This is the film on final cut express, during the editing sessions.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Editing.
This is the film on final cut express, during the editing sessions.
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Finding Nemo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOJ3XXnr1cs&feature=PlayList&p=2DB117F6C696C394&index=0&playnext=1
Narrative:
The film starts with Coral and Marlin getting very excited about their eggs being nearly ready to hatch, so they are planning their futures. Then suddenly there is a big fish that's wants to eat their eggs, so Coral swims down to save them. Marlin tries to help her by distracting the bigger fish however is knocked unconscious. He wakes up to find Coral and all but one egg gone. There is then a cut to Marlin waking up find Nemo jumping on him with excitement rushing through him because its his first day of school. They then get ready to go on a school trip and there is a hint of danger when when there is a warning from Marlin about Nemos "lucky fin," ( which is his small fin).
Genre:
Finding Nemo is a hybrid and has a mixture of different genres. This film consists of Adventure, when Marlin and Dory go across the ocean to find Nemo. Comedy as it has quite a lot of "one liners" and Dory an air headed fish is always making jokes about things. It is also classes as a family film which means that it appeals to a wide range of audiences (the whole family)
Characters:
In the opening sequence we are introduced to a lot of characters, however only a few of these are significant main characters. There main characters are: Nemo - who is a young clown fish who is taken from his home to the other side of the ocean and placed in a fish tank. Marlin - Nemos father, who is searching for Nemo after he has been taken. Dory - who is found by Marlin whilst on his way to find Nemo, Dory helps Marlin find Nemo. The characters are stereotypical of an animated children's film, as they are all kind, friendly and happy characters. However there are some villains, who are the sharks, which are stereotypically bad characters.
Atmosphere:
The atmosphere of the opening sequence is very light hearted and upbeat. As Coral and Marlin are planning how to bring up their young and are very excited. Then suddenly it changes when the big fish comes, there is a big mood change and it instantly feels negative.
Themes:
The themes for Finding Nemo are: family loyalty, with Marlin trying to find his son after he was stolen. Loss, as Marlin has lost his son.
Narrative:
The film starts with Coral and Marlin getting very excited about their eggs being nearly ready to hatch, so they are planning their futures. Then suddenly there is a big fish that's wants to eat their eggs, so Coral swims down to save them. Marlin tries to help her by distracting the bigger fish however is knocked unconscious. He wakes up to find Coral and all but one egg gone. There is then a cut to Marlin waking up find Nemo jumping on him with excitement rushing through him because its his first day of school. They then get ready to go on a school trip and there is a hint of danger when when there is a warning from Marlin about Nemos "lucky fin," ( which is his small fin).
Genre:
Finding Nemo is a hybrid and has a mixture of different genres. This film consists of Adventure, when Marlin and Dory go across the ocean to find Nemo. Comedy as it has quite a lot of "one liners" and Dory an air headed fish is always making jokes about things. It is also classes as a family film which means that it appeals to a wide range of audiences (the whole family)
Characters:
In the opening sequence we are introduced to a lot of characters, however only a few of these are significant main characters. There main characters are: Nemo - who is a young clown fish who is taken from his home to the other side of the ocean and placed in a fish tank. Marlin - Nemos father, who is searching for Nemo after he has been taken. Dory - who is found by Marlin whilst on his way to find Nemo, Dory helps Marlin find Nemo. The characters are stereotypical of an animated children's film, as they are all kind, friendly and happy characters. However there are some villains, who are the sharks, which are stereotypically bad characters.
Atmosphere:
The atmosphere of the opening sequence is very light hearted and upbeat. As Coral and Marlin are planning how to bring up their young and are very excited. Then suddenly it changes when the big fish comes, there is a big mood change and it instantly feels negative.
Themes:
The themes for Finding Nemo are: family loyalty, with Marlin trying to find his son after he was stolen. Loss, as Marlin has lost his son.
Problems During Filming.
