Filming

Mia and I filmed our film opening on the 8^th of January 2013.

We went to our local part in Barnet, Ravens croft Park. We felt that this was a good place to film due to the fact that you could see it was a local park and in the filming you can see that there are people walking their dogs in the background. This park was a good choice because it has a well structured footpath which was an ideal place to go for a run.

We then set the equipment up and we both explained to our actor what she had to do.

Mia and I both took part in being in the film and filming parts too.

Mia and our actor came dressed like they were going for a run. We have done this so that it does not look made up and that it actually happened. This also looked more professional because you would not see two girls in the part with a face full of make up and in really nice clothes going for a run.

I then set the camera up in a good position to be able to get the whole shot in.

We then filmed all of the parts we needed doing lots of different takes from different angles. We did this so we could use lots of different shots when it comes to editing.

At the end of the filming we managed to get a shot of an ambulance driving past. We did this so it looked like the plot was real and not just made up.

Overall Mia and I did all of our filming in one day and there is no need to re-shoot.

The only problem with our filming is that the microphone did not work so no sound was recorded. We have come to the conclusion that we are going to do a voice over on the film sequence with music playing.

This was a slight problem to start off with but now we have sorted it out.

changing our film opening

When we originally came up with our idea to be two girls running in a park and a man comes out of a random bush and asks to see a cark trick he then shows the card tick runs off and drops dead on the floor.

We have changed our idea to be two girls running in a park and they find a dead body lying under a bush, they then ring for help and wait for the ambulance. 

preparing

Preparing for our own title sequence.

                            

I am working in a pair with Mia Marr. For our opening sequence we have decided to do a thriller. We have both decided that we enjoy thrillers and would be able to make a good film about a thriller. For the setting of our film we have decided to film in public park/woods. For our opening we are not going to have a massive script with all of the lines to be said perfectly. We are going to tell the actor (Jemma Christy) the storyline and then she can make up the lines when suited and that they make sense to the scene. We might have some music playing in the background and going louder when not talking and quieter when talking. If we cannot get the speech we are planning to do a voice over with music. If we use music we will create this music on garage band or find a piece that is un-copyrighted so we can use this. We have found that this setting suits our genre well as you wouldn’t find a horror in a playground. This would help us portray our genre clearly. We have chosen to do our filming in the evening but when it is still light. This makes it more believable due to the scene being two girls running in a park. They wouldn’t be running in the middle of the night because there teenagers. This makes the film look more professional. Our film is going be aged at teenager 15+. We have certificated if this age due to some of the graphic features, which would carry on throughout the scene, like blood and murder and some inappropriate language for small kids to hear. In our film opening we have used teenagers, as the actors so the audience can engage into the film and can compare there own life styles to the film.

watching pother students openings

To help improve our film openings i have looked at 3 other pieces by students. we looked at 'my funny afterlife'. In this piece the music went well with the music which makes it look more professional. There was lots of different shots in the film opening, this gives the audience that the director knows all the shots and knows how to portray them. The editing was clear, there was dissolves to cut to the next scene  this also made the opening look professional. The titles were a good size and you could read them easily, they was on the screen for long enough so you could read them. They was also a good colour and stood out on the screen.

All of this information has helped me make my film opening better.

as film opening

AS Media Studies
Planning my film opening
Claire Bowman and Mia Marr

In our film opening we have decided to go for a Thriller. In our film we have decided to have 4 main characters, a male character which is the hero, a female which is going to be in a relationship with the male character. we are then going to have a victim that gets attacked in the film and dies due to the villain holding a grudge on old business and finally getting his revenge.

our film opening is going to be set in a park and the female and the make are going to be running, then out of the bushes a man appears comes over to the girl and boy and asks if they want to see a magic trick. they watch this man do a vary bad magic trick, on one of the playing cards the man hands to the boy says help. the man then runs and drops dead as he is running. the couple then look at each other.