Evaluation

Evaluation final

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Finished thriller opening

New idea

As our rough cut was far too dark we'll need to film it again. However instead of using our original idea of having a robbery at a house we are going to change it to an attempted car robbery. The main reason for which is to have successful.continuity. This means that the attempted car robbery can be filmed close to the alley in which the chase is held. If we kept our original idea of a house robbery the continuity could be lost because we would have to change location from the house to the alley which may not be successful.


Our idea is someone is breaking into a car, the owner then comes out and the chase begins. The robber is chased down the alley and is then knocked out. The screen then goes all dark and the title of the film is shown, 'Cold Chase'.

Evaluation of ILP Day

Usefulness 5/10 The day was useful to us, as we got work done but i don't think we got enough done for the day to be higher than a five.


Work Achieved 4/10 We did get work done but being honest with ourselves we didn't get as much as we could of done.

Software usefulness 5/10 the software was useful but it started crashing on us ALOT so this held us back but we overcame it.

Structure 5/10 i feel we structured our day quite well although it could of been more structured on our part as sometimes we did things at different points than agreed.


Charlie unfortunatly was not present at the ILP day due to a school PVA trip, so it was steven and I who attended, throughout the day we looked at ad learnt about how Adobe Premiere Pro works and the tools and features we could use to edit video, not only did we look at editing video but we also looked at editing some music/sounds. However we were not able to put all of our ew skills to use as the software crashed quite a few times on us so not alot of editing got done.
However this did mean that Steven and I could do some more reaserch into chase scenes which was one of our ILP Day aims. During the day we looked at chase scenes from  'Prom Night', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Casino Royale'. We also looked at chase scenes from 'Forest' and 'Reply' which were two independent film which we found on 'YouTube'.

From our research we found that most of the shots were completed by using long shots and close ups, we both concluded that the use of these shots had different meaning during the scene
Long shots - were used to establish the depth of the chase
Close ups - we used to show the emotion of the characters.
Both are used to keep the audience interested in the film they are watching.

Plan for our ILP Day

1. Complete the editing for the rough cut
2. Research chease scenes to see how other have done them.
3. Learn more and advance our skills in Adobe Premiere Pro.

First Draft Rough Cut

For our rough cut Charlie and I went out filming, Steven couldn’t make it unfortunately, for our actors we used to of our friends James Hall and Lewis Brown, our location was in Chalfont. St. Peter, all filmed down the alley near to the school. We went out at around 7 o’clock which we thought was a good time.


We took two cameras out with us so we could get the low and high angle shots at the same time, to do this I was sat on the ground underneath Charlie who was up in the tree, this was so I could get the low angle feet shots and Charlie could get the high angles. I think that it worked well as both of us held the camera steady and the shots at the end were nice and clear.

Problems with our rough cut:

1. The first draft of out rough cut was too short only lasting for around 20 seconds. This needs to be made considerably longer as the final version needs to be approximately 2 minutes.

2. The footage was too dark. This needs to be made brighter the next time we film. We will do this by maybe filming at an earlier time in the day or using torches as props in the chase. By doing this the shots will be more clearer and lighter.

Dogme 95, set of rules

After doing some research into the filming style of our thriller we came accros some rules which were set out by filming studio Dogme 95 this is because many of the scenes they shoot are similar to ours, they say that if you use the rules you'll have an effective scene.

The Ten Rules
The Vow of Chastity

"I swear to submit to the following set of rules drawn up and confirmed by DOGMA 95:

1. Shooting must be done on location. Props and sets must not be brought in (if a particular prop is necessary for the story, a location must be chosen where this prop is to be found).

2. The sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice versa. (Music must not be used unless it occurs where the scene is being shot).

3. The camera must be hand-held. Any movement or immobility attainable in the hand is permitted. (The film must not take place where the camera is standing; shooting must take place where the film takes place).

4. The film must be in colour. Special lighting is not acceptable. (If there is too little light for exposure the scene must be cut or a single lamp be attached to the camera).

