Friday, 17 December 2010
Final Cut Of Title Sequence
After reviewing my feedback, i made sure to take on board the improvements that were suggested. I changed the font colour of the titles so that it was easier to read and also made them small and moved them so tat they didn't take up too much room. I also changed the CVHS Media font as it was slightly blurry.
I also deleted the sound and cut the ending where Sam walks into the front room out as i feel the title sequence worked well enough without it. I also added my name as the director as well as having the title "a Jade Saunders film" i feel this established to the audience who the director is and the Catch Me If You Can opening gave me inspiration for this.
Rough Cut Of Title Sequence And Feedback
After showing my rough cut to my teachers, classmates, friends and family, this was the feedback i received:
- The titles are quite hard to read, consider changing the colour and also consider where titles are placed. Have main actors names bigger than minor actor names and consider the size of the rest of the titles. - Teacher
- Continuity is good and the music fits perfectly. - Classmate
- The speaking part where the male says, Alex can you hear me? is quite loud and poor quality. - Parent
- You should have the titles appear separately because it is too much to read and takes up too much of the screen. - Friend aged 17
- I think its quite scary - Brother aged 10
Monday, 13 December 2010
Script
(Sam wakes up and looks around confused, he then sees Alex unconscious)
Sam: *Scared* Alex! Alex! Can you hear me?
(He turns Alex's head towards him and as he takes his hand away from her head we can see blood on his hand)
Sam: Oh please no
(He holds her)
Time Passes
(Sam gets out of the car and walks slowly towards the house where he can see a bloodstained handprint on the window. He then sees a body on the doorstep and he takes the bloodstained baseball bat from the body's hand.)
Sam: *calling through the house* Hello *He picks up the house phone* Hello (dead phone line tone is heard)
(He walks into the front room and finds a body on the rug holding a mobile phone and he picks it up to reveal a shocking text message.)
Sam: *Scared* Alex! Alex! Can you hear me?
(He turns Alex's head towards him and as he takes his hand away from her head we can see blood on his hand)
Sam: Oh please no
(He holds her)
Time Passes
(Sam gets out of the car and walks slowly towards the house where he can see a bloodstained handprint on the window. He then sees a body on the doorstep and he takes the bloodstained baseball bat from the body's hand.)
Sam: *calling through the house* Hello *He picks up the house phone* Hello (dead phone line tone is heard)
(He walks into the front room and finds a body on the rug holding a mobile phone and he picks it up to reveal a shocking text message.)
Filming Diary
Day 1:
Today i arrived on set at 12:30 pm with Ollie and Emmaline, the actors had time to change while i set up the cameras and tripods. Filming started at 12:35 pm, as i am filming on my own i found it more efficient to have two cameras rolling at all times so that i can capture as much footage as possible in the short time period i had. We started by filming a long shot of the whole scene and from inside the car. I then set the cameras up to film from the front of the car to capture a mid shot of Ollie and Emmaline when Ollie tries to wake her up. I set the other camera up to the passenger side of the car from a high angle to victimise Emmaline and show how she is dead. We tried to finish as quickly as possible due to the cold weather and excessive wind and have scheduled extra time on top of our filming session in 2 days time in case we need to re film this scene. I had chosen to film at this time because i thought there would be less people around driving in their cars or walking their dogs, however we had to re shoot this take several times because there were drivers driving past and people walking their dogs. After playing back some of the footage i have decided i will have to cut the audio when editing because of the wind and the dual carriageway in the distance which created a lot of noise.
Day 2:
I arrived on set with Ollie and James at 10:00 am and again the actors changed into their costumes as i set up the cameras. We started by filming Ollie walk through the front room door which i filmed from a distance and set the other camera up at a high angle to victimise him and this creates a sense of suspense and fear that he is being watched. I then set the camera up over the door frame to which is a popular angle that Alfred Hitchcock likes to create and this again was to victimise Ollie's character. I then filmed from a high angle as Ollie reaches down and takes the phone from James' hand and i also captured this from just above the floor with the camera set at a high angle over James' hand. Whilst filming, my dog was barking in the garden the whole way through for attention and i planned to channel this audio out when it came to editing but then i considered the fact that it could create an eerie and tense feel to my film opening because a dog barking is a generic convention found it horror films and dogs bark when danger is near.
