Framing and angles practice

This is a video where we practised on our framing. Our aim was to make a school and a classroom look like a doctors waiting room no matter what. We framed the camera so that it didn't show any classroom display boards or desks. On the first shot, there are no boards or pictures to show that is a school. In the classroom we filmed by the window so that there were no display boards around. We also filmed an extreme close up of the clock to show that time was passing slowly for the person in the doctors waiting room. We then filmed a close up of my shoes to show that I was nervous. We set up some chairs and a table with some magazines on it, to make it look like there were informative leaflets for the patients in the waiting room. At the end we showed a high angle mid shot so that we could avoid showing anything that would give away that it's a classroom. Framing is important because you can make a room into anything that you want if you frame it correctly so that you don't show anything to give it away.

Film schedule

I'm thinking of filming this Thursday for the in school scenes. Then at the weekend I will shoot the outside scenes in the park and on the bus etc. Then if I have enough time in the day then I will shoot the house scenes. If I don't get time for that then I will film it on a Wednesday.

Diary post- practising panning movement and framing

We have now practised how to pan with the camera, by capturing someone walking past a camera. I found that I started off with the camera movement really fast and then slowed down, I now know that I will have to film these types of shots many times during my actual film so that I can get them right  and will also have a lot of footage to choose from. I think that if I can stand behind the camera on the tripod I will be able to see how fast it's moving and get a better view of what's happening on the camera.
Also we looked at framing, we had to make a classroom look like a doctor's waiting room. We did this by putting some chairs against a blank wall and put a table with some magazines next to them. This gave the illusion that it was a doctor's waiting room. Each time we filmed we made sure that there was nothing to do with a classroom in sight. We also used a variety of angles to show that no matter what shots and angles you use, if you frame it correctly then the room you have chosen, can look like anything you want it to be.

Animatic StoryBoard

This is my animatic story board which has helped me to understand what my film is going to look like when I start filming. I'm quite happy with it and I think that I can now film it successfully. However I need to add inter titles so that it successfully will be the opening two minutes to a film.
I want to look at the music, and decide whether I'm going to have no music change at all and just change the music slightly on the part where the girl opens her eyes and starts to pack her bag. Or whether I'm going to time the music exactly right so that the music change defiantly works.
However I can't find any movies where in the opening sequence, the music swaps and changes between cuts, therefore I will look into slowing the music down, and seeing what effect that will create.

Preliminary Task

This is my preliminary task, where I display match on action, 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot. I haven't followed the 180 degree rule when I use the shot reverse shot between the two people speaking, therefore I would have needed to stay on the left hand side each time so that the audience don't get confused. I used match on action when he opens and shuts the door, showing him changing locations. I used shot reverse shot when the two people speak, changing when they speak so that the audience can see exactly when the people are speaking.

Analysis Of My Inter-Titles Video

This is my intertitles video, displaying some of the titles that I will be using in the opening two scenes of my film. I will need to add some more inter titles than this as some of the names are repetitive at the moment, therefore I can add intertitles such as:

"universal pictures presents"
"a working title production"
"in association with"
Music composer
Costume design
Directed by
Starring"  " "  "
Editors
Casting by


I like how the intertitles travel across the screen with the different colours, as I think it gives a professional positive look. Also it draws more attention to the persons name and their role in the production of the film. In my actual film I would like to use titles that interact with the characters and don't take away too much focus from what's happening in the film. Therefore I probably wouldn't use these inter-titles in my film as they take too much attention away from what's happening in the film.

Props and Costume

This is my Prezi, showing the props and costumes I want to use or my film. I have done this in the order of the scenes and time period in the film. I have an idea of all of the props I need to get together now in time for the filming. Also it gives me an idea of how my character is going to be presented as well as how my film is going to look, with the props used. I may not be able to get some of the props to look exactly like the pictures, but I can ensure that I will get the props that match the items of the photo's on the Prezi.