The photographs on them were taken when filming the first scene of our film opening, when Eva is mysteriously lying on the floor in the woods. The photos were taken using Sophie's Iphone and she also created these posters on her phone too.
Our Film Poster
Sophie created many different poster drafts and here are a few.
The photographs on them were taken when filming the first scene of our film opening, when Eva is mysteriously lying on the floor in the woods. The photos were taken using Sophie's Iphone and she also created these posters on her phone too.
The photographs on them were taken when filming the first scene of our film opening, when Eva is mysteriously lying on the floor in the woods. The photos were taken using Sophie's Iphone and she also created these posters on her phone too.
Evangeline: Final draft
This is the final outcome of our opening sequence of 'Evangeline'. It took a lot of time and effort to create this product and we are pleased with the outcome.
Blog Reflection
Technology
Throughout my learning journey of creating many different blog posts, I have explored differernt ways of presenting information. I have recently become more familiar with Prezi and think its a great way to present and explore ideas. I have also learnt to upload powerpoints onto my blog by using my new Slideshare account.I used this to present our first group film pitch, My individual film pitch, the institutions task and the film pitch representing genre. When editing our final film, I took the main role of editing our film opening which allowed me to become more familiar with Premiere and the different effects I could put on the sound or video to improve it.
Mark out of 20
I would give myself a 15/20 at the moment. I think some posts in my blog need to include more detail and the analysis needs to be more in depth but I believe I have completed all the tasks given to an acceptable standard.
More thorough or less complacent?
I think i need to be more thourough in a lot of my posts which focus on in depth writing. I think i need to write a lot more to explain what i think/ have to say.
Is it fun to look through?
I think my blog is fun to look through because i believe it is colourful and exciting. The font is dark red and the headings are red bubble writing, making it look eye catching. I also think this is better than having plain black normal font because i am a visual learner so find it benefits me when my work looks more interesting. I have also included images in my posts to make them more visual and break up the text.
Is the learning journey evident?
I think the learning journey is evident because I think I have improved throughout the course of my media lessons since the beginning of year 12. My blog shows how over time i introduced different programmes to present my information.
Targets
I think i need to improve on the depth of my descriptions and analysis in order to achieve a better standard of work and overall try to achieve the best grade I can.
Production Diary
This is a diary showing an overview of what our group did on a daily basis from the beginning of the film making process to the end. It was rewarding to see the progress our group made over time because at the beginning we didn't think we would achieve as much as we have. We worked efficiently as a group and all contributed vital ideas to make our final outcome a successful one.
Script for our new film opening
This is the new and updated script. It is just a voiceover and not actual speech. It is played during the footage of the trees and Eva lying on the floor in the woods (scene 1).
We kept the dialogue minimal becuase we wanted more emphasis on the footage itself than what the characters were saying. We wanted the visauls (mise en scene) to tell the story and not the speech.
Our speech tells the audience enough for them to understand what the film is going to entail, even though there isn't much of it. We find this a sign of success because it shows that our footage is good.
Fonts for titles
We originally had a pale yellow font for our titles i have learnt that titles need to look more professional so we ended up with using a dark maroon colour.
We have used Adobe Carlson Pro as the typeface. We think this looks professional and not too modern.
We have used Adobe Carlson Pro as the typeface. We think this looks professional and not too modern.
12/12/14- Filming #3
Today we spent just over an hour filming the first section of our film opening set in the woods among the trees/woodland. Even with our biggest efforts to ensure the filming went perfectly, the camera ran out of charge shortly after getting to our location. We were quite annoyed by this but we overcame this by using an Ipohone 5 to film our footage. The quality of the camera is very good but using a phone meant that we could not use the tripod to raise the camera into the air. It also meanr rhat the camera was not kept as still as what we had originally hoped. Apart from that, filming went really well and the footage we got was successful.
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| This is Sam towards the end of our filming session |
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| This is Sam ans Sophie before we had started filming and were considering the best location for Eva to be laying and also the route the cameraman would take around the woods before reaching the main character. |
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| This is a shot from the footage we used in our film opening of Sophie lying on the ground playing the role of Eva |
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| This is Sophie re-applying her make-up just before we started filming |
Shot List: updated
Scene1- this will be a section from the middle of the plot of the while film.
shot of the camera panning/moving through the woods
Eva
Scene2- a series of many different shots in different locations rewound and sped up to show that the film is 'going back to the beginning'. (Which is what Eva wishes to happen).
Music: updated
For our final draft we changed the music in order to fit with the scenes better. Our class feedback included critisism about our original feedback saying 'it wasn't right for a film opening, more suitable for a daytime TV programme'.
Both of the new soungs we have used include a piano sound. This relates them to each other except the second one we used 'breathe me' is more upbeat and louder than 'soda'. This is appropriate bceasue 'Soda' is playign when the video is mysterious and needs to build tension whereas
For the first scene set in the woods where it is quite slow and there is a VoiceOver, we used 'Soda' by the Cinematic Orchestra. It sosunds quite 'twinkly' which suits the scene among the trees well. It makes it feel mystical and gives a sense of a fanasy theme (witchcraft). This is non-diagetic because the music sounds like a children's lullaby
For the second scene after the main title (of rewound scenes back to the beginning of the film) we used 'Breathe Me (instrumentral version)' By Sia.
