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Things we need to change - Feedback from class

2010-03-09T06:22:00.000-08:00

We watched all the films last week and got feedback from the whole class. We are now reading all the feedbacks/comments and what is most apparent is the sound in our coursework as many if not all the comments was about the sound. We need to work more on the sound and tweak a few more things such as (things from our feedback) fixing sound affects e.g: the scream at the end. The diagetic/ non-diagetic sounds needs to flow (some are unnecessary). At times there was no sound and then sound suddenly came into it.

Shamima and Sabina completed

2010-02-25T05:54:00.000-08:00

In the half term holiday,we came in and finished the last part that needed to be finished. We have finished adding all the music and all the sound effects that we wanted. We did this through the use of garage band. Overall we are happy with our finished project.

Edit Rashid and Mirza Complete.

2010-02-23T06:59:00.000-08:00

We have completed our film opening however, we didn't add much music as we couldn't use garageband due to time.

Evaluation Shamima and Sabina

2010-02-11T03:45:00.000-08:00

After watching our coursework we realized that we need to make a few changes. We need more closeups as we have lots of long shots and haven't captured the emotions of the main character and we need to re-shoot some important scenes. So in the half term we will come in and re-shoot the conference room scene again and the smooth zoom of the hand on the floor. Also we need to cut down our film as it is over 2 minutes and we need it to be 2 minutes exactly.

11/2/2010 What we have done so far.

2010-02-11T03:39:00.000-08:00

We have progressed far with our coursework and have done two edits, however we have realized some scenes may need to be re-filmed. So far this is what we have done

Our coursework what we did so far Shamima and Sabina

2010-02-11T03:23:00.000-08:00

Update on our coursework

2010-02-10T02:08:00.000-08:00

We have finished editing our coursework and now we have added some music using garage band for the credits in the film. All we have left to do now is add some music/sound in the film for suspense. However we have found out that we haven't used any closeups of the main character to show emotions. So now we have to re-shoot the conference room scene again. This will be done over the half-term holidays.

Shamima and Sabina's edit

2010-02-04T04:42:00.000-08:00

Today we finished editing our coursework. We are doing two edits and we have finished our one. All is left to do now is put in the music/sounds. Today after school we are going to learn how to use garage band and then apply our own composed music to our course work. Next lesson every thing should be finished and ready to submit.

Time extended to edit

2010-02-04T03:25:00.000-08:00

Due to the fact that the previous 3 media lessons had been canceled, we have more time to edit. We've had a minor setback and therefore must get the editing completed by Tuesday's lesson, 09/02/2010. However we have started to film and have progressed far.

Filming finally finished

2010-01-28T03:25:00.000-08:00

We have completed our filming and now we have started to edit. Soon inshallah, we will make two different versions as we have split our group in two and we will do the edit in pairs.

What we're going to do today

2010-01-26T06:42:00.000-08:00

Today after school we are going to re-film a short scene in the conference room. we are going to film after school, because it is the only time when the conference room is free, and we booked it out then as well.

Third time filming

2010-01-26T06:33:00.000-08:00

We stayed after school on Thursday and it was around 4.35 when we started filming. We had to wait till it got more dark.then we started filming. It went well as we finished the car park scene fully.

What we did today

2010-01-21T04:05:00.000-08:00

Today we filmed the establishing shot of the school for our film. We also booked out the conference room for Friday (tomorrow) to film the rest of the conference room scene. Today after 4.00pm we are going to start filming the car park scene and hopefully finish that part off the coursework.

What we did today

2010-01-19T07:02:00.000-08:00

Today we filmed practice shots for the rest of the scenes for our course work and saw what would look better. We came back and looked over the things we filmed and saw the mistakes that we made and how we could improve them. Next lesson on thursday we are going to film the rest of the coursework insha allah.

What we did today -First day of filming

2010-01-14T04:49:00.000-08:00

Today was the first day at filming for our coursework. We filmed just one of our scene today (scene 2) and learnt a lot. We made a couple of mistakes that need to be undone in the next day we film which will be on Tuesday. All in all the day went good as we have one scene that we could use in the coursework as it looks appropriate and very good. The biggest mistake we made was that we were too obvious with the clock and we placed the clock in an area that was easily noticeable and therefore made it too blatant to the viewers.

What we did today

2010-01-12T06:55:00.000-08:00

Today we finished our shoot schedule, that was the only thing we needed to finish. Now we are ready to film next lesson, which will be Thursday.

What we did last lesson

2010-01-07T03:43:00.000-08:00

We finished writing our script and started on our schedule. We also decided on what the main actor would be wearing, the colour e.c.t... Also we got everyone's contact details.

Costumes

2009-12-15T06:55:00.000-08:00

The actress will wear a pink shirt, grey trousers and a grey half top. As the actress is playing someone that works in place that is formal.
The actor will being wearing all black.

Location

2009-12-15T06:40:00.000-08:00

There are two locations for two of our ideas and they are:
>>The school car park
>>Church Yard near school
Both after 4:30pm, because it is going to be dark then, or early in the morning around 7am

The opening of scream

2009-12-08T06:53:00.000-08:00

The opening of this film meets the conventions of a thriller, because from a thriller film we expect tension building up to death. There is an innocent victim that always ends up in trouble/dies. There is a dark and scary atmosphere and the character was alone. Use of foreshadowing devices, example the pop corn burning and alarm going off suggests there will be trouble later on. the character is innocent/ordinary we know this by the costume she is wearing; pale colours, not overly done up, blonde bob cut hair. She is wondering around her house doing ordinary chores. Also she plays with a knife at one point in the scene, which indicates there will be trouble. outside it seems like someone is present because the swing is swinging, even though she is alone; this creates suspense. It is set in an isolated house on a rural area. She is always screaming later on....

