Question 1

https://prezi.com/jdotg325pqsa/copy-of-mind-mapping-template/

Designing/making ident And designing title sequence

When designing my ident, I thought of a variety of ideas however in the end I came up to a decision that I was going to have a very dull theme to reinforce that it is a thriller, I had white and black writing. I done this on the mac computer, they had a variety of different fonts and colours to choose from. If I was filming a comedy I would have bright colours to reinforce a happy mood however the use of black and white in a bold fonts is appropriate for a thriller.

At first I was struggling to think of an appropriate name for my thriller, I wanted something that sounded mysterious to the audience. In my title sequence there is black and white writing which reinforces that it is a thriller, the hooded picture on the right hand corner represents the man who was in my thriller. This along with the title may give the audience a slight clue as to what my thriller could be about. 

Sound (film and evaluation)

There are many different sounds which can be used in media for  a variety of reasons. In one of my media lessons me and my media peers were set a task to create a short film to show different types of sound I was taught.

Non-diagetic/off screen - voice over/sound we can not physically see where it is coming from.

Diagetic - (Dialogue) audience can see and hear where sound is coming from

Parallel sound - Sound matching action

Contrupuntal - Sound contrasting action


Planning - with my group we all contributed to different ideas to make our short film, we then came up with a film based on two friends who had a problem with eachother, one was gossiping about the other and they fell out. Our location was in a school, mainly in the playground. The film starts of with the fuming character who has found out that her 'friend' has been gossiping about her and she goes to confront her.

Film









(enter film)








Evaluation - I will be evaluating different camera, shots, editing and mis en scene.


Camera shots - at the beginning of the short film we see a girl sitting on a bench, this is not the main character. This could display that something is about to happen.


In this scene we see the main character (who is going to confront her former friend) we have a long shot view of her walking, we can instantly see she is angry and walking towards her 'friend' on the bench.


Close up shot - here we can clearly see the dominant characters emotions. This is beneficial as it gives an insight to the audience as to how the dominant character is feeling.






Editing
Editing was quite basic as it was only a short film the lack of editing made the film seem quite boring and basic. There was also a scene where the main character was coming down stairs and walking out of a door, in this scene we could see a bystander this made the film seem unrealistic as the bystander should not have been there. Shots should have also been cut shorter to make the film more interesting. Sound should have also been created to make it more dramatic.


Mis en scene -  The mis en scene in the film was good and realistic. We filmed in our sixthform which was relevant to the storyline. The main character was wearing a sixthform lanyard which clearly represented her being in a sixthform. The main character is wearing dark eye make up and a black jacket, the second character is wearing black. This suggests that something bad is going to happen as both, whereas if they were both in bright colours with happy facial expressions, this would suggest that they are happy and something good is going to happen. The facial expressions are pretty clear in this short film, the main character is very annoyed and angry whereas the second character seems to be looking careless.

Studio idents

20th century fox 

Universal

Paramount


These are some examples of popular studio idents. 

A studio ident is a logo for a particular company. Studio idents are shown at the beginning of a film, studio idents usually come with a tune when they are showed on the screen. Examples of different idents are paramount, universal and 20th century fox. Movie studio idents offer fascinating insights into the studio themselves.




Paramount - this is a very poplar studio ident, this studio ident uses a big mountain with a circle of stars at the top of the mountain. There is no evidence that the mountain is based on a real mountain, however some say it is Ben Lomond in Utah, some say it is Mount Artenson Raju in Peru. The eyecatching logo is used to display their dominance in the film industry.



Universal - This is a very eye catching studio ident as it is big and bold. The universal sign portrays to the audience that this is a international film company.



20th Century Fox - This is a very memorable studio ident well known for its tune. This is a very popualar studio ident and captures audiences attention straight away with the bold gold 20 sign and flashing lights around it.

Preliminary Task

Costumes and props sheet

Costumes and Props Sheet

                           Costumes and Props Sheet 

Character Name: Manjit Ram
Costume: Black trousers, black and white blazer, beige heels and white plain shirt, bright dark pink lipstick	Props: Keys, phone
Character Name: Farwa Ahmed
Costume: Black blazer, black shoes, blue and white handbag and black top	Props: None

Screening

I showed my film to a few of my classmates to receive feedback as to what they thought about my film, I received some good feedback they enjoyed watching my mysterious thriller. Some of my classmates felt as if there should have been action in the thriller and there should of been more things that went out of place in the house to build up more suspension for the audience.

First and second day of editing

First day of editing 
When I first began to edit, I found it quite difficult on how to input sounds and different effects. However once I got the hang of it gradually I added some effects to scenes I thought were too sharp and didn’t flow well. I also trimmed a lot of scenes which I thought went on for too long. For an example certain facial expressions were dragged on too much. I put majority of the scenes I had done together in one and kept replaying the thriller to see how it looked. As I had shot the same scene more than twice I had a variety to pick from on which was shot best and which would flow better with the thriller. 

Second day of editing 
I watched my film over again and realised there were still some shots that seemed to go on for too long, I trimmed more scenes to build up quick suspense for the audience. There were a few scenes that I shot however when I watched my film I felt as If the extra scenes I had shot were not needed for the thriller. I also looked at different sound effects I could use to build up suspense for the audience, I chose a different sound effect for every time the main character spotted something out of place in her house.

Designing/Making: Title Sequence

As I was working by myself, I had to create a title sequence. During this process I learnt where to get the screen for the names and how to use them. The title sequence had to follow the general order of names.

After the IDENT use a FADE IN. The titles should then be in the following order:
(1) 'Your Production Company' Presents - (Sim productions) 
(2) A Film by 'One name - usually the director' - Manjit Ram
(3) Starring or With - Farwa Ahmed 
(4) Male star - None 
(5) Female star or other way round - Female (Manjit Ram)
(6) Title of film - What lies beneath the home
(7) Also starring - Farwa Ahmed
(8) Then 3/4/5 of the following - you choose - each on seperate title
Editing
Music
Cinematography or Director of Photography - Hamida Begum
Casting - Manjit Ram And Farwa Ahmed
Set Designer - Manjit Ram
Costume Designer - Manjit Ram 
Script - Manjit Ram 
(9) Then Producer(s) - Manjit Ram
(10) Always finish with Director - Manjit Ram.
(11) What lies beneath the home
Remember to use LiveType and try to make titles interesting. They can be either over black or superimposed over your film. Space them out over the two minutes of the film.Give the audience plenty of time to read the titles. 
(12) Finish with a fade out & fade music out

Storyboard

This is my storyboard, I will follow these procedures when filming my thriller.