Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Editing.
After finishing shooting, we then started editing. We had to capture the film from the tape by using the firewire, and using I-movie on the Macs. We ended up with about 5 minites of footage. To start with, we took rough cuts of all the shots- this meant we decided which shots to use, and cut out any begginnings, ends, or distractions which we didnt need. We arranaged them on a timeline, and then fine tuned the cuts we had made. During this, we fitted together the match-on-action of movements, as well as 180 degree rule, the shot reverse shot, and our other shots. We also cropped a few shots- luckily, the programme resizes the shots so the size isnt jumping about. After the basic cutting, we worked with the light in ecah shot. We took the satuartion down in each shot, which made the colours black and white. However, we noticed that we didnt want this for some shots, because we lost the connotations with the red dress, or the colour of the bridge. So, we altered teh stauration for each shot abit- this creates a sephia look, which makes the film look quite old fashioned, which is quite effective. We also lowered the light or contrast to make the shots more dark, to create silhouttes. However, this did give us the problem that we were losing details, so we needed to heighten exposure, which worked against the darkening of light. In each one, we decided what levels suited the situation best, and used that. We also took all the sound off, because we deceided we did not want the noise of the camera,(which is hissing, and sounds horrible) and we are currently deciding what music or not to put on the top.
Monday, 8 December 2008
December main task work
After being granted our camera from our pitch, we prepared for our filming. We did this by alerting our actress-Ingrid Hesselbo(thankyou ingrid!)about clothes, times, duartion, and went into detail with her about our storyboard. We told her to wear a red dress because it symbolised danger, as well as blood and seduction-all features that linked closely to the character and the story.
We were delayed by a day, but managed to shoot on Sunday instead. It was very cold, and very early. However, the light gave the area a half-dark look, as intended, and it also meant that there were few people about to walk into shoot-the only distractions were the ducks(very noisy). The shooting went well- for each shot we swapped being dircetor or camera operator. We took a white balance every few shots, and we set out the shots acoording to the storyboard. We decided to do several takes of each shot just in case there were things in the scene which we hadnt noticed, but didnt want(such as cars etc). We also focused on the mise en scene of the shots- making sure they told the audience what we wanted. An example is when we went inside, and we tried out with several views of the character holding the gun, so we could see which ones told the story most effectivly. We decided our orginal idea of her in the mirror with the gun in the foreground looked best, so used that.
Ou filming took around 2-3 hours, and we were all relived that half of the shots were inside, with tea. During our shots inside, we did add a few new aspects, such as the character swithching a bdeside lamp on. This was a good chance to show match on actio, and we also used a focusing effect on the camera that made the shot really interesting.
The onlt problems we faced was when shooting on the bridge-the shots were usually slanted, because the bridge was slanted underneth. We did try to create a realtivly straight ground for the tripod, but in some shots the camera is still slightly tilted. Otherwise, it all went very well(if abit cold) and me and lily worked very well together.
We were delayed by a day, but managed to shoot on Sunday instead. It was very cold, and very early. However, the light gave the area a half-dark look, as intended, and it also meant that there were few people about to walk into shoot-the only distractions were the ducks(very noisy). The shooting went well- for each shot we swapped being dircetor or camera operator. We took a white balance every few shots, and we set out the shots acoording to the storyboard. We decided to do several takes of each shot just in case there were things in the scene which we hadnt noticed, but didnt want(such as cars etc). We also focused on the mise en scene of the shots- making sure they told the audience what we wanted. An example is when we went inside, and we tried out with several views of the character holding the gun, so we could see which ones told the story most effectivly. We decided our orginal idea of her in the mirror with the gun in the foreground looked best, so used that.
Ou filming took around 2-3 hours, and we were all relived that half of the shots were inside, with tea. During our shots inside, we did add a few new aspects, such as the character swithching a bdeside lamp on. This was a good chance to show match on actio, and we also used a focusing effect on the camera that made the shot really interesting.
The onlt problems we faced was when shooting on the bridge-the shots were usually slanted, because the bridge was slanted underneth. We did try to create a realtivly straight ground for the tripod, but in some shots the camera is still slightly tilted. Otherwise, it all went very well(if abit cold) and me and lily worked very well together.
