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Abi Edwards and Sian Ball AS Evaluation

Abi Edwards and Sian Ball AS Evaluation

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mise-en-scene

Party Scene

Boot Scene

Theory

Barthes
We created an enigma code at the end of out film and this makes the audience want to carry on watching.
Propp Character Roles
Princess - Sian Taylor
False Hero - Abi Edwards
Villan - Sarah Sygrove
Todorov
Equilibrium - opening - party scene
Disequilibrium - Sound of someone screaming.

Story Board....

This Week

Monday and Tuesday (and Wednesday) - complete ALL editing and upadate blogs
Thursday - show FINISHED dvd, evaluation prep -> lesson
Friday - submit all practical work -> English Office -> sign in
Lesson complete 1st draft evaluation - post on blogs, wait for feedback - submit 1st monday bacck after easter holiday.

Spend time on practical work in free time, study centre and even break, lunch and after schools.

New Plan....Again.

We are refilming our opening because we thought it was too boring and all over the place. I (Sian) have already filmed the killer(Sarah) drugging the drink with out Abi yesturday(17/03/10). Just need to meet up after school sometime to finish the rest which can be done in one day.

Drugging scene....
Sarah crushing up the drug. We used asprin for the tablets then swapped it with health salts to pour in the drink so it would fizz (shown in picture below.





In this picture, its a shot of the glass and within the glass you can see the killer walking away. This is effective because you can see their whole body but the glass distorts their body shape making it difficult to know if the killer is female or male.

Forest Scene Beth Getting Ready

Abi Dressed as the killer

Problems...

After adding all the clips of the forest scene onto the timeline, it turned out to be too long. If we delete some of the clips, we think it will not make complete sense. Also, there is a clip we need to record but might have to do the party scene again as Abi's kitchen has been redecorated.

The Forest scene, the audio is sort of poor. We filmed near a river and the sound fades Beth out a bit. Also, when we use different shots, you can tell they're different part of time as the sound of the shots changes. For example, one shot the river is quiet and in another shot the river is loud.

The party scene, the lighting was all over the place. When beth is getting ready the lighting is bright and when shes going down the stairs it's really dark. We need to make it look like it's night time and the lighting from outside ruins it.

The music, doesn't really fit into the genre very well. We need music that fits into a party style theme but also needs to have a bit of horror in it to show the genre of the film opening.

Moodboard...

More Changes

we've decided that the music is too upbeat for the film and does not capture the mood well enough. We need low tempo, errie sort of music and right now it's 'too happy'

Changes

I shown Dani Tuffen the begining of mine and Abi's video and also the 'gadgets' i
have on the Video studio that I'm using and shes suggested instead of fading out at the end of the summit entertainment clip like this...

to paint over this clip instead like this...

These are the un-edited clips that i quickly put together for this blog. In the video they are slower and goes with the video quite well.

Pitch!

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Pitch!

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Working Title revision handout

Ownership
The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1982. Working title is base in London, UK. The Co-chairpersons of Working Title are Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
History of releases
Hits; Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hot Fuzz, Elizabeth, Notting Hill and Mr Bean
Flops; Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Thunderbirds, Bartom fink, Hudsuckers Proxy, plunked and Macleane
Working title’s philosophy
“To make films for an audience – by that I mean play in a multiplex” – Lucy guard & Natasha Wharton
Benefits partnership with Universal
Universal owns 67% of working title films. This happened so they get a better advertisement and a wider audience which is a benefit.
How different is it with big Hollywood studios?
They are not widely known and they produce British style films and most countries view British films as ‘crap’
What is working title 2?
WT2 is an independent film production company arm run by Natasha Wharton, and has produced films that include Billy Elliot, Shaun of the Dead and The Calcium Kid.


T.B.C

Filming!

We have now donnee all our filming! completed it earlier at coombe abbey :) everything went well and now just gotta finish editing the rest of movie :) weve picked out some music and now just have to pick which tracks were using :) Comming Along well! a draft should be up soon :)

Difference between an opening and a trailer?

Trailor

• Provides a summary or plot outline
• character roles are clearly defined (Propp)
• Short and varied clips from entire film
• Audience gets clear idea of equilibrium (Todorov)Music is a selling tool
• Voice Over

Opening

• Engima codes (Barthes)
• Character roles are limited, main character shown only
• Establishing shot for setting
• Action shots (Barthes)
• Audience gets a hint of disequilibrium
• Titles are imaginative and fit genre
• Variety of shots are used
• Does the audience want to carry on watching?
• Does the music fit the genre

Our Work is definatly an opening because it fits the opening criteria and doesnt fir the criteria of a trailor.

