after compeltion of the AS portion of media i have created a new A2 blog, the link is below:
http://brockbloga2versionka.blogspot.co.uk/
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Last Little Bit About Copyright For My Videos
While producing my videos of on location shooting i used some copyrighted music, i wrote to the companies asking to use their music but just like konami i haven't heard back from them which is really weird but i did credit them in the credits of each video
Monday, 23 April 2012
Everything Works(Final Thoughts)
Well after giving that long evaluation, i decided to burn the opening to a CD as evidence for my filming and my finished product, as with any creator, there are bits i feel i could improve given more time however i understand that i might just be being overly critical of my own work.
so some final thoughts for this project are, overall it's been a nice simple project and I've discovered many things along the way like that working hard on a project usually bears fruit in the form of brilliant work and also learning the art of extreme patience, overall i have about 1 hour of filming done for a 2 minute opening, which seems justifiable however next time more concise filming would be a brilliant idea, well that's all i have left to mention.
Thanks For Reading For The Final Time On The Current Project
Brock Rose Signing out
so some final thoughts for this project are, overall it's been a nice simple project and I've discovered many things along the way like that working hard on a project usually bears fruit in the form of brilliant work and also learning the art of extreme patience, overall i have about 1 hour of filming done for a 2 minute opening, which seems justifiable however next time more concise filming would be a brilliant idea, well that's all i have left to mention.
Thanks For Reading For The Final Time On The Current Project
Brock Rose Signing out
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
My Evaluation
Sunday, 1 April 2012
How i've been filming in stowlawn wood(Videos on site part 5)
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Presentation Ideas Of Evaluation
With my evaluation there were a lot of ways i could approach it but the best idea i had to present it would be in the form of a video because you get the person explaining their idea via a screen, unlike prezi if you make an error during the video the person watching knows that your not perfect but can understand the kind of video you might produce and why.
Next if i did a video evaluation, how do i go about doing that video and what sound effects or music would i use and then what do i talk about and in what order, so if this is the case the best thing to do would make the evaluation like a news broadcast with different people(all of whom would be me) and each presenter could talk about a different aspect of the evaluation.
I could also possibly just walk somewhere sit down and start talking in a random location, however this seems like a really predictable thing to do.
I could even get the public to view the 2 minute opening and get their responses to it and have them ask me questions about it.
With a video i might even do something unusual like creating a adventure evaluation quest where i hunt down a villian and he leaves clues in the form of questions about the evaluation.
These are some ideas i've had
Next if i did a video evaluation, how do i go about doing that video and what sound effects or music would i use and then what do i talk about and in what order, so if this is the case the best thing to do would make the evaluation like a news broadcast with different people(all of whom would be me) and each presenter could talk about a different aspect of the evaluation.
I could also possibly just walk somewhere sit down and start talking in a random location, however this seems like a really predictable thing to do.
I could even get the public to view the 2 minute opening and get their responses to it and have them ask me questions about it.
With a video i might even do something unusual like creating a adventure evaluation quest where i hunt down a villian and he leaves clues in the form of questions about the evaluation.
These are some ideas i've had
Production Company Logo
Whilst producing the opening for my movie i wasn't sure how i should go about creating a logo for my production company(Original Planet Productions), what i ended up doing as a way of making sure of doing something creative yet simple was to simply shoot a video and overlay some title writing over that short 5-10 second clip.
This has proved to be effective because of the way it was then edited, what i did was change the background colour and that created a basic yet interesting tile cover, which might undergo some tiny tweeks for the final opening.
This has proved to be effective because of the way it was then edited, what i did was change the background colour and that created a basic yet interesting tile cover, which might undergo some tiny tweeks for the final opening.
Pre-evaluation thoughts and ideas of how to present them
For the evaluation there are a lot of things that i have to cover and that i have to discuss, like problems i might have had whilst i filmed or anything i may have discovered whilst working within my filming process.
Firstly, I'm not sure how i should deliver my evaluation, it could be written on my blog but that seems both tedious and time-consuming, so i might do something like produce a prezi or do a video evaluation, something that means people aren't going to be looking at a screen for anything more than 10-15 minutes at the most and I'd also like to put some form of personality to my evaluation, i don't want something that is vanilla(the same basic thing done over and over again) i want something i can make wacky, if somewhat informative as well as entertaining.
