Planning: Initial Ideas (task 22)

We have chosen to produce a High School Drama Film

Characters we will meet:

• Mean Girls
• Nerds
• Drama Kids
• Jocks

Initial plot ideas:

The Nerd is isolated in the school computer room, surrounded by different social groups (jocks, mean girls, rebels, popular kids)  The Nerd is secretly taking pictures of the other students.

Settings:

• City and Islington Sixth Form College 

Mood of the film:

Mysterious/ thriller.

Film inspirations:

Brick (2005) another American thriller film. We were highly influenced by the opening sequence, as, unlike many High School Dramas, Brick has a mysterious storyline. We want our opening to introduce a mysterious occurrence that elevated during a school day.  We were influenced by the setting used, where they had their opening set near a river. We would set ours near a canal

Research - Blogging Health Check - Task 21.

This is a data chart of the grades I've achieved in media assessments, homework, blogging tasks, assignments and exams. In December, I was told to improve my blog tasks by incorporating more technology and using more visual content to make my blog better. After being told the comment, I improved my blog tasks by creating more gifs to demonstrate the clips instead of taking screen shots. I've also completed my extension tasks, so that I could achieve a better grade. 

Research: Blogging Health Check (task 21)

Since the one to one in December, I have taken into account my teacher's comments. I have started to include a wider variety of technology, by using sites such as gif maker, prezi, emaze, powtoon and thinglink. I've added in media to tasks 6,7,11 and 12, as suggested by my teacher. I have completed both extension tasks. Now after using a larger variety of technology, hopefully, my grade has improved. I am up to date with all of my blogging tasks. I used to have 13 blogs, i now have 24

Research: Who Makes Title Sequences? (extension task)

Research - Motion tutorial, title sequence - Task 18.

Research: Motion Tutorial (task 18)

Motion is the 3rd icon

When you open Motion, select the 'start with a template' option

A list of templates will pop up. The ones with a black background are transparent, and
can be inserted on top of footage in Final Cut Pro

A preview of the template can be seen in the upper right hand corner.

Double click the text that you want to edit. A control panel will pop up-
 this is where you can edit the type face size and colour

If the timing of the template is too quick or too slow, you can select the timing icon in
the top right hand corner and this display will show up. You can adjust the
timing for the entrance and exit of each text box.

Evaluation Blog, Individual Task, Homework.

Evaluation Blog - " The Breakfast Club, Title sequence remake. " 

1. What went well - 

• Good amount of participation within the group.
• Everyone in the group worked well together (communication & contributing ideas).
• Worked well to finish filming the title sequence. 
• Completed editing the title sequence. 
• When a problem occurred, we worked as a group to overcome it. 

2. What didn't went well on the shoot / Improvements - 

• We could of used a tri-pod to achieve a more balanced scene.
• Not enough shot techniques included.
• Think about the background / backdrops, so it doesn't interfere with the scene. 

Overall, everyone within the group worked well together by communicating and suggesting ideas to improve the title sequence. Our group's filming process and editing went well as we stuck to the story board and got every thing completed within the time given. Although, we could of incorporated more camera shot techniques to add more perspectives from different characters. As well as making sure to check around our surroundings within our shots, so that we don't include distracting back drops which could confuse the audience viewing the title sequence. 

3. Shots to improve on - 

1. The shot of the 5 students in the detention room - 

To improve on this shot, next time I would make sure that all the characters are present within the scene and sat in the same seat, as when they first walked into the detention room. As this would make the scenes flow better and doesn't cause any confusion to the audience. 

 2. The shots of the students walking into the school - 
To improve these shots, it would be better to incorporate more camera techniques such as close ups, medium close up, long shots and point of view shots. This is so that there would be a range of different shots, so viewers can perceive the characters in various angles.  As well as, I wouldn't edit all the students entering the school with the same shots. Each student would have a different variety of shots, or a difference sequence of shots.

3. The shot of the lockers -

This scene of the lockers showing grafitti on the lockers "I hate mondays" was really shaky and could be improved by using a tri-pod next time to film, as the shakiness of the camera gives the impression of an unstable view, which could cause the scene to look un-prepared.

