tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66660166347975367022024-03-19T01:42:37.308-07:00AlieCMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-59996917088857132972009-04-21T11:50:00.000-07:002009-04-21T03:48:19.395-07:00In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtT9bQ2mmBlx5YDdXxEjfKAZAA30-C8RqpivQNq5RSktvo4eNcJFKiQbmoRzS-2ROvDlozctTbwr17nbOXdaQ1WCMVPIQsazI1W0QRBGHX8Snc2MfG_JW5XNTrPmrfmSqnN9FvZk2Fgo/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtT9bQ2mmBlx5YDdXxEjfKAZAA30-C8RqpivQNq5RSktvo4eNcJFKiQbmoRzS-2ROvDlozctTbwr17nbOXdaQ1WCMVPIQsazI1W0QRBGHX8Snc2MfG_JW5XNTrPmrfmSqnN9FvZk2Fgo/s400/Picture+12.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309275429690878530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 1 is of camera movement. This shot is quite slow movement as it pans up the stairs which I think is very effective in making suspense and fits in well with the thriller theme. </div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 2 is lighting. The light in this shot is red, the light in this shot is created by having red blinds shut on a very sunny day. I didn't plan using red lighting but after shooting it a few times with and without the red lighting and found that the red lighting made the shot look more dramatic. Also I think it fit's well with the blood that the opening title sequence is based around.</div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 3 is framing. I really like this shot, it is my favorite shot in the opening sequence. As the shot begins it is of a fish swimming around a fish tank, it makes the audience think that the fish is important and what the shot is based around, but then it zooms out and reveals a pair of binoculars. The framing in this shot is good because it makes the binoculars appear as though they are floating. I think that this shot fits very well with the triller theme of the film, it adds a lot of suspense as the audience will then want to know why the binoculars a relevant to the rest of the film.</div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 4 is transition. This shot is just a simple fade-out. I didn't use any other transitions other than fade-in and fade-out because it takes the audiences attention away from the film opening.</div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 5 is typography. This shot is of the title of my film, most of the titles in my opening are actually on the shots but I felt that it would be better to put the title of the film on a black background as it is to separate the shots between david's house and holly's house. The font I used was 'bank gothic', I chose this font because I felt that it needed to be simple, easy to read, fit in with the triller genre, but I didn't want it to be boring.</div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 6 is setting. This shot is just a simple house that zooms in on one of the upstairs windows. The shot of the house shows the audience that the setting is just an ordinary suburban street. The fact that the shot then zooms in, adds tension because the audience is waiting to see what is happening inside the house.</div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 7 is narrative. I chose this shot as my narrative shot because this is the first shot that shows the knife and the blood. This is the first shot that shows the audience the intense thriller theme. Before this shot the audience doesn't have a very good idea of what the film will involve.</div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 8 is costumes and props. This shot shows that the main props in the opening are the knife and the blood, there are quite a few other important props in the opening but the knife and blood are the important to the rest of the film and to the triller genre. This shot shows only one piece of costume, the trousers of the girl (holly). Her trousers are just plain black. The props and costume are in this shot because I think it takes away some of the suspense to have too much going on in a shot.</div><div><br /></div><div>Key Frame 9 is visual effects. This shot is the blood in the sink. I think that the way the blood drips and runs down the sink fits very well with the genre as it adds a lot of suspense because the audience doesn't know where the blood dripping is coming from.