Thursday, 16 April 2015

Alternations Along The Way...

Alternations from draft 1 - 3.

Draft One:
  • Set on a driveway/path and a graveyard.
  • The props we used were red eye contact lenses and we had also planned on using a sign which read 'GRAVEYARD', however we were unable to get hold of one or make one in time. 
  • The main character was quite scared and wary while her friends were more confident and were the ones who went into the graveyard first. 
  • We used a flash transition to try and show the idea of a flashback.

Draft Two:
  • Also set in the graveyard but rather than using the main driveway/path outside we re-located to a smaller one nearer to the actual cemetery. 
  • We used the same prop of the red contact lenses but also had a mobile phone in this draft too. We changed the idea of showing a sign for the graveyard. 
  • The main character, Amber, was now the confident one and it was her friend who was scared. 
  • We changed the flash transition to a dissolve transition as this portrayed a flashback better.

Draft Three:
  • Again, we kept our location the same as draft two (path and graveyard)
  • Same props - red eye contacts and the mobile phone were used.
  • Costumes, were changed a little this time. Amber wore a leather jacket to show her rebelliousness.
  • Again, it was the main character who was the brave and confident one while her friend was scared.
  • We kept the same dissolve transition to portray a flashback.
  • We included more shots to convey the character's emotions more clearly.

Monday, 13 April 2015

Colour Coding

In the series of PowerPoint presentations we made for the planning process, we each chose a colour in our group to identify what work we completed. We colour co-ordinated different slides and tables in order to distinguish.

Emma Marshall (Me) - RED
Bridget Cardenas Pazmino - PURPLE
Annamaria Noto - BLUE

Films I've Seen At Home: The Possession (2012)

Supernatural Horror, Rated: 15.
This film is a supernatural horror so relates directly to my opening sequence. In this movie one of the characters, Em, becomes possessed, just like what is implied to have happened with our character of Amber.

Although we only find out about Amber's possession at the end, the movie still inspired me to use supernatural aspects in my opening sequence.

Sunday, 12 April 2015

Final Draft: Target Audience Feedback

To collect target audience feedback for my final draft, I posted the link to the opening sequence onto Facebook and asked people to leave their comments.

Facebook was a good place to get target audience feedback as my target audience is 15+ (more specifically 15-35) and this age group tend to use Facebook a lot.

Abbie James, 19
Hannah Osei, 17
Jennifer Egan, 35
Jen Warner, 30
Laurel Wilson, 17

Saturday, 11 April 2015

Final Draft: Evidence Of Group Editing


Emma editing the third and final draft of the opening sequence.
Bridget making a start on the sound.
Emma and Bridget making the titles for the opening sequence.
Me (Emma) deciding on what transitions to use.
Me (Emma) applying the a dissolve transition to the sequence.

Thursday, 9 April 2015

Final Draft: Evidence Of Group Filming


Annamaria using the mini tripod to film India's feet from behind.
Emma using the mini tripod to film India's feet from the side.
Emma and Annamaria filming a shot from two different angles.

Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Final Draft: Evidence Of Group Working On Planning



Emma making the Timeline, Treatment, Characters & Actors PowerPoint,  Enigma PowerPoint and the Locations PowerPoint.

Annamaria making the PowerPoints for the Shotlist and for the Shooting Schedule.

Bridget drawing the storyboard.

Monday, 6 April 2015

Final Draft: Shot List


Independent Research: POV Shots

POV is one of the most frequent shots we use in our opening sequence so it is important that we film it right.

Wikipedia describes 'POV' as a shot whereby you are looking through the eyes of a character using the camera.


Here is an example of a POV piece of footage: 


Final Draft: Script

Final Draft: Story Board