Thursday, 28 April 2011
What Works? part 11-Evaluation on Go.
This post here is only going to be an explanation of what to expect of my film evaluation.
The evaluation itself is going to be a video with technical special effects or things similar to a regular one like PowerPoint for example, it is allot easier because I need clips of my film.
The evaluation itself may be an interview, but I will actually compose it myself by using the exact same questions and the answer expected for every aspect of this evaluation, and I will parody the fake and smiley nature that all interviews have.
Tommorow there will be a bank holiday involving the Royal wedding, so I will compose it and it will be ready by Monday, if the other teachers care to not give me more homework during this short holiday.
hope you understand and accept
The evaluation itself is going to be a video with technical special effects or things similar to a regular one like PowerPoint for example, it is allot easier because I need clips of my film.
The evaluation itself may be an interview, but I will actually compose it myself by using the exact same questions and the answer expected for every aspect of this evaluation, and I will parody the fake and smiley nature that all interviews have.
Tommorow there will be a bank holiday involving the Royal wedding, so I will compose it and it will be ready by Monday, if the other teachers care to not give me more homework during this short holiday.
hope you understand and accept
What Works? part 10- Media Problems
In the longest post of the blog, I admit myself that when the boss announced the project that we all have to endure, I all of a sudden thought of a story, which shows that I did not researched into similar media texts and carried on with my own film (though when I think of the film I think of Alien (1979), and the Metrazort is based on my own fiction that I created at home or any other location).
Anyway, here is the 3 film openings, or rather two due to the fact that I really over analysed it and used up the amount of words required, but read it and you should realise how obsure the films that I watched are.
Anyway, here is the 3 film openings, or rather two due to the fact that I really over analysed it and used up the amount of words required, but read it and you should realise how obsure the films that I watched are.
The 2 films
RH
Mickey’s house of villains
The first film I will do is the Direct-to-DVD feature based on the TV series “house of mouse”, it may have a higher percentage of re-used cartoons, and childish and c_a_p_ but it has got the kind of movie opening that has the potential enough to be reviewed.
First of all is the camera, now the first thing audiences come across would be Rule of thirds, as the orange-white moon is at the centre of a purple background, this is to establish to the audience that it is Halloween due to its typical sinister colours.
Then by using a crane/pan shot, the shot transfers to a silhouette of what appears to be trees, now this is done so that the company indent and the title of the film could be visible and stand out to the audience for easier reading (for a cheap direct-to-DVD opening the director sure knows what he’s doing to make things the way it should be).
Then we crane/pan to a establishing shot of the theatre, this is to establish to the audience the location of the feature to familiarise them to the same place as the TV series, or just generally the location.
The editing of the opening film is a simple long shot; this was done to accommodate suspense and the camera shots and effects the director intended, and enough time for the audience to properly establish themselves to the film.
A specific rarity was the breakage of the 180-degree rule breakage, which is known as crossing the line, now according to a guide, doing that brings in more attention for the audience to watch the film, which is useful in this case as it shows the Disney characters coming towards the audience with easy-to-follow expressions on their faces.
The mise-en-scene features the background in a purple colour with a white-to-orange moon, this was to establish to the audience the sinister and Halloween side of the film as the house would later be taken over by a cheap cameo bucket load of Disney villains.
Leaves during the silhouette part of the opening to establish autumn (and as usual, Halloween to the audience).
The location of the feature is a mid-town club (as told by the size of the buildings), now the outside of the building was shown to the audience to establish the same theatre they see in the cartoon show, and just a theatre for the ones who did not, it generally makes it easier to establish.
As for the costumes, it is just the outfits from their original films, to get the audience familiar with the Disney characters, only the cartoon character known as max has got a costume that establishes on what his job is.
Set design (or artwork) is of course similar to the show with only attachments of a purple background, thus making it cheap art in the process, but is good enough for being a Direct-to-DVD feature to the show.
Finally, the lighting Low-key lighting is of course again to settle the fact that it’s Halloween (but animated characters are strangely not coloured to be part of the lighting, it’s what you usually get with cheap animated films).
The sound of the film is diegetic sound of footsteps (if technically seen in a live action perspective) to tell the audiences that the characters are walking, and also utilises non-diegetic organ music accompanied with the violin as typical Halloween instruments to establish that it’s Halloween, in fact everything of the movie represents the show, but with certain things to represent the Halloween and villain side of the film.
