Finished second fragrance advert

21/03/2014 CONSTRUCTION: FINAL EDITING

We watched the opening that we had back and decided where it would be best placed to put the ident and the title.  We decided to put the title at the end of the opening and have yet to decide where to put the ident.  We also put in the sound effects of a gun shot and the reload of the gun in the opening.  We put in titles such as produced by and written by into the opening and decided who's name would go with which title.  All that is needed to be done now before it is finished to to record the voice over and put it over the opening then it should be ready to hand in.

18/03/2012 CONSTRUCTION: MAKING THE TITLE

We started on putting together the tile for movie today, once that is put in the movie opening will basically be finished.  In the lesson it responsibility for finding a tutorial on how to use after effects to make something that looked like the original idea I had come up with.  Once I had found the tutorial me and Charlie started to make the title in after effects, we good quite far in making it but didn't manage to finish it in the lesson we intened to finish it by the end of the lesson tomorrow so all that is needed to be put into the opening is the voice overs which we hope to have thought of tomorrow as well.

Finished first perfume advert

04/03/2014 CONSTRUCTION: PUTTING THE LAST OF THE FOOTAGE IN PLACE

Today we put the last parts of the footage into the opening.  We also changed the filter on the footage as to make it look old or film noir.  We tried three different styles such as black and white.  We decided on using a style called sepia in the end.  There are only a few things left that we have to do before it is a finished opening.  The last things that we need to do are to make the title in after effects or a different product and then put it in to the opening, add music and sound to the opening and then put in the last titles.  After we have added in these last bits then we should be finished.

26/02/2014 CONSTRUCTION: PUTTING THE FOOTAGE TOGETHER

In class we started to put the footage together and start to make our film opening.  We discussed which order we thought the footage should go in and then started to put it all together.  We decided that the first thing to do was to crop down clips to the lengths and to the bits we wanted to include and then start to put them into the final part.  We put some of the footage together and we pt in some cuts to get from one shot to the other.  One of the other things we worked on was to decided how to get the titles and production company logo into the footage.  We choose to use some of the out of focus shots to put the titles over.  One of the things I thought of was how the titles would appear on screen.  I thought that we could have it after the sound of the gun shot went off the screen would go black, then blood would start to flow down the screen to make out the words of the film and finally the words would then freeze over.

25/02/2014 CONSTRUCTION: WORKING THROUGH THE FOOTAGE

In class we started to go through all the footage that we had recorded to work out which bits we didn't need and which bits we would use in the final piece  We went through a lot of footage and worked out a lot of things we can use and pieces of footage that we can't use.  The pieces that we couldn't use were mostly out of focus or too short to use.  There were only a few pieces of footage from the stuff we filmed that we couldn't use but most of the things we had filmed were good and are going to be used in the final cut

11/02/2014 PLANNING: CALL SHEET

Call Sheet #3 - Wednesday 12th January 2014

Film Title – Film Noir Short Film
Unit Call Time: 11.00	Filming Starts at	11.20
Main Crew Contacts	Email
Thomas Stevens Kate Bradford George Flack Charlie Myers	01ThomasS@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01KateB@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01GeorgeF@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01CharlieM@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Name			Prop/Equipment
Kate Bradford			Camera from Media, Tripod, picture of woman
Charlie Myers			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, old newspaper
Thomas Stevens			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, walking stick/cane
George Flack			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, fake cigarettes

Location

Claremont Fan Court Scool
Claremont Drive
Esher
Surrey
KT10 9LY
Tel: 01372 467841
Directions: The school's Claremont Drive entrance is accessible from the trafic lights on the A244 at the junction with Claremont Lane/Copsem Lane/Milbourner Lane.  Once on Claremont Drive, continue straight ahead until you reach the school entrance.  The gates are usually shut and you will need to ring the buzzer t gain access

 

 

05/02/2014 CONSTRUCTION: DEVISING OUR FILM TITLE

Today we worked on the exact wording for our film title:

·         Establish the film’s genre (spy, mystery, thriller)

·         Convey the key ideas (woman with defective character and an unanswered secret)

·         Intrigue the audience through enigma (its suggests a deadly plot, our central female character carries a mysterious box)

·         Tap into intertextuality through shared knowledge of cultural codes (through using terms or images that the audience is already familiar with)

