Monday, 30 January 2012
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Preliminary video - 'Caked'
Above is a film that my group members and I made in order to prepare us for making the actual film for coursework. The preliminary film is called 'Caked' and it's about a princess (Snow White - me!) who has an evil step mother who bakes her a poisonous cake! So Snow White eats the cake and starts to feel weak and faints! Only to be saved by the hug of life by her best friend Cinderella (Farjana).
Making the film was really good in preparing us for making the actual film, this is because it gave us experience of using a professional camera and the importance of having different camera shots and angles in order to make the film look more interesting. It also gave us an idea of the organisation that we'll need during filming because it takes a lot of work! Also filming as a whole was fun!
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Audience Survey
Above are examples of some of the results from our survey
1. A large majority of the audience (72.7%) like drama films to end with a twist however, our film end tragically which only 27.3% of the audience want. To try and satisfy both the percentage of the audience we will try to fit a twist in at the end.
2. There is definitely a lot of actions and emotions in our film which the audience want, however death is what they least want. But, we don’t want to change the death in out film because we want to shock the audience and finish with a dramatic ending.
3. A high majority of the audience want young adults to be in the film and just a few want over 25. our initial target audience was within the 18-25 year group which is what the majority of the audience want.
5. Our film will have a lot of high drama moments or emotional moments, the main character won't cry very much at all because we want to show his internal pain.
6. We will work on maybe having a good twist in our film. We don’t know if we can bring in any comical lines because this film is based on a serious and horrible event. We also don’t know if we can fit romance into it. If we did the film would be ruined!The film will already be very emotional.
10. The majority want their main character to be male which our main character is.
Friday, 13 January 2012
The white balance
White balance is a camera setting that adjusts for lighting in order to make white objects appear white on the screen.
The three main aesthetic rules
THE HEADROOM
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| PICTURE 2 (my niece) |
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| PICTURE ONE (my niece) |
This is a function where there is space between the person's head and the top of the frame. As you can see, picture one has enough head room to give us focus the girl in the picture but without making her fill the whole frame. In close up's both the top of the head and the chin should be cut.
THE LEAD ROOM
(my niece)
The lead room describes a function where the media text directs the audience's attention and control what they see in the frame. For example, in the above picture the girl is leading or directing our attention to what she is about to do next which is walk out of the door.
THE RULE OF THIRDS
This is where the frame is divided into a grid (3 by 3) and objects follow these line or at their intersections. It is important because if you are shooting a frame and want every shot to look effective, apply the rule of thirds to all important subjects in the frame.
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