This is our completed final film.
Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
This is my first evaluation question. It talks about conventions and where they appear or are adapted in my film opening. I have discovered that slide share is limiting as it doesn't show the music clips which are incorporated into the slideshow. The music are shown below.
Question 2- How does our Media Product represent particular social groups?
This presentation was mean to be completed on Emaze however the theme was not allowed to be changed so we had to use powerpoint to create this presentation and upload it to slidehare for it to appear on the blog. This presentation addresses the question "How does our Media Product represent particular social groups?".
Question 7 from Joe Kiff
Question 3- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
This post is an evaluation of the question "What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?". One thing we didn't consider which makes our product unrealistic is that the budget wouldn't be very big or accurate if we only had one production company (Milkshake Films) which wasn't very big anyway.
Question 4- Who would be the audience for your media product?
In this 'Prezi' the question "Who would be the audience for your media product?" is addressed.
Our audience is men between the age of 12 and 24. Our secondary audience is women who are assiciated with the men. The film isn't just about football there are a lot of elements which are more dramatic such as the cancer story which would appeal more to a multi-sex category. A film we possibly should have looked at is 'Bend it like Beckham' which appeals to a female audience but is about football.
Our audience is men between the age of 12 and 24. Our secondary audience is women who are assiciated with the men. The film isn't just about football there are a lot of elements which are more dramatic such as the cancer story which would appeal more to a multi-sex category. A film we possibly should have looked at is 'Bend it like Beckham' which appeals to a female audience but is about football.
Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?
Below is a post which evaluates the question "How did you attract/address your audience?".
To attract the audience I created an online survey for people to fill out. I added in the film at the top of the survey so people could watch it then fill out the survey. This is the top of the survey showing the opening sequence added in for people to view.
This was the first question on the survey. The firstquestion that we asked was 'How old are you?' 17 people answered the survey and all of them answered this survey. We made sure that all of the people who we got to fill out the questionnaire were not under 12 as the age limit for our film is 12. From the results, around half of the people who we asked were in the range of 16-18 and then a quarter was 19-22. A small portion was 12-15. And then another small portion was over 22. I only got a few in these age ranges to answer, as it wasn’t our main target audience.
The second question i asked was 'what is your gender'. Most of the people taking the survey were male as this was our main target audience that is going to watch our film. I got females views to see if they also could watch the rest of the film and get out tertiary audience view. Around two thirds of the people answering were male.
This is the third question I asked. It asked 'do you enjoy watching sport films'. Half of the audience said yes they do enjoy watching sport films. This is important, as our film is a sport/drama. If people enjoy watching these types of films already then they will be able to enjoy out film. Just under a quarter said they were unsure if they liked sport films. Just over a quarter said no. This wasn't too bad as they could enjoy the drama that is involved in the film as well.
This is the fourth question is asked. It asked 'would you recommend this film?'. Two thirds of people said they would. This means some of our secondary audience and tertiary audience said they would still recommend this film to other people. This means it can reach a wider range that we first thought. More people will be able to enjoy watching the film
This is the sixth question i asked. It asked 'what genre would you say this film is?’ I asked this to see if the opening sequence got across the right genre we was going for. Just under half answered sport/drama. This is the genre we was going for as it is about football but also all the dramas include on George Cohen’s life. The other sections chosen were just sport and just drama. This is good to see as the right genre was portrayed in our opening sequence. There were no odd answers they were all picked along the right tracks of what we wanted it to be.
This is the seventh question on the survey. I asked 'would you watch the rest of the film', just over half said they would watch the rest. This meaning in the short time we had to grab the audience was achieved well. A quarter said they may watch the rest of the film and only a quarter said they wouldn't. Only seeing two minutes could of not been enough for some people to tell if they rest of the film will we good or will be what they want to watch. I asked if they would watch the rat of the film because it showed that people were hooked in the first few minutes and this is what the first section of a film is trying to do.
This is the eighth question I asked on the survey. It asked 'what did you like about the film', I asked this because it gave the person a chance to write what they wanted instead of choosing from multiple choice. The feedback was very mixed so we had a wide range of things in the opening sequence that people liked. Some people said they liked the flash back from the old character to his younger self. A few said that they liked the park scene as it was tense and hooked them straight away. More people said that they liked the black and white effect used in the changing room scene. Another said they liked the shots used. This was good to read as we planned out the shots well and made sure they were varied. Also the tense music used. They liked this because it set the scene well and the genre for the rest of the film. The rest of the compliments are in the photo.
This is the ninth question on the survey. I asked 'what could be improved based on what you have seen'. This question was asked to give people a chance to give their own feedback that we can take on and think about. Firstly few people said that the resolution and the quality of the camera in the park scene could be improved. It was the quality we wanted but this was based down to the equipment we had available. A few reviewers said that the story line was a bit confusing. This could be down to the change in time period and the flash back. Furthermore people said the titles could have been placed better in the shots to make them more clearer and look better. A couple of people said that the voice over could have been made clearer and better quality. Maybe they thought the sound of the voice didn't fit with the mood of the film. Some of the costumes could have been improved. The reviews said the boots could be made to look older as you can still see the brand and the type of boot through the black and white effect. The rest of the reviews are on the photo.