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>...I didn't base any of shots on particular shots from other films or television shows. Although my title sequence in general has some parts, such as the zooming in on the house, which are based around the zooming in on the suburban street in the opening of american beauty. There are quite a few things about my opening that resemble the opening to american beauty, like the shot of objects that people pick up, or some feet as they are moving, or close-up of people's hands whilst doing somethings instead of showing their faces. </div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-38978689703796629162009-04-21T11:49:00.000-07:002009-04-21T03:49:32.239-07:00How does you media product present particular social groups?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ltZMu21N5ZqnInvODQAjLNcNUXB5y-rndHgHxw_pzJk6FNkzAzce4wvmhl5YLbtyGkTvPT2Ke6-N_GTG_-RLH6P6I4ph78K-vnh4Pbx6WbyRG4RczIcw7izzXelOWJNRs82jgCaEGIs/s1600-h/Picture+16.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ltZMu21N5ZqnInvODQAjLNcNUXB5y-rndHgHxw_pzJk6FNkzAzce4wvmhl5YLbtyGkTvPT2Ke6-N_GTG_-RLH6P6I4ph78K-vnh4Pbx6WbyRG4RczIcw7izzXelOWJNRs82jgCaEGIs/s320/Picture+16.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309668888151167362" /></a><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw6ami1a89dIQfgXRykWPtxC5nd_fomWJ08rB0XLKuzgDvpYBCuRXLmOi6-GgVhEY8AE2hxaBh4mE_71-yuhFV_DrnyxmX947CW83mo6Ewl6Z1lZ71YcYSPpQjIe-sQTpVfuQxLRkbQI/s320/Picture+17.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309670060729718850" />My film opening sequence represents the character group of murderers in films.<div>In my film, like many other, the audience has an idea about who the murder is due to the picture </div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeiuxsEYWbQoQPGS_QJfsAxJxrLyk3wZzTxUwVvCZL0hcvAzdJMZLOBUJ1RvbTxD84HOOVAjfQXvSVO9TRwAxrDcTAXcQzOsSer2Xi2fMAdY9LE2sbbn6FBH8joldBuKhr3jJlCLrnB8/s320/Picture+15.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309668741662540274" /><div>of her, but there isn't actually a shot of her face, just shots of her legs and hands. This is very similar to the murderer in the film disturbia, the audience know what her looks like but it doesn't always show his face, also in both film, to begin with, the audience doesn't know anything about the murderer, why they kill people, who the people are that they are killing. </div><div>Having the opening sequen</div><div>ce not actually show the murderer adds a lot of suspense because you can't see if it actually is the girl from the picture that is shown in the opening, you can't see any of her other than legs and hands. In the film disturbia although it does show the murderer's face when the murdering </div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOi3cyQqkgvvVmESgUkauerK0u2zfSRSZLHmra8fwXkWyto3j52f3nzS2SqMNdxl_kvpQa6e0QsToZMmzT9G3smDX2SgjMqeGapbyq1-aBRRjyA980gC27XbK3hYoTRl_lnvZxgYLfcRk/s320/Picture+18.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309669260181494226" /><div>starts it is the same suspense</div><div> with not knowing what is going on.</div><div>Another similarity that the murderer in my film and the murderer in Disturbia is the type of costume, although you don't see any of my character's costume apart from her trousers, both murderers where a lot of plain and simple, black c</div><div>lothing. The colour black in the costume show </div><div>that the characters are not very nice</div><div> and happy people, if they were wearing bright and colourful clothing it would make the audience believe that they were nice people and not the bad guys.</div><div>Although the murderers in both mine and disturbia have many similarities, they are not really anything a like, the murderer in disturbia is a middle aged man and the murderer in my film is a teenage girl.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-74510346500948271602009-04-21T11:48:00.000-07:002009-04-21T03:51:28.099-07:00What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How did you attract/address your audience?<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jQ5CDEJB89w&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jQ5CDEJB89w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This is my film opening title sequence with my Directors Commentary.<div>My commentary was not long enough to fill the whole of the length of the sequence so I just placed short bit of commentary in different sections of the sequence where I felt they fitted.</div><div>To make sure that whoever is watching it doesn't get bored of having nothing to listen to whilst there is no commentary, every time I stop speaking the original music plays to fill the silence.</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-7629927382758037272009-04-21T11:47:00.000-07:002009-04-21T03:53:22.178-07:00Who would be the audience for your media product?Feedback;<div><br /></div><div>'Thought that the sound went really with the footage and I don't think any of that needs changing.'