looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task)what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

question 7





worked on as a group

what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Camera:
Using the cameras in the preliminary was fairly difficult and confusing as we hadn’t really worked with professional cameras like this before. We came across several difficulties which included the charge of the battery, the camera switched off due to the battery not being fully charged. However, when we reached filming the final task we ensured that the batter was charged before we filmed in order to cut out the barriers that we first faced. During the making of the final product I feel as a group we developed our camera work skills for example, we have learnt how to stick to the 180-degree rule. When filming the preliminary task we believed that it went very well, however when we looked back at the footage we had noticed we had broken the 180-degree rule therefore this caused us to re-film. We have also learnt how to use the advanced features of the camera in order to make our filming look much more professional.

Editing Software:
This is the editing software that we used for the editing of our horror opening. This software was much easier to use than the software that we used in the preliminary task, this was because everything was laid out much more easily that it was on Adobe Premiere Elements. Due to this being the first time we used this software we learnt a variety of new skills for example, when editing we needed to cut parts of a shot and move them around using this software was helpful in being able to do this easily. We also was able to change the colouring of the shot in the software in order to create a strong effect on the audience, for example, when we showed the shot of the detective in the office we changed the colour of the shot to a blue effect. We did this in order to show the feeling of the detectives and the grief that he has encountered following the death of his brother. We also learnt to create sound bridges in our final task, this was something that we struggled with in the originally.



This is us using Premiere Pro to edit our evaluation video, we found this easier as we had already experienced the programme when editing our final task.

Blogger:


This the website we have used to present our ‘AS Media Portfolio’. Overall we felt that the ‘blogger’ was fairly easy to use and there was nothing complicated that was involved with creating posts etc. However one problem that was faced was adding the advanced feature of adding tags to my other group member’s blog. This is because it was very difficult to find how to add the tags to the layout of the blog. Also the website can sometimes be temperamental when positioning text and images on the blog.

Prezi:


Prezi is a form of online presentation which we used in order to present our work in an interactive way. We felt that for the majority of the usage of Prezi it was fairly straightforward however there was also many difficulties when using this software. One disadvantage of using Prezi was at any point in time it would lose connection even when the computers were still connected to the internet and then took several minutes to re-connect. This caused a setback as it reduced the productivity time in which we completed a task. When using Prezi we learnt how to import videos and images into an
online presentation. Using Prezi has helped us to know how to present work in other ways but a word document. It has also enables us to enhance our ICT skills.


Emaze:

Emaze is another form of online presentation which we used in order to present our work in an interactive way. We felt that using e-maze was much more convenient than Prezi. This is because it is was a lot moe easier to navigate around and easy to import files. We used emaze in our final task in order to show the audience how our final task represented different social groups. When using Emaze we learnt that it can make a document much more presentable and interactive rather than typing it out. We also learnt how to incorporate sound and video into the online presentation. Emaze has helped us to be more creative in presenting our work and also helped us to show parts of our films in order to show the audience what we were talking about whereas if we were to type a document we wouldn’t be able to show any of the film.



worked on as a group

How did you attract/address your audience?

Our questionnaire and results from louise128

worked on as a group

who would be your audience?

question 4






worked on as a group

what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

evaluation question 3


completed as a group

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

evaluation question 2



worked on as a group

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation Question 1

(completed as a group)

our final cut

worked on as a group

Our Title

This is our title screen ,we have chosen this because the shadow that is on the word two reflects the split personality of the main character, We have also used the red around the shadow to connote the danger of one of the personalities , and then the white to connote the innocence of the other personality. The regimental font used on "there were" used to reinforce the idea of the detective work that our protagonist specialises in.

fourth draft of the opening scene

third draft of the opening scene

second draft of the opening scene

first draft of opening scene

Rough cut two

a rough cut of the basement- day 1

Our animatic story- board

our film timeline

our filming schedule

camera diagrams

Camera diagrams. from jessgoodale

our equipment

This is the equipment that we will need to film our opening scene:

A Camera: To film our film opening

 A Camera Bag: To protect the camera from damage.

 A Dolly: To film our tracking shot.

A Laptop: To watch the shots and check that they are of a good standard. We also need the laptop to edit our film opening.

A Tri-pod: To hold the camera still and level while we are shooting.

film permission slips

our font

our cast

Our Cast:


Actor 1:
This is who we have chosen to play our detective. Sam Bothamley is a year 12 media student. He is suitable as he has shown (in the preliminary task) that he is comfortable in front of a camera. He is easily accessible as he is a member of our group, this also means that he knows the script well. He has been involved in the planning of our film opening which we believe will make it easier for him to portray our character how we planned him to be to portrayed.






Actor 2:

This is who we have chosen to play our antagonist, Jim Pitt. We have chosen Jim to play the stalker/killer because he looks very different in size compared to Sam. Although a plot twist in the film reveals that the detective is actually both the protagonist and the antagonist we wanted to cast another actor to play the antagonist to show that in his head the detective genuinely believes the antagonist is somebody else. Jim's height and build makes him appear threatening and powerful. It also makes the plot twist more unexpected as there is obviously a huge increase in the size by comparison, making it unpredictable. He has also shown high levels of interest in appearing in our film.





