Technical Problems!
Due to techinical problems i currently do not have many pictures on my blog, i have gone to see the technicians but nothing seems to have changed, therefore all of my pictures have been printed up on hard copy and where i think the pictures are needed I Have stated clearly where there should be by numbering and placing the number in a bracket of where the picture is needed.
Evaluation Questions!
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our final production defiantly challenges the forms and conventions used in gangster/thriller. The conventions of our production allow the audience to have a social connection between two distinct groups. There is the hero (the person whom is running) and the mob gang (who are chasing him). This allows the audience to choose who they decide to have a social interaction with. Most films of this genre aim for ages 18-25 however ours challenges this because our production is more aimed at 15 – 25 so we have a wider range of audience.
We have also considered the conventional roles of the hero and villain. In our production the hero is killed so this is different from conventional roles as the hero usually tries to save the day and succeeds, however in our production the villains win, (to the certain extent that is seen in the opening).
The setting and location that we used fits very well with our genre as most of the filming apart from the establishing shot is shown all through pathways, alleys and roads. This type of style of just the running is shown in the beginning of trainspotting. In our production there is also a lot of straight cut editing and this is also shown in Trainspotting.
When choosing the costumes we wanted to make it clear that there was a distinction between the two types of people and in most gangster films the villains wear suits or smart clothing, for example the film snatch, there is a clear difference. With the hero, we decided to go on a smart/ casual look as smart trousers were worn with a casual top and plimsolls. The mise en scène was used to create a kind of ‘rough’ look but with someone that has a sort of significance throughout the film, which is found out and the end of the production.
The tittles that we used were chosen to create a ‘block’ typed theme as we wasn’t able to go for the types of tittles we hoped for, such as a digital clock look. The writing was chosen red to enhance the blood of the genre and black and red are usually associated with ‘bad things’ within many stereotypes.
When the opening begins and the characters are seen on screen they both have two very different suggestions about one another. For example Ryan (the Hero) comes across as athletic as he does a few stunts and he is able to run for a sustained amount of time until he is chased into a dead end. The villains however come across as angered and motivated to kill him as from the start they are looking very distinctly for this certain person.
When we were looking to challenge and develop and conventions in media, looking at the trainspotting opening sequence we feel has the mopst relevance to what we are trying to achieve. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2GKVtWsXKY&feature=related here is the youtube address of how i watched the trainspotting video.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our production represents teenagers and young adults. 72 hours develops the stereotypical view of a ‘bad’ teenager as the Ryan is running away and the audience are not to sure why he is. As the establishing shot shows a shopping centre the first thought from the audience could be that ‘ he is a typical teenager’ that has stolen from a shop. This is notified as he is in casual clothes and the two guys chasing him are wearing formal/business wear. The way that the characters are dressed could also establish their social class. However once the men dressed smartly and could be associated with the upper class through the trolley and act aggressively this has changed as they are now looking more ‘rough’ and violent.
The stereotypical view of a teenager is shown in the cast of skins, as cook seems to be always the one that gets into mischief. Within the images of Cook and Ryan they both look rather innocent apart from Cook is smoking and Ryan just seems to be ‘hanging around’. However there are some differences in the way that they are dressed as Cook seems to be more casual than Ryan, so if we could re film we would probably alter Ryan’s outfit to jeans, top and ‘hoody’ so that the teenager look is more distinct. (REFER TO IMAGE 12)
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The media institution that we would probably distribute our film to is a small company such as Film 4 This is because the American industry wouldn’t be interested in our British typed film as the film is more stereotypical around British public rather than American. As our film doesn’t have a large budget film four would more likely to be interested. However I think that if film four did take on our production the film could become potentially good on profit.
Most big films in America have a big opening and a lot of advertisement, instead of doing this I think the film would be better of just being viewed among TV channels such as film four and would become potentially successful by gaining recognition like this. Trainspotting was just realised as then became a good hit by the public and wasn’t released in the cinemas as they didn’t think it would gain enough profit to do this. (REFER TO IMAGE 9)
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
Gangster/ thriller genre typed films are aimed for ages around 18 – 25. This is because there is usually a lot of violence, strong language and even sexual scenes within these types of films. However our production isn’t as violent as what an 18 certification is and also doesn’t contain any sexual scenes but does include some strong language. So as an exception from the usual genre our production would probably be a 15 certification, therefore our production has more of a range of who the target population is. Also from our research that was carried out we can say that mostly males would be more interested in this type of film. However we cannot generalise these findings as not enough people were involved. If we were to take out research again we would just do a questionnaire aimed for 15 –25 year olds and would include a larger sample size so we would be able to see what else they expect within this type of genre and also what would attract them to go see the film, as these would be all things to draw in more of a public opinion as well as more of a target audience.