<div><br /></div><div>'Nice shots, some held for to long - shorten, music works well.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Title were well placed in the shot, but perhaps too bland, needs more interesting font.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Work on fonts and maybe text animation.'</div><div><br /></div><div>The range of shots is good and they establish the scene well. The close ups are good.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Good cuts between shots, a bit jumpy - needs transiting, shot at the end is a bit long.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'The scenes overall don't need editing as they are very good.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Good use of shot distance, zoom confusing, varied use of close/med/long etc.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Shots work work, like the way it zooms out of the window, get a good idea of the criteria of the film, maybe some characters, smooth movement.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Alot of thought put into editing, kept each shot in proportion and their timing, the 'title' was to long.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Happy music doesn't seem to fit to the sequence, possibly needs some more sound effects.'</div><div>'Good choice of location , houses/costume is good and fake blood/knife good for props.'<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>'Good use of significant objects, blood looks real.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Good intro, kitchen is a good scene, works well with all the blood.'</div><div><br /></div><div>'Does it need music throughout? what effect are you trying to creative with the choice of music?'</div></div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-91086367386519182022009-04-21T11:46:00.000-07:002009-04-21T03:53:56.848-07:00What have you learnt about technologies from the process of construction this product?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQM0mlsx2FomtGZ0K97th5ZBwFg6g6jgvyU1SSZrxA8FZGA-_EIPILpr1y_kzDhkOkZUBkhGdZ9A2S3VM8eFAZDuJG5Iil_VG9PTAxduC3if9-4TdfNezqDXvY-pbC7wSd2wFc3RAbQc/s1600-h/pictuesforevaluations2.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBokwwbyBjCrdS353MUWOWhpS-Ak_8HinHwLrWYFyI7xlYONY-Uzgp8U-PPkxiCxXtR3mG6tGcw6UHqe5KTXWdt29OnRo-9QkMpnkusFPyn5V6szrW_7-L0wbn2wIORNLZg9uAxHiTBk/s400/Picture+43.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309767643017124418" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Since the continuity editing task I have learnt a lot about filming and editing.<br />Using the skills I learnt from doing the continuity task it help me a lot when filming and editing my film opening sequence, it help me in particular when filming and editing a shot from my sequence that begins with a sho</div><div>t of the murderer holding a knife from the side, then cuts to a shot of she holding the knife from a different angle. When filming I almost made a continuity error and had the girl hold the knife differently in the second shot, but thanks to what I le</div><div>arnt in the preliminary task I manage to correct the mistake before filming it.<br />That shot was the only shot that needed the skills I learnt from the continuity task, because it was the only shot that needed 'match on action' the rest of my shot are a montage of different zoom-in, zoom-out and pan shots that do not fit together with 'match on action'. There is also no shots that involve breaking other filming rules that we learnt in the continuity task, like 180 degree rule.<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 383px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfytjaLc3FvlIdntTlYYcu7_WmF4phYt85UGzjHmW-qj9N-ZfmT274WC8p5mFUbtP0NZzVMq6WcfJqlc1dipd_nobNdiC_XVldHqBRRqGJv9v_sQ_IqTx0l-y5nBhLn2sHb6W7lXSZts/s400/Picture+44.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309768709314036978" /><div> <img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pdemTyCb0_aN-2HPGqhSXDtV85iyK-Iw7RU8BKeyrCTKzaXRIITQQkwNYmBNIOrfA68pWHah0LFYmcyCWvHAYkvBjAxnH49M1t19-mJS7P78fP3HpkvC2Y8LIA5YIuxM7AK8mD0eTJE/s400/Picture+45.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309767898151533458" /><br /></div></div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-41867191299623042862009-03-02T02:22:00.000-08:002009-04-21T03:42:00.668-07:00Invoice AuditThe things that people invoiced me for when they helped me have shown me that the main technical skills that I need to work on are;<div>- Photoshop</div><div>- After effects</div><div>- Garageband</div><div>I am not very good on how to use these programs, I can do the basics but when it comes to more complexed things I have to ask for a lot of help which is why I have more people invoice me that the amount of times I invoice other people. For my next project I will need to get more confident in using photoshop, garageband and after effects.