HG: 0067 - Final production and preliminary task

Final Production :

Preliminary Task:

Evaluation:
Evaluation

Research:
Audience Research
Technical Analysis
Analysing a Title Sequence
Analysing a Opening Sequence
Institutional Context
Research in to Horror and Thriller

Planning :
Treatment
Pitch
Storyboard
Initial Ideas

LLM: 0099 - final production and preliminary task

Final Production:

Preliminary Task:

Evaluation:

Question 1:


Question 2:


Question 3:


Questions 4 & 5:


Question 6:


Question 7:

 

 

 

Research and Planning - Blog posts

 

Research:

 

Technical analysis

Analysis of Title sequence

Deconstruction of opening sequence  

Audience Research

 

Planning:

 

Concept development

Call sheet and risk assessment - Wilderness woods

Wilderness woods short

Production log

Concept development #2

Treatment

Pitch

Animatic

Risk assessment and call sheet

Reflection on shoot 1

Editing - Progress and draft

Reflection on shoot 2

Reflection on lesson

Rough cut

H.G . 0067. Evauluation

Question 1 + 2





Question 3
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Question 4 +5




Question 6

LLM and HG: Rough Cut

 

 

Strengths:

• Style of shots in the kitchen scene
• The continuity editing throughout the sequence
• Parallel lines of action at the beginning, between the antagonist in the house and the male protagonist walking home
• The fade of the radio to the song and from when the song cuts in the kitchen scene

Ways to improve:

• The sequence is a bit to long to begin with, so we need to go through it and cut parts we feel we don't necessarily need
• In the shot of the antagonists point of view, we have cut a little too late where the effect has gone before we have moved onto the next shot
• More sound needs to be added, to build up tension and anchor some shots

H.G: Reflection on Shoot 2

When and where was the shoot?

• This shoot took place on the 14th of January 2016.
• It was filmed from 4pm until 6pm
• Like the last shoot it was filmed at Louis house which is located In Sevenoaks, Riverhead.

What Scenes were you focusing on

•  We were particularly focusing on the parallel line of action with the protagonist walking home and with the antagonist lurking in the protagonists house. We needed to make sure that the shots followed the 180 degree rule and also try and use individual shots to help explain the parallel line of action

What was your individual contribution to the shoot?

•  When the protagonist was walking home I took the role of camera man as Louis was the actor in this part of the parallel line of action
• This changed when Louis became the camera man and took the role of the antagonist ( the other side of the parallel line of action

What do you think worked particularly well?

•  In the previous shoot it was slightly to light, so this time we filmed a little later in the day and think when looking at this on the time line it looks a lot more effective.
• I also think the antagonist wearing all black looks more conventional of the horror genre then before wearing normal clothes as it didn't really fit in with the action

What were the challenges of this particular shoot?

• A challenge we faced in this shoot was timing when to shoot as if it got too dark then the footage would be to dark and graining and would be useless.
• Another challenge we over came was using the track and dolly; we had to try time it perfectly so the protagonist walked past it and then revealed the house in the same shoot. 

LLM and HG: Reflection on todays lesson

Some feedback on our groups footage so far, and what happens next:

• In todays lesson we discussed with our peers and teachers a way of improving the footage we have filmed so far.
• Firstly, the problem recognised is the change in time and light from the scene of the walk home, the scene filmed in the house. The reason behind this is because the school camera is not effective enough to film in the dark - to tackle this challenge is to adjust the brightness and contrast when editing our footage.
• Some positives from our footage is the two lines of action of the walk of the protagonist home, and a scene of the antagonist walking around the house that the protagonist is walking to.
• For what happens next, our group needs to go on another shoot and add more shots to build suspense up until the climax of the action at the end of the sequence.
• For example, we know we now need to include more POV shots from the point of view of the protagonist so that the audience can get an understanding of what he is looking at each time he continues around the house.
• Further, we need to include an establishing shot for our last scene to give the audience a greater understanding of what the film is about and what happens next.

LLM: Reflection on shoot 2

• Our second shoot was much more effective for our sequence than the first; we included more shots to give us a range to choose from when editing. Further, we used the track in this shoot which provided us with some footage of good quality.

When and where was the shoot?

• This shoot took place on the 14th of January 2016.
• It was filmed from 4pm until 6pm
• Again, it was filmed at my house which is located In Sevenoaks, Riverhead.

What Scenes were you focusing on?

• There were two scenes we focused on in this shoot.
• First, it was the parallel lines of action for the opening sequence, this time of the antagonist.
• Secondly, it was the end sequence, involving both the protagonist and the antagonist.

What was your individual contribution to the shoot?

• When filming the parallel lines of action, of the antagonist, I took the role of being the camera man.
• For the final sequence filming, I am involved in the screening and so therefore I am the actor.

What do you think worked particularly well?

• I believe that in this particular shoot, filming the second part of the opening sequence seems very effective and when we put it into our edit I think it will look great with the two lines of different action.
• Along with this, I believe the lighting worked really well in our shoot for the final sequence, with the lights going on and off, with a different shot each time.

What were the challenges of this particular shoot?

• The challenges of this particular shoot was getting the track to work well; we wanted to get a track shot where it follows the camera and the focuses onto the protagonists house; however the camera was to near and didn't get the whole of the house in the shot, this is were we will have to re-shoot and try again.