From the feedback that we already gained we already know that to draw peoples attraction to see this type of film including big named actors/actresses and good reviews would enable them to be interested in wanting to see the film.
The key element of our production and audience is that it is more likely to be British. This is because there are stereotypical views, language and cultualistic ideas that are included within this film so not really American audiences would be interested. However this could attract American audiences as well as other cultures around the world because it is so stereotypical. For example two weddings and a funeral is extremely British but yet became successful in America because other cultures are interested within the ways the British are. (REFER TO IMAGES 15)
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
The way that we attracted our audience mainly was by questionnaires and by word of mouth. I also used face book as an advantage as I posted a comment asking people to watch our media product ion on YouTube, as we made our own account to upload videos so if people knew about this they could easily access this and have a look (this was called InTheBinProductions). So by using the internet I was able to notify people more about what was happening and they then became interested in what the media project was all about. After filming our first rough cut we also asked volunteers around school to watch our production and give us any feedback about what they thought. Our sampling was opportunity as we were asking people that were available within the set time we were asking them. So this was a little biased as we weren’t able to include everyone’s opinion.
If we were able to do this again me and the group decided that we would mainly use the internet as this is the way that thing as are heard about and gain a quick, easy and cheap approach on gaining people’s opinions and making them aware of certain things. So to do this we would make a face book page ad suggesting all of our friends to have a look. If all of the group suggested there friends to see this page then, we think we would of gained more of insight as people would look either because they are interested or just genuinely want to be nosey. But either way people would be addressed by the production and as our film is very low budget this could work really well.
The music that was chosen can also attract the audience as someone who doesn’t usually watch this type of genre may be engaged by the music so may want to watch more. The track that was used isn’t a very popular song but fits the genre brilliantly as its upbeat, has no lyrics in and engages the audience well into the film for the opening.
At the end of the opening scene the tittles then say 72 hours earlier... we decided to put the end at the start because we thought it would engage the audience well as this style is used in many films such as The Butterfly Effect, Pulp Fiction and American Beauty and have all worked successfully.
The findings I have put into a bar chart so it is easy to show the clear distinction between males, females and the different age groups. (REFER TO IMAGE 14)
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt many things about the technologies that we have used whilst constructing the production. For example I never knew how to actually edit a piece of video footages and whilst using Adobe Premiere Pro this became simple to me after using a few times. Things such as the video effects that I learnt whilst editing Juno and enabling the continuity to be good has also been a success for me. Before I had no experience of filming or editing so I didn’t really know how to ensure that a shot had continuity. The camera’s that we were given we just hand held at first because we thought that this would give a good angle ECT, however when going back and looking at the shot on a screen we realised that the camera wasn’t still so then we decided to use the tripod which then became a big success when we filmed our final production as we used this for most of the shots that were filmed. Here is a picture of us working with the editing software, (REFER TO IMAGES 11)
As we have had to do an evaluation and updates on all the filming we have done and everything else I never used a blog before, so now I know how easy it is to use one and still has the technology rather than just writing everything down, I may consider to use a blog again if I feel I need to keep a diary of some sort for others to look at.
YouTube and Facebook has also been a big help with the production. Even though I was relatively sure about how to use YouTube and Facebook I had never used them to gain people’s opinions and feedback on something that I was able to improve from. With YouTube I and the group now have an account where we are able to upload our work to and gain feedback from the public. (REFER TO IMAGES 10)
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I feel that I now have enough knowledge to confidently film and edit something independently. At first I and the group weren’t using the equipment properly given to us as we didn’t use the microphone or the tripod as much as we should have. Now we are using the equipment that is suitable and thinking more about what we are going to film and how, where as the preliminary was just a case of what we thought of as we went along, which did delay us in the long term because when it came to editing we wasn’t able to gain continuity as we should have done.
When doing the final production a lot of preplanning went ahead first as we thought of locations, times we could film, scripts and costumes. The camera shots that was used in the final piece had more of a range as there were many close ups, establishing shots, long shots and mid shots. I realised that you also have to film as many types of the same shot as possible until you are happy with the shot; this makes it a lot easier when coming back to editing so you are able to use different parts from each shot to create a perfect shot if it has been edited properly.
