Monday, 25 April 2016

Title sequence for my Short Film 'Knock Knock Who's There?'

Title sequence for my Short Film


in my Title sequence for my Short Film the victim is in the dark room getting ready to kill. 


















the victim pulls out a box of the ex friend letters that they wrote to each other. 















 at the end of each letter the wrote to each other they will sign it with the symbol of friendship. 


















 this is the victim getting ready to kill her ex friends. 













through out this Title sequence there is going to be voice explain a little why the victim is doing this and what revenge on her ex friends. 





Here is  an example of a thriller tile sequence that i would like to include in my film.

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

ese for producer roles

















































































































In my short film there is 1-3 innocent victims playing in my film so i would buy i white t-shirts to show that are good actors and they have not done anything wrong. by researching plain white t-shirts on ebay i notice that it would £4.25 for one t-shirt. 



In my short film there is 1 innocent victims playing in my film that dies so i would buy fake blood to show that the actors had died. 



  
 In my short film there is 1 victims playing in my film that kills so i would buy mask to show that the actor is cover the actor face to not show the person identity. By this it makes more challenging for audience. Also bu looking at ebay it would cost £3.79. 



In my short film there is 1 victims playing in my film that kills so i would buy all black jeans and t-shirts to show that person is victim not show the person identity. By this it makes more challenging for audience. Also bu looking at ebay it would cost £13.99. 




Skills Adulate
In groups of 3-4 my team Ese, Rosie and I  was working on a project which is to produces a one minute film that follows continuity, has flashbacks, has twist in it and use techniques that pioneer created and auteur has develop. As working in my group for the last 2-3 weeks we decided that we are going to use my idea which is called ‘Knock Knock Who’s There?’ my film about groups of friends that takes on revenge and kills of her friends. Even though all of ideas were strong we decides to go with Maya’s idea because it shows more techniques we can use such as close up, blocking and flashbacks use to make a non-linear.

As we were put in to teams we all have different roles such as myself was a producer which involves calling up the council to see if we could film on different location. For example, our most popular location which we want to film on is Charlton House but unfortunately we had to book 2 week before which we did not have time for so back up plan was to film in my house which we can spend how long we wanted to make sure we got all the footage up to good standards. Also my job is to call sheet that has all the contacts of actors and my team and what their roles were also my roles was to do  shooting schedule that involves the data when we are filming, action that is taking part, details of shot types, camera rolls etc. My last role was to do budget checklist with all the props, transport, catering, and the back plan to see how much it would it cost.

Another role that one of my team mate took on was a director which was Ese role. As a director the role she took on was going to the location filling out Location Reece and with that fill in risk assessment that involves the hazards that make take place whist shooting for example no weapons in streets and watch out for cars going by. Also most important role as the director is to write up a script so the camera operator which is Rosie to do the storyboard because without them two documents we cannot start filming. Also a director is to direct the actors how to actor in each scene.
Another role that one of my team mate took on was camera operator which was Rosie. As camera operator Rosie was in charge of the storyboards which tells us what is happening in each shot/scene. Also her job was to shot list this involves a list of all the shot types we are going to use in our film and another job was book out equipment from Mr French. Last of all her job is to help with the filming with camera the lighting and directs the team with the storyboard.


From my talent I chose Aisha, Dolapo and Jessica because in some stage they took drama in secondary School and they know how to act also they are dedicated people that knows what to do and listen instruction properly.   




Maya: Producer











 Ese: Director 
















Rosie: Camera Operator








Talent 



 Aisha: one of the main character 

innocent character 2







 Dolapo the one in the white top: one the main character 

innocent character 1 








Jessica: the main character

victim 












 Talent forms for actors 





















 booking equipment 


















































 in order to film, anywhere i had to complete an application form that i had to fill out in order to film at Charlton House or on the roads when filming. 

Monday, 18 April 2016

Single camera and multi-camera


In this report I am going be discussing what a single camera is and how it also set and what are the advantages and the disadvantages of singe camera also I am going to give some example of which TV shows uses single camera. Correspondingly I am going discuss what is multi-camera is and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using multi-camera.  
Single camera
A single camera production is used for several of shorts. In the film industry the single camera is used for low budget, most common used in a music videos and used for prime time’s drama and advertisement.  A single camera is mostly use for short film, music video, advertisement or prime dramas.
For example, the series ‘Utopia’ uses single camera which is a Single-Drama , this is because Utopia is short film which can the director can record the scene numerous of time changing the angle such as close up, mid short and control the lighting. Another examples Come fly with us, Skins and Doctor Who all of these series use single camera when filming
How to set-up single camera       
Single camera is very easy to set when filming. By setting up a single camera you can film the film or series in stages. Single camera are usually used in films or series, this because is because you set a camera when filming a person using close up, mid shots, high and low angles and Master Shot and change the lighting. Single camera is use instead of multi-cameras in series or films because it cheaper, more easily to carry around and shot the scene again and again.
1.       Firstly you go to the person or object that you want to film
2.       Position your tripod in front of the actor.
3.       Then place your camera on top of the tripod  

4.       Finally start filming the scene using  different camera shot techniques  


Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Self Evaluation ; Pre-Production Report

Self Evaluation ; Pre-Production Report  

In the past few weeks I learnt from creating a short film that working in a team is very important in film industry,  every person in your team must be organized, dedicated and work hard in order  to producer a good Film. The three things that I learnt from this experience that every candidate in your team should put 100% effort in and do their part to the best standards. Also as producer you have to make sure that team done their part and last thing that is important whilst working as a team is to stick to deadlines.