Secondly i need to set some guidelines/questions that i feel i should address within my evaluation.
1.)How does my opening challenge the conventions of current and past media products in terms of originality?
2.)How does my opening represent the Yu-Gi-Oh card game and the people who play that game in terms of social groups?
3.)What kind of media institution would want to distribute my product and why?
4.)Who would be the audience for my film?
5.)How will my film attract or address my audience?
6.)What I've learnt about technology from the whole filming process(including construction and filming)?
7.)And looking back at the preliminary task i did way back at the start of the course, how i think I've come along during the course of producing my opening?
By using these guidelines i feel i should be able to produce a interesting evaluation, how i deliver it is going to be an interesting decision, i could do a news report like video adopting wacky persona's to deliver these guidelines or i could produce a prezi about it and some of the interesting ways Ive worked on my project, i could even take a camera and just sit there on a chair talking about the whole process, the ideas for delivery are practically endless.
Firstly, I'm not sure how i should deliver my evaluation, it could be written on my blog but that seems both tedious and time-consuming, so i might do something like produce a prezi or do a video evaluation, something that means people aren't going to be looking at a screen for anything more than 10-15 minutes at the most and I'd also like to put some form of personality to my evaluation, i don't want something that is vanilla(the same basic thing done over and over again) i want something i can make wacky, if somewhat informative as well as entertaining.
Secondly i need to set some guidelines/questions that i feel i should address within my evaluation.
1.)How does my opening challenge the conventions of current and past media products in terms of originality?
2.)How does my opening represent the Yu-Gi-Oh card game and the people who play that game in terms of social groups?
3.)What kind of media institution would want to distribute my product and why?
4.)Who would be the audience for my film?
5.)How will my film attract or address my audience?
6.)What I've learnt about technology from the whole filming process(including construction and filming)?
7.)And looking back at the preliminary task i did way back at the start of the course, how i think I've come along during the course of producing my opening?
By using these guidelines i feel i should be able to produce a interesting evaluation, how i deliver it is going to be an interesting decision, i could do a news report like video adopting wacky persona's to deliver these guidelines or i could produce a prezi about it and some of the interesting ways Ive worked on my project, i could even take a camera and just sit there on a chair talking about the whole process, the ideas for delivery are practically endless.
Monday, 26 March 2012
Things I Didn't Use In My Film
Well event though I've made a 2 minute film opening, i didn't use everything that I've filmed, that's not really surprising because obviously i only needed 2 minutes of overall footage, i also said I'd like to insert some form of comical music i created myself into my opening, even though i played about with garage-band i still found i could only use the basic loops and didn't really feel i had time to experiment properly with the program, i also found that even though i showed some locations for shooting originally i didn't use half of the places i showed but got shots from other places instead.
I said i'd like to also show lots of footage of actual game play, this didn't appear because i felt that after 10 minutes of recording and then watching it back, everything became the same, and looked the same, to change this i could have changed some rules and really got the action flying about.
Apart from that though i managed to include everything else at some point, which of course makes me somewhat happy with my progress.
I said i'd like to also show lots of footage of actual game play, this didn't appear because i felt that after 10 minutes of recording and then watching it back, everything became the same, and looked the same, to change this i could have changed some rules and really got the action flying about.
Apart from that though i managed to include everything else at some point, which of course makes me somewhat happy with my progress.
Narrating My Opening Part 2
Doing the narration for my film was difficult because even though i had pre-made the script for it months ago i found it didn't really work for me, because i had no time to really set a mood for the opening, with the new script i partially improvised and took a little bit from the script i wrote i do think I've produced a very good attempt at some opening narration.
What i also found was the microphone i was using was very sensitive and was picking up sounds from around me, a issue i highlighted earlier and discussed in my blog.
To avert this particular issue i decided to go to a quiet room within the academy and then from that point i began to narrate, there was a problem during one of my narration attempts where i hadn't put the microphone on, which resulted in me almost talking to myself for two minutes when i discovered i hadn't switched on the microphone, this was dealt with quickly and i continued on my way narrating.
