Dummy Footage Evaluation

The angles within the Dummy footage should be changed as they are in the wrong angle towards the sun this means that it makes the background look really light and the main image in the scene dark this means that the person that should have the focus on them therefore doesn't as the lighting is wrong.

There is also the problem as it is filmed at two different people's point of view, this then means that it can not be edited right as it does not fit together properly so needs to be from one persons point of view, the audiences point of view therefore this is what i am going to do in the finale footage i film.

Within this footage  we have also broke the 30 degree angle rule this therefore means that the footage does not fit together properly. Therefore in my final film, as well as the 180 degree rule, I will make sure to follow the 30 degree rule.

Minutes 
At this point in the unit we had a member in our group change this therefore meant that we had to delicate different jobs to ensure that everything was still completed this meant we dedicated one person to the sound track and the other to the editing this therefore meant that if the other person was not in then we could still get on with the work. This also helped us with the timing and getting the work done.

Dummy Footage

Animatic

Thriller definition

My definition of a thriller is that it should be faced passed as this will keep the audience on the edge of their seat as they will always be trying to guess what is coming next. They also use alot of music to add to the suspense as they will build up tensions and then it will be something stupid such as a door opening. 

Audience Research

Storyboard

 the shot size of this scene will be a mid shot as to show some of the scene but mostly to show the phone and what is going on with the phone the sound of this scene will just be the typing and the dialing of the phone. the duration of this scene will be about 2 minutes and the transition will just be a change in the camera size.

the size of this scene will also be a mid shot the reason for this is so that you can see all of the reactions in the persons face. the location for this scene will be just outside of the field and the scene will be set at twilight as to set the scene and the viewers impression of the film. the sound in this scene is going to be that of the convesation going on between the two charachters. the duration of this scene will be around 5 minutes.

this will be set in the same location as above and will last around 5 minutes as well. the sound in this scene will be the conversation going on as well  but there will also be music going on as well. the shot size will be a long shot so that you can see what is going on around as well as showing you what the location is.

this scene will only be used as a transition so will only last around 1 minute. the only dialoge that will be in the scene is some music in which will set the scene this music will mostly be used to put you on the edge of your seat. the shot size again will be a long shot.

the shot size of this scene will be a mid shot and again the dialoge will just be that of the conversation going on between the two people. the duration of this scene will be about a minute again this scene will only be a transition.

this scene will be a describing shot and will last around 5 minutes so that they can see the person walking away. this scene will have a tracking sort of shot this means that you can whatch where the person has gone to and what is going on as they walk away.

this again will be a describing shot and will be the same as above.

Risk Assessment

Minutes 

while me Sophie and jasmine were doing our risk assessment we had to discuss our location in detail the reason for this is that where we are doing the filming is in a forestry area this means that we had to look at all the factors we could not control i.e. objects lying around, people as well as loose animals. we discussed moving our location for this reason but decided  it would end up changing the whole thriller if we did so. Therefore we agreed that we would just have to look at the area before we started filming. 

This risk assessment did not have to be put into action at any point because we where able to keep a safe filming environment. 

4th January 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. We discussed the locations where we could film and the ones that are easy to access for us. We then decided as a group on the theme of the opening and what shots we would use. Some of the shots that we will use include a canted shot of a tree with nail scrapings embedded into it, many POV shots and low angle shots. We will also use a train track that is near us to add a little bit more drama. We will use quick panning to create the effect that the person is running around checking if anyone is behind her. We decided on filming in the woods by Wem mill and the roads surrounding it. We decided to film in the dark as this would look quite creepy and it will create lots of shadows which will add effect. We decided that we would use editors to input sounds such as twigs breaking and heavy breathing.

6th January 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. Today we started to storyboard our idea, we all drew the shots that would be used in the opening. We will then upload our storyboard to Blogger once it is finished.

20th January 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. Today we carried on storyboarding out idea. We also uploaded some footage that we recorded for our thriller the other day onto our Macs. We will then edit this on Final Cut Express once we have finished storyboarding.

25th January 2011 -

Sophie and Jasmine. Today we uploaded more footage as the original footage was lost on our Macs. I continued to storyboard as Jasmine worked on uploading the footage. We had problems uploading as the cameras kept running out of battery.

27th January 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. Today we were unable to edit our footage as Final Cut would not open our videos. We decided that we needed to re-shoot some of our footage as we missed out shots that are necessary to the opening.

3rd February 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. Today we completed the risk assessment for our production as the college's server had gone down and we were unable to do anything else.

8th February 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. Today we scanned our risk assessment into our blogs and we completed our storyboard and scanned them into our network. Next lesson we will create an animatic out of these images.

15th February 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. We were going to shoot our video again today, but the it decided to rain so we couldn't film. Instead we decided to tidy up our blogs and finish any loose ends.

17th February 2011 -

Sophie, Jasmine and Melissa. Today we tried to use Garageband to start our soundtrack for our thriller opening.

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