Subsidiary Task - Film Review

I first opened a custom page in MS Publisher. The size I used was 42cm by 28cm for a double page spread. The background of my page is black and I created two large grey text boxes on the top of this and placed one on either page of my review. I created 2 red boxes on my page, one small in the bottom left and one large in the tiop right, within which I will later place pictures. Next I created a rectangular red box within which I placed 5 star shapes. I filled 3 of these in black and left 2 unfilled. This is the star rating for my films which I mentioned was necessary within my specification that I developed from my review research. When creating the text for my film title I decided that I would do it in the same style as is used on my poster, without the outer glow. The size of my text was 90pt and I placed this in the top left hand corner of my review page, I then moved my star rating and placed it underneath my title.

Filming

I began my filming by setting up scenes 6 and 7. I only wanted to film a couple of shots on my first try as I wanted to make sure that there was less to focus upon so that I could get all aspects right. I filmed the shots from a few different angles to give myself choice for when I later edit my work. Although when I uploaded my filming and looked at it on Pinacle the scene and mise on scene looked good it did not give off the right atmosphere and looked very amature. I have therefore decided that I will now with what I know, go back and film these shots again.

Subsidiary Task - Poster

I began creating my poster by opening a new page in Adobe Photoshop. I sized my poster to be A3 as I found this to be the traditional size for a film poster. I decided to have a black background for my poster as looking at my research this was the most common background colour used within posters of the same genres. I then created the text for my film title. I did this using the text tool and selecting Pristina as my font and using a size of 120.45pt. I coloured my text in a dark red as this went with the conventions I found in my research and it stands out clearly agains the background. I decided to give my title more of an effect I would add a slight outer glow to the text therefore making it clearer. I then placed my text in the bottom left corner of my poster. I added the tag line for my film poster, "she knows what you've been doing" and placed this at the top center of my poster. As conventions say that my film title is to be the largest piece of text on my poster I made this 50.19pt. I had this text in the same colour and font as my film title to add consistancey. The last piece of text I added was the list of actors, director and producer. I made this text white so it was not the same as the title and tag line. The font I used was Gill Sans MT in size 30.11pt. I placed this in the bottom right hand corner of my poster. I may have to move all my text however when I later add my photo.

Blocking

Before I begin filming I need to organize where I am going to have each of my scenes located. I will need to make sure that my locations are appropriate for the themes of the scenes. I will also need to make sure that all the ‘mise en scene’ can be placed appropriately and there is enough room for my actors to stand and move. My film contains five separate locations.

Shots 2 – 5 and shot 15 of my film will be located within a drama room in my school. I decided upon this location as it will be easy for me to access and there is enough room for me to construct a stage. Also within this room I have the use of the specialist lighting which will come in use as the shots are based in a men’s club type area.

Shots 6 & 7 and 17 – 20 will take place in a friends bedroom. This is a room I have chosen as it has the right dimensions and will be able to have the appearance necessary to create an illusion of being backstage.

Shots 8 – 14 and 21 – 34 I will shoot also shoot in my friends house. This is because it contains all the rooms I need with simple decoration. Also the stairway is on set of stairs straight down which will work perfectly for shot 10.

Shot 35 is a single handheld shot which I will film in Southminster. I have chosen to do this here as I know for a fact that not many cars are ever parked in the street I wish to use which leaves the way clear for me to film.

Shots 36 – 43 will be filmed in Southminster graveyard. I chose this location as it is well sized for what I want to film there and also as it is near the street there are lampposts exuding light nearby but it is also surrounded by trees to create shadows and block views of surroundings which would not wish to be included within my film.

My Final Storyboard

After looking at my list of shot types and plot I created my final storyboard. In my storyboard I have included the events to happen in each shot and what technique I will use to display them. I also noted the editing techniques I would use when changing the scene. I have not included information on lighting, music or mise en scene. I feel that to make sure I have the appropriate music to fit the scene this is something that I will need to select after filming during the editing process. The mise en scene I will need to consider before filming however I think that lighting is something I may have to select and adjust during filming to make sure everything that will need to be seen on the camera can but also that the lighting reflects the right time of day in the film and the tone that needs to be set.

Shot List

After looking at my rough storyboards I wanted to make sure that I would not miss any detail from my plot when drawing my storyboard so, I decided to write out a list of the shot types I will use and what will occur within each scene.

Designing My Storyboard

I came up with a second rough storyboard of ideas to show the basic plot and shot types. From this storyboard I can see where I need to go into more depth about the shot types which I will be using. I have also decided that to give my film the length I need to add to my plot therefore I have decided to add in a flashback which will also give the chance to display another technique.