Animatic Sequence created on AE: 1st Attempt

1st Attempt at an Animatic Sequence:

Production Meeting 3:

Production Meeting 3:

28/11/13

Who's present - Ben and Charlie. 

What went wrong? 
When we went out to shoot the flight effect we didn't take any stills of the background. We had it written down in our notes but for some reason we went straight into our filming. When we next go out we will need to get some stills of the background with no on in it. 

What did I struggle with?
On Youtube I viewed some tutorials to help me complete the eye colour change effect. I followed the tutorial step by step but something in the process went wrong. I haven't had a lot of experience with AE but I am trying to get my head around it. I had some difficulty shortening a clip. I followed the tutorial but something went wrong. 

What do I need to learn?
To complete my video clip to a good high standard I need to learn some skills in AE. For example I need to master the eye colour change effect. I can then teach the other members of my group how to do the effect. I also need to get help form Ben and Reece as they have learnt how to do different effects. When we come together and share our ideas and skills we will be able to master the effects easier. 

Assets:
To film our clip we will need some assets to use when editing and creating effects. For example, we need a fire asset, particle asset, glass asset and debris assets. We don't need any make-up or props in our sequence. 

Action Pack

Test Footage and VFX:

Today my group and myself went out to shoot some test footage. We then came back and imported our test clips into After Effects. 

I had a go at trying to change the colour of my eyes. I watched the tutorial (above) to help me out with this. 

Story Boards:

Story boards from Charlie Hall

Script Location / Shoot Location Table:

Script location from Charlie Hall

Production Meeting 25/11/13

Production Meeting:

Who is present - Ben, Reece , Charlie.

Agenda - We are going to to discuss our VFX and then decide on how we are going to make them happen. 

Vfx asset sheet from Charlie Hall

Vfx asset sheet (3) from Charlie Hall

VFX In Our Script:

When will our VFX occur?

(1-4) : In this scene a Visual Effect will occur. In the scene will are planning to make the character light a ciragette from out of the end of his finger. The effect should look like a glowing flame and should look impressive. This effect will go with the topic of the film as the character has a Special Power. 

(2-3) : In this shot we are going to to show people using Super Powers around the school. We are planning to give the people individual powers. We are going to make someone levitate and another  appear through a wall. 

Screenplay with Shots:

Duke goes to college shots from bengsharrison

Feedback after Shot Discussion:

My group annotated Ben's script with how we would shoot the film. We then came together and discussed how we would shoot the film and why we choose to to shoot the film that way.

Outcome:

We took turns to discuss each others shot selection. Then went through page by page and gave our point of view of what we thought would work best. Our decision as a group is to use a combination of each others shots. For example we are going to use Ben's shots for the opening scene. We decided this because it is Bens's script and he knows what will look best as he came up with the original idea. Even though we went with Ben's decisions we also made a few changes as a group. For example we had lots of mid shots in the opening. We decided to put a few CU shots in instead. We then moved onto the second part of the screenplay. We discussed the shot types and went with Reece's ideas. We did change a few elements of his ideas but the outcome was mostly his ideas. For example, Reece had the idea of using the reverse shots when the two characters speak. After that we talked about the final scene which is in the main reception and classrooms. We decided to go with my first ideas of using a montage. We thought this would be good during the voiceover. 

180 Degree Rule:

180 Degree Rule:

The Rule:

The rule states that the camera should stay on the same side as the imaginary line. The imaginary line is drawn perpendicular to the camera's viewpoint. The rule should never be broken but it may be broken for effect. If you break the rule the audience will become confused. The audience will get very confused if the film has a chase scene or a fast sports scene. In my diagram you can see what each shot should look like. There is also a shot which is shot from the other side of the line. This is what would happen if the 180 degree rule was broken. The blue character is on the wrong side. This would confuse the viewer as suddenly the character has moved sides. 

Ways around the rule: 

• The only way to cross the line without confusing the audience is to move the camera. 

• Once you have crossed the line you cannot move back. You can move back if you show the movement of the camera. 

Team Production Meeting:

Team Production Meeting:

Date: 18/11/13

Who is present: Ben, Reece and Charlie.

Agenda: We are going to look through each others scripts and decide on a screenplay to go ahead with. 

We firstly began to discuss each others screenplays considering which one we should go ahead with and film. We considered the narrative of the scripts and we decided that we should go with Bens' script and add some features of Charlie's and Reece's scripts. For example we are going to take some aspects of my characters and add them to Ben's story. The whole group liked the main idea of Ben's script and we have decided to go with his screenplay to film. Reasons for this:

1. We will be able to achieve the task as it can be done as we don't need to get many actors to play our characters. We also have the location at sixth form which means we can get on and film. 
2. The effects we have decided on will impress the audience. This is another reason why we have chosen Ben's script. 
3. We will be able to film the story in a reasonable time. This is good as we wil want to get back to the classroom and begin editing. 