Day 3:
I arrived on set at 10:00 am with Lucy and she changed into her costume while i set the cameras up. Due to the frosty ground, we laid a blanket on the floor for Lucy to lay on and filmed the take as quickly as possible. We captured the take from a high angle focusing mainly on the baseball bat in her hand, i also had a camera on the ground to bring the audience into the action. We finished filming within 30 minutes and i hope to film Ollie taking the baseball bat from the ground and merging the clips together when editing to make the clip look like it was filmed in one take. Due to conflicting timetables, i was unable to film Lucy and Ollie at the same time.
Day 4 :
I arrived on set at 12:30 with Ollie and he changed into his costume while i set up the cameras, we began filming him walking from the car to the house from a long shot and also from a high angle which i filmed over the shoulder as he looks at the hand print on the window. I captured this scene from various different angles including from the roof of my car as he walks towards the house and just above the house phone as he enters the house and picks up the phone. This enabled me to capture his facial expressions and his character is confused about the situation he is in. I hope these shots will create a sense of fear in my audience and suspense as the mystery builds up as to what has happened.
Finally i have gathered all of my footage and i will now edit my footage using Final Cut Express.
Today i arrived on set at 12:30 pm with Ollie and Emmaline, the actors had time to change while i set up the cameras and tripods. Filming started at 12:35 pm, as i am filming on my own i found it more efficient to have two cameras rolling at all times so that i can capture as much footage as possible in the short time period i had. We started by filming a long shot of the whole scene and from inside the car. I then set the cameras up to film from the front of the car to capture a mid shot of Ollie and Emmaline when Ollie tries to wake her up. I set the other camera up to the passenger side of the car from a high angle to victimise Emmaline and show how she is dead. We tried to finish as quickly as possible due to the cold weather and excessive wind and have scheduled extra time on top of our filming session in 2 days time in case we need to re film this scene. I had chosen to film at this time because i thought there would be less people around driving in their cars or walking their dogs, however we had to re shoot this take several times because there were drivers driving past and people walking their dogs. After playing back some of the footage i have decided i will have to cut the audio when editing because of the wind and the dual carriageway in the distance which created a lot of noise.
Day 2:
I arrived on set with Ollie and James at 10:00 am and again the actors changed into their costumes as i set up the cameras. We started by filming Ollie walk through the front room door which i filmed from a distance and set the other camera up at a high angle to victimise him and this creates a sense of suspense and fear that he is being watched. I then set the camera up over the door frame to which is a popular angle that Alfred Hitchcock likes to create and this again was to victimise Ollie's character. I then filmed from a high angle as Ollie reaches down and takes the phone from James' hand and i also captured this from just above the floor with the camera set at a high angle over James' hand. Whilst filming, my dog was barking in the garden the whole way through for attention and i planned to channel this audio out when it came to editing but then i considered the fact that it could create an eerie and tense feel to my film opening because a dog barking is a generic convention found it horror films and dogs bark when danger is near.
Day 3:
I arrived on set at 10:00 am with Lucy and she changed into her costume while i set the cameras up. Due to the frosty ground, we laid a blanket on the floor for Lucy to lay on and filmed the take as quickly as possible. We captured the take from a high angle focusing mainly on the baseball bat in her hand, i also had a camera on the ground to bring the audience into the action. We finished filming within 30 minutes and i hope to film Ollie taking the baseball bat from the ground and merging the clips together when editing to make the clip look like it was filmed in one take. Due to conflicting timetables, i was unable to film Lucy and Ollie at the same time.
Day 4 :
I arrived on set at 12:30 with Ollie and he changed into his costume while i set up the cameras, we began filming him walking from the car to the house from a long shot and also from a high angle which i filmed over the shoulder as he looks at the hand print on the window. I captured this scene from various different angles including from the roof of my car as he walks towards the house and just above the house phone as he enters the house and picks up the phone. This enabled me to capture his facial expressions and his character is confused about the situation he is in. I hope these shots will create a sense of fear in my audience and suspense as the mystery builds up as to what has happened.
Finally i have gathered all of my footage and i will now edit my footage using Final Cut Express.
