Film Process
Our Experience...
We had a few problems with the filming process because we didn't have a secure location to shoot our footage, which meant that we lost a lot of time trying to find an appropriate location that looked similar to a child's bedroom. This resulted in us spending too much time on filming and not enough time on editing and sound.
Initially we found it hard to concentrate when doing the acting but quickly we over came the humorous side of it and worked well together as a group. Another problem we came across was after putting the footage on the computer, the sound was out of sync with the moving image. We managed to over come this issue quickly by using final cut.
When using final cut we found it very simple to cut our footage the way we intended. We tried to make the continuity of our footage better than it was in our preliminary task, as this was a problem we had previously noticed that we needed to improve on.
After editing our footage we then composed our music on garage band. This we found had many options and it took us a while to decide what music would be appropriate for our footage and for our target audience. We decided to have music at the beginning and end of our piece as this will grab viewers attention at the beginning and create more tension towards the end. By keeping the continuity within the music we used the fading tool so when the music stopped and started it wouldn't sound so harsh. We found that the credits at the beginning were subtle to keep the young audiences attention and the title at the end big, fast and bright. This is a good way of appealing to the young audience and maintaining their attention.
We had a few problems with the filming process because we didn't have a secure location to shoot our footage, which meant that we lost a lot of time trying to find an appropriate location that looked similar to a child's bedroom. This resulted in us spending too much time on filming and not enough time on editing and sound.
Initially we found it hard to concentrate when doing the acting but quickly we over came the humorous side of it and worked well together as a group. Another problem we came across was after putting the footage on the computer, the sound was out of sync with the moving image. We managed to over come this issue quickly by using final cut.
When using final cut we found it very simple to cut our footage the way we intended. We tried to make the continuity of our footage better than it was in our preliminary task, as this was a problem we had previously noticed that we needed to improve on.
After editing our footage we then composed our music on garage band. This we found had many options and it took us a while to decide what music would be appropriate for our footage and for our target audience. We decided to have music at the beginning and end of our piece as this will grab viewers attention at the beginning and create more tension towards the end. By keeping the continuity within the music we used the fading tool so when the music stopped and started it wouldn't sound so harsh. We found that the credits at the beginning were subtle to keep the young audiences attention and the title at the end big, fast and bright. This is a good way of appealing to the young audience and maintaining their attention.
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Location scouting
Location
Today we went and secured our location and some props to use in our set. We made sure we found and place in a room that we could pull off as being someones bedroom. We then made sure we could use a beanbag on our set to create more of an atmosphere and to use as a prop.
Today we went and secured our location and some props to use in our set. We made sure we found and place in a room that we could pull off as being someones bedroom. We then made sure we could use a beanbag on our set to create more of an atmosphere and to use as a prop.
Monday, 30 November 2009
Childrens Film Opening Sequence Ideas
Ideas for an adventure opening sequence
Title: Be careful what you wish for
Genre: adventure/fantasy
Location: in the girls room (
Moral: be careful what you wish for as it might come true.
Narrative: The girl wakes by the sound of her mum shouting her name from downstairs, close up of her face as she wakes from her nap, the laptop is on her lap from when she fell asleep doing her homework, at that point the laptop makes a noise, 'you've got mail' a letter then hits her on the head she reads it . The unnoticed parcel next to her starts to shake. There is a reaction shot of what she sees in the letter, she drops the letter and goes towards the box, the camera follows the letter and zooms in to show the words 'Be careful what you wish for' largely on the screen.
Title: Be careful what you wish for
Genre: adventure/fantasy
Location: in the girls room (
Moral: be careful what you wish for as it might come true.
Narrative: The girl wakes by the sound of her mum shouting her name from downstairs, close up of her face as she wakes from her nap, the laptop is on her lap from when she fell asleep doing her homework, at that point the laptop makes a noise, 'you've got mail' a letter then hits her on the head she reads it . The unnoticed parcel next to her starts to shake. There is a reaction shot of what she sees in the letter, she drops the letter and goes towards the box, the camera follows the letter and zooms in to show the words 'Be careful what you wish for' largely on the screen.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Parental Classification
Parental Guidance
All ages admitted, general viewing, but parents are advised that certain scenes may be unsuitable for small children. However some scenes may be unsuitable for children under 8.
All ages admitted, general viewing, but parents are advised that certain scenes may be unsuitable for small children. However some scenes may be unsuitable for children under 8.
Analysis of opening sequence - Matilda
Matilda
We looked at the opening title sequence to the children's film Matilda. Matilda is an adapation of one of the best well known childrens books of all time written by Roald Dahl. It's a family film with a bit of an adventure theme. It's aimed at a young audience but it's also suitable for an older audience to watch.
The credits at the beginning introduce the companies making the film and then introduces the name of the film. The background colour of the credits are bright colours which appeals to children, there is also not many credits to keep children entertained and help them to not get bored.
At the beginning you see a baby the music is very soft and slow using a piano and string instruments, this represents the innocence of small children and babies. As soon as you see the father the music quickly changes to a more deep, fast beat using an electric keyboard and drums. this again represents the different type of character and gives the audience a good idea of what type of person the father is. this music then continues throughout as they are driving home which is more past pace keeping in tone with the music.
Throughout the opening sequence there is a voice over which introduces the characters very clearly and lets you get to know them. The voice over also introduces the narrative and gives you an idea of how the rest of story may turn out.
The location is clear from the beginning that its in America but we arent sure where abouts. The opening sequence starts off with them in the hospital after Matilda has just been born. Then from there they get into the car to go home. You get to see the street they live down as they pull up to their drive, before you see their house.