from Donna

Hi Nadia, Baris, Sabina and Tufael

can you

remember to write about a thriller of your choice (checklist on the sheets I gave you), please add screen grabs
look at other blog sites that inspire you, note down their fonts, colours and styles and we will discuss them after the holiday.
produce a talk to camera about your experience of 'the remake' - what did you learn and how will this help you in your final production?

Your all up to date as long as you do the above, so well done!

Re-Make of Collateral

The Making of Collateral

Health & Safety

Tripod

JVC Camera

We were given key information  such as not leaving the camera        unsupervised. This is because if the equipments were stolen it would be our responsibility.

 In our health&safety tutorial we were getting familiar with some of the equipments that we will be using. We were shown how to use the cameras and how to se up up the tripods. Also we was shows how to insert the memory cards which was given to us. We were told to saved all our work into our hardrives.

Shot by shot remake of storyboard

Shot by shot remake of storyboard

Health and safety

In the health and safety tutorial, we were introduced to the basics of using a camera. This included the correct way to insert a memory card. We were told if the card read locked, we were to take the memory card out and slide up the lock on the side. Also we were taught the correct way to insert the battery and how to set up a tripod. It was important that the tripod was stable and straight as if it was slightly uneven it would affect filming. When the camera is placed on the tripod, it is important to check it is securely fitted otherwise you risk the camera falling off the tripod.

After this we looked at different shot types and advised not to manually zoom during filming as it doesn’t look good in the finishing product. When we need to save our work, we need to transfer our footage onto a hard drive    as this was the only way we wouldn’t lose our work.

We were warned about the responsibilities we have with the camera’s and if anything is lost or stolen we would be held responsible. When borrowing equipment it is also important to give it back on time as others may need access to it.

Youtube clip

Health and Safety

In our health and safety tutorial we were getting familliar with some of the equipments that we will be using.  We were shown how to insert a memory card and a battery into a camera and how to work it, also we were shown how to set up a tripod and how to place the camera on it safely and securely.  With the camera we looked at different type of shots and what shots worked effectively and what didnt also how to work it manualy while zooming if needed. We were also introduced to our hard drive where we were told to store every peice of our work as the computers get wiped everynight and any work saved on the computer will be gone. 





There were some key information that were told such as not leaving the camera out in the rain as it will damage it, never leave any of the equipments around as they might get stolen, use the equipments safely and take care of it, check the equipments before taking them out and returning them on time.

You Got Served Opening

Looking at the opening of You Got Served we see how it follows the conventions of film openings.These are the screen grabs of the company logo Screen Gems shown at the beginning and the title of the film You Got Served coming in at 15 seconds.

 

 

The music in the opening of You Got Served is quite upbeat also, the sense of the pace in the opening is fast and sets a lively mood. As you can see the setting of the opening is in a place like a battle arena and the music and crowd cheering is the combination of non diegetic and diegetic sound.

Here are some screen grabs mentioning the casts and producers.

Introduction to cameras

Close up

Extreme close up

Wide shot

Birds view shot 

Two shots

Close up

Extreme close up

Close up

This shot is wrong because there is too much space above the head

This is the correct shot as theres no space above the head

This is the correct shot as he is in the first third of the shot

This is incorrect as he is in the third third of the shot

Over the shoulder shot

Over the shoulder shot

The lightning form the window of this shot is natural

Low angle shot 

Genre & Sub-genre

There are a wide variety of different Thrillers that work with many different genres’s making a film with a sub-genre.

Firstly Thriller itself is a genre of film which is too create suspense, tension and excitement all to make the audience be on the edge of their seat, to make the audience want to see more. Thrillers are good at working with the audiences moods and can change the audiences emotions in order to make that sudden surprise even more unexpected!

The Thriller genre is unique because it doesn’t constrict a film to have a basic outline or principle which means it can very easily fit in with almost all of the other genres. This also means they can have many sub genres. Sub genres is another genre mixed into the main genre and almost every film has them.

Here are some Examples:

Action thriller: IN TIME

Horror: SAW

conventions of film openings

* title of of the film
* sense of the pace of the film
* Director and cast names etc
* Music - sets the mood and tone of the film (genre)
* Institutional detail - logo of production and distribution comapany
* Setting - give sense of location
* introduce main characters
* Diegetic and non-diegetic sound combination

Classic opening

* Establish
* honed into building
* Long shot of a window
* close up of window into room
* meet the characters

Conventions of film opening

-Title of the film 

-Sense of pace of the movie

-Director/Cast

-Music as it sets the mood and the tone 

-Institutional identity/logos for distribution and production company

-Setting/Location

-Meet the characters -protagonists

-Non diegetic and diegetic sound combination

We looked at the opening scene of 'Physco' and identified that it is a classic opening.

A classic opening includes an establishing shot of the city scape. Then we are introduced to a building from a high angle shot. We see a long shot of the window and close ups into the room where we meet the characters.

Conventions of a film opening.

• Title of the film, not right at the beginning but about one minute in. 
• Sense of the pace of the film
• Director and casts names.
• Music; often sets the mood and tone
• Institutional logo for production
• Location & setting
• Diegetic and non diegetic
• Establishing shot
• Long shot
• Close shot

 classic opening includes an establishing shot of the city scape. Then we are introduced to the building from a high angle shot. We see a long shot of the window and close ups into the room where we meet the characters. 

conventions of film openings

title of film
sense of pace of the film
director/cast ect = titles (genre)
music- often-sets the mood= tone
institutional ident/logo for production + distribution companies
setting + location are established
audiance meet protagonist/ main charecter
diegetic + non diegetic sound combination