Ideas for re-drafting:

As a group we have given out thoughts on Ben's script. Ben has now gone back to Adobe Story and re-vised his script with our ideas in mind. Ben has now revised his script and the script has been printed off so that we can create a shot list.  

After the meeting:
We came to the decision that we are going to choose Ben's script and that we are going to add some elements from Charlie and Reece's scripts. 

Revised Screenplay:

Above is my revised screenplay which has been tweaked to improve it. 

Character Bio:

Photography:

Various Images i've taken and edited using Photoshop

Screenplay Draft using Adobe Story:

Screenplay:

Below is my draft screenplay that I created using Adobe Story. 

x - Men Timeline:

x-Men Analysis:

Voice Over:

The voice over gives the viewer a overview of what is going on in the scenes. It explains the information that is displayed on the screen. For example, his voice tells the viewer what is happening as the film moves on. It also shows who is the leader of the school and puts the leader in control of the school. 

Music: 

The music is used to enhance the film. The music helps to illustrate the emotion in the story of the film. The music also makes you think of imagery in the film. For example, the music in the x Men film has a magical sounds and the music makes the viewer imagine of things about super powers. 

Dialogue:

The dialogue in the clip is used to tell the story of the film. The dialogue works with the sound effects as after somebody speak a sound effect may occur. Dialogue is the diegetic sound which means that the characters can hear it. When the music is soft and slow the dialogue will probably be soft and quiet. When the music is loud and fast there may not be a lot of speech as the music takes over.

Sound Effects:

The sound effects make the superpowers see reality. The effects make the film better as it makes the film look like it is set in real life. The effect of the sound effects make the viewer think that the effects are apart of real life. Without the effects the viewer would think that the film was a normal film and not a film where people have superpowers.

xMen Notes Page:

I viewed the clip of xMen and then wrote down when Music, Voice Over and Dialogue occur during the clip. Below is my attempt at picking out the different elements. 

Music:
All the way through the clip

Voice over:
00:08 - 00:12
00:16 - 00:54
01:18 - 01:28

Dialogue:
00:04 - 00:05
00:12 - 00:19
01:05 - 01:09
01:12 - 01:18

Sound Effects:
01:04 - 01:05
01:10 - 01:18
01:28 - 01:32

Face Warp Using AE:

Face Warp created on AE:

#TWEETPITCH

#TWEETPITCH

I cut my pitch right down to 140 characters. I then composed a Tweet using Twitter and then I took a screenshot and have uploaded it below. 

Movie Pitch:

Movie Pitch:

Hero - The Hero in the story is called Nick Flick and has just started at Sixth Form. He is 17 years of age and is White. He had lots of friends at his previous school but he doesn't know anybody at his new Sixth Form as he has recently moved house. He is 6ft 2in and enjoys reading and his favourite subject is history. He has always dreamt of being in the local newspapers for doing something spectacular. 

Situation - At the beginning of the story Nick arrives for his first day of Sixth Form. He enters the gates and he notices that something odd is going on. He sees people with strange powers. He asks the Headteacher what is going on but she says that it is the norm. Nick goes to his first lesson and is greeted by his teacher. The teacher has a super power of going invisible. He gets settled in and he notices that everyone in the class has a power. Some pupils have small powers such as reading a book without looking at the pages and some have bigger powers such as levitation. 

Opportunity - Nick has come from a normal 21st century home when everything was normal. He is now at a strange Sixth Form college where the teachers and pupils have super powers. He decides to get everyone back to normal. He gets help from his old school mates from his old school. He does research and looks back in history to see what has been going on. 

Goal - His goal is to take away the powers that the teachers and pupils have and get back to the normal world. He will do anything to get to his goal. He needs to find a way to overpower the people with superpowers. Nick gets help from people outside of the strange Sixth Form and finds a way to turn the people back to normal. 

Conflict - Whilst trying to overpower the people with the powers he gets bullied and tortured as he is the only person without any powers. They think that he is different and that he shouldn't be there. He also has difficulty finding away to overpower them. He seeks specialist help form the normal world and is close to a solution. Nick is the typical school boy and he wants to turn things back to normal before the superpowers go to everybody else.