Whilst we were filming our opening sequence we encountered and overcome some issues which has helped us as a group. In day one of filming, we had the problem of the actual location of our opening sequence, but we managed to find an empty class room. The next problem was making the classroom and college corridors look like a house. We overcame this by hanging up sheets and putting things up to look like curtains and covering tables with more sheets to look like a bed. Another problem on our first day of filming was the fact we were one actor short to play the young boy. However we dealt with this problem by the time we needed to film that section as we asked a friend to do the part.
On our second day of filming we had some more problems. A main problem was when we were filming in the corridors, there were some lockers in the way of our shot, so we decided to cover them up with a sheet. Also another problem was we were going to use two pieces of paper to place in front of the camera so as when the children were waking up you would see it from their point of view and it would look like their eye lids opening and closing, however after several attempts at this, we decided to discard that idea and use a two shot.
On our second day of filming we had some more problems. A main problem was when we were filming in the corridors, there were some lockers in the way of our shot, so we decided to cover them up with a sheet. Also another problem was we were going to use two pieces of paper to place in front of the camera so as when the children were waking up you would see it from their point of view and it would look like their eye lids opening and closing, however after several attempts at this, we decided to discard that idea and use a two shot.
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
problems.
We have come across a few problems whilst filming our opening sequence.
Day one of filming.
The first problem was the location, we had to find an empty unused room in the college to film it in, this problem was soon solved. We didn't have anyone in our group who could play the little boy, but we found one of our friends who had a free lesson, who was willing to act in it for us. Once we had set up the camera and had it all in position, we then realised that it was light outside, and in the film, it's supposed to be night time, so we had to sort something out to make it look darker, so we put a blanket up at the window.
Day two of filming.
Our next problem was the lockers in the school corridors were going to be in the screen, and you wouldn't particularly find that sort of thing in a house, so we had to, again, use our blanket to cover them up. Our idea of slitting two peices of paper together in front of the camera to make it look like the children were blinking and that we were seeing things from there point of veiw, didn't really work, and it didn't look very good, so we just left that bit out.
Day three of filming.
There wasn't many problems on the third day, except the time of day, it was last lesson, which meant it was dark, so most of the film would have been lighter than the little bit we filmed on the last day. Our idea of using paper to make snow on the title piece didn't work, because the paper didn't show up well on the camera, but it worked well anyway because it was foggy, so it looked like it should be snowing, and that it was winter.
Editing.
Day one of filming.
The first problem was the location, we had to find an empty unused room in the college to film it in, this problem was soon solved. We didn't have anyone in our group who could play the little boy, but we found one of our friends who had a free lesson, who was willing to act in it for us. Once we had set up the camera and had it all in position, we then realised that it was light outside, and in the film, it's supposed to be night time, so we had to sort something out to make it look darker, so we put a blanket up at the window.
Day two of filming.
Our next problem was the lockers in the school corridors were going to be in the screen, and you wouldn't particularly find that sort of thing in a house, so we had to, again, use our blanket to cover them up. Our idea of slitting two peices of paper together in front of the camera to make it look like the children were blinking and that we were seeing things from there point of veiw, didn't really work, and it didn't look very good, so we just left that bit out.
Day three of filming.
There wasn't many problems on the third day, except the time of day, it was last lesson, which meant it was dark, so most of the film would have been lighter than the little bit we filmed on the last day. Our idea of using paper to make snow on the title piece didn't work, because the paper didn't show up well on the camera, but it worked well anyway because it was foggy, so it looked like it should be snowing, and that it was winter.
Editing.
When putting the film together, we came across a few problems, we were unable to do the split screen of the girl and the boy waking up as we didn't know how to. Also, we were told that we had to make our own soundtrack to the film and we didn't know this before, so we had to do it last minute.
Friday, 4 December 2009
script.
CHANGES MAY BE MADE - THIS IS NOT FINAL.
Shot two
Girl: Hurry up! Come on!
Boy: I am hurrying!
