Here is our finished version of our film opening:
Film front cover
Here i made a rough draft of what i would like the film's front cover to look like.
Our Interview
Here i have taken a screenshot of us completing our interview with me as Josiah. I am talking about my experience being "Locked up" and my feeling towards it:
Shooting schedule
Below i have displayed when and where we will be filming all of our shots for the opening of our film. Description of each shot is also shown:
Some dates still need to be added
Some dates still need to be added
Representation
Who?
In our film opening a young boy is being presented as a victim of a kidnapping. Members of his family also have their emotions shown in reference to the young boy who was kidnapped and how they feel about this. We have shown this through an interview with his mother (short clip) as she explains what her thoughts and feelings were while her son was missing. The interview showed the audience how devastated she was and how she was affected. The neighbour was also presented to be shocked by this event as his barely knew the child, this reveals how big of an impact this event was to everyone involved.
What?
A horrible crime is being shown in our film opening, one that devastates families and anyone involved. The crime highlights to the audience how cruel the people who commit these crimes must be to take a young boy away from his family and friends and block him off from his everyday life. This could show us that as well as cruel, these people may also be lonely as they may of never been shown respect in their life so they feel the only way the conquer this is to take it away from another person.
Where?
Our film is being presented in a average location which would surprise the audience at how something so disturbing could happen in such a normal place. We have filmed in a cabin at the end of a garden to show where our kidnapping took place.
In our film opening a young boy is being presented as a victim of a kidnapping. Members of his family also have their emotions shown in reference to the young boy who was kidnapped and how they feel about this. We have shown this through an interview with his mother (short clip) as she explains what her thoughts and feelings were while her son was missing. The interview showed the audience how devastated she was and how she was affected. The neighbour was also presented to be shocked by this event as his barely knew the child, this reveals how big of an impact this event was to everyone involved.
What?
A horrible crime is being shown in our film opening, one that devastates families and anyone involved. The crime highlights to the audience how cruel the people who commit these crimes must be to take a young boy away from his family and friends and block him off from his everyday life. This could show us that as well as cruel, these people may also be lonely as they may of never been shown respect in their life so they feel the only way the conquer this is to take it away from another person.
Where?
Our film is being presented in a average location which would surprise the audience at how something so disturbing could happen in such a normal place. We have filmed in a cabin at the end of a garden to show where our kidnapping took place.
Blog Reflection
Technology - Have you learned new online programmes for showing off work? Have you tried new premiere effects that you haven't told us about? I have started to use prezi which i have never used before. It is more effective than powerpoint and also looks more interesting to look through.
What mark is it out of 20? I would give my blog around 12 to 13 marks.
Where could you be a little more thorough or a little less complacent? i could have been more thorough when researching the titles i wish to use for my film and looking at more films which have titles that are the same genre or similar plot to our opening.
Is it fun to look through? - My blog is quite intersting but needs a few more pictures to go with the posts to make it better to look at.
Is the learning journey (blaaaghh) evident? - I have used a production diary to show my learning journey on some tasks, this helps identify all the steps along the way to the finished product.
Three targets to improve blog - research or planning (have you thoroughly covered all key media concepts - forms and conventions of your film , audience, institution, representation - I could have spent more time on research of my titles of the film, this would have given the group a better idea of what titles are appropriate for our genre.
What mark is it out of 20? I would give my blog around 12 to 13 marks.
Where could you be a little more thorough or a little less complacent? i could have been more thorough when researching the titles i wish to use for my film and looking at more films which have titles that are the same genre or similar plot to our opening.
Is it fun to look through? - My blog is quite intersting but needs a few more pictures to go with the posts to make it better to look at.
Is the learning journey (blaaaghh) evident? - I have used a production diary to show my learning journey on some tasks, this helps identify all the steps along the way to the finished product.
Three targets to improve blog - research or planning (have you thoroughly covered all key media concepts - forms and conventions of your film , audience, institution, representation - I could have spent more time on research of my titles of the film, this would have given the group a better idea of what titles are appropriate for our genre.
Synopsis Planning
Our film is based on a kidnapping of a young boy for many years.
Location
Location
- We our planning to film in a cabin at the back of a garden, the house belongs to the man who kidnapped the young boy.
- We also need a small room to carry out our interview with the boy and the neighbour.
