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Introduction to editing

Establishing shot
- This is a long or extreme shot to show the important setting in the scene.







Shot reverse shot:

- Two shots with two characters typically in a conversation situation.









Cross cutting:
- Editing that alternates between shots occurring simultaneously
in two or more different location.



Match on action:
- A cut between two shots that places two different framings
of the same action next to each other, making it seem to
continue uninterrupted.




Eye-line match:
- A cut between two shots, in which the first shot shows a person  
 looking off in one direction, and the second shot shows either a
space containing what he or she sees or a person looking back in
 exactly the same position.

Recce

A recce is when you can see how your story/film will shape up in the location you have chosen. It also allows you to have preparation time.

Me and my group member decided to choose the location in a block of flats. This was near manor house.





The location here is a block of flats. The downfall to this was that we had to get a panning shot to put into our 2 minute opening sequence to make it clear to where we was filming, so the problem to this was people were walking past and it was really busy because of people talking so we had to cut the sound out of the shot.

                                                                              This is an ally way we have chosen to film one of our scenes in. This was taken near our college. The only problem to this was there were a lot of people talking and it was near a road so it was very busy. We had dialogue in this shot but when i was editing this we needed sound to make it clear to what was going on so we had to cut this scene out.

My initial idea

Characters:

Ashley- Girl bullying Chloe.

  













Costumes:                                                           


Chloe getting bullied scene:     We have used uniform for the character Chloe because she is the one being bullied therefore it makes more sense to the audience. Also we used uniform because the way she is dressed formal shows the innocence, whereas the character Ashley is wearing something in 'trend' which shows she goes against school uniform and breaks rules in school to show she is trouble maker. Ashley also looks tough. This relates to my genre Drama.

- White shirt
- School tie
- black trousers
- bag



Ashley:
- Black hoodie: Ashley wore a black hoodie to represent what teenagers wear.
- Red shoes: We thought converses would look better with Ashley's costumes because converses are known to be a 'popular' brand and because Ashley is a bully she might want to keep up with the 'trend'
- Black leggings

Location:

- Block flats: This is chosen because it looks like a typical place you could see someone being bullied.
- lift: The lift scene allowed the audience to feel the tension on who it could be?
- toilets: This allowed the character Chloe to feel the emotions in herself. This would be a typical girl being bullied.

Camera shots:

- Pan
- Long shot

In this scene we have used a long shot to show the 2 characters in the scene and to show that is going to happen. We have also used it to show the location of where its being taken place.















- Close up

Chloe- Girl getting bullied by Ashley.

in this scene i have used a close up to show the smudged make up which refers to her crying due to the fact she was just bullied. This allows the audience to see what she really looks like.




- Canted

In this image we have used a canted angle because it gives almost trapped sense.



- High angle

Synopsis

The story is about a girl named Ashley who is aged 16, she was once bullied, so now she turns into a bully herself. She turns into a bully because she wants other people to experience what she’s been through. She was bullied because of her background and where she is from, she was born and grew up in Lithuania and came to the London when she was 10 so she still has a bit of an accent. The story is set in a block of flats, toilets and alley way. She was bullied at the age of 14 and did not ever speak about it or show anyone how she was feeling instead she would bottle it up.  But then when she started college she decided to do the things that happened to her which was bullying to get revenge back.

Storyboard and script.

This is part of the script me and my group member created. I found writing a script very useful because it allowed me to plan and know exactly what kind of scene we wanted and how it is going to be set. We layed it out by using EXT and INT.

We created our story board first so we could see what the dialogue should be and how it should be said.

This is an example i have found on the internet. I think making a storyboard for my groups opening sequence benifitted us a lot because it enables me to improve the quality by identifying the flaws or faults in the design. So this allows us to see if a particular scene works with the story. I have also found it useful because it gave ideas on what camera shots, angles we could use.

In our story board we changed a few things around because there were some scenes which wouldn't work and there was certain dialogue that wasn't really appropriate for the scene due to the fact that it's a opening sequence so there was a time limit.

My old storyboard

 

My updated storyboard

 













The script i have looked at to get ideas for my opening sequence was Kidulthood. I looked at the way they speak which was informal and a lot of swearing. This sterotypes the fact on how teenagers are seen and spoken.


Mooney: F**KING HELL MAN
Trife: What blud?
Mooney: DIDN’T I TELL THEM, NO ONIONS?

This is part of a line that was between 2 boys who were known as 'bad boys'. This reinforces the ideology on how teenage boys are bound to speak in this generation.

Equipment

I used one of these cameras to record my
footage. This is a nikon D5100. The quality
of this camera wasn't as good as the other one
we used because this seemed to have a less
powerful lens. Also the scenes weren't as clear
as it should have been. In my first lesson 
we was told about our coursework, we have learned
the basics on how to use a camera. When i first
got the camera i had no idea on how to use it
but then i learn't how to start recording and taking
pictures. I had then got the hang of it.



