Back to futer and various other tasks

Back to the future and various other tasks

Back to the future

At the start of this film it links in with the title straight away as back to the future gives you a hint it has something to do with time and the opening few seconds is clocks ticking, it then has an alarm sound and this triggers various machines to start working, in the first five minutes of the film we get a idea of the main characters and the theme and personality of the characters for instance the young boy is made out to be rather cool as he gets ladies waving at him on a skateboard a all of this whole opening scene is in one shot there is no fading in and out or moving the camera around at different angles it’s all at one angle and all moving at one direction and in a certain roll which links everything in together the main view where we see this is when the main character walks in and roles his skate board into the stolen product which was being talked about on the tv.

BBFC certificate “u”

it should be suitable for all however like they say in their opening page it is impossible to predict what people will like and not like and be offended by, No discriminatory language or behaviour unless clearly disapproved of. The use of violence and drugs should be non show able however violence is a minimal. No references to illegal drugs or drug misuse unless they are infrequent and innocuous, or there is a clear educational purpose or anti-drug message suitable for young children. Occasionally natural nudity and no weapons realistic such as guns and knives furthermore no bad language even mild language is not acceptable all films should be sensitive on the theme side of things

Progress report

Progress report

Coming into the start of this task with very little knowledge and the only knowledge I had is that of the prelimary task and I had to use as much of that as I could to try my best in this task we faced many different problems many of them we just sorting out who will end up doing what to make sure everyone can use their best knowledge and get the best out of each other this way for instances as I was not very good at doing acting or coming up with a good plane so therefore my main role was to do the majority of filming as Phil was better at coming up with the ideas and making the music he used his recent knowledge to do this and make up a brilliant soundtrack furthermore Albert said he would do the majority of acting so we started off with Albert doing the acting and it is working out rather well. We have agreed we will edit our video first and then add the sound track and then edit whatever needs to be edited from their for instance if we need to edit the soundtrack to fit the video we will do this.

Individual work?

I have contributed by helping to make various things which we will need finding specific rooms which we will need for our video and looking around for various ways In which we can differ our film and make it seem more interesting when filming the film, furthermore I have filmed the majority of this film which therefore is a bit of a contribution

character analysis in pairs.

                                    

1)Baggy and grubby looking clothing suggests to us that the character is poor or does not have a home. Beads other items that are tied to hair also implies that the character has a lot of keepsakes that he keeps with him at all times. This also tells us that the character has a lot of adventures. This makes the character more appealing to the audience. The character’s movement is also as though he is drunk. This is perhaps a reference to the pirate’s love of rum. This characteristic makes the character seem more amusing to the audience. His luck and wit also draws the audience towards the character. The character is also given a air of mystery as we hear storys of some of his antics. He also has physical aspects of mystery as he has dark eye make-up and several belts, pockets and ribbons about his character.
2)

This character always wears long black robes that are very plain, this contrast greatly with his greyish shade of skin which draws attention to his skin being a strange colour suggesting that he is a magical person. He also moves very slowly when he is on camera, this also makes him seem more mystical and strange to the audience. The audience takes a dislike to this character, apart from being the main characters antithesis but also because he is very sly and has a quite, raspy and disturbing voice. His turns of phrases are also quite morbid and he has an obsession with power. When he is on the screen there is usually a dark green light or a cold filter on the camera. He is a very tall character and has an air of arrogance as he moves majestically and elegantly.

3) created character:
A young (12-14) orphaned boy from the early nineteenth century who lives on the streets scavenging for food and other daily necessities in a peasant town. His character is very cheeky and he could perhaps be getting into brushes with the law a lot when he is stealing or pick-pocketing. Despite his cheeky and carefree exterior he could be secretly unhappy about being orphaned or abandoned by his parents and searching for answers could be his plight throughout the narrative.

Appearance: To make him look poor he could be wearing dirty and ripped baggy clothing. Instead of wearing a belt he could have a piece of rope. He could also keep valuable items he has stolen in his pockets at all times to show he is skilled at stealing and untrustworthy of other people. The background could be a cold London market that is very dirty and has market traders going about their lives. The lighting would be bright and of a warm colour to show his good natured side. His body language could perhaps be like that of Billy Casper of cult hit ‘kes’, often slouching, very ploddy but when confronted, witty and agile. in the picture they could be looking around for anyone watching him as he tries to steal some fruit from a fruit stand in the market square.

images relating to distribution of film / what companies would distribute it

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individual work

So far I have contributed:

-The drawings for story board of the opening sequence.

