Practice Choice

Final Post

THIS IS MY FINAL POST!

Feedback

Although a couple of viewers mentioned on the feedback sheets that they enjoyed the German or French elements of the film, - it actually being set in Swedish - a vast majority of the audience seemed to find the opening very professional in the shots and colouring used. The subtitles and choice to use a different language was also a prominant point that many of the viewers picked up on; the use of Swedish sentences being one of the hardest tasks throughout the filming process. Through all the embarrassment caused because of my "very effective" face and make-up, it was clear to see our opening was very well recieved.

Final Film & Evaluation

Certificate Justification

The group came to the conclusion that our film would be rated a 15; although there are implications of sexual abuse, there are seemingly no explicit images that would be projected within the film, therefore not pushing the age rating through to an 18.

Fantastic News

Today the best thing happened during the editing of our opening - the clip where I stared stupidly in to the camera lense has been removed! After my constant badgering - backed up by the opinion of Miss Poulten - the group have finally let it be deleted! I believe the film comes across a lot more authentic now it's clip has been banished from the face of the Earth. Not forgetting it's one less shot for me to cringe at..

Cravendale

This is my favourite advert at the moment - editing at its best.

Draft Progress

During our free period this morning, we decided to try and finalise some of the aspects of our first draft of which we weren't too sure on/didn't fit; along with adding a new flashback into the scene, we were finally able to complete our 'Hole in the Middle' logo.





The group, as a whole, had contiously been incredibly frustrated with the screenshots that were inserted between scenes, as - no matter how short the duration was decreased to - the image would always zoom outwards, today that problem was fixed! The flashbacks seem a lot more effective and authentic now they actually just flicker without the added zoom. We've also concluded that a still screenshot of the swedish bible quote and translation may work in our favour; the group have been struggling to make the 'amen' appear not so abruptly and without forcing the rest of the text away slightly. By using two screenshot images instead of the text box on iMovie, we should be able to create our desired effect - touch wood..

Today's Progress

During today's editing time, as a group, we decided on the final changes that need to be made within our opening; the flashbacks were fiddled with, the pulling of focus lengthened and shortened, added/removed clips and the swapping over of some of the scenes. The one problem we're still finding hard to overcome is the animation we've planned on creating - it's not coming along as easily as anticipated, but I'm sure we'll manage to pull it off!

Justifications

In our opening, there are quite a few small elements of which are not clearly transparent in reasoning; it's important to justify the use of some of these ideas, as they need to be understood in order to fully grasp the concept of the imagined film.

CAT
Initially, the short clip of the cat staring through the lense came about by chance, however, as we played around with the effects and so on, it became obvious a flashback of the cat would add to the dark side of our storyline. Along with the fact that this particular snapshot of the cat came out incredibly creepy-looking, there are also other aspects of its use which add to the depth of the story; cats are known to be sly, precise, quick creatures who can sometimes seem to hold a darker side reflected by their unique eyes - we thought this element of a cat could tie in perfectly with the storyline of our film and maybe even the male character.



 

BROKEN CLOCK ARCHIVE
Our production name has been confirmed to be named Broken Clock Archive; the quote 'even a broken clock is right twice a day' from Engleby by Sebastion Faulks has always stuck in my head and ties in brilliantly with the storyline and characters within our film. The theme of time precision alongside corruption is perfect in reflection to our serious production name/logo and adds more depth to the darkness within our two-minute opening.

Dun da da dunnn!

Our first draft has finally been uploaded!
It's great to see that it's all coming together; not feeling so stressful about our countdown now! Although, there are a few things that still need to be worked on/finalised within the opening, I'm incredibly happy with the stage we're currently at!

However, I am planning to walk out of the premiere night in the hall when our opening is about to be shown - it's bad enough seeing myself looking like that (scarily boss-eyed ETC) on the screen of our Macs, let alone projected to the scale it will be that night..



Note to Mac 1 - I seriously hate the bit where I stare into the camera!