This is the final question on the survey. It asked 'what would you rate this film out of 10'. I asked this question because it would give us an overview of how good our film was and too see if people enjoyed this short clip enough the give it a good rating. The lowest rating we got was 5. This means even the people that weren't that into sport or drama films till enjoyed watching the opening sequence. 10 out of the 18 replies were over 8 rated. We are happy to see this as it shows that the film we had created was liked by many people. Even with our secondary and tertiary audience answering the survey didn't give the opening sequence and dramatically low rating. We were only given one 10 but this isn't bad as we could of gone back and improved the opening sequence. We know it was not perfect and could of improved based on these reviews in the future.
To address our audience we did a screening of our show to the people we were aiming our film at. We then told these people to complete our survey on survey monkey. We mostly got people of our target audience but there were some other people as well. The other people said that the film didn't appeal to them, this helped to prove that our film opening was successful at addressing our target audience.
In order to attract our audience we used social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in order to spark interest for our film. Most people find films on the internet so that is where we targeted. We also developed a website for our film so that when people found our online advertisements they could directly go to our website and find out more information about the film. We also wanted to put posters around football stadiums in order to address our target audience successfully as this is where our target audience would be.
To attract the audience I created an online survey for people to fill out. I added in the film at the top of the survey so people could watch it then fill out the survey. This is the top of the survey showing the opening sequence added in for people to view.
Here is the link to the survey to view online: http://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/v1nwmG0K
This was the first question on the survey. The firstquestion that we asked was 'How old are you?' 17 people answered the survey and all of them answered this survey. We made sure that all of the people who we got to fill out the questionnaire were not under 12 as the age limit for our film is 12. From the results, around half of the people who we asked were in the range of 16-18 and then a quarter was 19-22. A small portion was 12-15. And then another small portion was over 22. I only got a few in these age ranges to answer, as it wasn’t our main target audience.
The second question i asked was 'what is your gender'. Most of the people taking the survey were male as this was our main target audience that is going to watch our film. I got females views to see if they also could watch the rest of the film and get out tertiary audience view. Around two thirds of the people answering were male.
This is the third question I asked. It asked 'do you enjoy watching sport films'. Half of the audience said yes they do enjoy watching sport films. This is important, as our film is a sport/drama. If people enjoy watching these types of films already then they will be able to enjoy out film. Just under a quarter said they were unsure if they liked sport films. Just over a quarter said no. This wasn't too bad as they could enjoy the drama that is involved in the film as well.
This is the fourth question is asked. It asked 'would you recommend this film?'. Two thirds of people said they would. This means some of our secondary audience and tertiary audience said they would still recommend this film to other people. This means it can reach a wider range that we first thought. More people will be able to enjoy watching the film
This is the fifth question on the survey. I asked 'what genre of film do you typically watch?’ A quarter of people said comedy meaning that they may not like the seriousness of our film. This is only a typical film they would watch so most people would happily watching more than one genre. The second highest was Sci-Fi. The rest of the option got one or two picks each so a vast spread of the different genre our audience watches.
This is the sixth question i asked. It asked 'what genre would you say this film is?’ I asked this to see if the opening sequence got across the right genre we was going for. Just under half answered sport/drama. This is the genre we was going for as it is about football but also all the dramas include on George Cohen’s life. The other sections chosen were just sport and just drama. This is good to see as the right genre was portrayed in our opening sequence. There were no odd answers they were all picked along the right tracks of what we wanted it to be.
This is the seventh question on the survey. I asked 'would you watch the rest of the film', just over half said they would watch the rest. This meaning in the short time we had to grab the audience was achieved well. A quarter said they may watch the rest of the film and only a quarter said they wouldn't. Only seeing two minutes could of not been enough for some people to tell if they rest of the film will we good or will be what they want to watch. I asked if they would watch the rat of the film because it showed that people were hooked in the first few minutes and this is what the first section of a film is trying to do.
This is the eighth question I asked on the survey. It asked 'what did you like about the film', I asked this because it gave the person a chance to write what they wanted instead of choosing from multiple choice. The feedback was very mixed so we had a wide range of things in the opening sequence that people liked. Some people said they liked the flash back from the old character to his younger self. A few said that they liked the park scene as it was tense and hooked them straight away. More people said that they liked the black and white effect used in the changing room scene. Another said they liked the shots used. This was good to read as we planned out the shots well and made sure they were varied. Also the tense music used. They liked this because it set the scene well and the genre for the rest of the film. The rest of the compliments are in the photo.
