Evaluation

In this project we where asked to create a short film that was 1-2 minutes long.

We did some research on other short films and the directors who created them for example Ashes made by Sophie Black who used a dark and creepy way of directing her film with different angles and a steady camera, the other one we was Lemonade made by Erin Montgomery which had a shaky camera and was a bit brighter. We also looked at diegetic ( sound that you can see like hitting something hearing a thud) and non diegetic sound (when you here background music and the origin is unknown.) We also learnt some new terminology like Open and closed endings. (open endings where the story has no ending and could carry on, closed ending when the you can't do anymore the film has ended with the main character dead making it impossible to create another one.

With the pre production work we had to all individually come up with an Idea which we could suggest to our group, after  thinking we where put into groups and told each other our ideas, all the ideas of my group where similar so we just combined them together and made our film story , We then went on to fill out all the paper work necessary as well as the Camera booking for taking the camera out of college to do filming.

The film is based around mental health and how it can affect people, the secret in this film is that people hide their problems when they should be shared so it doesn't get worse, Me and Leah started the filming during class we went around the campus and took shoots in different spaces using different angles and using the storyboard to help guide us. After that we arranged for the rest of the group (Leah,Taylor and Sherri) to come to my house to do a little filming we filmed one scene and then the rest was completed at Leah's house due to time constraints.

The next task was to record the voice over and download the backing track, The Voice recording was done in the sound both each one off us had a go at saying the opening and closing script which Taylor wrote. We decided that Leah's voice over was  the best for the opening, but Taylor's voice over was the best for the closing scene. The backing track was My Immortal Acoustic Version by Evanescene.

For the editing we used Dip to black, cross dissolve and  Constant gain for smoother transition between video footage and audio.

The problems we had where that we were running short with time and was having to rush a bit to get the final edit done, Filming was also a problem because of filming location changing due to availability and day light.



link to short film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs9Hq-sANA8

Location Recce

Evaluation tips

Can be used for any evaluation.

1.Overview- For this project we where asked to.......
watched short films to get inspiration.
Individually we wrote proposals.
We where then put into groups, where we choose the best idea or combined the ideas if they where all good and could be combined.

2.Primary and secondary research. what did you do? why?- look in to directors and short films (why was this relevant to the project.

3.planning and Pre-production- Brainstorms, Ideas, plans, specific paper work.(story board)

4. Production- use key words- name the kit- what did you do-what kind of camera did you use, how did you set the camera up,- what settings did you use.

5. Post production - editing, finalizing work, adjustments. put on YouTube.

6. what would you do to improve if you had to do it again.

7.peer feed back to put on blog. (2 people minimum)



Short film specific
- Details on how specific work inspired you- directors- other short films.
-Research that wasn't set by the tutor. (put some images in if you want.) additional research.
- pullout specific examples.(stuff you didn't understand e.g. health and safety sheet.)
-Terminology (camera angles)
-final production, schedule ,(Amended)

Filming Shoot 1

In today's session we had the opportunity to film the second scene of our short film which has our protagonist sat on the Stairs or the floor looking down, or too their head tucked into there Knees.

We filmed the scene 10 times in different locations and different Camera angles. we filmed about 3 scenes outside, 7 indoors in different places around the college.

We tried to get people to walk in front of the camera to make it look like it was busy but it just didn't look right so we left the camera rolling for a bit on the protagonist and waited for people to walk past in their own time which looked better but not many people walked past because they thought they be getting in the way.

When we filmed inside we looked for dark or Isolated areas, my favorite scenes that we did the filming at were the metal staircase near the maths room on the E floor, The sloped leading to the Media staff office and the spiral staircase near our class room E101.

W e will be recording the first scene and the other scenes in Grantham using films surrounding the area of my house and rooms of my house for scenes.

BBFC

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/


Case studies
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/freaks

Freaks

Rated 12
This film was first submitted in 1932 and got denied multiple times because it was deemed unsuitable for the public because it was exploiting the flaws of the character/actors. the film was finally approved in 1994 with the rating of 12. ~(which was heavily discussed because the rating changed PG 15


http://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/education
An Education

Rated 12A
This film was released in 2009 submitted itself for a 12A rating to the BBFC, and was cleared for a 12A, but in America got the rating of PG13 because of Mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking.






Our short film will be rated 12A so parents will be able to deem it suitable for there children because of how it is about Mental health making it Psychological and some parents might deem it unsuitable for there children.





Age ratings
U: Universal for audiences aged 4 and over.
PG:Parental Guidance, Suitable for most ages but may contain scenes that are unsuitable for young  children so parents are advised to check it before letting them watch
12A: 12 and a Adult accompany
12:for 12 years or older
15: for 15  or above
18: for 18 plus
R18

strarter task

Primary research: first hand research
Closed ending: when the ending is done and nothing can happen after it. it has ended
Non diagetic sound :sound added in during editing, can't be see.
mistranslated: Narrative, Multiple points of view
Cross cutting: different scenes that meet up
diagetic: You see the sound being made e.g. someone turning music up on a player
Non linear:
Jib Shot: good for high shots coming from above.
Close up shot: when it is close to the face or body part or scene.
Rule of thirds: splits the image into thirds so you can  line everything up
Linear:
tilt shot: where it is looking up to the scene
Demographic audience: gender, age, name
secondary research: Where you use other people research
white balance: to make sure the lighting is balanced
Pan shot: the camera moves from left to right
Landscape
steady cam: hold the tripod upside down
Aperture/gain: how much light is let in
Psycographic: what your into
Socioeconomic: money what class your in (working class)
Open ending: where the ending is still open and can continue after the end
Marketing research
BBFC: British bored of film classification:PG U 12A 12 15 E 18R
ISO: makes it s smooth or blurry
Single strand: one point of view throughout
Copyright symbol: It is copyrighted. 70 Years till it expires,
Editing Tint: black and white
transitions help split one scene from another
Credits
Bracketing: lets you see the exposure.

location filming experience

1/12/2015

We went about in groups in lesson and filmed at different locations for each group we did a bit of filming at a little park with our actor sitting on a bench we did from different angles and did it from different close ups, we then walked about and observed other people of the groups work. We then went and filmed on the spiral staircase next to our classroom and filmed it at different angles and close ups.

Things that didn't go according to plan.

 It was raining.

We didn't get to film in the location we wanted to.

It was crowded. 

It was loud.

what went to plan

The filming we did turned out well.

We worked well together.

discovered new locations that we could film at in other projects.

how i could improve it
If we where  allowed to split into our groups and go our separate ways we would off been able to get our filming started and the majority out of the way (the rest will be done outside of college. there for we need to plan it out better so we can get more stuff done and have more time. we also need to think of our locations a bit better so we can go straight there instead of standing about.

Normaly you delete individual files, where as a format delets everything