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have only use the invoices with six different people, three people invoiced me and I invoiced three people. During my next project I am going to try and invoice a lot more people and be invoiced a lot more. In my next project I am going to try and not just use the invoice system with more people than; matt mike, philippa, dave, alex and kirk.</div><div><br /></div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-43733672890632373662009-03-02T02:10:00.000-08:002009-04-21T03:42:20.232-07:00Information Clouds<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 347px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHeSCDUCGT4msc4hhMqm7k_KaiaDi4arxtZ-R_CxlT4pcmpH2zMtq2xRB7_lN4LB4SrwEmpebm51QF96W7CPnylCL0QgaR8rcfkzLwP819PrDs8iU7po-yGq6n3lTrevG3o82n7qgXHw/s400/Picture+13.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309644242180500178" /><div style="text-align: center;">People I have helped</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiLmMuaCnyvV_849bF-htpi4iiS9hlNjewo36bsm0kHYKvroKTe5TgSMM_VHxPysfc5N_HVtysL6UrQZMLJEtNDeulpZCc_C2tsLwfbmbHNhQLx5lmMdcVbE_cIPxmdwMQ0nChHvSCC0/s1600-h/Picture+14.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiLmMuaCnyvV_849bF-htpi4iiS9hlNjewo36bsm0kHYKvroKTe5TgSMM_VHxPysfc5N_HVtysL6UrQZMLJEtNDeulpZCc_C2tsLwfbmbHNhQLx5lmMdcVbE_cIPxmdwMQ0nChHvSCC0/s400/Picture+14.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309644486107984210" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">People that helped me</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Although there are only three people in each box, what I have noticed from doing this task is that I did not help any of the same people that helped me. I also received more people than I gave out. I organised these box as though the names are on a sort of podium, the best comments and advice are in the middle at the top, the next best is lower down at the right and the least good comments and advice are lowest down on the left.</div><br /><br /><br /></div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-82673501404727118272009-03-01T13:34:00.000-08:002009-03-01T14:21:43.404-08:00EvaluationsIn what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)<div>My film opening in many ways has stuck to conventional opening title sequences; it shows the difference between the two characters and gives you detail about what the rest of the film involves without giving away the total plot of the film. Although like many other film opening is does not introduce the audience to any characters. My film opening is a thriller film, but it does not involve the type of music that you would expect to be in a thrillers opening title sequence, it uses music that in a way can be seen as happy.<br /><br />How does your media product represent particular social groups?</div><div>My film opening in a way represents the social groups of teenagers, although the film is about a murderer, it is also about a teenage boy who falls in love with a girl and doesn't really know what to do about his feelings, a struggles with that fact that she does not have feelings for him.</div><div>This film is mainly based for a teenage audience, but also may appeal to some adult audience.<br /><br />What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?<br />Companies that would be interested in a thriller based for teenage - adult audiences, that is farely low budget.</div><div><br />Who would be the audience for your media product?<br />teenagers and possibly some adults.</div><div><br />How did you attract/address your audience?<br />...</div><div><br />What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?</div><div>I have learnt a lot about how a film opening is construted and what they must involved to be; interesting, let the audience know something about what the film will involve but not to much information that they can guess the rest of the film. Also I have learnt how to make an opening title sequence not look like a movie trailer.<br /><br />Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?