Canals and Canal Boats (narrated by Robert Powell)
The final film would be a direct-to-video documentary about Canals from Castle Videos; I thought it would be worth doing something quite unknown and rare with a nice non-diegetic score.
First is of course is the Camera, now the first thing audiences would expect is a dissolve from black to a Establishing shot of forestry and farmland, shot from a high angle and using pan moved to the canal, this was selected to surprise the audience to what the documentary may be about.
And for the rest of the program, the crane shot was used for ability for high angle shots, as well as filming scenes at the middle of a canal, once you’ve got the surprise at the earlier bit, then there needs to be more establishing for the audience as to what they will be watching.
As for Editing, the first scene is a long shot, this allows a more calming approach to the documentary as it allows the camera shots suggested in the camera section to be utilised, then there are several dissolves and several cuts after that shot at a reasonable tempo to maintain calmness and understanding on what’s going on, now it’s noted that the dissolves and cuts is matching to the music (aka parallel sound), which will be explored at the sound section…
…Now, but before I do that, I will describe the fact that Non-diagetic water and a non-diagetic motor was heard first of all, it’s tell able due to the way the sound fades in and when the music comes fades out, this is to surprise the audience to this particular canal and water sound, as to what the documentary will be all about.
Speaking of music, the music itself if a mixture of piano and digital, this is a calm sort of music to the time and era of when this documentary was made, now of course it’s non-diagetic, in fact, the music itself is the main focus of the opening as it is parallel to the editing seen earlier, and then it suddenly has a diminuendo and a few seconds later a narrative, the reason for this is for the audience to get attention and later find it’s a narrative.
Finally is the Mise-en-scene, now the first thing an audience expects is a live location of Forestry/farmland, which is a calming start to the video, which drives the audience in.
The locations of the opening show typical Canal locations, now this drives the audience in due to the fact that they could be wondering what these things are meant to be and how they work so that they could drive in to the movie to look into the answers.
The costumes are the traditional ones you find with canal boat crews, this is for the audience to get use to the concepts of history, and there are tourists with modern day clothing to set a contrast, which the audience might notice in a positive way.
The props is similar to costume and locations, just something for the audience to raise questions about what those thing are, which the most identifiable are Canal boats and locks.
Finally, mist of this documentary takes place outside; therefore the lighting is natural ambient lighting for the audience to just be calm about it.
The final score is an opening that makes the audience curious as to what they may be watching or what that particular object is, as well as a calm opening with music that is parallel to the editing.
What Works? part 9-Target audience
Target audience is a piece of importance to making the film a hit (Adulthood is a good example of this) because it is the audience the film is targeted on to steal their money to create more films in a silly business that never stops.
Anyway, I did not think of the audience while making and filming the script, I only believe in making the film firsthand.
But If I observe my own film, the closes thing it would come to is Military due to the use of the military within the film (and stereotypically too) and Science-Fiction due to the cyborg Metrazort.
Other things involve romance due to the wedding proposal (though it failed) and drama due to the talkative and story flowing nature of the story.
The Metrazort itself also See another target audience:Those that have read or know Rombes, but this may create a audience problem due to the inappropriate material used within the strip.
I did not arrange my film for any demographics due to just the story being in my mind, but I see that older children about 8-12 would like it due to it's innocent and story flowing nature with some hints of violence, and the location is a military base, so I recommend it for those who live near one of those because they are familiar with it.
Anyway, I did not think of the audience while making and filming the script, I only believe in making the film firsthand.
But If I observe my own film, the closes thing it would come to is Military due to the use of the military within the film (and stereotypically too) and Science-Fiction due to the cyborg Metrazort.
Other things involve romance due to the wedding proposal (though it failed) and drama due to the talkative and story flowing nature of the story.
The Metrazort itself also See another target audience:Those that have read or know Rombes, but this may create a audience problem due to the inappropriate material used within the strip.
I did not arrange my film for any demographics due to just the story being in my mind, but I see that older children about 8-12 would like it due to it's innocent and story flowing nature with some hints of violence, and the location is a military base, so I recommend it for those who live near one of those because they are familiar with it.
What Works? part 8- Props and Costumes
Within a movie, there are props and costumes that needs to make a film satisfying and believable to look at.
