FILMING
Today we have finished all of the filming that had to be filmed. The scenes filmed were 2,3,5,7,9,11,13,14,16,18 and 20. The filming has came out rather successful but a few things have been changed due to the fact of it being dark. Scene 2 had to change from zooming in to viewing Leila to a light switching on and seeing Leila in the window. This idea has worked much better, as the hole focus goes on the window as it is the only bright light that appears. Not a lot of difficulties have been faced while filming, except from the camera running out of battery which has made us use the lead at the same time of filming and charging. Also as we had to go outside and film, it started raining a bit, which meant that we had to hurry up as we did not want the camera to get wet just in case it broke. Overall everything has came out the way we wanted it to.
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
MUSIC
ONE REPUBLIC - APOLOGIZE piano instrumental
As we we're told by our teacher that we are allowed to use any song as long as it is played by us, we have thought of using piano music which includes different notes in it creating different moods. 'Too late to apologize' would be a great tune to play as every note makes me personally get different feelings. I am very sensible towards pianos and I love them being played, they give of romantic and passionate feelings towards me, as well as creepy and mysterious feelings can be earned. These feelings should be created towards the audience to understand/get an idea of what the film is/may be about.
YIRUMA - A RIVER FLOWS IN YOU piano instrumental
We have also looked at 'Yiruma- A river flows in you' this we have thought is too emotional and it gets rather boring after a while as every note is rather high and similar. This tune does not involve any creepy notes in it and therefore it would not let the audience know what the film is/may be about.
As we we're told by our teacher that we are allowed to use any song as long as it is played by us, we have thought of using piano music which includes different notes in it creating different moods. 'Too late to apologize' would be a great tune to play as every note makes me personally get different feelings. I am very sensible towards pianos and I love them being played, they give of romantic and passionate feelings towards me, as well as creepy and mysterious feelings can be earned. These feelings should be created towards the audience to understand/get an idea of what the film is/may be about.
YIRUMA - A RIVER FLOWS IN YOU piano instrumental
We have also looked at 'Yiruma- A river flows in you' this we have thought is too emotional and it gets rather boring after a while as every note is rather high and similar. This tune does not involve any creepy notes in it and therefore it would not let the audience know what the film is/may be about.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
More Music
As I was walking home on 14/01/2011, friday I was listening to quite a few songs. As I was listening to them I have noticed that drums, pianos and guitars go well together and therefore our group could use these instruments for our title sequence. The title sequence could start of with a piano and the guitar/drums playing and go up until the name of the film comes up. This should create quite a freaky and miserable effect. After the film name comes up the music should change to just a piano as the two characters, Danny and Leila, meet after the title of the film comes up. The piano could represent the relationship which could/will be taken further through out the film.
Friday, 14 January 2011
Analysis of contemporary titles/opening vs. older titles/opening
PSYCHO
OLDER TITLES/OPENINGS
Psycho title sequence has been made by Saul Bass in 1960s. It starts of by only text and lines coming across from every way possible. The text splits in the middle by a line going across which is very simple but looks very interesting as it is different. After the titles have been shown, an image of a city appears. The camera pans right and keeps going, while the camera shows the audience the whole city white text appears in the middle of the screen, which tells the audience the date and the time of the film. The title sequence ends by the camera zooming completely into a house and then a half way open window. This title sequence is very simple as not a lot is going on. The colors have been chosen correctly as they do not hurt your eyes. As the lines keep coming on and of the screen the music is rather fact and goes with the name of the film 'Psycho'. As the city appears diegetic sound is used, which means the music has been turned of and the sound of the city has been left on.
(I COULD NOT FIND THE TITLE SEQUENCE ON YOUTUBE AND THEREFORE I CANNOT UPLOAD IT)
SALT
CONTEMPORARY
TITLES/OPENINGS
(I COULD NOT FIND THE TITLE SEQUENCE ON YOUTUBE AND THEREFORE I CANNOT UPLOAD IT)
SETTING AND LOCATION
AS WE HAVE STARTED FILMING THE LOCATIONS USED WERE: A DARK SHED, PAULAS LIVING ROOM AND A PATH WAY SURROUNDED BY TREES.
WHY THESE LOCATIONS?
