Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation Question 6

Evaluation Question 6 from Georgia Waley

Evaluation Question 5

Evaluation Question 4

Evaluation Question 3

Evaluation Question - 2

Evaluation Question 1

Bibliography

Bibliography

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Wikipedia and IMBD (WEBSITES)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.imdb.com/	To find statistics for films I analysed	Film Opening Analysis’
Media Match (WEBSITE)	http://www.media-match.com/usa/media/jobtypes/job-descriptions.php	The names and descriptions of jobs in the film industry	The Different Jobs in the Film Industry
BBFC (WEBSITE)	http://www.bbfc.co.uk/	Basic information on the BBFC	BBFC Research
Wikipedia (WEBSITE)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp	Basic information on Propp’s Theory	Narrative Theories – Vladimir Propp
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'No Way Out' - Shot list

'No Way Out' - Script

NO WAY OUT

EXT.  Woodland Day

LAURA Struggles to free herself from being tied up.

LAURA

HELP! HEEELLPP!! HELP!

INT. House Day

LAURA is washing cups and dishes in the sink.

Door Knocks

LAURA looks towards the door and then walks down corridor to check who is outside.

EXT. Outside House Day

LAURA opens door and sees that no one is there.

INT. House Day

LAURA grabs keys and black coat and goes outside

EXT. Outside House Day

LAURA comes out of the house putting on her coat and then shuts the door behind her.  LAURA reaches for phone in her pocket.

EXT Outside House Day – Phone Shot

LAURA receives a message from an unknown number saying:

“If you go down in the woods today,

You’re sure of a big surprise

If you go down in the woods today,

You’d better go in disguise”

LAURA types “Who is this” and sends the message

EXT. Outside House Day

LAURA puts phone into pocket and zips up her coat oblivious to the fact thatKIDNAPPER is hiding in the shadows.  LAURA walks out her front garden and closes the gate behind her.

EXT. Road Day

LAURA walks down the road unaware that KIDNAPPER is following her

'No Way Out' - Storyboard

"No Way Out" Mapping

‘No Way Out’ Mapping

0:00-0:04 – Black Screen

0:04- 0:07 – Extreme Close up shot of eyes

0:07-0:09 – Production Ident “Howling Productions”

0:09-0:15 – “A SLEG Production”. 

0:15-0:21 – “Based on the Best Selling Novel By Emma Southwell”.

0:21-0:25 – Close up/Mid Shot of Laura

0:21-0:30 – “Laura Bishop”. 

0:31-0:33 – Long shot of door

0:33-0:37 – “Emma Southwell”

0:37-0:40 – “Casting by Freya Cattermole”

0:42-0:45 - “Music by Clive O’Neil”

0:46-0:53 – “Costume Designer Rosie Willis”

0:53-0:58 – “Make Up Artist Rebekka Inwood”

0:58-1:08 – “Director of Photography”

1:08-1:26 – Close up of phone

1:26-1:31 – “Edited by Georgia Waley and Laura Bishop”

1:32-1:34 – “Producer Steve Bennett”

1:35-1:37 - “Executive Producer Joshua Greest”

1:37-1:52 – “Directed By Sabrina Carolan”

1:52-1:57 – Black screen

1:57-2:06 – “NO WAY OUT”

2:06-2:07 – Black Screen

Main Task - Feedback

Feedback Video

Main Task 'No Way Out' - Bloopers

Main Task 'No Way Out' - Version 1

Main Task 'No Way Out' - Version 2

Equipment used for Main Product

Within the making of 'No Way Out' we used various equipment to get the camera angles and shots needed. When we first used the equipment we wasn't fully sure on how to use it to get the right shots however practising in different areas and looking at the equipment (the tripod) we were easily able to use if effectively. 

The camera however we decided to use a camera like a Hitachi because it was easier to film in certain areas and it also has really good quality when filming certain main shots. 

Main Task - Story Proposal

Main Task - 

Premise: The story of a girl being kidnapped and taken into the woods by a strange person (KIDNAPPER).

Narrative: LAURA is a teenager in her house washing dishes when someone knocks at the door, as she goes to open the door, no one is there. LAURA then gets weird text messages from an unknown number which she ignores and carries on with her day as she believes that it doesn’t pose any threat.  What LAURA doesn’t know is that a strange figure (KIDNAPPER) is following her, LAURA is now tied up and unconscious in the woods, after time LAURA wakes up and suddenly realises where she is and begins to panic and scream for help. You don’t know who is following LAURA or why they have taken her, all will be revealed.

Theme: LAURA’S problems begin when she gets the texts from an unknown number.

Format: A 2 minute opening title sequence to be posted on blog of the AS media group.

