This is our first cut for our film opening. We placed in all our shots and film titles. We have also added in our own production company logo. We have also applied many colour correction edits and edits to make the opening aesthitically pleasing.

Editing Progress

So far we have made some progress with editing, we have added in our little transition shots, the titles and the production company logos
Below is a photo of our premiere file whilst we were working on it.

Filming

On Saturday we filmed all the main shots with Alisa. Myself, Billy and Alisha went to a block of flats in Harlow near the shopping centre. We chose this area instead of Ponders End as it was closer to where we all live, and it was a lot safer as we knew the area. Filming went well as we knew exactly what we wanted to get shot wise, the location was also perfect as we could actually go inside the block of flats

Below are some photos we took whilst filming

Film Production Companies

 

We decided to use these film production companies as they fund non mainstream and low budget films. This seemed to fit out film opening best as its not like a massive hollywood action or family film but a drama. 

Filming Report #1

On Friday 23rd of Novemeber we started filming shots for the middle of our opening, the introduction of the house. We shot using a Canon Eos 550d, and we didnt use a tripod as we wanted shakey focusing shots, to show the instability in the characters' lives. We filmed the setting and props so close ups of bottles, empty milk cartons, windows and a main prop a pot that says "Wish Friends" this is metaphorical for Alisha's loneliness. We also plan to film this friday and the 8th of December.

Animatic

This is the animatic of our stroy board, we have added music and no sounds affects. We have also added production company logos.

 

1. This is an idea for a type of coat Alisha could wear, it is big and fluffy to keep her warm in the "December Days". It also is plain so you would believe it would be wearable to go with school unifrom // 2. These are the type of headphones you'd see Alisha constantly, as the opening shots show her listening to music, they are plain and forgetable and nothing too expensive. //  3. This is the make up we would put her in, quite dark to represent her emotional/family state. We would also have her wear nail polish as there is a shot we need of her biting her chipped fingernails, showing she's not extremely fussed about her appearance. // 4. Lastly Alisha's main costume would be school uniform as she is a student, this makes her life seem more realistic and normal.

Billy and I

 Together Billy and I will be working on our film opening. We have already come up with the treatment together, and are working on ideas for the sequence.

We have also marked up a mind map on what jobs we will be doing during production of our work. Below is a mind map showing these jobs. The jobs I plan to do are in pink, the jobs Billy will be doing are blue.
This mind map is not finished,as we each plan to do much more (for example I am in charge of costume)

For the music in our film opening, we plan to use cover artists who are unsigned to use as possible background music or opening themes. Below are some artists I have found to possibly use.

 

 

I am working in a group with Billy Turner. We are working on a film opening about a young girl, who has a dull and miserable childhood. She has no friends at school and is sometimes bullied, her home life also isnt secure. However she soon finds a friend in a boy from the local area. Set in a mucky urban area, the story shows the two of them become friends and the girls life become better and better.

We plan to use our friends/siblings for help as characters in this and we plan to use their actual names for characters. The main character being called Alisha and her friend Sam.

The place we intend to set the opening is Ponders End as it is quite an industrial/urban area. I will post photos of possible locations in a different post.

Inspiration for our film openings comes from Fish Tank, Adulthood/Kidulthood, Submarine and The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. All of which show teenage lives, in a abstract perspective. Fish Tank would be most similar to our opening as it is set in similar settings and has a similar tone to what we are hoping for.

First Shot
In this shot we see the film company Warner Brothers, this shows us that this film is a mainstream film with a large budget. However in these titles the logo has been drawn over in a white pencil. This is to make it look childish, it is also a hint that the film will follow a child. 

Second Shot
In this shot there is the production company, who's logo is also drawn over. The name "Max" is written in the corner, further hinting at the main character, whom is a child. 

Third Shot
In this shot we see the location for the first time, yet we do not see any people. We hear a small child screaming lile a maniac and rapid footsteps and crashing. We are immediately thrown into action and we wonder what is going on. It is also a point of view shot, which puts us in direct view of the action. 

Fourth Shot
We now see the person who is chasing the dog, for the first time. He has just thrown himself down the stairs, and is still chasing the dog; this shows us he is quite hyperactive. He is also wearing a onesie with makes him look like a wild animal, this is key iconography and will be his main costume for the whole film. 

Fifth Shot
In this shot he tumbles down the stairs again, still screaming at the top of his lungs. This shows us that the main character is careless, young and is very playful. He is not taking care for his surroundings. We also still know nothing about these characters for example names or what is happening. 

Sixth Shot
In this shot we see the main characters face for the first time. He growls and screams at the dog, living up to the "wild things" title. This makes the audience understand and recognise the child.       

Seventh Shot
The boy then engages in fight with his small dog, we see a great smile across his face. The camera work is very shakey, which makes us feel like we are involved in this fight. 

Eighth Shot
The screen then pauses mid fight to the scribbled on titles of the film, we see the boys face close up in mid scream hugging his dog. This shows us that the whole film will be fast paced and upbeat. The title is written in the same font that that the production company was scribbled over in. Letting us know that Max is a key element to the movie. This shot then fades to black, to show a passing in time.

Nineth Shot 
In the last show we fade up from a fade to black, to a contrasting shot. Max is relaxed and singing to himself, hidden away from attention in a igloo, in his normal clothing. This shows us a contrast between his two worlds of playfulness and loneliness.    





 

In this task I worked with Mollie Neal to edit a final cut of our preliminary exercise. We used various shots, to show the scene unfold. At the beginning we used match on action to show the entrance to the room. We used only 1 line of dialogue each, as we got confused because we thought that the 2 lines of dialogue meant 1 each. However we did edit in a gun sound, to make the scene more realistic. I think I have a decent knowledge of editing and camerawork as I have previous experience of editing and camerawork, however we did find editing the clips to exactly 30 seconds difficult as most of our shots took up more time than we expected. We will learn from this and try to work to the timelines more precisely next time.                   

On this task I worked with Billy, Mollie and Shirley. We filmed in our school coffee bar on the Tuesday afternoon during our double lesson. We used a Canon Legria Camcorder and Adobe Premier editing software to film and edit the exercise. Some of the skills we practised are match on action, using different camera shots and editing the clips together. The filming went smoothly as we knew what shots we needed, and we were all there to come up with ideas. However editing wasnt as smooth, as the camera had a problem with importing some of the video clips, however we tried again to import them and fixed the problem.