Evaluation

Paranoia

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Our Final Piece

Final Shoot

21st February
Gerrards Cross
Walk to over the shoulder shot + Death Shot
Actors: Andrew Johnson

In this shoot the Team and I took shots of Andy walking from the side and then panned round so that it became an over the shoulder shot. , this took a few takes but in the end gave a very impressive effect, The reason for this Shot is because the shots from the side waling and the "Stare Shots" do not link correctly and it is hard to distinguish that this is Andy's POV. We Also shot the death Shot, which we located under a set of steps, we chose this location because it enabled a high shot of Andy and gave a great effect whilst zooming, this shot was hard to take as Andy had some trouble acing dead but i think the final result suits the finale to our Intro.

Shoot Four

Date TBC
Iver Heath
Suspicion Shots
Actors: Andrew Johnson

We Decided to commence shooting at Louise's house due to her curtains, they are very eary and create the effect we wanted, also the view from her window spans around a corner so we could get very long effective shots. The team and I achieved a high standard of filming in this shoot and our time management and efficiency was superb, finishing all the shots required in under an hour. I put this down to our organization before shooting.

Shoot Three

Date TBC
Iver Heath
Suspicion Shots
Actors: Andrew Johnson

We Decided to commence shooting at Louise's house due to her curtains, they are very eary and create the effect we wanted, also the view from her window spans around a corner so we could get very long effective shots. The team and I achieved a high standard of filming in this shoot and our time management and efficiency was superb, finishing all the shots required in under an hour. I put this down to our organization before shooting.

The Exorcism of Emiy Rose

As a Group we were inspired by the Film the exorcism of Emily Rose, and one scene in particular is when she starts to see demon faces in passers by who stare at her, we liked this a lot and intend to create a similar effect in our own film(without demon Faces)
From 8:30 - 10:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ravt_8esUO4

Shoot Two

23rd January 2010
Uxbridge
Walking shots
Actors: Andrew Johnson

We Got lots more walking shots Which look great, especially some of the ones on the Uxbridge high street with the cobbled floor and old style windows. i also really like the escalator shot and the across the balcony shot, even though i am unsure whether we will use it.

Shoot One

16th January 2010
Gerrards Cross
Walking shots
Actors: Andrew Johnson + Extras

Shooting went well, the three of us achieved what we set out to do (to film the majority of the feet movement and to shoot the 360 degree shot) the 360 degree shot worked well, but will need much adjusting in after effects to gain the required effect. the walking shots are fantastic as Andy's long legs are brilliant to film

The Story Line

Based on the story of a young newly wedded man who murders his wife in a crime of passion after discovering her in bed with another man. Getting away with his crime, the main character can not live with what he has done and can not face his family and his wife's family so he moves to a new city for a fresh start, during his time in the city he starts up a new life but thinks that everyone is watching him and that they all know his dark secret.

Character sketches

A Few sketches of what we are looking for when we look for our cast

Camera Practice

To practice our camera skills we used a "xacti digital water proof movie camera" and we focused on a few shots we would use in our piece

Animatic

Our Groups Animatic

Shot list props and costumes !

What we plan to use and shoot

Mind map Thriller

This is a mind map of my groups ideas on the thriller genre.

Final Task

Story board

Long mid shot - 5 secs - fade in
no sound


CU of handle - ELS of person in background - 2 secs
Deal or no deal sound


Over the shoulder mid shot - 2 secs
Deal or no deal sound


Mid shot sitting in chair - 4 secs
"your early, deal or no deal hasn't finished yet" - Deal or no deal sound

Long shot - turns off tv - 6 secs
"it doesnt matter" - Deal or no deal sound


medium close up - 4 secs
"how have you been"


body shot - 3 secs
"lets get down to buisness"


Long shot - 5 secs
"fine" - It's been a whole month, why isn't she dead yer"

mid shot - 3 secs
"She just wont die"


Mid shot/ long shot - 3 secs
Scowl - "try harder"


two shot - 6 secs
shouts"i hit her with a car" - "she better die or else"


Long shot - walk away - 4 secs
"or else im leaving you"

Close up - 2 Secs



Long over the shoulder shot.
"And im taking fluffles with me"


Fade out cut - 3 secs
"MEOW"

Shot list

Our Shot List

A walk on the Wild side intro

Titles: The opening titles for this film are the usual thriller syle of white against black, these are capitalised and in a serif font, this stands out to the viewer without being to eye catching as to draw effec away fron the camera shots.