Feedback to other members in my group:

Drive - Sound Analysis:

Drive - Sound Analysis:

The purpose of the sounds in the clip are to create tension. The sounds create an 'uncertainty'. The viewer is not sure whether the robbers will get out and get away. The sounds create the uncertainty and this builds up tension. The sounds are also there to entertain the viewer. The sounds are put together to sound like a real robbery and get away. 

In the clip that I watched there is a getaway driver (Ryan Gosling) and he is waiting for two criminals to come out from committing a robbery. The driver has a strict rule; he only waits five minutes before he drives off without them. 

The sound of the Driver's watch makes the viewer think that time is running out and that time is passing. The sound of the watch is loud which makes everything else seem quiet. The watch is strapped to the steering wheel of the car and is ticking away and the noise gets louder as time goes on. As the five minutes come to an end the watch sound starts to get louder and the tone of the ticking sound is very sharp. The effect of this is that the viewer really looks and listens at the scene. 

There is a Police Scanner sound in the clip and the sound gives the presence of Police. It creates even more tension as it makes it sound like the Police are getting onto them and are going to catch them. The Police say on the scanner that they know what car to look for. The effect of this is that the viewer begins to think that they are going to get caught. 

Again the volume of the Police Scanner increases as the clip goes on.  This is to create more suspense and tension. 

The getaway driver has the radio on in his car. He turns it up as it is the sports channel and he is listening to a basketball game. He turns down the Police Scanner for a moment and pays more attention to the game on the radio. By taking more notice of the car radio for a few moments makes the getaway driver seem cool and shows that he is calm and that he is in control of the situation. 

There are some environmental sounds in the clip of Drive. The alarm sounds which tells the viewer that there is a crime taking place. The scene is fairly quiet before the alarm goes off and this makes the viewer concentrate on the screen and look at the guys getting away. The sound of the car engine is loud and it sounds like it wants to get away like the two men do. The car is a loud muscle car anyway but the sound of the engine is very loud when the car pulls away. There are Police Sirens in the distance and they make the viewer think that the Police are onto them and are going to arrest them. Before the men reach the car there is a sound of crickets. The crickets give the sound of the night. They are also very loud and that's all you can hear before the getaway driver opens the door for the two men. 

How do the sounds blend together?

The sounds blend together to give the viewer the experience of a real crime and a getaway scene. This is done by the volume and timing of the sound effects. For example, the sound of the sirens and Police cars are but together to give the viewer the idea of the Police chasing the driver and the guys. All of the small sounds are put together in a sequence to create tension and the viewer experiences the police chase and the robbery by using the sounds. 

Top Trump Card Creation:

Top Trump Card Creation:

I created a Top Trump card using Photoshop. I added a photo of myself and made the canvas look liked a typical top trump card. I edited my photo to make it look better by using the curves option in Photoshop. To get eh score boxes I used the rounded rectangle shape tool. I then played around with different stroke and fill options. After I added the boxes I went about adding text. I added the text and then chose an appropriate font. I then used the rectangle tool again for my background. I then went into the layer options to give it the textured look.

I gave myself a score out of 10 on how confident I was with:

• Camerawork
• Editing
• Sound and Music
• Visual Effects
• Performance
• Organisation

Visual Effects in Misfits:

Visual Effects in Misfits:

 

 

I have watched a episode of Misfits and write in bullets the visual effects that are in the episode.

 

The opening titles have some visual effects on them.

• 4:50 - There is a car crash effect.
• 5:00 - Falling Ice visual effect.
• 6:25 - The characters are struck back by a lightening strike.
• 17:22 - Simon goes invisible.
• 19:10 - Simon turns back to the way he was.
• 30:00 - Curtis's view of everything turns to slow motion.
• 33:00 - Aleisha has her powers.
• 34:00 - Simon goes abit mad about the superpowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Misfits Analysis:

Misfits Analysis:

Nathan:

Tone: The character of Nathan is very sarcastic. I can tell this because he takes the mick out of people and doesn't care about what he says to people. He is also very sharp with what he says. For example he answers back to the Probation Officer very quickly. The tone of his voice is light and when he talks it sounds like he is being playful. 

Volume: Nathan has a clear loud voice. He is the first person to speak after the Probation Officer has finished speaking. This shows that he always wants to talk and be first with everything. By talking first he dominates the conversation. Everything that is said after he spoke is about what he started off. 

Accent: Nathan has a Irish accent. His accent is quite lyrical and warm. Nathan's accent suits the vocab that he says. It might not suit another character as they don't have the same accent as him. As the scene is set in London the accent gives Nathan a sense of not being in a class. 