- We need another house to hold another interview with the victims mother.
Props
- For our cabin scene we need plenty of food cans, newspaper and general waste.
- Another main prop was the clothing of Josiah, this required a unclear t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms.
Actors
This film requires Me as Josiah who has been kidnapped
Harrison is being required to play the kidnappers neighbour who initially finds Josiah and reports the incident.
Sophie is required to be the interviewer of Harrison.
New Titles
Our group decided to change our opening titles. We based our new titles on the film "The Imposter" where we found many ideas about our film opening.
To show key information about the missing of our character Josiah we have chose to use titles as shown :
We have used these a few titles to create more effect.
To show key information about the missing of our character Josiah we have chose to use titles as shown :
We have used these a few titles to create more effect.
Audience research
Target Audience
Our target audience is similar to "The Imposter". It is aimed mainly at a interlectual adult crowd.
The class it would be aimed at is middle Class, this is because they would have an educational background so they will undertsand the issues with kidnapping and other issues presented in our film opening.
It would also be mainly targeted at adults who have an interest in mystery as our opening provides many of these such as a missing child.
They would also have an interest of crime as our opening involves the crime of kidnapping.
Our target audience is similar to "The Imposter". It is aimed mainly at a interlectual adult crowd.
The class it would be aimed at is middle Class, this is because they would have an educational background so they will undertsand the issues with kidnapping and other issues presented in our film opening.
It would also be mainly targeted at adults who have an interest in mystery as our opening provides many of these such as a missing child.
They would also have an interest of crime as our opening involves the crime of kidnapping.
Institution
Film production companies - Revolver Entertainment + ABP productions
Revolver Entertainment - This company varies between genres: Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller and Documentary.
The documentary we are basing our film on is from Revolver entertainment - "The Imposter"
Other companies that helped produce/distribute were: Film4 productions, A&E IndieFilms.
Revolver Entertainment - This company varies between genres: Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller and Documentary.
The documentary we are basing our film on is from Revolver entertainment - "The Imposter"
Other companies that helped produce/distribute were: Film4 productions, A&E IndieFilms.
Music Used
The song we used was by London Grammar called "Wasting my young years".
We used this as it relates to our story as our main character had many of his young years "wasted" when he was kidnapped.
We used this as it relates to our story as our main character had many of his young years "wasted" when he was kidnapped.
Storyboard
Evidence of filming our storyboard :
Feedback
I'm The main positive comments on our work was:
- The music choice was good.
- Good acting
- Few good transitions
Analysis
Positive
- Good acting
- Some good, interesting camera shots
Improvements
In our first interview we had to make many improvements.
Our actors didn't stay in character throughout the interview. They laughed many times and also took too long of pauses between questions
We also didn't have a clear script so characters were unsure of what they had to say.
We made a change in our film to shoot a recreation of when our kidnapped boy (Josiah) was found. We chose to do this so it was clearer to the audience of how he was living and how hard this time must of been for him.
We have made many improvements with the editing such as more information on the key details of the kidnapping. We have included more interviews with Josiah's family and also his sports coach to show how devastating this was for them.
We changed our song choice to "Wasting my young years" - we made this decision as the song title relates more to our film as Josiah lost many of his younger years during the kidnapping so this time was effectively "wasted".
Our actors didn't stay in character throughout the interview. They laughed many times and also took too long of pauses between questions
We also didn't have a clear script so characters were unsure of what they had to say.
We made a change in our film to shoot a recreation of when our kidnapped boy (Josiah) was found. We chose to do this so it was clearer to the audience of how he was living and how hard this time must of been for him.
We have made many improvements with the editing such as more information on the key details of the kidnapping. We have included more interviews with Josiah's family and also his sports coach to show how devastating this was for them.
We changed our song choice to "Wasting my young years" - we made this decision as the song title relates more to our film as Josiah lost many of his younger years during the kidnapping so this time was effectively "wasted".
Characters + Roles
Me (James)
I am playing the young boy who was Kidnapped for many years who is found by the neighbour. I am found in a dark cabin at the end of a garden. The living conditions i had were very poor i also provided the shooting schedule. I have done research on ideas of titles and what production companies would be appropriate for our genre.