This is the ninth question on the survey. I asked 'what could be improved based on what you have seen'. This question was asked to give people a chance to give their own feedback that we can take on and think about. Firstly few people said that the resolution and the quality of the camera in the park scene could be improved. It was the quality we wanted but this was based down to the equipment we had available. A few reviewers said that the story line was a bit confusing. This could be down to the change in time period and the flash back. Furthermore people said the titles could have been placed better in the shots to make them more clearer and look better. A couple of people said that the voice over could have been made clearer and better quality. Maybe they thought the sound of the voice didn't fit with the mood of the film. Some of the costumes could have been improved. The reviews said the boots could be made to look older as you can still see the brand and the type of boot through the black and white effect. The rest of the reviews are on the photo.
This is the final question on the survey. It asked 'what would you rate this film out of 10'. I asked this question because it would give us an overview of how good our film was and too see if people enjoyed this short clip enough the give it a good rating. The lowest rating we got was 5. This means even the people that weren't that into sport or drama films till enjoyed watching the opening sequence. 10 out of the 18 replies were over 8 rated. We are happy to see this as it shows that the film we had created was liked by many people. Even with our secondary and tertiary audience answering the survey didn't give the opening sequence and dramatically low rating. We were only given one 10 but this isn't bad as we could of gone back and improved the opening sequence. We know it was not perfect and could of improved based on these reviews in the future.
To address our audience we did a screening of our show to the people we were aiming our film at. We then told these people to complete our survey on survey monkey. We mostly got people of our target audience but there were some other people as well. The other people said that the film didn't appeal to them, this helped to prove that our film opening was successful at addressing our target audience.
In order to attract our audience we used social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in order to spark interest for our film. Most people find films on the internet so that is where we targeted. We also developed a website for our film so that when people found our online advertisements they could directly go to our website and find out more information about the film. We also wanted to put posters around football stadiums in order to address our target audience successfully as this is where our target audience would be.
Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of contracting this product?
Below is a Podcast we made evaluating the question "What have you learnt about technologies from the process of contracting this product?" using Garage band, Imovie and Premiere Pro. I found problems with the Imove software as it chopped the ending off of our podcast. The ending should have gone on to say...
Oliver- "We used premiere After Effects in the second half of our film opening to make it look like it was old footage. This was effective and seemed to make our film look older."
Presenter- "Thank you for coming in today"
Oliver- "We used premiere After Effects in the second half of our film opening to make it look like it was old footage. This was effective and seemed to make our film look older."
Presenter- "Thank you for coming in today"
Question 7: Looking back at your Preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
Below is a video log evaluating the question "looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to your full product? The two films are displayed below the Vlog video,
Representation
Below us a post about to group and people we are representing though our film opening.
Throughout our film we are going to be representing different people. A key group of people we will be representing is people over the age of 65 (the elderly). However, we not be getting our character to walk with a stick or limp or appear to be worse of, it will be evident that we are representing them just through the use of actors. Our actor plays an old aged George Cohen a footballing star.
We are also representing football players in our film, we are going to show there passion for the sport and how the love for football has slowly shifted to a glamorous lifestyle these footballers live. Another group we will be representing is footballers wives, we will display how the glamorous lifestyle has made footballers fall for glamorous models and stars and forget real people who they now see benath them.
The people we are representing gives gives our film a variety of directions it could go off into, and ideas it can express throughout it.Institution
Below is information about the Production companies we have chosen to fund our film and why.
We decided to use the production company milkshake films who are associated with lots of independent football films such as the Goal film series. Milkshake films is a small English company. This is why we thought they would be good for our small budget football film. We also used our own company 'Lingo Films'. The problem we faced with having only 'Milkshake Films' as our actual production company is that the films it has previously done have had much bigger production companies working along side it meaning the budget for our film would be quite small. This isn't realistic as to film the whole of our film we would have to hire our a stadium and there would be other expensive elements. Therefore we should have probably looked at Universal or other companies which have worked with 'Milkshake Films' previously.
We decided to use the production company milkshake films who are associated with lots of independent football films such as the Goal film series. Milkshake films is a small English company. This is why we thought they would be good for our small budget football film. We also used our own company 'Lingo Films'. The problem we faced with having only 'Milkshake Films' as our actual production company is that the films it has previously done have had much bigger production companies working along side it meaning the budget for our film would be quite small. This isn't realistic as to film the whole of our film we would have to hire our a stadium and there would be other expensive elements. Therefore we should have probably looked at Universal or other companies which have worked with 'Milkshake Films' previously.
Teacher Feedback.
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Below is the teacher feedback we got from the viewing of our first cut of our film opening.
The other teacher said the start was very good and it set the scene. They wasn't sure on the font of our titles so we searched for better ones that fitted the genre more. The transition from old to new wasn't clear so we needed to fit the change in better so it was clearer for the viewers as to which one he was. Also the story line wasn't clear for the rest of the film. Making the transition better made it clearer.
One teacher said that our shots were very well and gentle. This worked well with the genre of the film. Also worms eye view shots of the boots looked really good. It would be even better if the titles were further apart and not as close to the edge of the screen. Also if we included dietetic sound in the changing room of football boots and people talking in the background. Also we had a wobbly at the end which we sorted out and was still.