Tone: It is set at mid-day and the takes place outside a house and in the woods. The woods are a very isolated place so no one sees what is happening and no one can hear her scream.

Character: Two female actors, one playing the protagonist and the other playing the antagonist. The protagonist is LAURA; she is the victim who gets kidnapped by the strange person. The antagonist is the strange person (KIDNAPPER) however at no point is a name revealed, she is the one to kidnap LAURA but will you find out why?

Editing

During creating the main task, No Way Out, we have been editing all the clips needed for the final cut. Over the past few days I have been looking at all the clips, cropping music, changing the lighting and adding all the extra bits and pieces needed for the main task. Georgia has been helping to look over the final edits of the first draft. 

Make up ideas

When creating our main task we needed to do make up for characters therefore we decided together to look at different make up ideas. In the end we created a scary look for Emma's character and a injured more bruised and blooded look for my character. 

The image to the left is similar to what Emma's character looked like and we used this to follow when creating the look on Emma. The use of make up was effective because it made the characters in our main task more scary and more obvious to the audience that my character has been hurt over time. 



In the end my characters look came out like this - We looked online and then also used our own interpretation to create the tired, bruised and beaten look for my character. 

Production Designs

Here are the four ideas we created to chose from for our production design. Designing each one meant we could then have choice. The reason we chose the name Howling pictures is because we have the genre of horror/thriller werewolf's link to horror and scary ideas for the audience to realize the genre even more clearly. 

Progress on Filming - Day 2

Final day of Filming

The final day of filming included make up and costume to change. The make up was done by myself and Emma including the fake blood on clothing. We did all shots needed in my clothes when there was no blood and then we did all shots needed with blood and make up.To get the black and worn out look for make up we also used eye shadow pallets creating the black underneath the eyes. 

Using spray fake blood also help create the fresh flowing blood look on my neck and face. To avoid filming errors I kept my coat on from the previous shot because although I was seen to be kidnapped I can't just lose a piece of costume. 

Progress - Final bit of filming

Camera Shots

Main title - Title ideas

We drew out different ideas, once deciding on a official name for the piece we need to now show people in our class asking them to chose their favorite one. This will help because we can get an idea what people (audience) who will be watching will like and prefer. Due to our piece the title needed to be quite scary/horror-like this therefore explaining the fact most of them have either red or black in them. 

Furthermore, once we do the final survey on the favorite one we can add it to the opening credits sequence and to our final piece. 

Completed Questionnaire

This is one of the fifth-teen completed questionnaires. 

What we hope to achieve from our Questionnaire!

From creating a questionnaire we want to receive results to help us with making our Film opening sequence. By having people's opinions it allows us to take into consideration what will work and what won't work when creating the final piece. Also if we just chose it as a group it wouldn't be as good simply because there is hardly any opinion on it, there is only four in my group. Questionnaires is one of many ideas we have had as a group to gather data and information when picking our title, genre and design of the title etc. 

Film review (Horror - The quiet ones)

Film review on 'The quiet ones'...

This film overall was not as terrifying as I as an audience member would of hoped for. There was various moments that would make anyone jump for example when the loud dramatic music played non diegetically in the background and the camera slowly creeped into the room of the possessed girl/creature. One part in particular is when Brian McNeil (played by Sam Claflin) looks through the peep hole in the door of the possessed character and she is cutting her wrists. The filming of this was really effective because you couldn't fully see her cutting herself but you got the idea from the body language and reaction of Brian's character who has a formed love for her (Jane Harper who was played by Olivia Cooke.) 

One main thing that actually scared me when watching this film was the fact it is based on a true experiment. Adding that at the start of the movie talking about, ''based on true events'', was really effective because throughout the film the audience are aware and can remember some of this actually happened therefore adding the scare factor. 

Overall this movie does have errors of improvement and could be better plotted, by this I mean have more a plot to the whole movie, meaning the audience can understand what is going on better. If I had to rate it out 5 stars I would give it a 3 simply because it does have scary features and ideas that make you think however there are more errors then good. The best part is probably the ending and this is because it really makes it's audience think. When you see Brian's character go through the whole deal (WARNING SPOILER ALERT) of the possession of the evil character in the girl he thinks he loves to then go into him does really touch a nerve, simply because all his character wanted to do is film for his degree but caught in love with a demon.

The final scene (the final final scene that comes after the credits which people normally don't watch) is really good because it shows how Brian's character is now and you see the real change which can be very upsetting. 

Preliminary Storyboardsheet

Name decision...

As a group we thought of four ideas for the name of our project. Then we went around our school and asked various people, informing them that it is a horror/thriller, what one was there favorite and why. Most people voted for 'No Way Out' therefore with a popular decision we are going to use this as our name for the main task...

What makes a good film opening?

