Dear Moderator
This blog belongs to Shauna Luckett throughout this project I worked with Beth Thornton and Alex Torrens. We were asked to create a two minute opening sequence to a horror film including titles. I have ordered my blog you will find the final product at the top followed by prelim task, Evaluation, planning documents and research tasks. We took approx three months to create our film and I hope you enjoy the film and my blog.
Regards Shauna Luckett
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
FINAL CUT THREE
The video above is the final cut of our horror opening sequence named Three. After recognising the faults made in the final edit we made the amendments and added in the title and a this is the final video which has been uploaded to YouTube and I embedded it onto my blog. The final cut was made on Final Cut HD. This was instead of using iMovie which we had been currently using in the rough cuts. we were able to add sound and text from both garage band and live type or through the final cut programme its self. Editing the finals cut took in all about two weeks to complete. The feedback that we got for the final edit was much better than the comments that had been made about the previous rough cut, the feedback included;
- The storyline was now more clear to understand as the narration helped to tell the story, yet not giving too much away.
- The lighting on the footage was a lot better and more clear than the previous footage that we had shot.
- The sound we added helped to create more of an atmosphere
- Titles that were added looked good and correct.
Monday, 23 April 2012
Evaluation of media opening sequence
Rough cut to opening sequence
This is a rough cut of all of the footage put together that had been filmed. We edited the footage using final cut, we expected the final edit to be very different from the rough cut due to the fact that this rough cut is simply all of the footage put together in order without the use of any editing techniques etc.
Research was gathered from the class as they gave us feedback for the rough cut the general comments that were made are as follows:
- The footage was very dark and it was hard to tell what was going on in the scenes
- The storyline was not clear the peers in the class were unsure as to what was going on, it was suggested that narration could have been used.
- No sound had been added to the footage again making the storyline less clearer, sound could have been added to add more tension and atmosphere.
- Some of the shots were a bit shaky as some shots had been done by using a hand held camera, without the use of the tripod.
Draft Evaluation Questions
These were the initial answers that I had wrote up for the answers to questions 4 and 5 of the evaluation. we had assigned our selves questions to complete individually. The questions were then finalised and amended slightly before putting them on our final Wix evaluation,
Evaluation Questions
• In what ways does your media product use, develop of challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
These were the questions we were given to evaluated our finished media product, we had to evaluate in detail our final edit for the opening sequence of our horror clip three.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
These were the questions we were given to evaluated our finished media product, we had to evaluate in detail our final edit for the opening sequence of our horror clip three.
Timetoast progression timeline
This is a link to our timetoast timeline, it shows our progress throughout the project. the timeline shows the order in which we did specific tasks. This kept us organized throughout the progress of the project as we could see what we had done and what had to be done.
Friday, 30 March 2012
Prelim Task
The video is the preliminary task that we did at the beginning of the course in september time. We had to come up with an original idea and create a short clip that incorporated the following editing techniques shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and match on action
Monday, 26 March 2012
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Storyboard Animatic
After drawing up the storyboard we presented it using commentary and video, we did this by using iMovie. The audio and camerawork are used to show camera shots/movement, mise en scene, editing techniques and sound.
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Creating a Logo
Creating a logo
View more PowerPoint from beththornton_
This was the first draft of the logo made by Beth Thronton that was to be added to the beginning of the sequence. the powerpoint was uploaded on slideshare so it could be embedded.
This was the first draft of the logo made by Beth Thronton that was to be added to the beginning of the sequence. the powerpoint was uploaded on slideshare so it could be embedded.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Soundclip for opening sequence
Soundclip by user375308
This sound effect was made using Garage band this will be present during a scene within our opening.
This was an initial sound clip that I had made on garageband, I tried to make it original but still have that eerie/creepy theme to it in order to add suspense to the opening sequence. I had incorporated a lot of ambiant and suspense sound to make it as creepy as possible
This sound effect was made using Garage band this will be present during a scene within our opening.
This was an initial sound clip that I had made on garageband, I tried to make it original but still have that eerie/creepy theme to it in order to add suspense to the opening sequence. I had incorporated a lot of ambiant and suspense sound to make it as creepy as possible
Monday, 20 February 2012
Friday, 10 February 2012
Deadlines
Research & Planning (20 marks) | Friday 10th February 2012
Construction (60 marks)
Completion of filming | Wednesday 28th February 2012
Rough Cut | Friday 2nd March 2012
Final Cut | Friday 16th March 2012
Evaluation (20 marks) | Friday 20th April 2012
ALL deadlines must be adhered to. Failure to meet a deadline will result in referral to HoD and ST.