Now when I am watching a film I am able to see what the mise en scene is of the shot and the importance of the costumes whereas before I would simply watch now I observe. This is simply because I can understand all of the camera shots, why they are used and what the point of it is. Mise en scene has also made me realise on how different objects, costumes and location can set the mood of how the audience feel and also how to exaggerate something or even manipulate a setting to the certain atmosphere you are trying to set.
Lighting and sound is another point that I think I understand more and have defiantly improved on since the preliminary, as you can see the wrong lighting is used in the preliminary (when tony is walking down the corridor) and the final production we filmed on a bright day so the audience we able to clearly see what was going on, however we had to delete a few shots as the sun sometimes was to bright as the faces of the characters made it hard to see, espicially when we did the first rough cut with lee). Now I realise that you have ti think more abou tthe lighitng to give the right look and atmosphere to the audience. With sound all of our final production was non diagetic, where as in the preliminary some sound was diagetic as we had to film them having a conversation, which we didnt do correctly as we didnt use the microphone so the diaglogue was quiet.
Our final production defiantly challenges the forms and conventions used in gangster/thriller. The conventions of our production allow the audience to have a social connection between two distinct groups. There is the hero (the person whom is running) and the mob gang (who are chasing him). This allows the audience to choose who they decide to have a social interaction with. Most films of this genre aim for ages 18-25 however ours challenges this because our production is more aimed at 15 – 25 so we have a wider range of audience.
We have also considered the conventional roles of the hero and villain. In our production the hero is killed so this is different from conventional roles as the hero usually tries to save the day and succeeds, however in our production the villains win, (to the certain extent that is seen in the opening).
The setting and location that we used fits very well with our genre as most of the filming apart from the establishing shot is shown all through pathways, alleys and roads. This type of style of just the running is shown in the beginning of trainspotting. In our production there is also a lot of straight cut editing and this is also shown in Trainspotting.
When choosing the costumes we wanted to make it clear that there was a distinction between the two types of people and in most gangster films the villains wear suits or smart clothing, for example the film snatch, there is a clear difference. With the hero, we decided to go on a smart/ casual look as smart trousers were worn with a casual top and plimsolls. The mise en scène was used to create a kind of ‘rough’ look but with someone that has a sort of significance throughout the film, which is found out and the end of the production.
The tittles that we used were chosen to create a ‘block’ typed theme as we wasn’t able to go for the types of tittles we hoped for, such as a digital clock look. The writing was chosen red to enhance the blood of the genre and black and red are usually associated with ‘bad things’ within many stereotypes.
When the opening begins and the characters are seen on screen they both have two very different suggestions about one another. For example Ryan (the Hero) comes across as athletic as he does a few stunts and he is able to run for a sustained amount of time until he is chased into a dead end. The villains however come across as angered and motivated to kill him as from the start they are looking very distinctly for this certain person.
When we were looking to challenge and develop and conventions in media, looking at the trainspotting opening sequence we feel has the mopst relevance to what we are trying to achieve. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2GKVtWsXKY&feature=related here is the youtube address of how i watched the trainspotting video.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our production represents teenagers and young adults. 72 hours develops the stereotypical view of a ‘bad’ teenager as the Ryan is running away and the audience are not to sure why he is. As the establishing shot shows a shopping centre the first thought from the audience could be that ‘ he is a typical teenager’ that has stolen from a shop. This is notified as he is in casual clothes and the two guys chasing him are wearing formal/business wear. The way that the characters are dressed could also establish their social class. However once the men dressed smartly and could be associated with the upper class through the trolley and act aggressively this has changed as they are now looking more ‘rough’ and violent.
The stereotypical view of a teenager is shown in the cast of skins, as cook seems to be always the one that gets into mischief. Within the images of Cook and Ryan they both look rather innocent apart from Cook is smoking and Ryan just seems to be ‘hanging around’. However there are some differences in the way that they are dressed as Cook seems to be more casual than Ryan, so if we could re film we would probably alter Ryan’s outfit to jeans, top and ‘hoody’ so that the teenager look is more distinct. (REFER TO IMAGE 12)
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The media institution that we would probably distribute our film to is a small company such as Film 4 This is because the American industry wouldn’t be interested in our British typed film as the film is more stereotypical around British public rather than American. As our film doesn’t have a large budget film four would more likely to be interested. However I think that if film four did take on our production the film could become potentially good on profit.
