Group 10: January 2015

Thursday 29 January 2015

the weather for filming next week

I have taken a screen print of the weather for next week between Tuesday 3rd and the 6th of February. Me and my group have done this as this will help us to plan ahead for our filming. We start filming on Tuesday and according to the weather it will rain on tuesday which is why our title sequence shots will be in-doors. The rest of the week has quite low temperatures which could result in more rain or even snow. This is why me and my group have planned ahead and plan to film the majority if not all of our shots in-doors. As our movie is based inside in a high school or college we will not have the problem of weather or snow.

Fake blood inspiration

We have been inspired by the use of fake blood in this short film by Martin Scorsese

Prezi Pitch

Production Schedule

Here is or production schedule

Tuesday 27 January 2015

Feedback for pitch

Since we got the feedback for the pitch, we have carefully thought about how long the title would take, however we are confident that Tim's speech would not make the sequence too long as they were concerned. Also, the fact that we didn't have a production schedule at the time was a concern, however we did manage to make one soon after this as we realised how important organisation was, with our experience from The Breakfast Club helping us realise this.

Technology skills audit part 2&3 - Charlie

JVC GY HMLOOE;
The JVC GY HMLOOE has allowed me to accurately film our film without any major problems and has not given us too many problems in the quality of filming. It is an expensive piece of equipment that allows you to film well and makes the production look more realistic. This has helped me develop my project because using a professional camera helps give the filming a more clear and real like viewing.

MEMORY CARDS/SD CARDS;
The memory or SD cards have allowed me to be able to save all our film footage accurately and reliably and has enough memory to allow us to film for a long time without becoming full. They are small but play a major part in our hardware. These didn't really help develop the project but did help us film for longer.

FIG -RIG (MAN FROTTO -TRIPOD);
The tripod allows you to be able to film shots from high angles that we can teach holding the camera. The tripod also helps to keep the camera steady which gives our film a more professional look. Using your hands can sometimes make the camera wobble and this will lead to a unprofessional look. This helps us also give a more realistic camera view and like real movies who use this will stop the camera moving about too much.

VIDEO DRIVE/SSD;
This is the video drive and allows you to also save any work or filming you have done. it is like a memory card but this is built into the camera and nothing is added. The bigger the drive the more footage that can be filmed so this was useful because it helped us develop our project by allowing us to film more.

LIGHTING;
The lighting will help the audience to be able to see the film properly when it is finally finished. If there was no lighting, it may be hard for the audience to see anything when the film is finally completed. Our project developed from this because people where able to see what they where watching and it also gave the title sequence a realistic look.

GARAGE BAND;
Garage band helped us to create different types of music that would suit best to our title sequence. We will most likely use Garage band when making our song for the title sequence. Using garage band helped us develop our project because it helped us create a unique sound that has never been heard before which shows our originality and makes it look more professional that we didn't copy it from somewhere.

MOTION;
Motion is a good editing programme that will help make our title sequence look professional and more realistic when we edit our filming. Motion helped develop our title sequence because motion has hundreds of title sequences which help make a film more professional looking which helps develop our project.

FINAL CUT PRO;
This is also a good editing programme and this will help us to edit all of our footage that we have filmed. This will be used towards the end of the project. Final cut pro also helps us to develop our project because without this we would not be able to to edit our film into the correct way. This would mean trying to film our whole title sequence in one which of course is very hard to do and will most likely be rushed and not look realistic or professional.

Monday 26 January 2015

Storyboard - Jack

Here is the storyboard for our title sequence.

Saturday 24 January 2015

Risk assessment - Jack

Possible problems we might encounter while filming:

1)An actor or crew member not being able to attend the shoot
2)If a piece of equipment breaks or is lost
3)If someone is injured

Possible solutions to these problems:

1)Everyone being available for a later date to shoot or for someone to be able to take on the role
2)Everyone being available for a later date with the proper equipment
3)To make sure that the person is okay and to be able to asses the injury and its severity. If this person cannot shoot at all, we will either have to replace them or postpone the shoot.

Thursday 22 January 2015

Technology skills audit - charlie

I have used and learnt about many different types of new technology since researching. I have learnt about different types of of hardware such as;

* The camera which is am JVC GY - HMLOOE video camera.
* Memory cards/SD cards
* Fig-Rig

* Manfrotto (Tripod)
* Video drive/SSD
* Lighting - Dedo lights/Top lights
* IMac computers

I have also used and learnt about the following software such as;
* Garage Band
* Motion
* Final cut pro

Sound Design -by charlie Lane

The digetic sounds that we intend to use in our film will be;

* The sound of a knife stabbing through flesh.
* Pupils and teachers (people) talking.
* Clocks ticking.
* Inhaling of a cigerette.
* Screams of person being murdered.
* Dialogue.

The only non digetic sounds that we intend to use in oour film will be;
* The film soundtrack.

We intend that our soundtrack for our film would be more upbeat which is challenging the soundtrack of normal movies of that genre. We want a fast kind of beat with a fast upbeat tempo that will instantly engage the audience and make them to continue to watch the film. We have not complely made a new unique soundtrack for our film but our inspiration comes from Ocean 11's swat team exit track. Below is a link of that particular song to give you an understanding of the type of music in our film.

