05.03.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: IDENT

This is a screen shot of our moving picture ident for Odyssey Productions. We got the picture of a bright full moon reflecting on a night sea from the internet and made the title on Adobe After Effects. We chose the features of the ident because:

1. The moon light reflection on the sea conveys a sense of 'vision' and 'light' influencing the feeling of adventure and prosper - the word 'odyssey' means a long wandering and eventful journey.
2. The moon light reflection conveys a path of aspiration and dreaming.
3. The dark sea is mysterious and dark conveying an 'underground world' compared to the white, silvery reflection of aspiration and hope.
4. The title is written like the reflection of the moon - this attaches the picture and title together.
5. The word 'Odyssey' is blurred - looks like the reflection of the moon on the ripples of water
6. We invented an original production company called Odyssey Productions with original design work; our ident of a full moon reflecting on the night sea with the words ‘Odyssey’ together connote a mysterious and dramatic adventure.

26.02.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: EDITING

Me editing shots on iMovie on the Mac



In todays lesson we continued working on the footage we uploaded. We used a variety of transitions between shots including:

1. Fade away transitions - when the previous shot fades into the middle of the screen into the next shot

2. Jump transitions - when the previous shot jumps into the next shot without fading or moving to either left or right

3. Blurring transitions - whent he previous shot visibly blurs into the next shot (making the next shot blurred and skewed vision for a second before becoming in focus again)

When editing we realised that there were a lot of shots that we were unable to contemplate using as they were out of focus, the models in view were smiling or not foucussed themselves on film or cars driving through the shot by accident as well as background noise including airplanes, trains, cars beeping or driving past or even talking from the general public.

Things yet to be completed:

1. Adding all of the chosen footage

2. Making the whole film black and white

3. Adding the ident

4. Adding our title (last fading out with blood)

5. Adding each member of the groups name and number at the begining

6. Adding all of the transitions between the shots

7. Adding sound effects  - clip clop of heels on concrete, gun shot, gun being reloaded, train departing from the station, grandfather clock ticking

Editing shots of a parcel being wrapped (chosen to start the film opening creating enigma)

An example of a shot being out of focus - deleted

25.02.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: EDITING

In today's lesson as a group we went through our uploaded footage on the mac. We discussed as a group suitable footage that could be used and how we could amalgamate footage together. For example instead of deleting out of focus footage we could use it as a back drop for our opening title and acknowledgments. 

Things we realized we needed to work on when editing footage: 

1. Make sure footage is in focus before selecting to use it 

2. Make sure we have enough suitable footage to cover a maximum of 3 minutes 

3. Make sure we keep all footage to be backed up as evidence of filming 

4. We should use our scene selection for help even if we decide to change sections - we must make note and reasons why sections have changed

5. Working together as a group collectively is vital for team success - all settling on suitable footage and agreeing

16.02.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: CALL SHEET #8

Call Sheet #8 - Wednesday 26th February 2014

Film Title – Film Noir Short Film
Unit Call Time: 11.00	Filming Starts at	11.20
Main Crew Contacts	Email
Thomas Stevens Kate Bradford George Flack Charlie Myers	01ThomasS@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01KateB@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01GeorgeF@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01CharlieM@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Name			Prop/Equipment
Kate Bradford			Camera from Media, Tripod, picture of woman
Charlie Myers			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, old newspaper
Thomas Stevens			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, walking stick/cane
George Flack			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, fake cigarettes

 

Location

Claremont Fan Court School Claremont Drive Esher Surrey KT10 9LY Tel: 01372 467841 Directions: The School’s Claremont Drive entrance is accessible from the traffic lights on the A244 at the junction with Claremont Lane/Copsem Lane/Milbourne Lane. Once on Claremont Drive, continue straight ahead until you reach the School entrance. The gates are usually shut and you will need to ring the buzzer to gain access.

 

16.02.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: POSSIBLE SOUND EFFECTS

Possible Music to add to our film opening:

1950s detective piano music

1950s Film Noir Music

1950s Film Noir Music 2

Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade

Artie Shaw - Nightmare


Sound Effects that can be added at specific areas of our film opening:

Walking on Concrete

High Heels

Grandfather clock

Old Movie Countdown - at the start of the film

Gun Shot 1

Gun Shot 2

Gun Reload Sound

Train in a Storm

12.02.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: DISTRIBUTION IDENT

FILM IDENT TUTORIAL 1

FILM IDENT TUTORIAL 1

FILM IDENT TUTORIAL 2

I used these tutorials above for help or inspiration for our distribution ident. They were both really interesting and provided valuable resources and information about how long our distribution ident would take to make and upload.

I personally thought of the idea behind our distribution ident. My idea is having a pistol shooting red lipstick bullets while 'STUDIO CANAL' (our chosen distributor) shoots out of the far right hand side. My ideas behind this is that:

1. The main woman in our film opening is being targeted - ending being shot by a pistol
2. The main woman wears striking red lipstick - red is associated with death and love
3. The use of pistols makes the film appear to have a 'grunge' feel and 'dangerous' influence - the girl is in danger of death and is being targeted for an apparent reason
4. Having a pistol shooting out red lipstick bullets isn't usual thought of - this makes the idea inivitive and original
5. We decided on Studio Canal as it is a French based-production company (meaning that it isn't a gigantic, American production company that takes on every film possible) and is selective at the films they decide to take on. For example recent Studio Canal films are:

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) - a film that is based in the Cold War (1950s) and is like our own film opening
• The Bling Ring (2013)
• Man Up (2013)

Also Studio Canal has the third-largest film library in the world. 

12.02.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: TITLE INSPIRATION

A pistol

A pistol associated with females - use of bright pink and lipstick as a bullet

Lipstick Bullets

Red Lipstick symbolising death with use of red and gold meaning expensive

Our production company we chose