Camera: The scene uses many shots including close up, birds eye view, long shot, mid shot and so on. during the fight some extreme close ups are used.

Editing: The sequence is quite slow paced to make the audience feel that the cat is dominant in his home/ place of staying and becomes more and more dominant throughout the shots. as the audience tracks the cat this is reinforced by the dissolves between shots. however when the fight brakes out the pace picks up and the shots are far more sharp and violent. this signifies a thriller as there is usually violence in after a build up in the intro of a thriller.

Sound: There is a non-digetic sound track of orchestral music through out the sequence, getting louder and the pace changes to run parallel to the video. The music helps to keep the pace for this sequence,towards the end the scene the sound fades out and signifying the end of the scene.

Mise en scene: at the opening the audience sees the cat walking through what appears to be a construction yard with many concrete pipes, we can also assume that the cat is a stray as most cats do not wander in to building sites. the cats setting tell us what sort of cat it is, a strong confident and brave cat who owns the street.

Sin City intro

Titles: None, this is unusual as most thriller's have titles, i believe this has been used to make a statement when the actual titles are shown.

Camera: The film opens with a long shot of the woman with her central to her surroundings.in the next shot she is slightly to the right, and a man in centralized, as he walks closer to the woman he grows in size(perspective), this shes he is more dominant than the woman.The conversation is then shown by a series of closeups of each character, this represents continuity. There is a close up of a lighter and a cigarette, the flame signifies danger, but the cigarette signifies that the woman is relaxed and unafraid. there is then a long shot of the couple kissing and then a cut to a mid shot of the man killing the woman.this is a common theme in the thriller genre.

Mise en Scene: The scene is set on the balcony of a hotel or restaurant which looks over a busy city,the light is minimal and low key, this is conventional of a thriller.

Editing: the scene has been edited to create a slow mood conversation so the cuts are straight but spaced far apart. all colour has been removed except for the blood red of the woman's dress and lipstick, there is also a moment when the man mentions the woman's eyes and they light up green and then fade back to black and white.

Sound: The scene opens with jazz/lounge music played softly in the background this runs throughout the clip. it is accompanied by non digetic narrative to keep the story running for the viewer. the narrative is continued and played out in digetic conversation. the whole time you can hear the ambient sounds of the city

As the scene begins low key non-diegetic jazz/soul music is played in the background, followed by non-diegetic narrative to keep the pace of the scene, the narrative is reinforced by diegetic conversation for continuity, accompanied by the ambient sounds of the city creating realism.

Seven Intro

Camera: Close ups and extreme close ups are used through out the opening credits. all the shots are short.

Titles: The opening titles look to be handwritten is freehand (not straight)and appears to be scribbled because the spacings are all out.this is iconic of a horror because it makes the viewer uneasy. also the white text against a black background is also iconic.

Editing: The editing is set at the same pace as the sound, very jumpy. there are a lot of cuts and a lot of overlapping footage, this makes the viewer uncomfortable almost as if they themselves are going slightly insane.

Mise en Scene: The scene seems to be shot in a house or office because it is dark and there seems to be only one character.there are many shots of a notebook in which a lot of text is written in the same style as the font used in the titles. there is a shot of a razor blade that connects to a shot further in, in which the characters fingers are bandaged up with blood on them. this tells the viewer that the charachter is trying to hide there identity or is depressed and elf harming this is stereotypical of horror film villain

Sound: The majority of the sound is non-digetic in the form of music. which is very jumpy and is unsettling to hear, the other sounds are a-synchronus and are out of time with the shot.