Friday 19 April 2013

Final evaluation

This is my final evaluation. After hearing feedback from Leanne, i have changed my evaluation on features such as my dialogue  to make a better quality of sound. I also had to show our new title sequence in it.

Evaluation: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Final Title Sequecne

We have made changes to our title sequence that were suggested. We now have 4 different shots of the girls powers.
 For myself (Bubble Girl) shows a bath that had just been run and then switches to a shot of Bubble girl blowing bubbles into the bath that then makes the bath have bubbles in it, showing another shot of the bath. This shows of her power and is included with in a montage.

 Air Girl will be getting annoyed with her work and using her powers blows the work away. This, like Bubble Girl's, shows off her power.
 Fire Girl will be lighting the candles with the click of her fingers. This will include six shots of the candles being unlit to her then clicking her fingers. She will do this for each candle individually.


  
For Giggle Girls we have a parent shouting at her and her ending up laughing and making them go away.





In our feedback we was told to change when Giggle girls name came up as people said it was hard to read and her laughing made it look immature. Now we have posted notes that come up one letter at a time in keeping with the pace.

Sunday 7 April 2013

Evaluation Summary.


We had to make our evaluation creative, so i thought combining both our old footage and our new one to show the highs and the lows of filming. The old footage proves why we need to change and the troubles we had making it. Our mane problem was not making our storyboards detailed enough, it left us confused when filming. Another issue was our locations weren't realistic. Meaning of course that getting to the places we wanted wasn't as easy as we'd hoped.

I tried to talk at the right time as the images so what i was saying matched what i was saying. this worked on some images but not all. Whilst the images played of the old footage i tried to talk about what was wrong about them whilst giving a brief summary of the plot. However, i feel i may have rushed this as i was trying to talk fast so i didn't overlap another subject. To improve further i could add more images to the beginning. To make the beginning of the evaluation smooth i added a cross dissolve between shots as it made the sequence. This made it feel at the same pace all the way through. 


As our title sequence is quite short i had to slow down the footage to half its usual spend. This does have it benefits as it gives a long enough time to have a good look at the footage.After this had finished shots are shown of the actual production itself. This was to show off the locations and positioning of the camera. Again through this i used a cross dissolve to make it smooth.

I had some trouble using final cut pro. I was not so good with the program so when using it i found it difficult. So of the audio is bad as i cut it too early so it cuts off too quick, this is another this i am going to change when editing again. I also haven't got use to the audio levels yet. This is shown in my evaluation when some parts are louder than others. Again this can be fixed in final cut pro quickly.

I feel i have stated the main points in my piece but it could be improved further by explaining them more. I could also give more examples of the good and bad points of film making and this i would change if i could do it again.

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Changes to Sequence.

This is a shot that we are going to take out. this is just before she writes her name onto the mirror. We had intended to make her laugh before she wrote the name to subtlety hint at her character, however this did not come across to the audience and they suggested we change it. Therefore we are going to change it so that she is now just writing her name and and not laughing until later on when we show her personality fully.

Changes in Filming.

Unfortunately the problem with the shot is the light being in the front rather than the back. This is far too dark to keep in our title sequence and is one that our audience pointed out to be bad. As the light is so bad it does not link in well with our target audience or the feel of the genre as we want it to be enjoyable for the audience. This is one that is going to be re shoot and we will consider lighting before filming it again.

20th March

After re-looking over our shots we feel we need to re shoot some. This is because like the ones above they are too dark. I feel as if the shots need to be lighter so we need to re film these. I feel this will keep the on going light the same. We have decided to add more shots into the sequence, although we have a few shots of the girls getting ready we don't have much to show there power.

Now we have decided to add more shots of the girls individually, but now to show their power. For example we have decided to have me (Bubble Girl) blow bubbles toward the screen, Megan (Giggle Girl) to have various shots of her laughing, Bobbie (Fire Girl) doing something with fire and Hayley (Air Girl) doing something with air. We hope this will make their powers clearer as before it was unclear, and also make the sequence slightly longer.

Editing Changes.

We had some editing issues with this shot. After i have walked down the stairs you see me walk to the door and stand there for a second. We are going to keep this shot but just make a few editing changes to it to make it look more professional and ensure it is of the best quality.

Journal: 20th march

We have decided to add more shots into the sequence. This is after reviving feedback that our piece is a D grade. We feel that it needs to be a bit more longer and to show off the girls powers. So to do this we are going to add in after the girls are getting changed, shots of us, individually showing our powers in different ways. Again this will hint at the narrative.

