Friday, 16 March 2012
Group: Nine Mile Point Teaser Trailer
Just for fun, we edited together a very quick teaser trailer for the opening of 'Nine Mile Point'!
Group: First Film Shoot Reflection
On Friday 2nd of March, we signed out the equipment and travelled to our location in Tunbridge Wells. When we got there we carefully set up the equipment such as the tripod, dolly and track.
We shot about half of the opening - up to the shot where the protagonist (Jack Lyle) looks over at the city, noticing the power plant (Nine Mile Point) that has caused the epidemic to spread throughout the United Kingdom.
We found the dolly shots incredibly effective and the camera track made the footage look very cinematic.
We conquered the problems we had previously encountered with continuity from our preliminary task, and ended up doing about 5 takes for each shot to ensure we had the perfect one.
To conclude, we all learnt a lot from the shoot, and were very happy with the footage we came away with that day.
We shot about half of the opening - up to the shot where the protagonist (Jack Lyle) looks over at the city, noticing the power plant (Nine Mile Point) that has caused the epidemic to spread throughout the United Kingdom.
We found the dolly shots incredibly effective and the camera track made the footage look very cinematic.
We conquered the problems we had previously encountered with continuity from our preliminary task, and ended up doing about 5 takes for each shot to ensure we had the perfect one.
To conclude, we all learnt a lot from the shoot, and were very happy with the footage we came away with that day.
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Research & Planning - interim grade
Well done, this blog consistently demonstrates excellence in understanding of forms and conventions, media language, significance of audience and you engage with key concepts throughout your research. You are clearly collaborating as a group, using comment function and your practice tasks show that you are using research to develop technical skills. The pitch was convincing and thorough. The blog is well presented and a clear record of your concept development. I'm particularly impressed with the work that you did on sound.
This is currently a high L4 standard for all of you. Keep up the good work, ensure that you reflect on the production process to the end of the edit.
Great work.
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Group: Improved Soundtrack
This is a new version of the soundtrack which we created using music production software. We feel that this is more fitting to the genre of our opening, and will greatly increase the sense of enigma we are trying to create.
We also feel that the sounds we used in this new soundtrack will give the actions on screen a greater impact, as music can have a strong effect on events which take place in a film.
Monday, 27 February 2012
Group: Pitch Reflection
We presented our pitch in the hope of gaining the green light; and we did !
Strengths
- We demonstrated a good use of IT skills by using the presentation site Prezi to make the pitch delivery more interesting and exciting
- We presented the pitch well, reading clearly and informatively; expanding on points to ensure full understanding. Points were compressed into many informative sections.
- We embeded multiple relevant clips reinforcing ideas that we expressed (slow-motion video expressing Twixtor aims)
- Graphics were clearly presented during the Prezi to outline font choices
Weaknesses
- It was not clear in the pitch what the actual opening sequence would look like; finalised
- Occassionally, we did not speak with clear annunciation and did not adress the audience directly
Strengths
- We demonstrated a good use of IT skills by using the presentation site Prezi to make the pitch delivery more interesting and exciting
- We presented the pitch well, reading clearly and informatively; expanding on points to ensure full understanding. Points were compressed into many informative sections.
- We embeded multiple relevant clips reinforcing ideas that we expressed (slow-motion video expressing Twixtor aims)
- Graphics were clearly presented during the Prezi to outline font choices
Weaknesses
- It was not clear in the pitch what the actual opening sequence would look like; finalised
- Occassionally, we did not speak with clear annunciation and did not adress the audience directly
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Group: First Film Shoot
Date:
Our first film shoot will take place on Friday 2nd March from 13:00 - 18:00.
Equipment:
We are using our own camera (Canon EOS 550D) to shoot our opening and we will therefore not need to sign out the school camera.
We will need to sign out a tripod because we don't have our own one and we need establishing shots on our first shoot.
We need to sign out the dolly to achieve steady tracking shots in the first part of our opening.
We will also need to make sure we take our group's SD card from the school to record the footage onto.
Props & Costume:
The necessary props for our first shoot are the sleeping bag to show the protagonist is sleeping rough, and a rucksack for his belongings.
As for the costume for our first film shoot, we will need dark coloured, casual clothes and either boots or casual shoes for the protagonist to wear.
Actors:
As we are just shooting the scene when the protagonist awakes, we will not need to have actors to play infected people. We will only need the actor playing Jack Lyle.
Our first film shoot will take place on Friday 2nd March from 13:00 - 18:00.
Equipment:
We are using our own camera (Canon EOS 550D) to shoot our opening and we will therefore not need to sign out the school camera.
We will need to sign out a tripod because we don't have our own one and we need establishing shots on our first shoot.
We need to sign out the dolly to achieve steady tracking shots in the first part of our opening.
We will also need to make sure we take our group's SD card from the school to record the footage onto.
Props & Costume:
The necessary props for our first shoot are the sleeping bag to show the protagonist is sleeping rough, and a rucksack for his belongings.
As for the costume for our first film shoot, we will need dark coloured, casual clothes and either boots or casual shoes for the protagonist to wear.
Actors:
As we are just shooting the scene when the protagonist awakes, we will not need to have actors to play infected people. We will only need the actor playing Jack Lyle.
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