This is our Preliminary exercise

This task involved filming two people, one of the actors would open a door, cross the room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. The task should demonstrate
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Match action shot


Shot/Reverse shot


This shot is usually done to show people having a conversation (An over the sholder shot to show which ever one is speaking at a time)

The 180 Degree rule




In this task I worked with Harry New ( He acted in the task) and Luke Bates ( He filmed the task)
As a group we decided the idea of an interview, however the person asking the questions seemed to be an little strange, as this would create simple comedy.

This was are first real chance to see what it was little using cameras and how to create simple shots, ready for our film. It was also chance to understand simple editing.

Below is our finished product.

Harry Potter studios

On 10th an 11th of February, our Media class went to London to The Harry Potter studios

We did this to gain understand of the film industry. 

Day 1:

The tour contained all aspects of the films of Harry Potter:

E.g.

Costumes 

Set designs 

Props

Plans of larger set

Information of the films themselves

Costumes

It was interesting to see the original costumes, there were so many different ones. As the Harry Potter world is full of some many character it was important for the designer to create an individual outfit which would suit there character, as well as suiting an keeping truth the original source martial. 

As well as make outfits which would likely appear in a wizarding world, such as wirzarding hats, robes. They also had to consider the time of the books. JK Rowling had set these books in the 90s, so the costume designer had to make choices based around that time. 

The designer had made a good choice on all of these aspects. 

Set Design

Just like the costumes, the set design had to be considered and work with the story and actors. 

The sets have set up the whole world. As the main part of Harry Potter takes place in Hogwarts. 

This means that most of the sets where class room based, The set designs effectively combined the familiar idea of real world class rooms and the magic of the Harry Potter world.

For example, The poisons room mixes text books, with caldrons. The sets help to create the world of Harry Potter, and has great amount of detail put into it to it. 

Props 

Harry Potter has a lot of props, such as wands, glasses. These had to be in a lot of detail as well. Unlike the books, the film has  different sets of wands depending on the personality of the wizard. I thought this idea was interesting as when wanting the Harry Potter films, many wouldn't notice the difference in the wands.
It helped to add more flavour in too each character. It was also a good idea in terms of sells of Harry Potter products as there was more to chose from.

One thing about the Harry Potter studio was the way the made the Hogwarts school, rather than film a castle that already existed. The makers of Harry Potter  decided to build a smaller model the well known magical school. I felt that this was the most impressive part of the tour, as it was a huge part of the film, as well as size being usually compared to the films themselves.


Here are some photos of the tour:
This contains
Costume
Set designs
and smaller models of the films.

  

Music- for my film

Why film markers use music in there production:
Film markers all around the world usually chose music to fit there film. The non-diegetic sound helps to create tension for the scene. For example, if a scene is a fast drama scene the music will be also fast and dramatic and if the scene is a slow painful scene the music will respond accordingly.
Some films use music/songs that already exist as  with well known music, audiences can connect to more, as well as using the lyrics to fit the film. While others want audiences to constraint on the film itself, so cause instrumental pieces to create the tension.
There is also music and songs for characters, such as Villains would have a dark dramatic instrumental music playing when there on scene to set the tone of their wrong doings.



As my film is a horror film, I have chosen music that suit this genre. Such as creepy piano pieces or soft scary melodies that would add tension to the product.
This piece of music called "Alone" by Stephan Fraser

I will have two pieces of music:
In the first scene of my opening I shall have a low creepy piano piece to show the danger and tension of the start.

I have chosen this music as it has an Atmosphere and will create tension. The slow rising music will help viewers to instantly recognize that its horror film. As well as it sounding like a rising heart beat that would fit the all over creepiness of my opening.







For the last scene of my opening I using a light, high creepy piano instrumental. To create tension and foreshadowing, and to make the image of my character Angle seem even creepier.
For this part I'm going to use the song:

Where a ghost rests is his discretion- from the Japanese anime Gintama.

Both of these music pieces belong to there original composers; they do not in any way belong to me.

Filming report

On January 25th I went to Wymondham, Norfolk to film the last part of my opening at the train station.

While I enjoyed putting my ideas into film; I found the whole process quite difficult, as I am inexperienced with filming and using a camera. I found that the technical side of the process was very hard to manage. Such as making the camera higher and getting a larger picture, this was because my tripod was quite old and was breaking.
In terms of the actors the commutation was quite clear, however the people involved (including myself) were all very tired and so I could not filming as much as I wanted to.

As of today I still need 16th January

I still need set more filming dates and start the filming of my opening, which is what I need to start doing in the next couple of weeks.
The only idea that I have changed in my opening is the title, I changed it from "Her" to "Refresh." I have kept everything else the same as I felt like I didn't need to over complete the opening.

Filming dates

• Sunday 19th January- 10:00-11:00, Establishing shots

People involved with filming process
Myself-Director

Update: 1/21/15- Filmed the first shot of the film.

• Sunday 25th of January

People involved with this filming process
Myself- Director
Grace Peirson -Actress
Jamie McGregor- Actor

Prop list

This is a list of props that I will need for my opening:

• A knife, covered in blood. For this I will use a blunt  knife and fake blood.- This will be used to kill Grace, as I think murder and blood would suit the genre.

• A phone, a smart phone- This will be necessary for the later seen where Adam is texting his mother. 

• Glasses- This will be for Adam character look as I wanted to show intelligence.  

Costume list:

• Jamie- A black t-shirt, and a purple t-shirt with jeans and trainers. I want him to look contemporary and suit the weather.

• Grace- One simple white lacy shirt with black leggings and  black boots, as well as a large black coat. I picked these clothes as the black and white showed her both innocence's and darkness.

Make up and hair:

• Grace- first scene will have messy hair, and blood on her face,
• The other scenes she will have simple make up such eyeliner and a pale face make up, to suggest that she is creepy and goth like.