AS Media Studies Production: Change in props

Change in murder weapon.

At first we had decided to use a rock as the murder weapon in our storie. We decided to use this because it would of been the most realistic at the time and where the scene was set. However when we had got to filming that part of the opening scene we discovered that we hadn't thought about the problems that having the rock would of caused. First it would been being able to find the right size rock for it to be able to kill someone but be small enough that someone would be able to throw it. Secondly the fact that the colour of the rock would of hidden the fake blood. It would be quite pointless for us to use it. So we had a re-think on what the murder wapon could be. We all agreed with having a type of pole or plank. We were able to find a metal pole with a sharp broken sign on uit. We decide that this would be the perfect murder weapon for the scene. it sowed up in the leaves and it clearly showed the blood that we put on it. it was big enough to be held and it was plausable that it could kill someone.

AS Media Studies Production: Special Effects

Special Effects

For our film we are not going to be using to many sound affects because it is quite a quick and filled starting to a film. We have decide that nearly all of the shot transitions are going to be clean and quick, however there is a scene where the two boys are running down the long path and for this we have used a small fading transition so it make it go quicker and it shows that time is passing by. I think that we have been able to do this well and the transition looks really good and doesn't slow down the pace of the film.

AS Media Studies Production: Sound Affects

Sound Affects

In our film opening we have filmed it in the nature and there were already really good background noises of the birds, wind and leaves. So for the first bit we have decided to not to add any un-natural sounds. However for the new part that we are going to add in and the smaller shots of the hands washing we are going to use some sound affects. For the hand washing scene we have decided to add sound affects to the transition. the affect that we want to use is a static TV sound. This sound affect can be found in loads of movies that are simular to our genre. For instance 'Scream' that is also a thriller has got the TV going to a static screne and having the static sound. This is simular to what we want but we want it quicker and bolder. The other sound affects that we want are going to be at the end of the film. I think that these sound affects that we are going to use need to be more natural so we may be recording them on are own so that the acoustics are correct and so it sound more natural and realistic.

AS Media Studies Production: New Ideas

New Ideas 

Tuesday 11 December

During our editing we realised that we were not going to use some of our shots that we had got. The reason for this was that it didn't tie into what was happening and the continuity was all wrong. To make up for this we have decided to do some more filming for aftern they have run away and when one of the boys is back home. We will then be able to show the emotions that the boys are going through at the time aswell. I think that this would allow us to make an improvement to what the origonal film was going to be. What we have decided to film was one of the boys sending a text to the other with the title in the text. Washing the boys face and throwing away the jumper that the boy was wearing. We all felt that this would make a bigger impact on the viewer that what we had before.

AS Media Studies Production: Different Shots

Shots That Worked Well

The first shot that i really like was in the first scene where the body is being shown and you are able to just see it from a distance as the camera slowly zooms out to show the surrounding forest. I really like this shot because it hold alot of meaning. As you zoom out but still see the body laying there you are able to see how small that the body has become. The surrounding forests really show how weak that the person has become.

 

The second shot that I really like and think works really well is the scene where the two boy are running over the bridge. This is one of my favourite shots because of what it is trying to show. We decided to have the camera focusing on the CCTV sign that is at the front of the bridge and then have the two boys running away from the area. We decided to have this because it shows that the boys didn't realise that they had been watched but are still trying to run away from the area. Thius has got some significance to the rest of the film because it is the mistake of missing the sign that caused them to get caught.

 

The last shot that I thought really worked well was the scene where the boys are running away still but the camera has been set up so we were able to see the boys for quite a long time. This shot is where the boys are running through the field but one of them falls over. I liked this part of the film because it shows you why there were small clips of the boys washing his hands at the start.

AS Media Studies Production: Editing Update First Draft

Editing First Draft

Editing: So far we have been able to do quite alot of editing. We have been able to put together around 1 minute, 30 seconds together. However this does not include the title sequence and the company logos that we are going to put in. We have got all of the correct sounds where we need them and the cuts are very sharp or very quick when it is needed. We have also been able to edit together a sequence of small clips with some fading inbetween whcih create a very good affect of time passing by.

 

Filming: At the moment we haven't filmed everything that we want to film. This is because is because of the weather that we have had. Howver we have been able to do some filming indoor. In our film we have got somne clips that will be cut to very quickly and then taken away again very quickly. these short clips are of one of the boys washing their hands. They are meant to act as a flash forwards. Lately we have been able to film these quick shots indoors. 

AS Media Studies Production: Financing Company's

Financing Companys

The name of our group’s film production company is going to be 'Trouble Productions' we have yet to make a logo for it however we are working on it.

To be able to create the film the film industry will need to get funding from one or two finance companys. This is because these filmers will not have the money to be able to create a whole film. As a low budget filming group we will have to choose from a range of lower end companys. For our film and the genre that it is in we have been looking at a few that can be potential finance companys. From the group of companys we had narrowed it down to two companys and these are BBC Films and Pathe. We decide to pick these two companys because of the type of film we are creating and because of our status of amature filmers.

AS Media Studies Production: Film Title

Film Title

 

When filming we were constantly thinking of new titles that we could use for our main title and the title of the film. Some of these title were 'The Woodland pact', 'Trapstyles Woods' and more. However during our editing stages of our first cut we were able to think of a good title that would relate to our film well and have some meaning behind it. We came up with the name 'It Never Happened'. We all felt that this was going to be a good title because of the genre that we have set our film in.

 

The next thing that we had to find was the font that we were going to use. It didnt take us long until we found a great website with all different kinds of fonts that were free to download and use. The website that we got the font that is shown above from was called www.1001freefonts.com . The font that we found and are going to use is called 'Appetre', this font is going to fit in well with our film as it can show a bit of thriller as it has a bit of shaking in it. The font that we have chosen is similar to the film 'Jeepers Creepers' that is also in the thriller genre. Their titles have got the clear text but also has some shaking in it to add to affect.

 

There are only a few titles that we are going to use. The titles that we use will not have their own slides, they will be in the foreground of our film and they will be in white so that they show up a lot more. The titles that we will be creating, in order are: 1. The title 'It Never Happened'

                                                                                      2. Max Allum

                                                                                      3. Billy Saxon

                                                                                      4. Jimmy Beaton

                                                                                      5. Matt Elsom

AS Media Studies Production: 3rd day of Filming

3rd Day of Filming

 On our 3rd day of filming we started off at the same location as last time but in a different area. To start off with we planned out all the different shots that we were going to take and compare them against the story board that we had created. Once we had planned all of our shots we started to experiment with the different angles and distances from which we should take then. After deciding we begun our filming. 

After two hours we had finally got all of the shots that we needed and we were able to capture everything we needed just before it started to get dark. I think that the shots that we got are very good and are able to create the sense of panic that we were trying to show. I think that after some editing and cutting the shots we took would end up being very smooth and will follow our storyboard very well. We have now done all of the filming that we need, unless there are a few shots that need to be re-done.