Questionaire,Call sheets

Results Of Questionaire

1. gender

400% - male

60% - female

2. How old are you?

100% - 15-18

3. Do you enjoy watching thriller genre films?

49% - yes

51% - no

4 what is your favourite genre film?

40% - Comedies

60% - Action

5. Have you used the Internet to watch any films?

100% - yes

6. Did the opening sequence meet the needs/conventions of a typical thriller genre?

30% - yes 70%-no

7. Did you enjoy the opening sequence if not what did you not enjoy

50% - yes

50% - no

Here were comments that replied to why they didn't like it 

- it was very confusing 

more camera shot would have made it better

8. Would you go to the cinema and watch the rest of the film

40% - yes

60% - no

9. What improvements would you suggest if any?

. to make it more clearer

add some dialouge to make it more instresting

add some effects to the sequence

Call Sheet

CAEDO

Name	E-mail address	Phone number
Yasin	yasin.s@hotmail.co.uk	07********
Ethem	kanidagli@hotmail.co.uk	07*************

Props: school bags, normal clothes, books, folders, phone, 

Equipment: camera, mic, tripod, tape, battery

Location: Stoke Newington School

3.4 Shot List

Shot List

Shot 1- mid shot of walking down the stairs

Shot 2- long shot of victim turning the corner of the stairs

Shot 3- Pan shot as victim leaves the school

Shot 4- close up of victim picking up the phone

Shot 5- Long Shot of victim walking away from school

Shot 6- tracking shot of victim approaching gate 

Shot 7- mid shot of victims back 

Shot 8- close up of victims face

Shot 9- extreme close up of victim getting pushed

Shot 10-Long Shot of victim on the floor

Shooting List for our Thriller Opening (planned 

shot list)

Shot 1: As the student is coming out of the class room a shot of him pans whilst his he going down the stairs a long shot will be used here.

Shot 2: The next shows the boy walking towards the came still coming down the stairs .

Shot 3: This shot will be were the boy reaches the end of the stairs and gets a missed call. This will be a mid shot from the waist and above. He turns his head and looks towards the door.

Shot 4: We then go back to a pan shot of the boy walking towards the door to go outside.

Shot 5: The next shot will be a birds eye view shot of him walking outside into the path way. 

Shot 6: The camera will then show a long shot of him walking towards the camera

Shot 7:we then cut to a close up of his pocket as we hear the phone ring

Shot 8: there will be a over the shoulder shot of him reaching for his pockets and looking at the phone to see who is calling

Shot 9: we then see a shot of him walking out of the gates the camera will pan from left to right to indicate that he is walking to the alley way

Shot 10: The camera then shows a long shot of the boy walking towards the alley way

Shot 11: there will be a point of view shot as if someone is following the boy 

Shot 12: as the boy turns around there will be a close up of his face which will represent fear.

Shot 13: a shot of him walks away from the camera

Shot 14: a hand then reaches out as if the camera is the killer 

Shot 15: the camera then flashes again towards the floor

Shot 16: We then get a long shot of the boy dead on the floor.

Production

Production Obstacles

8/11/2010

• We had to Decide weather we were going to have other people in our production, we then decided to have just one person in our production.

9/11/2010

• We had managed to film the very first 2 shots of our opening sequence but our battery had died and the clip did not save so we had to re-film it. Also filming in school was a difficult choice of location because as there was many innteruptions as students kept walking past us whilst we were filiming causing us to stop everytime... but we liked the setting because of the shot where he approaches the gate and the shot were he is walking out of a particular block shows that he is in a school.

22/12/2010

• When we were filming and we had not got most of our shots done which was time consuming and caused us to be behind in our filming
• When we were editing all of our clips were not showing so we had to kept restarting the camera
• we had to re-film as our production got lost and did not know what hard drive it was so we had to re-film again.

3/5/2011

• I had trouble merging my clip to my evaluation and i had tried this several of times , then i had ended up just filming my self talking

during our filming we had to re film twice due to the lack of shot that we had, also we had lost our work 

Over the next couple of weeks we tweaked it, filming when we could and developing on the story. I was given the job of editing it all together so the files just got handed to me and I did what I could with what I was given in the time we had left.

Production Successes

8/11/2010

• we had managed to agree who would be in our production and decide on  a location, We agreed that we would mainly have a single character in the opening and the attacker would be kept hidden because this would make the first stages of the movie so that the killer remain mysterious and unknown which fits in within the conventions of a thriller.

