Location Shots:

At the present time this is were our Thriller opning we take place, we will use the stair to our advantage. It will be in the dark with some spot light (high key) lighting used. It will look like a basement or bedroom when filming. As we don't need a lot of space,we left this would be the best location to film our opening.

Initial Storyboard:

For the opening, my group needed to draw out a hand drawn storyboard. This would show how the opening pans out and what type of shots and transitions we would need to include in the camera work to make our opening successful. We have made some changes to the opening and these will be presented in planning further on in the development of our opening. After re-evaluating this storyboard I feel that we will need more shots to add variety and diversity within our opening, and keep the audience 'guessing'. 

Shot List:

Corridor/stairs
Tracking > From one end to the other, creating anticipation.

CU's > Blood and dead bodies will create a scary feel, matching the horror/thriller genre.

LS > From the end of the corridor/stairs to the room with the baby/doll, establishing the setting.
                               
Low Angle > At the beginning showing the corridor making it seem big and sinister.

Shaking of the camera > When the music changes and CU's of bodies appear, making the scene jumpy.
                                                                 
Dolls/baby's room
Tracking > Zooming in towards the cot/pram with the doll inside, suggesting the doll is significant.
                                                  
CU's > Dolls face and blood on its face, making a spooky/horror atmosphere.

LS > The room with flickering light in the corner which should create a scary effect.

MS > The doll in its cot/pram.

Planning: Brainstorms

 Brainstorming key ideas for our opening: This is all ideas and some of these will change:

Genre- Thriller/Horror
Audience-15

Mis-en-scene- Blood, Gore and darkness. High key lighting, spotlights, props-dolls, manikins. It will be quite dark and ominous, something’s bad going to happen or about to happen, a sense of foreboding. The location will be down a corridor or hallway and then in a dark room, a child’s bedroom.

Camera- Variety of long shots of the corridor and character walking, CU'S of blood, babies/bodies, MS's Tracking down the corridor and panning to see the setting clearly. Zoom into baby's face slowly tracking in. Clear to the audience what's happened and the location will be down a corridor or hallway and then in a dark room.

Sound- Babies laugh at the end of the opening, non-diegatic, music of babies’ mobiles or Jack in the box music. The Creepy Baby music will make the audience react.

Editing- Fast editing, smooth, consistent throughout, cuts out when baby screams, jump cuts, cuts, varied editing style. The editing will be important in making sure the opening fits together well and flows correctly.

Evaluation of Continuity Editing Task:

Overall, I felt our film showed a competent level of technical ability and we showed in our film that we understood the basic skills of filming. As a group we managed to remember our basic skills for example holding a shot steady, framing a shot accurately, editing so meaning is clear and there is a sense of continuity and the sound is clear as possible. Also we included the key skills that were set including a “shot-reverse-shot”, not breaking the “180 degree rule”, and including a correctly framed “two shot”.


We feel our continuity task is a high level 3 and the mark we gave it was a 43 as we feel it was evident of proficient technical skills and was appropriate for the task set. If we were to do it again I think the sound could be louder, but overall it fit the specification we were given.

Continuity Editing Task:

This is our Continuity Editing Task by Ellie, Tom and Callum.

Marking other students continuity-editing task:

We marked the other student’s continuity-editing task in our groups, we broke down the work and this is the order, best to worst, we felt was suitable when examining there technical ability.


Group 1- Alexandra, Demi, Stephanie and Sareena

We gave this group a high Level 3, Mark 42 as we felt they were evident in a proficient level of technical skills and ability.  They showed a variety of different shots, the shooting material was appropriate for the task set and holding a shot steady. Sound was clear and understandable.
To improve we felt there music could have merged out into dialogue better and that the background sound at the beginning was too loud. Overall a well filmed piece which followed the criteria set for the task.


Group 2- Heather, Laura, Brogan and Sam

We gave this group a level 3, Mark 38, as we felt the technical ability was proficient.

They showed a variety of different shots, the shooting material was appropriate for the task set and holding a shot steady. The sounds disappears at the end of the video which makes it difficult to understand and some cuts are too sudden and do not flow into the next shot well enough.

Group 3- Jessica, Luke, Hannah and Serena

We gave this group a Level 2, Mark 32, as we felt there piece showed a basic level of technical ability. The sound was too quiet and not clear enough to understand what was going on. The editing was rushed and the ending was unfinished it was not clear whether it had ended or not. Also what stopped this group from achieving the higher grade was there was no sound to add to the suspense .

Continuity Editing Task:

Our task was to storyboard and script a continuity-editing task. We had to use the following shot list as a starting point. We were aiming to complete a piece approximately 60 seconds (+) in length.

The basic and key skills we had to include:

Basic skills:
Holding a shot steady.
Framing a shot accurately.
Editing so meaning is clear and there is a sense of continuity.

Key Skills:
Including a “shot-reverse-shot.”
Not breaking the “180 degree rule.”
Including a correctly framed “two shot.”

Our Storyboard: This is our Storyboard of our continuity Task

The Script for our continuity Task:

Person A- "Hi Mr Thumblequeef, you wanted to see me?"

Person B- “Yeah, takes a seat Mr Merryfiddle?"

Person A- "Is everything ok?"

Person B- "Another worker told me you have been vandalising the toilets. Is that true?"

Person A- "Errm, Well..."

Person B- "You’re Fired!"

Person A- "You’re an arsehole!"

Person B- "I know Mr Merryfiddler, I know."