Research: Garage Band Tutorial

Research, Garage Band Tutorial.

Research - Garage Band Tutorial.

Our task was to produce a new soundtrack for the teen drama " 10 things I hate about you " title sequence. To produce a whole new soundtrack, we used the application Garage band to construct a new sound track to place over the title sequence. Garage band contains various sounds, background music and instrumentals, which will  formulate a appropriate sound track that will synchronise within the title sequence well. 

These are the selections of sounds you can choose from
to create sounds appropriate and suitable
for the title sequence.

This is a screen shot of my progress, in garage band trying
to find the right set of sounds so it synchronises well
with the scene within the title sequence.

The light blue lines located under the music is to create a
fade in and fade out effect. This will allow the soundtrack to start
at a precise timing and when to stop. 

Research: Garage Band Tutorial (task 19)

I searched for appropriate foley sounds by selecting 'all' then 'foley'.
To define you search further, type the kind of sound you are looking for,
 such as 'car' in the search bar. Appropriate sounds will appear and
you can listen to them and chose your favourite.

I selected the instrument that I wanted and the mood. At the bottom,
Garage Band gives you a list of sounds which you can select from.

When Garage Band opens, on your right hand side you'll
see a selection of different instruments and moods.

To fade the music in and out, select the clip you want to manipulate.
A blue line will appear under the sound track. Click the blue line where
you want to start to fade in and out. You'll see two small white dots. Once there are
two dots, move them up and down

Research: Evaluation of the Re-Make of The Breakfast Club (task 17)

What went well?:

• All planned scenes were filmed within the 1 hour time slot
• We were able to record a voice over and insert it onto our finished film opening
• All clips were edited to make a 2 minute film opening
• 5 different people were filmed for the 5 different characters, making it clearer to the auidience that they were 5 distinctive characters
• Everyone contributed equally in the group
• People compromised when people disagreed

What didn't go well?:

• We should have used a tripod instead of filming all the scenes handheld
• Consider the setting where we filmed. We filmed in the cafeteria which was busy, when we wanted to achieve the setting of a Saturday detention, this made the shots seem unrealistic for the story line
• We could have used a wider variety of shots, for example, when introducing The Athlete, we could have filmed a tracking shot of her shoes.

Shots that I would change:

The shot of the lockers: Instead of filming a tilt of the lockers, I would keep the camera still, on a tripod and slowly zoom out, gradually revealing the graffiti the students wrote, 'I hate Monday's' I think this shot would look cleaner than a tilt. I also felt that the tilt seemed a bit long. 

The shot of the 5 students in the detention room:

I would make sure that all the characters were present and they all sat in the same seat. This would make the scenes flow better and eliminate any continuity errors.

The shots of the students walking into the school:I would film a variety of shots for each student. Such as close ups, medium close up, long shots and point of view shots. There would be a wider variety of shots. Also, I wouldn't edit all tghe students entering the school with the same shots. Each student would have a different variety of shots, or a difference sequence of shots.

The shot when The Athelet sits next to The Princess:

Rather than just having a long shot showing The Athlete sit down, I would also film a medium shot and a point of view shot as The Athlete pulls out a chair next to The princess.

The shot when The Brain walks into the school:

The Brain's head is slightly cut off as she walks closer to the camera. I would position the camera slightly further away from The Brain.

Research: Evaluation of the Re-Make of The Breakfast Club (task 17)

What went well?:

• All planned scenes were filmed in the 1 hour time slot
• We were able to record a voice over
• All clips were edited to make a 2 minute film opening
• 5 different people were filmed for the 5 different characters
• Everyone contributed equally in the group
• People compromised when people disagreed

What didn't go well?:

• We should have used a tripod instead of filming all the scenes handheld
• Consider the setting where we filmed. We filmed in the cafeteria which was busy, when we wanted to achieve the setting of a Saturday detention, this made the shots seem unrealistic for the story line
• We could have used a wider variety of shots, for example, when introducing The Athlete, we could have filmed a tracking shot of her shoes.