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Main task
Gunpowder
I am working with Lily Joyce, and we decided to do a genre of Film Noir, because it is full of suspense and darkness, and because we both enjoyed several film noir films such as Pyscho and Vertigo.
To start with, we collected research. we watched several beginnings of Film Noir films youtube as well as others, and made notes about what happens, and what the atmosphere is like, and how the story/characters are established. We noticed that the placing of things in the scene(mis en scene) was very careful, and this was very visually attractive. We also noticed the use of silhouettes, mist and balck and white created interesting shots. We decided to mimic this to make it conform to the genre. We throught about how to attract audience who watch scary thrillers and we did this through making the story have crime aspects and a female protagonist-who would attract males. We would also have trailer which has darkness and shadows which link to the noir theme. The trailer would also be ambiguos, so people are curious about what it is,and want to view more-it would be a dark screen with a wilting rose for a few minutes. This is enigmatic, and the auience would reconize the sign of a dieing rose as love, and blackness as fear and thriller. This would interest people.
Synopsis for “Gunpowder”
Scarlet Rose obtains a suitcase from a mysterious stranger, which turns out to have a gun inside. We see her considering killing herself, but then she puts it away. We find out through a conversation with a man called Bob that she is planning to kill her brother because of a wish from their dying mother. The audience do not yet know why. As Scarlet goes away, we find out that Bob is actually working for Scarlet’s brother, and they are planning to stop Scarlet going through with the murder, but to capture her so that she does not “cause any more havoc”.
A few days later, Scarlet goes to her brother’s house and there is a very tense meeting where they begin to fight and shoot through the brother’s big old house. Finally, Scarlet is caught, and locked in a basement, guarded by a man called Roul. Scarlet seduces Roul, and then admits that she was going to kill her brother- but only because her brother had stolen the family riches, and was using them illegally. She asks for Roul’s help, and so he lets her escape, and sets about hiding her and planning a way for her to gain what she has lost.
The 2 start a relationship while hiding from her brother, who is following them, with deadly intent. Sometimes Scarlet has only the gun to save her life. She cannot forget the brother, and formulates a plan to kill him again, although Roul tries to persuade her against it. Scarlet finally goes through with the plan, and as her brother is dead in her arms, Roul learns the truth- Scarlet has lied. The man was not her brother, but a past lover who had wronged her and deceived her even though she loved him. Roul is so upset because Scarlet wronged and deceived him that he picks up the gun and shoots Ingrid and then himself. All that’s left is the gun.
Pitch
A film noir of mystery, suspense and crime, this is a thrilling tale about a beautiful seductress called Scarlet Rose, who is trying to kill her brother- an evil man who stole scarlet's fortune which was given to her by her dieing parent. Or is she?
Sinister enamies follow her; soon she is dragged into a dark plot, where her past and present are merged and her life depends on the mysterious suitcase she has picked up. With help from a handsome hero, can Scarlet overcome the ghosts of madness?
We hope to film on Saturday early in the morning at Aristotle lane, and later in day for scene 2.
Research
We looked at alot of Film Noir film starts such as Physco, Vertigo, Shadow of a woman and The Lady Vanishes. We also looked up many clips from film noir films on youtube to get a feel for them. We also looked at callsic film noir pictures such as this one:
The use of shadows and black and white here shows a classic film noir setting, and also the characters abd their clothes connotes crime, mysterty and prision.
We really liked this dark, shadowy and mysterious kind of film, so decided to use it as a genre. To give us more ideas and learn more, we used:
This was very useful, because it showed us how to do film noir movie successfully.
Especailly the idea's about the use if light.
Other things we did to get ready was to create several other film pitchs- here is one we made for Harry Potter: A fantasy feature legnth film set in our world, where a mysterious wizarding world resides along with our own. This magical film follows the suddenly magic and famous orphan Harry Potter into the wizarding world to the magic school Hogwarts. However, the exciting new magic has darker undercurrents- some evil wizard from Harry's past is creeping back, putting the school into deadly danger-can Harry and freinds save the school, defeat Harry's terrible enenamy, and survive without getting expelled?