15/11/2010

• We very easily took the film from the tape we recorded on to, and imported it into Final cut. once we overcame our problem 

22/12/2010

• We re-filmed with a better script
• We then imported it to final cut easily 
• We both took separate roles and finished merging my clips together

7/1/2011

• Editing going well, added music over the top and sped up the scenes

11/3/2011 

• I spent the whole day in a media workshop 
• I created and added titles 

3.3 Synopsis of complete film , Story Board , Screen Play-Script

My thriller is about a disturbed young boy aged 16, everyday whilst he is walking home he sees a man waiting for school kids at the end of the alley way.. but the catch is that every time someone walks past the alley way they instantly get a prank call the killer is calling them telling them they are going to die. A boy gets this call and he is scared and frightened;does not know what to do, out of mind he walks through the alley way.. there is no one there it is quiet every one is gone home. The boy is scared as if he is being followed, he turns around but there is no one there behind he carries on walking and here foot steps as if some one is running towards him, He does not look back and suddenly a hand reaches out and covers his face after 10 minutes the boy is dead on the floor but what the killer doesn't know is that some one witnesses this murder. The killer soon finds out that someone was looking and finds the person who witnessed the murder of the young boy. But what the witness doesn't know is that the killer is someone that connected with the school.

The witness then aims to try get away from the killer, however the killer follows him every where he goes and gives him non stop prank calls until he confronts him, and keeps him in room until he is rescued  

The film will be set in the UK around north London, the target audience I would say this film would be for are people aged 15 and over, mostly young teenagers as they will be teenagers within the film. With this film I want to Aim to fulfil  the conventions that are normally set for thrillers; conventions such as scary music, a killer the way in which thriller build suspense and gets the audience thinking.

I think that this will have an impact on my audneince as it will relate to teenagers today in London and whilst filming the opening sequence I will try to fit as many conventions of the thriller possible.

Story Board

Screen Play - Script

Film Production Screenplay

1) The Victim Walking Down the stairs.

2)Victim Answers The fone asking "who is this?".

3) The victim then reaches onto the bottom of the stairs with a confused face as to who has called him.

4) victims walks outside with another phone call 

5) victim then answers the phone and and talks on the phone again

6) victim is then telling the caller stop bothering me whilst he is walking outside of the gate 

7) victim then approaches a ally way and looks scared

8) victim then hears "oi" and looks around to see who is there with a terrified look on his face

9)killer once again says "oi again and victim looks over and looks at the killer and his scared

10) killer then grabs the victims and shakes him until his is dead

11) killer then puts the victim in the corner and walks away 

3.2 Analysis Of Two Opening Sequences In Your Chosen Genre, From Two Different Studios

Audience 3.2.4

3.2 Analysis Of Two Opening Sequences In Your Chosen Genre, From Two Different Studios

3.2.3  Studio and Marketing

3.2 Analysis Of Two Opening Sequences In Your Chosen Genre, From Two Different Studios

Deconstruction of Shot Types:

3.2. Analysis of two opening sequences in your chosen genre, from two different studios

Preliminary Exercise Final Product 12/10/2010

3.1 What I Learnt By Doing The Preliminary Exercise 11/10/2010

What I Learnt By Doing The Preliminary Exercise 

We were set a construction task as part of our AS media course, we had to film a character doing a variation of different shots such as walking across a room, sitting down and exchanging a couple of lines of dialogue. We also had to demonstrate a 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot. The people who I were working with within my group for the task were Jamie,Trinesh and George. 


During the preliminary exercise I have learnt that what you had originally planned at first, does not always go according to plan, this could be due to the shots you had originally planned to do take does not always work or come out how you thought it would be. Also such as rooms being unavailable could make it difficult to where you are going to shoot your scenes. 
Within our group that we had been put in for the preliminary exercise, we failed to schedule for a room to film in, in the previous lesson, this came to the cause that we were stuck with the rooms that were available at the time we were going to shoot our scenes. This came to the conclusion that we had to film in a room that had people already  in it, in this case we had to film around the people this meant that we did not have full control of the lighting or the background noise in the room. Whilst constructing the task I also had learnt when shooting scenes, it is wrong to rush into things, whilst filming you need to be precise with shots to make sure you are doing it properly and to make sure you are fully aware of what is going on within your shot. 