Actor 3:
We have chosen Daniel Goult to be appear in pictures as our antagonist's previous victim. He is also a member of our group which made it easy to get pictures of him.He has brown hair and is of a similar in height to same, so he could realistically play his brother. It would also fit into our plans of having our stalker choosing his victims based on the same features.

Our Script

“There were two”

By

Jessica Goodale

Daniel Goult

Louise Pitt

Samuel Bothamley

1.INT. OFFICE. NIGHT

DETECTIVE BLAKE MORGAN is sitting at his desk, staring at a computer screen.

 He runs his hands through his hair and appears stressed. A Picture of GRAYSON MORGAN (Brother) is shown on desk.

                                               FLASH INTO

2.INT. BASEMENT.DAY

We see our antagonist walk passed the basement window,and down the stairs.

A hand is shown to run over a set of sharp, dangerous looking gardening tools.

A man dressed head to toe in back is shown from behind walking towards a well-lit pin board

                                               FLASH INTO

3.INT. OFFICE. NIGHT

Blake Morgan slams his detective badge onto his office table in anger and frustration due to the ongoing investigations.

FLASH INTO

4. INT. BASEMENT. DAY

A series of zoom shots show multiple pictures the victim on the pin board.e see a picture of Grayson Morgan's face circled and crossed through.We see him circle picture of GRAYSON MORGAN.This shows the audience that Grayson Morgan’s face is crossed through to symbolise his murder.

 FLASH INTO

5. INT. OFFICE. NIGHT

Blake Morgan is shown pouring out whiskey from the “Jack Daniel” branded bottle (to lead the audience to make the connection with it being an American set film and him being an alcoholic)

                                       FLASH INTO

6. INT. BASEMENT. DAY

We see a silhouette of the antagonist.We then see a close up shot of his face.

FLASH INTO

TITLE

           ( May be subjected to change on filming day)

Mise- En - Scene Of Our Horror Opening

Mise-en-scene of our horror opening.

Below is the mise-en-scene of our horror opening.

In the opening of our horror movie we will see many different several different scenes in which we will see different items/objects and people.

In the opening scene we enter the office where we see the detective sitting at his desk, this then leads onto him staring at his computer screen which is used in our opening to make it look as though the detective is looking for information about the case he is investigating about the antagonist.

In the next scene we go to the basement, in which we see the basement with little light and covered in plastic sheets on the floor, this is to make the basement look as though it is a regular place for the antagonist to go and to make it look as though it is old. The next camera shot, we see a hand running over a set of gardening tools this is to create more of an effect on the audience as they can associate these tools as everyday objects. Then we see a well-lighted pin board which displays the targets of the antagonist, who at this point is dressed in black to hide his identity.

We then cut to the next scene where we see the office which is well lighten with the detective slamming his badge onto the table. His body language shows us just how he is feeling, he looks angered and frustrated due to the investigation of the antagonist's crimes. It shows us that the office is fairly large with pictures of the detective's brother located on the desk this is because he has been killed by the antagonist.

Our next scene see's us flash back to the basement and this time we do see the pin board again however we see the antagonist circle the face of the detective with a red pen this is to show that the audience that he is the next target of the stalker because he knows the detective is trying to track him down, the light in this scene is focused on just the stalker circling the face, this adds on effect of seriousness into the scene as we can sense danger for the detective.

We then go back to the office, where we see a bottle of "Jack Daniels" whisky on the detective’s desk, this is to show the audience that the detective could be an alcoholic due to the fact that he pours several glasses.

In the final scene of the opening we see a zoom shot of the axe that the antagonist possess. We then see the lighting dimmed and we then goes to a close up of the antagonist's face, however it only shows his face with a mask so therefore his identity is still hidden. 

Our Location

When deciding on where we wanted to film our horror opening we had to consider whether the locations where easily accessible and if they were suitable to a horror opening or not. Therefore this resulted in the decisions that we made for our locations. 

Our first location we are going to use is a basement, We feel that this is one of the best locations to use because our film is based around a stalker and we feel that the basement would have the greatest effect on the audience due to it being a dark place and the fact that it isn't the largest basement so this furthermore has a greater effect as it could make the audience feel claustrophobic. We also feel that the basement is the best location for our opening because we have a scene where the antagonist comes into the basement and runs his had over a set of tools and reveals a board of all his targets.

Next, we feel that the stairs in the basement are effective because we can get a good camera angle of the stalker coming down the stairs, where we don't have to reveal their face in order to add mystery to the opening of the film as no one knows who he is or how he looks. 

In the location of the basement, there is a small outside area which we will use and we will film the stalker walking past the window but yet not being discovered who he is, this will add panic to the audience as they won't know what he is doing. However we are yet to decide whether we will film this scene of the opening in the daytime or the evening.

We will also be filming in an office at Thomas Clarkson Academy. This is because in the opening of the horror film we have the detective in the film who is becoming stressed out by the case of the antagonist and it shows the detective at his desk. This location is good for every member of the group because it is easily accessible due to the fact that we all go to the sixth form. This saves us a lot of time trying to go around Wisbech trying to hire out an office because we don't have one in our homes. 

iconography

Iconography from louise128

Opening Title and Credits