-The gathering and making of the props in the video including drawings on/in  books for titles.

-A small amount of the filming.
-Locating sets around the college.
-Appearing on screen a bit.

-The sound track to the sequence.
-Editing of the final opening.

Progress Report

So far we have found the planning and filming challenging yet rewarding. It is not particularly easy although it is very rewarding watching it come together. We have also found that not everything goes smoothly. In the storyboarding process we drew up a lot of scenes that weren’t possible to do on the day of filming. For example we wanted a shot of a foot stepping in a puddle and words appearing when the foot had left but when we went out to film we could not find any puddles so we instead used the frame in the story board to show that the character is travelling somewhere on foot.
  After the half term we came back and started the sound track and editing process. I used garage band to make the intro song using knowledge I gained from music GCSE and was able to create a song without using any loops. When the song was finished we started to try and make the song fit with the shots that we had taken. We edited the credits and the visual aspects at the same time as we wanted to intersperse the credits with the shots, also some of the shots needed titles that were relevant to the pictures. We also needed to order the credits that were edited in with the credits that were written on the props of the film. 

class rules video

here is our finished video / opening sequence

majority of the editing was done via phil
the sound track was done all by phil as he had more knowledge on garage band than dec and i,

Target Audience :

The target audience for our film was focused on the age ranges of about 7*
Which along with the scenes and the story line of the opening sequence / film would catogarise our film as a 'U' classification type of film.in terms of content that is no nudity or sexual sequences, it isn't a horror , it's a feel good type of film / opening sequence in which we hope viewers can watch it and leave feeling happy with a smile on their face after having had a good laugh at some of the humor.

Parents can also come long with their children to watch the film as it cb also be a family film which would help some families to bond with one bother as they are doing something together as. Group rather than individuals,the stoyine would appeal to those more educationally inclined as it's based at a school ground and follows the footsteps of a boy as he makes his way across the college/school and day stems about becoming the head teacher of the school / college.


Contributions:

I feel I have contributed towards the group in these following ways :

Blog:
I uploaded 90% of all the blogs and images for our group work , which would be the story boards , the film we made in one of the lessons , and all the relevant images for our story board which coincide with the story bords.

I have taken up the role of being the min character / actor in the film projects (2 of them so far) so I have played a role in helping to get the films sorted and filmed,

I have also helped with filming some scenes , only about 2 or 3 but I have foreigners towards putting scenes into the video camera to be uploaded and later edited.

I have helped to draw out / design some of the scenes in the story boards and I always offer ideas and thoughts on the film projects so that our group can get the best possible pastas together for our film projects.

evaluation questions 1 & 2- Phil

1)     1) I feel that our media project mimics popular film culture reasonably well to a certain extent as the vast majority of the shots in our opening are derived from other movie intros we have watched for example the back to the future opening inspired the character description that we tried to put into the sequence. The aim was to show the audience what sort of person the main character is and what will happen to him later on in the film. We have also put hints into what will happen to other characters that will influence the story line and what happens to the main character. I also think that the film sequence keeps its individuality in the way that the main character (Albert) seems reasonably anonymous for the first few scenes and his personality and physical features are then revealed. I think that putting the titles and credits into the films physical environment (credits on books and title on the resignation letter) was effective and makes the sequence more interesting. This was inspired by the opening of Nacho Libre. The sequence appears to have the right balance of original and derived ideas.

2)Our media product represents particular social groups in the way that the audience learns that the main character is a school boy. I think that this will help younger people relate to the main character the other character in the opening is the teacher (Phil) the teacher is portrayed negatively in the way that he looks grumpy and is making snappy movements at his white board and looks strict. This will result in our audience not liking this character and will make the film appeal to school kids as it is largely assumed that they do not perhaps particularly like some of their teachers

back to the future/ BBFC - U certificate / inspirational child's film

           Back to the future

  The opening of this film is the sound of the clocks ticking as basic credits are flashed against black. This then fades into one continuous tracked shot which traces over and focuses on important items and features of the film which all contain clues of what will happen in the movie. For example the clocks all suggest the film may have something to do with time travel, or the devices that make toast or coffee. There are also several items that give us some back story such as the newspaper article on a mansion being destroyed or the tv news reporter and the radio broadcasts. This sequence is shot in one continuous movement that explores the room in one long cut less shot, it only cuts once to show the overloaded dogs bowl which tells us that no one has been in the building for a while. There is also the shot of the skateboard which rolls to the box with the radioactive symbol on it, this links with the news report near the beginning of this clip. From this opening minute of this film we already have several clues to where the narrative will take us.

