Final Product

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEo73Y6bUw

Media Evalution

This is my media evaluation for my final product.

Media Evalution

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Link to youtube annotations from evaluation 5:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IagD8EOVA

Directors Commentry

Directors Commentry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3NYO5NhjKs

Location Shots

Equipment Shots

Apple Mac

HD Camera

All Equipment

Gorilla Tripod

Tripod

Here is pictures of the equipment that we used to film our opening titles. From the top, Apple Mac which we used to edit our film and create the music, the HD camera which we used to film. It was quite handy because it has a USB built into it making it easy and simple to upload onto the Mac. A photo then of all the equipment. Then the gorilla tripod which we used to film a shot when we couldn't use the tripod. The gorilla tripod wrapped around a fence so it therefore gave us more flexibility with what angles we could film with. Then finally, the normal tripod which we used for most of the filming.

Risk Assessment

Location: Path/Lane through field

Hazards:

·         Uneven path

·         Barbed wire fence

·         Icy/slippy conditions perhaps

Who might be harmed and how?:

·         Either of the actors – may trip and fall

·         Director/camera man – may trip and fall also

Evaluate the risks and decide on precaution:

·         Closely watch footing when moving around on path

·         Stay furthest away as possible from barbed wire fence

·         If there are icy or slippy conditions, change date of filming until these conditions disappear

Location: Room with stalker pictures on wall

Hazards:

·         Electrical hazards

·         Tripping hazard perhaps

Who might be harmed and how?:

·         Either of the actors – could trip and fall on cable. Possibility of dropping water on electrics

·         Director/camera man - could trip and fall on cable. Possibility of dropping water on electrics

Evaluate the risks and decide on precaution:

·         Move electrical hazard to a higher surface

·         Hide as much cable as possible or tape it to the floor so there is no possibility of tripping

Music Choice

We had a few ideas for music, however they were already written pieces of music. Max emailed some people about getting the permission to use the music in our film. After a few shared emails, we were asked to fill in some forms. Therefore we didn't want to go through this process of filling out forms when we had more important things to get on with. We then dicussed it and thought that it would be more creative to make our own music. We asked one of the music teachers to help us create the piece we were looking for. He watched our film opening and in doing so, started playing the piano. The music sounded great and matched our film really well. However, we then decided that we wanted to change our opening scene to a brand new location, meaning different shots, different timing etc. Once we had filmed our second attempt, we wanted to ask the music teacher if it was possible to adjust the music to the new film. Unfortunately, when we got back to school after the Christmas holidays, the music teacher was not teaching at our school anymore, therefore we could not use him to create a new, adjusted piece of music. We then dicussed as a group what we should do and decided that our only option was to use Garage Band. I was in charge of the music as I am able to play an instrument. However, I did need help from Max because i was unsure how to use Garage Band. I found it hard because you were obviously limited to the choices of music that you had in Garage Band. Despite this, we were playing around with the music and decided that a simple piano melody would work well. Our music is simply two different piano melody's blended together which creates tension to the film. The music fades out in one scene where the two characters are running - this is to create more tension. I think the music works really well and matches the film's tone. It helps to create the exact emotion that we wanted it to.

Casting Shots

Jack De Carle (Director and Actor)

Max Tonkin (Editor and Actor)

Natalie Coombes (Music and Actor)



Ideas

Shooting Schedule

Below is a spreadsheet that shows our filming schedule. It involves a key to explain what each colour means.

Logo

Here is the logo that i designed for our product. It is the name of our production company and i think it works well in the fact that it stands out and is quite unique. It is also simple so there isn't too much going on. I drew some rough ideas down onto paper first and then once i'd chosen which one I liked the most, I designed it on Microsoft Word 2007, using basic shapes. I then copied the logo onto Paint so that it would then be saved as an image. The 'JNM' simply stands for Jack, Natalie, Max.

Photo Evidence

These are a few pictures that were taken whilst filming our opening scene the first time round. I will now have to get a few screen grabs from our final product.

Our Opening Scene...

After watching our opening scene and getting some productive comments back, we decided that there was a lot of changing that needed to happen. Also new shots would be needed. After speaking before we broke up for the Christmas holidays, we decided that it was best to start the filming all over again from scratch. Therefore, we all met up in the Christmas holidays and decided that the filming was to be done in a lane/path in burbage. The great thing about the day we met up was that there was very thick fog, not enough to prevent filming, but a good amount to create a mood for the opening scene (pathetic fallacy). After we filmed what we had planned to film we went back to brainstorm some more ideas. We thought, that as the story was based around someone being stalked, it would be a good idea to have a shot showing lots of pictures on a wall of the victim. The light would be dull so that it would create tension and show an eery environment.
So far, our film is looking up! We had music sorted out, but unfortunately had it made for our original opening scene, therefore now it doesn't sound right meaning we will have to create another piece of music.
I have created another, updated story board for our opening scene and will soon upload it as an animatic onto my blog.