Most big films in America have a big opening and a lot of advertisement, instead of doing this I think the film would be better of just being viewed among TV channels such as film four and would become potentially successful by gaining recognition like this. Trainspotting was just realised as then became a good hit by the public and wasn’t released in the cinemas as they didn’t think it would gain enough profit to do this. (REFER TO IMAGE 9)
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
Gangster/ thriller genre typed films are aimed for ages around 18 – 25. This is because there is usually a lot of violence, strong language and even sexual scenes within these types of films. However our production isn’t as violent as what an 18 certification is and also doesn’t contain any sexual scenes but does include some strong language. So as an exception from the usual genre our production would probably be a 15 certification, therefore our production has more of a range of who the target population is. Also from our research that was carried out we can say that mostly males would be more interested in this type of film. However we cannot generalise these findings as not enough people were involved. If we were to take out research again we would just do a questionnaire aimed for 15 –25 year olds and would include a larger sample size so we would be able to see what else they expect within this type of genre and also what would attract them to go see the film, as these would be all things to draw in more of a public opinion as well as more of a target audience.
From the feedback that we already gained we already know that to draw peoples attraction to see this type of film including big named actors/actresses and good reviews would enable them to be interested in wanting to see the film.
The key element of our production and audience is that it is more likely to be British. This is because there are stereotypical views, language and cultualistic ideas that are included within this film so not really American audiences would be interested. However this could attract American audiences as well as other cultures around the world because it is so stereotypical. For example two weddings and a funeral is extremely British but yet became successful in America because other cultures are interested within the ways the British are. (REFER TO IMAGES 15)
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
The way that we attracted our audience mainly was by questionnaires and by word of mouth. I also used face book as an advantage as I posted a comment asking people to watch our media product ion on YouTube, as we made our own account to upload videos so if people knew about this they could easily access this and have a look (this was called InTheBinProductions). So by using the internet I was able to notify people more about what was happening and they then became interested in what the media project was all about. After filming our first rough cut we also asked volunteers around school to watch our production and give us any feedback about what they thought. Our sampling was opportunity as we were asking people that were available within the set time we were asking them. So this was a little biased as we weren’t able to include everyone’s opinion.
If we were able to do this again me and the group decided that we would mainly use the internet as this is the way that thing as are heard about and gain a quick, easy and cheap approach on gaining people’s opinions and making them aware of certain things. So to do this we would make a face book page ad suggesting all of our friends to have a look. If all of the group suggested there friends to see this page then, we think we would of gained more of insight as people would look either because they are interested or just genuinely want to be nosey. But either way people would be addressed by the production and as our film is very low budget this could work really well.
The music that was chosen can also attract the audience as someone who doesn’t usually watch this type of genre may be engaged by the music so may want to watch more. The track that was used isn’t a very popular song but fits the genre brilliantly as its upbeat, has no lyrics in and engages the audience well into the film for the opening.
At the end of the opening scene the tittles then say 72 hours earlier... we decided to put the end at the start because we thought it would engage the audience well as this style is used in many films such as The Butterfly Effect, Pulp Fiction and American Beauty and have all worked successfully.
The findings I have put into a bar chart so it is easy to show the clear distinction between males, females and the different age groups. (REFER TO IMAGE 14)
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt many things about the technologies that we have used whilst constructing the production. For example I never knew how to actually edit a piece of video footages and whilst using Adobe Premiere Pro this became simple to me after using a few times. Things such as the video effects that I learnt whilst editing Juno and enabling the continuity to be good has also been a success for me. Before I had no experience of filming or editing so I didn’t really know how to ensure that a shot had continuity. The camera’s that we were given we just hand held at first because we thought that this would give a good angle ECT, however when going back and looking at the shot on a screen we realised that the camera wasn’t still so then we decided to use the tripod which then became a big success when we filmed our final production as we used this for most of the shots that were filmed. Here is a picture of us working with the editing software, (REFER TO IMAGES 11)
As we have had to do an evaluation and updates on all the filming we have done and everything else I never used a blog before, so now I know how easy it is to use one and still has the technology rather than just writing everything down, I may consider to use a blog again if I feel I need to keep a diary of some sort for others to look at.