Was your Shooting Schedule initially detailed and realistic enough to allow you to achieve good quality and complete the recording of all the footage?

As we finished all documents that film required I think our schedule was detailed for example, it had the data on when we are planning to film, what shot type, the action and how long we shot tape is going to be but however I think it was not realistic enough because some people in our team might be busy or got something important. When we starting to film it took us 7 hours to film parts we need up to the standards we think that is good footage. But we realise that we had to the flashback which was difficult due to the talent was not available on the data we hope to film the flashback on.    

Was your Storyboard detailed and substantial enough to fully cover the 5 minute film?

As i was working in a team we all had given a set of roles to do and person that was responsible in my team was Rosie. I think it was good very detailed in the picture using arrows to explain the directions and what shot type is it. However, what she could improve is to put more detail in what happening in each shot and some sound in it. Overall I think she done a good job on it.

Was your Shot List organised correctly in order of how you would setup these shots to make the most of the time available (i.e. grouping them?)

I think that the shot list that Rosie done for us was ok and had all the information required. However I think she could add some detailed in shot list. I Think is that it was clear and easy to follow, but we change some part of my idea such as, the play board, but overall it shot list was help me with filming different angles.    

Were your locations suitably Recce’d to consider background noise, lighting and permissions

As a producer I searched   for different locations film, and the director in my team went to visit the location with me and done Recce document. My first choice was to film at Charlton House, however it was really hard to get through to them because they were really busy and it was all booked up. As we visited Charlton House they gave us a number for one of the film office in Greenwich area, but as I contacted them I could not get through several times.

So went on their website and found another person that works in the film department which more successful  she gave all the detailed such as, fill out application on what we are going to film and public liability form. But once we done that Charlton House came back and gave a set price for 1 hour and it was too much and which we realise that we cannot film all that footage in 1 hour.
As we did not get our first option we had black up plan which was to film in a car park. Leading to this we had to the whole process again. A few hours later they came back with ‘your team cannot film on that location which was Sainsbury car park and gave us available place in Kidbrooke.’

Even though it was good offer but we didn’t take it. So I finally discussion made was made which is to film in my house which we can spend time filming. For the Reece the person that was responsible for this document was ESE. As I producer I was impress on how well she sort out the  recce’d forms  at good standards very detailed which involved the alternative plans as well as the original plan . For the equipment lighting and microphone we booked out from Mr French was very useful and made it much easier to film and edit.

Were your actors rehearsed, organised and the right choice for your characters?
As I was reading over my proposal I had an idea who would be suitable for the part. The main character that I selected was the victim, I was looking for someone that was cold and was good listener and passionate about acting and most importantly had some experience about acting. By this this lead to Jessica which played the part of the victim.

Another role that I was looking for is an innocent victim. The first victim I wanted is someone that is really clumsy and oblivious of their surroundings which lead our team to picked Aisha. Which she had some experience of acting from her previous school?
 Another candidate I had in mind was Valentina which had experience from acting a scene out for an interview at the Brits School.  Another person that I had in mind was Brittany that had little bit of experience.     
Did everyone in your crew know their roles and take responsibility for them?

In order to produce and make a short film ‘Knock, Knock Who’s There?’ We all had set of roles that we were all were responsible for. For example, the director was responsible for the location, Reece: health and safety and script. Another role that someone in my team was responsible for is the camera operator. She was responsible for storyboard and the shot list. The last role that someone had to take on was a producer. I had to complete following documents: call sheet, skill adulet, contact film office and council and shooting schedule. We all done our roles to good standards.     

Was the equipment checked, charged and working properly before you set up your shoot?

As we book the equipment we found out that battery need charging before shooting and we left it to charge overnight. We also booked out EDL lighting kit, camera and tripod.  Before and after filming we made sure that we had all equipment by booking and filling out a sheet with Mr French and checking that we return the equipment safe and no damage.  

Were your Call Sheets effective in that all resources and people turned up on time?

As I producer it was my role to fill out the call sheets that had all the information about the weather, the talent, the location and shooting schedule. I think it was detailed I think I filled out to my best. Everyone turned up on time with all the props that all agreed that we wanted to include in the film. We had all the resources needed such as the storyboard and the script.