8 Stills

Screen shots for evaluation

Sound

We decided to change our sound at the end of the extract because it took away the tension of the ending. Also after talking to Jake he said it would be better if we made it into more of a comedy because it wasn't serious at all. We added a more comical soundtrack for the chase scene which goes better with our extract.

Problems with sound

One problem we encountered was the sound that goes with the dialogue. The rest of the piece uses sound effects or non-diegetic sound. So the dialogue sounds out of place with the camera noises in the background as well as a wind sound effects.
In the end we decided to re-record the dialogue and deleted the previous bit of sound, making it clearer for us to hear.

Problems when editing

A problem we encountered whilst was that when uploading our film the sound become out of sync. This wasn't a problem for most of the film as we are using mostly non-diegetic sounds but for the conversation part we had to move all the sound pieces into the right place to match with the movement of the lips.

Problems when filming

One problem encountered whilst filming, was that it started to lightly rain. This wasn't a problem with our actors or most of the filming, but on one of the shots, the camera was facing the way the rain was coming, so when it came to editing, we found we had rain droplets on the lens making it blurry. The shot is important as it is part of the match-on-action of coming round the corner. We could either ignore it and keep it in, re-film it or completely delete that shot, as we have a different match-on-action shot later on in the extract.

Test Camera angles

Extreme long shot

Over the Shoulder

High Canted angle

Low angle

Canted angle

Extreme close-up

Close-up

Long shot

Medium shot

Storyboard

This is our storyboard.

Group Logo

Music

We have made two music pieces for our film scene.

The first one is a piece for the chase and high tempo and energetic we thought it would add tension and excitement to the scene. This will be adjusted to fit the right time after we film and know how long the chase is for. This is made up of Electric Guitar Swell, Alternative Rock Bass and Effected Drum Kit on Garage Band.

The second piece is also on Garage Band and is just one effective sound effect, Edgy Rock Bass, this is clear as it shows that when it plays it is showing evil. It is played when Miriam is on screen.

Mood Board

Sound effects

The sound effects weve chosen to use emphasise the scene. We chose gunshot sounds so we can make them louder and more tense. We may also use a wind sound effect to play in the background throught the scene. We could use footsteps and bird noises to show how the scene is taking place outside and so it seems more innocent before the bad character changes the scene.

Location

We decided to shoot our scene in Shepreth as is would be more convinient as more of the group live nearby also the location is remote, so the props we use will not attract attention.
The red lines show where about we are filming.

Shot types

Establishing shot.

The establishing shot establishes the scene or the people in the scene. The shot is usually used at the beginning of a scene.

Long Shot.



A long shot shows the whole of a humans body, with the head at the top of the shot and the feet at the bottom.

Medium Shot.



A medium shot shows from the waist up.

Close up.



A close up shows just the face of a person, usually used to show emotion in a scene or detail in an object.

Props

The props we will need for the film extract is a gun, when Miriam tries to shoot Brad and Danielle, when chasing after them.

Casino Royale - Cinematography

At the beginning of the scene, James Bond chases a man through a city and forest. This is what our chase scene at the end of our extract should be like. The shots are typically fast to match the action of the scene. At one point, the camera moves from side quickly to mimic the man running and swerving through the trees.


It also uses a point of view shot as the man is coming through the trees. It is effective as it makes the audience feel part of the action.


It uses many shots which we would also like to use in our film to make the action seem more exciting.

Chase scene analysis

We found a chase scene we thought we could take influence from. The music and style of filming was very affective. Our chase scene will mainly be a couple being chased by another woman with a gun, the soundtrack during the scene of the chase, we thought may suit our chase scene also. The shots used during the chase emphasise the importance of the character being followed, other characters are always shown behind him and shown to be not as intelligent as him. We thought we could take influence from this type of filming.

Our influences

As the extract of our film is based on a woman attempting to kill a couple, we decided that Mr and Mrs smith would be a suitable film to take influence from.

Scenes such as this,

Here the couple both know they have to kill each other, we decided we could form our scene similarly whereby the characters know they could be killed but don't show there emotions.



Scenes like this however show the couple fighting, clearly showing there emotions, it features many close ups and mid-range shots.



We decided to take influence in the style of filming from The Proposal. The way both actors are kept on screen during conversations instead of switching, for example showing over the shoulder shots of each character.

Our Idea

Idea

Characters
Man - Brad
Woman - Danielle
Mentally unstable woman - Miriam

For our extract of our film, we had an idea about two women who had fallen in love with the same man. One is mentally unstable and jealousy over runs her when the man chooses the other woman over her. The film will be about her attempts to kill the other woman. Our scene will be one of the many failed attempts to kill the other woman.
Our scene will start by the man and the woman together as a couple, taking a walk in a deserted country lane but they don't know that the mentally unstable woman is following behind them holding a gun. She tries to shoot them without them realising and repeatedly misses. She runs after them but they hide in a ditch, making her give up until the next time.