Tuning In

L3 - GROUP 3 (Tom & Liam) Fim Opening Rough Cut from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

Evaluation Activity 1

1 (Props) : We used the one main prop, which was the ipod shuffle. We used this for two main reasons. The first was so we could use the soundtrack, and the second was to give the film something the audience could relate to.

2 (setting and location) We decided to set our film in urban areas because Its where most teenagers live/brought up. We chose house that would typically be seen in the city.

3 (camera work and editing) We chose mainly mid and long shots to show the audience the area where the main character lives. We decided then to add titles in the shots around him as there is plenty of space.

4 This is a particular shot we liked because we thought it gives a mood and feeling of loneliness.

5 (main title) We chose this for our title as we thought it sounded good as it is relatable to music. The general idea was to make the title relatable to the character. By adding the mp3 player into the title it gives a the idea and genre of the film.

6 (introducing the character) We decided to open our film showing our character. We did this because we wanted the audience to have a clear understanding of who the main character.

7 (Title font and style) We decided to use simple white text as it would be clear to the viewer.

8 (Genre) This shot shows the audience the film is based around the appreciation of music.

9 (Costume) We chose to dress the main character in clothes teenagers today would wear, we did this so it would be more relatable. We also added a rucksack to show he is preparing or packed something important.

Evaluation Activity 2

We believe that our character, is most like the main character from Tenacious D And The Pick Of Destiny. Both characters have a strong love for music, but have different ways of showing it. The main character in Tenacious D has an open view on his music, as he shows it through median of song. However our character has a secretive nature never speaking or expressing his views in any way. The similarities are that they both play as the leading role in there films. They both are young and stereotypical of there age groups.

Evaluation Activity 3

This is our voice over for our opening. This was quite a difficult task as we found it hard finding somewhere quiet enough, but we did eventually. When we did, we ended up taking multiple takes just to make sure it was okay.

Evaluation Activity 4

Our Target Audience...

16 years of age
stereotypical male teen
baggy, jeans, baggy shirt, scruffy shoes or converse
lives in an semi-detached house
buys music and films from hmv
he watches films cinema ie. cineworld/vue
listens to rock, indie, ie. i am the movie-motion city soundtrack
listen to music,and plays games in spare time
not a lot of tv watching
films like tenacious d and school of rock
plays games like guitar hero, rock band on Xbox 360

Evaluation Activity 5

This is our opening with the annotations we added using youtube editor.

Evaluation Activity 6

Some screengrabs of websites and Programmes.

We used the BBFC website to look and see

what rating best suits our film.

Soundcloud was used to put our practice

soundtrack that we made in gargageband on.

We used photoshop to edit all the pictures we

have made like the 3x3 grid. I have learnt

some very good editing skills in this program.

Vimeo was used to put all of the videos

involved in the project on. For example our

animatic.

Flickr was used to put all of our pictures

involved in the project on. For example our

storyboard and 3x3 grid.

We used the Youtube editor to add annotations

to our opening. We picked a specific time we

wanted an annotation to come on, then put

the length it will be shown.

Final cut express is what we used to do all the

fim editing. It is a very simple but advanced

programme. I have learnt some great editing

skills using this programme. Like text,

trimming, taking out backround noises,

transitions etc.

This is garageband. We used this to edit the

soundtrack of our opening. We trimmed the

bits we didnt want and then put it all back

together again. We also made our practice

soundtrack on this.

Evaluation Actvity 7

These are a few screengrabs from my opening and my prelimanary task. This is to show what we included in the film that we learnt in our prelimanary task. We focused on the match on action shot which is where a shot switches to another but there both of the same thing. For example someone opening the door, then switches to a shot of him coming out of the door. We also thought about using the 180 degree shot, but as there is only one character we didn't include it.

We believe that our film best suits the BBFC rating of 12A. The reason for this is that we think the dark tone and the idea of running away from home may be a bit to serious for a PG audience. Also the use of bad language, and scenes of bullying is not suitable for a younger audience. We also think that the age group best suits the genre and story as the audience can relate to it.

Opening sequence storyboard

This is the first 9 shots of our animatic storyboard.