 

OUR SHORT LIST

Beyond belief, behind the wall, behind the barrel, The Berlin Brief, Operation Meisterhaus, In Cold Blood

 

We decided on using In Cold Blood because it has so many connotations that work with our plot, in particular, the reference to the Cold War and to ruthless violence.  The Cold War was a war between America and Russia where no actual fighting took place, however there was a constant threat of nuclear disaster.  In our film we have many connotations to the title such as the threat to the girl when she is shot and the era that it is based in

05/02/2014 RESEARCH: FILM/ TV OPENING ANALYSIS

Today Ianalysed the opening of a television thriller Zen (BBC1).  I noticed how genre was signalled throughout the opening:

·         Images of guns to show the world of crime

·         Images of keys to refer to prisons

·         The protagonist in a dark, formal suit with sunglasses, looking formal and authoritative

·         Buildings which relate to the Italian police headquarters ‘The Questura’ clearly inscribed in the stone on the wall

The detective series featuring Aurelio Zen is set in Rome and is based on the novels of Michael Dibdin.  I noticed that the opening had a lot of visual clues to signal the Italianicity of the drama such as

·         The red, white and green vertical bands in the background with connotations of the Italian flag

·         Silhouetted images of St Peter’s Dome as well as a bird’s eye shot of St Peter’s Square which are iconic emblems of Rome, renowned the world over

·         Repeated images of Fiat Cinquecento cars.

30/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION: THE TITLE OF OUR FILM

We have decided to call our film In Cold Blood we hoped to hint at the period of the film and the fact that it took place during the Cold War, which was a time of political distrust between the west and the USSR.  The title name connotes that it will contain thriller, suspense and murder mystery.

29/01/2014 PLANNING: CALL SHEET 2

Call Sheet #2 - Saturday 1^st February 2014

 

Film Title – Film Noir Short Film
Unit Call Time: 10.45 under the clock	Filming Starts at	12.00
Main Crew Contacts	Email
Thomas Stevens Kate Bradford George Flack Charlie Myers	01ThomasS@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01KateB@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01GeorgeF@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01CharlieM@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Name			Prop/Equipment
Kate Bradford			trench coat, red lipstick, heeled shoes, blouse, leather gloves, powder compact, tan leather handbag, cream beret
Charlie Myers			Camera from Media, Tripod
Thomas Stevens			Wrapped Brown Package with white string, tan leather suitcase
George Flack			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat,

Location
Paddington Station   Praed Street Paddington London W2 1RH   1) From Waterloo take the Bakerloo Line 2) Leave the train at Paddington Journey: Waterloo → Embankment → Charing Cross → Piccadilly Circus → Oxford Circus → Regents Park → Baker Street → Marylebone → Edgware Road → Paddington Estimated time: 16 mins Fare zones passed through: 1
St Pancras Station   1) From Waterloo take the Bakerloo Line 2) Change train at Oxford Circus to the Victoria Line 3) Leave the train at Kings Cross St. Pancras Journey: Waterloo → Embankment → Charing Cross → Piccadilly Circus → Oxford Circus change train Oxford Circus → Warren Street → Euston → Kings Cross St. Pancras Estimated time: 24 mins Fare zones passed through: 1

29/01/2014 PLANNING: CALL SHEET 1

Call Sheet #1 - Wednesday 29th January 2014

 

Film Title – Film Noir Short Film
Unit Call Time: 11.00	Filming Starts at	11.20
Main Crew Contacts	Email
Thomas Stevens Kate Bradford George Flack Charlie Myers	01ThomasS@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01KateB@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01GeorgeF@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01CharlieM@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Name			Prop/Equipment
Kate Bradford			Camera from Media, Tripod, picture of woman
Charlie Myers			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, old newspaper
Thomas Stevens			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, walking stick/cane
George Flack			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, fake cigarettes

Location

Claremont Fan Court School Claremont Drive Esher Surrey KT10 9LY Tel: 01372 467841   Directions: The School’s Claremont Drive entrance is accessible from the traffic lights on the A244 at the junction with Claremont Lane/Copsem Lane/Milbourne Lane. Once on Claremont Drive, continue straight ahead until you reach the School entrance. The gates are usually shut and you will need to ring the buzzer to gain access.