Sound and possible titles (Done by Priankya)

sound and possible film titles for a western thriller

Common elements of western film (westerns, cowboys and indians) music:* the beat sounds like a horse galloping* harmonica* old-sounding piano* whistling* violins* brass instruments, e.g. trumpets, that give a slight mexican/mariachi feel* simple, clean electric guitar solos, backed by classical guitar rhythms* jews harp* gun sounds* horse sounds* native american ("indian") warcries* bell 

Typical Western Film Titles:

Cowboys Love To Rope And Ride Home Home On The Range Giddy Up Git Along Lil' Doggy I'm Just A Country Boy I Want To Be A Cowboy (Cowgirl) I Want To Grow Up To Be A Cowboy (Cowgirl) Little Buck-A-Roo Our Little Cowboy Real Cowboys Know The Taste Of Dirt Rodeo King In Training Rodeo Queen In Training Stampede Thank God, I'm A Country Boy Wanted Wild Wild West This research was done by Priyanka

Further planning

Over the last few days as a group we split up to do some research on some hybrids, they consisted of sic-fi thrillers, western thrillers, comedy thrillers and horror thriller.

By doing this activity we as a group were going to come back and make a decision as to what was going to be the most unique to execute:

From the research we gathered, collectively as a group we decided to go with the idea of a western thriller.

By choosing a western it allows us to be more broad and get different ideas. we are going along with the card game idea.

Contunity task final cut

for the final cut we were making sure that the actors head was not cut off the screen during filming as this looks very unnatural.

For our final cut we made sure the camera didn't move and held it steady, this is because we know that you cant achieve more than a band 2 if your camera moves. Also we dratiscly reverse shot as we held in near the shoulders rather then away.

We added a establishing shot when me and prianka were walking down the corridor to get realism

Contunity task first cut

Continuity task problems and first edit

This picture below is all off our clips and how we edited it, we believed it would be relatively easy when we first started but then after we started to film it was very difficult. on the first day we had many problems with the camera work and spent half of the lesson figuring out how to function the camera. As we progressed we got better and better.

Problems we have faced so far:

The problems that we faced was setting up the tripod, match on action. We had two shots but match on action works better with two, we filmed in two different classrooms due to the  timings.


What we are going to do to resolve these problems?

For our final edit we will make sure we stay in the same classroom to get it best as we can and also add in another shot for the match on action scene

Problems- 

The camera had cut off one of the actors head, half way through, the person manning the camera realised and moved the camera slightly to fit the persons head in. 

Secondly our shot reverse shot was not shot from the right angles. The camera needed to be further away. 

Finally our use of match on action used three shots to show the characters travels in a quicker way but we sat down straight away which looked unnatural.

Solutions- 

we will take extra precautions with the use of editing. With the camera use we will mke sure the shot is properly framed each time we stop and start the recording.

Feedback

Our teacher has given us some feedback about our video today and we are going to address the problems when we re-shoot and re-edit within the next few days. He told us that out 180 degree angle was fine and we had applied it correctly. The match on action shot that we had applied, we had used the dissolve transition rather than a straight cut, from the feedback we were given, we have been advised just to cut as we have been told to definitely not use the dissolve effect. The third shot of our match on action shot told us that we should show the characters sitting down so that we are continuing to track the movement of the characters. Before the characters enter the scene, we have been advised to have an establishing shot, we have decided to ether have the camera looking at the door for a few seconds or we will stand the camera far away from the door so the establishing shot shows a lot of the background and then we will slowly zoom into the door to show that something important could be happening in the video. With our teachers advice we found problems with the characters sat outside the door, and we couldn't see the mothers face when she was speaking, as our shot reverse shot had failed later on in the video we are going to keep that part how it is apart from filing the last clip as the sons head was cut off at the top. The shot reverse shot is going to be filmed outside the classroom from each point of view of each of the characters.

My evaluation of the first cut

I believe we could of done a much better first cut but due to the lack off experience out of our group we didn't do as well as we hoped, also we didn't talk to each other a lot and this could of been another reason, but we did come up with good ideas and our final cut will be the same idea but just shot in a more effective way

Survey Analysis

 This tells us that cliffhangers do add the interest to the opening of the film so we will need to include this into our opening for the audience to enjoy it the most and actually watch ours, we could have a death scene that is unrelateable and then explain it during the film so the audience is attracted.

Final destination Title Sequence

The reason i choose this final destination title sequence is because i believe this was the most popular and best out of the 5 films. It also has the best title sequence due to the special effects and sort off 3D kind of images that come out at you. This is effective by the director and this will grab the audiences attention straight away because audiences have not really seen this that much in films, it came out in 2009 so 3D wasn't big like it is now. Also if you know about the final destination films it is about people dying in mysterious ways and the title sequence gives us clues to there deaths in the films so it is relatable but without giving to much information out so this would again make audience think about it and get interested in the first 1st minute. The deaths are quite gory and they have used skeletons to not give the people who died away in the opening or this would ruin the film for audiences.

The music is very rocky and it goes with the kind off gothic gory images your seeing on the screen, it starts to get quiet and calm towards the end which would bring it into the actual movie where things would start of calm to make the audience think and wonder when the deaths start happening

How to meet deadlines

We should be finished on the 10th of january with the continuity task, we have fallen behind as we haven't been splitting group work and working best as a group. For our opening we have made a plan being me and Priyanka will be making the script and Luke and Chelsea will be doing the storyboard, this if effective as the work gets done faster and better as there is 2 people doing it. We will follow each tasks like this when we can apart from individual work that we will have to do by ourselfs. Me and Priyanka have also found free periods that we can meet up on each week to finish any other work we have to do.

Deadlines 2014

Coursework – Foundation Portfolio in Media

To produce the opening to a new film for a specified audience (2 minutes in duration)

Research –January 7th: All research should be completed

Continuity Task -Final cut should be completed (with individual evaluations) by 13th Jan

Planning and Animatic – January 27th: All planning and Animatic completed

Rough Cut – March 7th

Final Cut –Friday before Easter Holidays: April 4th

Blog and Evaluation –After Easter: April 21st