My final thoughts on the narration process are that it's quite testing at times when you haven't got the perfect conditions for setting up the microphone, also i found that really good attempts at doing narration are rare in a school as people are always talking, so unless you have a quiet room, it's going to provide some issues during the schooling day, what might be easier next time is simply doing it before or after school to save time on re-recording because of stupid noise being heard throughout the narration.
What i also found was the microphone i was using was very sensitive and was picking up sounds from around me, a issue i highlighted earlier and discussed in my blog.
To avert this particular issue i decided to go to a quiet room within the academy and then from that point i began to narrate, there was a problem during one of my narration attempts where i hadn't put the microphone on, which resulted in me almost talking to myself for two minutes when i discovered i hadn't switched on the microphone, this was dealt with quickly and i continued on my way narrating.
My final thoughts on the narration process are that it's quite testing at times when you haven't got the perfect conditions for setting up the microphone, also i found that really good attempts at doing narration are rare in a school as people are always talking, so unless you have a quiet room, it's going to provide some issues during the schooling day, what might be easier next time is simply doing it before or after school to save time on re-recording because of stupid noise being heard throughout the narration.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Comparing the 2 film openings produced as drafts part 1
Well, firstly the first draft has a lot wrong with it in terms of music and where that happens to go and cut off at points, version 2 however is a much better product as it shows the power of mass editing, the first bit of new editing is the use camera effects, i put these in to show the cards within the video having some form of deity-like power, also the change of colour during the first 6 seconds of the opening changing the sky from blue to yellow, this makes the movie seem less serious and more comical, that's what i think anyway, besides that I've changed the music, timed it properly and added a laugh track, i don't really like the laugh track so I'll remove it in the finished version, i have also included more title blocks to help with transitions and this relates to some of my research because it has elements of phantasy star online's opening put into it using this technique, which looks interesting and gives an adventurous feel to the story.
Some issues i do have though is the mis-timing of music at the end of the opening which causes the adventure effect to be cancelled out, during the final product this will be edited out and replaced, to better suit the needs of the opening,
I will also include some more title blocks and apart from that everything seems to have gone quite well.
Some issues i do have though is the mis-timing of music at the end of the opening which causes the adventure effect to be cancelled out, during the final product this will be edited out and replaced, to better suit the needs of the opening,
I will also include some more title blocks and apart from that everything seems to have gone quite well.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Editing The Final Piece Part 1
Editing a video is difficult with just about enough footage, luckily for me i've gotten about an hours worth of recordings to use for opening, considering the actually opening can only be 2 minutes long 1 hours worth of recording seems like overkill to be quite frank about it, however this has helped tremendously as i could mix and match recorded videos until i made something i liked the look of, after that i decided to mute all of the sound from the recordings and focus on creating a 2 minute soundtrack and doing narration.
Because i'm creating a 2 minute soundtrack it means i've had to learn how to use the Garageband program on the macintosh in about 2 weeks, luckily i decided to have a play about with the program during my break times and i feel it payed of because even though i still don't know how to do everything i can do the basic editing which is good enough to put any music into my opening.
Because i'm creating a 2 minute soundtrack it means i've had to learn how to use the Garageband program on the macintosh in about 2 weeks, luckily i decided to have a play about with the program during my break times and i feel it payed of because even though i still don't know how to do everything i can do the basic editing which is good enough to put any music into my opening.
Narrating The Opening Part 1
Narrating the opening is quite difficult, not so much in actually doing it as where I'm going to do it seeing as the media has too much sound pick-up to make any kind of recording effective.
Instead i decided to opt for either going somewhere quiet and recording or going home, and vocally recording there and then coming back to the media room with my recorded sound, i figure the easiest way would be to find somewhere quiet, luckily the foxley site also has some recording facilities which i'm going to see if i can make use of.
If i am able to make use of the facilities then i will do and hopefully get everything recorded just in time.
Instead i decided to opt for either going somewhere quiet and recording or going home, and vocally recording there and then coming back to the media room with my recorded sound, i figure the easiest way would be to find somewhere quiet, luckily the foxley site also has some recording facilities which i'm going to see if i can make use of.
