7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Looking back at my preliminary task it helped me improve a lot on my camera shots. Within the preliminary task we had to include the shots of match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. I included only one of these shots in my final opening film which was the match on action shot:

the difference of these shots are clearer which i think means i understood and got a grip of how to use the camera. the match on action is a very effective shot to use and i found that it was the best shot to use for my opening sequence because i did not use much dialogue so i found trying to use the 180 degree rule would not work.

                  

I think the preliminary task really helped me develop on my skills eventhough i didn't use all of the shots. I chose a variety but kept them simple because I didn't want it to be too chaotic. but my main shots were P.O.V shot, pan, extreme close ups, match on action. I think if I didn't do the preliminary task I would have struggled with the project a lot. The preliminary task was basically a developer for me as it helped me steady my hand, learn the different shots which can be effective in a film .

By looking at these shots and comparing them I feel i have improved a lot on the focus and understood it a lot more as I had no other help from friends I just done this making sure it was right. Im really happy with the outcome of this shot and the difference and improvements I have made. My overall opening sequence I really enjoyed making this film and it suprisingly turned out to be better than i expected.

How to annotate a youtube video

For a part of my evaluation we had to do annotations showing what we done and what we thought of it and how we wanted it to reflect on the audience. it was quite simple as it was sort of structured out like the premiere pro software and i found it quite useful. The picture above shows annotations of the first shot. the annotations include why i did the shot and how i thought it would affect the audience. in the second annotation the bottom right hand corner i used entered a link to show what influenced me on this shot.


These are the tools i used to help make the annotations and notes:

To begin with the annotations you simply click on annotations and you get a choice of speech bubbles or notes. I mainly used speech bubbles as it points to what you are talking about like a specific shot. when you click on the speech bubbles it pops up and you can adjust the size to it and as you can see from this screen shot you type the text you want to write in the box and if it is too big for the speech bubble just adjust it. below the text box for the speech bubble you can see 3 different small boxes which you click on and they drop down into a larger variety. the first one is the font size how big you want your font and the second it the colour of the font. the third is the colour of the speech bubble. It is best to keep it simple with dark colours because bright colours it can be hard to read this is what i found out when testing out the colours.

This screen shot is the link to watch the video clip that you have produced so once finished and published people can watch it by simply copying and pasting this link or by typing in the name of what you called the video.

Timeline:

This timeline is similar to the premier pro one. you can change the length of the speech bubbles and you can also cut them if they are too long. i think this made it alot easier keeping it within the timing of the shots. it was not difficult to use as if you need to shorten the speech bubble down to a fraction you simply zoomed in using the zoom in and out tool on the left hand side of the timeline and shortened it down that way.

Production Schedule

Production Log

My friend Vicky and I decided to film both our films at the same time as then we didn't have to take out two cameras and our locations are close together. So our production logs are similar as we done ours on the same day:

Thursday 25th November: Because the Male actor Bradley was not available i filmed the shots that were necessary using vicky e.g. the blood dripping down the arm shots and her walking home. Most shots are filmed which I am very happy with. The day has gone very well.

Tuesday 2nd December: Today Bradley was available for filming. Our aims today were to film shots for my film aswell as Vickys. However shots were more time consuming to complete (the blood tear) this was complicated as it kept getting in Bradley's eye. however we got this completed as well as an extra shot of him washing blood of hands however i did not use this in the final film. We also shot the footage where Bradley is looking through the blinds out at Vicky. We didn't do filming shots for Vickys film which i felt bad about however we filmed the scream for her film.

Tuesday 14th December: Filming is nearly completed! with bradley turning up late we decided to do Vickys first as Bradley could stay at mine afterwards to complete the last few shots which only needed him. we completed Vickys shots and afterwards Bradley and I filmed the ending shot of my film. This is was very successful and throughout the days i hadnt been filming i was editing the shots i had.

Asset list for "Soul Harvester"

When it came to choosing props I had to think very careful and in depth of what to use and what would be most appropriate. Also when choosing actors to play the characters I wanted I tried to use people that fitted the description at the time however I couldn't find an middle age man because i was filming this during school and work times.

The list:

Two actors- one male actor as he would be playing the serial killer, i used a school student as i couldnt find a middle age man as I filmed during the week of school hours and general working hours. This was a very important asset because he was the key feature of the film.
- I also had another actress Victoria Rose- she played two people during this film the victim of the opening sequence and she also played the dead girls arm with the dripping blood.

Red food colouring- this was for the blood as it is the closest thing i could get that looked like blood.

bowl of water- this was to catch the blood from it dripping off the girls arm.

Bracelet- this was a key feature in the film because it is something the killer kept from the dead girls arm.

Shovel- was used for the ending shot as the killers killing weapon.

Bag- This is to show she is coming back from school

Costumes and Props:

Killer: Blue shirt, smart trousers (this was to capture his insanity) black shoes.

Girl (victim): Black leggings, Black boots, Orange scarf, Leather jacket and a white hoodie

The Location:

The location was something i focused on trying to get almost perfect because i wanted to be able to capture the shot where the killer is looking through the blinds of the girl coming home. I decided to use my own house because the front bedroom has blinds and it was perfect for this shot. Also I didn't have to depend on using someone elses home for the filming.

Shot list for my final film opening "soul harvester"

Shot list

1. The first shot is going to be an extreme close up of half of a mans face creating an enigma effect.

2. The second shot is a medium close up shot of a girls arm/hand

3. The third shot then goes back to the extreme close up of half of the mans face.

4. The fourth shot goes back to the medium close up of the girls arm/ hand but this time with blood dripping down the arm/hand.

5. The fifth shot then returns back to the extreme close up of half the mans face however with a tear going down his face.

6. The sixth shot is of a medium shot of feet hanging and swaying like they have been hung.

 This shot then tilts downwards then upwards slowly.

7. The seventh shot is of the extreme close up of half the mans face however with a blood tear contrasting from the clear tear.

8. The eighth shot is a close up of a hand holding the girls bracelet covered in blood like he had taken it is a rememberence.

9. The ninth shot is the close up shot of the arm/hand with the blood dripping however it is closer in focusing more on the bracelet for the reason of the last shot.

10. The tenth shot is an over the shoulder shot from the mans view looking at the girl through the blinds walking home.

11. the eleventh shot is a long shot of the girl walking down her street to her home.

12. this next shot is a pan shot of the girl walking up to her house.

13.This next shot is a match on action shot of the girl opening her front door however it then cuts where we see her opening it from the inside.

14.the fourteenth shot is a medium shot a bit tilted upwards and it follows him as he looks the other way.

15.the next shot is an extreme close up of the mans lips which then turns into an evil smiles

16. the last shot is an upward shot of the man hitting down a shovel.

Script for "Soul Harvester"

(last few shots of the film)

Girl walking up to her house opens the door

Girl: Mum I'm home

Man turns around and has an evil smile