The Metrazort prop has already been described, but the base in which the Metrazort has been animated in front of consists of two large Lego plates and a enormous photo with it too, the photo anyway is help up by 4 stacks of 4 spot lego bricks, 2 at the front and two at the back.
It has been demolished and it's parts will be recycled for future films.
The costume Josh was wearing just consists of a camoflage suit and green trowsers, it may be the only things that come out of the Military prop-box, but it is satisfying enough for the effect to work to make the audience believe he really is a soldier.
The costume Mother was wearing has a similar story and effect to Josh's costume, omly it achieves the effects of a female general as it cosists of trowsers, a general suit, and a hat.
The hat may not be accurate to the real thing, but I presume that the audience would get the idea as to what is meant to be represented.
All costume related objects are in the box at the prop department of the WBS, waiting for another use.
The wedding box and ring may have short screen timing, but it is important to the plot as it starts with a failed proposal and the soldier's rage over that failed proposal.
The ring (owned by mum) is still wearable, but the red box was smashed hard by Josh during the film, ensuring that it is in a rubbish pile at Slough at the moment.
Finally is he Gun, now when I first examined the Military prop-box, I was not impressed due to how un-proffessional or how cheap those things are, tthe Gun itself is rather a old fashioned toy western gun, I may not be satisfied by it, but it represented it's purpose and without camera close-ups on it the audience won't even know it's a fake.
Like all items in the prop box, it's in there waiting to be used by someone else.
The Metrazort prop has already been described, but the base in which the Metrazort has been animated in front of consists of two large Lego plates and a enormous photo with it too, the photo anyway is help up by 4 stacks of 4 spot lego bricks, 2 at the front and two at the back.
It has been demolished and it's parts will be recycled for future films.
The costume Josh was wearing just consists of a camoflage suit and green trowsers, it may be the only things that come out of the Military prop-box, but it is satisfying enough for the effect to work to make the audience believe he really is a soldier.
The costume Mother was wearing has a similar story and effect to Josh's costume, omly it achieves the effects of a female general as it cosists of trowsers, a general suit, and a hat.
The hat may not be accurate to the real thing, but I presume that the audience would get the idea as to what is meant to be represented.
All costume related objects are in the box at the prop department of the WBS, waiting for another use.
The wedding box and ring may have short screen timing, but it is important to the plot as it starts with a failed proposal and the soldier's rage over that failed proposal.
The ring (owned by mum) is still wearable, but the red box was smashed hard by Josh during the film, ensuring that it is in a rubbish pile at Slough at the moment.
Finally is he Gun, now when I first examined the Military prop-box, I was not impressed due to how un-proffessional or how cheap those things are, tthe Gun itself is rather a old fashioned toy western gun, I may not be satisfied by it, but it represented it's purpose and without camera close-ups on it the audience won't even know it's a fake.
Like all items in the prop box, it's in there waiting to be used by someone else.
What Works? part 7-Risk assessments
You already understood that the biggest risk and flaw I had was actors not turning up, but there were other things too.
First is the Metrazort stop motion, that it would fall apart or not work out in the final film.
There is no location risk due to it being on one safe location, but there is the risk of the cleaning lady interrupting everything.
It was the safe kind of non-stunt or no-extra locations in my film, thereby I conclude that there were not that many risks involved within my film.
First is the Metrazort stop motion, that it would fall apart or not work out in the final film.
There is no location risk due to it being on one safe location, but there is the risk of the cleaning lady interrupting everything.
It was the safe kind of non-stunt or no-extra locations in my film, thereby I conclude that there were not that many risks involved within my film.
What Works? part 6-Shooting Schedule
I didn't really have a shooting schedule (in fact I don't remember the dates), I just hoped that it would be filmed in one day and that would be it, but I remember and speculate it was earlier than the others.
But the actors don't keep turning up which delayed the shooting (and if they had made it, it would have taked days or weeks to shoot everything) so I fired the old set and replaced them with the new ones, and that was recoreded in one whole day in 2-3 hours, shooting on one day is something I am use to due to working on my own films "The yard of Sodor".
But the actors don't keep turning up which delayed the shooting (and if they had made it, it would have taked days or weeks to shoot everything) so I fired the old set and replaced them with the new ones, and that was recoreded in one whole day in 2-3 hours, shooting on one day is something I am use to due to working on my own films "The yard of Sodor".
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