There were also some concerns about the lighting in some of the shots as some were so dark you could only see the figure. Some shots can be fixed in final cut pro, where as some may have to be re shot. We hope this will make our film a better quality and give a more diverse feeling to the piece.

Sunday 17 March 2013

Questions for Evaluation (First Draft)

  1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? As the genre able to superhero follow the codes and conventions from superhero film and how they could be communicated within my title sequence, this consisted of upbeat fast pasted music and typography that looked magical. We took some title sequences into consideration when making our title sequence. For example we kept the titles in the usual order and kept the cinematography the same, we tried low angle shots to make us look powerful. Also included within our title sequence is fast cuts to fit in with with the music so everything is moving fast which fitted in with our genre. We decided to keep these conventions and tried to keep to the usual stereotypes as it would help to communicate the genre of the film to the audience and make it recognisable in the world of media. However we challenge the stereotypical image of male superheroes. This makes the girls have the dominance, this fits in with our target audience young girls around the age of 9. As like avengers, the girls start as individual superhero’s who comes together as one to fight against evil. The only major difference between our film and the avengers is that we have girls fight evil and no men and of course the target audience. 
  2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? Social groups have been represented through girls. We tried to make a positive view on girls and to show that they aren’t all the damsel in distress and that they can be the hero. Featured in our title sequence is a stereotypical 'normal' group of girls. The stereotype was constructed and portrayed to the audience through the use of Mise en scene and costuming, the girls are shown getting up in the morning getting ready and eating breakfast. This sends a message to the audience that any normal girl or boy can be a superhero. However in the last shots we see the characters in their costumes, showing the normal codes and conventions of a typical superhero. 
  3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? Considering our target audience is quite young, we decided working title would be our distributor. Although the distributor did not make any of our ideal film choices, they still distribute films that fit into our genre. We believe they will be suited as they will be experienced in how to sell a film such as this to an audience. They are also a recognisable British company and therefore will definitely meet our pitch. 
  4. Who would be the audience for your media product? Our primary audience would be girl of 6-13. This is because we believe the girls will have someone to look up to ans aspire to be like. It could change the stereotype of girls wanting to be a 'princess' and wanting to become something more. 
  5. How did you attract/address your audience? Throughout the title sequence there is fast paced music and fast cuts that fit in with this to attract the audience. For the first 20 seconds of the title sequence the music is quiet low as they girls are waking up, the music is then turned up by Giggle Girl (Megan) on a stereo in the sequence. When this happens the cuts becomes a lot faster which fits in with the genre. 
  6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? During this process I have learnt some new techniques through the practice of editing and cinematography. As I was made in charge of props, I had to use programmes like photo shop and learnt different ways to make something look realistic in the world of media. An example of this the newspapers. When Using Final cut pro I found it difficult, therefore when editing I would help suggest what to cut and someone in our group would handle the programme. I managed to improve my cinematography skills very well as I was able to focus on how different shoots can create meaning as it can shows someone’s authority, for instance in the last shots we had shots of each of the superhero’s at a low angle. 
  7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? From the preliminary task I have gained and shown in the sequence skills that I had not experimented with before. Although dialogue can be important I found that it can not always be needed. In our sequence we used the shots and the music to determine the mood. Weather was key in our sequence as if the was bad then it would change the mood of the sequence. This was hard for us to find a sunny day in the middle of winter so we couldn't always film on the days we had planned. I have learnt now that storyboards are an important part in film making. It gives you a guideline of what to follow and forces you to know the shots and location before filming. This helps you get the best quality shot.

Friday 15 March 2013

Results.

This is the final results of the questionnaire on the first question.

  • On the first question 50% of the people who answered were 13 or over, 25% were 9-10 and 25% were 6-8.  This shows our target audience did answer the question.
  •  62.50 % of the people who answered were girls and 37.50% were males. Our target audience was met
  • 100% of the people who answered enjoyed the title sequence. I was very happy with this statistic as it showed our film was successful with our target audience.
  • 75% of the respondents enjoyed the scenery the most, 50 % said the shots and 12.50 % said the narrative (baring in mind the respondents could choose more than one answer).
  • 33.33% said that they enjoyed the genre the least, 33.33% said the shots and some respondents on the other section noted "The titles needed to be on screen a little longer", "It was all girls" and "nothing" which have all been noted for future reference.
  • 100% understood the genre
  • 62.50% of respondents understood the narrative and 37.50% answered with 'sort of'
  •   On the question "would you go see the film?" 28.57% said yes, 14.29% said no and 57.14% maybe
  • "Did the film suit your age group" 50% said yes, 12.50% said no, 25% said sort of and 12.50% said they wasn't sure. Half of the people said it suited their age group. I was quite disappointment with this statistic as i thought it suited the age group perfectly.