If i am able to make use of the facilities then i will do and hopefully get everything recorded just in time.
Explaining The Provisional Opening
As part of my editing process i decided to upload a voiceless version of my opening in order to explain it before the final product is edited and uploaded with narration.
Firstly i showed the sun in the sky during a sunset to open up the opening and then showing me walking up the hill for continuity purposes as i then proceed to stand at the top of the hill.
After that there is a shot of me raising my arm and showing cards the screen then fades to white, this is show that the person holding the cards and the cards themselves have some form of power.
Continuing onwards it goes to a shot of me doing a Xyz Summon on camera as a way to show some playing footage and leading onward into the scene with the other players playing each other as the narrator explains about the world of card games.
after that it shows some cards in a folder being turned page by page and the narration continues, and that leads into a transition of me opening a pack of cards with the golden card up the back, and the dramatic sound effect will go with the words, "Hello Ebay" this is to show comic effects. and that explains the voiceless version of my opening.
Firstly i showed the sun in the sky during a sunset to open up the opening and then showing me walking up the hill for continuity purposes as i then proceed to stand at the top of the hill.
After that there is a shot of me raising my arm and showing cards the screen then fades to white, this is show that the person holding the cards and the cards themselves have some form of power.
Continuing onwards it goes to a shot of me doing a Xyz Summon on camera as a way to show some playing footage and leading onward into the scene with the other players playing each other as the narrator explains about the world of card games.
after that it shows some cards in a folder being turned page by page and the narration continues, and that leads into a transition of me opening a pack of cards with the golden card up the back, and the dramatic sound effect will go with the words, "Hello Ebay" this is to show comic effects. and that explains the voiceless version of my opening.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Videos created whilst filming on location to show me outside them part 4
Another Video that was filmed outside of location based filming Part 3
Sorry this video is late, blogger was taking a while to upload it but i decided to compress the file down to save space and upload time
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Creating Videos To Show Me Outside The Opening Whilst On Location Part 2
Continuing the series after the first day of filming, discovering camera postions i didn't think i might use
Creating Videos To Show Me Outside The Opening Whilst On Location Part 1
This Video Was Created On Location At Stowlawn Wood
The opening i am creating is a intresting experience so to compliment what i'm doing i'll be producing some side videos which will be shot on location.
These videos will be improvised for comedic feel as well as a sense of reality to a otherwise abnormal film
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Explaining Forbidden Planet
In one of my eariler posts, in one of my comments i was asked to explain what forbidden planet was because odds were that someone reading this blog would be confused.
Well Forbidden Planet is a lovely little shop situated in wolverhampton on the outskirts of the mander center and sells lots of merchandise like japanese comic books(printed in english language)marvel comics, and a large range of products like yugioh and pokemon and magic the gatheing and starwars and twilight, it's been compared to a paradise for people who are intrested in unusual things, however it's a great place to see some great stuff, it's been around for years as it used to be called another world however back then it still sold a magintude of gaming related products.
Forbidden Planet is located outside the mander center, to get to it you go down to the lower level and head towards the butchers and then keep going until you see a ramp which goes off in 2 directions and keep heading staright out the door and then when you get to the bottom of the ramp turn right and keep going until you se it on the right after passing the big depot for the tesco lorry.
reaching it by car is also simple as you can program it into a sat nav or google maps as bell street wolverhampton and you should go past it.
Well Forbidden Planet is a lovely little shop situated in wolverhampton on the outskirts of the mander center and sells lots of merchandise like japanese comic books(printed in english language)marvel comics, and a large range of products like yugioh and pokemon and magic the gatheing and starwars and twilight, it's been compared to a paradise for people who are intrested in unusual things, however it's a great place to see some great stuff, it's been around for years as it used to be called another world however back then it still sold a magintude of gaming related products.
Forbidden Planet is located outside the mander center, to get to it you go down to the lower level and head towards the butchers and then keep going until you see a ramp which goes off in 2 directions and keep heading staright out the door and then when you get to the bottom of the ramp turn right and keep going until you se it on the right after passing the big depot for the tesco lorry.
reaching it by car is also simple as you can program it into a sat nav or google maps as bell street wolverhampton and you should go past it.