Following on from what's happening next...further detail

When deciding on the location it is important we take into account angles of filming, the spaces where the camera can fit and if it is suitable for filming to take place. Also it is very important we go far enough into the woods to not hear any cars or be interrupted by predestines. This would then effect any film footage we had because the sound would be interrupted.  

Furthermore, now we have decided who is playing who and what the story line/plot is we can start filming straight away. All what was left to do was find the perfect location to start filming and after a successful search yesterday, searching up to two hours, we feel we are ready to get costume, prop and actors ready to start shooting. 

One thing I decided to do when we was looking yesterday was to take a few practice camera shots to imagine what it would look like when filming there in future reference. Doing this was very effective because it enabled us to have a further insight to our ideas of the film opening. 

What happens next

Pictures from filming - The locations

This the location that we decided on using. There was other places we looked at but due to the atmosphere and ditch that we need for filming it fits perfectly. We also looked at all the angles we would film and they worked really well with this spacing therefore as a group we decided to chose this location.

Vladimir Propp - Narrative Theories

Propp's Theory - 

Spheres of action is a main thing that Propp said and he also said that their is seven main characters to make up this narrative. 

1. The Hero - This is normally the central character of the text. Also they are the character that saves normally the girl who is in trouble. For example a hero would be like Spider-man because he saves everyone in the movie 'Spider-man' compared to just leaving them to suffer. 

2. The Villain - The character is normally an evil and some how damaged character that is trying to ruin anything the hero is saving etc. They normally kidnap's a character the hero normally loves or wants to save. For example a villain would be like Voldemort in Harry Potter who just wants to hurt and destroy Harry. 

3. The Donor - The donor gives the hero sometime to aid them on their journey to ‘save the day’ and restore justice. It may be physical like a weapon or could be something like a magical power. For example in The Hunger Games Haymitch gives Katniss weapons and so he’s giving her something physical to help her complete the hunger games and start the revolution.

4. The Helper - This is normally the character that aids the hero on their journey and is usually the comic of the whole performance. For example buttons in Cinderella because he is there throughout the play and he always helps Cinderella but he isn't the main main character. 

5. The Princess - The princess is normally female and is the prime victim of the villain and has to be saved at the climax of the film. This creates the ‘damsel in distress’ situations seen in many films. A really stereotypical example is Princess Fiona in Shrek as she needs to be saved by the Hero and in this story it is ‘Shrek’ from the Villain ‘Lord Farquad’.

6. The Dispatcher - This character is the one who is normally wise and clever and decides where and when the hero should go for their mission. For example Gandalf in The Lord of The Rings trilogy as he sends Frodo Baggins on his mission.

7. The False Hero - The false hero is a character that everyone in the audience believes to be good when matter of fact he is secretly evil. An example of this the prince in Frozen everyone believes he is very nice and a good prince when he actually turns out to be evil. The opposite of this is Snape's character in Harry Potter everyone believes that he is evil when really he actually turns out to be good and a hero all along. 

Narrative theories - Todorov's theory

Narrative Theories - Todorov's Theory

Todorov’s Theory: Todorov’s narrative theory basically states that most story’s or plot lines follow the same pattern or path. Todorov says that there are 5 steps in this pattern. He produced this in 1969 and he believed that this could be applied to any film as all films followed the same narrative pattern. Here are the 5 steps: 

1- Equilibrium - The story at first starts happy and calm and everything is as it should be, and the majority of the characters are content. 
2- A disruption – The second part of the story will have a problem or something that will disrupt the happiness 
3- Realization – This is where everyone in the film digesis realizes there is a problem and it becomes chaos. 
4- Restored Order – This part of the plot is when the characters attempt to repair the damage and restore the problem 
5- Equilibrium Again – The final part of the plot where the problem is resolved and normality can resume again.

Film opening analysis

Film opening Analysis -  Mama 

Within this film the audience are made to jump unexpectedly this meaning when they least expect something something scary would happen etc. This film uses a lot of deep fear so it doesn't necessarily jump out at the screen but when you (as the audience) sit there and actually think about that scene again and think into it it has a scary thought behind creeping the audience out even more. There are various camera angles that help to add to the tension of the whole scare tactic however some I would say were poor because they didn't scare as well as they could of. 

The opening of the film Mama starts with just a father and his two daughters as if they were just any other family. This is effective because the audience know of the genre but they aren't prepared for the big twist that happens 6 minutes on. The setting of the scene is also just as effective because it has the dark and lonely house at the very start to then the contrast of the bright white snow then back to an abandoned house. This creates the image to grab the audience better and makes it more interesting to watch almost questioning where are these people going. Furthermore when Jeffery (the dad of the children) drives crazily down the snowy road it creates tension for the audience because you almost think that there going to be in an accident etc. This is effective because the audience already 3 minutes 31 seconds into the film feel fear for these children and for what is going to happen. 

