review of feedback

We had a lot of feedback saying that our film needs a bit of rendering, there was one short clip that wasn't rendered, so we can render that next time we edit.
We also had feedback that sound was needed, we have created our soundtrack and need to add it to our film. We also have recorded a monologue that is read by Josie to read over the top of the soundtrack, this will make the storyline clearer and should put an end to any confusion.
There were a couple of comments about the cuts. They could be slowed down, and we will try that out next time we edit.

Script

I timed how long it would take me to read the script with the result of 36 seconds, we will edit our film to incorporate this, and adjust our footage accordingly.
We are also making a soundtrack in garageband and after the script has been read over the top of it, the music will then heighten and do all the talking.

review and change of script

Death. What is death?
Is it that moment where everything becomes over-exposed. Your vision blurs and your mind flashes to memories that you once felt were beautiful. What is beauty?
The comfortable village of Orwell, surrounded by vast, green fields. This obscure village, was the place I called home.
The gentle brushing of leaves in the summer… the sky so vivid it felt like it was falling, the whole village teeming with life and energy. The houses pretty, the neighbours friendly. This village was the perfect place to live.
However, last autumn, that all changed, for what once was safe, has reflected your insanity.

We have changed our script as we decided not to film at night. We orignially had a poem that was written about the night, and i have cut the script and written to replace it. I will speak the script to find out how long it is, and compare that with how long the rough-cut film is.

Film Title

We have decided on the title for our film, we will call it

'WASTED'

We decided on the title wasted as a one word title is catchy and punchy. We picked 'wasted' as in our film a young life has been wasted, and it also makes the viewer question what the film will be about, e.g "What has been wasted?" or "Who is wasted?"

Review of filming day 1

Yesterday i went out to film the landscape shots that we will use in our thriller, i was able to be driven round to film, which gave me a strong advantage as to where i could go. I experimented with lots of different camera angles, and i got some good shots.

Weather Forecast

The weather forecast for this weekend is of importance because in order to get our shots we need good weather, as it has to look beautiful and picturesque.
However we decided that rain could look good as it will fit in well with the idea of death and we could make it look beautiful, the only issue is using the camera equipment in the rain which we will be able to overcome by using umbrellas to protect the camera.

Tips on Filming at night

We are going to film a shot of the dead girl at night, as this fits with our script, so we decided to watch some videos with useful hints and tips to help us use the correct lighting

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-shoot-film-night-202614/

Make-up testing

This lesson we are trying to make realistic looking bruising using make-up. we got ideas from videos we previously posted.

Ident video

our final ident in animation with music

Making our Ident

We first made our ident using photoshop ( there is a post further down describing what we did)
After this we then put it into final cut express to animate it. We used the earthquake effect to make our ident shake.
I created a soundtrack for our ident on garage band, using synthesizers to give it a cool edge.
We then rendered this with our animated ident and the we converted it to quicktime.
We can now use our ident at the beginning of our thriller opening.

mise en scene

For Josie's characters hair and makeup -
We decided that her hair should be natural and not tied up or in any style as she will have been running so it will need to look messy. We will accessorize it with twigs and leaves in the ends of the hair, as if they have caught there when she has been running.
Her makeup will be fairly natural around her face, maybe some dark eye-makeup to hilight her eyes. She wont be wearing blusher as shes meant to look dead. To carry on the dead look she will be wearing pale foundation and we can enhance her paleness with a filter in final cut. She will also have bruises on her arms and maybe her face created with eyeshadows and streaks of mud.

Here is a video tutorial that we watched to inspire us on how to create a bruised look.

List of equipment we will need

• Camera
• Tripod
• Flowing Dress
  
• Make up
• Jewellery (Dangling Earrings)
  
• twigs and dirt for hair
  
• Spare Battery - for camera
  
• Mains adapter - for camera
• Tape - for camera

This is the type of dress we have in mind, hopefully we will be able to find something similar.

Blue Velvet Analysis

Blue Velvet inspired us in our attempt to make the opening of a thriller.
The trailer itself shows a beautiful 'American Dream' community and town, and then shows the dark truth about it. It is filmed to show beauty the whole way through, but then towards the end this beauty is corrupted by death. That is the idea that we liked so much.
It is also filmed in vivid colours which looks great.
This works well as an opening to a thriller because it makes you wonder what other secrets this 'perfect' community has to offer.

planning locations

Locations

• The forest in Long Road College
• Orwell, the Clunch Pit/ Leden Hill field
• The stream in Orwell rec
  

Permission?

• Forest - No permission needed
  
• Orwell Clunch Pit / Field - No permission needed
  
• The stream - Orwell rec is a public place so no permission needed
  

planning roles - actors

Actress

• Josie - Girl who is dead
  

Suitability

• Josie will be suitable for this role as she doesn't mind getting muddy and wet in the dirty surroundings and the stream. She also has experience staying still for a long time. As well as having long hair which will look perfect for the shots we have in mind.
  

Deadlines

11th Jan to 15th Jan: Thriller introduction.

18th Jan to 22nd Jan: Analysis of real and student examples/ Production logos.

25th Jan to 29th Jan: Planning and delivery of pitches.

1st Feb to 5th Feb: Storyboarding, shot lists and other planning.

Cameras are available from Friday 5th Feb at 4.10pm until shooting deadline of 9am Monday 8th March. Students can have 2 overnights or one weekend to film. There are three weekend slots available ( 6th & 7th Feb, 27th & 28th Feb and 6th & 7th March).

8th Feb to 12th Feb: Filming.

15th Feb to 19th Feb: HALF TERM. NO CAMERAS OUT.

22nd Feb to 26th Feb: Filming and editing.

1st March to 5th March: Filming and editing.

8th March to 12th March: 8th March Shooting deadline. 2nd lesson of this week is Rough Cut Deadline. Third lesson of week, rough cut feedback.

15th March to 19th March: End of second lesson of the week is Final Cut Deadline. Last lesson of the week, feedback on final cuts and re-introduction to Evaluation questions.

22nd March to 26th March: 9am 22nd March is Interim writing deadline. Lessons this week are for feedback on interim drafts and revisions/writing.

9am 29th March: Final writing deadline.

Credits

Credit sequence:

1. A Lucky Boy production
2. Cast- Josephine Lee
   
3. Cast- Carl Lemming
   
4. Cast- Julian Hudson
   
5. Costume design and Art directions- Ceri Hughes
   
6. Production Design- Julia Thomson
   
7. Casting- Jilly smith
   
8. Film editing- Jessica Carlisle
   
9. Cinematography- Christopher Johnson
   
10. Original music- Martin Taylor
    
11. Produced by- Ceri Hughes
    
12. Directed by- Julia Thomson
    
13. Main title- ??? Yet to be decided
    

Storyboard

Brick

We have studied the opening of the film 'Brick' in depth and it has given us the basis of the subgenre we want to film and ideas as to what we will actually film. Brick has a scene that shows a death as something beautiful and the way it is filmed really makes the viewer overwhelmed and astonished by how beautiful it looks and sounds etc. We really liked this as a group and it has given us many ideas, and this will show throughout the opening.
We decided to film a beautiful death in the style of Brick.

Where we will film

This is where i will film some of the scenic shots that will make up our opening sequence in the Village of Orwell.