Wednesday 6 March 2013

6th March

I created a online survey in order to see whether our title sequence was effective or not. The survey had questions like 'did you understand the narrative'. It then gives you the results, which I will check in a week and add to my blog and my evaluation.

Surveymonkey.com/s/3prmlt6

Bellow are some images of the survey and the results so far.










Tuesday 5 March 2013

Feedback.




We showed our sequence to the class and received feedback on what they thought was good about it, what was bad and what needed to be improved. As we had to film quite a bit we didn't have a lot of time to edit. This left some of the shots poorly editing and some shots needing to be re-shot or brightened.

Most of the feedback we heard was to add more shots as the sequence itself was too short. We have took this into consideration and have decided to shoot more of the girls individually and showing off their powers. Show people commented on the fact that you couldn't tell that they were superhero's. We're hoping that our new shots will look better and show off the genre.

We heard positive comments about the music and the end establishing shot. We also got given mostly 3's and 2's. We are very happy with the feedback and have taken it on board.

title sequence




This is our title sequence, i am pleased with the progress we have made. Cosidering we ept changing the title sequence and the was complications with the weather and cinematography, we managed to pull it together. we hoped we have met the task and the genre for the peice. We took on board the feedback we heard eariler on and hope we have add or changed what they liked or disliked. A problem with the rough draft was that it was too short, this is what some people in the feedback complained off. We have now added in the shots of the girls waking up and changed the music so it is quiet as the girls wake up and goes louder and Giggle Girl (Megan) turns up the volume in the sequence. Some people found the shots were the guirls are walking down the stairs to be too jumpy. We have now changed it to just me (Bubble Girl) walking down the stairs and turning on the radio. This makes the sequence run more smoothly.

The orders of the title have been changed to what is considered the normal order. This again makes it look more like it would be able to fit in with other media films. I was pleased to hear that some of our audience thought it reminded them of The Incredible's, however i feel we could have added more suggestive shots of our powers. this does not come through to the audience and is something that could be worked on

Friday 1 March 2013

1st March

Today we edited the shots we did yesterday. All the new shots we filmed were place before the ones we already had. We decided that when Megan (Giggle Girl) gets out of bed she should go straight to the stereo and turn the music up, this would then turn up the music in the title sequence. This fits in with our feedback as the slower shots are quiet and the after the music is turned up the cuts are much faster. We decided that when Bobbie (Fire Girl) is walking it was a bit too long and didn't fit in with the music, we now made the shot and jump cut and we feel it works much better. This makes the sequence a lot faster.

We feel pleased with the work we have done. We changed all off us coming down the stairs to just me (Bubble Girl) walking down as we felt before it made it seem that we lived in the same house, when in fact we are in separate houses getting ready and then meeting. We feel that this makes the sequence a lot more clearer and understandable.

28th February

Today we decided to film our new shots to go into our title sequence. Now we have each girl waking up in there own homes. We didn't cut too many shots out, however we decided to change the cuts of the fantastagirls walking down stairs to just me (bubble girl) walking down on my own. This was because in the feedback people said the shots were jumpy and suggested we make it just one person walking down. This makes the sequence more clear and avoids confusion.

We also re-shot us getting changed as the girls were all in the same room, now we have changed it so each girl is in a different room. We feel this fits in with the title sequence and gives more of an in sight to the narrative. This is because it shows the girls separate and then them coming together as a team. Each girl is shown waking up in different beds. Megan (Giggle Girl) is shown waking up and turning up the stereo which turns up the music in the sequence. It then leads to the shots we already have starting with Bobbie (Fire Girl) buttering her toast.

Wednesday 27 February 2013

27th February

Today we ordered our titles and put them into our sequence. We decided to make the typography the same as the one for the film title. This is to keep the audience aware of genre. We also didn't want to keep changing typography and to keep it simple. Each title is placed at the bottom of the screen to make sure it doesn't draw attention away from the video.


After hearing feedback we realised our title sequence might not be long enough. Therefore, we have decided to film more and add it to the sequence we already have. We feel like this will give the audience more of an insight to what each character is like. We decided to have each character getting up and getting ready.

