Final Film Opening . . .

This is our final film opening, showing the completed version with the Film 4 part and the name of the film at the end. We are really pleased with how it finally turned out, considering how much trouble we had with the filming, and the amount of time we spent re-shooting. However, we are relieved it turned out how it did, and are happy with our opening!

Evaluation Question 6

Evaluation Question 4

This is our Evaluation Question 4 on our media products' target audience. For this question we were asked to explore what our target audience would look like, where they live, what books they read, are they sporty etc. We decided to create a visual bubble map/brainstorm  of all the features our target audience would include, through the use of pictures and obvious iconic logos. These pictures and logos help to dig deeper into the specific things that our target audience is influenced by.

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 5

Evaluation Question 3

Distributer

We decided to distribute our film to Film4 productions. This is because our target audience are teenagers so by distributing it on this channel, it means that we are more likely to reach our target audience because they do not have to pay to watch it as it is on one of the main TV channels. Also, we looked at the Film4 website and they distribute films similar to ours so it seemed suitable.

Choosing our film name . . .

Regarding our film opening, the genre, the meaning and the content of what happens, we had many options to choose from and had many disagreements with the name, however we made a list of choices to pick...

The Splintering
The Heist
The Get Away
Shatter
Fracture

We decided to settle with The Splintering as it resembled the characters breaking away when they were committing the crime and when they're older as they didn't know each other anymore

Costumes . . .

For our opening, we needed to choose costumes for our actors, we had to decide based on the characters they played. So for the journalist, we chose a sophisticated outfit, of a blazer and skirt, and for the gang committing the crime, we decided to dress them in hoodies and track suit bottoms, which is stereotypical robber attire. Above, are our sketches of the costumes to get an idea of what we were aiming for for the characters. 

Time Lapse Examples . . .

We researched ideas to add to our opening, with advice from Ms Cope, we found that the idea of a time lapse would fit well, at the beginning of our opening, to show an establishing shot, and to create an atmosphere of anxiety and tension before king in to the bank to commit the crime, Chloe is waiting for the others to enter the bank. Here our some excellent examples of a time lapse...

Filming Equipment . . .

For our filming equipment we used a member of our teams iPhone 6, which has fantastic camera quality and sound quality. Chloe's iPhone was new, therefore having lots of space to put lots of videos and shots onto. In addition, we used a tripod to attach the iPhone 6 to, with a phone connector, which enabled us to stabilise our shots akin the filming look more professional.

Editing Equipment

After filming our footage for the opening, we decided to edit it on iMovie using my MacBook Pro. This made it a lot easier as it is portable so we could edit it anywhere rather than being restricted to the media suite at school. Especially with February half term taking up a lot of our editing time, if we did not use my laptop, we would not have been able to do any editing over the half term.

Feedback from First Draft

This is the feedback from our opening. By this point, the opening wasn't done and there was no music and the shots were not completely edited. We therefore felt pleased with the feedback we got seeing as it was not finished.
We took the constructive criticism on board and used them to make our opening better. We feel it benefited us and used the feedback in a positive way.

Sound Difficulties

We came across several sound difficulties when filming and editing our piece. When filming the interview scenes in Cafe Nero, it was fairly busy which meant there was a lot of background noise. We therefore could not hear the actor's voice. We decided to we recorded the voice audio on another day in a quiet room and then overlap it on the background noise of the cafe. We then adjusted the volume of the different audio clips. This meant the sound is still digetic even though it is actually non-digetic.

Social Media Page

Props

For our film opening, we needed bulks of fake money to show to the audience it is a bank robbery. My dad very kindly made this fake money for us and we did a panning shot of the money and also filmed the teenagers putting it in the bag.

How to shoot a video interview with an IPhone . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5omQE5UbpPg

Inspirational shots from movie scenes . . .

Cafe Interview Scenes  

Kick Ass 2 

 Inception

Inception

Inception

The Believer

Filming Update . . .

Sevenoaks High Street

We fortunately got consent to film in Caffe Nero for our journalist interview, on Sunday 8th February. To improve on our previous draft of filming, we were advised to produce lots of separate shots, to make this particular clip look and have a more human feel to it. For example, letting the journalist hold a mug, go on her phone, be dressed not quite so formally, therefore, creating a relaxed feel to the scene. What we took way from our last filming of the cafe scene, was that it didn't look quite like a cafe, and more like someones home dining area. So, this time we would include an establishing shot, letting the audience definitely know that the scene is taking place a public cafe. In addition, we decided to add a  small clip of the barrister serving drinks, and get the sound of the hissing coffee machine, and clinking cups. To make the conversation between the journalist and the interviewee, we are bringing along some friends to sit close to their table, and make subtle, quiet noises of talking. A fellow team member, came up with a brilliant idea of using the freeze frame and credit sequence, from the opening Trainspotting, which will come into use with the running clips after the thief's run out of the bank. Finally, to be sure that we get it right this time round of filming, we are going to take more than enough shots, because over shooting is better than undershooting!

Our Survey . . .

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9SVB9R2

Filming Schedule

Health and Safety during filming . . .

In order for our film opening to be safe for everyone involved in the filming process, we need to consider the risks involved and what we can do to prevent them.

One hazard is that we are filming near a main road and part of this is running across it. As we might have to take this shot multiple times, there is an increased risk of the actors being run over by a car. However, we are reducing this risk as we have chosen to shoot where there is a zebra crossing in place and we are filming on a Sunday evening so this is a time when the road will not be as busy and we will take extra caution when filming this scene.

Another hazard is that we are filming with a tripod and our opening involves a lot of running. This means there is an increased risk of the actors tripping over the tripod whilst shooting. In order to prevent this, we will be warning and reminding the actors constantly to take extra care while running.

For one of the shots, in order to get the angle we want, one of us filming will have to get onto a high wall in order to succeed the high angle shot for our CCTV Footage scene. We will have to be careful when doing this as it is possible that we could fall off the wall and badly hurt ourselves. However, we are stopping this by helping each other to get onto the wall and off the wall.

Finally, the last hazard is that in order to create the correct tone and atmosphere for our particular genre, we need to film when it is starting to get dark. This means, it could potentially be quite dark when we are shooting. As running is involved, the actors may not be able to see where they are going very easily so we will be shooting where lots of street lights are present to prevent injury.

Iconic Sounds Connected With Crime Thriller . . .

Our New Logo . . .

Conventions of our genre . . .

Filming Update And First Draft Look Back . . .

Looking back on our first draft, we figured there were lots to improve on, to add and to decide on. With the adding of the time lapse, we filmed during school, (with consent from Ms Cope)to get the right light of day for the editing on iMovie. Learning from our mistakes, as we looked back on previous footage, the shots were too dark all together, and when trying to lighten it up on iMovie it lost all the quality, therefore meaning we needed to shoot in a lighter time of day.

Iconic Directors for Crime Action . . .

Coursework so far . . .

We are close to filming and this week we have started to get the final things ready. For example we have finished creating the two newspaper articles online using the website www.fodey.com, and downloading as an image to use in our movie.
Also, we are consulting our 4 actors using social media to contact them and tell them about filming schedules, allowing us to keep in touch.
We need to decide on sounds which is not a major priority until after filming due to it being part of the editing process.
We also have decided locations for filming, which is Lloyds in Sevenoaks and the backstreets in this town. The interviews will also take place in our houses, and will not take too long which gives us longer to edit.

Our Script . . .