Pictures of final cut

Opening to a Childrens Film

Current progress lessons 3-4

We have now finished our footage and made a sound track on garageband. We faced the problem of getting the right genre for the children feel.

Jack's Moodboard

Credits

I think the credits should be fresh and colourful relating to the theme of the car chase maybe made out of the exhaust fumes or the credits fly past like a racing car. The credits should also slow and clear but be eye catching keeping the young audience interested where in most films the younger audience switches off doring the credits.

Credits

As our opening sequence to a children's film is mostly a car chase, i think that the credits should be blatent (big and bold) and colourful. I believe this will have more impact on the viewer, and it also goes with the theme of the chase. When the credits come onscreen, they should fly from the right to the left of the picture, then stay in the centre of the frame for 3 seconds (for each name), before leaving the frame. I think we should have a plain black background and an exciting font, which stands out and grabs the viewers attention. We could also use some sound effects to create more impact. For example, each time somebody's name flys on screen, we could use a 'bang-like' sound with lots of bass, grabbing the viewers attention. 

Moodboard

The Credits (Saul)

The credits need to show all of the actors names and who they played(voiceovered). The writing should be interesting and colourful, bubbly red or blue writing. This will stand out to the kids and just keep the mood happy, as a younger audience isn't really going to want to read it, and any parents will read it if they want. The credits should pass by fairly fast so they do not bore the younger audience. I think we should have a bit of animation with our credits like, a car zooming past etc.

Saul

Credits by Jack

The credits should include all our names and the characters names and who portrayed each character (voiceovers). The credits should be at a slow pace so children can read it, but not too slow to take up valuable time as we have to keep within 2 minutes. The font needs to be big and clear, and in a style that looks fun which keeps with the theme of our film. The font also needs to be colourful and clear. The structure of the credits should be the title of our film and then the characters/actors names.

Jack James

Progress 2nd Lesson

During the second lesson i think we got the hang of the stop motion software getting much more filming time done in the lesson now having 1.2 mins of film time made up of split second frames now having most of the car chase complete we can now goet on to thinking about credits and concluding the first scene of the childrens film.
Problems we encountered were geting props to stay still and to make each frame flow together. Also using stop motion its very easy to go on and on and make the scene too long, which could make the audience lose interest. We tackled this by making short interesrting shots throughout the scene and also funny shots which will appeal to the target audience.

1st session filming.

In our first session filming we have made good progress having filmed our first scene of the 'Lego News' broadcast. We have already filmed 40seconds of our film but made no progress in sound etc.
We have found it quite difficult as there are many factors that affect it, the shadow and light in the room, the speed at which we move the characters and keeping everything still. These are all things we have to keep in mind to ensure the filming is a success.

Storyboard

This is our storyboard which shows the story.

Beauty and the Beast - Dancing scene

The opening scene portrays the beast to be very powerful and scary, whereas the beauty being small, innocent and harmless.

The scene starts with the beast trying to force the beauty out of the house. The music is intense which builds tension. The beast itself is giant which would make the viewer feel scared for the beauty, wanting her to escape unharmed. It is a chase scene which is fast paced, making it exciting.

The beauty escapes from the house, and runs past a talking candle and clock. This is magical and children may like this. She then runs into the forest on a horse, but to her surprise, she runs into a pack of wolves. This is a dilemma for the beauty, which would make the viewer feel worried. She then tries to run away, but is still being chased by the wolves.

Finalised Childrens film opening scene.

We have decided to use stop motion program now instead of Live action we thought this would create more of a childrens Theme although stop motion is very time consuming.

The main story is.. (Goody and Baddy) Theme.. Lego car chase making the background move giving the effect that the car is moving at high Lego speeds.!!

Whilst a rolling credits.
Example..


First shot.. News report showing a a news room with to anchor figurines for 30 secs.
Second shot.. BREAKING NEWS slide. For 5 secs.
Third Shot.. Ground (side) view of toy cars pulling off for 10 secs.
Forth shot.. Arial shot from a "helicopter" following the live chase for 60 secs. (helicopter moving gathering different shots)
Fifth shot.. Super hero saves the day by capturing the "baddy"! for 30 secs

Story board (back to the future)

Story board:

We were set the task of making a story board of the opening scene of Back to the Future. Saul took up the job of drawing out the story board, Jack noted down camera shots and sounds during the clip. Will & Hakan wrote out information of each scene.
The story boarding exercise will help us pick out the most important parts of the 2 minute clip highlighting key parts. The story boarding will also help us to prepare for shooting the childrens opening sequence. The preparation will help us meet each deadline punctually.

Childrens film opening.

For our opening of a childrens film, we have decided to use live action.

Our storyline is about a boy called Rob who steals sweets from the college canteen. But he is unaware that he is being watched by another pupil.

This scene will have very little dialogue and will mostly be a tracking shot of the sweet shop.

Prelimary Task

Continuity Task

The continuity task is a way for us to practice using cameras, preparing us for our opening scene of a childrens film. In the task we have to follow a template of several camera shots.

Location: G block, corridor and an unused room.

Actors:
Saul (Phillip)
Bronwen (Ms Brown)

Cameraman:
Will

Director:
Hakan

Our idea is to show the relationship between a teacher and pupil. The pupil goes to see his teacher after he receives a notice from her. He then heads to her office down a corridor and then enters the room. Still with his cocky rebellious attitude, the teacher is far from satisfied, and they continue to argue.


Shot 1: Phillip is walking down the corridor whistling, whilst holding a note.
Establishing shot which will last approximately 4 seconds.

Shot 2: Phillip knocking on the door.
Ms Brown: 'Who is it?'
Phillip: 'Your favourite student'
Ms Brown: 'Phillip!'
Closeup of Phillip grasping the doorknob.
Close up, which will last about 4 seconds.

Shot 3: Match on action shot. (Showing Phillip coming through the door from another angle).
Shot will last about 4 seconds.

Shot 4: Reaction shot. (Showing Ms Brown looking at Phillip)
Ms Brown: 'Take a seat'
Shot will last about 2 seconds.

Shot 5: Long shot.
Phillip: 'You wanted to see me?'
Shot will last about 2 seconds.

Shot 6: Shot/Reverse shot.
Ms Brown: 'Yes Phillip, take a look at this'
Ms Brown shows Phillip the sheet of paper.
Phillip: 'Yeah and what?'
Ms Brown: 'Right!' *pause, trying to calm down* 'You are a disgrace to this school - I don't know what to do with you!'
Phillip: 'Your the teacher - you tell me'
Ms Brown: *loosing temper* 'You can spend everyday after school with me for the rest of the term - now get out of my sight!'
Phillip: *tut* ina bit.

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