Friday, 15 January 2016
Editing (+ Explanation)
With these shots of our main image walking in a room, after putting the shots into iMovie and watching them, we decided we would cut down the shots as we felt they were too long. We did this by right-clicking the shot, and pressing on 'clip trimmer' and then we adjusted the time to make the shots shorter. We did this for all the walking and foot tapping scenes to make it go quicker.
Audience Feedback - Trailer - First Draft
My audience feedback for the first draft of my trailer was that the trailer did not make much sense as they did not understand the narrative of the trailer. After watching the trailer, I explained the narrative but they said it was not shown clearly in the trailer. They said they liked some of the shots that were included in the first draft such as the leaves shot which was reversed in editing and the shot of the necklace spinning. I agreed with my audience feedback as we definitely needed to include some more shots and scenes for the narrative to make more sense and then this would make the genre more clearer to audiences.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Filming Locations - where we filmed & why (+ Location Shots)
Reading Train Station
Drama Studio
School
Shooting Schedule
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Date
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Description of Shot
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Location/Setting
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Equipment & Props
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03/11/15
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The first shot we filmed was at our school in a woodsy area. We got
our actress to stand in the woods and we threw leaves at her to suggest that
time is moving and that leaves are being thrown at her to suggest that she is
time travelling and we decided we would reverse it in editing. We also filmed
her standing in the woods holding her necklace and looking at it to suggest
that she is waiting for something to happen.
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School
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o Camera
o Tripod
o Dolly Wheels
o Leaves
o Necklace (time travelling
device)
|
|
12/11/15
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Another shot we filmed was the foot tap scene near the lockers in the
science corridor, as we decided school would be one of the destinations she
would travel to. We also filmed her walking down the corridor with the lights
flickering on and off to suggest something was going on that was abnormal.
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School – science building + main corridor
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o Camera
o Tripod
o Dolly Wheels
o Lights
o Necklace (time travelling
device)
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|
16/11/15
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We filmed our main actress sat on the train so the audience would
know she was travelling somewhere. We had the idea of filming the reflection
as it looked better and the effects of the lights made it seem more sci-fi.
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Train
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o Camera
o Tripod
o Dolly Wheels
o Necklace (time travelling device)
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|
16/11/15
|
We also filmed her looking out the window at the moving trains and we
filmed a shot (inspired by the ‘Lucy’ time travelling scene) where the main
actress put her hands out and it made it look like she was controlling the
movement of the train.
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Train station
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o Camera
o Tripod
o Dolly Wheels
o Necklace (time travelling
device)
|
|
18/11/15
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Another shot we filmed was we got our main actress to stand in a room
and hold her necklace out in front of her and look at it whilst we moved the
camera to do a tracking shot of her so we circled the camera around her
whilst she stayed looking at the necklace. This shot was to suggest that she
was studying the necklace to see how she can travel through time.
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School – drama studio
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o Camera
o Tripod
o Dolly Wheels
o Necklace (time travelling
device)
|
|
20/11/15
|
We filmed some scenes at a house which involved the two main
characters (Sophie and her grandmother). We filmed them having a conversation
about the time travelling and the grandmother giving Sophie advice. We also
filmed the main character going onto her laptop and searching for a newspaper
article that was about her mother’s mysterious death.
|
House
|
o Camera
o Tripod
o Dolly Wheels
o Necklace (time travelling
device)
|
|
25/11/15
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On this day, we filmed scenes at a house and we filmed scenes with
the younger version of Sophie and this helps the audience to understand
Sophie’s past. We filmed the scene of when the grandmother hands the necklace
to Sophie for the first time, along with her looking at the necklace.
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House
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o Camera
o Tripod
o Dolly Wheels
o Necklace (time travelling
device)
|
Magazine Cover - First Draft (& Audience Feedback)
- Informative
- Attractive and eye-catching
- Bar code looks too small
- Maybe advertise something on the right hand side of the cover where there is space
Poster - First Draft (& Audience Feedback)
My audience feedback:
- They liked the way the 'R3' title was smudged
- They didn't like the background being blurred out is that they didn't understand why it was like that
- They said they'd have to know the film for the poster to make sense
- They also didn't like that the word 'never' was written in red and I agreed with this comment.
Monday, 11 January 2016
Billing Block Ideas
I had planned out my billing block
using inspiration from other films which are added at the end of the trailers.
I tried a few different fonts that could be included onto my poster and on my
trailer. I liked the first two fonts but I felt they did not look as realistic
as the last font but the first two fonts are slightly easier to read. I liked
all fonts below but the ‘Impact’ font looks the most realistic and will make my poster and film trailer look more professional.
Font: Calibri
Font: Adobe Fansong Std R
Font: Impact
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