Evaluation Part 2

Evaluation

What did I do well in my project?
I think that in my project I was good at planning and using my time carefully. From this I was able to have a few lessons spare at the end of my project to make sure that I had everything I wanted to have on my blog. I think that I was also efficient at filming my project, as it only took me an hour to film it, and this gave me more time to edit and make my film look more professional.

What could I have done better?
I could have added more of a range of shots in my film opening, and I could have made it more detailed. In my film opening I only have 1 close up of the actress, but I have many mid-shots and long shots. 

What I enjoyed doing in my project?
I enjoys the filming in my project, especially the continuity exercise because at the time I had never used final cut express or any other media programmes, so learning something new was exciting. I also enjoyed planning my film opening as there were no boundaries as to what my film could be about.

What I have learnt in my project?
I have learnt how to use final cut express and blogger.com. I have also learnt how to make a realistic film opening that is of a certain genre. I have learnt what foley sound is, I also have learnt about Torodovs theory, and the 180 degree rule.

Storyboard

Storyboard

I made a story board with post-it notes. From this I then made a still image video for my film opening with the titles so that I knew what my film opening would roughly look like. This also gave me more experience and knowledge on how to use final cut express, and made editing my film opening an easier and faster process.

Re-Filming

Re-Filming

I had to re-film my opening because the lighting was behind the actress so it meant you could only see her shadow and no facial expressions. This only happened in one of the shots, but when watching my initial film opening I realised I didn't have many different shots, and I also didn't correctly film a 180degree rule. Due to these factors I thought it would be easier to re-film the whole opening sequence, instead of the actress having to wear the same clothes, and instead of having to make sure it'd be the same amount of daylight coming through the windows.

Evaluation Part 1

Choosing and Presenting my Titles

Choosing and Presenting my Titles

What is the title of my film and why?
I chose the title of my film to the 'The Hunt', I think it is an appropriate title for my film as the girl will go on a hunt to find her missing family. I had to use imbd.com to make sure that there were no other films with the same title. There is one other film with this title, but it is a German film so it is very unlike mine.

How did I choose who to have in the title sequence?
I decided to put the main character (Karolina Telicka) at the front of the list of actors as she needs the most acknowledgement in the titles as she is the main character. Everyone else in the title sequence is either made up or I know them. I tried to use realistic names so that the film can be as realistic as possible.

What font, and what colour font did I use and why?
I used Lucinda Grande in white for the majority of my titles, as is is easy to read and doesn't distract the audience from what they're meant to be watching. However, for the first three titles I used a large Engravers font in red. This is because red portrays blood, and my film is a thriller so the genre needs to be clear from the beginning of the film.

My Film Opening - The Hunt

My Film Opening - The Hunt

This is my final film opening, it runs for 1 minute 33seconds. I think this is a good duration for my film opening as the scene is set as clearly being in London because of the London bus, and the genre is clear as the music is thrilling and the girl gets locked in a room. Red writing is used to also portray the genre as red is related to blood. 

Life on Mars

Preparation for foundation production

Practical exercise - Life on Mars

For this project, Karolina and I had to make a video, copying the shots used in a clip of Life on Mars. We had to time each shot correctly to ensure the end product matched the actual clip.
The types of shots we had to use were one shots, close ups, a high angle shot, an establishing shot and tracking shots. Karolina and I had to move around the school to find suitable places to film, for example the shot looking up at the trees.
The equipment Karolina and I had to use whilst filming these shots were a digital video recorder, a dolly for the 360 degree shot, and a tripod. The programs we used were Final Cut Express to edit our short film, and iMovie to upload our work. This was the first time I had used this sort of equipment, but through this exercise I can now use the equipment and programs well.
Once Karolina and I had filmed the clip, we had to use 'Final Cut Express' to edit the clips to make them shorter and add transitions. The transition I used was cross dissolve, this allowed two clips to overlap in a neater way.