Filming

Did most filming today of beggining shots of beth. Just need to be edited now. We are going to filming the last remainding bits of beth waking up in the forest some time this week as it's bin raining today. But on the all everythings going well and first draft should be ready for preveiwing next week :)

New Idea for opening....

This is the opening of our new idea. It is a rough copy. We are going to add in shots of Beth Day putting her make-up on and place them inbetween the shots of Robert Williams looking at the knife. We may have to either speed up the clips or cut them down to fit in to the end of the music.

We have decided to cut out the party scene and replace them as flash backs. We decided this because our ideas would have not fitted in with the time limit that we have been given. We will use the flashbacks for when Beth day starts to wakes up in the woods.

Distribution Company...

Titles.....

Summit Entertainment - Plain black screen
Sibian Productions - Motion
Starring Bethany Day - Over the shot of beth putting on mascara.
Daniel Mudderimer - Over the shot of weapon
Abi Edwards - Shot of lipstick
Produced by Abi Edwards and Sian Ball - shot of drugs going in pocket
Directed by Sian Ball - shot of beth doing shoe up.
Edited by Abi Edwards and Sian Ball - low shot of Beth Shoes whilst walking

Plan Of Action: for Thursday....

Filming at Sian's house.

Abi and (girl)Dani talking in the background.
(Boy) Dan stood in the kitchen.
Beth walks into the room.

Danny: "Hey" *Hugs Beth*
Abi looks over and gives them evils in the background.
(Boy) Dan turns round to get drink.
(Girl)Dani walks out of room
Beth walks over to Abi.
(Boy) Danny walks out of room aswell.

Abi: "Wha'cha think you're doing talking to him?"
Beth: "Just saying Hi"
Abi: "Well don't he's mine"
Beth: "He isnt your property!"

*Abi slaps Beth*
*Sian walks in to get a drink*
Beth walks out leaving Abi on her own.
Abi drugs a drink and leaves it on the side
camera zoom out whilst Abi walks off
Beth comes back in to get a drink *Shakes an empty bottle*
She see's the drugged drink and drinks it.

New idea, Same story....

We have decided that our original idea was going to be too long for a two minute opening so, instead of changing our idea completely, we decided to merge the two scenes together. It'll start off as a close up of Beth's face. As the camera zooms out, Beth has flash backs to the night before. We'll show the important shots of the party.

We were planning on waiting for Sian's friend to have her party so borrow it for our film opening but we thought by that time, filming the opening would be too late. So instead of having a full party scene, we will film in Sian's kitchen of Beth and Abi having an argue ment over Dan.

To show that the scene is a party, we'll have muffled music in the background, empty bottles on the side and, just loads of random party stuff. They way we think it'll work is that we'll have Dani and other people walking in and out of the kitchen to make it look busy.

Finished Blog....

Rough draft Storyboard

rough production title....

Had to save in bad quality but got the original 'good' quality on my laptop.

Shot List....

1. Close up on legs
2. High angled panning shot of crowd
3. Close up on back of head walking
4. Mid over the shoulder shot of her talking to boy
5. Mid over the shoulder shot her best friend in background
6. Mid over the shoulder shot her best friend slaps her
7. Close up reaction shot Beth’s face
8. Mid shot Abi’s face
9. Long shot Abi walking away
10. Close up Beth’s face (bitch)
11. Mid shot Abi pouring drink
12. Abi point of view shot
13. Close up on drink – pill
14. Long shot Abi walking over to Beth
15. Mid over the shoulder shot of Abi giving Beth drink
16. Mid shot focused on Beth’s face
17. Long shot Abi walking away
18. Close up Beth drinking
19. Long shot Beth walking in room
20. Point of view shot
21. Mid shot Beth
22. Close up Beth
23. Point of view (wobbly)
24. Blackout
25. Fade in close up
26. Extreme close up on eye
27. Zoom out to reveal face
28. Point of view shot – trees
29. Establishing shot of woods and Beth
30. Low shot Beth getting up
31. Point of view shot – Beth looking round
32. Long shot Beth looking round
33. Mid shot Beth walking
34. Close up on figures foot
35. Close up of Beth’s reaction face
36. Beth’s point of view sees shadowed figure
37. Shadowed figure point of view – back of Beth
38. Mid shot Beth run by
39. Beth’s point of view her turn around
40. Close up on Beth's face – shadowed figures point of view (scream)

Some ideas for shots

Blurred...This shot will help to portray that the lead character is drugged and the effects she feels from it. We'll hold the camera in our hands for the P.O.V shot to show that she's unstable and vulnerable. The sound track will be muffled as she feels more of the effects. All these effects will increase as this scene goes on until the screen goes black.

Close Up, Zoom Out...To open the wood scene, we open with a close up on the main characters eye then we'll zoom out to catch the characters reaction in waking upin the woods the morning after the party. There will also be eery music which plays throughout the film.

