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Showing posts with label Quddus Khan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quddus Khan. Show all posts
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Question 2 Evaluation
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
What is representation?
Representation is how someone or something is shown in particular situation. The seven areas are gender, age, sexuality, disability/ability, regional identity and ethnicity. An example within our film is gender as the males possibly portray a bad role within the film opening as the young girl was crossing out only male names.
What is social groups?
A social group are people sharing a similar social relation.
Khadeeja being interviewed by Quddus on social groups
The feedback which was received from Khadeeja was mostly positive and a few negative points. She clearly gave representations that we constructed within our film opening. The main one was with gender and age, gender being a stereotypical look on girls as she looked quite girly with her necklace and bow tie. The representation on age was for both men and girls as the dead man portrayed a villain or a negative side to males whereas, for the representation of youth it was with the young girl as there were some obvious ideas such as a teddy bear and the way she was scribbling out. Also, disability was portrayed within our film opening which Khadeeja understood as of the close ups we took of the young girl with her unhinged looks. I think the feedback which was received was really good overall.
Question 7 Evaluation
I couldn't upload the presentation so i just copied the information onto blogger.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Pre production
We made a rough copy of our storyboard by hand at first so we know what scenes/shots will happen within the prelim film. After this we made a digital storyboard for the prelim project. Within this part of the project we researched match cuts but we didn't have any successful cuts. We also researched 180 degree rule and we didn't break it in the prelim project. We just planned on using natural light, we had the props which we needed and the location. The props included a wine bottle, cups, a gun and a pack of cards. The shots we used were pretty basic and we didn't get any successful match cuts.
Production
The filming didn't go too well due to numerous thing one being the framing of some shots weren't very accurate. Also, people kept passing by every few minutes so we had to reshoot a few times. We used a variety of shots but could've had more of a variety as some weren't as successful. We were very organised and had everything that we needed.
Post Production
Editing with the prelim product was okay... We realised that we didn't have any successful match cuts. Also, we forgot to add in credits and there wasn't any sound.
Analysis
The lighting in the prelim was horrible as it just made the characters come out completely blacked out due to a light source come from the back. Whereas, the mise en scene in the prelim was quite good as we had everything we needed and went quite well with the scenario. Our use of camera in the prelim was quite poor as well as the match cuts. We did add some transitions and a fade in and out on the prelim project. Also, one thing we done well was not breaking the 180 degree rule. The storyboard is below which i couldnt get into order.
Final product
Pre production
We decided to do the same as the prelim project and made a rough copy of the storyboard by hand first and then create a digital storyboard for the final product. The development was that we made the storyboard more detailed. Also, to understand how thriller openings work we researched about film openings such as Se7en and The Orphan.
Production
The use of camera angles, shots and quality was very good, we used a variety of shots and followed the 180 degree rule. The development from the prelim is tat we had very successful shots within our final product and good close ups. We decided to use a spot light within the final product as we were is a dark room, we tried to create an asylum kind of effect with the white walls. The development here was that we planned on using a spotlight as we knew natural lighting wasn't going to be good in a dark room. Also, we had the light coming from the front of the character so we could clearly see them. Mise en scene was really good in the final product as we planned it all out. The development here is that for the prelim we wore what we had came in.
Post production
We used foley and instrumental sounds within the final product to create an eerie effect, the development is that we became more creative with the sounds as we had no sounds in the prelim project. The editing went much better in the final product as we were more experienced with using the editing software (finalcut pro and soundtrack pro) we used transitions, effects such as blur, panning and match cuts. The development here was that we had successful match cuts within the final product whereas, in the prelim we didn't have any. The titles were much much better in the final product as we thought about how it will go on the film we also had them in the conventional order. Whereas, in the prelim they weren't connected in order. The development here was that we researched about the conventional order of titles.
Summing up
Throughout both the productions we learnt numerous things. Main things that I learnt was how to work the camera, to get successful shots like close ups and mid shots. Also, I learnt how to successfully record footage in the rule of thirds and focused. Other things include how to edit recorded footage with titles to make them follow the conventional order. Add effects such as blur and fade and adding transitions. Another editing software that i learnt to use was soundtrack pro which allowed us to add in sounds to add an effect.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
- Pre production
- Production
- Post production
Pre production
We made a rough copy of our storyboard by hand at first so we know what scenes/shots will happen within the prelim film. After this we made a digital storyboard for the prelim project. Within this part of the project we researched match cuts but we didn't have any successful cuts. We also researched 180 degree rule and we didn't break it in the prelim project. We just planned on using natural light, we had the props which we needed and the location. The props included a wine bottle, cups, a gun and a pack of cards. The shots we used were pretty basic and we didn't get any successful match cuts.
Production
The filming didn't go too well due to numerous thing one being the framing of some shots weren't very accurate. Also, people kept passing by every few minutes so we had to reshoot a few times. We used a variety of shots but could've had more of a variety as some weren't as successful. We were very organised and had everything that we needed.
Post Production
Editing with the prelim product was okay... We realised that we didn't have any successful match cuts. Also, we forgot to add in credits and there wasn't any sound.
Analysis
The lighting in the prelim was horrible as it just made the characters come out completely blacked out due to a light source come from the back. Whereas, the mise en scene in the prelim was quite good as we had everything we needed and went quite well with the scenario. Our use of camera in the prelim was quite poor as well as the match cuts. We did add some transitions and a fade in and out on the prelim project. Also, one thing we done well was not breaking the 180 degree rule. The storyboard is below which i couldnt get into order.