Film Schedule
As i am re-sitting my coursework on my own, i have had to film on my own and this has taken longer. To save myself and my actor's/actress's time, i have had two cameras rolling at all times to capture as much footage as possible from as many different angles as possible.
Day 1:
-Arrive on set at 12:30 with Ollie and Emmaline
- Set cameras up at 12:35
- Start filming inside the car at 12:40
- Capture this scene from the left side inside the car, capture this scene from infront of the car
and then from the right hand side of the car.
- Finish at 13:30
Day 2:
- Arrive on set at 10:00 with Ollie and James
- Set up cameras at 10:05
- Start filming inside frontroom at 10:10
- Capture this scene from above the door, far righthand side of the room, on the floor and from
over Ollie's shoulder.
- Finish at 11:30
Day 3:
- Arrive on set at 10:00 with Lucy
- Set cameras up at 10:05
- Start filming inside front door at 10:10
- Capture Lucy's body on doorstep from above, on the floor and pan over the body.
- Finish filming at 10:30
Day 4:
- Arrive on set at 12:30 with Ollie
- Set cameras up at 12:35
- Start filming Ollie walking from the car to the house and Ollie inside the house.
- Capture lots of high angles to victimise Ollie's character.
- Finish filming at 14:00
Finish Fiming at the end of Day 4
Day 1:
-Arrive on set at 12:30 with Ollie and Emmaline
- Set cameras up at 12:35
- Start filming inside the car at 12:40
- Capture this scene from the left side inside the car, capture this scene from infront of the car
and then from the right hand side of the car.
- Finish at 13:30
Day 2:
- Arrive on set at 10:00 with Ollie and James
- Set up cameras at 10:05
- Start filming inside frontroom at 10:10
- Capture this scene from above the door, far righthand side of the room, on the floor and from
over Ollie's shoulder.
- Finish at 11:30
Day 3:
- Arrive on set at 10:00 with Lucy
- Set cameras up at 10:05
- Start filming inside front door at 10:10
- Capture Lucy's body on doorstep from above, on the floor and pan over the body.
- Finish filming at 10:30
Day 4:
- Arrive on set at 12:30 with Ollie
- Set cameras up at 12:35
- Start filming Ollie walking from the car to the house and Ollie inside the house.
- Capture lots of high angles to victimise Ollie's character.
- Finish filming at 14:00
Finish Fiming at the end of Day 4
Shot List
Day 1: 06/12/10 12:30 pm - Arrive with Ollie and Emmaline
- Establishing Shot of car: 4 seconds
- Close up of characters through windscreen: 3 seconds
- Over the shoulder shot of Sam waking Alex: 3 seconds
- High shot from outside of car at the passengers side as he realises she is dead: 2 seconds
- Close up of windscreen as he sees the blood on his hand: 3 seconds
Day 2: 08/12/10 10:00 am - Arrive with Ollie and James
- Panning shot as he walks into the front room: 2 seconds
- High shot of Sam walking through front room door: 2 seconds
- High shot as he reaches down and takes phone: 2 seconds
- Mid shot as he reads the message: 2 seconds
- Over the shoulder shot of message: 2 seconds
- High shot of body on the floor : 2 seconds
Day 4: 14/12/10 10:00 am Arrive with Ollie
- Long shot of car as he gets out: 3 seconds
- High shot of Sam walking towards house and noticing window: 2 seconds
- High shot of body on the doorstep: 2 seconds
- Low shot of Sam picking up baseball bat: 3 seconds
- Mid shot of Sam walking into house: 2 seconds
- Mid shot from outside of house as Sam picks up the phone: 2 seconds
- Mid shot as he puts the phone down: 2 seconds
Location: In the village, the car will be in the middle of the road slightly away from the house. The front door will be wide open to connote danger and the front room light will be on to denote that somebody has been in the house.
Costume: All characters will be in the costumes i have chosen.
Lighting: Natural sunlight outside will be scarce due to the poor weather but any sunlight on the field next to the car will be sinister.
Sound: I aim to capture Ollie's voice as he says his lines.
Props: Nissan Micra, fake blood for Sam's hand, fake blood for the window, baseball bat, house phone and mobile phone for the dead body inside.
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