This is the evidence of my contribution to the filming and construction of our film. My roles were to gather some props and do some preparation for the shoots, as well as shooting some shots myself. These tasks were split equally between the three of us, however most of the shots we re-shot were taken by Sophie and myself as we were originally going to use Debbies individual edit. Due to circumstances, we decided to use Sophie edit, Debbie was in charge of the sound, so I was in charge of the titles.
Debbie (my mentor) and I look over my individual edit and discuss what is good and bad about my individual edit for our group film opening, 'Chasing Shadows'. We also discuss how we could develop the edit further and where the titles could fit into the scenes.
This is my individual rough cut to our group film, Chasing Shadows. In this i have built the video using cuts and colour graded. We will compare all of our individual rough cuts to make the best possible final outcome.
This is the grade which I believe our group is currently at according to the marking criteria (10/20= Grade D). I think this because the presentation of our blog is plain, there is work missing, uncompletted work on the blog and uncompletted work that is not on the blog and needs to be completted and posted. To achieve a level 4 we should complete all tasks and make sure all of it is posted onto our blog, and that the work is presentable, eye catching, and interesting to read.
I feel as though I am contirubing most to my group as I think I have organised most of our meeting dates, when we are doing things and who's doing what task. I think that Debbie is contributing more work individually than as a group as we dont have as she many free periods together than Sophie and I, where as I think Sophie is contirubing more when we are together as a group and not so much when she is trusted to do somthing individually. But as a whole I dont think the work is too unequel, but I believe that the work could be slightly more spread out between the three of us. To ensure equel contibution we have planned out what days we can all meet, and when atleast just 2 of us could meet up.
I looked at other students film openings from youtube and graded them at what level I thought the film opening was at according to the grading criteria. From this we will learn from these students mistakes in order to create the best possible
Film opening 1
High level 3
We can learn from this opening that an attempt has been made to create a thriller film. The sound used within the film opening is of a good standard as it introduces the theme of mystery within the film and it doesnt blank out the speech within the opening. There is also no background noise such as the wind, which is ideal, and foley has been use. I don't think the camera was used correctly as it sways as the character moves which looks unprofessional Also, colour grading could have been used to make the setting darker and/or shot at night to create a theme of mystery as the characters identity would be more hidden. In some shots, the character can be seen clearly, in others you can only see a plain shot of the side of the bridge. Therefore it could have been positioned better.
Film opening 2
High level 4
I think this film opening is worth a high level 4 as the sci-fi genre and teenage target audience are made clear through the use of CCTV camera's and the actors costume and appearance The actor is dressed down like a teenager and its clearly based in a town centre a common place for teenagers to hang out. The sci-fi theme is introduced through the use of font types of the titles and the costumes of the aliens chasing the teenager who are dressed dark and mysteriously. The CCTV shots also re-enforce this. The film has good composition as it uses the rule of thirds.
Film opening 3
High level 2
I think this film opening is only worthy of a level too as the picture quality is awful and the camera is shakey. They do use rule of thirds in some scenes but big gaps are left around the shot too. I was unsure whether the film was a horror or romance by the music and location. There has been no editing in terms of colour grading if it is a horror which would have made it more effective. The music doesn't suit the theme either and changes suddenly. I think the location would have been good given it had been edited, but I don't think that the actors were suitable as they were young and not dressed elegantly until further in, like an adult. An attempt could have at least been made to make the actors older through the use of costume and make-up.
We did a quick test on tv drama to test our knowlege and i struggled on some areas and my results were not too great. But from this i have learnt to revise regularly in order to come prepared for next lesson.