Feedback for first drafts
Below is the feedback i gave to my peers after watching the first draft of there film opening.
Film Poster
This is our film poster for our film 'Cohen' and a bit of information about it.
This is the poster for our film it will be put in bus stops in Cinemas and in places around football stadiums as this is where our target audience will see it, it will also be put online. It also has the same number and name of the person we are basing it on. This is also our film title. We added a short quote to make people want to look into the poster and want to go see the film. Across the top are some of the actors in the film opening.
This is the poster for our film it will be put in bus stops in Cinemas and in places around football stadiums as this is where our target audience will see it, it will also be put online. It also has the same number and name of the person we are basing it on. This is also our film title. We added a short quote to make people want to look into the poster and want to go see the film. Across the top are some of the actors in the film opening.
Marketing
In this post i will be talking about how we would market our film to reach our target audience
For marketing we thought we would advertise on social media as our age range will use these apps and websites the most. This will be the most effective way and attract the biggest audience we could get. People can then share this with there mates and show it to there friends and family to get the film out there. We could post the poster of the film onto Instagram so it is there on their phone instead of having to be out and looking for it. We could add more effect to the photo making it really good quality so it will be attractive more and more customers. This would make it really pop and stand out from the other films Putting a trailer on youtube would also be an effective way of getting attention for our film. We have made a poster for a film which could be put up at bus stops and on walls around football stadiums as this is where we can directly find our football fans who would watch our film. We could also put our poster on trains near football grounds to address our audience. However, to conclude the best way to market our film is online through social media and online banners and football related websites.
Shot List
This post talks about the shots we are going to use for our film opening.
Extreme long shot of park, pan to the right at a normal level. This is the first establishing shot of our film opening.
Worms eye view of the bottom of characters legs. It is a handheld shot, walking forward and it tilts up the character staying the same angle. As the character walks away he becomes a long shot with his whole body in the shot.
The third shot is a long shot into mid shot of the old man in walking through the park as he comes closer to the camera.
It goes to a close up of a football to show what triggers his memory. It is the symbol of his whole career.
It goes to a long shot of the old man to a medium step as he takes 2 steps forward towards the ball. It shows the thing he has looked at and what has triggered his memory.
First in the changing room we will have the younger version of the character in the opening scene showing that that is him. It will go from and close up to a medium shot of the players.
We will have a tracking shot in the changing room showing the players getting ready.
We have a tilting shot showing the changing room and up the players. This will set the new scene and get all the charters into play.
There will be a shot of a couple of shirts hung up on the hangers. This will last for 2-4 seconds. it will be at an angle to the wall and pan slowing revealing more shirts.
We will have a worms eye view of people doing up boots and putting them on. This will track across a few people also showing shin pads and socks.
Close up of back of shirt. Will have the same number as the person we are basing the film on.
Extreme long shot of park, pan to the right at a normal level. This is the first establishing shot of our film opening.
The third shot is a long shot into mid shot of the old man in walking through the park as he comes closer to the camera.
It goes to a close up of a football to show what triggers his memory. It is the symbol of his whole career.
It goes to a long shot of the old man to a medium step as he takes 2 steps forward towards the ball. It shows the thing he has looked at and what has triggered his memory.
We will have a tracking shot in the changing room showing the players getting ready.
We have a tilting shot showing the changing room and up the players. This will set the new scene and get all the charters into play.
There will be a shot of a couple of shirts hung up on the hangers. This will last for 2-4 seconds. it will be at an angle to the wall and pan slowing revealing more shirts.
We will have a worms eye view of people doing up boots and putting them on. This will track across a few people also showing shin pads and socks.
Close up of back of shirt. Will have the same number as the person we are basing the film on.
Script
In this post it will talk about the script we used for the voice over in the third scene of Cohen's opening.
We decided to add some narration to the end of our film opening to add some context to the opening. We did a short narration from the perspective of a young football fanatic.
"On the 30th July 1966,
96,924 went and watched England win the world cup,
a day my nation stood strong.
But the road to Wembley started way before 1966
for a young George Cohen."
Evaluation of Storyboard
This is an evaluation of our story board.
Our story board is extremely simple which is a bit of a problem. We designed it more to get ideas down into an order which isn't very specific. We didn't say how long the shots were going to be and we did't have a clear plan for our second scene. This was a problem when it came to our filming as it meant our film ended up being 30 seconds too short which was why we added an extra scene on the end. Below is the walk through of our story board. From the video you can see the lack of precision we had when planning our shots. We made other plans when doing individual shots.
The good things about my blog is that the pictures correlate well with the actual setting of our film opening, like in the changing room. Some of the blocks also gave us information out what should happen in the shot and some specific details which we though were important to the scene, for example the zooming into the face shot which we used to make a transition from the old Cohen to the young one.
Overall, our storyboard was good as it led us in the right direction and got our idea's flowing but it wasn't specific enough in the long run as it lacked timings.