Title Credits - Timothy Martini

Here are a few examples of templates that we are going to be using:

We will be using Motion in order to make the title sequence.

Saturday 17 January 2015

blogging health check.

I went on to my progress to see how well I am doing so far with the blogging tasks:

This is what my teacher said.:

There is some good work here Tim with evidence of real potential with this aspect of the coursework. However, there is a reliance on group posts with very few individual posts, which makes it hard to distinguish your work and contribution from the other group members - and means that there is little differentiation in my feedback to you and Charlie. Nevertheless, there is some good work here so please can you consider my feedback regarding strengths and less strong aspects of your current blog and then complete the to do list at the bottom of the page. If you can do this, I expect your mark and grade to increase considerably. well done!

strengths:

- mostly up to date

- some detail in your work

- evidence of some nice research into genre and titles

less strong:

- some gaps where tasks are missing

- presentation of photos - you need to use an app to present these more creatively (photobucket, gif etc...)

- frequency of posting is inconsistent

- mostly group posts - only 1 individual post

to do:

1. complete all research blog tasks as we move into planning

2. improve and maintain frequency of posting at least 3 x weekly

3. think of creative ways to present work using a range of ICT

4. make sure all the blog post titles relate to the actual task e.g. your task 6 doesn't correspond with task 6 on the blog check list

5. try to complete more individual posts so we can see your own engagement and contribution

The improvements that I will make to my work include using a better range of ICT and do more independent posts as I have done mainly groups posts

Thursday 15 January 2015

Mise-en-scene: Props, costumes, make-up, etc. - by Timothy Martini

Audience detail - by Charlie Lane

Our core target audience will mostly be teens. This will be any gender teenager between 13-19 and perhaps early twenties. Boys and girls will be able to watch this as it might attracted to both gender audiences.

Our wider target audience may be adults in their twenties who enjoy teen comedies which also have blood and violence. This could also appeal to a larger London audience who enjoy teen films.

We will be an independent film but we plan to attract our audience with our title sequence film. We will use social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote our movie to a wider public audience. We may create some general hype around social networking like news and competitions on a Facebook/twitter page of the film which will create a buzz to the public. We have to use social networking like youtube or Tumblr or Vine also. It will be good to use social networking because we are not a mainstream film so we can not afford proper advertisements or print posters.

We may choose to address our audience in our title sequence with certain social groups or stereotypes. As it is a teen drama we may choose to use different stereotype social groups such as the nerds, the jock, the weird guy, the hot girl etc. This may also help the audience relate to these characters as we are sure they are already familiar with these types of stereotype.

Institutional detail - by Timothy Martini

The movie will be independent, as it is low budget. The film will be produced by Fox Searchlight. The film will be distributed by Focus Features. Focus Features have distributed films like Burn After Reading and A Serious Man.

The ownership will make the titles have the actors' names after the title of the is shown.As most independent movies do not use stars instead of actors.

What sub-genre of teen film is it and what themes will feature in it? -by Charlie Lane

The teen films that inspired us in our title sequence was breakfast club and Ferris Bueller's fay off. This is because they are both teen films which are set in high schools.

Ferris Bueller's day off which is also a teen film..

Also the breakfast club influenced us in creating our teen film title sequence..

We plan to conform these title sequences but with a twist. Our teen title will be comical like these but also contain violence and murder. Our title sequence is almost like a 'scary movie' like title sequence where we conform the type of film but challenge some of the ideas in our film compared to others.

What type of title sequence is it? - by Timothy Martini

The title sequence is going a narrative as its over the moving image throughout the whole opening sequence.

The title sequences that influenced us were:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off:

Wolf Of Wall Street:

American Psycho:

We are going to conform to social conventions as we are doing a satire of them.

Representation in our teen drama - By Jack

Which characters will we introduce in our title sequence?

We will introduce our main character, Charlie Martini, who is a deranged killer. We will also introduce his victim, Timothy Lane. Finally, our other main character, Danny Dyer who is the surprise witness to Charlie's brutal attack on Timothy. There will be extras (e.g. teachers and students in the classrooms).

What different social groups are evident in our title sequence?

Teenagers - Charlie Martini and Timothy Lane (as well as classmates).
Males - Charlie Martini and Timothy Lane (as well as other male classmates).

Adults - Teacher

How do we represent these social groups - stereotypically or challenging stereotypes?

Male teenagers - represented as violent, rebellious (killing, smoking)

Tuesday 13 January 2015

Titles using motion 2

Title sequence using motion

Garageband movie

19. Summarise how to create soundtracks using garageband

1. Open Garageband.

2. select movie option.

3. drag any title sequence to the movie timeline

4. delete to movie's sound file.

5. click on the loop icon.

6. select the loops from the library.

7. place it into the timeline.

8. once you're done, press export to disk.

9. press expert setting.

10. select where you want to save the file and what you want to call it. Leave the file type the same for movie, but change it to a Aiff file for sound.

11. then the film should export.