YouTube and Facebook has also been a big help with the production. Even though I was relatively sure about how to use YouTube and Facebook I had never used them to gain people’s opinions and feedback on something that I was able to improve from. With YouTube I and the group now have an account where we are able to upload our work to and gain feedback from the public. (REFER TO IMAGES 10)
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I feel that I now have enough knowledge to confidently film and edit something independently. At first I and the group weren’t using the equipment properly given to us as we didn’t use the microphone or the tripod as much as we should have. Now we are using the equipment that is suitable and thinking more about what we are going to film and how, where as the preliminary was just a case of what we thought of as we went along, which did delay us in the long term because when it came to editing we wasn’t able to gain continuity as we should have done.
When doing the final production a lot of preplanning went ahead first as we thought of locations, times we could film, scripts and costumes. The camera shots that was used in the final piece had more of a range as there were many close ups, establishing shots, long shots and mid shots. I realised that you also have to film as many types of the same shot as possible until you are happy with the shot; this makes it a lot easier when coming back to editing so you are able to use different parts from each shot to create a perfect shot if it has been edited properly.
Now when I am watching a film I am able to see what the mise en scene is of the shot and the importance of the costumes whereas before I would simply watch now I observe. This is simply because I can understand all of the camera shots, why they are used and what the point of it is. Mise en scene has also made me realise on how different objects, costumes and location can set the mood of how the audience feel and also how to exaggerate something or even manipulate a setting to the certain atmosphere you are trying to set.
Lighting and sound is another point that I think I understand more and have defiantly improved on since the preliminary, as you can see the wrong lighting is used in the preliminary (when tony is walking down the corridor) and the final production we filmed on a bright day so the audience we able to clearly see what was going on, however we had to delete a few shots as the sun sometimes was to bright as the faces of the characters made it hard to see, espicially when we did the first rough cut with lee). Now I realise that you have ti think more abou tthe lighitng to give the right look and atmosphere to the audience. With sound all of our final production was non diagetic, where as in the preliminary some sound was diagetic as we had to film them having a conversation, which we didnt do correctly as we didnt use the microphone so the diaglogue was quiet.
The Final Production!
Due to technical difficluties i am not currently able to show my final production on here, but a copy has been copied on to disc to be viewed.
TO VIEW AN IMAGE AFTER WE HAD COMPLETED THE FILMING IN THE LOCATION WE CHOOSEN SEE IMAGE NUMBER 6
TO VIEW AN IMAGE AFTER WE HAD COMPLETED THE FILMING IN THE LOCATION WE CHOOSEN SEE IMAGE NUMBER 6
Problems Whilst Filming!
Whilst filming, we came across a problem as a skip had been put in one of our old locations that was used for the ending and we needed this place for filming again. However, as the shots were all close-ups and shots facing away from the skip, we could carry on as usual and just move to the left slightly. This shows continuity as you cannot see the skip as the skip wasn't there before.
Filming was very successful as we got alot of new shots. There wer
e some problems including the skip, but another problem that occured was filming a close up of Adam and kiel running towards the camera. We got over this by sitting Ryan in a trolley and I was pulling him backwards whilst Adam and Kiel ran towards myself and Ryan. Apart from these two things filming went very smoothly and we will be editing these new clips with our old footage next week.
e some problems including the skip, but another problem that occured was filming a close up of Adam and kiel running towards the camera. We got over this by sitting Ryan in a trolley and I was pulling him backwards whilst Adam and Kiel ran towards myself and Ryan. Apart from these two things filming went very smoothly and we will be editing these new clips with our old footage next week.Whilst filming we didn't have to have permission to film near Tesco or the streets just outside of it, however we were met by people doing their gardens and also a security guard from Tesco while filming. These people were simply interested in what we were filming and were fine with us to carry on filming.
The New Rough Cut!
After the filming we went straight back to school to go and use the editing software to see what the production looked like.
When going to see Mr Devita with the rough cut we decided that we was going to go back and reshoot some more shots that wasnt used, for example an establishing shot and include more close ups to show the expression and emotion of both the hero (Ryan) and the two Mobs (Adam And Kiel).
So the ending has been slightly changed so that the evil characters empty the contents of the hero's bag onto the floor, then pick up an item such as a memory stick to make the audience want to watch to find out what the item means. There would be a close up on the item pulled out of the bag, again just to add in more different shots. Also when Kiel would shoot him Adam will pick up the bag, empty all the contents and put a memory stick which was in the bag in his pocket, then Kiel and Adam will walk off screen.
We are going to use next friday to re-film as this is the best possible time again. Ryan is aware of this and so is everyone else, so everyone will have to same clothing on and the camera is booked out to be used during the time we have choose.