I am working with Lily Joyce, and we decided to do a genre of Film Noir, because it is full of suspense and darkness, and because we both enjoyed several film noir films such as Pyscho and Vertigo.
To start with, we collected research. we watched several beginnings of Film Noir films youtube as well as others, and made notes about what happens, and what the atmosphere is like, and how the story/characters are established. We noticed that the placing of things in the scene(mis en scene) was very careful, and this was very visually attractive. We also noticed the use of silhouettes, mist and balck and white created interesting shots. We decided to mimic this to make it conform to the genre. We throught about how to attract audience who watch scary thrillers and we did this through making the story have crime aspects and a female protagonist-who would attract males. We would also have trailer which has darkness and shadows which link to the noir theme. The trailer would also be ambiguos, so people are curious about what it is,and want to view more-it would be a dark screen with a wilting rose for a few minutes. This is enigmatic, and the auience would reconize the sign of a dieing rose as love, and blackness as fear and thriller. This would interest people.
Synopsis for “Gunpowder”
Scarlet Rose obtains a suitcase from a mysterious stranger, which turns out to have a gun inside. We see her considering killing herself, but then she puts it away. We find out through a conversation with a man called Bob that she is planning to kill her brother because of a wish from their dying mother. The audience do not yet know why. As Scarlet goes away, we find out that Bob is actually working for Scarlet’s brother, and they are planning to stop Scarlet going through with the murder, but to capture her so that she does not “cause any more havoc”.
A few days later, Scarlet goes to her brother’s house and there is a very tense meeting where they begin to fight and shoot through the brother’s big old house. Finally, Scarlet is caught, and locked in a basement, guarded by a man called Roul. Scarlet seduces Roul, and then admits that she was going to kill her brother- but only because her brother had stolen the family riches, and was using them illegally. She asks for Roul’s help, and so he lets her escape, and sets about hiding her and planning a way for her to gain what she has lost.
The 2 start a relationship while hiding from her brother, who is following them, with deadly intent. Sometimes Scarlet has only the gun to save her life. She cannot forget the brother, and formulates a plan to kill him again, although Roul tries to persuade her against it. Scarlet finally goes through with the plan, and as her brother is dead in her arms, Roul learns the truth- Scarlet has lied. The man was not her brother, but a past lover who had wronged her and deceived her even though she loved him. Roul is so upset because Scarlet wronged and deceived him that he picks up the gun and shoots Ingrid and then himself. All that’s left is the gun.
Pitch
A film noir of mystery, suspense and crime, this is a thrilling tale about a beautiful seductress called Scarlet Rose, who is trying to kill her brother- an evil man who stole scarlet's fortune which was given to her by her dieing parent. Or is she?
Sinister enamies follow her; soon she is dragged into a dark plot, where her past and present are merged and her life depends on the mysterious suitcase she has picked up. With help from a handsome hero, can Scarlet overcome the ghosts of madness?
We hope to film on Saturday early in the morning at Aristotle lane, and later in day for scene 2.
Research
We looked at alot of Film Noir film starts such as Physco, Vertigo, Shadow of a woman and The Lady Vanishes. We also looked up many clips from film noir films on youtube to get a feel for them. We also looked at callsic film noir pictures such as this one:
The use of shadows and black and white here shows a classic film noir setting, and also the characters abd their clothes connotes crime, mysterty and prision.
We really liked this dark, shadowy and mysterious kind of film, so decided to use it as a genre. To give us more ideas and learn more, we used:
This was very useful, because it showed us how to do film noir movie successfully.
Especailly the idea's about the use if light.
Other things we did to get ready was to create several other film pitchs- here is one we made for Harry Potter: A fantasy feature legnth film set in our world, where a mysterious wizarding world resides along with our own. This magical film follows the suddenly magic and famous orphan Harry Potter into the wizarding world to the magic school Hogwarts. However, the exciting new magic has darker undercurrents- some evil wizard from Harry's past is creeping back, putting the school into deadly danger-can Harry and freinds save the school, defeat Harry's terrible enenamy, and survive without getting expelled?
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