Construction- Reflections

Reflections

This week our group has had a loss of one member, as he has left the group this has been one of the lows of our film production. However we have called in another person in to fill in for this member.
 Also this week we have filmed parts of our opening two minute scene, which we are quite pleased with.
 We have had fun filming as we got to use a variety of shots and angles and tried out being actors/actresses for the day.
 We will be going to film the murder scene soon which we are quite excited about as we get to play around with make up to try and make the murder victim's wounds look real, we will also be trying to film a point of veiw shot soon, which i feel this will be challenging but fun to try out for our opening scene. 
 The last thing that we have done is edited the parts of our film that we have filmed recently, this might take some time but are enjoying it so far.

Construction- Todorov Theory

There are three different moments which define a narrative. These are:

1) Equilibrium- Start of the film where everything is calm to start with, everyone is most likely to be happy.

2) Disruption-  Middle of the film where there is a disruption to the calm, everyone is more likely to be sad. 

4)In the process of solving problem- Near the end when everyone resolves the disruption.

3) Return to equilibrium- this is where the problem is resolved and returns back to a calm mood( the equilibrium).

This keeps the audience hooked and interested in the film, this theory is mostly seen in all movies as it is a safe plot to follow.
Usually in a thriller movie by the end the antagonist should be killed there fore following the structure of Todorov's theory. However this does not apply to all thriller films. some have a twist and start from the ending and finishing with the beginning, such as the film 'Cloverfield'. these films rewrite Todorovs theory

Planning- Reflections- Important

Reacent events of this week have left me alone to create the rest of the movie and finish the blog by myself as my partner michael has dropped out of sixth form, i am nervous but i feel that i will get through this with a lot of hard work and will power through to complete this all.

Planning- Master Catalogue list

These screen shots are of our master catalogue, each of these screen shots show the process we will have to take in order to film. As you can see, we had to show where the film will be set, the props used, characters, and the actors.

This shows us what kind of things we might need to include into our two minute opening scene.

Each one of the pieces helps us define our characters, look at what props we need to use and why they need to be used, where the film is set and why make up is required.

This catalogue will help us to keep track of everything and anything so that we can keep our movie on track.

Planning- Calender

 Calender- Time management

This shows the next two months of planning for our film.
 As you can see we have added when we will film and when we will edit our film, onto the calender.

 We have also added how long the filming  and editing process will take us throughout these months.

 The calender shows us each part of the opening scene that we will be filming on certain dates.
 This calender will help us a lot, as we now have time management to sort everything out for the process of making our opening scene.
 These three print screens show our calender, they also show when we edit and film our opening scene, and show other tasks that we have to do for our media course work.  

Planning- Script

Planning- Concept Art

Concept Art

This is the poster for our movie, as you can see we have one of the main characters in the centre of the poster.
 We wanted to try to make the poster slightly gorey so that when the viewer is looking at this they know that this movie will be a horror/thriller film.
 We have used photoshop for this poster, we felt that this was good programme to use as we could play around with effects,colour pallet, text and other images.
 The colour pallet that we wanted to use were three simple colours; black, white and red. We wanted to use  the black and white so that the red could stand out more, we wanted this effect to  give a dark feel to the poster.
 We have also added our names to the bottom of the poster to make it more realistic to the viewer.

Planning- Plot for two minute opening scene

 Plot for two minute opening scene The first character that we see is Jimmy; he is a stereotypical teenager we know this because he arrives to his girlfriends, with alcohol and cigarettes planning to make a move on her. The next character we see is James as he hides  behind a bush, we only see his face, as this happens we see a flash back to when James asks Alice out and she rejects him. 
 The next character we see is Alice who is Jimmy’s girlfriend, she is presented as vulnerable, innocent yet she is seen in a sexual manner a stereotype for women. In this scene Alice and her boyfriend Jimmy are together in her living room downstairs , this is where Jimmy tries to make a move and Alice pushes him away as she is disgusted by his intentions. As this happens  Jimmy becomes annoyed and goes upstairs. Meanwhile Alice is left alone and upset in the living room, she begins to wonder why Jimmy is taking long upstairs and starts to worry. The camera would be showing both characters as the mood in this scene becomes increasingly tense as Jimmy hears a noise upstairs. When Jimmy is about to go back downstairs he is grabbed by James which happens to be Alice's friend.
 In the final scene we see Alice going upstairs to see what is taking Jimmy so long,the house goes silent as she calls for Jimmy and is left with no reply, as Alice walks up the stairs she finds her boyfriends corpse on the floor, she begins to scream in fear and pain and we see in the background we see James behind hiding in the house, as this happens the scene ends.