</div><div>I have learnt a lot since we shot the continuity task, in the continuity task we made quite a few errors of continuity. But in shooting my film opening I had learnt that I did not make the same mistakes. There was one part of my film opening that I was shooting that there is a shot of the girl holding the knife in her right hand and when I shot the next shot of her holding the knife, I nearly made the mistake of her holding the knife in her left hand but through using my knowledge from the continuity task I realised it before filming a shot with continuity errors. The continuity help me in many was when making my film opening as it taught me a lot about error that are easily made in filming.</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-30526225114728269992009-03-01T13:21:00.000-08:002009-03-01T13:33:35.914-08:00Shooting my filmThe filming to my film's opening title sequence when very well.<div>I got all of the footage that I need within 2 afternoons of filming.</div><div>I would have manage to shoot it all in one day, but I left it too long in the first afternoon that it began to get quite dark outside, and I was using the sun as the lighting in my film.</div><div><br /></div><div>Day one of filming...</div><div>In the first day of filming I shot all of the shots that involved the fake blood, I thought that getting all of these shot done first would be more practical because these would take a lot more time and preparation than the others. The shooting took quite a lot longer than I had intended it to, because I shot many of the shots several times to make sure that I had enough footage if some the footage didn't look as good as I had hope. This taking so long meant that I had to shoot the rest of the shots the next day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Day two of filming...</div><div>In my second day of shooting I got the rest of the footage that I need for my title sequence, in the second day I shot all of the footage of david's bedroom and of the houses. I managed to shot all of these shots a lot faster than the ones from the day before, as these shots did not take as much time to preprate and tidy away, and also I didn't have to take a lot of time redoing thing such as the fake blood.</div><div>The shot that took the longest to get right, and that I had to film a lot of times was the shot of the fish, I need the fish to swim in and out of the shot, but obviously you can not make a fish take instructions so I had to film a lot of the fish and wait until the fish did what I wanted it to.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Overall I feel that my shooting went very well, I got all of the shots that I needed and did it quite quickly and easily!</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-20574942346317159502009-02-27T07:58:00.000-08:002009-03-03T14:46:27.253-08:00FINAL SEQUENCE<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/47vNVBxQb7s&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/47vNVBxQb7s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This is my final version on my film's opening title sequence.<div>I am very happy with how my final sequence has turned out, although there were a few things that still could have been made better with a little more time. If I had another lesson to finish my film sequence I would probably try out adding some animation to the text so that it does not just fade-in and fade-out. However even without text animation I still like how my opening sequence is and it has, in many ways, turned out exactly the way I had planned!</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-29126690256137277072009-02-27T01:11:00.000-08:002009-02-27T01:16:11.939-08:00ChangesI have taken the advice that people gave me in there comments and have realised what I need to change in my film opening sequence.<div><br /></div><div>- change font (i am thinking about using 'Bank Gothic')</div><div>- possible animatic fonts (am not too sure)</div><div>- shorten last shot</div><div>- shorten 'Title'</div><div>- change my names to other peoples names</div><div><br /></div><div>...a few of the comment said that they think I should re-think the music in my film opening, but I have decided to keep it, I like that it creates and contrast of emotion (happy music, horror scene) and in a way I think it fit with my film very well.</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-11565743837132569622009-02-25T05:11:00.000-08:002009-02-25T05:16:09.358-08:00Rough Cut<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9bKt_yDZ3TA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9bKt_yDZ3TA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This is the rough cut of my film opening sequence.