Our story board is extremely simple which is a bit of a problem. We designed it more to get ideas down into an order which isn't very specific. We didn't say how long the shots were going to be and we did't have a clear plan for our second scene. This was a problem when it came to our filming as it meant our film ended up being 30 seconds too short which was why we added an extra scene on the end. Below is the walk through of our story board. From the video you can see the lack of precision we had when planning our shots. We made other plans when doing individual shots.
The good things about my blog is that the pictures correlate well with the actual setting of our film opening, like in the changing room. Some of the blocks also gave us information out what should happen in the shot and some specific details which we though were important to the scene, for example the zooming into the face shot which we used to make a transition from the old Cohen to the young one.
Overall, our storyboard was good as it led us in the right direction and got our idea's flowing but it wasn't specific enough in the long run as it lacked timings.
Costumes
This post is about the costumes our characters will be wearing in the film opening.
Elderly Man. This character plays the character that we are basing the film on in the present time. He is in casual normal clothes walking through a park in England. Young footballer. These characters will be in a football kit all the same showing a team. Also the character that is playing the elderly man that is now younger will be wearing the same numbered shirt as the older character did. Also when the scene change and cut to the changing room this character will be shown first to symbolise this is him. We tried to get a kit as same as the kits were in the 1960s so it showed the flash back well enough. as shown in the two photos. the one on the left is a 1960s football kit and the photo on the right is the kit we used. We changed it to black and white so it looked older and that was the cameras used then. The kits were yellow and black still if we had decided not to use the black and white effect.
Rest of the football team around 17 years of age. These will be wearing the same kit as the character are basin git on.
Similar Films
This post is about the films which are similar to ours and how they are similar.
We have to look at films of a similar genre and films with a similar opening to us.
One film that is similar to our genre and our opening is Saving Private Ryan.
They have similar shots of the elderly man walking through the park. Also the music is similar to what we will use. It replicates our genre and creates a feeling of emotion and meaning to the viewer.
Our group will take different shots from this as they have a very similar scene to what we want. Also we will want to carry the emotion through into our film opening.
Another similar film is Forrest Gump. This film is similar as it is of a similar genre. It has emotional music that sets the mood for the first scene. We will take some ideas from the sound of this film as it correctly shows the genre and different objects match the sound.
Finally, our final similar film is the Goal series. They are similar because of the genre is Sport. Also they follow one individuals career and personal struggles.
We have to look at films of a similar genre and films with a similar opening to us.
One film that is similar to our genre and our opening is Saving Private Ryan.
They have similar shots of the elderly man walking through the park. Also the music is similar to what we will use. It replicates our genre and creates a feeling of emotion and meaning to the viewer.
Our group will take different shots from this as they have a very similar scene to what we want. Also we will want to carry the emotion through into our film opening.
Another similar film is Forrest Gump. This film is similar as it is of a similar genre. It has emotional music that sets the mood for the first scene. We will take some ideas from the sound of this film as it correctly shows the genre and different objects match the sound.
Finally, our final similar film is the Goal series. They are similar because of the genre is Sport. Also they follow one individuals career and personal struggles.
Title Research
This post is about the films which are similar to ours in some way and the titles that are in them.
Saving Private Ryan
The title of the production company comes up on a black screen dead center. The titles are in a old fashion formal writing in a white font. It is all in capital letters and is in about front size 28-32. This means ti is easy to read and stands out enough. Each title is on for about 2-4 seconds. This means each tile can be read easily. Each one fades in and fades out in the center of the screen. The title Saving Private Ryan is on for the longest time about 5-6 seconds. This stands out at the start and gets the audience thinking about whys it is called this and engaged them in. The titles stop and it cuts to an american flag flapping in the breeze.
In goal the camera pans to the right from a birds eye view of a packed stadium. the title comes in at the top right of the screen. It is in yellow writing and a graphite style font. Where the letters are broken up and not solid lines. The titles are all in capital letters. The brand of the production company is in bigger font. Each title is on the screen for 2-3 seconds. The place where it comes onto the screen changes each time to not cover up the filming that is going n behind. Each title fades in and out. The titles go on for a whole 2 minutes of section and highlights of a football game.
Damned United
It starts of with 2 big film production companies flashing on the screen. This shows its a big film and will be well known. The smaller titles flash on a black screen with white writing. The titles are dead centre and fade in and out of the middle of the screen. It shows the date set and then flashes into eye catching titles of the name of a football club. It goes to a goal being scored in a football game.
These fonts fitted the type of genre we chose. It shows that it is a big bold name and stand out in the sequence. It looks emotional with the name of the actor we have based it on. However the one we are going to use is called Engravers.
Saving Private Ryan
The title of the production company comes up on a black screen dead center. The titles are in a old fashion formal writing in a white font. It is all in capital letters and is in about front size 28-32. This means ti is easy to read and stands out enough. Each title is on for about 2-4 seconds. This means each tile can be read easily. Each one fades in and fades out in the center of the screen. The title Saving Private Ryan is on for the longest time about 5-6 seconds. This stands out at the start and gets the audience thinking about whys it is called this and engaged them in. The titles stop and it cuts to an american flag flapping in the breeze.