CW STORYBOARD RASHID AND MIRZA

2009-12-03T04:49:00.000-08:00

This is one of the storyboards for our coursework.

The girl running - Shamima and Sabina

2009-12-03T04:48:00.000-08:00

Types of Characters We Would Want To Use In Our Coursework Are:

2009-12-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

We would want to use a character that is running away from something and is scared, we would also want a person who stops running and thinks about what she has done.....
Therefore we think this picture asked questions to the audience for example:
>> Why is she so depressed?
>> What is she thinking about?
>> What has she done to get herself into this situation? etc...

We've all been there; alone in a car park late at night with a flickering light overhead. We have all have the moment of feeling that danger is lurking in every shadowy corner. Having the feeling that someone is watching your every move and sometimes standing right next to/behind you without you knowing. The pictures above are examples of characters we would like to use in our coursework.

Location for our coursework

2009-12-02T07:50:00.000-08:00

We would like to and think it is appropriate for our genre that we shoot in a place that is narrow and isolated. So like the places you can see in the pictures above. I think the picture at the top, is more like what we would use for our location, because it gives the feel of our genre, which is thriller. As you can see it is dark, gloomy and unexpected that something big will happen in this small area.
we also have the option in shooting the scene in a car park, at night, because this adds to the thriller.

Production Roles for our coursework

2009-11-30T12:50:00.000-08:00

Director: Shamima
Producer: Mirza
Actor: Sabina and Rashid
Camera work: Shamima
Editing: Shamima and Sabina

A scene from Final Destination 3

2009-11-30T11:49:00.000-08:00

Lewis' Death:
This is when Lewis dies in an unaxpected way, when we see the knives come down we (the audience)think he is going to die or his arms are going to cut off. however the knives cut the ropes off the weights that Lewis is using; then we see something really unexpected happen the weights come and CRUSH his face and blood splatters out. This meets the generic convention of a thriller, because something happens that the viewers dont expect and there is blood.

Amusement [2008] Theatrical Teaser

2009-11-30T10:55:00.000-08:00

This meets the generic convention of a thriller, because you see the weather is really bad. the characters are in an isolated place, they cannot escape. there is something coming out of the walls, that you dont expect and at the end of the trailer there is someone standing right necxt to the actress with a mask on. And she is really terrified.

P2

2009-11-30T10:24:00.000-08:00

This meets the generic conventions of a thriller, because, the actress is alone, it is christmas time; she should be going home to be with her family. when she goes to the car park it is dark. She tries to start the car, but it refuses to start. She tries to start it over and over but it doesnt work. In addition her cell phone has no signal because she's in the underground of the building where she work. we see something moving really quickly. all the lights turn off, which tells us that something 'BAD' is going to happen. there is also alot of action as you can see, the place fills up with water, the actress is a victim and she has been kidnapped.

Ideas for the opening scene of our film

2009-11-30T03:58:00.001-08:00

The first idea we have is that we are going to film a girl running away from something that we (audience) dont know about. She would be running in an isolated place/road. Then she would dramatically stop running and start looking around and she is looking really worried and terrified and saying "what have i got myself into?"

Another idea we have is that a lady is coming out of a building (could be her workplace) and walking towards her car in the car park at night. She is talking on the phone to her husband saying she'll be home in half an hour. Then she reaches out to open her car door when suddenly she feels something moving behind her, then she turns around and theres nothing there. We then see it again and then we it blacks out and we hear her scream.......

Genre Research

2009-11-30T03:30:00.000-08:00

The genre that we decided on is 'THRILLER'.
Normally thrillers would involve sudden plot twists and makes people unsure and guessing what is going to happen next. It creates suspence and can get almost unbearable.

The generic conventions of a thriller usaully involve
>> Murderers
>> Kidnappers
>> Guns
>> Blood
>> Violence
>> Victim - women, child, step father
>> Death
>> Vengeance
>> Bad Weather
>> Isolated Suburb Area
>> Large Empty House
>> Evening/Night Time
>> Abnormal Activities
>> Chases
>> Unexpectedness

There are different types of thrillers. Theres horror thrillers like: Saw, Final Destination etc...
Theres also action thrillers such as James Bond, Die Hard etc...

Thrillers are seen because its exciting and it gives the audience an adrenalin rush from seeing things that dont normally happen in real/every day life.

preliminary excercise

2009-11-26T05:06:00.000-08:00

This is our preliminary exercise

2009-11-17T07:03:00.000-08:00

Today we finished editing our perliminary exercise. Now we started on the transitions and the sound/music. the lesson went well in general. By shamima and sabina

perliminary exercise

2009-11-12T04:54:00.000-08:00

Today we edited a bit of our perliminary exercise. we edited a lot but then the laptop crashed and all our edited work got lost as we did not save it. however we did then have a bit of time to still edit our work a little. we learnt a very valuable lesson today which is to save our work all the time. next lesson hopefully we'll be finished our perliminary exercise. overall the lesson went good and we have some good edits.

meeting take 1 (meating) Mirz, Ruhul and Afsal

2009-11-12T04:37:00.000-08:00

In this video i was in charge of the camera. Ruhul and Afsal were acting and so i did not participate in the acting much. However the camera shots in this video were not as good they should be because this was my first piece of work and after this video i learnt the different types of camera shots and so improvements can be seen in the next couple of videos we made. By MIRZA RAHMAN

Meeting (Take 1) Rashid and Tayef

2009-11-12T03:46:00.000-08:00

This was my first clip in AS media so the quality of the video is in poor standard.However, after my first attempt, I improved and my camera skills improved. In this video I did some acting and some camera work.

I know what you did last summer

2009-10-21T02:46:00.000-07:00