               BBFC – U certificate
- should be suitable for audiences 4 and over.
-should have a positive message and morals which a child can perhaps learn something from.
-anything like horror, violence or drugs should be counter balanced so children will not think it is acceptable to repeat such things.(eg showing that bad things happen to someone who drinks alcohol or the villain of the film getting into trouble for doing something bad)
-no forms of discrimination at all.
-any scary sequences should be brief or should have a positive outcome (counter balanced) they should also be unrealistic.
-no realistic weapons. (e.g guns, knives etc)
-nothing dangerous that children can easily copy.(glamorisation of drugs alcohol or reckless behaviour)
-no bad language .(or very mild bad language)
-mild references to sexual actions. (kissing is allowed to be shown)
-themes should be sensitive to young children.
-mild violence (mild slapstick or humorous violence)



            inspirational children’s movie

the spongebob squarepants movie is a perfect example of a children’s film because it features many things that a childs film should have. It has many bright colours and looks very upbeat. It is very humorous and silly. The characters featured in the film all have humorous appearances and voices, which also make it appeal to children. It is easily capable of holding a child’s attention as it is animated in a way that looks fun and exaggerated. The film shots are very fast paced which makes it seem more action packed to the audience.

  This film inspired me because it is constantly at the same pace all the way through. The opening gives us clues about the rest of the film and it is immediately in the narrative with very little messing around with unimportant facts. We are told about the restraint and the manager position very quickly. We are instantly aware of what is happening in the film. The story is also told in a funny way through out which makes this film so appropriate through out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MloqrtU0sE&feature=related  (sound is poor on this link)

story board 2

Pictures relating to opening sequence

School Environment , Key Feature Of The Film Sequence

 kid Walking To School

 kid With Open Book

 head Teacher

Story Boarding

children's film opening,

slow up beat music,

arm close up of a male putting stuff into a school bag
credits attached to the stuff i.e. book

next scene, male getting ready / putting on clothes

opens door, starts walking down the street, credits follow path of the male

walks into a puddle, as foot lifts of the puddle credits appear

gets to class room, opens book, credit on the book

close up of eyes

zoom into book

zoom out of the school building
fade in fade out shot

walking across path into office

head master label on his desk

head master resigning

kid walks into office

day dreaming


Props:

being organised by Phil

Props are , Beard (fake) , books, paper ,

Costumes:

Casual Attire

Lighting:

Natural

Actors:

Albert (Aka The Kid)

Phil (Head Teacher)

Mise En Scene :

EVERYTHING ON SCREEN

Camera work:

Read above

Editing:

Titles & Final Cut

Sound:

Diagetic Sound
Up Beat Music

Special Effects:
Minimal

homework - dec

Watching the first few minutes of toy story it gives us a lot of clues on many different aspects of the film including the genre the types of charactes, theme and even the mood of the film, however in order to find out these different things we have to look at different parts such as the sound camera work and voices and music.

Theme- when looking at what the theme is we have lots of different things coming into the shot to tell us and help us make up our mind about the type of film it is, the first thing we hear Is a song and it is a very jolly film as the song is “you’ve got a friend in me” we can also tell that there is going to me some comedy in the film as we get many clues about this, the first clue we get is when there is a picture of mr, potatoe head saying wanted for a billizion dollars then further when they say empty the safe and they shake the pig up and down, the film is also an animation and an adventure, we can tell even though the first scene is supposed to be a hostage scene it is kind of put to a side and made comedy and good fun when all the characters are smiling and are nice bright colours so for this reason this is what makes it a children’s film the camera work is a extreme close up but is tracking from one shot to the next so everything links there are also many effects such as the animation and the realistic of it which makes the film such a good one