Monday, 27 February 2012
Effectively Ready to Film
After spending the first 1 and a half of my Sunday getting some people to agree to be filmed for my film, i then set about gaining some empty booster packs to put some cards into as a major opening plot point.
I obtained the empty packets quite easily by asking my fellow players to allow me to have the packaging for the booster packs, they happily agreed as it meant they didn't have to go about cleaning them up, so effectively i did my good deed for the day, after that i then played in a children's card game tournament, and did do as well as i'd hoped but it did give me some ideas for how i would like to film and how i might go about it.
The great thing about forbidden planet is that because it has so many convenient place to place a camera and film that i couldn't help but show some glee in the masses of filming positions i had to chose from.
Because i've gotten permission to film in all of my locations, i'm quite happy to begin filming at any point hopefully within the next week
After doing all this i realised that i'd come up with multiple names for my production company but not listed what it was called, i've decided to call my production company, Original Planet Productions, the name being taken from the group of original Yu-Gi-Oh Players in wolverhampton
This has been an update to keep you up to progress at the current state i'm at
I obtained the empty packets quite easily by asking my fellow players to allow me to have the packaging for the booster packs, they happily agreed as it meant they didn't have to go about cleaning them up, so effectively i did my good deed for the day, after that i then played in a children's card game tournament, and did do as well as i'd hoped but it did give me some ideas for how i would like to film and how i might go about it.
The great thing about forbidden planet is that because it has so many convenient place to place a camera and film that i couldn't help but show some glee in the masses of filming positions i had to chose from.
Because i've gotten permission to film in all of my locations, i'm quite happy to begin filming at any point hopefully within the next week
After doing all this i realised that i'd come up with multiple names for my production company but not listed what it was called, i've decided to call my production company, Original Planet Productions, the name being taken from the group of original Yu-Gi-Oh Players in wolverhampton
This has been an update to keep you up to progress at the current state i'm at
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Infomation about the film and overall project
Because I'm very close to starting my film i decided that i should remind myself of what my film is and what it's about and point out the facts about it.
Film name
The Search For Golden Opportunity
Genre
Comedy/Adventure
Target Audience
The Audience i will be aiming my opening at would be the 9-21 year old audience who like children's card games.
Filming Locations
My Room, Wolverhampton(Mander Centre and Forbidden Planet)Birmingham(possibly at New Street Train Station)
Filming Style
Use of some comedic angled shots and documentary style filming with titles thrown in to speak to the audience.
Proposed Time For Filming
I hope to have the majority of filming done within 1-2 weeks and hopefully be finished in 2-3 weeks.
Number Of Actors And Roles Within The Opening
Since I'm working on this project by myself, i shall be the only on-screen presence, people i pass while filming will be in the background and there for count as extras.
Music
The music i would like to use is comical and upbeat, with some slight hints of comedy.
Below is some music form the 2006 sonic the hedgehog game and it's comedic and i like it, i would like to include something like this in my opening.
Camera Shots Being Proposed.
There will be some long establishing shots and some close ups and the camera will focus on certain people or objects at certain points
transitioning between scenes will be handled by inputting some words on the screen(which will be a black screen with white writing, one such example of this would be the Phantasy star Online Video Game whose opening has the sort of thing i might do, and then i would add my comical elements.
Below is the opening to Phantasy Star Online
Ideas for filming angles
The video i have here is to show an idea of my walk through wolverhampton but unlike this video i might speed up my walkthrough section by about 4 times the speed or make it fast enough to fit into my opening, by doing this i hope to show my ability to film with some very steady and great camerawork.
and unlike the above film i hope to have minimal shaking
Monday, 20 February 2012
The Golden Card I Plan To Use
Ideas i came up with over half term
During my half-term break i had about 3 or 4 days where i spent it concepting ideas for my filming, realising that i might need to work with things that will cost some funds like train fare to film on a train.
To counter this issue i might change that to a short sequence of me walking through wolverhampton city center where i go to play my childrens card game, i can also do this if i want to film in birmingham and still use the short sequence i've filmed.
