This is the first script for the starting of our film

Step By Step for creating our logo

Step 1: We start by making a blank white canvas with a good size to include some shapes and text.
Step 2: We added a simple black circle that covers the canvas.

Step 3: We added a circle with transparent fill and a white border with a line size of 19. Then I moved this to cover one end of the circle to make a crescent shape.

Step 4: We added the Eclipse Productions text in Castellar font in bold and with a white border. Then I moved this so the text starts inside the black circle.

Film presentation

Here is our presentation for our upcoming project, in this video we are discussing our ideas for our film.

  

Costume Ideas

For one of our main characters the costume which will be used is based around 'Michael Myers' from the film 'Halloween'

But of course we cannot give too many give aways of who will be playing this fictional character!

The other characters will just be wearing casual everyday clothing.

Film Brief

Horror, mass murderer who  wears a mask, set in some woods. In the opening they are walking in a dark woodland area. They are coming out of a party. For some reason they have to walk back another way, through the dark. Rumour has there is a killer in the area. Mysterious music in the background while walking to set atmosphere. Long shot of them walking laughing and joking, then the killer emerges walks past the camera and mysterious music sets atmosphere. Then one person gets caught by killer, the other run off, camera follows one running then they end up at dead end and also get killed.

Company Logo

This is our company logo which will appear at the start of our film.

Feedback charts from our questionnaires

These charts are feedback from students/teachers who were specifically chosen to answer our questionnaire, the questionnaire is based on the film industry. The results above are from the questionnaire the group handed out.

War of the worlds

The purpose of this opening film clip is to show the audience what exactly goes on throughout the film, it also tries to get the viewer hooked and wanting to watch more by starting off the film directly with action.

Timing conventions: Most film openings are around 2 minutes long. However major blockbusters may last up to 5 minutes long.
Set the scene: Looks to be present day with all the latest cars and the surroundings, set in possibly America
Introduce the key characters: Tom Cruise - Just a normal civilian which evades from the enemy and is one of the only survivors.
Introduce pre plot or beginning of the narrative: From watching this clip it seems to be an action film.
Key Credits: such as production company, logos and director.
Usually starts with equilibrium: Some robot out of this world rises from the ground and starts destroying people.

40 word idea for our short film

A contestant who is two questions away from winning £100,000, he has the option of taking the £50,000 home or go on with one lifeline with a possible chance of becoming the first ever person to receive the highest cheque which has ever been given out in the programme. The choice is in the contestants hands, he could regret this for the rest of his life whatever path he decides to go down.

Casino Royale opening analysis

The whole introduction to this film links in with what the film is about because the use of all the  throughout in this intro is really good because it headlines and makes it obvious that the majority or the main scenes will be set in a casino.
Also the use of bright colours attracts the audiences attention and could possibly stop the viewers from getting bored throughout the opening credits. There is clips of two men fighting which tells us that film is going to feature guns and fighting. The opening lasts for 3 minutes which tells us that it is a major blockbuster.

Se7en

Conventions of a film opening,
Codes used to cones this convention (e.g. technical, symbolic, written)

The hook:
Tells us exactly what the films about
Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman - people could like watching films with these characters in.

Set the scene:
Urban, night time and daytime, big buildings. Camera technique shows the area exactly where the film/scene is set.

Introduce characters:
Well known characters
Brad Pitt - first name in the credits
Morgan Freeman - straight away in the film and second in the credits.

Introduce the genre:
Crime and thriller because of all the props used within the opening credits.

Credits:
Colour makes the feel seem like it's going to be morbid and bad things could happen throughout the whole film.

Narrative:
Investigation.
          

Prezi presentation

Copy of BBFC on Prezi

Titles Research

This is a picture of the opening scene of Casino Royale 

This is a video of the opening scene of Casino Royale

Here is my timeline of the opening credits for Casino Royale

Codes and Conventions

Codes:

Media students identify three categories of codes that may be used to

convey meanings in media messages:

Technical Codes:
Which include camera techniques, framing, depth of field, Mise en scene, editing,  lighting and sound;

Symbolic Codes:

Which refer to objects, setting, body language, clothing and colour.

Written Codes:
In the form of headlines, captions, speech bubbles and language style.

Conventions:

Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something, and in the case of media texts, they are generally accepted patterns of code that communicate a particular message.

There are general conventions in any medium, such as the use of quotes in a print article, but conventions are also genre specific. For example, in Westerns fights scenes are generally shot from a low angle, the setting is usually dusty and desolate, and even the sounds used within the scene are conventional.

Main exercise

The main titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of 2 minutes.

Preliminary Exercise, filming!

Today in our lessons we filmed for the first time. We used a tripod and a camera to film a short 2 minute long clip, the clip was based on a person who walked into a room and had a chat with another person. In filming we had to bear in mind these three rules:

• Match on action
• 180 degree rule
• shot/reverse shot

We endured quite a few out-takes, at the end of the filming we were all satisfied and pleased with our ending result.

This is our final piece for our preliminary exercise!

Close Up/Medium/Long shots!

Close up - Close-ups show an enlarged view of a person/object, they also display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene.

Medium Shot - A medium shot shows a normal sized view of an object/person like a person would expect to see with their own eyes.

 Long Shot - This shot shows people/objects from a long distance.

High/Low angle shots!

High Angle Shot - This shows us from a ground view, this is designed to make the character/object seem larger and to make it look like they have dominance over the rest.

 Low Angle Shot - This shows us from a 'bird's eye view' of events. It is designed to make the object/ character look smaller than they really are, this is trying to say that someone is inferior over them.

Wide/Establishing shots!

Wide Shot - Shows a whole person or object allowing the audience to see everything around them, this shot is intended to help the viewers to see what is going on around somebody/something.

Establishing Shot - This shot sets the scene of action, it often involves shots of scenery also the setting where the action is about to take place. This is intended to help the audience see where events are about to take place.

Match On Action

Match On Action is a cut made on action or movement between two shots in which the action has been overlapped either by repetition of the action or by the use of more than one camera.

This is a great example of a Match On Action video.

180 Degree Rule

180 Degree Rule is a basic guideline regarding the relationship between a character and another characters or object within the scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters or objects. Bkeeping the camera in one side of the line for every shot in the scene, the first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first.

Shot/Reverse shot

Shot/Reverse shot is where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen) and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. The characters are looking at each other so the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

This is a great example of a shot/reverse shot.



Continuity

Continuity is the consistency of the characteristics of the people, plot, objects and places seen by the reader or viewer over a certain period of time.

Here is a video of what continuity is, there are many silly errors in this clip, see if you can spot them!



Preliminary Exercise - Brief

Produce a continuity exercise which involves a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom they exchange a couple of lines of dialogue.
The task should demonstrate:

• Match on Action
• Shot/Reverse shot
• 180 Degree rulee

About Me!

Hello everybody!

My name is Luke Parker, I am currently studying Media Studies, BTEC Sport Level 3, I.T and Finance at Ken Stimpson Community School as a sixth form student.

In my spare time I like to play on my video console, also I like to hang out with my friends and play football down at my local field.