Film Opening Final Draft

This is our final film opening draft and I'm very impressed with the outcome, this tooks our group a lot of hard work and dedication.

Evaluation- Question One

Evaluation-Question Two

Evaluation question two from Samuel Hooper

Evaluation- Question Three

Evaluation- Question Four

Who would be the audience for your media product? (Recommend you turn off sound)

Evaluation- Question Five

Created using Visme. The Free Online Presentation Tool.

Evaluation- Question Six

'What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?'

Evaluation- Question Seven

Behind The Scenes

The makings of the behind the scenes was important and enjoyable for our group, because as you will see the numerous photos and videos below were humorous in creation from our group.

Production Diary

11/11/2016 – In today’s lesson we made a presentation based on our opening scene which includes topics like the target audience and the narrative. Then presented it to the class and the class were asked to give feedback and constructive criticism and how we could improve or what they liked about it.

14/11/2016 – In lesson today we made and produced an evaluation for our opening scene presentation based on the feedback we were given by the class to help us understand how audiences feel about our film opening. We also let the audience choose the name for our film which is “Outlaw”

15/11/2016 – In today’s lesson we discussed who would do what planning. Josh is to organize the shooting schedule. Sam is making the storyboard and I am doing the Production Diary. We also discussed specific props and costumes and how to organise the scenes that we are recording.

17/11/2016 – Today in lesson we all worked on research and planning for out film opening. Josh made and completed a shooting schedule; Sam researched film openings and titles, and I made and completed a document on costume research. We uploaded two posts onto our blogs as they were finished then Josh started on music research and I stated primary and secondary audience research.

20/11/2016 - Today we went out to Willingale to do the main bulk of our recording for our film opening. Overall the day of recording went well, everyone showed up and we recorded all the main fights scenes to a high standard that looked very well done and realistic due to the different angles we used we needed but unfortunately we over-recorded the main scenes with different angles that when we looked over the footage at the end of the day we realised some of the transitions between scenes were choppy and the main protagonist, Sam, looked like he was skipping out stepping between scenes and made us wonder how he got there. We have organised a re-recording on Sunday the 4th of December to record filler scenes and even record another fight so that our film opening can be to an even higher standard.

21/11/2016 - In todays lesson we took all the footage off the camera and started to organise the footage and edit it. Josh worked on special effects on after effects and I ordered and cut the footage in Premier. Sam worked on research for titles that we could use for the opening.

22/11/2016 - Today in lesson Josh worked on the special effects of the gun shots, since I already ordered and cut the footage me and Sam worked on research for different aspects of the marketing and titles.

23/11/2016 - In lesson Josh had finished doing the special effects so he practiced editing random clips to makes sure when he edits the new set of recording clips he can do it faster and to a better quality. Sam continued to research and I worked on the production diary.

24/11/2016 - Josh continued practicing his ability to do special effects whilst we waited to record the next scenes. I worked on the production diary and helped Sam record the storyboard to post on our blogs.

25/11/2016 - I worked on editing the storyboard video whilst Josh continued to practice. Sam worked on marketing research for ideas of what we can do after the main editing is done.

27/11/2016 - We were unable to record as the group and actors had problems with work so we had to postpone the recording until the 4th of December.

29/11/2016 - As a group we reflected on Josh's editing and suggested different ways he can add the effects and how he can make the effects look more crisp and professional.

1/12/2106 - As a group this hour was wasted as we where unsure on what to do with lack of footage due to a unfortunate setback. From this we learned that we need to always make the most of our time and when we have nothing to do work on research for other parts of the film opening.

4/12/2016 - Today we went to record our next set of footage but we had another problem, the other actors all decided to leave without notifying us. So me, Sam, and Josh recorded the opening as just us three. The scenes we recorded worked and flowed a lot better than our last set of film, we over-recorded this time to make sure that we have enough footage to be able to edit properly.

5/12/2016 - Today josh worked and a new set of special effects for the new scenes and I worked on the production diary. I will be editing the footage together after josh has finished the main special effects. Sam worked the behind the scenes and finding the footage the we can use to make a good behind the scenes post.

6/12/2016 - Today Josh worked on the first half of the opening scene, he was working on adding the plasma shots to the gun as he had already done the plasma launcher. I worked on editing an d uploading the video storyboard evaluation. Sam worked on risk assessments and made a prezi about it so that it is interesting to look at.

8/12/2016 - As a group today we sat down and reflected on what we have done and haven't done. Me and Sam were caught up to date wit how far Josh was with editing and Josh was told what Me and Sam had and hadn't done. We also talked about what we were planning to do.

12/12/2016 - In today's lesson Josh worked on editing the second half of the opening scene, he was editing a shield on my arm to reflect bullets that Sam shot at me. I worked on the Film poster whilst Sam worked on the marketing for the film.

14/12/2016 - Today Josh finished off the second half of the special effects for the film opening. Sam worked on making a post about audience and I finished of the poster and sent it to Sam so he could add it to the marketing post.

