Production Meeting 2

Production Meeting 1

We pitched our film ideas to each other and decided on Ben’s idea of A Rich/Poor Sport Action film about two boxers who are “Fighting to Survive” which is also the film title. We are going to present this to the class next lesson and hopefully get some feedback. We agreed on this as we think the ideas is original, realistic to film and is the one we all felt most confident about doing.

Student Evalutation

I Personally would Give this: 40/60

What worked well: The camera shots for the first half of the opening scene was really good and suited the shots. I also liked the actor they found as it suited the role of the character they needed. The sounds added a good effect and tension to the scene and made me wonder why is he doing is which is good.

What Didn't work: The jumping back and forth near the end made no sense as I had no idea why he was walking up to the door. It left you with too much  confusion so you didn't really know what the plot is. They also went for a stereotypical person which made it similar to other things rather than something different and original.




48/60

Worked well: The music and editing added the tension and made this opening scene. The black and white also added an eerie feel when watching  the opening scene.
What could have been improved: The camera shots could have been improved in some places and the acting of the person could have been improved also. Displaying the name of this opening scene would also improve it.

Evaluation of My Peers Best & Worst Prelim Tasks

Fug Lyfe - George Brewers group:

How clear was the genre? Did it use conventions well? The genre was a comedy drama
how was the use of camera shots? Camera shots were generally steady but one or both faces were cut off during a 180 degree shot during the talk between the teacher and student.
Use of editing? Good
how was the continuity? The story was easy to follow and was enjoyable.
Was the brief met? The brief was met as a Comedy/Drama
Overall success of video: 49/60

Celestial - Ellie Robson's group(The Best)

How clear was the genre? Did it use conventions well? The genre was clearly a Horror meaning the conventions were used very well
How was the use of camera shots? Excellent camera shots used all the way through
Use of editing? Amazing editing but cheated for the first part (graveyard scene)
How was the continuity? Great plot which was scary and freaky throughout.
Was the brief met? Yes but the graveyard footage was not theirs
Overall success of video: 55/60


Cheater - Nick Roxby's group

How clear was the genre? Did it use conventions well? The scene looked like a comedy but was meant to be a Rom-Com so the conventions weren’t that good.
How was the use of camera shots? Some shots shaky and at bad angles but others were very good.
Use of editing? The slow motion editing was effective and funny but no real transitions or use of sounds.
How was the continuity? There was poor continuity as he was running for one part then stopped for the next scene
Was the brief met? No as it didn't look like a Rom-Com
Overall success of video: 12/60

Found - Sam Cook's group

How clear was the genre? Did it use conventions well? Was it a drama? The conventions were good and you could tell it was a family drama further through the opening scene.
How was the use of camera shots?  The tracking shot was really good and so was the high angled shots.
Use of editing? The editing of the text and the beginning was really effective, good editing in general.
How was the continuity? The continuity was very good for people who don't know the layout of the school.,
Was the brief met? The story line was a little confusing and rushed at the end
Overall success of video: 46/60

Time Out - Ben Flatt's group: (Third)

How clear was the genre? Did it use conventions well? It was clearly a musical so the conventions were good.
How was the use of camera shots?  Camera shots were good throughout..
Use of editing? The lip syncing was good to the music but minimal transitions used.
How was the continuity? The story line was easy to follow and catchy.
Was the brief met? Yes, there was singing and dancing and all the elements of a cheesy musical.
Overall success of video: 53/60

Candyman - Dom Freedman's group: (Second)

How clear was the genre? Did it use conventions well? Was a Comedy Drama and conventions were very good..
How was the use of camera shots? Good steady camera shots at good angles suited to the shot.
Use of editing? Good, however at one point you could hear someone say 'go,' but could easily be edited out.
How was the continuity? The story line was easy to follow and funny but the chocolate part was a bit to stupid.
Was the brief met? Brief met on everything was very good
Overall success of video: 54/60

Prelim Task

This was my groups Prelim task. We were given the theme of Thriller so we decided to go with a nightmare which leaves many cliff-hangers e.g why is this happening?Who is this person in the nightmares? making the people watching want to know what's going to happen to this person. For more details look at my Prezzi account to see the planning done.

Mis en Scene - The Godfather

Costume
The costumes help you see that the film is set in the 1950's and that they are important men by the way they dress in suites and speak formally. You can also tell because of their haircuts. This helps you understand who are the rich/important people are in the scene.

Lighting
This lighting is a bit dim which makes you know that something bad is going to happen and the red lights on the windows give hints that someone is going to die as blood is going to be spilled

Actors
You can tell that Al Pacino is doing something that he doesn't like and that he is stressed by the way he leaves the toilet and had his head in his hands. You can tell that he is focused as well as he doesn't reply to what the other men are saying moments before he kills them.

Make up
There was no help from any make up which helped show what was going on.

Props
The gun is hidden behind the toilet showing that he is choosing the dirty way out of the situation by deciding to kill them why they are there to discuss things over with him.

Settings
It is set in a dull quiet Italian restaurant in America. This was chosen as a restaurant is a place where you go out to eat with people and discuss things with people over a meal. They chose it to be an Italian restaurant because it is a film about the Mafia in America.
Sound
The sound adds tension to show how much he doesn't want to shoot them for example when he is in the toilets the a train is going over the top showing that his mind is spinning and when he leaves the toilets the sound stops to show he is calm and ready to shoot them.

Shots
The shots help show when he is ready to shoot and add tension for example the close shot on his face as the train goes over it shows that he is focused on one thing only but adds tension because you don't know if he is going to go through with it.

Juno Remake

What went well: I Believe the best part of the Juno remake was  the editing
and acting because throughout Sam was very proffessional and kept in character. The props were also accurate the the scene but unfortunatly there wasn't a guitar for us to use to make it even more accurate.

What could be improved; If I was to remake Juno I would improve the tracking shot throughout to smoothen the shots as they are very wobbly. This was due to the lack of equipment we was given.This would have improved the overall quailty of the scence and made it look much more proffessional. We also missed two shots out which was because of an incorrect story board. When I do my final piece I will make sure our story board it accurate and easy to understand.