Long Shot...When the main character is standing, we will have a long shot to establish the fear of being lost in the woods.

Production Label

This is our idea for our production label, we made it on photoshop. the name 'Sibian' is a mixture of Abi and Sain. we thought it would be a good idea to create our own and it adds abit more of us to our opening and shows that we have thought through everything.

Mood Board

We made this mood board to put across our ideas in pictures. there is pictures of our produfction company label, distribution company, a copy of our first draft of the title 'snatched' that will come up in our film opening and other pictures of things we might incorperate in our opening or ideas of what we want things to look like.

More Inspiration

Veronice Mars Party Scene

Wev'e used this scene as inspiration for our movie opening. we like the idea of a girl being drugged and want to use this in our opening. we think when she walks through the crowd and everywhere is blurred it makes the audience wonder whats going to happen and creates a good enigma code.

Inspiration

Lost Opening Scene



we like this opening because the title comes up first and creates an immediant enigma code for the audience. we think who or what is lost?
we also like the idea of the zoom in on his eye and him waking up in the forest not knowing where he is.
We would like to use the forest bit as inspiration for when our girl wakes up in the middle of nowhere not knowing whats gone on either.

Inspiration

Twilight Opening


i couldn't get the actual movie opening because of copyright but this still shows what were looking at. we like the idea of the running through the bushes and think it makes a very effective dramatic scene.
We were thinking about using this kind of idea when the girl in our movie gets kidnapped and she wakes up in forest wondering where she is. we think it would make a good panic secene.

People & Characters

Beth Day - main character Name -Megan
Abi Edwards - The bad friend Name - Regina
- The random Guy/rapist Name - Josh
Extra's/Party People - Sian Taylor, Natalee Mobbs, Anna Masters, Robert Williams, Tom Betts, Jordan, Laura, Dani Tuffen

Distribution company - Summit Entertainment
Production Company - Sibain Productions

BRAINWAVE - In the party scene, we could do three shots in one at some point. It was inspired by the B&Q advert :).

Inspiration - Sorority Row Opening Scene

The genre of this film is Horror/Thriller, we know this because at the very beginning we hear a girl sceaming which is a connotation of something bad happening later on in the film.
When five sorority sisters of Theta Pi cause the death of one of their own during a foolish prank gone wrong, they conspire to discard the evidence and never speak of the nightmare again.
Set in a sorority house. The girls are wearing night wear which is stereotypical of american college girls. There is Party music in the background. It changes when the scene gets serious. We know this is a college party because everyone is drinking, loud music in the background, half-naked, things are getting broke, the house is a mess and strobe lights are flashing. The camera angle is like a point of view short at the beginning due to it following people around and moves like its not on a tripod.
The target audience is aimed at teenagers to young adults. They are represented as college girls who like to party, drink and play pranks. The steroetypes are effective because it fits in with the typical college horror film.
This is also similar to my idea because everything is generally what I'm thinking of doing although i dont want it to be completely similar to this film. In one scene where they think the victim is dead, the people who drugged her, takes her out to the woods and leave her there, then she wakes up after.

Our Opening

The genre We're thinking of doing is a serious drama/horror.
The target audience will be teens/young adults.
We don't know where I'm going to shoot my film. We might shoot one scene at someones house and then shoot another part in auburn place as our film is about a girl at college getting drugged and so we'll have a scene where shes running away from the bad guy. Not sure about this as we'll probably need permission to do what we want. We just want a long corridor for the victim to run down and we could use Auburn place as a dorm.
The storyline is a girl goes to a party and someone spikes her drink, then she decides to go but gets kidnapped. Then she wakes up the next morning finding herself in the woods and may even be raped, but we wont show the actual raping cause that would be discusting! We might just use objects that indicates that shes been raped such as ripped clothing, bruises etc we're thinking of the best friend falling out with the victim and so she spikes the drink, just to give a reason for what happened. not quite sure what they fall out over yet.
Our Characters will be the lead as the victim, the best friend as a villian, the rapist as the bad guy obviously and extras as the people at the party. and not sure who else we will need at the moment.
The costume we will need is just outgoing clothes that people where when they go out to a party, but we think we need to get an outfit for the victim that is ok to ruin. we will need to get make-up to create the bruises as the person playing the victim wont appreciate having real bruises.
The Props that we will need is just mainly party stuff and need to get a tablet that fizzes in a drink for the drugging. Need party lights and other stuff to show its a party.
The soundtrack will be music that is relevant to a party scene and when the scene gets more serious, the music changes to a serious mood aswell.

Meet us :)

This is us :)
Abi Edwards and Sian Ball :)
We are working together on a movie opening called Snatched :)