is because it is set in a school, which ours also is related to school/college life. It also has the big element of popularity, in which the most populars in the film are " The Plastics" and then the people lower in the so-called hierarchy are "The Art Freaks". This relates to ours as we have the "Queen bee" who’s clearly seen as the most popular and attractive however is very fake looking and cheap. We then have the "Wannabe" who’s is a geek and does not have such popularity as the "Queen bee".I was unable to upload a video of "Mean Girls" this is as you tube had an error, but here is a link to the video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6gva6Sz67A

Shooting so far.

Myself and Emma have started to create our filmopening last friday. We shot our footage at my house as we couldnt shoot it at colleride as we needed two bedrooms for the footage. we shoot all the footage which was possible at the time, in which is all the shots of being in the house. We still have a fe shots to create in which we need to shoot at Colleridge or Longroad. These need to be shot at these locations as they have to give the school/college feel to it. We have not got any images of our work as we did not have time on friday to upload them, as we were helping out in a peers group.

Feedback

Good work Hannah

Moving Story Board

L3 Group 2: HANNAH & EMMA - OPENING SEQUENCE ANIMATIC from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

This is mine and emmas moving story board. we did this so we could work out a title sequence for our film opeining. However on this story board we have created you can not see the titles clearly as the colour blends in with the background. also we added the music that we are planing to use in out opening ( playing it through an i-pod). We also stopped the music at certain part in the story board, this is because we plan to do this in our film opening.

Halloween Title Sequence

I took serval photos as they did not come out very clear. i also did close ups of certain parts of the halloween title sequence.

My Ident Final

Hannah's logo from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

I created this by using photo shop and final cut. I decided to use the name “ SEE BIG PRODUCTIONS” This is because I felt it would fit in with any sort of range of productions. I then got images that I thought would relate to the name, in which I came up with an eye to relate to the “see” in the name. I thought this would be effective. I then made a mock up of how I would like my logo to look in which I did this on photo shop arranging where to put the text and image. I decided to have a plan background to make it look more professional and used just one bold image to make it stand out.
I then uploaded my image on to final cut where I set the text and image to do certain transitions, for an example I made the eye suddenly grow. I think the growing of the eye was effective, however I think the the text may be a bit plane, however it makes it original.

Mind Frames

Emma and I created this mind frame. we used a collection of images to see what looked intressting and effective, also to see what stood out. However as you can see we realised that the color of the font is a big problem as in some of the frames you cannot read it, for an example frame 4, you cannot read the text as the background color is too simlare to the text. This taught as that we have to be aware of not only the text but the image. However i belive that the text on frame 6 stands out and looks quite effective.

Film Pitch

Our Film will be a 'Chick-Flick' which target audience will be 13-18 year olds. It will be an independent film with a low budget.

Our film will have two different stereotypes, a "Geek" and a "Fake"

The opening sequence will show the two characters getting ready for school which will highlight the strong contrast in the two characters. 

We based a lot of our ideas on the music video 'You Belong With Me' By Taylor Swift. 

My logo

This is my logo i created on photoshop. In my opion it has a very bold look about it and doesn't have too much going on which is always good. I also think that the title of my productions stands out and is very clear in the chosen background.

Casting Crew list

SEE BIG PRODUCTIONS Production presents
A See Big Production film

(cast) Adam Elliott
(cast) Oliver Johnson
(cast) Robert Walker

Costume Design by Hayley Amin
Art Direction by Sophie Maguire
Production Design by Yaz Murr
Casting by David Watts
Film Editing by Charlotte Andrews
Cinematography by Molly Light
Original Music by Tilly Wright
Produced by Hannah Amin
Directed by Emma Smart

Main Title

feedback

nice and colourful and full of good ideas! well done

Mood board-text

These were the texts Emma and I looked at, we believe that they will work well in our film opening. We also used different words to fit certain stereotypes.

Mood board

This is mine and emma mood board. we got images that relate to certain sterotypes such as beauty, geeks and fakes. we decide to look at these certain stereotypes as we are planning to base them on our film opeining.

Film Briefs

ACTION:
Harry regular teenage boy has seen a robbery take place. He then takes the wrong path in which he starts to help out in robberies. however a group of gangsters find out about the robberies and hunts harry down.. will he turn a new leave or carry one with his bad ways?..




SUPERNATURAL THRILLER:
A woman starts hearing voices everyday,the voices always seem to come to her when she's in her bathroom. She starts to see things which leads her to do dangerous and life threatening things. will she realize the message to the voice?..




INDEPENDENT:
A young girl gets caught up in the way of life of girl world, she ends up not being able to handle it all and so turns to drugs, will she kick the habit and go back to her normal lifestyle?






ANIMATED FATURE:
A young male commits a supposed suicide. Many are getting questioned about it, they all have their alibis. The case of the suicide gets followed up and the detective finds death threats being thrown at him.. Was it a murder or a suicide? Will the detective get out alive? ..