We managed to finish our film within the time scale we were given. By splitting our group of four people into two and dividing the most important tasks up equally, we worked together to finish the opening.
Dan and Reece were given the task of creating music for our film opening, and also recorded the thoughts which we needed for the idea behind our story. The music at the start of the clip fits perfectly with the image we wanted to convey for Michael's character of "the skate boarding bully" and the change for Reece's theme was quite subtle which was needed. The music was lighthearted and went well with the tone of the film.
After michael had completed putting all the clips together vicky and michael then continued adding to open credits and making final editing that needed to be done. (Fading/fading out sound clips to make a smoother flow between each shot
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Children's film, the first day of filming
We filmed the first part of our footage on Monday, using our story-board as a plan.
Before we began filming we set up the characters and props in the way we wanted them to look in the film. Our main character is a nerd who gains the ability to read minds after an accident, we gave Reece a combover to accentuate the look we wanted to give him. We also gave him large glasses and a psychology book (both provided by Vicky) to use as props. Our next character was the antagonist of the film, and therefore we wanted him to look as mean as possible. He looks like the opposite of Reece. For props Michael had his skateboard and headphones.
We tried to film in chronological order so that it would be easier to keep track of the footage that we had filmed. Our establishing shot was one where Michael is coming round the corner on his skateboard, but because of errors due to the wind which was blowing that day (making it harder to communicate) and because of people passing the pathway which we were using; we had to film it nine times. However our most complicated shot was the important collision which happens at the start of the film. In order to film the shot we had to coordinate two actors at a time. Which was hard because Dan had to tell Michael when to skate towards the doorway and Vicky had to tell Reece when to walk out of the automatic doors next to the refectory; for practical reasons we never planned to film the collision. After five goes, we eventually got the shot we needed and were able to continue onto other more simple tasks.
The task of filming was made even more difficult by interruptions to the footage and if we had planned to shoot in sound the dialogue would have been ruined by people trying to disturb our filming. Overall, we got the shots that we needed and most are good quality because we persisted and kept re-shooting until we were certain that we had a really good clip.
We are currently editing our footage to check if we have the shots we need or if new shots will need to be filmed to fill the timeframe which we have been given.
Before we began filming we set up the characters and props in the way we wanted them to look in the film. Our main character is a nerd who gains the ability to read minds after an accident, we gave Reece a combover to accentuate the look we wanted to give him. We also gave him large glasses and a psychology book (both provided by Vicky) to use as props. Our next character was the antagonist of the film, and therefore we wanted him to look as mean as possible. He looks like the opposite of Reece. For props Michael had his skateboard and headphones.
We tried to film in chronological order so that it would be easier to keep track of the footage that we had filmed. Our establishing shot was one where Michael is coming round the corner on his skateboard, but because of errors due to the wind which was blowing that day (making it harder to communicate) and because of people passing the pathway which we were using; we had to film it nine times. However our most complicated shot was the important collision which happens at the start of the film. In order to film the shot we had to coordinate two actors at a time. Which was hard because Dan had to tell Michael when to skate towards the doorway and Vicky had to tell Reece when to walk out of the automatic doors next to the refectory; for practical reasons we never planned to film the collision. After five goes, we eventually got the shot we needed and were able to continue onto other more simple tasks.
The task of filming was made even more difficult by interruptions to the footage and if we had planned to shoot in sound the dialogue would have been ruined by people trying to disturb our filming. Overall, we got the shots that we needed and most are good quality because we persisted and kept re-shooting until we were certain that we had a really good clip.
We are currently editing our footage to check if we have the shots we need or if new shots will need to be filmed to fill the timeframe which we have been given.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
List of Props
Prop list
Skateboard - Michael
Nerdy glasses - Vicky
Comb - Vicky
Paper - Anyone
Stickers - Dan (If I have any >_>)
Sellotape - Dan
A pen - Reece :D
Scissors - Michael
Dictionary - Dan
Headphones - Michael
Highlighters - Vicky
Stones - Long Road (Michael will skate past them, some of the credits ☺ )
Smartboard - Dave (?)
Skateboard - Michael
Nerdy glasses - Vicky
Comb - Vicky
Paper - Anyone
Stickers - Dan (If I have any >_>)
Sellotape - Dan
A pen - Reece :D
Scissors - Michael
Dictionary - Dan
Headphones - Michael
Highlighters - Vicky
Stones - Long Road (Michael will skate past them, some of the credits ☺ )
Smartboard - Dave (?)
Planning for filming part 2
Our planning for the children's film started with a mindmap to collect ideas. This mindmap is the source of our final idea, and is the second picture in the post below. After about 20 minutes of brainstorming we examined the ideas. Taking small pieces of all the ideas, we came up with our final plan. Our movie is going to be about a boy who gets in an accident, and can then read minds. Reece is going to play the main character, while michael will play the person who causes the accident.
After establishing an idea, we then worked out the storyboard. The clip will begin with Michael skateboarding, while credits will be made of real life objects. Reece will be speaking in a voice-over during this clip, while a song would also be played at a low volume. Eventually Michael and Reece would collide, which is the 'accident' that will cause reece to develop his 'special abilities.'
Michael, Dan and Reece looked into music for the opening sequence, while Vicky began to work on the storyboarding of the idea. In terms of music, we have decided we're going to use 'Stay away - Nirvana' for the opening scene. The beginning of this song seems perfect for the portrayal of Michael's character.
The storyboard is not yet finished, but will be finished in time for us to film next week. :)
After establishing an idea, we then worked out the storyboard. The clip will begin with Michael skateboarding, while credits will be made of real life objects. Reece will be speaking in a voice-over during this clip, while a song would also be played at a low volume. Eventually Michael and Reece would collide, which is the 'accident' that will cause reece to develop his 'special abilities.'
Michael, Dan and Reece looked into music for the opening sequence, while Vicky began to work on the storyboarding of the idea. In terms of music, we have decided we're going to use 'Stay away - Nirvana' for the opening scene. The beginning of this song seems perfect for the portrayal of Michael's character.
The storyboard is not yet finished, but will be finished in time for us to film next week. :)
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Planning stages of children's film
This is the mind map of our first ideas yesterday (On Wednesday) The writing that has been highlighted in green is the ideas that we decided to keep.
Monday, 10 October 2011
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