When Jeffery holds this gun and the audience do finally see what he is planning to do it is really powerful because the audience now see the type of character that Jeffery is. Moreover to have all of this in an opening of a film is very different to normal horrors and makes 'Mama' special compared to other movies. Then for what happens to Jeffery your have to watch the film however that is even crazy to happen 8 minutes into the film and even before the 'Mama' title sequence. The audience from these scenes are given the insight of what type of film it is and it making 'Mama' extra good and entertaining.  

Techniques like this that are effectively used throughout the film is what makes a good horror, simply because the audience are gripped towards the film and are given the jump that is needed with a film like 'Mama'. 

I would rate this film a 4.2 out of 5. 

Questionnaire - Research for our main task

What's happening with our main task

Images that gave ideas for main task

Research on horror

Preliminary Task reflection

Reflection after completion of the task 

What went well - Within my group we all worked really well together meaning we all helped one another if we thought something looked bad or wasn't right we would tell one another and then change it. 

What could have gone better - Looking back I smiled in a few shots and we cut of Georgia's character a lot when she was talking so it was quite unclear on understanding what she was saying to my character. Furthermore to improve this when we film the real task we will press record two seconds before actually filming and then edit this out so we can catch all the words said clearly. 

Preliminary Task Reflection

For the OCR G321 Preliminary Task, my group Emma, Georgia, Sabrina and I (Laura), were required to create a short film, a clip almost, which had to last no longer then two minutes. Also we had to the edit the audio visual production. We were required to complete a match-on-action of a character walking through a door, a character walking in a room and then a shot-reverse-shot of two characters exchanging dialogue at a table. In order to be successful we had assigned all the roles, characters, editors etc to the people we felt suited it within our group. For example Sabrina didn't want to be on camera so therefore she helped with filming and the editing side compared to Georgia and I who didn't mind being on camera so was the main characters but then obviously didn't help film it. 

Research on Film included jobs

Research : 

Name of production company -When the first credit appears it is normally the production or company that has funded and created the film for example - Compass International Picture presents (this is from Halloween, 1978) Therefore I know that I will need to make my own production up when creating my opening.

Name of Studio - This is very similar to the production company name apart from it is where it was and is created during filming.

Actors/Actress' names - This is during the opening credits and I would use throughout the opening. When the person staring in the opening appears on screen, seeing from past film opening, I will have there name appear on the screen so the audience can see it is them. I can use openings such as 'Starring Laura Bishop' or just simply have there name 'Laura Bishop.'

Editor - The editor is the person who edits the film throughout.

Director of Photography - This is the person who is responsible for all the photographs in the shots in the movie

Producer/Produced by/ Executive producer - They are the people who get the movie out there and pay money to get it produced within the media industry and then the executive producer is the person who over sees the producer on behalf of the studio and the financiers or the distributors so they will ensure the film is out on time etc

Based on the Book/ Characters by-  Meaning if the story/plot is based on a true story the characters are sometimes mentioned within the credits because they are the true character that has been created for entertainment reasons.

Writer(s) Written by/Screenplay/ Screenplay by - This is the screenplay writers so the people who actually create the whole thing and have wrote the script etc

Director/ Directed by - They are very important they are the person who has put it all together meaning directed each scene to create the story (they normally appear last in the credits)

Film Opening Analysis - Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad - Film Analysis 

Starring - Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Jay Henandez, Karen Fukuhara, Viola Davis, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Ben Affleck, Scott Eastwood, Ike Barinholtz, Ray Olubowale, El Diablo and Alex Meraz. 

Produced by - Warner bros, DC Entertainment inc, RatPac-Dune entertainment and Atlas Entertainment

Distributed by - Warner Bros

Directed by - David Ayer 

Released date - 5th of August 2016

Budget - 175 Million USD 

Box office - 745.6 Million USD

Running time - 2 hours 16 minutes 

Opening sequence - The start has the camera flying over fields, these fields however are very dark and gloomy foreshadowing to its audience that the camera is going somewhere no one really goes to and is a bad place almost. Then the camera captures a good image and full image of what looks like a skull. This is effective because it tells and shows the audience who ever is going to be fully shown next is bad news and is not to be messed with because they are comparing a skull with them and skulls almost represent death. Further on it goes to one of the prisoners, dead-shot, in his cell and the angle filmed is really effective because of the low angle shot shows the evil character he is and also helps to build tension on his character towards the audience. After it flicks from this shot to another shot of the prison guard and then back to dead-shot this is effective because the audience now know where he is and how the guards are and act with/ towards the prisoners. 

Preliminary Task Ideas