Tuesday 26 February 2013

Studio logo - Working title
2 - Production company - A working title film
3 - Producer - Bob Wienstein
4 - Film title - The fantastagirls
5 - Actor name -Hayley Sollis
6 - Actor name - Megan Mead
7 - Actor name -Bobbie Walder
8 - Actor name - Holly Wright
10 - Casting - James Bancroft
11 - Costume designer - Christine Bieselin Clark
12 - Music - x
13 - Editor -Stephen Schaffer
 Special effects x
14 - Director of Photography - Seamus McGarvey
15 - Writers - Writers: Paul Hernandez
16 - Director - Mike Michelle


Saturday 2 February 2013

Rough Cut Title Sequence.

I was very pleased with the amount we got to get down after we re-shot. Some shots are still rough and need some work but we got the main titles in. we still need to so the typography for bubble girl but will need work to make it how we want it. We also need to re-order our titles and add more crew into it such as our casting manager.

Thursday 31 January 2013

31st January

Today we edited all the shots we had. To make sure it was perfect yesterday we filmed quite a few shots of each shot. This made it take a while to look through all the shots and edit them. We managed to present our rough cut with some titles in there but there is still some work to do regarding editing and placing off titles. We also need to add in the typography for when I (bubble girl) appear alone.


We did things like speed up the time of some of the shots. This was on things like when all the comes come together and meet in the middle, this took too long so we sped up the shot so the sequence carried on being fast.
To do this you simply change the rate to a number over a hundred and clicked okay 

Wednesday 30 January 2013

30th January.

I was really impressed with the progress we made today. We went to abbey ruins to film the last scene were we all come together as a group. We had some trouble keeping the tripod up as it was very windy and kept making it fall over. However we managed to get all the shots we wanted. We changed some shots that were in there as we feel they wasn't needed. We also had trouble as it turned dark whilst we were shooting so we changed the lighting and are hoping we can put an effect on it tomorrow.









Tuesday 29 January 2013

Filming.


This is a film we made from when we took pictures of our filming. We thought we'd make a video of all of our shots put together as something different on our blogs. This consists of images of us working on the mise-en-scene. Particularly in this video we are making the costumes for the fantastagirls  which will look the film look more believable in the world of media. the costumes fit to the common stereotypical tight costumes for girls and skirts. The names of the superheros are printed on the back rather than the front, the purpose for this was for the shots when the girls are getting changed to show their names, and give a hint to their powers.

29th January

Today we have edited shots that we filmed the other day. We are really happy with the way the shots look. the shots are more bright which gives positive connotations of the superheros. Already we can see it is a lot better than the first. Although the first sequence had a lovely shot of the girls by the river we have now got a individual shot of a low shot of each girl. This was to make the girls look more powerful. We then put all the girls together and overlapped the image with 'the fantastagirls'. 

29th January.

Editing.
We were able to edit the start of our title sequence. We're really happy with the way everything turned out, it looks a lot better than our original one. We managed to add the 'working title' logo and clip into the beginning of the title sequence. We had some trouble with the 'cross dissolve' so we will try and fix it tomorrow.

Music

As we've recently changed our title sequence we also thought we should change the music to fit in with the target audience. It is now up beat and shows clearly that our film is aimed towards young girls. You can see this by the upbeat music used.

We used the same website as last time to avoid copyright. Now we have 2 options that we feel best suit with the title sequence.


Typography.





We've stuck to the same typography as our title of our film. This shows our film to be primary aimed at children. We've found the main people included in films and added them in.

Monday 28 January 2013

28th January.

Today we started re- shooting, we managed to film the first 6 shots of the girls getting ready. We had to iron our individual logos onto our t-shirts which meant we could film us each putting them on. However on 'fire girls' t-shirt we had trouble getting the logo to stick, some of it came off which ending up looking good and sticking to the power she has.





Props

 

 This is part of our costumes for our fantastagirls. Each girl has a colour to match their power and different typography on the back to show their power. For this part of the costume we brought the t-shirts for primark and printed the typography on paper that could then be transfered onto the t-shirts with an iron. With this t-shirt we will wear black skirts and tights to complete our superhero look.

Saturday 26 January 2013

Background on Distributor



Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions. Eric Fellner and Bevan are now the co-owners of the company.

This is our distributor for our film. although the company haven't distributed any of our ideal film it has still released films around our genre and therefore they will know how to market it. Working title have often worked with others to produce a film but we are taking a risk and making the sequence just a working title film.

