Monday 7 November 2011

Analysis of Opening Sequence

Genre conventions for our opening sequence.
In our opening sequence we included adventure, bright colors, naivety, no bad language or violence.

Quality of filming and editing.
The filming and editing are good but there is a bit in the stop motion where the background colour changes.

Mise en scene choices.
Within our shot we had a Polly Pocket doll, a pink horse toy, cereal, a chocolate bar, teddies, cups, a toy car, a rubber duck, and the actors didn't have a set costume to wear.

Is it an effective opening sequence?
Yes, because it introduces the characters, the location and the main story line.

Friday 14 October 2011

Schdeule For Filming

EXT - Teddy Bears Picnic
Swarm of Frosties
Car and Duck
Unicorn
Chocolate Bar

INT - Corridor (Charlotte)
Class (Charlotte & Chloe)

We have put the Interior shots at the end with no specific time or date to do them. This is because we can do these shots on a rainy day, or right at the end.

Costumes and Props

Lugly *Real* - Dress/Skirt
Lugly *Fake* - Barbie (Chloe)
Unicorn (Emma)
Chocolate Bar *Mars Bar* (Charlotte)
Frosties (Chloe)
Pink Car (College)
Duck (Chloe)
Teddy Bears (Big -Emma, Medium - Charlotte, Small X3 Chloe)
Cups X5 (Charlotte)
Lugly's Friend *Real* - Jeans, tee, jacket (Chloe)

Script

INT *Corridor*
Girl is walking slowly down the corridor, steps through a door.

EXT *Field*
Wakes up lying on a field. Looks up and sees a unicorn trotting past her towards the forest

EXT *Forest*
Follows the unicorn that jumps into a bush. She spots a chocolate bar in the bush. The chocolate bar wiggles around in the bush and then wiggles off. She stands for a minute thinking about what just happened and a swarm of frosties push her down the path. They one by one start to disappear leaving her standing alone. She stands at a cross roads and a pink car being driven by a duck drives past. It drives off. She follows it. The car leads her to a teddy bears picnic. She starts drinking from a big cup. She falls into a cup. She is then thrown out of the cup by the bear and hits the ground. Falls Asleep.

INT *CLASS*
Head on table. Friend knocks on door.
"Lugly... LUGly... LUGLY! We're going to be late"

END OF SCENE

Tuesday 11 October 2011

Idea

Setting - Forest area, field, corridor, class room.
Characters - Girl, unicorn, teddy bears, cereal, duck, chocolate bar.
Plot - Starts off in a dream, but the dream is our reality, and then they wake up, but their reality is our dreams.
A girl is walking down the corridor, walks through a door, wakes up in the middle of a field, and a unicorn trots past. She follows the unicorn into a the woods. To find a talking chocolate bar in a bush they have a conversation then swarm of cereal push her to a cross roads. A pink car drives past being driven by a rubber duck. The duck drives to a bowl and dives in. She then walks to join the teddy bears picnic and falls in the cup/teapot. Teddy bear picks her out and throws her away and she is jolted awake. She then gets on with her work. Friend walks in a starts talking to her, and she continues with her college life.

Monday 10 October 2011

Initial ideas

Potential Characters -
A grandma, A ghost, a little girl, little boy, a rabbit

Potential Genre -
Fantasy, comedy, adventure, romance

Potential Plot -
Treasure hunt/scavenger hunt, quest, a person dreaming, reverse worlds (waking up from a normal dream only to be waking up in a world weirder than the dream)

Amar and Arron talk

Preperation is key
Be organized, because you can't be fully creative if you aren't fully organized.
Creative process-
-Script Writing
- Story Boarding
-Test Shooting
-Shooting
-Editing
Do not miss any out because otherwise you will not be showing your full creative talents.

