Inspirations for our film

This post was originally put up along time ago before all of the production meetings. However I only saved it as a draft so it never go published onto the site.


the inspirations for our opening sequence come from a wide range of films however although their genres vary they all have similarities to their title sequence.



Here our some examples with links to the websites I found them on.

Juno-http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/juno/

This is England- http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/this-is-england/



Production meeting 3

In this meeting again everyone was present however we split into 2 pairs. Me and Izzy (Director) went and uploaded the footage onto the editing software and began peicing together our sequence whilst making a note of what shots we still needed to do or what shots we needed to redo due to the quality of them.

Here is the first rough cut of our sequence we still need to do alot more filler shots as many shots we thought we funny and looked good on the day actually turned out to be unusable or not the best shot we could have done.











Our brief has now changed slightly as we discovered the film shouldn't have funny/comedy elements to it as they will be to difficult to film/script and we don't have the time to do that. Our breif is now going to be a meaningful but still uplifting film about a busker who gets noticed by a record label signs to them but then realises that she was actually having more fun busking and doesn't need the pressure from a record label to make good music.

This change in brief means my job of editing has changed slightly as instead of just putting one scene then another with short sharp cuts and maybe a few fades I am now going to be fading/crossfading, slowing shots down changing the saturation alot more on the shots to give it a warmer feel and generally making the shots seem a bit slower and more meaningful opposed to just funny.

The tasks we were given were to go out and film sometime in the next week as we will only need to do 30mins or so of filming to get all we need. However Ben and I aren't able to get to Laurens house to do the interior shots so we are going to rely on Izzy to film as much as she can in order for me to have another rough edit available in the next few days.

First Filming Session

Our first filming session had all of the group present (Me,Izzy,Lauren and Ben).

The first task was to find how we were going to film at our location. The location was a back street alley on a housing estate near to the school we all go to. At the moment blogspot isnt letting me upload the footage onto this post so I will upload all of our shots from the firsfilming session and the second filming session shortly when the site is working again.
The problems we had with shooting this paticular shot was the way in which we wanted to keep the 'ruralness' out of the screen as we thought it would break the illusion of the setting we are trying to put across. we tried 1 or 2 shots of Lauren (Our Character) seeing her in the full but everytime she moved we saw feilds and woodland behind her. In the end we decided to shoot her from the stomach down but starting her very far away and zoomed in. this allows the audience to see her in her entirety but not see the feilds behind her as the angle makes us only see the wall.

This shot will go into our final project as the lighting is very good and with the other few shots it blends perfectly as if no change in location has been done.

I will post the other few shots we have as new posts so please comment with what you think of them and how they can be improved.

Stereotypes

In our class we have recently been discussing stereotypes in TV drama. I personally have been applying this to our final piece of coursework and the character in it. Our group decided none of us wanted the character to be or conform to any stereotype. We want her to be an outsider someone who is different and likes being different.

Some examples of stereotypes in the media are;

• the steroetype of homosexuality in men. This is ofter portrayed as a very feminite man who cares alot about his apperance what he wears his hair etc. 
• stereotype of women. Often good looking blonde wears skirts/ dresses wears make up. Mainly stays at home looks after the children and cooks/cleans 
• Stereotype of men hardworking wears a suit goes and works all day clean shaven

The point in noticing all of these steroetypes is to show how our character isnt any of them. for example shes a girl but doesnt wear "girly" clothes, she smokes, she plays guitar and busks. None of these things would make you think of a girl but yet when you put them all togther on the person we have chose for our character it works.

Our Preliminary Task

This is our preliminary task showing some simple shots and some match on action.

It hasn't been edited as we don't know how to use the software properly and we didn't want to ruin what we had.

Jobs Specifications on a film set

On a film set there are many different jobs to be filled by memebers of the crew. We have recently learnt about what each job means and what role theyu play in the final production. Here is some examples of jobs on a film set.

• Producer- A producer basically looks after the entire film from raising money for the film to coordinating all of the key aspects together such as sorting a location checking with the authorities to check if filming is allowed at certain times and the noise level allowed in the location.

• Production manager- The production manager or PM is resbonsible for keeping the filming on time and on schedule as everyday must have a chceck list as what needs to be filmed and what needs to be accomplished at the end. Its also there responsiblilty to keep control of the equipment funding and work out the physical costs of the film.

• Post Priduction Supervisor- They are responsible for keeping the post production on schedule. for example maiing sure the editing is run on time and the CGI or negative cutting is on time and coordinating everything together

• Director- A director looks after all of the film and finds the creative aspects and exploits them whilst maintaining control and supervising every part of filming for casting to post production.

• Cinematographer- A cinematogrpaher sometimes called director of photography is responsible for the filming and organisation of the film crew during the production.

• Camera Operator- These people operate and set up the camera whilst follwing specific instructions from the director and Director of Photography

• Sound Mixer- They are responsible for the post production sound and fitting all the noise and speech with the video and film they work very closely with foley artists

• Foley artist- They make the noises you hear in the film everything from walking on concrete to a gun being loaded.

First Filming Session

Our first filming session we focused on the foley sound. We managed to record the sound of a cigarette being rolled. Unfortunately nothing else was recorded as everywhere our group went in school it was either too loud or a teach came and told us to leave. However the quality of the cigarette noise is excellent and we will have no trouble incorporating into our filming. Our next filming session is to happen sometime next weekend probably on sunday as that is the only day any of the group are free.