Thunderbirds is a prime example of a final that working title has made that the audience was young kids. This shows that the studio will have experience with producing a film of our target audience

Friday 25 January 2013

25th January

 Today we decided to go to bexelyheath to find our costumes. We had planned before to make dresses for each of the characters. However, this would have been time consuming and costly. Instead now we have planned to wear a short sleeved top with black skirts and tights. We feel this still resembles the stereotypical superhero costumes without spending too much time or money on making them.

We brought the tops in each individual colours; red for Fire Girl, purple for Giggle Girl, pink for Bubble Girl and blue for  Air Girl. We hope the colours will hint at each of their powers. We have already purchased ironing paper that will allow us to print our typography onto the clothing. This will be shown off in the title sequence to show off who we our whilst the credits come up.



Thursday 24 January 2013

24th January

We've changed our whole title sequence. The first wasn't working so in order to make it better we've changed it. However we've stuck to the same typography and music as before as we feel it has the same effect. Now Zorak is not show til the beginning of the film and the title sequence focuses on the girls getting ready and becoming a group. So today we focused on our story boards and have planned to film Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. We have decided our locations of Bobbies house and Abbey Ruins. Fornutalty for us these locations are near together so we will be able to fill both on the same day, re shoot in need be.

We felt that This location would be perfect as it has a nice scenery and not many people would get in the way of our shots. 

Old Footage mash up.



This is a load of old shots that we made into a video. It shows how bad the old shots were and how we have improved them since. The footage before didn't really together. Seeing the footage now has a completely different impact than we first looked at it. We're much happier with the progress we've made, we believe the narrative is much more clearer now.

New Idea's

After editing our footage and putting the shots together we feel that the title sequence isn't working. We didn't feel that the sequence showed what the film was going to be about. We spoke to Leanne about it and she agreed and helped us with our new ideas.

 Now our title sequence will include the fantastagirls walking down the stairs in their pyjamas, only showing their bodies, not their faces. We will then have a member doing something associated with their power. For example, Hayley (Air Girl) will be out of the shower, and she will write my name on the mirror, as it would be all steamy, creating the sense of air. For Megan, (Giggle Girl) we will have her applying makeup which she will then make a mistake which will make her laugh, and she will then write her name on from this. Me, (Bubble Girl) will simply be eating my chewing gum, which will pop and we will edit to include 'Bubble Girl' into it. Bobbie, (Fire Girl) will be eating her breakfast, and her name will appear in the food, which we will shot hot, creating the sense of heat. Newspapers will be set aside each of the Fantastagirls to show they are famous this will also bring suspense of them coming together.

We still feel that we should show the girls individually getting ready and coming together at the end to hint at the narrative. We felt that the title sequence consisted to much of Zorak and not enough of the girls. Although Zorak is important to the piece we feel the girls are the main importance and that the beginning scene should focus on Zorak to show the clear Binary opposition. We have made a new filming schedule of set dates to film and the next week to edit. We hope this will give a clearer representation of what the film is about and give hints to the audience of what to expect in the film.

We know we don't have long to film and to edit but we feel that it will look better than the first. We are much happier with what we have planned already and have plans to film next week. None of the sequence will be filmed in school, however we have no set locations yet.



Tuesday 22 January 2013

22nd January

Today we filmed a shot of Zorak reading a newspaper this is the end shot as when he puts down the newspaper he sees the fantastagirls come together, showing a clear binary opposition. We filmed this shot a couple of times to ensure it was perfect and explored a range of different angles to see which one best fitted in with the sequence. I am pleased with the progress we have made today. Although it was the last shot we still had to focus on the littlest detail.

We also used a green screen to film the close up of Zorak as a child. This is because if we do this with both the Zorak's it will be easier to make a fade between the two. We can also used the same background for both. As a child he is sad so we have a close up of the child being upset after seeing his dad being interviewed and then have it fade into a close up of the older version of him to show him angry and wanting revenge. To do this we experimented with different facial expressions to see exactly how angry he is and what would be best suited.


We also edited more of our film. It is now all coming together we only have a few more shots to shoot before it is finished. We also need to research more into our typography to fit in with our genre,

Tuesday 15 January 2013

14th Janurary

We managed to get quite a lot of filming done today. We filmed four shots that lasted about ten minutes. After this we also managed to begin some editing and we now have some ideas on what music we would like. Now we have a choose of three, which were found off the website https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk to avoid copy right. These are upbeat and fast paced musics to fit in with the genre. We also hope that they will collide with the cuts to make the whole sequence quite fast and fit in with the conventions of a typical superhero film. This could relate to The Incredibles as in theirs it is very fast and there is a raising of the music when a character kicks at the camera of does any major action. This gave us the original idea for this, so we have the same music producer as the one that made the music for The Incredibles. 

