Rough Cut

Today we have finished a rough cut edit of the opening of our film. We have received feedback from Mary on how to improve our final opening and we have taken her feedback on board and decided to re film a scene on Thursday. We need a range of different shots including close ups and better camera work and sound. We will have our final film finished on March 12th.

Reflection Blog

Just a brief update of whats been happening so far;

Pictures of our filming process

Planning Final Project - Planning Schedule

Planning Final Project - Location! Location! Location!

Our opening project is going to be based in city and Islington college. Here are a few pics to give you an insight of what the college looks like;

Planning Final Project - Costumes and actors.

For our final piece there are going to be 3 main actress which are; Jazzel, Hana and myself.


The costume I myself will be wearing is a shirt and tie with trousers which has braces attached to them. wearing glasses and a rucksake.

Hana and Jazzel shall be wearing casual clothes a whole opposite attire to me with jeans, top and a hoodie.




My attire;

 

 

 

Planning Final Project - Props

For our final project we are going to be using a range of different props, which are these listed below;

• Rucksake
• Glasses
• Books
• Folder
• Papers
• Watch
• Pencil case

Planning Final Project - animatic

Our animatic storyboard;

Planning Final Project - Storyboard

Here is our storyboard for our opening to our final project. We are going to try and make it animatic so we will keep you posted :)

Planning Final Project - Ideas

With my group we have come up with a range of different ideas. The main sub genre that kept coming up whilst pitching our ideas with each other was a teen drama, based around gangs, life on the streets and bullying.

Our 1st idea what we were pretty keen on doing was from getting an inspiration from the opening scene Anuvahood. This was because it had the style we were going for but also introduced each different character in the style which will attract the type of audience were going for. It consisted with a range of different camera angles which was perfect. 

In the end with debating and consulting Mary in the end we decided to change our idea to more of an simple but technical idea. In the end we have decided to do an opening of someone coming into college and a bully following them in right behind them at an intimidating pace who then pushes over the other individual. We have a range of different camera angles which it's going to be placed in our scene, from over the head, close ups, long angle shots, high angle shots etc. we also have an extra shot what we want to keep a surprise as it's a very interesting one. :)

Creative commons

Final edit of clip plus our selected music

The Original Opening Scene

The original opening scene did not have music as a non diagetic sound but featured other sound such as seagulls. We added music to the background which created more of a heart warming atmosphere.  The music has an effect on the audience as it determines how we feel and what we expect of the film. For example: if we had fast paced racy music we would be expecting to see a horror or thriller movie. The music we added brings a light positive mood for this comedy drama.

Shot By Shot Remake - Our Version vs. Original Version

The original opening scene of breakfast club.

Our re-creation of the opening scene in the breakfast club. During our re-creation of the breakfast club, we used props to represent the different characters in each aspect of the scene, we used similar shots as used in the original scenes of this film. Unfortunately we didnt have enough time to film the ending part of this scene which has had an affect on our re-creation as our clip is seen to be fairly short.

Shot By Shot Remake - Editing

we have completed our filming of our shot by shot which took a lot of effort and struggle but we got there in the end... FINALLY!
today we are editing and putting our recreation together which is going to be done by the fabulous aydaruus, as jazzel, hana and myself complete some blogging.

Shot By Shot Remake - Filming

As you know were filming a shot by shot remake of the travelling and arriving scene from the breakfast. Here are a few pictures from today.

Shot By Shot Remake - Planning

as a group we are going to remake travelling and arriving scene from the famous film the breakfast club. Today we are creating our storyboard and who is going to play who and what props we are going to use for the mise en scene.

Our storyboard;

 


Our props;

the baseball jacket

the engraving in the desk

graffiti on the lockers

the cars

Travelling and arriving - BREAKFAST CLUB

In class we watched a clip from 'The Breakfast Club' and it was a travelling and arriving clip. in this clip we saw different characters arriving to the main setting (the school). This clip told us a lot about each character without the use of many words but by the use of the mise en scene.

In this clip there were different character which were:

The princess

The princess arrived to the scene in an elegant BMW with her father calling her 'princess' and handing over some shopping bags which we suggest consists of some expensive gifts/clothing, due to the mise en scene I could easily say that she is very middle class who is most probably spoilt.

The brain

the brain joined the scene in an old red car which consisted of 3 characters the brain, the little sister and the mum and each of the characters were squeezed up in the front seats of the car. because of this I can suggest that the mum is a single mum trying to take care of her kids and work but is also relying on her son 'the brain' to do well at school to get a good job in the future and that is why she tells him in this scene to find a way to study as its detention.

The criminal

The criminal arrived to the scene by walking, but as walking across the road instead of looking to see if any cars were coming he decided to walk in front of a moving car which was very close to hitting him, but we didn't get any reaction out of him as most people would react by jumping or freezing of shock. He was wearing a long black trench coat with his head held down.

The basket case

the basket case arrives in an old banger car driven by her mum/dad guessing. with this character she comes across as a very quiet and shy girl just by her actions and clothing. As she goes to approach the driver to say bye the individual swiftly drove away.

The athlete

the athlete joined the scene in a sports car driven by his father. both were wearing sports gear as he was wearing a basketball jacket and the father in a cap which gives us as an audience the impression that they are committed to sports and the son is most probably an athlete and the father wants him to succeed.

This clip was about these 5 students reporting for a Saturday detention at Shemar high school. While not complete strangers each of them comes from a different clique and seem to have nothing in common. They gather in the high school library where they are instructed by the assistant principal

Order of title sequence

breakfast club-storyboard

Juno- Title Sequence

Donnie Darko Analysis

Location and Mise en scene.

In the sequence I watched of the film Donnie Darko and the arrival to the school there are a range of different locations; outside the front of the school, corridor, playground and the classrooms. During this sequence we get a guide through the school looking at each area in detail which successfully creates the world of this school. This is by filming each area in a great amount of detail by placing key characters in these areas. 

The were a range of different mise en scene such as;

• School
• School bus 
• Uniform
• Books
• School facilities (lockers)
• Uniform

The uniform/clothing is the main aspect in the opening sequence as we can tell by the way the characters wear there uniform what type of character they are. Also we can split the the students from the teachers and see the hierarchy due to the use of uniform.

Editing and camera.

At the beginning of this sequence the camera is at a low angle shot viewing students coming off the bus,  the camera then starts going into a slanted angle which can represent the school as a crazy and hectic setting/environment. The camera is then at a normal angle going through the school as if we were looking through a students perspective. When showing the different characters there is a slow motion editing to it so we can get a full glance of each character. This sets up and creates a complex world of the school.