5. Optical work and filters are forbidden.

6. The film must not contain superficial action. (Murders, weapons, etc. must not occur.)

7. Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden. (That is to say that the film takes place here and now.)

8. Genre movies are not acceptable.

9. The film format must be Academy 35 mm.

10. The director must not be credited.
Furthermore I swear as a director to refrain from personal taste! I am no longer an artist. I swear to refrain from creating a “work”, as I regard the instant as more important than the whole. My supreme goal is to force the truth out of my characters and settings. I swear to do so by all the means available and at the cost of any good taste and any aesthetic considerations.

Thus I make my VOW OF CHASTITY"

The above writing is taken from a website we found that quotes Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg who worked for Dogma 95.

In our film we will try to keep to as many of these rules as we can to create an effective and powering film.

http://cinetext.philo.at/reports/dogme_ct.html

First Anamatic

This is the first copy of our animatic it is reasonably accurate to our short list but still needs some editing.

Final shot list and ideas

Here is our current Shot list for our film

1. Criminal entering the house.

2. POV of the criminal looking around.
3. Shot of home owner waking up after hearing a noise downstairs.
4. Homeowner walking down the stairs with a weapon.
5. Close Up of homeowner stopping on the stairs with a frightened expression after hearing that someone is in his house. (noises coming from the next room)
6. Pan of homeowner continuing down the stairs and entering the living room.
7. POV of homeowner looking around the room (heavy Breathing, building tension)
8. Long shot of living room showing homeowner and criminal seeing each other for the first time.
9. (shot) CU of criminal.
10. (Reverse) CU of homeowner.
11. (shot) CU criminal
12. Long shot of criminal running through the living room and past the homeowner, pushing him over, and running out the front door.
13. Long shot of front door opening with the criminal running out and the homeowner following.
14. POV of criminal running down the road.
15. POV of homeowner following the criminal.
16. Pan of the chase down the road, towards the alley.
17. Track of the chase down the road.
18. Long shot of the alley opening, with the criminal entering, followed by the homeowner.
19. POV of criminal running down the alley.
20. POV of H.O chasing the crim. down the alley.
21. Back to POV of criminal.
22. POV of homeowner.
23. Homeowner turn the corner and the criminal is gone. Cuts to black with the title on screen.

Idea Mind Maps

This is the Location Mind Map created during a lesson

This is the Production Company Name ideas which was made in class.

This is the Names Mind Map which again was made in class.

We did the Mind Maps to explore the possibilities with our film.

Class comments - Continutiy Task

The sound was very basic and needed the levels mastered better, but the introduction of non-diegetic sound was very effective. The shot reverse shot was well framed and well edited. The mid shot was poorly framed. A variety of shots was picked up on but so did the issues with continuity.
Our Targets are

1. Improve framing
2. Improve the rate of continuity by adding more shots
3. Practise camera movements

Our continuity task achieved level two at 30/60.

Continuity Task

Practise Filming

Charlie, Steven and I have been out practising with the cameras and tripod. We were told to get a variety of shots whilst out filming.


ECU, CU, Panning, Tracking, ELS, LS, MS, LA, HA, BEV and more which weren’t needed as much as the above.

I think we did well as we all managed to get an example of each one, I think what also helped was that we knew what we had to do and we all worked together to get the shots needed.

Questionaire

Here is a link to the survey i created to gather information about audience preferences.

Click here to take survey

To create this survey i used an online programme called Survey Monkey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Se7en, David Fincher, 1995

Sin City, Robert Rodriguez, 2005

In the opening sequence to sin city we see the use of low-key lighting and that it has a slow pace, this film dose not have an opening sequence unike most of the market. It starts with an establishing shot of the city skyline, where one woman is smoking on the roof of a tall building. The colour scheme is black, white and red, with the only red items being the ladies dress and her lipstick, this may be to symbolise emotion such as passion or represent danger, the colour may symbolise danger but the dress she is wearing is backless so this may show that she is quite vulnerable.