16/12/2016 - Josh has finished the special effects for the film opening and is now working on adding diegetic sounds and the titles. Sam reworked some of the old post to update them of the new plot line. I worked on sending Josh the timings for the titles and the order of the people in the titles.

19/12/2016 - Josh finished off the titles an dis now adding the last few diegetic sounds to the film opening. Sam was not in today so he couldn't update his blog. I worked o genre conventions of our film genre which I made a post about.

20/12/2016 - Josh finished the Final draft of the film opening and has rendered it. Sam worked on updating the blog and keeping up to date with the LAP chart. I re-updated the production diary form the last few days.

21/12/2016 - This is our last day before we breakup for the holidays. Because Josh has finished Editing we all worked on making sure we have every blog post we need. So we split up and worked on all the missing posts we had.

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Warrior Review

This movie was really emotional, showing the ambitions of two brothers competing in a MMA competition and the underlying effects from their difficult childhood. A member of the cast who played a main character was Tom Hardy, a very inspirational actor who has starred in numerous distinctive movies where he represents a strong character. Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime - and the wreckage of their broken family - within the brutal, high-stakes world of Mixed Martial Arts fighting in Lionsgate's action/drama, WARRIOR. A former Marine, haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Review

I really enjoyed watching the movie, its unlike any piece I have seen before and can most definitely be described as unique. The basic plot is Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukaemia. The empowering message of the film in my personal opinion is to stay close to those around you, and be there for your friends especially when they need you the most. I expect that eventually the main character Greg will get into the college he wants and pursues his dreams, which in this instance is classical movies.

Van Wilder Review

Van Wilder is one of my favourite all time comedies with famous actor Ryan Reynolds, the storyline involves To Van Wilder, college doesn't get you ready for life, it is life. So when his father puts a stop to his cash flow, 7 years into his time at college, it looks like the party might finally be over for Van. Down, but not out, Van, and his team devise a way to make money from partying. However that soon come to the attention of the college magazine, who send out sexy college reporter, Gwen to do a feature on the infamous Van Wilder, Party Liaison for the graduation front page. But when things start to go wrong for Van, he realizes that this time he may need to do something really crazy... graduate!

Conventions of Action/Thriller

Deadpool is a good example of a action film that has elements of comedy. Deadpool's opening even has comedic elements as the titles are not opening titles are not done seriously they are done so that they don't include the names of the actual people who worked on the film but instead insults or over-exaggerates qualities about them. Deadpool's opening scene is an ideal example of a gore heavy opening that has been neutralised by the comedic effects.

Hot fuzz is another action comedy film that is similar to Deadpool but less gore. Hot fuzz has more comedic aims than Deadpool as it uses action camera angles to enhance the light-hearted scenes. As the opening continues the scenes become slightly more action packed and include more gore.

No Country for Old Men is a purely action film and the opening portrays this. It is a very bland and stale opening that shows just a barren wasteland with who we can assume is the main protagonist. The opening scene shows us its action by making it tense as the man speaking is doing so very monotonous which makes the scene tense and can make the audience worry for whats to happen.

The Road is a thriller/action film that has sci-fi elements. The film opens with a nice flashback scene from the past before the fallout. When it suddenly switches to the fallout world we are shown the man and his dad trying to survive walking along a road after waking in a cave, this helps convey the thriller/action genre as it adds and eeriness to the scene making the audience worry.

In conclusion these film opening will help us build are opening scene for our film as they all include elements that we wish to include, for example heavy action from Deadpool, the lonely walking of The Road.

Evidence Of Planning

 

This is Jamie Hewlett, researching some ideas that he needs to tick of the media checklist.

 

 

Here is our chief editor Joshua Yates who decided to take on the most difficult responsibilities, which he maintains in his free time.

 

 

This is the last of the group Samuel James Hooper who has the rewarding job of motivating his other group members, and took on numerous tasks relating to the film opening.

 

 

Fire Institution

This is Josh's Institution Logo called 'Fire':

This Logo will appear at the beginning of our Film Opening. The Fire flashes on screen with a bright white glow then quickly diminishes into a flame-affect font displaying the title 'Fire'. There is a plain black background which makes the title stand out against it much more. The effect on the title also makes it look professional as well as being of a very high quality. Much like the other titles it was created in Adobe After Effects.

The Warriors Titles Research

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-warriors/

0:04 - 0:09 Paramount pictures presents (production Company)
0:18 - 0:24 A Lawrence Bordan production ( production company)
0:30 - 0:34 The Warriors (Film Title)
0:37- 0:49 Actors
1:50 - 1:55 Music by
2:23 - 2:28 Edited by
2:49 - 2:54 Art directors
3:48 - 3:53 Director of Photography
4:10 - 4:15 Executive Producer
5:10 - 5:15 Screenplay by
5:32 - 5:37 Produced by
6:15 - 6:20 Directed by

Film Opening First Draft