Referring to the scene in my room i've decided to come up with a plan of how i want my room to look, i figured i would spread cards on the floor put some on my bed, some on the walls and some possibly on the roof but that seems like a unlikely location, i will also be sending a notice to konami to alert them to the use of their product in my film, of course this is a formality at this point, the train company i use will also need to be notified, so i shall send out 2 emails detailing this and asking for permission.
To counter this issue i might change that to a short sequence of me walking through wolverhampton city center where i go to play my childrens card game, i can also do this if i want to film in birmingham and still use the short sequence i've filmed.
Referring to the scene in my room i've decided to come up with a plan of how i want my room to look, i figured i would spread cards on the floor put some on my bed, some on the walls and some possibly on the roof but that seems like a unlikely location, i will also be sending a notice to konami to alert them to the use of their product in my film, of course this is a formality at this point, the train company i use will also need to be notified, so i shall send out 2 emails detailing this and asking for permission.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Items for Possible Use within My Opening
The Props i might require are:
Yu-Gi-Oh Cards
Booster Pack Packet
Extras
Comedic trap for myself to fall or walk into(Bin or a Pothole, Lampost)
Equipment for shooting
Camera
Tripod (For shooting at complex angles and for a steady camera shots)
Yu-Gi-Oh Cards
Booster Pack Packet
Extras
Comedic trap for myself to fall or walk into(Bin or a Pothole, Lampost)
Equipment for shooting
Camera
Tripod (For shooting at complex angles and for a steady camera shots)
Monday, 6 February 2012
Quest For The Golden Cards:Draft Outline Of What I Propose To Do(Script-Wise)
Script/Narration Elements
The Film Opens With A Title Screen of my production company and then it fades to black with the opening narration
Narrator: Once upon a time there was a card game, different from the rest, however the world has yet to tap the true potential of such cards, however there are a select few who possess the power to change the game forever and this is the tale of one such individual.
Music plays while I narrate details about myself to the audience
Music would be upbeat and comical to emphasise the fact that the character is easy going but determined
The opening will feature me in a variety of different situations (travelling, Playing the game, Getting out of bed,)
Me: Hi I’m Brocken rose and I’m a an uncommon kind of guy, in this world that we live arguments and wars are decided by simple card games and everyone lives in a somewhat relative harmony, however the card games we play aren’t all serious some just play for fun, like myself, I find there’s nothing better than a card game in the afternoon after a long day of school, but just recently the company that makes the card game I love decided to release a special kind of card called a Golden Ace, the cards so became known worldwide for turning the tide of an entire game, so suddenly stores were rushed for such powerful cards.
While I never really cared about the game as a serious thing, one day I brought 1 pack of cards and my destiny was changed for ever (the golden card is briefly seen at the back of the pile of cards I just got
(Film Name and Director appears)
Fade to black, then the film continues
The Film Opens With A Title Screen of my production company and then it fades to black with the opening narration
Narrator: Once upon a time there was a card game, different from the rest, however the world has yet to tap the true potential of such cards, however there are a select few who possess the power to change the game forever and this is the tale of one such individual.
Music plays while I narrate details about myself to the audience
Music would be upbeat and comical to emphasise the fact that the character is easy going but determined
The opening will feature me in a variety of different situations (travelling, Playing the game, Getting out of bed,)
Me: Hi I’m Brocken rose and I’m a an uncommon kind of guy, in this world that we live arguments and wars are decided by simple card games and everyone lives in a somewhat relative harmony, however the card games we play aren’t all serious some just play for fun, like myself, I find there’s nothing better than a card game in the afternoon after a long day of school, but just recently the company that makes the card game I love decided to release a special kind of card called a Golden Ace, the cards so became known worldwide for turning the tide of an entire game, so suddenly stores were rushed for such powerful cards.
While I never really cared about the game as a serious thing, one day I brought 1 pack of cards and my destiny was changed for ever (the golden card is briefly seen at the back of the pile of cards I just got
(Film Name and Director appears)
Fade to black, then the film continues
Film Conception:A Change in Ideas
Well over the weekend i was trying to think how i could film my idea and found that unless i was willing to get 2 or 3 people involved in camerawork my idea just didn't work.
