Candidate 1: Nicole Anderton
What did you think of the film?
"It was good because i didn't know what was going to happen next"
What would You rate it out of 10 ?
"Well, I'd rate it 8 out of 10"
What did You like the most?
"I liked it when the stalker was crossing out and circling the victim"
What could be improved, do you think?
Peraps, more voice overs could be implie, like "screams" etc
Canditate 2: Souhaib Kahn
What did you think of the film?
" I thought it was good, because oof the suspense it was creating"
What would you rate it out of 10?
"I'd rate it 7 out of 10"
What did You like the most?
"I liked it when the victim was picking the phone up at the end, i thought it was a strong end focus.
What could be improved, do you think?
Perhaps the sound perspective, like i'd be better if it often went dead loud and low sometimes.
candidat 3: Kash Khimji
What did you think of the film?
"I liked very much, i thought it was realy creative and entertaining"
What would you rate it out of 10 ?
"I'd rate it 7 out of 10"
What did you like the most?
"I liked the mise en cene, in other words where the whole thing thing was set"
What could be improved, do you think?
Perhaps, the shots because there was a lot of wide shots. Perhaps more close up shots would
of made it better
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Monday, 10 May 2010
Research & Planning
WHAT THE STORY WAS BASED ON AND WHERE IT WAS SET
Out first idea as a group, we first came up with the idea of making a film where an innocent boy was pinned for murderer as he was found looking a t a dead body in a park alone by a young female as she was walking through the park to get to school. As the pinned murderer tries to justify his innocence the girl starts to run. We chose to go to Alexander Park, as we found it to be a lot quiet and suitable for us to be filming our product.
WHY WE USED THE PARTICULAR MISE EN SCENE
At that point we used the mise en scene through the costume of our two actors. The supposing murder was supposing to be wearing black, as it’s the appropriate colour we manage to associate a murderer with, and also supporting the stereo typing of our young male teenagers who are mostly seen as dangerous figures by today’s society. We used juxtaposition between the two characters as our female character was much more simply dressed, as she was wearing blue jeans a white top and a black leather jacket. We chose to dress our character this way as we believe the bright clothes would present her as a much more weaker, fragile and innocent character.
WHAT WE CHANGED AND KEPT FROM OUR FIRST PRODUCT
We came use shots such as close ups to show the characters emotions. Long shots were also displayed as the two characters were walking towards the tragedy. We used the tracking shot in the running scene to show the distance of the two runners. The Hand-held camera shot was also used in order to crate realism and to visualise the scene as the character did. We also used an establishing shot at the start, to reveal where the event was all happening. The editing of our, first product involved Matched cuts, of the two characters walking, to show how they ended up meeting each other. As the female character was running we also used cutting rate to show the how the character being chased blinked fast a she was getting chased.
WHAT CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT OUR FIRST PRODUCT
What changed our mind was mainly the idea that our storyline gave too much information and clues of what was happening. What we were really trying to get across is to match our product to something that would connote gloom and which would eventually create a disturbing atmosphere, matching the genre of our product. However, there were many things in our first product that immobilized us to make what we really wanted. The lighting wasn’t dark enough, the camera shots taken, displayed and revealed everything, and it contained too much actions, which was really hard for our female character to do, since sometimes it involved reproduction when we got several things wrong.
The fact that we also had to shoot the scenes in the park was one of the reasons we considered to change our mind about our first product, as this meant that we had to go to the park each time we wanted to add something new.
WHAT TECHNIQUES WE USED TO DIFFER THE PRESENT PRODUCTS TO THE PREVIOUS ONE
The present story line is a lot different to the present in many ways. The present story line is about a male stalker whose aim is to maltreat a young girl. The stalker eventually does catch the young female character but we keep the audience unclear about the whole situation by first of all not showing who the stalker is and also not showing what he does to the girl. We chose to do it this way as it creates a lot more suspense which is what we wanted to do in the first place. What the main techniques used in our present product is, the use of:
• different angle shot such as over the shoulder, while the killer was marking the girl’s face on the board
• the dark lighting to evoke danger
• mise en scene of black costume for the stalker
• Mid shot as the stalker is staring at the board without moving
• Non- diegetic sound of incidental music
• Non- diegetic sound of the narrative speaking
• Bright lightning when the victim is being shown walking
• The editing of the sepia colour when the close up shot focuses on the victim’s face as she has been marked by the stalker etc
• Flicker effect of the board, to raise a hazard tension.
• Use of phone as a key prop
WHAT WE CHANGED AND KEPT FROM OUR FIRST PRODUCT
The idea of the storyline was the main thing changed in our product, which allowed us to consider changing where the whole thing was going to get filmed, how it was going to get filmed, and how we’re going to edit it to make it like what we were really after. However, we used several stuff from the previous filming to help us achieve what we’ve got. We kept the running scene, but erasing the parts where the parts where the suspects face is revealed. We also used the footsteps of that particular running scene as we found it that was important to create realism, as it elevates a creepy atmosphere.
WHAT THE STORY WAS BASED ON AND WHERE IT WAS SET
Out first idea as a group, we first came up with the idea of making a film where an innocent boy was pinned for murderer as he was found looking a t a dead body in a park alone by a young female as she was walking through the park to get to school. As the pinned murderer tries to justify his innocence the girl starts to run. We chose to go to Alexander Park, as we found it to be a lot quiet and suitable for us to be filming our product.
