Friday, 23 April 2010
Looking at Theories And Comparing Them To Our 2 Minute Opening Thriller
* Todorov
Did A.M.U.H Productions use this thoery?
- No we did not.
- Why?
- Todorov's theory is based around three main sections which are Equilibrium, Disequilibrium and Solution.
Looking at the Equilibrium it showed we didn't have one, as audience could not pick up something bad was going to happen, looking at the music it also did not help as it showed no sense of bad vibes.
In the end we did have a Disequilibrium as our main character shows up to see his enemy from the past who he was betrayed by.
Solution comes through the whole move ending and seeing the next scene.
As we did not have all three aspects of the Todorovs theory it was clear we could not say we had used it in our 2 minute opening of a thriller, but in-all got a great concept still from using a range of shots and music and dialogue.
* Propps Thoery
Did A.M.U.H Productions use this thoery?
- No we did not
- Why?
- Propps theory was that there should be at least 8 main characters in a movie.
As we only had to make a 2 minute opening thriller, our video did not need to contain many characters, we thought if it did it would become to confusing. Looking at many thriller movies today, you can see that there are not many characters and mostly just contain a antagonist, protagonist, maybe a right hand man,a heroin and maybe 1 extra main character. So looking at our movie from a wider point of view we thought we would keep it simple. As we did not make the whole film we could not decide on how many more characters we would introduce.
Did A.M.U.H Productions use this thoery?
- No we did not.
- Why?
- Todorov's theory is based around three main sections which are Equilibrium, Disequilibrium and Solution.
Looking at the Equilibrium it showed we didn't have one, as audience could not pick up something bad was going to happen, looking at the music it also did not help as it showed no sense of bad vibes.
In the end we did have a Disequilibrium as our main character shows up to see his enemy from the past who he was betrayed by.
Solution comes through the whole move ending and seeing the next scene.
As we did not have all three aspects of the Todorovs theory it was clear we could not say we had used it in our 2 minute opening of a thriller, but in-all got a great concept still from using a range of shots and music and dialogue.
* Propps Thoery
Did A.M.U.H Productions use this thoery?
- No we did not
- Why?
- Propps theory was that there should be at least 8 main characters in a movie.
As we only had to make a 2 minute opening thriller, our video did not need to contain many characters, we thought if it did it would become to confusing. Looking at many thriller movies today, you can see that there are not many characters and mostly just contain a antagonist, protagonist, maybe a right hand man,a heroin and maybe 1 extra main character. So looking at our movie from a wider point of view we thought we would keep it simple. As we did not make the whole film we could not decide on how many more characters we would introduce.
Comparing our old rough cut to our new final video
Looking at your first rough cut, there were many problems with our video. The first being that it was too long. The maximum we were aloud was 2.12 seconds and maybe an extra couple of seconds with title sequences and other bits and bobs such as special effects. Eventually we cut this down by taking away 1 extra shot and the special effect before that saving us a total of 4 seconds. Another problem was that sounding was a problem. We had sound changing suddenly from a up beat to a slow and sad song. Getting audience feed back, we saw that it was a totally different to what the first song we played was Going on to the final cut, we took out the second beat of music, and left the upbeat one at the beginning as we thought it engaged the audience. Also at 0.37 seconds of the video you could hear background sound of the clip which was a plane and other bits and bobs. This was resolved by splitting scenes and decreasing the sound of that particular clip through iMovie. The fourth problem we faced was some clips jumping and not looking continuous.Adding in more special effects helped resolve this problem.The last problem we faced was a major one.The problem was a key scene in our 2 minute opening thriller. It was when Mr Carlos who was played by Amar Pandya received a phone call from Tony his guard man at the house. The audience feedback told us that they could not understand what was being said so straight away we thought a voice over had to fix this.So in the end we used Garage band to create a recording and then mime it in with what was said. This scene can be seen at 1.35 in the final video screening. In all we changed a lot through the rough cut and the final cut we've come a long way making sure we listen to our audience and making the final product spot on, as you will see from the audience feedback.
FINAL VIDEO.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
props
Use of props is very essential in any film to create the original effect, props we used were:
Car: Amar(Carlos) pulls up in the car at the start of the film, creates an image of his authority and power.
Mobile Phones: Phones were very useful to us in our film, using a phone out of the picture was also useful as we used the torch of a phone to create the lighting which fits perfect to our scene as it is not too bright and not too dark. Also we used a phone in the scene were Carlos gets a call from his good old worker Tony.
Costume: Use of costume was essential, Carlos had a very confident and stylish look with all black clothes and a leather jacket going along with some boots and a nice looking furred hood, this gave the character the image it needed. Where as Rico was given a smart look in a suit showing his professional ways in business or even killing.
Use of props in our scene just gives it the extra professional look it needs, by adding in small things creates a complete image of a good thriller , for example Ricko had a cigarette in his hand this is a common habit with gangsters and is a very bad habit. We as a group did not include many props to make it look extra, we tried to keep it simple and also having that effect on the viewers.
