Day 3: Filming evidence

Day 2: continuation of Filming

Our second day of filming was more focused on the short grabbing clips that will intercut with the alleyway scene.  We decided to film in a dark room, so the audience's attention will concentrate only on the characters. This was inspired by Fincher's 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Screenshot of day 1 filming

On location, shooting our film at night in the alleyway, we followed our shot by shot storyboard to ensure that our filming would be more precise.

Digital Storyboard of 'Extort'.

Final Prelim (Arons Edit)

Here is my final Prelim edit, due to being at an exam i missed the editing session hence the 'Arons Edit'
Enjoy.

Order of our Title Sequence.

Further Production Schedule.

Calendar of what needs to be done and when.

We have decided that our film title will be called "Extort". We analysed the meaning of the word, so that it makes sense with our film. We checked for other synonyms; however, extort had a certain ring to it.

We used TFL to help us get to our location the easiest way possible.

These are the stops that the bus we will take include to get to know were to get off.

Location Timing

As our film has to be shot at night we have looked at the setting of the sun to make the atmosphere of the film tense and eerie. To start shooting after the sun sets on saturday 25th. We have a specific time set to meet at our location at 5:30.   

Trial version

This is a trial storyboard of the alleyway scene.
We have produced this so we can follow it shot by shot and to get a sense of how we are going to shoot it.

from Donna

Hi Guys

Could you please put your storyboard on the blog!

Some of your shots of the alley way look stunning. You could use these and produce a digital storyboard.

Are you filming this weekend?

Can you please all attend my class tomorrow, so that we can look though your blog and plan your filming in more detail.

See you then

Donna

Planning - Target Audience

The target audience for the film will be cohesive with the demographic for the genre.
In this case, we are looking to create a sequence that will emulate that of a Action/Thriller film. Therefore a majority of the audience will be fairly aimed at a male audience between the demographic age of 17-40. Although the story line is based on a romantic relationship between the main character and his kidnapped wife, therefore it will also be appealing to girls & women who like action/thrillers. Here is a slideshow of films that our aimed audience would like too.

Planning - Costume & Props

Here is a slideshow i created via Slideful.com showing a variety of suits that i the main actor will be wearing in order to portray a businessman on his way home from work.

I changed the template design, i added more colours and various fonts to make our blog look more attractive and unique. 

How to convert a clip from an MOV TO MP3

First open MPEG Streamclip and then drag the file into the box.

Then open 'Edit' then select Export to MPEG-4.

Edit the properties by opening presents, change to blogger and then load.

Then select 'Make MP4'.

Then save the file. The clip has been changed to an MP4 Clip.

Production Schedule

Potential Soundscore styles

I feel that the alley will emphasize a dark, haunting feel to the piece and the lighting will enchance the cold urban feel to the film opening. Dark dissonant atmospheres would be ideal for this piece.

Here are a few songs that could inspire the soundscore:

Gluttony Prezi

A screen shot of the layout of our Prezi.

Pitch: Our first idea

We will not be using these ideas because we have changed our filming ideas.

Another students film opening.

I choose to annotate the opening of the film 'Victoria'.


30. Eleni Koutis, Klaudia Wozniak, Reem Ghirmay, Valeza Bakolli from 283goswell on Vimeo.


GoAnimate.com: Victoria analysis by AA42765

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Moodboard created on photoshop

Here is the final product from the movie i uploaded showing how this was made.

Screen Capture of Making a Moodboard on photoshop

Here is a video i created showing how i made a Mood Board on photoshop.

First i started screen capture using quicktime movie, then i opened up photoshop.
I had to convert & compress the file too.

This was all done from home

Locations 2

Here are some more possible locations.

This first is 'St Johns Church' which dates back to the 18 century, survived the war and has a very traditional architecture which reflect on that era. At nigh it looks very eerie and ghostly, and is local to my house. I feel this would be ideal for a ghosty hybrid thriller.

The second location is a graveyard 10 minutes away form me.

Lastly, another church/gravyard which is situated around my area. I'm pretty sure living in walthamstow with all this crime is a reason to why theres so many lol.

Analysing of a student film

How to do make-up

This is a guide on how to do make-up for the actress who is going to star in our movie.

Planning of Thriller opening: (LOCATIONS)

Potential location

This is an alley way on my road that could be a potential location for filming our thriller opening.

Initially i would like the location to be dark, gloomy but well lighted to connote the sense of evil and darkness that the thriller may induce.  Here are some images i have taken on my iphone.

Analysing a previous student opening

I have chosen to analyse the opening 'Signature'  

Analysis: The scene takes place in a bathroom, to which we then see clips of a young girl applying make up in a normal manner, between these shots, we see a toy duck floating about in the bath, assuming it was there due to her bath, the camera slowly pans out and a young man is revealed who seems to be dead in the bath next to the bobbling duck, the young girl then helps redo his tie before leaving the bathroom.

Sound: The sound of this opening uses an ambient, metallic eerie loop which is continuous throughout the whole sequence. It does get a little repetitive but still allows to hold a eerie vibe to the piece, and compliments the water shots well.

Editing: The editing is pretty slow, yet subtle and sleek, it's not over the top and allows the viewers to understand the setting and what is happening in the scene, the opening is much more lenient towards the filming aspect rather than editing side.

Camera: The shots are very static, but there are some very elogant and good close ups of the girl applying makeup, such as the mirror shot, and the close up of her lips. Also the 'Duck' floating in the bath is a very good shot and interrupts the static feel to the piece.

Mise En Scene: The duck plays a key aspect in the shot, allowing the potential dead boy in the bath to be viewed from another perspective. Another vital piece is the attire that is being worn, it is very smart and elegant perhaps indicating the night before may have been after a formally dressed meal or event.

Below are some screenshot's with some good camera shots, mise en scene and lighting.