<div>I really like how my film opening is turning out, although there are still a few parts of the film and a few title that I feel I may change.</div><div>I am really glad that so far I have gotten the video to match the length of the piece of music playing.</div><div>Also I'm glad that it is around two minutes long, because when I was planning and filming I was worried that it wouldn't be enough to last the whole two minutes.</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-819847326500645232009-02-25T03:08:00.000-08:002009-02-25T03:13:32.496-08:00New title listSexual Llama Productions<br />An Alie Faulkner Film<br />Barry Faulkner<br />Leni Einerman<br />Nichole Shipp, Charlotte Nobbs<br />Amy Taylor, Natalie Biscoe<br />Craig Griffiths, James Young<br />TITLE<br />Casting by Natalie Nicoll<br />Costume design by Hannah Howell<br />Editor - Natalie Nicoll, Director of Photography - Natalie Nicoll<br />Co-producers - Holly Myhill & Lisa Nicoll<br />Executive Producer - Natalie Nicoll<br />Directed by Natalie Nicoll<br /><br /><br />The main changes to my title list is that I change the two main actors names from; david nicoll & holly myhill, to; barry faulkner & leni einerman.<br />.....the reason that I change them is because holly and david and the names of the character as well as the actors, and in my opening sequence it makes it very clear what the characters names are.CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-57033796314521747682009-02-24T10:28:00.000-08:002009-02-24T10:31:38.319-08:00Three TipsThree tips for myself when doing my next project;<div>1- Plan the project better, and be very sure of my idea so that I don't change my idea like I did this time.</div><div>2- Make sure that I shot everything several times so that I have options of which ones is the best.</div><div>3- Make sure that I have good lighting, because during this project I waited to long to film things and it had gotten to dark to film so I had to wait until the next day.</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-59311915253975109372009-02-24T10:11:00.000-08:002009-02-24T10:28:33.682-08:00My Picture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGebenUpIGeLTv8nBHj7VkiC7qMukdNt-2kCQaDKhO84d2o_TtWcQRlWVeSBgpcvUHnpGJPTLLwLkSc4UvtSxE7DstDHXbzXkbqZ6GVPhPfjIDlQ9rWzKCrZEz7pP13Bur5Hw8laaWzQ/s1600-h/Picture+32.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGebenUpIGeLTv8nBHj7VkiC7qMukdNt-2kCQaDKhO84d2o_TtWcQRlWVeSBgpcvUHnpGJPTLLwLkSc4UvtSxE7DstDHXbzXkbqZ6GVPhPfjIDlQ9rWzKCrZEz7pP13Bur5Hw8laaWzQ/s320/Picture+32.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306428181177087874" /></a>Me, my mum and my sister working out and testing ways to make the fake blood drip off of objects or down things. This was good because we came up with a lot of good ideas and filmed them and I am going to use them in my film opening. This was also a lot of fun, covering the majority of my kitchen and kitchen objects in fake blood (red food colouring.)CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-60882430448923773992009-02-23T13:17:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:22:52.859-08:00Risks when filmingThe main risks while filming my opening sequence;<br />- Breaking or dropping my camera or tripod.<br />- Tripping down the stairs whilst filming on the stairs.<br />- Staining object that I put fake blood on.<br />- Stabbing myself in the foot whilst dropping the knife onto the floor.<br /><br />Ways of lowering risks;<br />- be very careful when moving camera around.<br />- be sensible and causious when moving around on stairs.<br />- only use the fake blood on un-important objects or unstainable objects.<br />- make sure that I am aware of where my feet are when dropping the knife and drop it very carefully.CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-9805728942918697312009-02-23T13:12:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:14:25.790-08:00The MusicFor my film opening sequence I will be using the same piece of music that I used for my moodboard and both of my animatics.