Evaluation 2

Evaluation 1

Final Product

Development of my own skills

During this media project I have developed skills on Final Cut Pro, previous to the project I had  never used this software and I now feel confident enough to say that i could edit the effects on shots, configure a film using different scenes and came shots. Michael had studied media in GCSE and helped me get the hang of Final Cut Pro which then allowed me to do some editing of my own. I hadn't done media previous to the start of this school year and i feel although I have picked up skills along the way that have helped in the development of our film opening. 

Mise-en-scene elements

In our film opening we decided to film in a park and a house,  we chose these two locations as they're realistic, the two locations are usual places in which a couple, of the age our characters are, would be going. The park we chose was convenient as it wasn't to far to get to in order to film, this was good as if we needed to go back and correct scenes it wasn't difficult for s to get to.

The house in which we filmed was also near to our school site, this was because we didn't have the ability to travel far at the time. We decided to film in a house as it looked relaxed and like a natural scenario.

We tried to create casual teenager characters using the outfits that we wore, we didn't want to look to stereotypical but at the same time we didn't want to look older than the characters we were trying to pursue.

Using our body language tried to show that we were a couple in a relationship, we done this with the way we was overly friendly with each other. Me and Michael also tried to show that we were falling out in a later scene, this was shown with the body language of the fear in my eyes, and the way in which Michael grabbed my arm.

The lighting when we filmed in Michaels house wasn't great be cause their was a large window behind us, we didn't notice this as a large problem in most shots but some of them it was a problem as it create a silhouette effect of the characters. to over come this problem we changed the brightness and contrast of the shot on Final Cut Pro.

Draft 3

Draft 2

In our second draft we added the production name to the beginning of our film opening because we think that the title of the film would come later on with more of a tense build up. We have also removed the heat beat from the interrogation room scene and overplayed it on the flashback scenes as it adds more suspense, the flashback scenes have been blurred around the edges like we said we would try to do as we think it effective in showing the memories.

The blur effect that we applied was called 'Focus', we then changed the amount, softness, emphasis, width, and the hight, these all helped us make the blur effect look the best it could. 

Filming analysis

Draft 1

We tried to create an intense atmosphere with a lot of tension, we thought we would build the tension by using the heart beat sound and the short, sharp shots of the characters. We both decided that the black and white effect was best for the interrogation room scenes as it didn't create a floating image of the characters and it will also show the different locations and scenes. The black and white filter is en titled '50's TV' on Final Cut Pro.

Where there are the 'Title' breaks in our first draft we planned to add a full scene of a flashback, but after thinking more into the opening of our film we have decided that we are going to include small shots of flashbacks and change the colour of them to show that they are flashbacks. We have contemplated the idea of making them blurred to show that the memories, of the main female character 'Riley', are vague and unclear.

Practice shots - production diary

The shot of the tree is linked to the eerie effect in which we want to present in our film opening, with the fog and shadowing effect of the tree creates a scary, tense scene, which is what we want in our Thriller.

The other shots that I have taken don't link to the genre of our film but I wanted to get some practice shots and angles, this will give me ideas for filming angles. I like the shot of the grass as it looks as though you are a small creature hiding from a predictor in the grass.