Both of the new soungs we have used include a piano sound. This relates them to each other except the second one we used 'breathe me' is more upbeat and louder than 'soda'. This is appropriate bceasue 'Soda' is playign when the video is mysterious and needs to build tension whereas
For the first scene set in the woods where it is quite slow and there is a VoiceOver, we used 'Soda' by the Cinematic Orchestra. It sosunds quite 'twinkly' which suits the scene among the trees well. It makes it feel mystical and gives a sense of a fanasy theme (witchcraft). This is non-diagetic because the music sounds like a children's lullaby
For the second scene after the main title (of rewound scenes back to the beginning of the film) we used 'Breathe Me (instrumentral version)' By Sia.
Representations: updated
Eva Jones is a Young female at the age of 17 and 11 months. She is a friendly, happy, curious character. She goes to a state school which is multi-clutural and mix gender. We know she is curious becasue she is seen looking around and she seems to be exploring in woodland areas.
The music gives the audience that the film is mystical and it makes you want to find out what is going to happen.
The music gives the audience that the film is mystical and it makes you want to find out what is going to happen.
Film Poster ideas
I like this one because it is simple but effective and doesn't give too much away. There is also space to write the appropriate titles.
These two photos have different effects put on them. The top one enhances the colour more, which makes her hair and dress stand out more.
These three have an effect on them making them tint slightly blue. I like this because it represent the genre of fantasy/supernatural well.
This is an example of a film poster which Sophie created to give us an idea of how we want it to look.
New film idea
We have decided to change our film opening based on the feedback we received. We realised the acting wasn't very successful when watching back our first draft. Therefore we elimated the library scenes and created the opening to be more based around the main character (Eva).
We have not changed the theme of witchcraft but instead we have made it more obvious to the audience. We did this by including a VoiceOver from the main character right at the beginning which helps the audience understand how she is feeling. This also makes the film more personal than what is was like in our first draft.
We have not changed the theme of witchcraft but instead we have made it more obvious to the audience. We did this by including a VoiceOver from the main character right at the beginning which helps the audience understand how she is feeling. This also makes the film more personal than what is was like in our first draft.
First Draft Feedback
Today we received the feedback about our first draft. Overall, there was a wide range of different opinions.
We have established in our group that we need to improve the:
Below are some images we have taken of three of our feedback sheets. Looking through them all we found that a lot of people did not understand our film opening. Because of this we have decided to create scenes which show more clearly what the film is about. Due to this only being our first draft we knew some aspects were not perfected, like the shakiness of the camera at the end. We did not have time to re-film this so decided we would perfect of change this after our first draft was submitted. 
We have established in our group that we need to improve the:
- music
- titles
- camera movement
- length
- acting
- sound
8/12/14- watching first drafts
These are pictures of our media class watching then peer marking everyone's first draft film openings.
First Draft
This is the first draft of our film opening. We watched everyone's film openings on the monday and also gave each other our personal feedback.
Music: updated
We changed the music from Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata to something less well known. we have decided to use 'Mazzy Star- Fade Into You Karaoke' because it fitted with our genre better. It isn't too happy, tense, scary or cheerful. It is quite natural (the simplistic guitar sound) and fits well for a teenage girl walking alone in a natural environment.
Moonlight Sonata created an atmosphere which was too dramatic. It gave across that it was a horror film from the first few shots because its dark, tense and the character looks lonely.
Moonlight Sonata created an atmosphere which was too dramatic. It gave across that it was a horror film from the first few shots because its dark, tense and the character looks lonely.
2/12/14 Filming #2
Today we filmed the interior shots of our film taken in the library. This took quite a while to film because we wanted to make sure the acting was as realistic as possible. We are going to re-shoot the library shots after the first draft deadline to make our film look better: Lee Hart's costume was not acceptable for a group of teenagers who are serious about their studies, The photo of Evangeline was on the screen on Jimmy Allway's computer and the talking was not very load. To portray to the audience that Eva looks like Eva, we are going to include a match on action shot of when the camera zooms into the computer at the end and the shot slowly morphs into a shot of Eva's face and slowly pans away from her showing her walking with her friends. She will have a natural expression to show she does not know anything about the cure she has on her.
Timeline
This is timeline to show where the different titles appear in the opening scene.
This was very helpful when creating all of the titles when editing the film because it gave us a correct order to put them in, which is the same as 'The Craft' (a film with a similar narrative to ours).
We made all of the titles roughly 4 seconds and made them fade in and out when editing our film. We only had one title shown in the library (at the end) because it looked better when the titles were shown without dialogue and lots of colours in the background. Wheres it was easier to include titles in the shots of Eva walking because the background was mainly dark colours (green and grey).
This was very helpful when creating all of the titles when editing the film because it gave us a correct order to put them in, which is the same as 'The Craft' (a film with a similar narrative to ours).
We made all of the titles roughly 4 seconds and made them fade in and out when editing our film. We only had one title shown in the library (at the end) because it looked better when the titles were shown without dialogue and lots of colours in the background. Wheres it was easier to include titles in the shots of Eva walking because the background was mainly dark colours (green and grey).
Synopsis planning
Scene 1- A range of shots as Eva is walking. She is located outside Galleywood Cemetry, walking along the path, and headed towards the graves.
Scene 2- Establishing characters in the library and what they are doing.
Scene 3- Eva walks up to her Mothers grave and then the main title is shown.
Scene 4- The film cuts back to the library and Faye starts off by reading a passage about witchcraft. The library group become inquisitive about Eva's whereabouts so they call her.
Scene 5- Eva is seen walking up to the library and over to join her friends. They all gather their bags and exit the shot, the camera then zooms in on a computer screen with the page up of 'Local Legends of Witchcraft' (it zooms into Evangeline's photo).
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