Final Movie Sequence

Diary Account (Production Log)

Wednesday 8th December 2010 

My first shot whilst filming was of the young girl on the sofa reading a magazine. I decided to film the first scene of the opening first because as it the beginning of my opening, it may have given me ideas about how i wan her positioned or just other ideas for the movie in general. I changed i made to the first scene was i added more light because it was a bit dark for the scene as well as the camera.

Also i added an extra move for the actor. I decided that she was going to walk in and sit down, and from there continue to read her magazine . whilst she was sitting down, with the camera, i slowly zoomed in till it reached her face, where when i edit it it be cut as it reaches her face.  Another part of my play that i filmed was the keys ((unknown object)).  The keys in my film is meant to signify the mystery  and thought of why it is being filmed, and how does it relate to the film. To achieve this feeling i decided to only get a shot of the keys once throughout the whole movie so then it it a question of why it was being shown. Also i zoomed in onto the keys a i did with the young girl to empathise the mystery around it.

''THE UNKNOWN''

For my final  filming I decided that i was going to go with idea 3. The reason for my choice was because there is a cliffhanger and also the audience were unaware of what was about to happen, which left suspense and had an enigma to the plot. However i made a few changes the to the actually idea. For the first i decided that be packing her bags instead of just sitting in the living room, or i thought that she could be reading a magazine or a book, so that it gives the scene a bit of understanding.

Another change to the idea was as the end all different items are dropping and as she come to something usual the phone rings making her shout. In the last scene you a random person in black going towards the key holder and it slowly fades out.

Asset List

• camera 
• tripod
• clothing 
• interesting item
• keys 
• telephone
• house
• rooms 
• key holder
• book/magazine 

Above is my asset list for my film. it is important to have an asset list because it reminds me of the things needed for my film. Also it helps me plan ahead as well as prepare for when i start to film my film opening.  

Shot list

1. Wide shot of the girl sitting on the sofa
2. 
   

Story Board For Preliminary

For this task my group and i made a preliminary video of the following 3 shots , match on action, 180 degree rule and shot reverse. Before we started putting the shots to film, we first had to plan a plot(storyline) so the shots that were needed to be include followed with the story. Our storyline involved a boy and two girls. At first one of the girls and the boy are practicing for a play, but one of the girls receives a text message from her friend ( the other girl,practicing for the play wit them also) so she leaves to go and get her. But the twist of the play is that as the first girl and boy came to practice, she was holding a dress. The dress you see then is the same dress you  see the boy dancing with singing Hannah Montana.

To understand how we were gonna film this we made sure that we had a storyboard and a shot list to follow so that our film looked neat and organised. Below is our storyboard and shot list of our film.

As we finally decided what our storyline was, we now had to find a suitable location in which would be appropriate for our filming and also was not a disruption to us. After searching we found that the media studio room, on school grounds was the perfect location to film our task. The reason we picked the media room was because it was spacious and also was supplied with lights in which was helpful to us because we was able to give the room more lighting which gave more of an affect to our film.

Following this we had to round up actors to play the following parts which were:

A Boy
2 Girls

As a group we decided that it's be easier if myself and another member of our group play the roles of the two girls. As for he boy role, we asked a friend who kindly accepted the role (dispute singing in a dress). Now that we had got a cast together we now needed a script in which they had to follow. Writing a script, as a group, we had to be sure that everyone had something to say and that the dialogue matched our storyline. The script below is the dialogue used during our filming.

Now that we had plan what it is we wanted our film to be, we then focused on the camera angles, shots,  dialogue,sounding and lighting of the film. These were important factors because, as a group we all had to contribute in order to gain the quality of our film.

As an actor, there were many factors i had to consider whilst filming. One of the factors was the pronunciation of my lines. I had to be sure that the camera could hear what i was saying. Also it was important that i project my voice so i was heard on camera.

Another thing i had to be aware of whilst acting was my body angles. It was important that, along with my speech, i had to be aware of the position of the camera so that i did not block the camera as well as the actor. Being an actor was a challenging job simply because there were so many things you had to do i.e. memorising and remembering the dialogue, my body angle and my speech. Also because the person in our group filming wanted to be sure that  we had enough shot, we also had to retake many scenes.

Retaking the same scene was important also because as a group when putting it together, we had to be sure that there was enough takes to pick from. so for example if one shot was blurry or had a part of the dialogue missing it would not have mattered as we had taken many shots of the same scene.

In addition to filming, i believe it was important to practice the three shots because to me, i have more knowledge of how to get a successful shot. Also it helped me with my camera angle and how i should position the camera if i wanted my audience to get a clear view of the shot within the scene.

When we finally finished, to edit our film, we used abode premiere pro. This helped us select the wanted shots and cut the unwanted parts of the scene. Also were able to unlink unwanted audio and video so that it was a clear cut film.

In conclusion making a preliminary task has helped me focus more on my techniques of my camera angles and also how to position the camera to ensure a clear but good film.

Idea 3 - ''THE UNKNOWN''

For my final idea I've decided to call it  ''THE UNKNOWN''.  so the plot or storyline as some may call it is, we have a young girl at home by herself. We then get some interesting shots of objects in her house. As the camera films back on her, we hear the phone ring. at this point we have an extreme close up of her and on the phone. Before she answers it we get a behind the shoulder shot along with a point other view. From here we film a key rack in the house. From here we are unaware of whats been said in the conversation, so just before she drops the phone down we catch a close shot of her doing it. At this stage we see a reaction from the girl, and from here she it the filmed running out of her house with out keys. so to the viewers we are unware of the unknown caller. It then ends with dissolve feature.

Idea 2

So for my second idea i've decided to go for a scary movie. first as the camera starts rolling we see a shots of dfferent rooms within a house with no-one inside of them. then the last shot of a room in a house will be the kitchen where you will come across the window. for this shot will be tracking towards the window as as you get closer, the next shot will be a match on action and you willbe looking from outside the house. as you come out of the gate you, the camera will turn the corner and as yout turn the corner youe see a car flashlight (BRIGHT) and beside a silhouette figure of a person all blacked out in clothing. As The Titles Come And Go.. As It comes back to the screen We See this Figure Getting closer and closer until we reach her eyes, as she blinks her last blink you hear an alarm clock in which you come to a next shot with a girl eyes wide home..and then an open view of her laying on the bed.