filming

Due to continuity, we were unable to film on thursday as our location has christmas decorations and this would affect the horror aspect of our opening.
We, as a group have chosen to begin our filing in January as the problem will be eliminated then. We are still on track for our filming to be completed by February.

Pre-production

As a group, Hitchcock have been discussing the times of when we're going to meet up and film. So far we have decided every other thursday evening as it will be dark enough to create the horror feel and this time suits all of the characters.
We have also been thinking of continuity:
-outfits should be the same every filming session
-aspects such as hair and makeup should be kept the same every filming session
-jewellery and nail varnish will be kept the same
The two teenage girl characters will be wearing typical clothes such as hoodies, jeans and ugg boots with makeup and jewellery to show the audience that they're your typical teenagers which help the film viewers to relate.
Our next stage is to recieve a SD card from sir so that all of our footage can be kept in one place safety as possible errors could occur such as:
-using a different camera
-over filming the footage
-another group accidentally deleting footage

Film opening; 'Mimic'

For my first opening; I watched the credits for the film "Mimic".
I took notes on what the opening credits consisted of.
Starts with video footage and images,
The camera shots are quick, and jumpy in motion,
The company is the first credit to be names; Dimension films,
Actors names flash on the screen quite fast in speed,
Images of insects appear,
The quickness of the shots provide confusion and anticipation to the audience,
Angled, white writing,
Flickering screen on some shots,
People who helped in the production phases names are shown towards the end as these would probably be considered as less important to people such as directors..

completed storyboards

Above, are me and my groups updated storyboards; the ones that we used for our final footage. We changed our storyboards to fit our new idea, the reasons given in other posts on this blog. We feel we will be able to edit our footage together more easily with these storyboards, and that it will fit the horror genre better. Also, we have cut out the dialogue. In our previous storyboards (shown below), we had a lot of dialogue planned. However, the camera's sound recording isn't of a very high quality, therefore we would not be able to make it sound professional. We are confident with working with our new storyboards now we have all the footage, so we think that it will work in the editting stages of production.
Below, is me and my groups original storyboards which we are not using anymore. We did start to film our footage based on these storyboards, however after discussing our ideas, we decided it would easily go over our time limit of two minutes, and would not have enough time to emphasise the horror genre in the opening

opening titles

In today lesson we discussed how to use the opening titles of a film effectively. We looked at 3 famous film openings on the website 'www.artofthetitles.com' and i've written notes to these. We also discussed how effective it is to put opening credits on top of video or slotted inbetween clips. Whilst watching the openings i noted down what information is given to the audience;
director
editor
main casting role actors/actresses
screenplay
production company
film title
and some openings had a few other less important roles shown.

British Board Of Film Classification

As our film has a target audience of teenagers and the certificate of 15, i completed this research on the british board of film classification:


These are the official restrictions that our group will have to abide by during filming tasks:
Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language. The strongest terms may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.
Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. .
Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

location idea three

This is our third loaction idea.

Advantages: large open space
:large back doors leading onto a concrete surface which works with our opening

Disadvantages: not yet decorated
: the continuity will not flow as the room becomes decorated