We are then shown an ELS of a man who gradually walks through the centre then we are shown a mid shot, we can see that the man and woman are on an equal level showing that they are equal.

Music is a key part in the extract, we can hear non-diegetic jazz music which sets the passionate feel between them and then we can hear the ambient noises of the city which then reinforce the location where they are. We also have a voice over being played, this is useful to the audience as the voice over explains the narrative and lets the personas thoughts known.

The Village 2004, M. Night Shyamalan

We looked at the village and we can see that The Village has a simplistic yet very effective opening, which sets an creep/eerie tone which in turn makes the setting uncomfortable for the audience.

Shyamalan has decided to use, non-diegetic music which is being slowly played this seems to be played on a wind instrument but I am unsure of which instrument in particular although it sounds much like a flute.

Shyamalan has used the instrument against a low angle panning of some tree branches which makes the audience feel inferior. We also see some tracking of the branches which seem Silhouetted against the grey sky.

Because of the panning of trees it suggests that the film is set in the woods, some thrillers use the woods at some point in the film so woods are quite iconic to the thriller genre.

Shyamalan has also decided to shock the audience with the ‘the village’ title as it is introduced with a non diegetic sound of a drum. As in a walk on the wild side the use of white text against a black background may suggest this battle between good and evil.

A walk on the wildside, Edward Dmytryts - 1962

Camera: The extract opens with a CU of the cat appearing from some pipe. All the way through the extract we can see that the cat is centralised, we also see a variety of HA shots which tells the audience that the cat is powerful.
Titles: The opening titles for this film are white against black, the font is a serif font and is capitalised, this tells the audience that it’s part of the thriller genre.

Editing: The whole sequence is relatively slow which builds up the tension and suspense. This is because the audience tracks the cat, the suspense is added to by the use of dissolves between the shots. We see the pace quicken when the two cats begin to fight.

Mise en scene: At the beginning of the scene the audience shown the black cat which is walking down the street and around pipes, this may suggest that the cat is somewhere in which building is in process, the colour of the cat (black) also shows the audience that the cat in question may be evil, this is then contrasted when we meet a white cat which may show the audience that the cat is good, when the two cats fight it may suggest that the plot line in the film is about a battle between good and evil.

Sound: During the extract the sound is non-diegetic which gets louder and as the editing and action gets faster, towards the end the music is slowly faded out,

The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock 1963

The opening sequence of "The Birds" starts with a shot of silhouetted black crows on a white sky this is an example of binary opposition it gives the sense of a dark presence possibly evil against the white sky.

On top of the shots the titles have been placed, the font is simple and common in the thriller genre, the colour of the text is blue, it’s a cold blue which connotes a sinister feeling. Over the action and title we can hear non diegetic parallel sound of crows squawking frantic flapping this gives the audience a sense of ambiance and slight panic the sounds used are high pitched and not something that is nice to listen to making the viewer feel uncomfortable.

Next we see a fade cut, (fading is iconic to the thriller genre), and then an establishing shot of a woman, from her central position we can tell she is an important character. In this shot we can see that the camera pans along as she walks through the city into the bird shop, This gives the audience a connection with the action and makes the viewer feel as if they know what is going on

The BBFC

The bbfc have set out classification guidelines to help show people which films are suitable for certain age groups.

U - It is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child. But a ‘U’ film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. ‘U’ films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror. If a work is particularly suitable for a pre-school child to view alone, this will be indicated in the Consumer Advice.

PG - General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children Unaccompanied children of any age may watch. A ‘PG’ film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.

12A/12 – Suitable for 12 years and over Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them. The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult. The ‘12’ category exists only for video works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work.
15 – Suitable only for 15 years and over No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
18 - Suitable only for adults No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.

R18 - To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults of not less than 18 years The ‘R18’ category is a special and legally restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops. ‘R18’ video works may not be supplied by mail order.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/downloads/pub/Guidelines/BBFC%20Classification%20Guidelines%202009.pdf