16th of march

today lesson we split our group into two ashleigh and emma had sure we was up to date on our blog and emily and harry started writing up our evaluation.

13th of march

went made sure the film was ready for all the group to watch and analyse,
the second half of the lesson we went around and watched all the other group pieces and marked them to the sheet giving.
the sheet asked us for our opinions on the film.

12th of march

we put the fade effect over our film and sorted the colour out to fit the genre.
we had to change the mid,whites and black to get the effects we wanted,
had to make sure it was all the same throughout the film so it looked consistent.

9th of march

we finalised the edited and added our sound tracks and sorted out the timing to make sure it fitted.
we also all went over our film making sure we stuck to all the rules.

6th OF MARCH

we uploaded our new filming and started editing.
cutting the length and sorting out timing.

5th march

filming day 2,
today we re-shot from different angle and re did some old shot to make sure we kept to the rule of continuity.
we also shot more shot of harry as we thought we needed more shots of him in our film.

monday 2nd of march

we spoke to the our teacher and between us all, we decided it was better to re shoot some shots,as they were not as effective as they could have been.

also in the lesson we tried fitting the music to what we had already to see if it was giving the right image.

26th feb

finalised the music and made sound track for the tension building part in our film. in this music we used a lot of sound effects and a base beat.

monday 23rd of feb

continued editing and cutting shots to size.

13th of feb

In lesson today we watched over our filming and started to edited while edited we came across some mistakes,we wrote and listed camera shot which would need re-filming and new shots we would of liked to try out and even put in.
during the edited we all had to decide the order and the length of the shots.
we thought it was a good idea to started off with longer shots and further away shots and then get closer to build tension as it fits the genre.
overall good lesson but some re shooting needed.

feb the 12th

today we met up and filmed our opening sequence our location was the priory park and we used the woods at the back for our teen horror,we had a camera shot list so we knew the angles of our shots,and what we had to do we also tried to think of different shots just incase we wanted to put them in our film.
Me n emma did most of the camera filming as emily and harry were in our film.we all worked together to try and make it a successful day.javascript:void(0)

monday 2nd of march

in today lesson we planned our filming day we sorted out times location,and also made our music in sound track.
the music that we made was for the opening 20 seconds it was digetic sound as we used it for the background music but it was made to look like it was coming from the actor headphones in the film,the music was up beat and was influence from the song dirty little secret by all american rejects.we used a lot of drums sounds and electric guitar.

Evaluation

In your view how effective were the following?

people found that the Mise en Scene - out of excellent to very weak said that it was mainly good, we had one that said that we were ok and one said that it was excellent.
The camera work was again marked from excellent to very weak, people felt that it was, good this was what all the groups said.
The editing was also marked from excellent to very weak, people said that - it was mainly good with one ok and one excellent.
the sound was marked from excellent to very weak. people felt, that the sound was either ok which 3 groups thought and 2 groups thought that it was excellent.
The titles were marked from excellent to very weak, people felt that the titles were mainly ok and good there was one group that thought that it was weak.

What in your view are the film's main strengths?

The intro to the jog was good, and the use of the mise en scene that was used were good. The costumes, titles and sound track were said to be very good. the camera and editing were good and people said that it flows well when the women is running. the music at the begging fits the genre.

How do you think the film could be improved?

People felt that the title shots could have been better and they thought that they should have been up for longer at the end. People felt that there should have been a few more hand held shots in the film to create more tension. One group feel that the genre wasn't portrayed clear enough, and another thought that the editing could have been a bit better than it was and again thought that it should have been clearer about what we were trying to achieve. One group felt that the music didnt match the genre.

Other comments that were put in were that the location was good and the music was great.

This is our idea for the font of our title. It is called 'cold night for alligators'. We liked it because it looks eerie and adds to the scariness of our film.

lesson on the 12th feb

In today's lesson, we needed to print out the script and shot list so that when filming we had something to refer to. We went on soundtrack again and added to our piece of tension music. We also looked at the film 'Shrooms' for music ideas and we liked how the music created the suspense feeling and brought tension. They used a lot of distorted and dissonant sounds which will work well in our film. They also had high pitched and sharp, sudden sounds which scares the audience. 

Today we will also begin filming from around 12.30 onwards in Priory Park. 

Preparation For Filming

Props - Ipod

       Ipod holder

       Drink Bottle

       Phone

       Knife

      

Costume - Killer - Balaclava

     Dark Clothing

     Ella - running clothes 

Camera, tape, tripod 

lesson 6th of feb

Today we split  into twos and worked on sound for our opening sequence,

ashleigh and emma create a piece of music for the ipod and also decided on the theme tune 

while emily and harry worked together to make the main piece of tension music in the opening sequence.

MUSIC

Our theme tune for our film will be teddy bear picnic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZANKFxrcK

This song will extinguish the opening sequence from the beginning of the film.