Goal
In goal the camera pans to the right from a birds eye view of a packed stadium. the title comes in at the top right of the screen. It is in yellow writing and a graphite style font. Where the letters are broken up and not solid lines. The titles are all in capital letters. The brand of the production company is in bigger font. Each title is on the screen for 2-3 seconds. The place where it comes onto the screen changes each time to not cover up the filming that is going n behind. Each title fades in and out. The titles go on for a whole 2 minutes of section and highlights of a football game.
Damned United
It starts of with 2 big film production companies flashing on the screen. This shows its a big film and will be well known. The smaller titles flash on a black screen with white writing. The titles are dead centre and fade in and out of the middle of the screen. It shows the date set and then flashes into eye catching titles of the name of a football club. It goes to a goal being scored in a football game.
Fonts
Arial
Courier
Georgia
Times
Verdana
Helvetica
Trebuchet
These fonts fitted the type of genre we chose. It shows that it is a big bold name and stand out in the sequence. It looks emotional with the name of the actor we have based it on. However the one we are going to use is called Engravers.
Location
This post focuses on the Locations where we will be filming our film opening.
We have planned in advance where we were going to film.
We have planned in advance where we were going to film.
Location is very important as it adds to the Mise en Scene.
We decided to use this location as it is easily accessible for all of our group as it is nearby the school. Also it is perfect as it has a thin concrete path flowing through the large amounts of grass where we needed our actor to walk through.
Finally there are football goals in the park and makes the flat football in the park realistic.
Another location we are using is a school changing room.
This is very easy for us as it is at the school so is easily accessible for everyone in the group. Also it is accessible for other actors we need to include in the film.
The changing room we are going to use is large and allows a lot of potential of including a variety of shots.
Story Board Walkthrough
This is a walk through of our storyboard. It is spoken by 'Oliver' and 'Dom'.
Fonts for titles and Film name Research
In this post i talk about the titles and the Name from our film and where it roots from.
We decided to use a subtle white font for the titles in our film. We used the titles in Saving Private Ryan and Forrest Gump as a base for this as these films of both biographical dramas. We also looked at the film Goal II but the font was too bold and bright and didn't match our genre well.
Coming up with a Film Name took a lot of thought. We came up with a few, the first was 'Cohen the Lion' this was because our characters name was Cohen and he played for England and obviously the England badge has three lions on it. However, when we told our classmates about the name they didn't understand the link between the lion and the England football team so we scrapped that name. The second name we had was 'Replay' this one worked better as it was clearly justifiable from our film opening of an old man looking back at his life. However, we felt that this name didn't match our genre very well, it seemed too Sci-Fi in our opinion. The last and official name for our film was simply 'Cohen' the name of our playing. Influenced for this name came from other sport films such as 'Best', 'Rudy' and 'Rocky' which is why it worked for our film.
Shooting Schedule
Below is our Shooting Schedule which displays our details on each of our shoots.
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Day/date
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Scene
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Interior/
Exterior
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Shot
number/ description
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Location
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Characters
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Props/
Special Equipment
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Monday
23rd November
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1
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Exterior
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1
On this
day we will film our first scene which consists of an elderly man walking
through a park and looking at a flat ‘England’ football.
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Chelmsford
recreation park.
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‘George
Cohen’ (Elderly) played by John Hazell.
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Cannon
Camera
Monopod
Tripod
Umbrella
Flat
football
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Wednesday
2nd December
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2
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Interior
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2
On this
day we will film the changing room scene which consists of a football team
preparing for a football match.
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Great
Baddow High School changing room.
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George
Cohen (young)
8 other
young men.
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Cannon
Camera
Tripod
Monopod
Footballs
Bags
9
Football kits.
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Thursday
10th December
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3
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Interior
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3
We
filmed a young Cohen going back into the changing room to get a football.
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Great
Baddow High School Changing room.
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George
Cohen (Young)
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Cannon
Camera
Tripod
1
Football kit.
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Production diary
Below is the production diary which shows the process we went through in making our film opening.
Monday 9th November
On this day we were put in our groups and set the task to create an individual film pitch about what we would individually like our film opening to be. My one was about an old man suffering with dementia and looking at the details of what is going on in his head. Harry's was about a football player preparing in the changing room for his first football match. Joe's was a drama about a spy and his first encounter on a busy day.
Tuesday 10th November
On this day we pitched our individual pitches to each other in our group and came up with an idea which we all liked. We mainly took ideas from/ merged mine and Harry's ideas. We came up with a plot where an element of all our ideas was included. .
-Olly presenting his pitch.
Wednesday 11th November
We then developed our idea further and developed a film pitch based around target audience, genre and marketing putting all of our ideas on to a PowerPoint ready to present it the next day.
