Christmas Homework, SWOT analysis

Hopefully you can read my handwriting

My Progress, SMART Target

The second SMART Target, Dec 22nd is my media SMART Target.

Evaluation of Rough Cut, Research

Personal refelction on rough cut 1

My main contribution to the rough cut was mainly being in it. I was the main and only person on screen, so I was the focus of the mise-en-scene. I tried my best to adjust my posture to always be in the frame of the camera. Marie was our main person behind the camera and there is a significant height difference between us so we had to help each other out to get the best possible shots.

49. Controlled Assessment: Rough Cut 1, Research

48. InstantShot Screenshot Editing, Research

This is us editing our rough cut 1 in PremierePro. We have chosen these three screenshots because these scenes were the most taxing, we did 6 or 7 cuts for each of these shots and it was a real struggle trying to decide which shot was best to make the final cut. Also, the shots show the costume used and the setting. 

At this point we were editing these scenes so that they transition well in the match cuts. A lot of subtle movements were included in these scenes so trying to make the cuts flow coherently were a real challenge. 

Re-shoot, Research

We plan to re-shoot on Wednesday 9th December at the same location. Although we are happy with what we shot, there were a few minor mistake continuity wise which we will definitely fix.

Filming Location / EVIDENCE, Research

These are pictures of the filming location


We begun filming on the 30th Novermber 2015 at the home of the uncle of our partner - Marie. His home was not far from the college so it was very convenient for us to film there.

Non-deigetic sound -

Non-diegetic sound -

in our title sequence we are planning to include mosly diegetic sounds, however we may include an overlayed non-diegetic sound track.

using the site- bensounds.com which shares loyalty free music: i have been able to find a potential sound track to include in out title sequence: 

this sound track is deep and emotional without, giving off the feel of a thriller.

this would be a good sound track to include as it is emotional and soft, and helps show that our genre is a drama, and it centers around the sad events of a breaking marriage. 

The Pitch - 5 audience details

For our project will will be aiming our film opening towards older adults around the age of 40, but it will also appeal to a wide range of people over the age of 18 and onwards. our genre and movie plot is more of an adult situation  and so will attract a wide range of an adult audience.

Audience Profile:

our audience will most likely be member of the public who are over the age of 30, though it appeals to a wide range of ages, it is shown that a majority of those interested in the genre and the themes of broken marriage will older, and female though males will also be interested in the genre of drama, it is more likely we will have more female audience members.

i used youGov.com to find information on the audience i am looking into, this helped get information about a large group of people which i can then aim the title sequence towards.

to attract this target audience we will use other forms of media that they will be more likely to see, unlike teenagers who would use social media, older views are more likely to need in home advertisement and posters to attract them. as we are a some production company and making a small film, we will not have a large budget for advertisement so will use a majority of posters, on buses, in shops windows and in stores. this is more likely to get the attention of older viewers and let them know to go see the film.

Pitch 7 - Mise-En-Scene, Research

Costumes (additional) 

These are the clothes that our male character played by Leo will be wearing for the title sequence

47. Blogging Healthcheck 2, Research

I have received Rebecca's feedback for my second progress report. I was pleased that I moved up a grade from C to B and encouraged to hear that she feels I have the potential to reach the A grade region.

I have made the requisite changes asked of me, much like I did the last time and will try to not miss any blog deadlines. Or have any missing tasks.

The Pitch - Sound design

Pitch Task 1 -4, Research

The name of our film is: Lost Love 

Brief outline of film

The film is based on a married couple who are facing troubling times. Coming off of the back of a big argument with his wife, the husband comes home hoping to resolve the matter. He comes home form work and realises that the door is open. He tentatively enters, drops his keys and walks into the living room. Suddenly he steps on a piece of broken glass. The glass is from a smashed wedding photo, the man begins to fear that his wife has run off with he kids. He sits down by the table and realises that his wife has left her wedding ring on table accompanied by a goodbye/ break-up note.

The way that we plan to film this is to start with a wide shot of the outside of the house, this is so that we can establish the place were the rest of the film will take place to the audience.A wide shot will capture the entirety of the  home which is what we want. We will then use match cuts which will include medium shot, close ups and panning shots.

Type of title sequence

We intend to use a narrative title sequence; a title sequence with moving images. We have chosen this because we think it'll help introduce our serious tone, if we were to use a title sequence with some animation as seen in films like Juno, it could give our audience the wrong idea that the tone of our movie is laid back when in fact it is a very dramatic and serious film.

A big influence for our title sequence is the title sequence in Raging Bull. It is very simple and does not give away too much but it introduces the tone perfectly, you know from the get-go that you (the audience) are in for a very dramatic and almost morose movie. They implement the same type of title sequence that we are going for. 

Another influence is A Few Good Men. It does similar to Raging Bull, it does not give away too much but introduces the tone and puts opening credit in front of moving images.

We intend to conform to traditional drama conventions as it will allow us to avoid any confusion with the audience. If we implement drama conventions hopefully our audience will catch on quickly and realise that they are in for a drama movie.

Choice of Genre

The genre we have chosen is Drama. We feel it suits the kind of film we are going for best. It could've been a thriller but we do not intend for it to have any twists or turns so drama is the best.

Two films we have taken inspiration from is again : A Few Good Men & Raging Bull


Institutional detail 

Our film will be an independent production. It has more chance of getting attention from a distribution company if it were an independent production.

