Pitch Presentaiton

This video shows our presentation where we pitched our ideas and plans for our Opening sequence. We discussed the Cinematography, Setting, Characters, Narrative and Props which we are planning to use. The audience then gave us a feedback however, the footage is unfortunately lost and we are unable to find it. For this reason, it is not on our blog.
 

Opening Sequence planning

These are pictures of the feedback that we were given for our interpretations of Theories. We tried to include the theories on to our opening sequence and made story boards for them. An example of a theory that we tried to incorporate is Todrov's theory.

Audience Research

To improve our knowledge of Thriller movies, we decided to research which movies are showing that are thriller. We did this so that we could understand all the sub-genres that go alongside the normal thriller genre.

This week, there are 4 Thriller movies showing in the Odeon. They are Annabelle, Maze Runner, Gone Girl and Dracula Untold.

In Annabelle, There are sub-genres of Horror and Bloody violence.

In Maze Runner, There are sub-genres of Intense scenes, Threat and Violence.











In Dracula Untold, there are sub-genres of Strong Horror and Violence.











In Gone Girl, there are sub-genres of Violence and Strong Languages and gangs.











From this, we found that there are sub-genres of Violence, Threat and Gangs. This task is important as it gives us an idea on which sub-genre of thriller we would want our thriller movie to be classed under.

Se7en Opening Sequence Timeline

For this task, we had to create an opening sequence timeline for the film "Se7en". The timeline would include the timings of the names that appears on the screen.

In the opening sequence, the first names that are shown are the most important, such as the film company, Producer and Director. The Producer and and director's importance is emphasised even more due to the fact that their names are repeated at the end of the titles. The first actor that is shown is the main actor "Brad Pitt" and followed by the second main character "Morgan Freeman".


The Title of the film is then shown but only for a brief moment.


Names of actors and actresses are shown continuously from 0:30 to 1:03 then followed by a the casters, music editors, Costume designers, Editors, Production Designers, Directors of photography and co- producers. This supports the idea that order of names is based on the hierarchy of the film industry. The least important people are shown further into the opening sequence except from the Director and Producer who are repeated.

Style of font 

• Credits - mainly blocked letters except for actor names 
• Gothic writing for actor names
• White font which contrast with the black background and pictures

Movement of font

• Fading in from different parts of the screen as well as sharp movements whilst on screen
• Electrical effect when credits appear on screen
• Layered style of words (illusion/seeing double) 

Relationship to the genre and narrative

the relationship the credits have to the genre relate to the thriller genre

Memento

In this task, we were given a short movie clip from the movie "Memento". From that clip, each group were given a small segment to which we would have to make into a storyboard. We then gave our storyboards to other groups and they had to recreate that segment whilst only using the storyboard. 
This task made us understand the importance of making Storyboards very clear. We now understand that storyboards don't always need amazing illustrations, but they need description on the shot types, angles, mise-on-scene and timings. 
This task would help us during our planning for we would remember how to create a good storyboard. 

Storyboard

Here are the pictures of the storyboards which we were given and had to film. 

From that story board, this is what we filmed:

Actual Video



Uploaded by Ryan Navarro. Written by Darwin Serrano

Preliminary Task

Preliminary Evaluation by Darwin Serrano  



For our Preliminary task, we were asked to create a film which showed the 3 continuity principles a Match-on-action shot, Shot-reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. We prepared for this task by making a story board which put our ideas into paper and gave everyone in our group a vision on what we were planning our film to look like.

In this task, i was the main actor. I was the person being filmed by Ryan who was being our Cameraman. I also gave ideas on what and how we should film as i was the one who created the
Storyboard.

From doing our Preliminary task, we have found out our strengths and weaknesses as a group. We feel that our weaknesses can be seen in our final video therefore we hope that we can improve on this so that our work can be of the highest quality.

I feel that our strength is that we are able to adapt in certain situations very well. This is because, when we were first planning our preliminary task, we planned on shooting in the Library, We even based our storyboard on its setting. Unfortunately, we were unable to shoot at the library as it was occupied at the time therefore we had to find another place where we could shoot. In the end, we ended up shooting in our media room because it was the only place that was free to film in. Although it wasn't the setting we wanted, we still finished our task in what we feel is a high enough standard for a good grade.

This inconvenience, however, caused us a lot of time which we feel is what caused us to make some mistakes. For example, because of the lack of time, we were a little rushed in our filming which is never good as it meant that we couldn't shoot as many shots as we would have liked. This left us with limited shots to work with when we were editing. This is why in some cases, there are some strange cuts in our film. We had to do this so that we can keep continuity.

As a group, i feel that we worked really well because although we had our own roles, we all contributed in giving and listening to ideas to make our task better.