Thursday 12th November
On this day we pitched our film to our classmates. We all contributed to the presentation taking turns speaking and all contributed to the questions we were asked at the end. The only problems we faced was not having a name for our film and people couldn't get there heads around a biographical drama, but after giving them a couple of examples such as 'Forrest Gump' and 'Best' they seemed to like the idea more.
Friday 13th November
On this day we started to plan our planning what we would do on each day which took around about 30 minutes. Then for the other half of the lesson we focused on Fonts and titles and Harry did a Mood Board.
Monday 16th November
On this day we looked at music, we felt that sound was the most important factor of the film opening as sound can transform the context and feel of any footage and we wanted a specific image for our opening. We also decided on location and casting.
Tuesday 17th November
On this day we went to Baddow Recreational Park to take some pictures of the park and find a good place to shoot and to do some test shots.
Wednesday 18th November
On this day we went to the changing rooms at Great Baddow High School and took some pictures of the changing room and decided it would be perfect for our film opening as it looks old fashioned which is what we wanted as its quite a plain room with nothing modern. However, the camera we had died whilst we were doing some test videos so we decided to come back the next day and get some more test shots.
Thursday 19th November
On this day we went back to the changing room and took some more test shots.
Friday 20th November
On this day we worked out what shots we were going to actually do at the Rec and what order we would do them in. We then prepared our risk assessment for filming at the Rec. In addition to this we practiced the shots we would be using in the first scene we were filming on the following day.
This is some test shots we did when we worked out what shots we were going to use. We found that the camera was on the wrong setting and the footage was too dark because of this. Therefore we remembered to check the camera setting on the actual shoots.
Monday 23rd November
On this day we did all of our filming at the rec. Harry's Grandfather was the only actor we needed for this scene. He fitted the part perfectly, he looked like an old football player which was exactly what we wanted. After we finished filming we uploaded the footage to a computer and reflected on how we though the shoot went. We all thought it was successful and concurred when we saw the footage later.
Tuesday 24th November
On the first day of editing i separated the clips i wanted to use from the ones i didn't and put them into order. I thought that when applying the sound to the clip it would all just slot into place, this wasn't the case. I decided it would be better if i put the music infirst and then apply the clips to the music. Which is what i began to do the next day.
Wednesday 25th November
On this day i began to fit the footage we got to the music, this took me the whole lesson as i wanted the transitions to occur on the strong beats in the music.
Here is the music we used as non-diegetic sound on the second audio channel.
Thursday 26th November
We also came up with idea of having commentary from the 1966 world cup final come in quietly towards the end of the old man scene. We spent this lesson looking for the right piece of sound.
Friday 27th November
In this lesson we applied the old fashioned commentary to our clip and began adding a couple of titles in.
Monday 30th November
On this day we attempted to film our second scene in the changing room. We had all of our character (The football team) ready to film, however when we arrived at the facility there were people using it. We did book it but we were pumped at the last minute this meant we were pushed for time for filming and editing with one week until our deadline for our first draft. Our Next filming opportunity wasn't until the 2nd.
Tuesday 1st December
On this day we recorded our story board talk through, edited it and posted it onto YouTube and eventually onto the blog.
Wednesday 2nd December
On this day we filmed the second part of our film opening. We filmed this in the changing room, unfortunelty the teacher who was organizing the slot for us made a mistake which limited the time we had to film. We did our best to get as much footage as we could. We then took it back to the classroom uploaded and were delighted with the results.
Thursday 3rd December
This day was designated to editing we import the running order of the clips to adobe premiere and then applied the sound.
Friday 4th December
This was the day of our first deadline. We spent our lesson working out the levels for sound and tried to get the transition between the scenes right which took a long time. We then exported our first draft under the name 'Replay'.
Monday 7th December
On this day we watched all of the films opening and began to evaluate them.
Tuesday 8th December
On this day we finished evaluating the film openings.
Wednesday 9th December
On this day we looked at our feedback. We found that our film wasn't long enough and the transition between old man and teenager wasn't great. We decided to do another shoot and extend the end of our piece.
Thursday 10th December
We already had a risk assessment prepared as this shoot was in the same place as our last. The filming process was very quick and I feel it was successful. I edited the order straight away and that night I also recorded some foley to go over this part of the film opening.
Friday 11th December
On this day i applied the sound i had recorded the night before and worked on the transition between the first and second scenes. This was the day our second draft was due in.
Monday 14th December -Friday 18th December
Over the last 5 days i made the editing as perfect as i could work primarily on titles. The rest of my group worked on the marketing campaign and made sure all the blog work was up to date. They also made a poster for the film.
Above is the finished film with all of the sound, footage and titles.
Monday 9th November
On this day we were put in our groups and set the task to create an individual film pitch about what we would individually like our film opening to be. My one was about an old man suffering with dementia and looking at the details of what is going on in his head. Harry's was about a football player preparing in the changing room for his first football match. Joe's was a drama about a spy and his first encounter on a busy day.
Tuesday 10th November
On this day we pitched our individual pitches to each other in our group and came up with an idea which we all liked. We mainly took ideas from/ merged mine and Harry's ideas. We came up with a plot where an element of all our ideas was included. .