Milkyway Pictures will distribute our film. A similar distribution company to ours is Vertigo Films. They distribute a lot of independent pictures as opposed to a company like 20th Century Fox who are mainly in the blockbuster movie business.  Vertigo Films have distributed critically acclaimed films such as The Outlaw and The Firm. With our film being small and independent we would have a good chance of being distributed by a company like Vertigo as opposed to Disney or 20th Century Fox.

Depending on our ownership there may be slight obligations we would have to meet in our title sequence. the distribution company indent would probably come first, and if we were to have any actors starring who carried around a certain amount of prestige their names would come before others.

48. Editing Evidence, Research

Start of editing our clips recorded on Monday 30th November.

This clip is evidence of the start of out editing. In this clip alongside the narration you can see us starting to put clips in chronological order so they flow nicely and correctly. More evidence will be posted as we go along and edit more of our sequence.

Blogging healthcheck 2 (47)

I got a B, great improvement from health check 1.
i've now pt my post in chronological order. I have also added my missing blog posts that i didn't have before.
Also, i edited our blog template to make it suit our film theme.

46. Filming Evidence, Research

We shot everything we needed in this one day, but at the time of writing I do not know whether it will be sufficient enough to edit. We may return here another lesson to add/ perfect extra shots. However we will review the footage before we return to the location to reshoot so that we know which scenes and shots we need to refilm, to avoid making the same mistakes or not getting shots we're missing.

Here we show the location, at this point in the video we had finished filming and were packing away to leave the location. We showed the living room of the home we filmed in because that is where majority of our film takes place, we thought it would be good to show the location without actual acting going on inside of it, instead of pictures and the actual film showing the room; it wouldn't give the same effect.

45. WIX WEBSITE!, Research

http://group18media.wix.com/digital-media

Wix Site

(Site made and created by Rochelle Cassell)

A picture of our Wix Website 

44. Final Schedule, Research

Added

Edited

43. Filming Run Through, Research

Running through staging and what happens in our opening scene.

narrated by Rochelle, Acted by Leo

42. Pitch Evaluation, Research

There are 3 main point from our pitch feedback we are going to focus on more.

• Clearer information on what the props are for

We finalised our props and decided to only use a note(wife saying goodbye), a ring(she left with the note) and a broken frame of their marriage picture t sow their relationship broke down. 

• More variety in shots

In filming we used a lot of different shots, more than what we planned on our shot list.

• Pictures of the location 

41. Pitch Reflection, Research

We presented our pitch to our class and most importantly our teacher. We informed them on the general plot for our film, the way we intend to shoot it and additional details. We used a combination of both Microsoft Powerpoint and Prezi to present our pitch. We chose Powerpoint because it suited us best, it was quick, easy and well presentable. The reason that we also used prezi is because group member Rochelle had a few slides of storyboards that could not be put onto PowerPoint so we decided that it would be best that she presented her section through Prezi because it was too valuable to lose.

We feel the pitch was successful enough, we conveyed our ideas across and showed some of the clips and opening sequences of some of the films that inspired us such as Raging Bull & A few Good Men.

Feedback




This is a video of afater we had finished our presentation and were receiving feedback.

We received feedback from both our teacher and fellow students. To sum it up the positives were:

• That our opening sequence was realistic, smart and achievable 
• Well planned and though out establishing shots
• In depth detail
• Well presented presentation 
• Institutional detail 
• Outline of the film 
• Use of examples/ inspirations 
• Good preparation
• Good research

We also received some constructive criticism

• Clearer information on what the props are for
• More detail on setting 
• Better connection
• Clearer information on non-diegetic sound
• More variety in shots
• Pictures of the location 

We intend to take all of this information on board, both the good and the bad to make the best possible film that we can make. 

Pitch Presentation

Here is the powerpoint we presented to the class. We presented it on Microsoft PowerPoint originally but we could not embed that onto the blog so we 'emazified it'. Marie and I's slides are here while Rochelle opted to present hers via Prezi which can be seen on her Pitch task 9-12/ blogpost 40
There are inaccuracies on this presentation such as the narrative and the distribution company which will be rectified in later blogposts.

Pitch tasks 9-12 and blogpost 40

39. Final storyboards, Research

These are the final images for our storyboard

Casting (38)

As leo is the only guy in the group, it was the best decision for him to play the main and only role of the husband coming home to a empty home. There are no extras. no auditions were needed.

38. Evidence of Casting Auditions

Due to my being the only male in the group I was the only candidate for the male role/lead in our film. Luckily for me this meant that I didn't have to audition for anything. We decided as a group that it was best to not include the wife in this scene so that intrigue and mystery could be built.

The only on-screen member of the group

A ring will also feature 

37. Production Schedule, Research

This are the days we plan to film and edit.

Final mise-en-scene (36)

Leo's clothing 

Location (Maries aunts house)

Final title credits (35)

35. & 36

I will not be doing blog task 35, 36 or 40 , Rochelle will be doing that on behalf of the group as it is part of her individual pitch task which she was assigned.

Her blog task 35, 36 and 40 will be be a part of our collaborative pitch presentation.

Slides from our presentation

34. Draw a Rough Storyboard and Shot-list, Research

Marie and myself (Leo) drew up a number of storyboards based off of Rochelle's shot list.

These pictures of storyboards chart our progression in ideas for our final piece.