SHED : the shed has been used as a location as it is full of lots of different things which represent the fact of Danny being a violent youth. This is represented by the fact that he may need all these things for his evil and violent plans to work.
LIVING ROOM : Only a part of the living room has been used and it is hardly visible, this is because extreme close ups have been used. We, as a group have decided to film in a living room as it was very cold outside/in the shed, so as the living room is bright we have turned of the lighting which has made it look dull and unpleasant. As close ups were being used you could not tell where Danny is based at.
PATH WAY: we have used the path way for Dannys and Leilas meeting, this is because people use path ways to get to places. Also the trees as well as the dark have given of a mysterious and dull effect creating hidden identity, these effects go very well with the title sequence as it is a romantic moment where they meet but also the mysterious side of the film is shown but cannot be revealed that easily.
THE LOCATIONS THAT NEED TO BE USED LATER IN THE FILMING ARE IN PAULAS HOME. THIS IS BECAUSE IN THE TITLE SEQUENCE WE GET TO SEE WHERE LEILA LIVES AND THE HOUSE SHOULD LOOK HOMELY ASWELL AS SUITABLE FOR LEILA. THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE USED FOR FILMING ARE: PAULAS HOUSE FROM THE FRONT (TO ZOOM IN THE WINDOW), PAULAS BEDROOM, PAULAS DOOR WAY. THE OUTSIDE SCENES CAN BE FILMED ANYWHERE WHERE THERE IS A PATH. EXTREME CLOSE UPS CAN BE ALSO FILMED ANYWHERE AS THE BACKGROUND CANNOT BE SEEN.
WHY THERE LOCATIONS?
HOUSE FROM THE FRONT : this would be so the camera can zoom in from outside into the window, which shows the audience Leila opening the curtains.
PAULAS BEDROOM: this is so the audience can view where Leila lives, and is a good location as it is a bedroom of a girl.
PAULAS DOOR WAY: most of the scenes showing us Leila getting ready are in the corridor, Paula's corridor is very bright and therefore it should show the fact of Leila being a normal innocent girl.
OUTSIDE: this would show that Leila has left the house and is walking to somewhere.
ANYWHERE: the reason of being able to film the extreme closeups anywhere is because the background cannot be seen, and therefore the audience will not know where the scenes are happening.
WHY THESE LOCATIONS?
SHED : the shed has been used as a location as it is full of lots of different things which represent the fact of Danny being a violent youth. This is represented by the fact that he may need all these things for his evil and violent plans to work.
LIVING ROOM : Only a part of the living room has been used and it is hardly visible, this is because extreme close ups have been used. We, as a group have decided to film in a living room as it was very cold outside/in the shed, so as the living room is bright we have turned of the lighting which has made it look dull and unpleasant. As close ups were being used you could not tell where Danny is based at.
PATH WAY: we have used the path way for Dannys and Leilas meeting, this is because people use path ways to get to places. Also the trees as well as the dark have given of a mysterious and dull effect creating hidden identity, these effects go very well with the title sequence as it is a romantic moment where they meet but also the mysterious side of the film is shown but cannot be revealed that easily.
THE LOCATIONS THAT NEED TO BE USED LATER IN THE FILMING ARE IN PAULAS HOME. THIS IS BECAUSE IN THE TITLE SEQUENCE WE GET TO SEE WHERE LEILA LIVES AND THE HOUSE SHOULD LOOK HOMELY ASWELL AS SUITABLE FOR LEILA. THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE USED FOR FILMING ARE: PAULAS HOUSE FROM THE FRONT (TO ZOOM IN THE WINDOW), PAULAS BEDROOM, PAULAS DOOR WAY. THE OUTSIDE SCENES CAN BE FILMED ANYWHERE WHERE THERE IS A PATH. EXTREME CLOSE UPS CAN BE ALSO FILMED ANYWHERE AS THE BACKGROUND CANNOT BE SEEN.
WHY THERE LOCATIONS?
HOUSE FROM THE FRONT : this would be so the camera can zoom in from outside into the window, which shows the audience Leila opening the curtains.
PAULAS BEDROOM: this is so the audience can view where Leila lives, and is a good location as it is a bedroom of a girl.
