Logo

this is our logo for our group, lunitic productions.

youtube channel

we have created a youtube account where we have uploaded our preliminary excercise video, and will also be uploading our film opening when it is fully complete.
http://www.youtube.com/user/LunaticProduction100?feature=watch

these are our reccie shots which we took to give us an idea of where we will be filimg our film opening. we do now know where we will be filming it. we took shots of places every where we went.

 these are our first reccie shots so they are not all that good but they helped us decide where to shoot our film opening and we got different camera shots of various places.

Prliminary excercise

this was our first video for our preliminary excercise. our task was to make a video with someone walking, opening a door, talking to someone. we had to show match on action when opening the door. and also use the 180 degree rule.

new idea and research

We have decided to do a new idea which involves a famous person giving a speech to many people and a threat from a terrorist groups arises and the famous figure gets assinated, however we are not too sure about who the famous person will be, however we have found a good place to shoot our opening and will be uploading the recces shots soon.

Here is the research that we carried out into what genre of film our target audience would like to see most.

Main project idea outline

This is one of our intial ideas in detail. It shows the title of our film, also our plot outline and our opening sequence outline, the characters and their roles, finally mise en scene, props, costume, setting and location.

Prezzi presentation

these are the ideas which we came up with for our film openings, they are based on horror/thriller we used the prezzi software to present our ideas to our media group, fianally we gained feedback which helped us think further into the ideas.

our video upload

we are currently unable to upload our presentation video of our film ideas. however whilst we try to upload it we will upload some photos of our prezzi presentation.

An analysis of a timeline

this is my timeline to the opening scene of casino royale, it includes all titles and subtitles which feature in the opening also, the directors and all the cast who were involved.

Casino Royale nine frames

 

British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)

The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912 and videos/ DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.

they have different age categories.

Suitable only for 15 years or over

No-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
Suitable only for adults

No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video work.

No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video work.

The brief

We are currently about to begin our main task, we have to create an opening of a film. we have a couple of ideas in mind, and are thinking about basing the film on horror/thriller. we are aiming to make

Film Openings

The start of the film shows the Warner Bros logo. This shows that they are presenters of the film. At the start of the clip there is a close up of the three men in the car. Also there are a couple more close ups during the operning. There is also a establishing wide shot of the three men before they open the boot of the car. Also before they open the boot there is a two shot of two of the men standing together.

Code and Conventions

The codes and conventions in media can be separated into 3 distinct groups -
- Technical (camera techniques & shots),
- Symbolic (ie clothing, colours)
- Written and audio (music etc).
These give the text meaning and determine the response of the viewer. They can be used as a basis for simple text analysis.
 In movie openings you will always have the production logos and distribution logos
Of the main companies that work on the movie.

Generally the opening shot of a film will be either an establishing shot or a blankscreen with titles on. These title screens can also be a way of building up suspense and also giving away the genre of the movie to the audience.
The opening of the movie scream has codes and conventions because the title is in red to enphasis blood also sirens ring and a heartbeat plays over the film opening, because of this you can automatically see that it is a horror film. finally the purpose of film openings is to set the seen to tell you what genre the film is and give a clue what its about.

Movie Trailer- Camera Shots

Close Up= Close ups are used alot to show a character talking, and to see facial expressions.
Two Shot= Of Stu and his girlfriend talking before his mates arrive.
Long Shot= Phil, Alan and Stu get tasered, the camera shot shows the whole class room and everyone in it.
Establishing Wide Shot= Shows the background of Las Vegas.
Middle Shot= Alan and Phil walking.
Over The Shoulder Shot= Of when Alan and Stu talk, shows that Stu is talking to Alan.
Extra Long Shot= Far away shot used to show the background of Las Vegas when they are on the roof.

Continuity

Continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time. It is of relevance to several media.Continuity is particularly a concern in the production of film and television due to the difficulty of rectifying an error in continuity after shooting has wrapped up. It also applies to other art forms, including novels, comics, anime, videogames and animation, though usually on a smaller scale.

Shot/Reverse shot

Shot/Reverse Shot is where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Match On Action

Match on action means when something happens in a scene then when there is a cut the same peice of action must be going on. This is an example of continuity editing and is very important in helping the audience continually understand exactly what is happening.

180 Degree Rule

The 180° rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters  in the same scene should always have the same left and right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary line connecting the two characters, it is called crossing the line. If you do this you have to show it. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

introduction

Hello, my name is Adam Lomas I am currently studying media studies at Ken Stimpson Community School. I also study English language, Finance and Sports studies. In my AS media group are Bradley roche, Dom clarke and Roberto pinto. This year we are going to do a preliminary excerice ( continuity excercise) and main task: opening to a new fiction film and titles.