Girl: You're not going fast enough!
Boy: Shh, they'll hear you if you keep going on!
Shot three
Girl: Faster, they're going to come..
Boy: They'll only come if they hear us, so be quiet!
Shot four
Boy: I've got them!
Girl: Finally.
Shot five
Boy: Here you go.. now don't do anything stupid..
Girl: Yeah, yeah. Bye.
Boy: Bye.
Shot six
Girl: I've wanted you for ages, I can't believe I've finally got you! My parents do listen after all.
Shot seven
Boy: Just what i wanted.. My parents are the best.
Shot eight
Girl: I wish you were real.
Boy: I wish you were real.
Shot nine
Girl: *Yawning noises*
Shot ten
Boy: *Yawning noises*
Shot eleven
Girl: *Screams*
Boy: *Screams*
Shot two
Girl: Hurry up! Come on!
Boy: I am hurrying!
Girl: You're not going fast enough!
Boy: Shh, they'll hear you if you keep going on!
Shot three
Girl: Faster, they're going to come..
Boy: They'll only come if they hear us, so be quiet!
Shot four
Boy: I've got them!
Girl: Finally.
Shot five
Boy: Here you go.. now don't do anything stupid..
Girl: Yeah, yeah. Bye.
Boy: Bye.
Shot six
Girl: I've wanted you for ages, I can't believe I've finally got you! My parents do listen after all.
Shot seven
Boy: Just what i wanted.. My parents are the best.
Shot eight
Girl: I wish you were real.
Boy: I wish you were real.
Shot nine
Girl: *Yawning noises*
Shot ten
Boy: *Yawning noises*
Shot eleven
Girl: *Screams*
Boy: *Screams*
story board.
This is our storyboard, it contains each of the shots we are going to include in our film opening and details about it.
Shot one:
Close up on the window from outside, looking in.
Shot two:
Boy searching through cupboard for presents.
Shot three:
Girl looking to see if parents are nearby.
Shot four:
Boy walking away from cupboard, begins as close up and goes to a long shot as he walks away.
Shot five:
Boy hands girl her present and they both walk separate ways.
Shot six:
Girl sitting on bed, and talking to the doll.
Shot seven:
Boy sitting on bed, and talking to doll.
Shot eight:
Split screen, both wishing the dolls were real.
Shot nine:
From the little girls point of view as she wakes up, looking at the doll.
Shot ten:
From the little boys point of view as he wakes up, looking at the doll.
Shot eleven:
Split screen on girl and boy seeing the dolls and screaming.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
bbfc film age guidelines.
According to the BBFC the following guidelines are suitable for childrens films.
U - a 'U' should be suitable for children ages four and over, suitable for a pre school child to watch alone. Although it is impossible to interpret what each individual child is afraid of, these are the guidelines to go by.
PG - a 'PG' film should not upset a child aged eight or over. Parents are still advised to watch with children, as it is the same again about not being able to know what the individual children are upset by.
Our film will be a U, so that it is available to a wider range of children and therefor, will have a broad audience.
U - a 'U' should be suitable for children ages four and over, suitable for a pre school child to watch alone. Although it is impossible to interpret what each individual child is afraid of, these are the guidelines to go by.
PG - a 'PG' film should not upset a child aged eight or over. Parents are still advised to watch with children, as it is the same again about not being able to know what the individual children are upset by.
Our film will be a U, so that it is available to a wider range of children and therefor, will have a broad audience.
Ideas For Filming
We have looked at the scene where Lucy finds the wardrobe. There is a low angle shot of the wardrobe to make it seem superior to her. This also makes it tempting to have a look at whats inside. We are going to try and replicate this in our opening to give the same effect.
idea for changing sequence.
This is the film life size, this is the transforming sequence where a doll turns into a human, we wanted to watch this to get an idea on how the doll changed to a human.
Log production meeting 2/12/09 - Planning for production
Mise en scene
Props:
bratz doll, boy bratz doll/action man, tinsel, christmas tree, bean bag, pyjamas, bratz hair brush, wrapping paper, cupboard.
