Jack Barnes 6310
Haydn Jeavons 6408
Remi Kersey 6414
Monday, 7 May 2012
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Friday, 30 March 2012
Demographic Analysis
I anaylsed the demographics represented in our film and evaluated their effectiveness.
Audience Feedback
We did a survey of people who had watched our opening sequence and asked for their recommendations and thoughts on it.
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Monday, 26 March 2012
DRIFTER - Final opening sequence
This is our final opening sequence, by Haydn Jeavons, Jack Barnes and Remi Kersey
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Cropping Clips
Cropping Clips.
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This is how i have cropped film clips so that the transistions run smoothly.
titles
titles
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Here are some example of what the titles are in an opening sequence.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Titles Research and Analysis
In preparation for making titles for our opening sequence, I researched the titles of other films to decide how we should lay ours out and what style they should be
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Photo Story Board
Photo Story Board
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This is a storyboard of photos that will help us create our groups opening sequence.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Moodboard
Here is a photograph of our moodboard, which we created for our main task. The moodboard shows various images of Editing, Costume and Loactions, and these images allowed us to understand what is typically found in action films.
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
What happens in Films?
I have researched what happens in various genres of film, and this includes things such as an interesting plot, and a film with an interesting opening or ending. This research has allowed me to realise what are the key parts of making successful and memorable films, and this has allowed me to realise what needed to be in our main task.
Monday, 16 January 2012
After Effects Tips
After using the other video on creating after effects, we decided to use this video aswell, as this video gives beginners simple tricks and tips to create simple after effects, and this worked well when creating our own opening after effects clip.
Action Film Name Research and Conventions
I researched various action films and their names to help come up with a name for our film.
Creating an Introduction in After Effects
For our introduction to our film, I used this video to give me a general understanding of the techniques used to create a good opening introduction. This video gave me basic skills in editing and sequencing various effects.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Example of Action Film Opening Sequence
Here I have researched an action film's opening sequence, and made it relevant to our production as I have chosen a film that has had an influence in the decisions that we've made in our own film.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Props in Film
Here I have researched various props that can be used in various genres of film. This research has allowed me to understand what props can be found in various films, and this has helped me when trying to find the right props for our action film.
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Iconic Logos
To allow us to understand what was needed to create a good company logo, we researched various well known logos to see what conventions we needed to include in our own logo to make it successful and well known.
Monday, 2 January 2012
Research on Transistions
In out opening sequence we need to cut between scenes so that the audience do not get confused or lost, to help understand what is needed to create the best effect needed so that each transition is not always boring, I looked at this video on youtube by ECAbrams where he breifly explains what tranistions are and why they are needed, and looked at the other links which explain how to create these effects, and so our group can explore more ways of doing this.
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Poster Conventions Research
I have created a prezi on typical poster conventions. I have chosen posters from various genres of film to get a better understanding of the various things required in the specific genres for a typical film poster.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Our Film Influences
I have created this prezi on our film influences to allow us to understand the typical conventions of an action film, and these connotations have allowed us to get a better understanding of the Action film genre, and this has helped when creating our media film.
Film Survey powerpoint
We made a questionnaire and asked various people so that with this information we can create an opening sequence that will fulfil the audience’s needs.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Costume
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When researching costume, we compared our characters to characters from other action films and based their costume on those from other films.
Target Audience for our Film
Setting the right target audience is key for any new and up and coming film. The right audience will trigger success, and research into finding the right target audience is something that needs time and effort, as this decision could be a pivotal moment in the production of any film.
After thorough investigation into the various target audiences and the effects on the film, we decided to target our film production at the 18-35 demographic, mainly males, however we feel that all ages can relate to the film because it has sci-fi influences, and sci-fi is a multi aged genre that can appeal to all audiences of all ages. We feel that our decision to target our film at this age range is a good selection because this allows us to relate our film to a wide range of people.
After thorough investigation into the various target audiences and the effects on the film, we decided to target our film production at the 18-35 demographic, mainly males, however we feel that all ages can relate to the film because it has sci-fi influences, and sci-fi is a multi aged genre that can appeal to all audiences of all ages. We feel that our decision to target our film at this age range is a good selection because this allows us to relate our film to a wide range of people.
Friday, 25 November 2011
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Initial Shotlist
Below is our pitch for our main task, we debated a few ideas, this included the story, the characters and the location. We decided on the following plot as it influenced ideas that we all contributed.
• Establishing shots of London (with credits).
• Extreme long shot of protagonist in London.
• Close up of him, hears the scream and stops walking.
• Cuts to long shot and protagonist looking around for source of the scream, no one else reacts to it.
• Close up as he considers what actions to take
• Cut to long shot as he turns and starts running.
• Tracking shot, following him down a road; he turns round a corner (insert noise here) but when camera turns round, he isn’t there.
• Cuts to alley where a man is standing over a woman who is breathing heavily.
• Close up (low angle) of his face as he smiles sinisterly and asks her “I’m not gonna ask you again, either give me your bag or I’ll hurt you.” She refuses, he swings back and as he does, his hand is grabbed by someone behind him. He turns round and the protagonist hits him in the face. He falls to the ground.
• Mid shot of woman standing up (noise as she stands up) and saying “thank you” she then looks around and the camera cuts to a long shot of her in the alleyway and he’s not there.
• Establishing shots of London (with credits).
• Extreme long shot of protagonist in London.
• Close up of him, hears the scream and stops walking.
• Cuts to long shot and protagonist looking around for source of the scream, no one else reacts to it.
• Close up as he considers what actions to take
• Cut to long shot as he turns and starts running.
• Tracking shot, following him down a road; he turns round a corner (insert noise here) but when camera turns round, he isn’t there.
• Cuts to alley where a man is standing over a woman who is breathing heavily.
• Close up (low angle) of his face as he smiles sinisterly and asks her “I’m not gonna ask you again, either give me your bag or I’ll hurt you.” She refuses, he swings back and as he does, his hand is grabbed by someone behind him. He turns round and the protagonist hits him in the face. He falls to the ground.
• Mid shot of woman standing up (noise as she stands up) and saying “thank you” she then looks around and the camera cuts to a long shot of her in the alleyway and he’s not there.
Possible Filming Locations
We discussed various locations for where to film our main task. We wanted to contrast the more classy areas of London with the grimy ones, to differentiate the character from his surroundings, but juxtapose him with the run down building where we first see him.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Photo's for Preliminary By Jack, Haydn and Remi
We made a story board of pictures so that when creating our preliminary task we new what shots to create and what we were aiming for.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Sketches for Preliminary By Jack, Haydn and Remi
We made a story board of sketches so that when creating our preliminary task we new what shots to create and what we were aiming for.
30+ Opening Sequences
During research, I analysed thirty opening sequences to help decide my group what genre of film we wanted to produce. I analysed films of various different genre and era. This helped us come to our conclusion about our film.
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Opening Scenes Analysis 30+
For my research, I looked at 30 different opening sequences from varying genres of film. I did this because I wanted to get to know the conventions of certain genres of film, and this would help our group when we start out main task.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Media Opening Sequences 27+
To help with research and understand the opening sequences and titles of films I looked at lots of different opening sequences of different genres so that I could understand the different conventions and this would help me when creating my groups opening sequence.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Introduction to Sheepskin Production.
Hello, and welcome to Sheepskin Productions. Our names are Remi Kersey, Haydn Jeavons and Jack Barnes, and this is our blog for our AS Media production.
The Main task is to create the titles and opening a new fiction film, which should last a maximum of two minutes.
The Main task is to create the titles and opening a new fiction film, which should last a maximum of two minutes.
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