Filming - Day 4

Filming - Day 3

Filming - Day 2

Filming - Day 1

Fourth Scene Setting and Props

For the villain's secret hideout room we need a small space as it's supposed to be somewhere in the villain/hero's house that only the villain persona knows about. we walked around the school to see if there were any places we could use for filming. It needed to be somewhere dark so as to connote that the villain is a very dark character.

After a while we decided the best place to us would probably be the theatre as it it's completely black in there with all the lights off.

We are using a spacious corner of the theatre as we need a corner to show the villain ha pictures up of the hero and pictures of clocks all around the room. The excess space isn't an issue as we can use lighting and camera techinques such as different shots and camera movements to make the place appear smaller and more contained.

We stuck pictures on the wall of me as the hero character along with pictures Imogen stalked off of my facebook. We also ripped out pieces of newspaper and printed headlines relating to heroic activities such as 'Hero does it again!' an 'Baby saved from burning blaze!' this has been done to show that the villain is obsessed with the hero character and and to connote the fact he knows about the hero and also captivated by the hero's personality and his life. On the adjacent wall we have many pictures and technical diagrams of clocks to indicate that the villain is interested and fixated with time as he is trying to obtain the hero's power to speed up, slow down and stop time.

On the table there were notes, as if scattered around by the villain, in the picture you can see a picture of a clock this has been done to further show that clocks and timepieces are always bouncing around in the villain's scattered mind. The villain's table has been scattered with papers and notes to show that like the table, his mind is a scattered mess.

Another prop we used in this scene, in addition to the papers on the walls and on the table, was an awesome brass pocket watch lent to us by mine and Kirby's friend John. The watch was important to the piece as it further indicates the villains  attraction to and obsession with time. It's also needed as we see the villain in this scene attempting to stop time, in fact we see the watch before the villain showing this is what he does, this is his life.

Third Scene Settings and Props

 

In third scene the only prop that we use is Imogens handbad, it is important as it shows she's not just popping to the corners shop to buy milk but instead going out as it to work. However their are also backing props such as shoes on the floor and coats hanging up.

We used my hallway for this scene as we needed a house with a hallway because that's what we had in out storyboard and I was the only one out of us three who had a hallway in their house.

Second Scene Setting and Props

 

In the first shot of this seen we see the hero putting his costume away into the wardobe we used my sister's for these shots as she has a wardrobe in her room with good space infront of it with a lot of good natural light

We got two angles of this area as we ar going to do an action match of my character putting the outfit in the cupboard, the match on action with start from side on and then moving to a shot from behind me. Hopefully we will be able to make this action match smooth like we did with the scene where Kirby sat down in our preliminary task peice.

An important prop used is my sister's alarm clock which never seems to get her up despite going off loudly enough to wake me up from the opposite side of the house. This prop links the two characters together with time as the hero has the power to control time and the villian is trying to also get this power.

Harry Webber's morphsuit is what we used for our hero's costume and he's awesome for letting us borrow it. The costume is good because it show the cliche of heores always wearing spandex it's also good as it breaks the colour connotations we've built up ie. the hero is shown wearing white and the villian wearing black, this costume is interesting as it is the superhero's costume but it is black, not white

First Scene Setting and Props

The Hero is shown in this scene to lead a normal life, The Hero is on screen eating his breakfast and reading the newspaper.We've chose to film this scene at the dining table in the dining/living room. We decided to use my house for the film as it most fitted with the storyboard.

In the picture to the right we can see the props used in thebreakfast scene: The Sunday Times Newspaper, a plate of toast and a glass of apple juice, although I drew the storyboard with orange juice in mind so apple juice wasn't as good but I had to settle as we didn't have orange juice. I was really craving some citrussy goodness that morning, however I had to settle for apple juice, which was probably better for me as I have a really sensitive tooth and the citric acid in citrus fruits such as oranges edrodes tooth enamel potentially making the sinsitivity of my tooth worse so I guess apple juice was better for the occasion despite my orange juice lust.

Feedback From Our Peers

 

Kirby wrote on facebook our general idea, asking for feedback and for ideas and suggestions for the name of the film. I think it was good idea to do this as it gave us a chance to alter our plot if people didn't like it and it also gave the public a chance to feel more involved with our film opening. As well as this it helped us get a further understanding of our audience, we see that the feedback is mostly possitive and is coming from teenages, this shows that our target audience of teenagers is met and they like the idea and would be interested in watching our film

 

Imogen pitched our idea to our class and teachers. Everybody like the idea although people said that although it is a good idea it's going to be hard to represent that the two characters are the same character and it will be complicated to show our concept

Planning - Costumes

The Hero's and villain's costumes are supposed to look completely identical despite this colour of the shirt. The costumes are this similar to indicate these 2 people have the exact same style as they are in fact the same person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The shirts are different colours to inicate the differences between good and evil; The hero is wearing white to indicate purity and hope whereas the villain is wearing all black to show his dark life and cruel intentions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hero's girlfriend is shown in a simple black dress with tights and high-heeled shoes. The costume along with curly hair and a hangbag make her out to be feminine. the shoes and tights indicate she is going to work like she would on a normal day.

Planning - Camera/Editing Storyboard

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Research - Sound Design

David lynch once said "Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent  sound" However Mr Wallis disagrees and said he thinks that 40 percent visual  and 60 percent sound is more accurate.

 

Mr Wallis showed our class this video on monday, in this video we see the importance of sound and sound design and we also see some of the ingenious ways in which sound production teams can manipulate every day objects such as slinkies to make effective sound effect such as lasers.

 

 

Sound design is everything you hear in a tv programme or movie including backgroud noise, dialogue, score, sound effects, ambient/drone noises and every thing else that you can hear (this also includes silence)

Sound design is just as important as the images on screen, if not more important. Sound can change the mood and feel of a film of programme completley.

Planning - Opening Storyboard

Editing - Screenshots

     

Here are some screenshots taken during the editing process

American Classification Categories

Comic Film Classification

Most Comic-based feature films, both DC Comics produced and Marvel Comics produced, are classified as 12A. Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people. Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate swear words, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.

 

Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises are just some examples of 12A Rated Comic-adapted movies

UK Classification Categories Continued

Futher information on the BBFC

The BBFC was created by the film industry in 1912, long before anyone had even heard of Steven Spielberg or Star Wars. It wanted to make sure that all of its films, (videos and DVDs had not been invented then), were checked on behalf of the whole country. Local councils, who were, and still are, in charge of cinemas up and down the country, grew to accept the BBFC's decisions, although even today, for films shown in cinemas, councils still have the power to ignore any decision made by the BBFC. For example, in 1993, the comedy film Mrs.Doubtfire was given a 12 classification by the BBFC. Some councils disagreed with this decision and gave the film a PG!

An important change came with the arrival of video in the early 1980's. In 1984, a new law was passed, The Video Recordings Act, which put the BBFC in charge of classifying all videos for home use. The law asks Examiners to make sure that works are classified in line with what they contain and make sure that they show nothing that might be harmful to people.

What does all this mean exactly? Well, for example, very scary and gory horror films that might upset younger children are unlikely to be found at U, PG or 12A/12. As for harmful material, the BBFC has to note any dangerous or criminal activities on a video or DVD, such as scenes that show, in detail, how to hurt people or how to break into cars. Such moments may even be removed from the video before it's released to the public.

The Examiners at the BBFC also have to be aware of other laws, such as those which protect children (The Protection of Children Act, passed in 1978) and animals (The Animals Act, passed in 1937). It is against the law in this country to show films or videos in which an animal has been harmed during the production. The owners of any film showing such a scene can be asked to remove it before a certificate is given.

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