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Feedback from U2-65

-vast majority of shots were steady.
-nice use of framing especially the "stairs" shots.
-includes slow motion effect which adds nice tension at the beginning
-the black and white effect was really effective
-good use of Mise-en-scene with the mask
-music transitions were really smooth
-good editing means it makes sense
-nice selection of different shot types and angles ( the birds eye view of the staircase was interesting )
-red, bold title at the beginning makes a really nice contrast from the black and white

Our Final Opening Sequence

Evaluation stills

Conventions of a 15

Discrimination:

The work as a whole must endorse discriminatory language or behaviour

Drugs:

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not encourage or promote drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosol or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror:

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised

Imitable Behaviour:

Dangerous behaviour (for example, suicide, hanging and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language:

There may be frequent use strong language, the strongest terms may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable

Nudity:

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex:

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context.

Theme.

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and

have a strong contextual justification.

Feedback From Presentation

When we showed our draft version of the film to our class they gave us the following feedback:

- They thought some of the slow motion we used was effective.

- They think that when we were running on the stairs we need to make the speed continuous to make it flow more.

- We also need to make the drumming music in time with the film so that it fits better and makes our film more appealing to the audience as it will be more intense.

- They thought that the black and white effect was good as it made it more stylistic and interesting.

- The liked all the different shot types, for example the low angle and high angle shots on the stairs.

- Our teacher doesn't think that our music fits well with our film so we are reconstructing it to make it fit to our film and the thriller genre.

- They said that the colour of our titles was good as the red contrasts with the black and white colouring of our film. However, we need to make the actual title of the film bolder and bigger.

Rough Cut Film

This is the rough cut on of our final film.

We think our film is good but it would look a lot better with music so we added a soundtrack which we made on Garage Band, we are not sure if it fits with the video exactly but we are hoping it looks good.

We chose to put our film in black and white because we think it will be more effective then having it in colour as it was a sunny day when we were filming and it did not fit with the atmosphere were trying to set in our film.

We think that our film could benefit with a few changes, so we are waiting for the class feedback so that we can make it as good as we possibly can.

We are happy with our editing as we have added lots of effects. The main editing that we did was to modify the speed of our clips. For some we have sped them up and some we have slowed them down. This is to add more atmosphere and excitement to our film.

Overall we are happy with the outcome of our first draft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEA6dmUpWFc

Plan for last filming lesson

Our plan is that Kate will come to school at nine o'clock and pick up the camera and tripod, as she lives the closest. We will then all meet at the grand arcade lifts at 9:20. This will give us an hour and ten minutes of filming, which will be enough time to capture what we need to.

For our last filming lesson we need to do retakes of some filming we did in the first filming lesson to make it better. We have been practicing this so we know exactly what we need to do.

We also need to film a fight seen between Kate and Scarlett, which has been practiced to save us time. Kate is going to be acting as a second attacker by changing a few pieces of clothing, such as a different hoody and a change of shoes. If possible for one of them she will be wearing a balaclava for one of the attackers.

All the scenes that we are re filming have been practiced so that we don't have to spend all of the time whilst supposed to be filming figuring out what we are going to be doing.

We will need the same props as last time which is the rope, which is Scarlett is bringing and a balaclava that Kate will be bringing. Maria and Scarlett will be wearing as similar to the clothes as last time as possible.

We are filming in the same place which is grand arcade car park, mostly on level 6. We are hoping that it will be just as empty as last time and as it is the same day of the week and the same time we think it probably will be. If not we will just be more careful when filming to leave extra cars out.

Practice shots

We did some practice shots of some scenes in the film we need to re-take to make them look more realistic and so we have a plan and know what we have to do, which will save us time when we actually come to film as it will mean less shots.

We have chosen to show all the practicing, not just the shots that went right as it shows are development and progress.

The first shots are of Maria doing a fall. She found it hard at first as she felt awkward and embarrassed and found it quiet hard to let loose. However she managed to over come that after a couple of takes and by the end managed to create a fall that look genuine.

The next shot is of Kate kicking Maria. Kate had to fake a more powerful kick into Maria to show her real anger and Maria had to flinch to it looked really realistic and as if Kate had actually kicked her. This after a few takes looked really good and effective.

Kate and Scarlett's fight scene is showing the struggle of Scarlett trying to get away. Scarlett tried to make it an actual real struggle for Kate to restrain her to make it look more realistic. What we learn't we need to improve on is not laughing or smiling.

First day of filming

On our first day of filming we were really optimistic and eager to get started as we had done so much planning and had loads of ideas. Also the weather was as we wanted in our film to create the perfect atmosphere.

One set back we had was that we could only have the camera for one lesson (1hr 30mins) so we did not get a chance to film as much as we had wanted to. Also Jed could not come so early so we had to film without him. However we have decided that we are not going to use Jed in our film, but instead we are going to improvise by using just Kate who will be both the kidnappers. She is going to bring a change of clothes and is going to wear a balaclava to hide her identity to show a distinct difference between the two characters. This would make it easier to film as Kate is in the group and has an idea of what we want the film to look like.

We didn't manage to film the whole film like we would have hoped to have, so we plan to film the rest on Friday. We think we will have more than enough time.

Watching our footage back we have discovered things that we need to add in and some bits we need to film again for example, when Maria gets tied up we need to make it look like she is desperately struggling , as this will be more effective and make the audience feel sorry for her.

We also noticed small things like our bags in the shot, and give aways of our location. When we next film we are going to be more aware of these things and look to avoid them as it makes our film look less professional and a bit messy.

We already have 1min 8seconds worth of footage as we did not want to film too little and also we re-shot quiet a lot of scenes so we would have a choice of them in case something went wrong and we would have a range of shots to choose from.