We have some ideas for who we would like the special effects to be but they are not completely set in stone. We are going to do some further research into the music producers of The Avengers and Sky High and see which one fits better with our film. We can also use these three films for other people involved in the making process. It is also a good idea that we do research into who has previously worker with our director Mike Mitchell.


 

Monday 14 January 2013

Typography.






The typography for each character is based around what their individual power is. You can also tell the audience by the style of them. The logo used for 'Fantastagirls' mirrors the girls as a group, each being a 'star'. Each typography gives hints to what the girls powers are and fit in with the codes and conventions of superheroes. We are hoping to include these in the title sequence.

 The titles are order in which the characters will appear in the sequence. Giving them their own individual moment before coming together as a group.

Thursday 10 January 2013

Results for typography.

 
This is the typography with the highest mark given. Luckily for us it was our favorite one. The response chose this as it was "bold, eye catching and magical". We're happy we now have a typography chosen for our piece, we feel as thought the font matches our narrative and stands out to the audience. Although the survey didn't request ages so we don't know who has answered it, it could be assumed that the typography suits our target audience and they will like it like our respondents.

The results were:
  • 50% rated it 8 out of 10
  • 25% rated it 9 out of 10
  • 25 % rated it full marks 
This is our chosen typography that will be featured in our title sequence for the Director and other helping staff. It will also appear at the end for the end title.


10th Janurary

Today we filmed 4 more shots. We have slightly changed our filming from the story boards as we found some shots or choices off scenery were not right to film in. For example one shot was planned to have a person walking down the street with a phone to show the mobile app, but the over the shoulder shot did not show the app well, instead we have changed it to a person in a office, however it is still an over the shoulder shot.
This means the storyboards will have to be changed to fit this. The shots we have changed are for good reason. We feel they fit in with the title sequence more and there is less risk of the footage looking bad when we go to edit it. The purpose of the women walking and looking at her iphone app was to show that the girls are famous all around the world. Iphone apps are hugely popular at the moment and shows we could also be appealing to a wider audience. Although the footage has been changed it still shows the original purpose but focuses more on the app itself rather than what the character is doing.

Wednesday 9 January 2013

Typograpy Survey


This is the survey we created for our typography. We narrowed it down to four and made a survey. We wanted to see which one the audience thought would be better suited for our film. These were found from dafont.com to avoid copy right. Results will be posted soon to determine which one will be the one in our title sequence.

The survey was made on surveymonkey.com which will automatically collect the results and give a percentage to help us see which one the audience preferred.

9th January

We have created the storyboards and are happy with the way things are going. We have also made a time scheduled of when we will be filming and what time. This will hopefully help us to stay on task and to make sure we have enough time to edit. Our locations have been chosen and we feel these are perfect for our genre. An example of one is danson park. This is were all the girls come together, if we get the filming right we could have a nice shot of the girls standing by the river. This way the sun will be shinning behind the girls and reflecting on the river to give the girls a more pwerful affect. This would also be the last shot as the girls would have come together and the title would layer over the top of the image.
So far we've filmed about 6 shots. We still have quite a bit to do and we will be filming again tomorrow. Hopefully we can get all the filming finished  tomorrow.

Typography.

This is an option for our typography. We like the fact that it looks as if it is hand written. It doesn't show the narrative so were not sure if this is the right one for our film.

 This is our second option. We like this as it looks magical and gives our hint at our narrative. We like this the best out of the four but we want to know what the audience think.The typography relates back to our superheroes.


Our third option. This reminds us of comic book writing and this is suitable for us as our film is a superhero film. It is also very easier to read and eye catching.

Finally, our last option. We liked this because its different and we'd hope it would make them question what its about. However, we feel its not as easier to read as the others.

Tuesday 8 January 2013

Danson filming.

This seemed the perfect location for the four girls to final come together. However we may have to re-shoot them to match the lighting and weather as the other shots in the title sequence.

Some of the pictures show the weather issues. We needed a sunny day to film our sequence as it determines the mood of the piece. Luckily the film does not show that the lake is actually iced over. We picked the area with the least amount of ice to film.

The shots worked out better than we expected, we had hoped before hand to have the sun reflecting off the river, however we ended up with the sun in the shot as well. This makes the girls look more powerful. We used an establishing shot to show the girls in the distance but not show their faces until the very end. Tomorrow we are hoping to put all the shots together to see what they look like as they are at the moment.