-Olly presenting his pitch.Wednesday 11th November
We then developed our idea further and developed a film pitch based around target audience, genre and marketing putting all of our ideas on to a PowerPoint ready to present it the next day.
Thursday 12th November
On this day we pitched our film to our classmates. We all contributed to the presentation taking turns speaking and all contributed to the questions we were asked at the end. The only problems we faced was not having a name for our film and people couldn't get there heads around a biographical drama, but after giving them a couple of examples such as 'Forrest Gump' and 'Best' they seemed to like the idea more.
Friday 13th November
On this day we started to plan our planning what we would do on each day which took around about 30 minutes. Then for the other half of the lesson we focused on Fonts and titles and Harry did a Mood Board.
Monday 16th November
On this day we looked at music, we felt that sound was the most important factor of the film opening as sound can transform the context and feel of any footage and we wanted a specific image for our opening. We also decided on location and casting.
Tuesday 17th November
On this day we went to Baddow Recreational Park to take some pictures of the park and find a good place to shoot and to do some test shots.
This is a picture of us taking test shots.
These are some of our test shots. The last one is upside down because we had the idea of using this technique to try and do a successful tracking shot. It was not successful and we avoided using the shot in our final film.
Wednesday 18th November
On this day we went to the changing rooms at Great Baddow High School and took some pictures of the changing room and decided it would be perfect for our film opening as it looks old fashioned which is what we wanted as its quite a plain room with nothing modern. However, the camera we had died whilst we were doing some test videos so we decided to come back the next day and get some more test shots.
Thursday 19th November
On this day we went back to the changing room and took some more test shots.
Friday 20th November
On this day we worked out what shots we were going to actually do at the Rec and what order we would do them in. We then prepared our risk assessment for filming at the Rec. In addition to this we practiced the shots we would be using in the first scene we were filming on the following day.
This is some test shots we did when we worked out what shots we were going to use. We found that the camera was on the wrong setting and the footage was too dark because of this. Therefore we remembered to check the camera setting on the actual shoots.
Monday 23rd November
On this day we did all of our filming at the rec. Harry's Grandfather was the only actor we needed for this scene. He fitted the part perfectly, he looked like an old football player which was exactly what we wanted. After we finished filming we uploaded the footage to a computer and reflected on how we though the shoot went. We all thought it was successful and concurred when we saw the footage later.
Tuesday 24th November
On the first day of editing i separated the clips i wanted to use from the ones i didn't and put them into order. I thought that when applying the sound to the clip it would all just slot into place, this wasn't the case. I decided it would be better if i put the music infirst and then apply the clips to the music. Which is what i began to do the next day.
This is the order of our first scene.Wednesday 25th November
On this day i began to fit the footage we got to the music, this took me the whole lesson as i wanted the transitions to occur on the strong beats in the music.
Thursday 26th November
We also came up with idea of having commentary from the 1966 world cup final come in quietly towards the end of the old man scene. We spent this lesson looking for the right piece of sound.
Friday 27th November
In this lesson we applied the old fashioned commentary to our clip and began adding a couple of titles in.
Monday 30th November
On this day we attempted to film our second scene in the changing room. We had all of our character (The football team) ready to film, however when we arrived at the facility there were people using it. We did book it but we were pumped at the last minute this meant we were pushed for time for filming and editing with one week until our deadline for our first draft. Our Next filming opportunity wasn't until the 2nd.
Tuesday 1st December
On this day we recorded our story board talk through, edited it and posted it onto YouTube and eventually onto the blog.
Wednesday 2nd December
On this day we filmed the second part of our film opening. We filmed this in the changing room, unfortunelty the teacher who was organizing the slot for us made a mistake which limited the time we had to film. We did our best to get as much footage as we could. We then took it back to the classroom uploaded and were delighted with the results.
Thursday 3rd December
This day was designated to editing we import the running order of the clips to adobe premiere and then applied the sound.
Friday 4th December
This was the day of our first deadline. We spent our lesson working out the levels for sound and tried to get the transition between the scenes right which took a long time. We then exported our first draft under the name 'Replay'.
Monday 7th December
On this day we watched all of the films opening and began to evaluate them.
Tuesday 8th December
On this day we finished evaluating the film openings.
Wednesday 9th December
On this day we looked at our feedback. We found that our film wasn't long enough and the transition between old man and teenager wasn't great. We decided to do another shoot and extend the end of our piece.
Thursday 10th December
We already had a risk assessment prepared as this shoot was in the same place as our last. The filming process was very quick and I feel it was successful. I edited the order straight away and that night I also recorded some foley to go over this part of the film opening.
Friday 11th December
On this day i applied the sound i had recorded the night before and worked on the transition between the first and second scenes. This was the day our second draft was due in.
Monday 14th December -Friday 18th December
Over the last 5 days i made the editing as perfect as i could work primarily on titles. The rest of my group worked on the marketing campaign and made sure all the blog work was up to date. They also made a poster for the film.
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