Knowing this i then sat down and had a think on saturday on how best i could deal with the problems i was about to face.
The best thing i could think of was a rewrite of the opening and maybe a change in genre, i decided to take a break and left my room as i left, my deck of yugioh cards fell off my shelf so i went and picked them up and then insparation hit me, so i figured why not make my film an comical adventure about my favorite card based hobby, so i then decided on some new shots i would like to include and some new ideas for filming locations.
I also finally came up with a working title for my film
Quest For The Golden Cards:a Childrens Card Game Story.
It's genre will be an adventure comedy and will involve me on a quest to find the ultra-rare golden cards and save the world.
Knowing this i then sat down and had a think on saturday on how best i could deal with the problems i was about to face.
The best thing i could think of was a rewrite of the opening and maybe a change in genre, i decided to take a break and left my room as i left, my deck of yugioh cards fell off my shelf so i went and picked them up and then insparation hit me, so i figured why not make my film an comical adventure about my favorite card based hobby, so i then decided on some new shots i would like to include and some new ideas for filming locations.
I also finally came up with a working title for my film
Quest For The Golden Cards:a Childrens Card Game Story.
It's genre will be an adventure comedy and will involve me on a quest to find the ultra-rare golden cards and save the world.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Videos For Ideas
I think this short film will be somewhat helpful to give me some additional movie ideas for myself to use like opening music and the use of titles in the opening sequence
Monday, 30 January 2012
Studying Diffrent Film Genre Openings and The Use Of Cinematography
Today, we watched 5 diffrent film openings and studied them by watching the openings twice and the commenting on genre,mis-en-scene,sound,cinematography,camera movement/shots/compisition and editing, i think it was a good thing to do because even if no one in the group chooses to do any of the genres shown we can grasp a feel for the common points of each genre and include a discriptive detail of all of the features like horror genre will always use harrowing and disturbing music to set the tone for the rest of the film.
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Creating Ideas For My 2 Minute Film Opening Part 2
Well today i spent the first 40 minutes of the lesson studying the opening 10 minutes of the Mr. Bean's holiday film for ideas for the certain camera angles i'd like to include movie-wise
I also remembered that i would have to include shot-reverse-shot, meaning i'm most likely going to need extras in my film, the best thing i can think to do at the moment is use some of my friends in the film opening.
From what i noticed studying the opening part there was a lot of crane shots used to portray establishing shots of locations, the majority of the time subjects were filmed in mid or long shots with rare close ups.
I have a link to the extract i studied for ideas below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyz3uEOnpY
I also remembered that i would have to include shot-reverse-shot, meaning i'm most likely going to need extras in my film, the best thing i can think to do at the moment is use some of my friends in the film opening.
From what i noticed studying the opening part there was a lot of crane shots used to portray establishing shots of locations, the majority of the time subjects were filmed in mid or long shots with rare close ups.
I have a link to the extract i studied for ideas below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyz3uEOnpY
Monday, 23 January 2012
Creating Ideas For My 2 Minute Film Opening Part 1
Today i began looking at some ideas for what i'd like my film opening to be like.
Firstly i looked a monty python but it didn't really have what i was looking for, so next i tried Jackass the movie apart from 30 seconds in the beginning the clip wasn't what i hoped for but it did give me some ideas for things i might like to include like slow motion shots, i then thought of some comedic films and thought of Mr.Bean's Holiday, and watched the opening sequence, which was more the sort of opening i had wanted.
So i decided to look at some other similar films to see if there were any common trends between them, i could find anything majorly obivious besides the comedy aspect, so i decided that i'm going to possibly emulate the style of filming used.
Firstly i looked a monty python but it didn't really have what i was looking for, so next i tried Jackass the movie apart from 30 seconds in the beginning the clip wasn't what i hoped for but it did give me some ideas for things i might like to include like slow motion shots, i then thought of some comedic films and thought of Mr.Bean's Holiday, and watched the opening sequence, which was more the sort of opening i had wanted.
So i decided to look at some other similar films to see if there were any common trends between them, i could find anything majorly obivious besides the comedy aspect, so i decided that i'm going to possibly emulate the style of filming used.
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