3.1.1 About The Filming And Editing Process
Before filming we each had to come up with our own idea that followed the criteria that I had mentioned from the above, we had all gathered up our ideas and we came to a decision and went with George's idea, we had fought it was best suited for the preliminary exercise, our scenario was George going to have having a conversation/meeting with Jamie. Whilst filming we encountered a few problems such as the noise level within the room as we had not booked a room our only option was to film in the study room, which was difficult for us as people kept coming in the room and going, with the noise level that was in the background; we had to keep pausing when we were recording our scenes, this came to the fact that it took us a little longer than expected but it was filmed in one lesson.
Jamie was the director for the preliminary exercise, whilst he was directing he was working with Trinesh to get the shots that they both had wanted and making sure the criteria that was set was being followed such as not breaking the 180 degree rule. Also within the filming process I my self was the camera man, I had to ensure I was shooting the scenes appropriately and accordingly but due to the impact of the noise it was difficult. Jamie was also an actor within the scenes, when filming I had learnt that it is best not to mix acting and directing together as the two contrasts with remembering what to do as you may forget things, this makes it difficult to direct when you are not behind the camera this also could put you off when acting.
3.1.2 About The Technology
During the construction task I had learnt about the use of technology when shooting scenes, I had learnt that in order to film you need necessary equipment such as Mic, boom and the tripod, this is very important as it helps support you in making your film, the Mic enhances the sound in order to catch every sound when filming and the tripod helps keep shots steady whilst filming in order for it to look professional, also I had learnt the use of the tripod can be very useful as you can pan very easily and move the camera around smoothly and swiftly the use of these technology helps make a effective video.


Shots That Were Used:



High Angle Shot:
This shot helps emphasis that he is entering a room as you can see his hand on the handle, this helps the audience verify what he is doing at that very moment, a high angle shot is usually when the camera is located above the eye line. With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject and the point of focus often get "swallowed up" by the setting.High angle shots also make the figure or object seem vulnerable or powerless.High angle shots are usually used in film to make the moment more dramatic.

Long Shot:
This here is a shot of George entering the room, here this shot establishes who the person is by showing their full figure, a long shot is when a shot typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.

Match on Action: (3)

Is when something happens in the scene then when there is a cut the same piece of action must be going on it helps the audience understand exactly what is happening.This here is a extreme long shot, a extreme long shot estabalishes your surroundings and what you are doing, in this case he is walking towards the table.




This here is also a close up shot in the Second 3 shots of the match on action of his facial expression. 

Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. 

Over the shoulder shot: 

The over the shoulder shot is a cinematographic shot taken from over the shoulder of a character whose shoulder can be seen at the side of the frame. In our scenario it was vital we were able to show this and I believe we did this because we were able to set up our scene to establish a situation where this was possible.

mid-Long Shot:

Typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. In this case only half their body's are showing but they are far as you can see so it is a a mid and a long shot.

High angle shot 

is usually when the camera is located above the eye line. With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject and the point of focus often get "swallowed up" by the setting.High angle shots also make the figure or object seem vulnerable or powerless.High angle shots are usually used in film to make the moment more dramatic.

3.1.2.1 The Camera

I have used the camera before so i was already familiar with how it works and what to expect, The camera we used was a cannon XM2, it uses a tape rather than a memory card meaning that when importing you have to find the right place on the tape. This can be annoying at times as when you are rewinding you cannot see where you are. We didn't have a external mike so the sound was bad quality, in the main production I will make sure we have a connected and working mike.Whilst we were using the camera, we learnt a lot about it and its technology. We especially learnt that before we start filming just to make sure that silly things like the lens cap aren't still on or to check to see if the sound doesn't work entirely. This could have a major effect whilst filming, an example of this would be when we were filming we had coincidently left the lens on for one minute. I had also learnt when taking a camera you need to ensure everything working in order, such as battery packs, tapes and memory cards in-case you are using a high definition camera.


3.1.2.2 Using The Camera With The Mac
We uploaded the movie into "imovie" and made sure it was in PAL format. We used "imovie" because it is very simple to upload into. Once the camera is connected you open the programme and press import. There is one cable that is always ready to use and connected to the macs, once the camera is plugged in then you can open i movie. If you open imovie before the camera is connected it doesn't work as well  Unfortunately we lost some of our film while uploading, we overcame this with careful and clever editing like quick cuts.

3.2.1.3 Final Cut Pro

After filming we then had to edit, we edited using Final Cut pro, this is considered to be a professional and powerful editing tool/software that has a wide range of effect and factors that we needed to edit a good video. 

Previously to this lesson we had looked at the simple parts of Final Cut Pro and how to use it effectively. We learnt how to add titles which helped us when we edited our actual preliminary exercise in which we used titles and credits. We also learnt how to use simple tools such as the knife which allows us to cut clips in specific places to cut out parts that we no longer want and need. We also learnt about the time bars in which we place the clips as well as cutting them from that specific area and finally we learnt about the windows we use to edit and view the clips in.

My main job was editor so I took it into my hands to edit the final piece. I started off by moving all the clips from I Movie HD to Final Cut Pro and then looking for the correct clips I needed for the final edited piece. When I finished dragging the clip I then started to cut what I did not need and add fade in fade out effects to make it look professional.

The Tools in final cut pro:

Here is my time-line of my finished and final piece of my preliminary tasks.




Here is a print screen of my clips that I used used to drag to my time-line which I had used within my video. 

within the program this is the key tool use, within this tool bar I used the knife and arrow icon to cut and drag specific areas of my clips.