Final product
Pre production
We decided to do the same as the prelim project and made a rough copy of the storyboard by hand first and then create a digital storyboard for the final product. The development was that we made the storyboard more detailed. Also, to understand how thriller openings work we researched about film openings such as Se7en and The Orphan.
Production
The use of camera angles, shots and quality was very good, we used a variety of shots and followed the 180 degree rule. The development from the prelim is tat we had very successful shots within our final product and good close ups. We decided to use a spot light within the final product as we were is a dark room, we tried to create an asylum kind of effect with the white walls. The development here was that we planned on using a spotlight as we knew natural lighting wasn't going to be good in a dark room. Also, we had the light coming from the front of the character so we could clearly see them. Mise en scene was really good in the final product as we planned it all out. The development here is that for the prelim we wore what we had came in.
Post production
We used foley and instrumental sounds within the final product to create an eerie effect, the development is that we became more creative with the sounds as we had no sounds in the prelim project. The editing went much better in the final product as we were more experienced with using the editing software (finalcut pro and soundtrack pro) we used transitions, effects such as blur, panning and match cuts. The development here was that we had successful match cuts within the final product whereas, in the prelim we didn't have any. The titles were much much better in the final product as we thought about how it will go on the film we also had them in the conventional order. Whereas, in the prelim they weren't connected in order. The development here was that we researched about the conventional order of titles.
Summing up
Throughout both the productions we learnt numerous things. Main things that I learnt was how to work the camera, to get successful shots like close ups and mid shots. Also, I learnt how to successfully record footage in the rule of thirds and focused. Other things include how to edit recorded footage with titles to make them follow the conventional order. Add effects such as blur and fade and adding transitions. Another editing software that i learnt to use was soundtrack pro which allowed us to add in sounds to add an effect.
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Title sequence - Se7en
Conventions of a title sequence, which Se7en follows:
- Production company ident
- Distribution company ident
- Distribution company title
- Production company title
- Actor 1 (major star)
- Actor 2 (major star)
- Film title
- Actor 3
- Actor 4
The title sequence for Se7en follows the conventional title sequence as it goes through the two idents, then the two titles and then following the two major stars who are Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. After this the title Se7en appears followed by the other actors/tress' within the film.
Thriller inspiration - The Orphan
The Orphan - 2009 (Thriller)
The Orphan is another film which we took a lot of inspiration from as it is a psychological thriller and has very similar aspects. The film stars Vera Farmiga as Kate Coleman and Peter Sarsgaard as husband John who struggle to cope with the lose of their third child who was stillborn. Then the couple decide to adopt a young girl called Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman). Throughout the film Kate has a hunch that something maybe wrong with Esther as she seriously injured another girl. Also, her suspicion deepens when the couple find out from Sister Abigail (head of the orphanage) warning them that bad things seem to happen when Esther is around. I think one key element from The Orphan that we will interpret is that we'll have a young girl as the main character of the film to resemble innocence and deception.
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Feedback for our ROUGH CUT
After creating the rough cut of our thriller film, we got some feedback from other people to see whether or not we have to film again or edit some stuff. Above is a short video we took on the feedback we got for our film's rough cut.
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Obsession - ROUGH CUT
This is the rough cut version of our thriller film - Obsession:
We got feedback from other people in our class and a couple of points that are worth mentioning are that the title framing for a couple of shots is a bit off. Also the music which was put on at the last minute doesn't exactly go with it. Other than that the general feedback for our rough cut was very positive. ENJOY!!!
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Day 1 - Filming Process
This is the first day of the filming process (behind the scenes)!
This is a video of us setting up the equipment for our psychological thriller Obsession.
This is the setting of our film - one of the rooms in our college. We covered the whole setting with white sheets because we had a problem with the other green wall; it destroyed our mise en scene.
These are the main props that we used within our film.
This video is about us trying to figure out how to work the lighting. Which includes dimming and focusing the light to maximise effect.
This is the video of Quddus doing Shireen's make up (scar on her arm).
Monday, 25 February 2013
PITCH feedback
So here's a short video of the feedback we got after our group presented the pitch. We will take consideration to everyone's comments/opinions and we will possibly change our plans slightly to make it better and to please our audience.
Our PITCH made in PREZI!!
NOTE: Our Prezi has been disabled because unfortunately the account has been removed!
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
What we've learned from filming the prelim exercise
During the filming of the prelim exercise we learnt a number of things:
- The big thing was not to zoom in for certain parts as it looks amateur and unprofessional.
- Another thing we learnt was that we should always place the actor/actress within the top section of the image-wire frame.
- We should cut certain shots to keep the film interesting.
- Stick to the brief!
- Framing in the sense that you should keep the shots tight - don't film extra space!
Friday, 1 February 2013
The Orphan trailer re-cap
Just another re-cap of the trailer for The Orphan- one of the thrillers we will be basing our thriller on.
Monday, 28 January 2013
Bloopers of Prelim Video!
Whilst making the Prelim video, we did make a few comical mistakes whilst filming and acting, which we thought would be great to post on the blog as 'bloopers' (just for fun)! Above are some acting/camera errors. Enjoy!
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