Monday 12 January 2015

10. What is a target audience?

What is a audience?

The dictionary definition;
the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting.
An audience is also a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and criticism and reception.

How do we define target audiences?
We can define target audiences by using something called audience profiling. Audience profiling allows media businesses to narrow down their audience/customers to find their target audience. It is always best for a media business to find their target audience before they market a new product so they can get the best results and profit. A target audience is an audience that is most relevant and connected to the media product that a company is trying to sell hence the name 'target audience'. The following things can define target audiences; Age, Religion, Gender, Race, Sexuality, Education, Occupation, Annual income, Buying habits, Media interests, etc.

Why is it useful for a film to have a target audience?
It is useful that films have a target audience so the producers and writers know who they are making the film for and if what they are creating is relevant to their writing. If they create a film for a small target audience they will obviously not make as much money through the film or any synergy used. This is why it is useful they know the target audience beforehand so it can give them an idea whether the movie should go ahead. Also, knowing their target audience helps sell their product better. For example if the target audience is children, the film must also attract to parents as it is the parents who will pay money for the children to watch the film or pay for any future merchandise such as games, clothes, lunchboxes etc.

Which audiences do you think teen dramas appeal to?

I think teenagers from 13-19 will appeal to teen dramas the most because of their age and that they may be able to relate to some of the characters with themselves or people they know. Teen dramas are mostly attracted to the female audience with teen dramas such as 90210 and Glee but some teen dramas can also appeal to males too like The Inbetweeners. Majority of teen drama audiences may have interests of drama and enjoy comedy or a love story. As most of the target audience are teenagers I believe that this target audience will not have many professions. The target audience age of 9-12 may also enjoy teen dramas. They will be close to teenager age and may be attracted to teen dramas but not as much as 13-19 year olds. The most popular location for this target audience may be London as its the capital and there are lots of teenager residing in London.

Thursday 8 January 2015

21. Blogging feedback 1

My teachers feedback; https://studentprogress.candi.ac.uk/ProPortal/ProMonitor/10_0/ilp/academicassessment.aspx?studentref=X3sP0zgNVeY%3d&academicyearid=14%2f15&studentgroup=82L2uPvplBkG0jPbBIhKyA%3d%3d

There is some good work here Charlie with evidence of real potential within the group with this aspect of the coursework. However, there is a reliance on group posts with very few individual posts, which makes it hard to distinguish your work and contribution from the other group members - and means that there is little differentiation in my feedback to you and Tim. Nevertheless, there is some good work here so please can you consider my feedback regarding strengths and less strong aspects of your current blog and then complete the to do list at the bottom of the page. If you can do this, I expect your mark and grade to increase considerably. well done!

Strengths:
- mostly up to date
- some detail in your work
- evidence of some nice research into genre and titles

Less strong:
- some gaps where tasks are missing
- presentation of photos - you need to use an app to present these more creatively (photobucket, gif etc...)
- frequency of posting is inconsistent
- mostly group posts - only 1 individual post

To do:
1. complete all research blog tasks as we move into planning
2. improve and maintain frequency of posting at least 3 x weekly
3. think of creative ways to present work using a range of ICT
4. make sure all the blog post titles relate to the actual task e.g. your task 6 doesn't correspond with task 6 on the blog check list
5. try to complete more individual posts so we can see your own engagement and contribution

My Personal targets;
1. To complete more individual posts so my teacher has a better view at where I currently am in blogging work and grade.
2. Use more advanced ICT programs in order to make my blog posts look more interesting and to gain more marks.
3. Stay on top of posts regularly; try to complete 3+ posts a week in order to achieve a high grade.

22. Plot storyline ideas - By Jack

Our film title - The Juvenile Massacre

The film centres around your everyday bloodthirsty teenage psychopath. Upon killing yet another classmate, he doesn't know that there was a witness at the scene. He is threatened by the witness and is forced to do his bidding. However, the main character finds out ho he is and kills him. However is caught by yet another witness. The line goes on and on until they are all caught and charged for murder and with-holding information.

Our idea is that we have a main character, who has a taste for blood. He sees that an unsuspecting classmate is going to take a smoke break in a secluded area, the school boiler/janitor room. Perfect for our main character. He follows him into the room whilst monologuing to the audience about his top 5 favourite movie kill scenes. The camera follows the characters but stops at the door. He says to the victim 'You know, smoking can kill ya'. The door isn't completely closed and we see him stab him. Even though the victim screams, no one else hears it happen. The main character breaks the fourth wall by saying to the camera 'this may take a while' and shuts the door, and a brief time lapse ensues. The main character comes out of the room, with his hands and shirt covered in blood. Since everyone in the school is in class, no one sees him. He changes his shirt and cleans his hands in another room, then goes back into the boiler/janitor room, while still monologuing. After he goes in the room, a person walks past the camera, not seeing him, acting as a transition. Between cuts, a short amount of time has passed and the main character walks out of the room with a body bag and exits the building as the school bell rings and people start leaving their class rooms.

The majority of the scene will look as if it was done in one shot, however time has passed between every time he goes in and comes out of a room.