Car: Amar(Carlos) pulls up in the car at the start of the film, creates an image of his authority and power.
Mobile Phones: Phones were very useful to us in our film, using a phone out of the picture was also useful as we used the torch of a phone to create the lighting which fits perfect to our scene as it is not too bright and not too dark. Also we used a phone in the scene were Carlos gets a call from his good old worker Tony.
Costume: Use of costume was essential, Carlos had a very confident and stylish look with all black clothes and a leather jacket going along with some boots and a nice looking furred hood, this gave the character the image it needed. Where as Rico was given a smart look in a suit showing his professional ways in business or even killing.
Use of props in our scene just gives it the extra professional look it needs, by adding in small things creates a complete image of a good thriller , for example Ricko had a cigarette in his hand this is a common habit with gangsters and is a very bad habit. We as a group did not include many props to make it look extra, we tried to keep it simple and also having that effect on the viewers.
the shooting
- We start off with arriving at the set and just exploring the view and how it would fit in to our story. We used a villa for out location for the film, this set was perfect for us as our story involved rich big shots making money and being a great success in life (Carlos) therefore we needed a place for him that would match perfectly with his image.
- We shot every scene about 2-3 times so we can select the best one and carry it forward to our final film after editing, this way we would not have to re-shoot or make any changes as we have few copies of it. One of the main problems we got was the signals of our phones being caught in the shot, this would disrupt our scene and therefore had to be shot again.
- Another problem we faced during our filming was light, as we were shooting at night time we had some scenes that came out very dark on d camera. To solve this we used extra lighting through 'Phone torches' this helped a lot as the light in the phone would brighten up the whole scene with that glimpse of darkness creating a very good image for the viewers.
- One thing i believe our group stood out was on the way we all worked as a team to create the best scenes we could for our group, our cameramen were always on task working very hard to retake every shot if needed even about 30 times as we needed to do so for one of the scenes. The actors in the film were played by members from our group Amar (Carlos) Humzah (Rico) Ahmed (Tony) and Usman as a guard. As an actor in the film i had to keep going through many scenes myself until the team got it right, one scene where i had 2 remove my jacket and put a shirt on got very annoying as i had to keep changing over and over again. Finally after all the problems our team overcame them and went through to which hopefully will be a exciting thriller opening.
- We shot every scene about 2-3 times so we can select the best one and carry it forward to our final film after editing, this way we would not have to re-shoot or make any changes as we have few copies of it. One of the main problems we got was the signals of our phones being caught in the shot, this would disrupt our scene and therefore had to be shot again.
- Another problem we faced during our filming was light, as we were shooting at night time we had some scenes that came out very dark on d camera. To solve this we used extra lighting through 'Phone torches' this helped a lot as the light in the phone would brighten up the whole scene with that glimpse of darkness creating a very good image for the viewers.
- One thing i believe our group stood out was on the way we all worked as a team to create the best scenes we could for our group, our cameramen were always on task working very hard to retake every shot if needed even about 30 times as we needed to do so for one of the scenes. The actors in the film were played by members from our group Amar (Carlos) Humzah (Rico) Ahmed (Tony) and Usman as a guard. As an actor in the film i had to keep going through many scenes myself until the team got it right, one scene where i had 2 remove my jacket and put a shirt on got very annoying as i had to keep changing over and over again. Finally after all the problems our team overcame them and went through to which hopefully will be a exciting thriller opening.
march 3rd first shoot
We began by driving to Heathrow Terminal 5, were we had to get there as soon as possible because we only had 15 minutes to film what we wanted. we had to apply for a filming permit from the media office in the terminal, this was all done last minute. We arrived at the terminal and drove tot he forecourt where we had Amar walking out of the doors into the forecourt as if he had just come of a flight. We first had a scene where he recieves his car keys of a random women we asked to help us out, we decided not to use that scene even though she was really good looking.
We then left the airport and went straight to the countryside where we had a lovely villa waiting for us to film inside. We had many problems such as, lighting - this made our work look too dark as we didnt have suficient lighting. One scene we filmed was done using nightshot as we film us going into the drive and parking up outside the house. It was very dificult too hold a steady shot as the ground was covered in stones.
We then continued to inside the house where we displayed a 180 degree rule using a mirror, we had to use the perfect amount of light because we only wanted to have Humzah barely visible till he walked inside from the balcony. This is when Humzah confronts Amar where he says a few lines and then pulls out a gun, cocks it back and holds it to Amars face.
We then left the airport and went straight to the countryside where we had a lovely villa waiting for us to film inside. We had many problems such as, lighting - this made our work look too dark as we didnt have suficient lighting. One scene we filmed was done using nightshot as we film us going into the drive and parking up outside the house. It was very dificult too hold a steady shot as the ground was covered in stones.
We then continued to inside the house where we displayed a 180 degree rule using a mirror, we had to use the perfect amount of light because we only wanted to have Humzah barely visible till he walked inside from the balcony. This is when Humzah confronts Amar where he says a few lines and then pulls out a gun, cocks it back and holds it to Amars face.
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