Test shots.

Our group decided to do some test shots before we started filming on location to make sure that we got a chance to experiment with the equipment and knew how we would frame some shots. In order to progress this footage further, we will shoot the shots with extreme close ups to make them more interestingly framed and making them fill the whole frame in order to get the intimidating effect that we wanted on the opening sequence.

Animatic Storyboard

Shooting Schedule.

Here is my group's shooting schedule, which will help us to organise and set up the filming process. This will let us know which cast are meant to be there in which scene, and with what settings or equipment.

Peer Assessment 2

This is the peer assessment for the planning part of our opening sequence on my blog. This will help me to identify and make the necessary changes to improve the grade of my blog.

Titles.

Due to the genre and concept of our film/opening sequence, me and my group have decided to use titles relevant to this. We agreed that 'graffiti' font will work effectively, moving over picture screen, as this was the most preferred in our questionnaire. The order of the casting crew jobs, names and actors will go in this order, using Sixth Sense as an example:

- Distribution company

- Names of the distributors 'present'

- Main actor

- Movie title

- 2nd most important actor

- List of the rest of the actors; from most important to the least

- Casting by..

- Costume designer..

- Music by..

- Edited by..

- Production designer..

- Director of photography..

- Executive producer..

- Producer..

- Written & Directed by..

An example of the font that we may use:

Peer Assessment

This is the sheet that I received as my peer assessment of my research blog posts. This included our presentational skills, the opening sequences analysis and titles analysis e.g. the conventions for a successful opening sequence. For each section, we were assessed on what we've achieved so far and given a level. Our overall grades were then worked out, giving a final grade of what they believe our blog is at the time.

Location Permissions.

Permission

Character Descriptions.

Character Descriptions on Prezi

Actor Choices.

Characters

Props, Costumes and Locations.

Stoners outfit:


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Toni Morrellis outfit:


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Maria Morrellis outfit:


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Other man outfit:


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Audience Research Results

These pages show the results from my audience research. This questionnaire helped my group as now we have an idea of how long people would prefer the sequences to be, and whether we should have the titles over moving image or a black screen.

The first question we asked was 'What gender are you?' The majority of the people asked were male, which could perhaps put a biased view on the survey as the films that males watch tend to typically differ to female audiences.

By asking how long the research group would prefer to have an opening sequence, we have a rough knowing of the length of time people prefer to be watching the opening, in this case either 1-2 minutes or 3+ minutes.

We asked our audience research group how many films they watch per month on average, in order to get a variety of views depending on how many films, and therefore opening sequences, that they had viewed. Half of the people asked only watch 0-5 films per month, suggesting that we could have found people who are more interested or educated in this subject matter, however this also allows for a wide range of opinions on opening sequences.

This question is concerning the titles that will be placed in our opening sequence. The majority of people asked said they would prefer the titles to be over a moving image, as this perhaps keeps the audience more interested and involved in the film. Therefore, our group will aim to add the titles over moving images.

Finally, we asked our audience which of these genres were their two favourites. We found a positive result of 5 people  preferring action, and 8 preferring comedy. Therefore, our group decided to create a combined genre film of 'action comedy'.

Sound

We have not yet decided on our final sounds, although have made note on some that we would like to include. These consist of:

• Heartbeat pounding
• Footsteps
• Background noise of an urban area containing sirens, traffic noises etc.
• Hyperbolic fighting sounds

Storyboards.

These are the initial storyboards my group has created to guide us with filming and editing. Storyboarding is essential so that when we come to filming the opening sequence, we know exactly what to do and how much to shoot.

Key Shots

Our key shots would include:

Film Synopsis

Synopsis.

Initial Ideas

These are the initial ideas that my group came up with to start making our opening sequence.

Initial Ideas on Prezi

Audience Research

To get an idea of what to put into our title sequence, my group made a questionnaire to ask 10 different people each about the genre they prefer, general information and what they would like to see in an opening sequence. Overall the results were all quite similar, and here are two examples.

Conventions Of My Chosen Genre.

A good action comedy should include:

Action such as chase scenes:

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  Violence, perhaps explosions and fight scenes:
  
  
  
  Visual effects which may include CGI:
  
  
  
  Comical dance scenes or 'banter':
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Shanghai Noon Analysis

Rush Hour 3 Analysis

Locations.

This is the first location that I found which would be suitable for my groups genre of an action comedy. I thought this location would be appropriate as we have decided to make our film around the idea of comedy gangsters. This location was chosen due to the dirty, grimy side of the alleyway, although there is a lot of space which could be used for some action shots. The setting is typical of a council estate or typically 'dodgy' area, which could be used in an action as opposed to somewhere open and conventionally bright.

The second location I scouted for my group is around this train bridge. I thought the location would fit our genre due to the dark, dirty setting underneath the bridge, which could also be used for action shots of trains passing or the sounds that surround the area, helping to build up the atmosphere of a shifty location.

The final destination that I visited and photographed for locations my group could use was another alleyway  nearby school, also located next to the train tracks. This alleyway is much more narrow then the first one chosen, giving an increased panicked atmosphere which could be used for a chase scene.