WHY WE USED THE PARTICULAR MISE EN SCENE
At that point we used the mise en scene through the costume of our two actors. The supposing murder was supposing to be wearing black, as it’s the appropriate colour we manage to associate a murderer with, and also supporting the stereo typing of our young male teenagers who are mostly seen as dangerous figures by today’s society. We used juxtaposition between the two characters as our female character was much more simply dressed, as she was wearing blue jeans a white top and a black leather jacket. We chose to dress our character this way as we believe the bright clothes would present her as a much more weaker, fragile and innocent character.
WHAT WE CHANGED AND KEPT FROM OUR FIRST PRODUCT
We came use shots such as close ups to show the characters emotions. Long shots were also displayed as the two characters were walking towards the tragedy. We used the tracking shot in the running scene to show the distance of the two runners. The Hand-held camera shot was also used in order to crate realism and to visualise the scene as the character did. We also used an establishing shot at the start, to reveal where the event was all happening. The editing of our, first product involved Matched cuts, of the two characters walking, to show how they ended up meeting each other. As the female character was running we also used cutting rate to show the how the character being chased blinked fast a she was getting chased.
WHAT CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT OUR FIRST PRODUCT
What changed our mind was mainly the idea that our storyline gave too much information and clues of what was happening. What we were really trying to get across is to match our product to something that would connote gloom and which would eventually create a disturbing atmosphere, matching the genre of our product. However, there were many things in our first product that immobilized us to make what we really wanted. The lighting wasn’t dark enough, the camera shots taken, displayed and revealed everything, and it contained too much actions, which was really hard for our female character to do, since sometimes it involved reproduction when we got several things wrong.
The fact that we also had to shoot the scenes in the park was one of the reasons we considered to change our mind about our first product, as this meant that we had to go to the park each time we wanted to add something new.
WHAT TECHNIQUES WE USED TO DIFFER THE PRESENT PRODUCTS TO THE PREVIOUS ONE
The present story line is a lot different to the present in many ways. The present story line is about a male stalker whose aim is to maltreat a young girl. The stalker eventually does catch the young female character but we keep the audience unclear about the whole situation by first of all not showing who the stalker is and also not showing what he does to the girl. We chose to do it this way as it creates a lot more suspense which is what we wanted to do in the first place. What the main techniques used in our present product is, the use of:
• different angle shot such as over the shoulder, while the killer was marking the girl’s face on the board
• the dark lighting to evoke danger
• mise en scene of black costume for the stalker
• Mid shot as the stalker is staring at the board without moving
• Non- diegetic sound of incidental music
• Non- diegetic sound of the narrative speaking
• Bright lightning when the victim is being shown walking
• The editing of the sepia colour when the close up shot focuses on the victim’s face as she has been marked by the stalker etc
• Flicker effect of the board, to raise a hazard tension.
• Use of phone as a key prop
WHAT WE CHANGED AND KEPT FROM OUR FIRST PRODUCT
The idea of the storyline was the main thing changed in our product, which allowed us to consider changing where the whole thing was going to get filmed, how it was going to get filmed, and how we’re going to edit it to make it like what we were really after. However, we used several stuff from the previous filming to help us achieve what we’ve got. We kept the running scene, but erasing the parts where the parts where the suspects face is revealed. We also used the footsteps of that particular running scene as we found it that was important to create realism, as it elevates a creepy atmosphere.
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Shots From Opening Sequence
We have used this shot to create the effect of the victim, this only shows her back so it gives a sense of mystery and suspense on who the victim is. The wide shot used, allows the audience to see the location of where the victim is located.
This shot is used to show how the "stalker" is stalking the victim. In front of him we can see all of the pictures that he/she is using.The wide shot, helps to create tension as the audience has no idea who this person is and what they are doing.
The long shot of the victim walking, defines the victime's full physical appearance. This allows the audience to see the juxtapositioning between the female victim and the male stalker, as they are both physically dissimilar.
This shot shows the victim up close and what she looks like. It is a close up shot showing the victim's innocent facial expression, settling the idea that the victim is totally unaware she is being secretly watched.
This shot shows how the victim's mum is ringing to see if she is okay, this shot is a close up of the phone it gives the suspense whether the phone is going to get answered by someone or not.
This shot is an over the shoulder shot and it shows how the killer is answering the phone, it also shows his surrounding, this gives the audience an idea where he could be.
The hand held shot, gives the impression of turbulence and unsettlement, as it is taken when the victim is running away from the stalker. The fact that it show the loccation which is in the woods, also creates tention along with the shot used. 
This shot is an point of view (over the shoulder). Itallows the audience to see what the killer can see around him. the shot is used to create suspense,
as the audience does not really know what is going on.
This is a screen shot of our finished final cut pro production, revealing everything we have included in our task.
Friday, 7 May 2010
Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt from the progression from it to the full task?
Progression from the preliminary task to the main task has taught all of us how to work at the best of our abilities. For the preliminary task we where told that ‘’we needed to show a person going through a door, and show a close up of the door. We where told that we needed to include a shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. We where also told that out film should only be 30seconds long.’’ The main task we where asked to ‘’create an opening sequence which is to last a maximum of two minutes.’’ The prelim task helped us to be better at our main task as we had to think about target audience before getting started, had to made some researches, taught us to be able to discuss as a group and come up with ideas as a group. In the prelim task we tried to do too much which wasn’t possible and so therefore it helped us to keep things simple but also effective at the same time. Showed us the importance of planning as some of the ideas which we come up with where impossible to do. Prelim task helped us to make sure that we thought about how we wanted our characters to be like and why and how they can relate to our target audience.
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