Riot Footage

Riot Footage

I have decided to remove the scene with the nurse from the begining of my opening sequence. The idea worked a lot better in my head than it actually did when I filmed and edited it together. I have now chosen to use footage from riots that I found on YouTube to use as a mock up recation to the possibility of the human race eventually dying out. I plan to edit short and snappy bits of footage of explosions and riot police battling crouds of people. This will put the auidence on edge and will add a documentary feel to the begining of my sequence. This will make Catch seem realistic which is important for the sci-fi genre as it makes people think 'what if' and that is thrilling for the audience.

Here are some images taken from the footage I am editing into my opening sequence:

Catch - Final Cut (Spelling Mistake Corrected)

Catch - Final Cut (Spelling Mistake Corrected)

Catch - Spelling Corrected from Zoe Crick on Vimeo.

Catch - Final Cut

Catch - Final Cut
 

Catch Final Cut from Zoe Crick on Vimeo.

 

Here is the final cut of my opening sequence for Catch. Sorry for the wait but the extra few days were vital in order to make sure that it was complete to a high standard and not rushed. I hope you enjoy it.

Uploading Solution

Uploading Solution

 

 

As I could not upload my opening sequence onto Vimeo or Blogger last night I asked Sir if he knew what went wrong and it was due to some dodgey advice while exporting my video. The format was wrong but I have exported it in the correct format now and I will be able to upload the video tonight.

Catch - Failure to Upload

Catch - Failure to Upload

I finished editing my opening sequence today and tried up loading the video onto Vimeo but the file was too large so I then attempted to upload the video straight into blogger but the message below appeared. I am not sure what to do about this issue and I will try to upload it from school at lunch time.

Plan of Evaluation

Plan of Evaluation

 

Today we were given the questions we must base our evaluation  of our opening sequence on.

 

The 6 key questions were:

 

1. How does your media product:

a) Use, develop or challenge form and conventions of real media products?

b) Represent particular social social groups? 

 

2. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

 

3. Who would be the audience for your media product?

 

4. How did you attract/address your audience?

 

5. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

 

6. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

For the first question I plan to create a video discussing how my opening sequence both developed inspiration from existing professional films that I researched when I was planning my opening sequence. Also I would show how my opening sequence also challenges real media product in terms of the types of shots that I included and also the audio, for example not including diegetic sound in my main chase scene.

For question 1 b) I will create a PowerPoint on how I have represented working class people within my opening sequence. For example, it is ambiguous. Also looking at the importance of location in terms of using mise en scene for effect.

For number 2 I will add an audio clip over the top of my opening sequence and pause it where necessary to make valid points about the kind of media institution would distribute my media (Film4) and where it is pause explain why my film would work well with Film4 as its distributor.

Question 3 and 4 I will combine together to discuss who the target audience of my opening sequence is and what I did to make this obvious to attract young men to watch and be interested in my film.

Question 5 I will demo each technology used in creating Catch in the form of a video. Video me using the camera, showing how I used different shots and why I have used it, for example high angle shot to show the characters vulnerability. Filming Charlotte using the editing software showing how to add special effects etc.

For number 6 I will create a aduio clip discussing how I have improved. Picking out mistakes that I made when Amy and I created our preliminary task 'Just Another Boyband'. For example there was some slight continuity issues and at one point I broke the 180 degree rule. I will be able to explain how I learned from the mistakes I made and how it was important that I made them so that I could improve and not make the mistakes in Catch. 

Opening Titles Incomplete

Opening Titles Incomplete

As there are multiple finishing touches that need to be made to my opening titles such as getting the footage of the riots edited and cut together more tightly, issues with audio and just getting timing right. This meant that I was not comfortable with posting my opening sequence currently not to the highest standard that I could make it, I agreed with Mr. Earl to complete and publish my final cut either on Monday or Tuesday.

Another Change in Titles

Another Change in Titles 

To make sure the titles on my opening sequence are as professional as they could be I realised there should be a reduced amount of titles and to do this I decided to put two of the actors names per title. I spent the past lesson sorting this issue out.

This is an example of how one turned out:

This also shortened the length of the opening sequence which helped me meet the guidelines better.

I also put the filmmaker titles at the end of the sequence rather than at the starts so that the directors title was the last credit to appear.

I took out the famous actors names and just included people who actually took part in acting for my opening sequence but I kept in the various famous filmmaker names.

Additional Scene

Additional Scene

Today I filmed an additional scene for the opening sequence of catch. It was suggested to me by my teacher that I add a scene into Catch at the beginning with a little insight to what is going on with the mysterious men. The scene sees two men meeting in a dark room and one of the men who kidnaps the children is handed a file with information about the two girls. 

This was not easy to film as the boys were messing around and would not take it seriously which was rather frustrating. It look about an hour to shoot around 15 seconds of footage. The room was behind the stage at school and it was very dark and I was assisted by my friend Daniel who held up torches on our phones for lighting. It actually had quite a nice effect. 

Here are some screenshots from the footage I got today:

Filming Tomorrow

Filming Tomorrow

I have organised to meet with a member of Catch's cast Niall and a new cast member tomorrow after sixth form to film a new scene for the beinning of the opening sequence. I want to capture the two sinister men as they prepare to kidnap children. Niall recieve a file with images and information about the next victims. It should be interesting and it will hopefully further improve my opening sequence as it makes it more clear that these men are the 'bad guys'. Looking forward to shooting again.

Titles - Famous Names

Titles - Famous Names

Included in my opening sequence will be a mixture of the actors who actually appear in my footage (aka my friends and family) and a mixture of famous film makers. 

Here are the famous names I included and why:

The font of the titles is Malgun Pro. Each titles appears white and then fades to a deep, blood red. Each title lasts exactly 5 seconds.

The First Title:

I chose to use Anthony Dod Mantle's name within my titles for my opening sequence. This is because he is famous for his cinematography in films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Last King of Scotland, 28 Days Later and 127 Hours to name a few. As I looked at Slumdog Millionaire for inspiration when it came to creating my opening sequence and focusing a lot on how the camera moved and the shots used it made sense to give a 'credit' to Anthony Dod Mantle.

The Second Title:

Another film that I looked at for inspiration was Trainspotting. When researching about Trainspotting I looked at the editor of the film, Mashiro Hirakubo. The film is iconic for its editing and the use of freeze-frames. This is why I chose to 'credit' Masahiro Hirakubo. Other films that he is known for are The Beach Eragon and The Duchess.

The Third Title:

Christian Colson is best known for being the producer of Slumdog Millionaire which lead him to receive awards such as  the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for best picture. That is why I included his name in my titles.

The Fourth Title:

Simon Beaufoy was the screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire. Obviously I took a lot of inspiration from that film so I put his name to my film.