Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Section 12: Analysis Of Completed Thriller
Narrative structure:
Our thriller has a psychological showing, you don't see anything happening to the people the antagonist has killed, the audience are left wondering what has happened or what is going to happen. No dialogue has been used in our scene, only music. Our antagonist is portrayde with a hidden identity. Our protagonst is portrayde with a stressed personality.
Codes And Conventions:
The question and answer model- We have used partial vision in our thriller because you can not see the antagonist's face due to being hidden with a mask. This makes the audience wonder who the killer is. The map with the faces on will make the audience wonder who they are and what the killler has done/is planning to do to them.
The transformed city- We filmed our thriller in a garage.This is an extrodinary setting because it is the set where the antagonist is planning to kill. The last set is an urban setting. It is a quick shot of the protagonist.
Mazes and labyrinths- When the antagonist is getting to work on their killing plan, we zoom the camera in on the map showing all the faces. When the antagonist stands up to put another face on the map, the camera then zooms in on that picture, revealing who the protagonist is.
Concealment and protraction- The identity of the antagonist is completley hidden due to the mask used.
The heroic romance- Our antagonist has a past of physical abuse from her boyfriend and being fired from doing the job she loved most. Her past sends her insane and therefore plans for revenge for anyone who made her life miserable.
Sound: We had piano music playing through out the whole scene creating a tense atmosphere and an airy air feeling to it.
Mise en scene:
We had a long black cloak, a mask, a map with people's faces stuck on to it, steel toe cap boots and a table with equipment which the antagonist used to get to work. We had no light at first, but then the back light came on behind the antagonist.
Our thriller has a psychological showing, you don't see anything happening to the people the antagonist has killed, the audience are left wondering what has happened or what is going to happen. No dialogue has been used in our scene, only music. Our antagonist is portrayde with a hidden identity. Our protagonst is portrayde with a stressed personality.
Codes And Conventions:
The question and answer model- We have used partial vision in our thriller because you can not see the antagonist's face due to being hidden with a mask. This makes the audience wonder who the killer is. The map with the faces on will make the audience wonder who they are and what the killler has done/is planning to do to them.
The transformed city- We filmed our thriller in a garage.This is an extrodinary setting because it is the set where the antagonist is planning to kill. The last set is an urban setting. It is a quick shot of the protagonist.
Mazes and labyrinths- When the antagonist is getting to work on their killing plan, we zoom the camera in on the map showing all the faces. When the antagonist stands up to put another face on the map, the camera then zooms in on that picture, revealing who the protagonist is.
Concealment and protraction- The identity of the antagonist is completley hidden due to the mask used.
The heroic romance- Our antagonist has a past of physical abuse from her boyfriend and being fired from doing the job she loved most. Her past sends her insane and therefore plans for revenge for anyone who made her life miserable.
Sound: We had piano music playing through out the whole scene creating a tense atmosphere and an airy air feeling to it.
Mise en scene:
We had a long black cloak, a mask, a map with people's faces stuck on to it, steel toe cap boots and a table with equipment which the antagonist used to get to work. We had no light at first, but then the back light came on behind the antagonist.
Section 11: Audience Feed Back
We got some people to watch our thriller. They commented on things they liked. They seemed to like the way we did our lighting and the way we presented music. We also got some comments on what we could improve,such as showing more emotion in the characters and making the antagonist more mysterious in the face. Over all people were very impressed with out thriller and wanted to see more.
Friday, 28 January 2011
Section 10: Editing Diary
07/01/2011
Today we began to cut out each shot and move it onto a clear location on the timeline so that they will be easier to find when it comes to the edit. I have also been through every take of each shot decided which was best and cut out the bad shots. I did this by stopping the film at the start of each shot then isolating the 1 good take then using the razor tool to cut it out. Then I selected the chosen shot and moved it up onto a bar so that i could easily see which shot is which.
07/01/2011
I have finished cutting each scene and editing out the bad takes. Next I will begin to blend each shot together in order to make the movement of the whole film consistent. Also i have noticed that in some shots the tripod we used has been left out. I plan on cropping the image to rectify this mistake. I have now edited out all of the shots ware the tripod in shot. In future I will make sure I levee all equipment behind the camera.
10/01/2011
I have finished the rough edit so now I will cut down each shot to make sure the characters have smooth movements. I’ve now done half of this and so far I am very happy with the results.
11/01/2011
I am continuing editing the shots so that the whole film is smooth and has no continuity errors. I should get this stage of editing finished by today then I can add effects.
12/01/2011
Today I’m continuing to make the film more fluent. I have now finished the major part of the editing process all I need to do now is add in the split shots of the map then I can add effects. I have finished adding in the split shots of the map. I may re-do some of this at a later date and make it completely accurate to the story board.
14/01/2011
Last lesson we added a soundtrack to the project. The music was not long enough so i have cut and looped the end of the audio. This still isn’t synched perfectly so i intent to alter it some more at some point. Today i plan on adding different fades and dissolves to the project.
17/01/2011
Last time I added several dissolves including fades to black and cross dissolves. I also spent a long time looking at the audio bar finding the perfect places to cut the music so that the listener cannot tell that it has been looped. I am very happy with the result and also how the music flows nicely with the visual as well as the transitions and fades being well synched with the visual. Today I completely finished the visual editing by adding one final cross fade on the last shot and sharpening some shots that earlier I had previously zoomed into to cover continuity errors. Today I added the titles and added effects to them causing them to dissolve in and out of the shots. The edit process should now be complete though I am considering making the final shot cut to a title screen instead of the 1st shot of the film which was the original idea.
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