Final video

editing

We used the software of final cut pro to edit

The music used for the video was taken from a website in which it's free music without copyright.

using equipment

Equipment used

DV Camera
Mic
Boom
Tripod

storyboard

 

actors

Female Actors: Helen Wilcock, Hannah Harris-Turner


Main Actress: Hannah Kavecka


Supporting: Hannah Harris-Turner and Helen Wilcock


Male Actors: Ollie Elsbury


Supporting: Alex Gibbons, Alex Barton, Sebastian Ferraro, Thomas Lilley

location and Recce

Victoria halls

Grave yard or dark alleyway.

castle street



Victoria Halls

basic script/plot

Number of actors used: 12 maximum

Script:
music
Opening in a dark alley a girl running looking back, looking scared.
Heavy breathing over both scenes

Cuts to a scene earlier in that day
guy meets up with mates in the day.

main guy and friend have a normal conversation
Guy gets text from anon

Looks over shoulder
friend mentions party

Cuts to the girl meeting up with her friends
talks about a tv show (for shadowing)
looks over shoulder
gets a text from anon
friends mention party

Both at a party (don’t know if they’re at the same one or different)
with friends talking but looking around
exact same scene but with both girl and guy

lad gets a hang up call
then unknown text
cuts to the guy chase.

In bedroom guy, feels like someones watching him
Goes to computer,
looks out the window

Cuts to girl looking scared at her phone like she got a text at
her place

same music from the beginning.
cuts to the girl chase again

see’s girl outside boys window.

Pitch for the fiction.

Title:
Genre: Thriller
Target audience: 15+

A fast paced psychological thriller with a twist. It plays on the gender stereotypes of society in order for the twist at the end. It miss leads the audience into thinking one thing before revealing a twist.

Research

After I was given the initial project I then brainstormed ideas of fiction and the ideas I came up with are

Thriller
Comdey
Web series
Drama


After coming together we decided that the ones we had most in common were Thriller and Comedy.

Comedy
Comedy's are very popular, so we thought that it would be a good idea to make a comedy as many people are familiar with the way it works and everyone in the group understands the formula.

Thriller
We also agreed on thriller as it would be a fun thing to experiment with as well as the fact that it's also a genre that everyone is familiar with.


After dilberation between the both we decided to go with a thriller since there are so many comedy's already and it would also be to hard to stick to the formula such as a laughing track.

second project brief

2^nd Project: Fiction

20% of Final Assessment (Total video part of module = 50%)

Guidance and notes are still relevant from Project One, but this time you will write, schedule, recce, prepare both a storyboard and shot list, shoot and edit a short drama, 3 to 5 minutes long. You will need to shoot lots of cover, pay great attention to camera placement, improving the quality of your recorded sound over the first project and constructing sequences that will edit together effectively. Also you may want to consider use of music (but not throughout), graphics (which can be very effective during a fiction piece to set the scene, identify characters, to establish that time has passed etc) and possibly voice-over.

The finished piece must contain at least one scene of sync dialogue and also at least one internal and one external location. It can be serious, a comedy, a mockumentary, a thriller or any fictional genre but it cannot be an MTV-style music video (ie shots cut non-sync over a music track)

You will need to give careful thought to who your actors are going to be. Use mates who are willing to be actors (especially if they are on the Performing Arts degree here) or, as a last resort, members of your own crew (this can be tricky though, they will have a lot to do on camera and sound, organising the shoot, organising props costumes, etc). Often students on the DMU Performing Arts degree are keen to acquire a showreel ie examples of their acting. But be very clear from the outset what their commitment will need to be in terms of availability and time.

Remember

• Fiction is about involving your audience and also about change. A good drama scene is one which is convincing and also where things are not the same at the end of the scene as they were at the beginning.

PROJECT TWO.

final video

Release forms.

This is a release form to show that we can use the footage and music without breaking the law.

Snap shots of editing.

This is a few screen shots of the editing process in order to complete documentary.

Log sheets

The editing log sheet. So this is how we kept track of where the footage we needed was.

Interview questions.

When did you start becoming interested in (chosen inspiration) ?

Have you inspirations effected/ changed your life?

Does (chosen subject) have anything to do with your future career?

How did you get inspired?

Who got you interested in (chosen subject) ?

What's your favourite aspect of it?

Does it impact on your day to day life?

us using equipment!

The equipment we used are the following:
DV camera
Mic
stills camera
tripod
final cut pro
toast

I took the photos so that's why i'm not in it, but this is the group using the equipment in order to make the documentary.

storyboard

shot one- mid shot


shot two- mid close up


shot three- zoom in close up


shot four- mid close up


shot five - zoom out close up

Shot six- mid close up

shot seven- extreme close up

shot eight- mid close up

shot nine- zoom in close up

shot ten- mid close up

Running order

Originally there were going to be two interviews however, once both interviews were filmed we realised we had too much content to put in a three minute documentary. Therefore we decided to use the interview which had the most detail which was alex gibbons.




This is the interview of Megan, which we then realised that the framing was wrong as it was too dark and the mic is in the shot meaning it was not useable. This was also our screen test for her.

Formal proposal/ Formal pitch.

Title: I inspire.

Topic of documentary: Inspiration

Style of documentary: Informal, informative, interviews

Target audience: students

Outline of content:

- DWhat inspires them?
How peoples different inspirations effect their lives
When did it start?
How did they get introduced to it?
Why does it inspire them?

INTERVIEWS
music inspirations

Film inspirations

-CCUTAWAYS

- EFilm posters
dvd's
Guitar
Speakers
Editing software
Playing instrument.

Group Decision.

After consulting the group we narrowed it down to alcohol and inspirations.

Alcohol:
Initial Idea:
We could talk to people who drink and who don't drink to get both perspectives.
We could show people coming out of clubs
footage of the amount of alcohol in shops
shop keepers: how much they sell.

Research:


http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/
http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/understanding-alcohol.aspx
Conclusion: Too much to talk about in 3 minutes.


Inspire:
The influences of people and how it effects their lives.
Talk about different inspirations for example, film, books, music.
Cut aways- of people acting in their hobbies.

Research


http://www.motivateus.com/stories/

After talking we chose inspiration because we felt it hasn't really been done before and it would be good to put our own mark on the subject rather than doing alcohol as it's been done many times and it wouldn't be very original.

Initial ideas.

At first I brainstormed ideas for the documentary on my own before I discussed it with my group.
The ideas I came up with are the following:

Student accommodation
Alcohol
Partying
University life
book to film adaptations
Beauty
Food habits
addictions.

Documentary brief.

The task we were given was to get into groups between 4-5 and create a documentary between 2-3 minutes long. We were told to use anything an inspiration.