Construction (60 marks)
Completion of filming | Wednesday 28th February 2012
Rough Cut | Friday 2nd March 2012
Final Cut | Friday 16th March 2012
Evaluation (20 marks) | Friday 20th April 2012
ALL deadlines must be adhered to. Failure to meet a deadline will result in referral to HoD and ST.
Pitch
Pitch
View more documents from beththornton_
This is a pitch for our horror opening sequence that had been made by beth in order to give the client an idea of our theme and the storyline behind the clip.
This is a pitch for our horror opening sequence that had been made by beth in order to give the client an idea of our theme and the storyline behind the clip.
Three - Storyboard
This is the storyboard that alex made to show the different shots that were to be used within our opening sequence.
Alex's Audience Research
Primary research from Audience Research Questionnaire
View more PowerPoint from alllllexx
This is alex's audience research that i have embedded onto my own blog.
This is alex's audience research that i have embedded onto my own blog.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Call Sheet - Three
Call sheet for three
View more documents from shaunaluckett
This is the call sheet for our opening sequence that I made. I tried to explain the location were we had initally planned to film in, including a map of exactly where the location would be, and contact information of actors etc. I have also included a list of props we had planned to use in the opening sequence and detail on the lighting etc that will be used.
Audience Questionnaire
This is a questionnaire that Beth had made and had been posted over twitter in order to receive feedback from a range of different people.
Audience Research
Audience research
View more documents from shaunaluckett.
This is the audeince resesrch that we gathered in order to understand our target and how we could use different tecniques to capture our audience
This is the audeince resesrch that we gathered in order to understand our target and how we could use different tecniques to capture our audience
Institution Research
This is our institution research whereby we used websites such as boxofficemojo and the-numbers.com in order to capture research on the different type of sub-genres within the horror genre and which were more popular, with the help of cinema ticket sales and profits.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Monday, 30 January 2012
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
History of horror films
History of horror films
The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the best known being Le Manoir du diable (aka, The Haunted Castle, 1896) which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was 1898's La Caverne maudite (aka, The Cave of the Unholy One, literally "the accursed cave") Japan made early forays into the horror genre with Bake Jizo and Shinin no Sosei, both made in 1898 In 1910, Edison Studios produced the first film version of Frankenstein, which was thought lost for many years.
In the early 20th century, the first monster appeared in a horror film, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame who had appeared in Victor Hugo's novel, Notre-Dame de Paris (1831). Films featuring Quasimodo included Alice Guy's Esmeralda (1906), The Hunchback (1909), The Love of a Hunchback (1910) and Notre-Dame de Paris (1911).
German Expressionist film makers, during the Weimar Republic era and slightly earlier, would significantly influence later films, not only those in the horror genre. Paul Wegener's The Golem (1920) and Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (also 1920) had a particular impact. The first vampire-themed movie was made during this time: F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Hollywood dramas used horror themes, including versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Monster (1925) both starring Lon Chaney, the first American horror movie star. Other films of the 1920s include Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920), The Phantom Carriage (Sweden, 1920), The Lost World (1925), The Phantom Of The Opera (1925), Waxworks (Germany 1924), and Tod Browning's (lost) London After Midnight (1927) with Chaney.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film#History
The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the best known being Le Manoir du diable (aka, The Haunted Castle, 1896) which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was 1898's La Caverne maudite (aka, The Cave of the Unholy One, literally "the accursed cave") Japan made early forays into the horror genre with Bake Jizo and Shinin no Sosei, both made in 1898 In 1910, Edison Studios produced the first film version of Frankenstein, which was thought lost for many years.
In the early 20th century, the first monster appeared in a horror film, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame who had appeared in Victor Hugo's novel, Notre-Dame de Paris (1831). Films featuring Quasimodo included Alice Guy's Esmeralda (1906), The Hunchback (1909), The Love of a Hunchback (1910) and Notre-Dame de Paris (1911).
German Expressionist film makers, during the Weimar Republic era and slightly earlier, would significantly influence later films, not only those in the horror genre. Paul Wegener's The Golem (1920) and Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (also 1920) had a particular impact. The first vampire-themed movie was made during this time: F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Hollywood dramas used horror themes, including versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Monster (1925) both starring Lon Chaney, the first American horror movie star. Other films of the 1920s include Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920), The Phantom Carriage (Sweden, 1920), The Lost World (1925), The Phantom Of The Opera (1925), Waxworks (Germany 1924), and Tod Browning's (lost) London After Midnight (1927) with Chaney.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film#History
Monday, 23 January 2012
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Links to Alex and Beth's Blog
http://beththorntong321.blogspot.com/
http://alextorrensg321.blogspot.com/
http://alextorrensg321.blogspot.com/
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