  

This is a tripod. We used this whilst we
filmed our scenes. It came in very good
handy because there were some shots we
used that needed to have an even ground.
This allowed us to film without being
wonky or shakey. When we was told 
to use the tripod, i didn't have a clue on
how to set it up and how to use it. When i asked
a teacher i learn't that in order for the tripod to be 
even we had to adjust the legs until the bubble was
on the little dot in the middle. i was then taught how to 
put the camera on top of the tripod to secure it into place. 



Brief.

I have been asked to create a 2 minute opening of a movie.
In the beginning of our media lesson we were asked to create ideas of what kind of movie we would like to create. We thought about a story line, genre, costumes and makeup to help us plan the story board. The story board we created was to show us what would happen in each scene, the camera angles we would use and the duration of each scene. We looked on youtube of different opening sequences so we get an idea of what we would have to create and different ideas we could use in our own opening sequence.
When my group finished the story board we were asked to write a script. A script is the dialogue you would use in the scene so it allows the director and character to know what to do and say. It is also used so you can work faster on set so the pictures allow you to know how you're going to do it and to see if there would be any problems within that scene.
To edit my clips that i have filmed with my group, we have used final cut pro. This is a way where you put your clips and produce your opening sequence. This allows you to edit in many different ways.

 

Similar Texts.

In my group we have decided to do a opening sequence based on bullying to show the consequences and outcomes in this situation. The reason for this is because i love the way a film is based on a serious situation and it allows our target audience (teenagers) to realise what the outcome could be.





                                         

i researched different films that could relate to bullying and the one that i could relate to was Odd Girl Out. I love the way it attracts the secondary audience (teenagers).
A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school. A well-adjusted teenager becomes depressed when she's ostracized by her friends at school. Her mother must help her daughter regain her confidence.

This Drama film relates to my opening sequence because it is the same genre and the story is similar. For example: a girl in school in being bullied and becomes depressed. However the mother isn't involved in my opening sequence, it is just her by herself getting revenge in the end.

 













This scene is similar to our opening sequence because we did a scene in the bathroom which relates to bullying. This scene allows us to base it on the characters feelings.






This is a scene i have filmed which relates to The Odd girl out. This film has inspired me to make a bathroom scene because it relates to the genre Drama. We see this because the bathroom scene allows the characters thoughts and feelings to be shown. It also makes it much more dramatic.
























This is another drama film that relates to a similar story to our opening sequence. I love the way its about one girl and how she gets bullied coming to a new school and it shows how its hard to socialise with people. This relates to a typical teen movie and the is a really realistic story line. however the clothing in this movie isn't like the teenagers dressed in college. This could be because this was originially from America. This is also a comedy drama which doesn't really relate to my opening sequence but it is similar in a way which the story line about getting revenge and the bullying is set up.

Kidutlhood

This film has really inspired me to make an opening sequence and story like this because it's in a urban area they have filmed in and they have all related to gang crime, bullying, fighting etc. This relates to situations that happened in this kind of society i live in today. We have used similar costumes such as the school uniform idea. This is used because bullying happens in everyday life and could happen in school and the way bullying is done relates to society today. Especially the urban areas we live in today. 

180 degree rule.

180 degree rule is a rule that should never be broken. When you shoot a scene with actors you got imagine there is a line extending out between them. You can also move your camera anywhere along that line as long as you don't cross over that line. 180 degree rule is used to show the emotions/facial expressions within the characters.




Friends with benefits.
Here is an example of a 180 degree rule being shot.

180 degree used here is when the 2 characters are both talking to eachother, so which ever character is talking the camera will be set on them.
180 degree rule is also mostly used when people are having a conversation with eachother. It allows the audience to see their facial expressions.

Camera shots and film analysis.

I have used the film The Dark Knight Rises with the joker scene (MOB meeting). The first camera shot used in the beginning of the scene is over the shoulder, they used this shot because it allows the audience to see the people who are in the scene and they're looking at the person who is arriving (The Joker). It also allows the audience to look at the people in the scene's facial expressions because the audience don't know who it is however the facial expressions used in this scene is like they've seen something unusual and weird which is the Joker. The joker comes in by laughing which grabs everyone's attention, but when he walks in and settles down, the black man is waiting to talk 'business' with him and they want the joker to take someone down. they expect something with fighting involved but The Joker just starts off with a magic trick by putting a pencil in someones eye as they walk towards him. this is used really well because it shows how calm and less serious he is the situation but how dangerous he can be. The scene is a slow pace with him talking calm but the pencil trick happens in a fast pace which gives the audience shock value.

The joker begins by talking about batman and starts talking about why the people in the scene have group sessions in broad daylight, this shows the audience and characters in the scene how clever and experienced the joker really is. This makes the audience want to carry on watching the movie.








 

Camera shot: Over the shoulder.

The effect with this camera shot is to establish the position of each person, and get the feeling of looking at the people sitting down from another persons view.

Camera shot: Close up.


The effect with this shot is to allow the audience to see the emotion the person is in and to feel the tension which gives antisiptation to the audience.