The Rite

Tonight, we all gathered in Cineworld to watch The Rite!
I love sitting on the front rows when in the cinema; being so close to the screen definitely helped enthuse the atmosphere in this case. I did enjoy the film - it had me peering through the gaps between my fingers at most points, along with the harmony of short screams projected automatically from me and Mollie..

Although the film did force me to hold my breath when watching particular scenes, some of the editing - specifically the red-eyed nightmare mule - managed to completely lift any fears triggered by the film! Stole the following picture, as it does just show how unfitting the mule was..



Weirdly enough, there were quite a few elements within The Rite which mirrored some of our own perfectly, such as: the opening bible quote, use of subtitles, the slight cat theme, flashbacks and the religious aspect of the film. I think some sort of creative copyright could be an option?

Trip to see The Rite

It's been confirmed that the Media class will be visiting Cineworld this Thursday to watch The Rite. It's a paranormal film, which means I'll love to hate it! Although, I wish I didn't know it was 'inspired by a true story', - that makes every ghostly storyline 10 times worse for me..

The Importance of Being Idle

I know this is more A2-related than anything else, but this music video's been played a few times over the past week and I've always loved it! It's undoubtedly one of my favourite music videos of all time - maybe number one? I think it's wonderfully simplistic and find the way in which they've connected the song to something that wouldn't cross your mind when listening to it brilliant; definitely inspiring for thoughts regarding next year's Media coursework.
If only we had the power to rule over a village for a while and had enough money to employ Rhys Ifans..

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Although it's generally quite uncommon for films to include subtitles, I've never before seen them been used in the way of which they have for the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Normally, subtitles are used within films to translate a different language; in this film, the text is used to translate a different type of language, whereby the subtitles translate the 'cockney rhyming slang' into standard English. I loved this element of the film, as it only added to its originality and is now one of my most favourite scenes!

I have scoured Youtube over and over, but I haven't yet found the clip I'm searching for - will keep looking..

Filming Day 5 Video Archive

Completely forgot I was wearing a hat.

Filming Day 5

Today, we finally travelled up to Southgate to film our Priory scene! Unbelievably enough, we managed to shoot all the appropriate shots we'd planned on achieving (I think..); we'll upload them to the Macs sometime this week and check there's nothing that needs re-filming. All in all, our little uninvited visit to The Priory took all of 20 minutes - most likely a shortened length of time due to our sheer embarrassment when running across the grounds with cameras, tripods and the Flip.. Not forgetting we were told to stop filming as it was a 'private residence'.
Oops.

Interview Scene Outtakes

Believe it or not, there were actually around 20 more outtakes other than these..

Filming Day

It's been decided amongst the group that we'll be filming during the half term on
Tuesday! The Priory scene's vital to our opening and we're in desperate need of it - however, I'm a bit worried that I'll be carted off the premises! If we fail to meet Miss Foster's agreement we owe her hard labour.. So there's no way Tuesday can fail.

In Bruges

In Bruges has rapidly become one of my favourite films of all time; I love the depth the movie goes into, but also the simplicity of a majority of the filming. One of the main reasons I admire the film so hugely is because it's created by Film4 - the studio consistently produces original, quite alternative, intelligent films that are hard to forget. I've also noticed that along with the multidimensional storylines and beautiful, innovative shots, In Bruges seems to capture black comedy perfectly; scripting it with such an edge, it's impossible not to fall in love with each scene..



Although some (close minded) people have suggested the film is 'boring' due to the amount of of empty shots - where there's neither much action or diegetic/non diegetic sound - I believe it only adds to the alternative, articulate styling of In Bruges. For most of the more peaceful periods of the film, there's always some sort of warm shot that represents the quiet of the town; ultimately contrasted against the breaking of silence caused by the main characters. Throughout the film, the use of camera focus alongside the glowing lighting in the background of a large amount of the shots sets the atmosphere instantly, and is almost used as a theme for certain scenes.

Unfortunately, one of my favourite scenes's embed code has been 'disabled by request' so you'll have to click here to view it. What's even more unfortunate is that you're not allowed to watch the ending of the clip where you witness him colliding into the ground, - an outstanding piece of footage - however, the intelligence of the film is definitely evident within that scene.