We are using christmas props, as these help to represent the theme of christmas.
Costume:
pyjamas, slippers - children.
skirt, etc - bratz doll.
white vest - bratz doll.
The children are supposed to be in bed, this is why they are dressesd in pyjamas. The dolls are wearing these clothes because these are stereotypical dolls clothes.
Actors:
Boy bratz doll when human - Matt
Girl bratz doll when human - Shanna
Little girl - Taylor
Little boy - Still to be chosen
We have chosen Matt to be the doll when it has turned human, because, he suits the blonde male stereotypical bratz boy. Shanna has been chosen to be the human girl doll because, she looks similar to the bratz doll we are using. We have chosen Taylor to be the little girl because, she looks innocent like a small child.
Settings:
Bedroom scene.
We have chosen the setting to be in a bedroom, because the children are getting ready to go to bed, and it is night time.
Colours:
Girly pinks, dark night time colours, warm colours, boy blues.
We are using these colours because pink and blue are the stereotypical girl and boy colours, we are using the warm colours because its christmas and it represents family. The dark colours are being used as it's set at night time.
Lighting:
Low lighting.
We are using low lighting, because it's set at night and it gives the theme of night time.
Camerawork
Static, match on action.
We are using the static camerawork because it's easy to edit and and we don't need to use track or pan in this scene.
Editing
Pace: slow gentle pace.
We are using this pace so that it doesn't go too fast for the children to understand, we want them to be able to go along with the film.
Sound
Music: have yourself a merry little christmas - opening credits.
Sound effects: twinkling noise when the dolls transform.
We are using that song for our opening credits, as it's a well known christmassy song.
Props:
bratz doll, boy bratz doll/action man, tinsel, christmas tree, bean bag, pyjamas, bratz hair brush, wrapping paper, cupboard.
We are using christmas props, as these help to represent the theme of christmas.
Costume:
pyjamas, slippers - children.
skirt, etc - bratz doll.
white vest - bratz doll.
The children are supposed to be in bed, this is why they are dressesd in pyjamas. The dolls are wearing these clothes because these are stereotypical dolls clothes.
Actors:
Boy bratz doll when human - Matt
Girl bratz doll when human - Shanna
Little girl - Taylor
Little boy - Still to be chosen
We have chosen Matt to be the doll when it has turned human, because, he suits the blonde male stereotypical bratz boy. Shanna has been chosen to be the human girl doll because, she looks similar to the bratz doll we are using. We have chosen Taylor to be the little girl because, she looks innocent like a small child.
Settings:
Bedroom scene.
We have chosen the setting to be in a bedroom, because the children are getting ready to go to bed, and it is night time.
Colours:
Girly pinks, dark night time colours, warm colours, boy blues.
We are using these colours because pink and blue are the stereotypical girl and boy colours, we are using the warm colours because its christmas and it represents family. The dark colours are being used as it's set at night time.
Lighting:
Low lighting.
We are using low lighting, because it's set at night and it gives the theme of night time.
Camerawork
Static, match on action.
We are using the static camerawork because it's easy to edit and and we don't need to use track or pan in this scene.
Editing
Pace: slow gentle pace.
We are using this pace so that it doesn't go too fast for the children to understand, we want them to be able to go along with the film.
Sound
Music: have yourself a merry little christmas - opening credits.
Sound effects: twinkling noise when the dolls transform.
We are using that song for our opening credits, as it's a well known christmassy song.
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Back To The Future Storyboard
This is our storyboard for the first two shots in "Back To The Future".
The storyboard includes information about the shot number, what's happening in the shot, camera movement and the sounds in the shot.
The pictures show each bit that happens in the first shot and then the final picture is the last shot.
This has helped us to understand that a long lengthed shot cannot be shown on one square on a storyboard, it must be spread out along many squares, showing every part of the shot and what happens.