<br />It a piece of music from Garageband called; Jaracanda.CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-39972826635494606172009-02-23T13:11:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:12:03.418-08:00New Animatic<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/845iMRjHegw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/845iMRjHegw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />This is the animatic of the new storyboard to my opening sequence.CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-35659162062893030012009-02-23T13:08:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:10:49.558-08:00New CostumeAs the only part of mine and charlotte's bodies that will be seen are legs and hands;<div>the only costume we will need is a pair of black trousers</div><div>we will also where short sleeve t-shirt so that they will not be seen</div><div>and we will not be wearing any shoes</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-3888756816108072172009-02-23T13:03:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:07:47.894-08:00New Cast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjA6gOaJXStvpcb1AJ4Dn1Bwm_gVm2qmUpg7Mqo-3rF7FbFjtHjMuhaZoEd97-DIig8ZBRruBW7loKMtj59Fq1QLf01qIAYUOStp_6gLpx6_t-Ysk6vxHEQZ0IlfAF7HdBVmT-ixJ2Ndg/s1600-h/Picture+37.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjA6gOaJXStvpcb1AJ4Dn1Bwm_gVm2qmUpg7Mqo-3rF7FbFjtHjMuhaZoEd97-DIig8ZBRruBW7loKMtj59Fq1QLf01qIAYUOStp_6gLpx6_t-Ysk6vxHEQZ0IlfAF7HdBVmT-ixJ2Ndg/s320/Picture+37.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306102359309183202" /></a><br />Although the story is still the same, and the picture in the sequence is of Holly and David, because there is no shots of David and only hands and legs of Holly, me and my sister Charlotte Nobbs will be playing Holly's hands and legs.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>...this is me and charlotte.</div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-60699389716773844172009-02-23T13:02:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:03:19.800-08:00New prop listProps<br />- fish tank/ fish<br />- bonoculas<br />- tap/ sink/ water<br />- fake blood (red food colouring)<br />- chair<br />- bed<br />- pictures<br />- bedroom door sign<br />- knifeCMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-51127168818615348712009-02-23T12:50:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:02:34.017-08:00New Location<div>The locations I will be using for my new sequence are;<div>- my house </div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9V9DvXl__T79eITrIhbYTFYDBar8pdlPez0icGexJ_SKWdAuFZ6CG9B_f9KA6AE3C1SfLHAJVOph9WmTmmotxeYf1DEmmcP0ckgrfmClwsgMdibc5q45zDT45YBCV8sD8w1Wl1xpTeg/s200/Picture+32.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306100670747453490" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>- my neighbour, james', house </div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1H84RU0M669XTi1RfsxaiK7jLeuVfmVvSLS-e3-XhhJb_a_kHvQJAx5tKPz1UYrJfb-tj_18gBMbwlRl0FjhN5ycEIHCvcWh7mcjLLXnKZEXuIVZ2T6VnaH98sObwZwSPjPNcX5GLP4/s200/Picture+33.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306100929591079506" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These are some of the same locations as my first idea.</div><br /></div>CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-79097896806661166332009-02-23T12:49:00.000-08:002009-02-23T12:50:06.499-08:00New Shot List1. Pan - up stairs to the door (zoom in)<br />2. Close up - of sign on bedroom door<br />3. Close up - picture collage (zoom in)<br />4. Extreme close up - picture of holly and david<br />5. Close up - fish tank (zoom out)<br />6. Mid shot - fish tank and bonoculas<br />7. Mid shot - bonoculas hanging on the wall below window (zoom in)<br />8. Extreme close up - window blinds (from inside)<br />9. Extreme close up - window blinds (from outside) (zoom out)<br />10. Long shot - david's house<br />11. Long shot - holly's house (zoom in)<br />12. Close up - holly's window<br />13. Mid shot - holly sitting on chair drops bloody knife onto floor, walks away<br />14. Mid shot - holly's feet walking<br />15. Close up - sink with blood in it<br />16. Mid shot - holly's hands, washing blood off<br />17. Mid shot - blood dripping down cupboards (zoom in)<br />18. Extreme close up - blood drippingCMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666016634797536702.post-31129610456617004502009-02-23T12:30:00.000-08:002009-02-23T12:49:29.347-08:00New Film OpeningI have changed my opening title sequence, my film opening is still based on the same story and characters as my first idea but I have changed my sequence.<br />I thought that my first opening sequence was not a very strong idea and gave away to much of the story.<br />In my new idea it leaves a lot of unanswered questions that the first idea gave away;<br />- how well do they actually know each other<br />- do he know what she's doing<br />- does she know that he's watching her<br />Also this leaves the characters a mystery, it shows you them in a picture but you don't see any of david and you only see holly's hands and legs.CMDIPLOMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335355317198011259noreply@blogger.com0