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Childrens Film Finished Product

Changes made to filming

We have made various changes and adaptations to our original shotlist as we started our filming. The content has differed slightly, as well as some camera angles and music.

Storyline:
We decided to add in a detention scene which was introduced by credits to explain that it is the next day. it begins straight away based in a classroom where the teacher has caught two of the students coming into school late. We have a low angled shot pointing up at the teacher (Tyler) to show his dominance and power over the students.

We also decided to delete the role of the narrator as we thought it was clear enough to the audience who the each of the characters were, and it would have been more complicated and difficult when it came to editing.

In the original story plot we have the third friend come out from behind a tree, however instead we changed it so that he was involved in the drama whilst chasing George through the forest to add to the intensity.

Camera Angles:

The first change we made to our camera angle shots came fairly early within the sequence. We decided to change the low angle shot of dan hiding behind a tree, to an over the shoulder shot instead. This gives the audience an oppertunity to see the change which is taking place.

Secondly, we abandoned the arial shot, replacing it with a switch between pan, and over the shoulder to show Dan looking upon martin and George, whilst they each run. This emphazises the chase, building suspense.

 We have also replaced the panning shot of our friends and stereo typed teacher, instead switching to a next day scene taking place in a detention.

throughout the detention we have included various different camera angles which we haven't wrote about. This is because we didn't plan this scene, instead improvised it to add a better scene towards the end of our opening.

We think that when people view our scene, they will find our humour scenes quite funny. Also, we all agree people will find our music behind the opening entertaining, and see it matches our film.
There is one thing we agree on people will deduce from watching our opening. We think it comes across quite adult like, not entirely seeming like a children's film opening.

Health and Safety

Health and Safety

-Consider other classes
-Locations (is it safe and appropriate)
-Safe areas
-Considerate of cars if in the car park

Camera Use

-RESPECT THE EQUIPMENT!
-Keep equipment with us at all times
-When carrying equipment, close the camera window
-Carry camera in the bag
-Ensure tape is fully re-wound to ensure we dont tape over ours or other peoples work
-Capture shots more than once, better consistency
-Dont leave the camera recording

Storyboards

How we will manage our time.

For the first lesson, we will commence filming our opening sequence. We will also bring in any props that are needed as well. For the first lesson we will be running off of a script, and the content that we video may not be perfect, therefore we will use this lesson as a 'rehearsal' lesson, this way we will all know what to be doing throughout the sequence.
 In the second lesson, we may have to finish off filming and also may have to re-shoot some of our scenes if the content wasn't up to standard. We may also record more sound such as background noise or even record some of the dialogue again. We may also begin to edit and crop our clips and make them into an orderly sequence.
 The third lesson will mainly consist of editing and creating the soundtrack. Creating the soundtrack may take more than one lesson however as we need to make it fit at the right time. Due to the half time, we will have to finish our video on the lesson after half term. In this final lesson we will be trying to finish our video.

Ideas for childrens fiilm

Quite upbeat and jolly music.
Colourful lights, sunshine.
Outdoor setting?
Range of different shots
Clear the background area
Easy to understand narrative
PG

Monsters inc. Soundtrack

I watched the Monsters inc. trailer to Analise the sound and music.
 The music, as you would expect, is upbeat and jolly. There are some jazzy notes here and there and the music at the beginning is quite heroic. However, as the trailer continues, the music lightens up as some of the movies humour is displayed.
 For the last 40seconds or so, 'Break on through to the other side' by 'The Doors' is played. This fits in nicely because it is quite a fast paced and light hearted song, and also could be linked to one of the movies main themes which is about doors.
 Because the music is not slow, dark or scary, this hints the towards the film being a comedy, or a childrens film.
 As i said earlier, one of the main features of the narrative seems to be about doors, the monsters seem really paranoid about a kid getting through one of the doors into the monsters world, this is planned to amuse the audience as it seems silly that big scary monsters should be scared of little children.

The Incredibles opening scene

The opening scene of the incredibles introduces the 'incredibles' family in a simple but effective fashion. It shows each family member doing an interview and saying about themselves and they're pasts.
It also shows Mr and Mrs Incredible meeting for the first time and the reason, then it leads on to the first bit of action which leads into the rest of the films main features.
It also breifly introduces the main bad guy at the end of the sequence.

Conventions of fantasy and action.

Monsters inc. Conventions.

• The opening credits are very colourful and interesting. They catch the eye and involve monsters which is one of the key plots of the film. 
• The opening scene sets up the general ida of the plot
• there are introduced animated characters
• foreshadows what will happen
• humour and scariness is used to scare and comfort the audience

We went out on tuesday and were given a task to make a video clip following certain clips and camera shots. Today (friday) we cut and cropped the video and added sound to it. above is our final piece. We all helped to create the video, Dan was the camera man, Martin did all the editing and George and Tyler acted.

our video

we made this video going by a sheet of movements that were listed. we used a tripod and in the next lesson we will crop and cut it to make a final video.

story board and shot list

still frames

Establishing shot:
This shot is effective as it shows straight away that the film is clearly a sci-fi; through the alien-like surroundings and dis formation of the characters faces/ features. Also it shows the 3 men are going to have a significant part of the programme, as they are shown to seem important and bold. 

 

Close up shot:

This shot is effective as it shows the expression on Harry Potter's face, the shot shows fear in his eyes. It shows that Harry Potter is being threatened and makes him look weak or defenseless.

Match On Action:

The still frame here is extremely effective as it shows Neo half way through dodging a bullet, showing the audience the skill and power of the character, and he obviously possess powers/ abilities normal humans don't (UNLESS EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE). As well as showing action, the shot is self explanatory showing Neo is an important character, as he is demonstrating the most complex skill. 

Reaction shot:

this shot shows a women reacting badly to something that has been said or done recently. The womens reaction shows curiosity and shows that she is naive to something that is happening in the film.

Long shot:
This shot shows four boys running along a street, the shot shows no clear dominance of a single character as all the boys are in line with eachother. This shot shows excitement and fun amongst the four children.
                                                                        

                                                                           

These two conversation shots are effective because they clearly show the two boys talking, and even in a still frame it is easy to work out that they are speaking to one and other. This can also introduce two characters to us as an audience, or show us what is about to happen, possibly through what is said between them.