One Step Closer

After all the problems that we have had with the construction of our final piece we finally got back on track, although its a little bit behnind the rest of the class. The venue for our filming was changed to Luis's house due to a lack of comunication which happened between the resturant and our group. This is the last draft before we should have finished the openning all together.

Although we have improved greatly in our filming techneques, there are still some problems which came up and were spotted after we had finished editting. The first main problem is the continuity break within Zygi's hood. This because when he walks into the french doors he has his hood up, but when he comes through the door from the shot of inside the livingroom his hood is down. Then when he leaves and is outside the house once again his hood appears to be up, this breaks the contunity rule.
Another problem is the timer on the CCTV as throughout the openning the timer is in sync, but when the shot moves away from the CCTV inside and jumps to a point of view shot then to the CCTV outside the timer had gone back in time once again breaking the continuity rule.
There is once again another problem aswell. We were unable to add any sound into the opeening at this time but when we go back and edit the openning we should be able to correct this and post the final production on youtube before our deadline.

Once we have corrected these problems and made sure Zygi keeps his hood either up or down we shoulod be finished and can start to evaluate our product.

Sound Track

We will have to get a song from audionetwork for a small fee, but this will make sure that the song is copyright free

Production

My group is not here today so i do not know if we can get the the final filming done this weekend. If we get the filming finished it would give me couple of days to do all the editing. The other members of my group will do an edit, we will then choose the best edit to show sir.

Production

We chose to film in a restorant which proves to be a challenge due to getting the right time for filming due to the opening hours.
We have to get some more shots done from different angles and to retake some shots as the camera did not focus due to lack of light. We are thinking of having more lights so the camera can auto focus.
We did not use a tripod when we filmed so some shots are not steady.
Hopefully we can finish the filming this weekend so we can finish the editing before Easter.
Our rough cut looks more of a trailer than a opening of a film as it cuts back and forward.

Returning to Media Studies

I have been off and missed a hole week of media studies because of an injury i withstained. When I came back today I easily sliped in to my group to help with the powerpoint presentation which has been set to complete for tomorrows lesson. This is why I have not posted on my blog for a while as I have been unable to even sit at the computer at that moment, but I am back now and I am ready to continue with my Media Studies, and catch up with everything that I may have missed.

Media Mag: Openning Scenes

Today I  logged onto the mediamagazine that we were given to look through to help us with our coursework. While I was reading through i noticed an article about how the film Kick Ass created an openning scene which was very similar to other blockbuster super hero films. The openning to kick ass starts as many super hero films do; with a super hero wearing a costume and jumping off a building with a twist as instead of the hero flying off like superman or batman would do, this superhero crashes to the ground on top of a car failing at what he is trying to do horribly. This shows that with a slight tweek to what you would expect from a film you can keep the audience on the edge of their seats and will them onto to wtaching the rest of the film. Kick Ass used this so they could create a humouress film where as we could do the same but to catch the audience off guard to make them want to watch the rest of the film... Too bad there isnt going to be one.

The Sopranos Opening Theme

The Soprano's title sequence shows only one person throughout the sequence showing that he is the main importance of the story. As the driver is on his journey you see alot of items that are linked with the stero type of what people would expect a mafia boss to have. The character shows that he has a chain round his wrist and rings on his fingers and at one point he even starts smoking his cigar. The location of which the character is driving through does not link with what people would expect of a mafia member as the driver is on a journey through New Jersey which is not seen to be involved in the mafia. This gives an idea that he may be an outsider of the big families that run the mafia, and makes the audience think about the possible outcomes of what is to happen next in the story.