final OTS

Ident

in order to create my ident i used the stop motion app that i downloaded on my phone,
i set up a gorilla tripod to hold my phone still while i took the photos on stop motion.
we chose to use an old cog from a broken clock as our ident as it is suitable for the era,
'cog winder' means 'a good punch' in black country dialect.

this is the final cut of the ident i mad, it is 24 sets long.

 
 this is the ident on our video, i managed to email it to myself. we copied and pasted it to make it seem longer, we the record the sounds of the cogs to put over the video.

Props used in the ots

Props:

We borrowed the gun from school and I borrowed the glass and pocket watch from my nan and granddad.

The brown paper I a made over the weekend using coffee granules, soaking the paper for about an hour in a small tray then drying in on a radiator. 

The hat I bought at my local charity shop, it cost £4.99.

Actors for OTS

We are have used two actors for our OTS.

Ethan Rundle and Oliver Harman-Howes.

Opening title sequence so far

Over the weekend we filmed the first half of our opening title sequence. we made changes to the costume because we could only use what was available to us, one person had a fitted dark grey suit and the other a smart black coat, we filmed in Rubys dinning room and down the side of the house, a long alley, the lighting was very affective as it was all filmed in black and white.

During the ots the titles will appear with the names of the actors, we have decided to add them randomly as all the actors wont feature in it. still photos will also be included to add the the creepy effect.

Continuity task

Our task was to put together a video that helped us to understand continuity within A level media. 

We were given rules to stick to including:

The 180 degree angle:

This diagram is very simple and  helps me understand this shot most as it is clear and shown what is right.

While filming you had to stay on one side of the action. while each character is talking the camera is facing the from behind the other character without breaking the 180 degree rule.

Search of Match on action:

Match on action (or cutting on action) is an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot.

Search of Shot reverse shot:

Shot reverse shot (or shot/countershot) is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

This is our final outcome of our Continuity task: 

Holli & Ruby Final Continuity Task from Ruby Millard on Vimeo.

Costume and Prop Mood Board.

Costume and prop mood board, what we will be using.

Costume:

• tweed suit/black suits
• flat caps
• white collar shirt with stripes

These will be part of the costumes with will be using in our opening title sequence, however instead of having tweed suits they will most liking be wearing just the whit collar shirt and a coat as the tweed suits are expensive, we have decided that the shoes will be black as they wont been seen very often.

Props:

• pocket watch
• cigarettes
• guns
• whisky glass

These are the main props that will be featured in our opening title sequence, we have decided to leave out the whisky bottle as it would be difficult to find one from the era, as well as the gun which isn't from the era but we will avoid any close ups with it to prevent to audience from noticing and pointing it out.

Storyboard of OTS

 image1-this is our initial storyboard for our opening title sequence, we will also need to think about the time it will run for and camera angles we will use, with the length of time we have been given we may have to add extra scenes.

image2- these are scenes that have not been used because they are not any good or have been redrawn the make them better, we will also need to include our tiles and decided where we want to put them and at what point.

Film Noir Basic Plot

This is the basic plot of a film noir. we did a activity in class where we had put each scene from the film in the right order, i learnt from this that in typical film noir films they usually start at the end of the main story then flashback to the beginning.  the narrative will contain a femme fatale and a anti hero, she will manipulate him in some way and it will usually end badly with them both being punished.

Film Noir Information Sheet

this double sided sheet identifies the key and most important parts of film noir. this well be useful for me when i need to be reminded.

Red Riding Hood in the style of Film Noir

This is my own version of a film noir, i have taken the fair tale 'little red riding hood' and have turned it into my interpretation of a film noir film. it involves the uses characters, red riding hood, the grandmother, reds mother, the wolf and the lumberjack, but they all play different roles that normal. 

