Reconnaissance Shots - London
These are the shots I got from London when I went up with my family. They are of Canary Wharf in the Isle Of Dogs. I took these photo's with my dads Nickon D750 Digital Camera. I got these pictures as this is where our film opening is going to be based. I took the photo of the train as it shows where will be filming in order for the successful man to get to work.
Mood board Inspirations
Group meeting to decide roles
In today's lesson we decided what each person's role would be in order to make our film opening to the best standard possible. I got given the roles of target audience, Props and research list, health and safety (risk assessment) and institution.
Film Inspiration - Mercedes advert
I realise that this is an advert and therefore is different will be different to any film opening however the way that the individual screens push one another out was previously suggested to us by our teacher but I found it difficult to picture how it would work in our opening. After seeing this advert I feel that it is a very unique way of editing and would work well in our film.
Title inspiration
T1 4 seconds (0.15 - 0.19)
T2 4 seconds (0.20 - 0.24)
T3 3 seconds (0.25 - 0.28)
T4 5 seconds (0.29 - 0.34)
T5 4 seconds (0.44 - 0.48)
T6 3 seconds (0.49 - 0.52)
T7 (0.53 - 0.58)
Richard Morrison's advice to making film titles
Richard Morrison's advice
- Never over complicate an idea to start with.
- Simple is extremely effective. For example when Gridley Scott did the first 'Alien' film he sold it in three words 'Jaws In Space'.
- Never dive in straight away otherwise you are stopping a creative process. If you have an idea make sure you write it down on a story board as you can always rub it out if it doesn't work.
Film Pitch planning
In today's lesson we made our group film pitch for our film opening. We made our final pitch on Will Craigs account.
12th November Film Pitch Lesson
In today's lesson we presented Will Craigs film pitch. We decided to present Will's as it was the film pitch we felt most confident with. The feedback we got was to make sure our film is realistic as originally our film opening was going to be some form natural disaster and how it changed one man's life. However we decided to go against this idea as we got told it would be too hard to film. Another bit of feedback we got was to make sure our narrative was sorted as it was quite hard to follow as we didn't have a solid storyline. However the bit we did well was deciding our target audience as we explained why we chose the audience well and in good amount of detail.
7th November BFI school trip
On the 7th November our media class went to the BFI (British Film Industry) in South Bank, London. Here we were taught all about the ins and outs of filming, ranging from the producing of films to the distributing of them.When we got to the BFI we went into a cinema like room to listen to a lecture by Rob Miller. The first thing he taught us was what the difference was between a mainstream and an independent film. A mainstream film is a film that is distributed to mass, national and international audiences e.g. Star Trek Into Darkness and Gravity. These films tend to have a high budget produced by big institutions like 20th Century Fox. An independent film is one that has more localised appeal with niche audiences and that often utilise digital technologies to create 'brand awareness'. Independent films do not have access to extensive distribution networks. The Selfish Giant as useful example in terms of current limited distribution.
Later on Rob interviewed Matthew Justice. He is a managing director of Big Talk. He shared his experience in making films such as 'Hot Fuzz' and TV programmes such as 'Our Zoo'.
later on we met a man called Lee Bye. He is currently head of theatrical distribution and technical at Pathe, a leading independent production, distribution and international sales company. He shared his experiences of distributing films and what makes an independent film distribution different to the distribution of a mainstream film.
The last person we met was a woman called Clare Binns. She is a programming & acquisitions director, Picturehouse Cinema Ltd. She shared with us how films get from the end product of the film to the showing of them in the cinemas.
The hole thing was a great experience and helped me understand the true making of films and how much of a long process it can be
Student film opening marketing.
What I liked
- The start of the film oppening was very clever as they got a veiw shot from the skateboard. This was very original.
- They got a good selection of shots rainging from long shots to tracking shots
- The acting was good is some points.
- The view shot on the skateboard was used overused.
- The background sound was very loud in some points which made it hard for me to understand what they were saying.
- The titles were very basic as they just appeared on the screen with no effect so lacked in originality.
I would give this film opening a level 2, 30/60 marks. I feel this as I struggled to understand what was going on in the opening as it wasn't made clear. It was not very original where it came to the titles either.
With Held
What I liked
- I like the way they have faded the titles on and off the screen.
- The setting of the woods and the background sound of the birds work well together.
- The different shots of the car driving along was good as it made the film more interesting.
- There was a clever shot in the mirror of the car without showing the camera.
- I feel that the first shot of the woods was on the screen for too long and kept us waiting for a long time before anything happened in the film.
- The acting from the man was extremely forged.
- I wasn't really aware of the genre.
I would give this film a level 4, 55/60 marks. I have given it this mark as they were very clever in their camera shots as they mixed them up well. However it didn't get full marks as I wasn't very sure of the genre.
Blitz
What I liked
- I liked the camera angles used in the beginning, showing the whole room.
- The faded effects in the opening worked well as they were very subtle and didn't ruin the tension.
- The close ups worked well as they didn't give too much away as it was a mystery genre.
- The background sound worked well with the earey room.
What I didn't like
- The only thing I didn't like about the film opening was the acting or the child as I felt it was quite forged, however it was very subtle.
Score
I would score this a level 4, 59/60 marks. The reason I would give it such a high mark as I couldn't find hardly any faults with it.
Student film opening whole class feedback
In today's lesson we looked at dozens of A level film openings as a class. After watching each film opening we discussed what we liked and didn't like about each film opening. The ones that we liked tended to have an original way as to how the film titles were presented on the screen. They also tended to have good camera angle shots for example one film opening got a view shot from a skateboard. They films that the class didn't like tended to have poor acting skills in them and also didn't make their genres clear so we were unaware as to what the opening was about.
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