We have also create a music on soundtrack  this piece of music will be the music playing on her ipod.

Lesson 5th feb

Today we were supposed to film, however our leading actress was ill so instead we decided to try and create our piece of music for the ipod. This was done by using sound track during the lesson. However due to not having Emily here we weren't able to do much else regarding filming. On Friday's lesson we plan to try and do what we planned to do on the Monday lesson, the whole production is now a lesson behind due to the snow days that we encountered.

Lesson 30th Feb

In today's lesson we completed our story board, this means that we are on schedule with our schedule therefore leaving us with more time to do the more important parts such as filming. However we also had to add some more shots into our Story board as we didn't have enough, and we as a group had to get to grips with the rules of 3rds again as we hadn't use it in awhile. So to get rid of some our photo's that didnt comply with this rule we had to use the flop effect in Final cut to sort out our error. We then filled out our time table so we know when things need to be done by. Lastly we then started to do some clothing research so that we get across the right effect from our characters.

This is what we did in today's lesson.

Schedule For the Production of our our film

Friday 30th Jan - Finish the story board.

Monday 2nd Feb - We are going to plan location, costumes, props.

Wednesday 4th Feb - Film in PP(Priory Park)until 5'oclock. Also buying props before hand.

Thursday 5th Feb - Filming again in PP all day after media and again until 5.

Friday 6th Feb - Last minute filming if needed/ upload the footage to the computer.

Saturday 7th Feb - Write up what we have done in the last two days of filming on Blogspot.

Monday 9th Feb - Put the shots in order on the computer and then beging cutting.

Thursday 12th Feb - Finishing cutting.

Friday 13th Feb - Create soundtrack(Tension music) whilst this is being done we will also continue cutting if not already finished.

Monday 23rd Feb - Doing the recording of'Dirty Little Secret' put TBP to the film and the 'tension' music.

Thursday 26th Feb - Put Dirty Little Secret music behind the film. Also tidy up the film and make sure that all is complete

Friday 27th Feb - Extra time if it is needed.

Costume Research

The character of Ella is out on a jog in our opening sequence. For that reason we decided she needs to be wearing some sort of jogging outfit. We had a few ideas and researched on the internet to see what was appropriate. Shorts were very popular but due to the weather of the season we thought it would be unrealistic for Ella to be wearing shorts this time of year. We therefore decided to have Ella in leggings, t-shirt and a jumper. Here is an image which we think would be similar to costume.




The other character we have in the opening is the masked figure. He needs to be wearing dark clothing that covers his whole body and a mask to make him look mysterious.

Logo idea

What we did this lesson - 29th

Lesson analysis

Today we completed our script for our film, it was completed in time. This means that we can now move on and concentrate on getting all the other pieces we need to get ready for filming next week such as costumes and props. More over in this lesson we also did most of our story board - we went outside by the wooded area in the college as it looks most like the area that we are going to and then took photos of all the camera angles that we plan to use in the two minute film. We then uploaded them to the computer and started to put them into final cut to finish in fridays lesson. Whilst we were doing this we also decided when it would be best for us to film and meet up with each other, we chose wednesday and thursday week commencing as it best fits with our time tables. Then Ashleigh started to write out when we have to get certain things completed by so that we have an timetable so we dont start to fall behind and keep on top of things.

That was the lesson on the 29th January

Pitch link

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Shot List for Storyboard

Long Shot of Woods

Tracking Shot of ELLA

Close up on ELLA's face

Medium Close Up from behind

Tracking Shot

Close Up on feet

Extreme Close Up on Phone

Pans Out

Long Shot

Close Up on face

Point of view shot

Pans around

Tracking Shot

Long Shot behind her

Medium close up as she falls

Close up on masked figure's face

Close up on Ella's face

Medium Close up as she struggles to get away

Close up on phone as it drops

Pans into Extreme Close Up of the screen

Zooms out to opening of woods

Script

Dirty Little Secret

Opening Scene

Ext. Nighttime

It's early evening, there is a eerie blue light as the sun sets. The scene is set in a wood. The trees and air are still.

ELLA sets off for a jog through the woods at the back of her house. She begins to run through the trees with her ipod playing music in her ears.

Phone buzzes as ELLA receives a text from an unknown number

ELLA stops running and picks up the phone from her trouser pocket and presses the open button to read the message. The message displays...

'Look behind, and tell your sister to do the same'

ELLA suddenly looks panicked and rips the ipod from her ears. The music abruptly stops. She whips her head around, the camera changes to a point of view shot and pans slowly round. We see a masked figure in the distance, scary music begins. ELLA runs, panting loudly, in and out of trees. The camera cuts back to where the figure was but he is no longer there. ELLA falls as she trips and looks up to see the masked figure standing in front of her. 

ELLA: (Screams)

The Masked figure grabs ELLA and drags her through the forest. ELLA's phone drops out her pocket while this is happening and starts to ring with the ringtone of 'Teddy Bear's Picnic'. The Camera goes to a close up of the phone and displays...

