Saturday, 30 March 2013
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Our voice over
Narration
Sky:
When I think of growing older I get a strange feeling in
my belly. It’s like, it’s not meant to be.
And if I never grow older, well that will be a comfort.
That’s me. You don’t know about me.
But I know me
Like a black bird carries the sky on its back, I feel
like I carry the weight of the world on mine.
I have so much I wanna say but no one to hear it. I just
need to there’s someone out there that listens and
understands.
I often spend my time out, my family never really
acknowledge me.
And if you don’t know where your heading any road will
take you there.
I’ve not always been this way, so
negative.
My life used to be so good and happy, but you’re not
supposed to look back, you’re supposed to keep going.
I used to think it would be nice if thinks made sense
for a change, but now that’s all different.
Now I have Rosie, she listens to me and I like
that.
We found peace in each other, when I’m with her I’m not
alone and nether is she.
And I wouldn’t go back to yesterday because I was a
different person then. And life doesn’t stop for anyone.
So let me tell you a story, my name is
Alice.
Monday, 11 March 2013
Filming
We scheduled for days in order to film the opening of our film, however we came across complications because the weather wasn't what we wanted for the days that we picked so we had to keep re-scheduling and hope for the best. We ended up finding a few good days that we used to film in and got as much done as we could in different places in order for the journey part of our opening to be longer and better in order for the speech overlay to be used because there is going to be quite a lot of it. We also found the perfect place to film the bit after the journey which a cute and right for what we was aiming for with the two little 60's girls in our opening of our film. We still need to go back to the place in which we filmed the journey in order to get some close up shots which are needed for the opening to be more successful and so that we are marked better at the end.
Audio overlay
I am in the process of writing up the overlay speech that goes over a large part of the opening of our film that will look like the main character is thinking in her head. She is going to be speaking about her family and home life and the fact she doesn't have any friends but one, then goes into a certain depth about her. Through the speech I am going to put in creepy lines that relate to her situation to hint to the audience about the twist at the end of the film if we was to make the whole thing. We have been researching over the internet for lines that will be perfect for this. We ended up choosing lines from 'Alice And Wonderland' and it related back to our film opening as that is also a fantasy film with a hint of creepiness within it.
Film setting
For our film opening the characters of Rosie and Alice will meet at a field where they will be having a picnic. We have took inspiration from the film The Time Traveller's Wife of where they meet at a picnic spot in a field.
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We chose a place which was close to us that was surrounded with trees and bushes for the sitting down scene so we could see or hear cars which would ruin the effect that we was looking for for the film. If we was to have got a car in the shot it would have taken away that fact that the film opening was set in the 1960's.
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We chose a place which was close to us that was surrounded with trees and bushes for the sitting down scene so we could see or hear cars which would ruin the effect that we was looking for for the film. If we was to have got a car in the shot it would have taken away that fact that the film opening was set in the 1960's.
As a group we have
decided to film on the outskirts of Glinton. The reason we have chose this area
is because its a rural area that's just fields and worn down paths. With our
film opening being set in the 1960's this area is good because there will be no
roads around meaning no modern life so show the actual time of our
filming.
Song choice
We've so far all agreed on the song sang by The Beatles 'Black Bird' as our film is going to be set in the 1960's, The Beatles were big in the 60's so we think it fits in well. Plus we looked at the lyrics and it kind of fits in with our story line too.
we plan to have the first 38 seconds of this song and then when the opening scene atmosphere changes a little, the song stops and we will add in another as that's when the scene goes creepy.
we plan to have the first 38 seconds of this song and then when the opening scene atmosphere changes a little, the song stops and we will add in another as that's when the scene goes creepy.
Quick idea for film opening
I have come up with an idea of how to introduce a character into the film opening that we are creating. For the girls friend that is one of the main characters, I thought it would be a good idea for her to be seen for the first time at the picnic that the main girl is heading for whilst travelling on her bike in the first 38 seconds of the film opening. As the main characters shakes out the picnic blanket to lay it out and drop it, the girl will just appear as the blanket is laid down in slow motion. This will make her appear as a ghostly figure as she just appears unexpectedly and this is the aim that we are going for.
Research into events in the era chosen
I have researched into events that took place within the 1960's that hit headlines across the country so that I can use them when I write the narration to go over the top of the film. I will be using these events within the narration to relate back to others characters within her life such as her family members.
Our individual film opening ideas
These are the initial ideas that we came up with individually. By doing this we were able to put different aspects of everyone ideas together to start to come up with our first idea as group.
Laura's idea:
About a girl who discovers she's not alone (didn’t have any friends) as she meets a girl, but later on its revealed she's ghost.
The opening will be start of the story with a voice over.
The genre will be thriller/fantasy
Laura's idea:
About a girl who discovers she's not alone (didn’t have any friends) as she meets a girl, but later on its revealed she's ghost.
The opening will be start of the story with a voice over.
The genre will be thriller/fantasy
Mollie’s idea:
What I would want to happen in my film opening is to have narration all the way through it but to have the opening of the story playing in the background also, so the narration is explaining what is happening but not giving to much away, just getting us hooked into it. Then when the narration has finished the screen fades into a bright light and then the actual film would start.
Sky’s idea:
What I would want to happen in my film opening is to have narration all the way through it but to have the opening of the story playing in the background also, so the narration is explaining what is happening but not giving to much away, just getting us hooked into it. Then when the narration has finished the screen fades into a bright light and then the actual film would start.
Sibel’s idea:
My idea for the film opening is that it should be a Thriller Fantasy genre but includes supernatural events of a person’s life experience.
An added idea is that the films ending starts at the beginning.
The beginning which is actually the ending is a person walking around with a camera following over their life whilst they tell their story of what has happened.
The scene from them walking will fade into the past to show you the events that has occurred.
research on our chosen genre
For our film opening, we are looking at doing a thriller-fantasy. We know that thrillers use suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements in order to portray their genre to the audience. However, as we are adding the fantasy theme into our film opening, it will calm down the big elements that we would have to do in order to make our film a proper thriller. Fantasy usually involves magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures or exotic fantasy worlds. We think this will be a different genre to do as we haven't witnessed anyone else do the thriller-fantasy genre for their AS Media film opening project as usually people do horrors or romantic film genres for their opening. We chose to do a thriller instead of a horror as there would be a lot of equipment that would have to be used in order to make that genre work well and it wouldn't look very realistic. So we decided on a thriller-fantasy as we think we can make it look creepy and look really good if we do everything successfully.
Outfit ideas
Outfits are an important part in our film opening as it will show the era that the film is set in and help determine the genre too. For our 1960's thriller fantasy idea, we are going for a puffy or knee-length skirt look, maybe a cute floral dress for the two girls within our film opening.
Name research
I have chosen the name Alice for the main girl within the opening of our film because of the previous TV drama 'Marshlands' which was an old fashioned thriller which links back with our film idea. I think that the name Alice goes well with the aim of our opening and the genre that we want to achieve.
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Meaning
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