Film Noir Foundation

Fan club of film noir:
www.filmnoirfoundation.org/home.html

History of Film Noir

Film noir, which mean 'black film' in French, was used originally by French critics to describe dark American detective and thriller films usually based around the early 40s to late 50s. the most recognizable characteristics in film noir are pessimism, fatalism, menace and cynical. Orson Welles made many films, for example 'Citizen Kane' in 1941 with this any others Welles made an important contribution to the development of film noir in the 40s.

Film noir is usually involves specific types of characters including a anti-hero, the bad guy, anti-heroin, redemptive woman and corrupt police, the setting of these films usually always involve bars, lounges, night clubs and gambling venues, the scene of action commonly at night with low lighting. Film noir is still betrayed today in modern films.

Top Four Favourite Films

1. INCEPTION

Inception is my number one favourite film above all because I love the whole idea of going into dreams and takes things out and putting things in them, I love how complicated it is with all the different skill required such as a forger, architect, point-man and and an extractor and even more. I love how the film makes it feel as if it were possible to do what they do and it makes you wonder. A also like the music and how load and over powering it is to add to the suspense of what may happen as they get further into a dream. The ending of the film, where you don't know whether the spinning top falls over or not is the most frustrating thing in the world but I love that they left it at the to make you think for the rest of you life whether or not it fell over, because I know no matter how much I wish, there's not going to be a second one.

2. THE WATCHMEN

Having to put this film second was hard as it is just so good. some people say to me that its quite boring as its so long but I think that just adds to all the other good things about it, the music in this film makes it something else, its so unusual but that's what good about it, if you were to hear one of the songs you would remember how brilliant the film is! knowing that is a DC film makes it even better as they are comics. The blot of the film, I think, is brilliant and so unexpected, the characters are ordinary people apart from one, who only became the way he is from an accident, which is good because unlike other super hero films, mainly marvel, it is a little more realistic.

3. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

The reason I like this film is because I have always loved spider-man and when the first amazing spider-man came out it was so much better and more entertaining than the first trilogy, and then the second amazing spider-man came out and it just blew my mind, it was so good, I have never cried so much at a film, the blot was just ten times better than before, the fact that you are told that its only possible for him to receive the powers that he's got due too his dad putting him DNA in the spiders makes the other one look stupid and that spider could have bitten anyone really. Also having Gwen die was the biggest shock ever, every time I watch, even though I know its going to happen I burst out in tears. I think the characters in it were brilliant, the only down side to this film was that I did drag on, it didn't need to be as long as it was, but over all it was amazing.

4.CORALINE       

The reason I love Coraline so much is because it is so weird and messed up, its the sort of film that would give you nightmares even though its only a PG, what else would you expect from Tim Burton, I love the way its made and the plot is just something else, Coraline basically goes through a little door where she meets a double of her parents and neighbors who all happen to have buttons for eyes who all turn out to be nut cases, where the mother wants to stitch buttons on to Coralines eyes and eat her soul, I cant see how anyone could dislike this film really. I cant really find the words to explain why I like this film its just so good I could and sometimes do watch it on repeat.

Our own sweded film

In this task i worked in a group of three with ruby Millard and Charlie Norman to make our own seweded film. the film we chose to do was 'toy story 2' as it is a very popular Disney film that if see would be instantly recognized, as it being a animated film it was very interesting to make but lots of fun.

'Toy Story 2' planning and production poof

These photos are evidence of u own sewed film, toy story 2. the first two are all our videos we will be editing and putting together. the third one is our notes and the last one is he title of the film.

Sweded films

Sweded films are an imitation of well-known film, remade at a low budget with just your every day video camera with homemade props, anything you can get your hands on really. in 2008 a film called 'be kind rewind' was released, in it was two man who owned a video store, when all the films get wiped they thought it would be a good idea to create their own versions so not to get fired, these films became popular, the customers where told that they were from Sweden, that’s why they’re now called sweded films. Because of this hundreds of thousands of people around the world now create their our sweded films.

sweded films:

the be kind rewind link on imdb