phils analysis of film opening

                                    Wayne’s world – PG

Intro-
Diegetic sound of voice advertising an arcade as the image of a man talking on TV fade from titles, this already gives the feel of the movie a relaxed atmosphere. -cut to- A man and a woman are in bed watching the television. Their facial expressions look displease and comedic as they flick through channels when they come across ‘wayne’s world’ and stop flicking. –cut to- wayne’s basement where the show is being filmed. It is brightly lit and the characters look happy and are doing the intro to their show which we can see as the camera tracks along behind some film equipment and shows us how the show will look as it goes out. We already get clues about the film being about wayne’s TV show who is already very obviously the main character as most of the talking is done by him.  The scene of the basement is mostly made up of bright colours which is another indication of a comedy. When we see through the camera on the screen we can see that the show is unprofessional and shambolic which adds humour to the scenes. The shots are relatively long; the opening is very slow paced suggesting that the film is not at all serious. There is also a lot of comic noise and dialogue as Garth, another main character who is also representing in a comical way (big glasses with long bushy hair and scruffy clothing) is getting his hair cut by one of the shows guests’ hair cutting invention which is also something that would not feature in a serious film.-cut to- Something goes wrong with the machinery and one of the crew members hits the equipment with a wrench until it stops sparking. This is an unnecessary seen to the plot yet it adds humour to the scene, this is more evidence that the movies sole purpose is to entertain. –cut to- People in bed discussing the show. Conversation is very light hearted, the people look very normal and care free and tone is very frivolous. The camera does not cut much a tall and is still shooting in a very laid back way. –cut to- Wayne is talking to the camera touring his house and explaining his situation and telling us about himself. The camera is tracked and is going away from wayne as he walks towards it. The fact that the character is talking to camera is very light hearted and friendly. His dialogue gives us a rough idea of what will happen in the rest of the film. There are not particularly any special effects in the intro which suggests that it will not be a very high octane film. There are not many cuts while he talks to the camera.
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BBFC Stuff / U and PG certification

Happy Feet 2 Trailer Homework (Albert)

http://www.youtube.com/v/twYq5QkNPKw?version=3&hl=en_GB

 

 Narrative,

-        Genre: Animation, Family

      Characters –

	Elijah Wood	...	Mumble (voice)
	Robin Williams	...	Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
	Hank Azaria	...	The Mighty Sven (voice)
	Pink	...	Gloria (singing voice)
	Brad Pitt	...	Will the Krill (voice)
	Matt Damon	...	Bill the Krill (voice)
	Sofía Vergara	...	Carmen (voice)
	Common	...	(voice)
	Hugo Weaving	...	Noah (voice)
	Magda Szubanski	...	Miss Viola (voice)
	Anthony LaPaglia	...	Boss Skua (voice)

-        Themes: musical, comedy

-        Mood: comedy, established by the ardvark messing up his line at the end of the trailer, happy and cheerful, shown via singing and dancing penguins.

M-E-S

Mise-en-Scene is used in this scene or sequence to show the coloured atmosphere in the background to make the charatcers more noticable with their movements when dancing.

Props

Props are an important part of setting a scene and making it lfit for that part of time period. The props used in this scene are white snow.

Lighting

Lighting was used in this scence to create a bright atmosphere.

Location

the setting / location for hapyp feet 2 is a arctic area.

 

Sound

the soundtracks fade in and fade out with the sounds effects and speech so they are heard clearly.

Camera

there were a lot of camera movements in the sequence

Close up , medium , medium long shot - used in the dancign sequence of the scene,

tracking and panning movements were used

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Happy Feet 2 Trailer Homework (Albert)

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back to the future story board

First Group Video§

this is our first video


Albert , Phil & Henry

Evaluation:

What were we asked to do?

 We were asked to make a storyboard for a short film and then after making the storyboard, we were sent to go out and look / find a suitable location to film our short film, keeping in mind that the scenario / environment fitted in with the story.

Any problems encountered?

The problems we encountered were that , we accidentally passed the 180 degree line in the final over the shoulder shot of phil.

What techniques did you demonstrate?

The techniques that we demonstrated were:

shot reverse shot
over the shoulder shot
high angle long shot
medium close up
medium longshot
extreme close up



How do you think it will help you in your coursework?

We think it will help us in our coursework, because it gives us experience and practice using the camera as well as helping us learn from the mistakes that henry makes.