Props and Costume Research

This is what the protagonist Vicky will be wearing for our film just the black cape not the dress. This is effective because it shows shes trying to be hidden and away from everyone else. We wanted her wearing the black cloak because capes conforms to a superhero and we wanted her to be immediately shown as the good guy. We also wanted to cloak because we wanted to make it feel as if she can fly as most superheroes with capes and fly4

This is the mask the antagonist shall be wearing, we chose this mask because it had a villain feel to it and we could see our antagonist wearing this. We wanted something dark and like a skull to make us feel scared of this character the dark connotes to a villain and we wanted the skull because we wanted our own villain compared to Darth Vader or bane as those mask are typically seen in other movies just with a different look to it.

Location Research

We are thinking about using ashtead common for our sci fi movie. It would be a great location as it could show a good area for a spaceship crash and a unknown person confused on where she is. We feel the area can make it look like a deserted area and we feel that if we film here then we can add to the effect of no civilization. Ashtead Common is a very big and quiet area we feel that this could be used to our advantage. 

We are also thinking about doing our film at leatherhead park this is most likely not going to be used as it is not what were looking for but its a good plan B. We decided that this area could be a good plan B as it does have an empty area but there are a few disadvantages and we obviously prefer Ashtead Common. The reasons we don't feel this is the best area is because it has a lot of civilization and even a park, there is usually dog walking happening at the back where we thinking about doing where all the trees are. Also we feel that the area doesn't seem empty and filled with trees and that is what we are looking for. 

The 3rd and final location is my school Therfield School. This is not third choice we did use this location for 2 reasons. We used it for the drama studio to film one of the scenes with the villain in it we wanted a dark feel to it and a technical feel to it and the drama studio has these things it was perfect for its uses and the drama studio was perfect for the scene although we could have improved on some bits as it did not really look like the inside of a spaceship. The other reason we used therfield school was for the dark room for our first scene, we wanted the dark room because we wanted to focus on Vicky face and show technical sci fi stuff and it was perfect for what we wanted as it ended up looking really good. 

Questionnaire

We did the questionnaire and found the answers. We found that "Strangers" would be the best titled suited for our movie, we also found that Ashtead Common would be the best place suited to our movie. I also asked what opening scene would be best for our film we ended up with a iron man scene crashing down with spaceship noises turning to a black screen and a dramatic quote for our opening.We also asked what cliche should we used and battery dying and pulse weapons. People also said they want to see dramatic quotes and they liked "i don't wear a mask to hide my identity... but to release it".We used a questionnaire to find out what the audience wants as we want to appeal to the audience as much as possible.  From our answers we know what the audience is looking for when they see our movie so we will be aiming for this things to happen. So typically you will see our soon to be famous one liner and see some cliches like twigs snapping when walking over it. When making the questionnaire it was to help us decide which was the best one but for some we did have favorites for example the title of our movie, we wanted "Another World" but the audience preferred "Strangers" which was unexpected and of course the audience want we give so our title is now Strangers.  

Research and Planning Targets

A promising and confident start - but much more of your planning needs to be evidenced in order for you to achieve your target grade or above for this stage of your portfolio.  Keep pushing yourself to complete the task list provided and work collaboratively with your group in order to make sure your road to production is well evidenced and leads to success.

Preliminary Evaluation

This is my preliminary task where we had to film scenes with certain things in that scene. We had to use match on action, the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot. The match on action is where we had to film actor 1 being kieran opening the door and it going onto a close up on his hand opening the door, We had to film kieran twice but editing showed as if it was one shot and you don't see the camera but we did film it in 2 shots. The first one showed kieran opening the door and turning right the next one was kieran's hand opening the door and him walking through. When we edited we put them together cut down the time and made it look smooth. The next was the 180 degree rule for this all we had to do was a one on one interview that was filmed twice and stayed 180 degrees away from the scene. The interview looked as if we were talking to each other with no camera not you should of been able to see but because it was filmed twice and editing and putting it together made it look as if it was normal. The third and the final was the shot reverse shot that was just the same where it would show actor 1 talking to actor 2 with the camera going back and forth showing each other talking. 

How we filmed the shots were quite difficult the first shot we had to get perfect to show kieran walking up to the door and we didn't want to show the classroom next door we ended up getting it perfect. The next scene was kieran's hand opening the door this was pretty easy all we had to do was get kieran to open the door again. The next scene we just put in the corner of the room ad got kieran to walk through the door and later we would cut him walking through and have him half in the door while it closes. The only hard part was the editing we had to get kieran perfectly walking through. Another shot was the same place but we moved it to the right a bit to then show kieran sitting down opposite me. The shot reverse shot i had to put 3 scissors to where the stand was to make sure i could put it back in the same spot to make it perfect. 

What could of we done better was the last shot we could of done much better and a longer shot reverse shot as we only did two scenes of it. If we had more scenes it would have been more effective. The last shot could of been done done again as the we filmed it once and you can see some mistakes for example my hands in the last scene were above the table but then they were below. You can also see that we save the table from falling. The last was that kieran had goggles on his head when walking through the door but in the next he was wearing them. To improve we could have watched it back and filmed the scene again. 

Furious 7 Opening Scene Analysis

This the opening scene to Fast and Furious 7. The genre is thriller/action and there are many conventions to it being this. For example in the first scene we see many dead bodies and they seem to be wearing police uniforms showing that there has been a villain there killing all the good guys. Another convention is the explosion towards the end this is usually in action movies to add a dramatic effect. The last convention is we see the villain looking cool this is mainly seen in action films as we get to know the villain and hes made to look cool so he is not easily defeated by the good guys. The effective camera shots are the when were looking at a close up of the villain with blurred nurses in the background while he is talking to them its effective because it shows the villain being bad and showing his evil side. Another effective camera angle is the one where the villain looks away from the explosion this is effective because it shows superiority for the villain.

We find out some information in the opening scene of furious 7 for example if you know fast and furious series through and through you know that the guy in the hospital bed was his brother who was also a villain in a old movie. So we find out that this new guy wants to avenge his brother. Mise-en-scene is used well in the opening scene as the villain is wearing a dark suit this shows that he is evil and going to be the bad guy.

The sound is used well in the scene as the main villain is the only one talking with no music showing were suppose to listen as he is giving as a back story to them both for us to learn. Another effective is sound is the non diegetic sound is the music being played its quite rock and loud showing the villain looking good.