Vocab: Whenever Nathan speaks his never swears. He is also quite witty when he speaks. Nathan is also argumentative when he speaks. He says "But what if they are right?", he has a comment ready to fire back at the Officer straight away. He likes to confront people and doesn't care about what he says to them. 

What does this tell us about the character?

By what Nathan says you can tell that he is the joker of the group. You can tell this because he argues and confronts people and eventually makes a joke from the situation. Nathan is also child-like. You get this idea from him being the jokes and him not swearing. A child laughs and cannot swear; like the character of Nathan. 

Curtis:

Tone: His tone is lower than everyone else's In the group and he sounds more relaxed. He doesn't change even when he gets angry or annoyed. By his tone of voice I can tell that he is the cool guy of the group.

 

Volume: In the clip Curtis speaks quite quietly. He doesn't need to get lots of attention like Nathan. Curtis does get slightly loudly when annoyed or when he gets angry.

 

Vocab: He uses Urban vocabulary when he speaks. He may come from a street background or may want to sound cool. But when he speaks his uses that vocabulary.

 

What does this tell us about the character?

We find out that Curtis is the cool character of the group and  that he doesn't want to be at the community service. We also know that he uses street vocabulary when he speaks. This suggests that he hangs around with a gang or people on the streets.

 

Kelly:

 

 

Kelly is the stereotypical Chav. She speaks quite loudly and uses "Chav Vocabulary". She has a Northern accent and Nathan takes the mick out of her when she speaks. She speaks loudly when answering back to Nathan. This tells us that she doesn't care about what she says to people. The Northern accent makes her voice sound strong when she speaks. You find out that Kelly is a loud character and has a personality of a chav. She plays the chav and she doesn't have much class. 

 

Aleisha:

 

 

Aleisha's tone differs from what situation and mood she's in. She is the 'slutty' member of the group. Her volume also differs from what mood she is in. She has an urban accent or a girls accent and she uses slang words when she talks. We can make out that she is from an urban background and has friends who use slang are like her. She also doesn't care about her community service as she talks to here friends on the phone when her Probation Officer is talking. This shows that she is rude and doesn't want to be at the community service.

 

Simon:

 

 

 

Simon doesn't speak in the clip whereas everyone else does. This suggests that he is quite member of the group. He doesn't laugh at Nathan or Aleisha which shows that he is serious and wants to get on. In the clip he doesn't make any sound at all but when you watch the clip you see that he doesn't do anything wrong and just stands there at the end of the group. This tells us that he doesn't fit in with the others and that he isn't like them.

 

 

Gary:

 

 

 

 

Gary is also the stereotypical chav. You can tell this by looking at him but you also tell this by his choice of words. He says to Nathan, " You looking to get stabbed". This shows that he is aggressive and he shows this through his speech. Gary speaks like the other member of the group Kelly. He has a chav accent and he doesn't use adventurous vocabulary which may suggest the is of low class. Gary says to Nathan "I'm going to rip out your throat and Sh*t down your neck." He said this violently and he doesn't care what he says in front of the Probation Officer. This shows the viewer that he must talk like this all the time.  

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

MPC Film:

History of MPC:

 

 

The Moving Picture Company was founded in 1909 by Carl Laemmle. The first movie that was produced was called Hiawatha. There is little history of the company up until the company created modern films.

What type of work do MPC do?

MPC are one of the global leaders in VFX and have been in the business for 25 years.  They are renowned for adding effects and visual wonder to advertising, film and entertainment industries. They have done some famous projects which include some blockbuster movies such as:

 

 

• Harry Potter
• Pirates of the Carribbean
• Life Of Pi

Famous Advertising Projects:

• Samsung
• Cadbury
• Sony
• John Lewis

 

John Lewis Advertising:

 

Technology Used:

MPC use many different software packages. They use:

• Alice
• Kali
• Pronto
• Furtility
• Flowline

They use their own tools to create powerful and innovative solutions to the challenging visual requirements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPC Film Reel:

 

 

 

 

Premier Pro Tools:

 

YC Wave form:

 

The YC Waveform displays luminance information as a green waveform. The bright objects produce a waveform pattern (the green areas) near the top of the graph. The darker objects produce a waveform towards the bottom. The YC Waveform also displays chrominance information as a blue waveform.

 

 

 

RGB Parade:

 

The RGB scope displays waveforms representing the red, green and blue in a clip. The waveforms appear in a graph one after another. The levels of each colour channel is measured proportionally to each other using the scale of 0 to 100.

 

 

 

 

Vectorscope:

 

The Vectorscope displays a circular chart, similar to a colour wheel, that shows the video’s chrominance information. The saturation is measured from the center of the chart outwards.