PAULAS DOOR WAY: most of the scenes showing us Leila getting ready are in the corridor, Paula's corridor is very bright and therefore it should show the fact of Leila being a normal innocent girl.
OUTSIDE: this would show that Leila has left the house and is walking to somewhere.
ANYWHERE: the reason of being able to film the extreme closeups anywhere is because the background cannot be seen, and therefore the audience will not know where the scenes are happening.
Friday, 7 January 2011
CAMERA ACTION
7th January, 2011 I, Courtney Cox and Sean Simmons have been filming a few scenes which Sean Simmons, Danny, is included in. The scenes that we have filmed were 4,6,8,10,12,14,17,19,21,22,23,24,25.
As we have filmed the scenes 4,6,8,10,12 and14 it started to get dark. This we thought would have been an issue for our outside filming. However, as we were in the process of filming scenes17,19,21,22,23,24 and 25 we did not struggle as much as the street lights were on. Also, the fact of it being dark was even better to show the genre of thriller. As we were filming the point of view from Danny, Sean Simmons, the car lights behind and in front of Leila, Paula Pleckauskaite, have hidden her face but we were still able to see that the person walking towards Danny was a female. This effect did not please us while filming, but as we have filmed with this problem we have found it to be rather interesting as the light had made the girl look like a bright star which may mean that she is the good character from the film. Also the identity hidden by the light gives of a mysterious effect.
The darkness problem was a huge problem towards one of our scenes which could not be filmed as wanted. This was because scene 21 was supposed to be filmed on a field, this filming was impossible as it was too dark and therefore we had to change the location. This location was near a road and it had worked rather well, this is because the trees and the lighting have given it a dark, dull and a mysterious effect towards Danny.
Another issue was, that it was cold and wet outside, this did not let us take our time with the filming as much as we could have, as it was hard to focus. However, even though we had problems while filming all of the scenes have came out the way we wanted them to come out, which had made us very pleased.
Some scenes were filmed twice just incase one of them went wrong, this was a good move as we have a choice of what to choose instead of sticking to one which may be a bad shot/scene. We have went along with our story board but some of the timing may be a bit different by 1 or 2 seconds. Overall the filming went successfully and we had fun while filming.
As we have filmed the scenes 4,6,8,10,12 and14 it started to get dark. This we thought would have been an issue for our outside filming. However, as we were in the process of filming scenes17,19,21,22,23,24 and 25 we did not struggle as much as the street lights were on. Also, the fact of it being dark was even better to show the genre of thriller. As we were filming the point of view from Danny, Sean Simmons, the car lights behind and in front of Leila, Paula Pleckauskaite, have hidden her face but we were still able to see that the person walking towards Danny was a female. This effect did not please us while filming, but as we have filmed with this problem we have found it to be rather interesting as the light had made the girl look like a bright star which may mean that she is the good character from the film. Also the identity hidden by the light gives of a mysterious effect.
The darkness problem was a huge problem towards one of our scenes which could not be filmed as wanted. This was because scene 21 was supposed to be filmed on a field, this filming was impossible as it was too dark and therefore we had to change the location. This location was near a road and it had worked rather well, this is because the trees and the lighting have given it a dark, dull and a mysterious effect towards Danny.
Another issue was, that it was cold and wet outside, this did not let us take our time with the filming as much as we could have, as it was hard to focus. However, even though we had problems while filming all of the scenes have came out the way we wanted them to come out, which had made us very pleased.
Some scenes were filmed twice just incase one of them went wrong, this was a good move as we have a choice of what to choose instead of sticking to one which may be a bad shot/scene. We have went along with our story board but some of the timing may be a bit different by 1 or 2 seconds. Overall the filming went successfully and we had fun while filming.
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Music
The music for our title sequence should be rather calm. The calm music is to keep the audience laid back not letting them know that bad things will happen in the film. The calm music may include musical instruments such as guitars and pianos, this is because these instruments can be played rather quietly and calmly. A piano should work better than a guitar as it is capable to make people emotional, this may also reveal the fact of the romantic side of the film which starts of the film. The music has to be non copy righted and therefore it should be searched and found on www.google.com which will lead us to finding other websites that could help us by giving us a variety of choices in music.Useful websites found:
http://freeplaymusic.com/
http://www.danosongs.com/#music
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