'Lucy Calling'

The ringtone then turns into the real music and the title comes onto the screen.

DISTRIBUTION

our film will be release in the cinemas all over the country ,then out on dvd and we will be advertising it in new papers and in produce a trailer,we will also be creating posters.we will also be showing our film in the cannes festival in may.

we will also be having interview will the main characters on tv,and in magazines.

PRODUCTION STAGES:

CAST-for opening scene - main character ella and the killer.

ella is a young women at the age of 19,she has blonde hair blue eyes and a lovely smile,she has just started working in her new job which is for daily mirror as a internal,she lives on her own in a small flat in reigate.she is very close to her older sister they spend alot of time together as that all they had when they were growing up.

The killer is a unknown but turns out to be there father,he wears dark black clothes and is coming back for revenge,as ellas mother died giving birth to her and he has always blamed ella for it,thats why he was never there for them in there childhood.

LOCATIONS-The film is based in the small town of reigate and in the woods near her sisters house.

MUSIC-We would like to have a theme tunes of teddy bears picnic as her ring tune which leads into the main scene which ends the opening sequence.we are also hoping to have tension building peice of music when she is running from the killer.ipod playing dirty little secret then silence

COSTUMES-ella wear running tracksuit for the opening scene as she is going for a jog in the woods.
- killer dark hooded clothing and a mask.

PROPS-mobile phone,knife and fake blood,ipod playing dirty little secret.

student Research - Analysis - Halloween

Sound - The footage is silent for the first 1.03min of the film - this scares the audience as people are curious and don't know what is happening and why it is so silent. Then the music starts playing, and it is a high pitch sound which quitens down as the person enters the back door. We then have the sound of the draw opening and the person grasping the knife. The music is not very quick paced, this portrays the idea that the person is trying their best not to be heard or seen. The music continues to be quiet as they go upstairs almost creeping likie he is. The music then becomes loud and higher pitched when we see the women, and she gets stabbed. We then hear the car pull up outside and we are confused to what is happening, and then the music gets louder as the car doors open, and more instruments are added to the music as the parents get out and they reveal the killer.

Overall Effects - The audience become scared whilst following the eyes of the stranger as they dont know what is about to happen. Then the audience get tense and surprised with what is going on through the scene when they see the knife. When the girl gets killed the audience fear for whats going to happen next and when the killer is revealed as a little boy the whole audience become shocked and confused.

Student Research - Analysis - Halloween

Camera - Handheld, Point of View shot puts the audience in the mind of the character walking around and so they can empathise with them. Long Shot of exterior of house shows to the audience the setting. One continuos shot as person walks around and inside the house builds up tension. Close up on the kitchen drawer as character pulls out a knife. Medium Close Up of clown mask on the floor as character reaches out from behind the camera and puts it on. Audience can then only see through the eyes of the mask as if they are wearing it. Camera then switches so it is no longer point of view to a Medium Close Up of a young boy in a clown outfit holding the knife. Brings shock as we find out the murderer is actually a child. Camera then pans out to an Extreme Long Shot of the house and people outside it so audience are left to contemplate the events that have just happened.

Genre - Horror/Thriller

Student research - Analysis - Halloween

Narrative - two teens in a house, they go upstairs and the lights go out, someone is watching from outside and the person walks into the house. They slowly walk around, the boy teen leaves the girl alone and the girl teen gets stabbed by anonymous person. They walk out the house, the parents come home to see their son with a knife, with blood on it, dressed up in a clown suit.

Target Audience - Aimed at teenagers

Sypnosis

Girl is running through the woods late in the night, we hear loud panting, and just keep seeing her through the tree's running. We as yet dont know why she is running. she then hides from something that she was running from, she makes a call to someone. When she finishes on the phone, we hear leaves crunching on the ground in the woods, the girl looks around for whoever it is, when she turns back to run we see a man in a mask in her face, he just stares at her, and then you hear a scream and we just get a close up of the women falling to the ground with a knife in her chest, still alive dragged off into the woods. We then cut back to several days before the women that gets killed, where the women that gets killed is becoming hassled at work from a stranger, she starts to recieve weird emails, saying that someone is watching her, then she starts to see someone following her. She then recieves phone calls from this person but whenever she answers them there is no-one there. Then she starts recieving texts, emails, phone calls, just stating her adress. She now decides to move to her sisters near a woods, she goes for a run even though her sister says its dangerous but ignores her as she believes this person can't know that she is here, whilst on the run she recievs another phone call, all she is told is ' look behind you' and 'And tell your sister the same thing - this is where the movie starts, When she starts running. 

Lesson 1-Production Company

Production Team - Ashley Is production Manager ( Emily is production manager when Ashley is away ) 

                              Emily is the Editor and Production sound

                              Emma is the Director of Photography 

                              Harry is the film director

Our Name is - Mario Productions.