AN IMAGE OF THE NEW SHOT LIST IS SHOWN IN IMAGE NUMBER 2
When going to see Mr Devita with the rough cut we decided that we was going to go back and reshoot some more shots that wasnt used, for example an establishing shot and include more close ups to show the expression and emotion of both the hero (Ryan) and the two Mobs (Adam And Kiel).
So the ending has been slightly changed so that the evil characters empty the contents of the hero's bag onto the floor, then pick up an item such as a memory stick to make the audience want to watch to find out what the item means. There would be a close up on the item pulled out of the bag, again just to add in more different shots. Also when Kiel would shoot him Adam will pick up the bag, empty all the contents and put a memory stick which was in the bag in his pocket, then Kiel and Adam will walk off screen.
We are going to use next friday to re-film as this is the best possible time again. Ryan is aware of this and so is everyone else, so everyone will have to same clothing on and the camera is booked out to be used during the time we have choose.
AN IMAGE OF THE NEW SHOT LIST IS SHOWN IN IMAGE NUMBER 2
Soundtrack And Credits!
Soundtrack
The soundtrack will be Birdy Nam Nam - Trans Boulogne Express which isn't copyright, and today I used YouTube convertor and also the sound effect of a gunshot, which will be featured when our main actor is killed. As you tube is a public site by using this music and the sound effects this is not copyright as it clearly states that any one of the public can use, post or blog what is fount. Also the fact that the HTML codes are clearly stated this enables anyone to use this and even pass on to friends to listen to or watch. The song builds tension, but starts quite quickly, therefore we are thinking of having Non diagetic sound throughout the chase.
Credits
A huge part of our first two minutes of our film will consist of opening credits, either behind or on top of the action already happening in every frame. I had to find out what order these came in, so studied various films before coming up with an order to suit my film:
- production company
- a film by __________
- cast
- edited
- producer, executive producer
- story by __________
- directed by _________
We want the credits to appear in some sort of timer, like the digits seen on a watch, in order to reinforce the idea of 72 Hours being timed. However, before we can finalise this we will have to look at our editing software to see if it is capable.
After looking at the software we realised that we cannot have the credits as a digital clock but instead have gone for some writing which is sort of ‘block liked’ and we have decided to go on a black background with red writing to represent blood. This was the closest type of representation that we could come up with as the software didn’t have exactly what we was looking for. To make the editing easier we created all of the titles with gaps in-between and placed them on the first layer of the software so when we put in the shots it will make it easier for us to edit.
All of the credits that show are on a still motion but then as we made the length that they appear for shorter we decided to have a few still shots but place them all together so that it appears the credit is moving in a ‘jaggered’ way. This represents knifes and killing as its not a smooth get away for the main person in the opening scene and as the film goes o the audience would understand this.
This is what the editing software looks like when you create a new tittle.
The soundtrack will be Birdy Nam Nam - Trans Boulogne Express which isn't copyright, and today I used YouTube convertor and also the sound effect of a gunshot, which will be featured when our main actor is killed. As you tube is a public site by using this music and the sound effects this is not copyright as it clearly states that any one of the public can use, post or blog what is fount. Also the fact that the HTML codes are clearly stated this enables anyone to use this and even pass on to friends to listen to or watch. The song builds tension, but starts quite quickly, therefore we are thinking of having Non diagetic sound throughout the chase.
Credits
A huge part of our first two minutes of our film will consist of opening credits, either behind or on top of the action already happening in every frame. I had to find out what order these came in, so studied various films before coming up with an order to suit my film:
- production company
- a film by __________
- cast
- edited
- producer, executive producer
- story by __________
- directed by _________
We want the credits to appear in some sort of timer, like the digits seen on a watch, in order to reinforce the idea of 72 Hours being timed. However, before we can finalise this we will have to look at our editing software to see if it is capable.
After looking at the software we realised that we cannot have the credits as a digital clock but instead have gone for some writing which is sort of ‘block liked’ and we have decided to go on a black background with red writing to represent blood. This was the closest type of representation that we could come up with as the software didn’t have exactly what we was looking for. To make the editing easier we created all of the titles with gaps in-between and placed them on the first layer of the software so when we put in the shots it will make it easier for us to edit.
All of the credits that show are on a still motion but then as we made the length that they appear for shorter we decided to have a few still shots but place them all together so that it appears the credit is moving in a ‘jaggered’ way. This represents knifes and killing as its not a smooth get away for the main person in the opening scene and as the film goes o the audience would understand this.
This is what the editing software looks like when you create a new tittle.
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