Harrison
He is playing the neighbour who originally finds Josiah in the cabin. Harrison also has a interview asking him a few questions about what happened when he found him and what his reaction to this was. Harrison has provided our location to film which involved him taking location shots.
Aaron
Aaron has the job of editing the film on premiere adding all titles and effects. Aaron also created our newspaper article about the character who was kidnapped.
Sophie
Sophie wrote out all the storyboard including all the shots, camera techniques and length of shot. Sophie also made improvements to the editing by changing effects and also making our titles more effective by displaying more information on how, when and for how long Josiah was kidnapped which gives our audience a better idea of what is happening in the opening and also makes it clearer what genre we are trying to portray.
I am playing the young boy who was Kidnapped for many years who is found by the neighbour. I am found in a dark cabin at the end of a garden. The living conditions i had were very poor i also provided the shooting schedule. I have done research on ideas of titles and what production companies would be appropriate for our genre.
Harrison
He is playing the neighbour who originally finds Josiah in the cabin. Harrison also has a interview asking him a few questions about what happened when he found him and what his reaction to this was. Harrison has provided our location to film which involved him taking location shots.
Aaron
Aaron has the job of editing the film on premiere adding all titles and effects. Aaron also created our newspaper article about the character who was kidnapped.
Sophie
Sophie wrote out all the storyboard including all the shots, camera techniques and length of shot. Sophie also made improvements to the editing by changing effects and also making our titles more effective by displaying more information on how, when and for how long Josiah was kidnapped which gives our audience a better idea of what is happening in the opening and also makes it clearer what genre we are trying to portray.
Production Diary
Production Diary Summary
Day 1) We all put ideas together such as things like: genre, scenes, location.
Day 2) We then presented our film ideas to the class and gained feedback in what we should improve on.
Day 3) Whern we got our feedback we made the imporvements that we needed to and added it onto our plot.
Day 4) Brooksy then asked us to provide evidence of planning our storyboard.
Day 5) Aaron made a Newspaper article while i filled out the shooting schedule.
Day 6) We then began to put storyboard and ideas we had on our blogs.
Day 7) We then finished our written storyboard with things included such as : shot length, camera shot and scene description.
Day 8) I then recorded a voiceover for our storyboard explaining the details about the shot.
Day 9) We will soon be on to editing as we filmed most scenes the previous weekend. I have blogged my progress and shown some key shots that were taken over the weekend.
Day 10) Today me, Harrison, Aaron and Sophie have continued filming our interviewing at school in the drama studio. We have learnt about lighting and camera angles during this process and we are now starting to edit our film as our first draft.
Day 11) - We now filmed the storyboard while adding a voiceover and have also filmed the last scenes of the opening. Aaron has continued to edit our film with help from me and Harrison.
Day 12) - Today we received feedback on our drafts and also gave feedback to other groups film drafts.
Day 13) - We made changes due to our feedback while Sophie began to edit.
Day 1) We all put ideas together such as things like: genre, scenes, location.
Day 2) We then presented our film ideas to the class and gained feedback in what we should improve on.
Day 3) Whern we got our feedback we made the imporvements that we needed to and added it onto our plot.
Day 4) Brooksy then asked us to provide evidence of planning our storyboard.
Day 5) Aaron made a Newspaper article while i filled out the shooting schedule.
Day 6) We then began to put storyboard and ideas we had on our blogs.
Day 7) We then finished our written storyboard with things included such as : shot length, camera shot and scene description.
Day 8) I then recorded a voiceover for our storyboard explaining the details about the shot.
Day 9) We will soon be on to editing as we filmed most scenes the previous weekend. I have blogged my progress and shown some key shots that were taken over the weekend.
Day 10) Today me, Harrison, Aaron and Sophie have continued filming our interviewing at school in the drama studio. We have learnt about lighting and camera angles during this process and we are now starting to edit our film as our first draft.
Day 11) - We now filmed the storyboard while adding a voiceover and have also filmed the last scenes of the opening. Aaron has continued to edit our film with help from me and Harrison.
Day 12) - Today we received feedback on our drafts and also gave feedback to other groups film drafts.
Day 13) - We made changes due to our feedback while Sophie began to edit.
Location
Our location was Harrison's cabin. We chose this for our location as this was unique and empty so this helped improved how realastic the surroundings were.
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