Writing a script
-Write down all ideas
-Do it simply, don't rely on memory.
-Use emotions

EXT - Exterior
INT - Interior

Walk through the script to help identify problems

Location recce.
Find location problems
Take photos and put them on your blog
Source local information like telephones, food, buildings etc.

Digital Storyboard
Take pictures where the camera will be (what you will see on the camera)
Can use google earth (Dots where people will be)

Always have shot list

Annotate your script

Test Shots
Get used to location
Get used to equipment
Help polish up your scripts
Identify props/costumes
This will all definitely help you.

Shooting schedule
Check when bells may ring, when people may be around or a sports team is on a field etc.

Final Shoot
If you have followed all the above you are ready to start shooting.

Friday 7 October 2011

BBFC - Film Classifications

U - Although it is hard to determine what may upset some children the classification U goes by the majority of children. U films should be suitable for all children ages 4 and over and should be set in a positive moral setting. There should also be suitable content, such as no violence, threat or horror.
PG - A PG film should be appropriate for any ages although a PG film should not disturb a child of 8 or over. It is for the parent to decide if this film may upset their child/children.
12 - 12 is given for a film that is suitable for a child of 12 and over. These films may have content that would upset a child under 12 and might have content the parent would find unsuitable for them.
12A - The rating 12A only exists for films in the cinema. An adult may take younger child to see this film if they think it will be suitable. Responsibility for taking a child to see a 12A is completely on the parent.
15 - Only people aged 15 or over can watch 15 films in a cinema or buy rated 15 films and games.
18 - Only people aged 18 or over can watch 18 films in a cinema or buy rated 18 films and games.
R18 - The rating R18 is only licensed to be sold in sex shops and to adults no younger than 18.

The main differences between all the certificates is the age you have to be to view the content in the film.

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Children's Film Genres

Western - Rango
Comedy - Mr Poppers Penguins
Cartoon - Shrek
Fairytale - Tinkerbell, Peter pan
Sci-Fi - Race to Witch Mountain
Romance - Barbie Rapunzel
Adventure - Brother Bear, Ice Age
Gangster Movies - Bugsy Malone
Superhero Movie - The Incredibles
Spy Movies - Spy Kids

Conventions of a Fairytale -
The typical conventions of a fairytale are: Magical Creatures, Happy ending, sparkly surroundings, forbidden romance, overcoming evil and the characters finding themselves.

Conventions of a Western -
There are always: Humid surroundings, tumble weed, lizards, guns, cowboy hats, cowboys, cattle, horses, a saloon, a sherif, a jail, good overcoming evil and spurs.

Conventions of a Superhero Movie -
There is always: A group of superheros, secret identities, a damsel in distress, and evil villain, super powers, good overcoming evil and the characters finding themselves.

Fairytale - Peter Pan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPPiWwmmAmQ&feature=related
Western - Rango http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmsFicV2RY
Superhero - The Incredibles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGX2nxw5Be4

Monday 3 October 2011

Nanny McPhee
Within the opening of the film Nanny McPhee the director uses many techniques to introduce the aspects of the film.
The first was the voice over that began to introduce the brief narrative of the film. This was accompanied by an establishing shoot, this allowed the viewer to see both where the film was going to be set but also the pace of the film, as the country side setting would stereotypically not be a busy and/or chaotic place, however this film seems to break the normal theme. This is added along side with the music which is firstly has a slow tempo but then picks up when the children's antics start.
As mentioned previously characters are also introduced with in the mise en scene.

Spy Kids
The beginning of spy kids is an establishing shot it shows they are in a secluded area, which implies the unsafe atmosphere of the characters, however the contrapuntal sound contradicts what is happening in the scene as the music is stereotypically spy music.
The story one of the characters was telling her children sets the basis of the plot, being spy's uniting but in danger.

Where the Wild Things Are
The begging of the film establishes characters and setting. We are shown a little boy in the snow. He was wearing blue and grey, these being cold colors. In this setting he appears to be very vulnerable and lonely.
 
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