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