Planning Preliminary Task

Purpose: The purpose of the preliminary task is for my group to introduced the aspects of filming, in terms do cinematography and editing.

Scenario: The scenario in which we created is two students having a conversation about football and what they think about current players, such as Frank Lampard. 

Roles For The Preliminary Task:  My task for the preliminary task, was for me to film (be the camera man). I had to use different camera angles for each scene. This means that I am most likely to take on the role of the camera man for my groups filming. Blaise and Darrell (a pupil in my media class) will have the roles of acting out the scenario for the preliminary task. Although Blaise is going to be the actor for the preliminary, he will be the 'Location Manager' and Divinia will be doing the music and directing.   

Difficulties: The difficulties for our preliminary task was that we only had a day to film it, due to us being behind task due to our broken camera and having to re-film everything.

Benefits: The preliminary task has been beneficial because it gave us knowledge in how to use cinematography and everyone in the group got more knowledge in their assigned area which they had to do and gain experience.

Research: Questionnaire

Questionnaire:

For my primary research I decided to come up with a suitable questionnaire that will be useful to create data. This will be used in order for me to identified my target audience. A questionnaire will need to be carried out in order for me to know what the audience is interested in and what I'll need to have in my video; and I asked 20 people to do the question.

I intend for this questionnaire to be aimed at 15 years and older because that age range is the age in which you're allowed to start watching thrillers within cinemas.

1) What is gender your?
Male
Female

2) What is your age range?
7-10
11-16
17-24
25+

3) What theme do you prefer within a thriller?
Revenge
Psychotic
Obsession
Crime

4) What is your favorite Sub Genre?

Crime

Political

Erotic

If other state:

5) What gender do you think best suits the role of the victim?

Male
Female

6) What type of things do you like to see in your thrillers?

Weapons

Supernatural Power

UFO Type Of Weapon

Physical Fighting

7) What sort of editing do you prefer?

Fast Paced

Slow Paced

8) What setting do you prefer within a thriller?

Abandoned Building

Public Area

Spooky House

Forest

9) What type of Thrillers do you prefer?

Modern

Classical

10) What gender do you feel plays a better victim?

Male

Female

Filming and Camera Angles

I was in charge of the filming as the groups camera man. This meant that I was required to film everything and from different angles.

I did a 'Side View' shot. A side view shot has an effect on the audience because it allows us to see the expression an the characters face and this will allow us to see how the character is feeling.

I had to do an 'Birds-Eye View' shot, which is basically an aerial shot which is catching the movement of the characters from above.

Logo of production company

Previously we liked the name 'Viva La Revolucion', but due to us not really being able to speak Spanish and that not really having a representation of our company, we decided to change our name to 'Royal Pictures' because Royal means to have a status and that is what we intend for this project to have, status. 

Logo 1

When planning our logo, we first had to establish what we wanted our company to represent. 

We used the colour blue for our first logo because we wanted our logo to represent trust and tranquility within the company. We had an image of a camera placed above the name of the company because a camera represents the capturing of objects and movement.We used a white background instead of a black one or any other colour because we felt that the colour white made the blue stand out more.

Logo 2

For this logo we felt that the logo needed to represent the name of our company. We however, didn't use any images because we wanted out company to come across as simple and that we only focus on the thriller. The colour gold was used because we felt that gold represented 'royalty' and due to the name of the company being Royaal Pictures, we thought that this logo was the right choice.

Chosen Logo

After days of creations, we decided to create a logo that would represent our company's meaning. Although we felt that the previous logo did just that, we thought it was too plain and needed a image. We decided to have a Lion as the image to represent the name because as you may know a lion is said to be a king of the jungle, which is royalty.

Editing Process

Editing

We were behind with our filming and editing because we filmed the first time, but we received a broken Flipcam (HD) which had all our saved filming. So this meant that we had to redo our filming, which put us behind and so we had to rush a bit, but the process so for is going great.

We found it hard at first to figure out the special effects and how to operate the editing program, which was Sony Vegas, so we decided to watch Youtube videos which instructed us in how to operate the program.

By the time we figured out how to use it we were well on our way and the end product is looking to be quite successful.

As you can see we made our writing have the Sitcom effect, which programs like 'Chuck' & 'Malcolm In The Middle' used for the writing.

Conventions of Narrative

Plot and Narrative Structure
Plot : Exposition - development, climax, resolution and turning account. The development of tension, suspension and conflict.
Structure - The order that events are revealed. Structure can be flashback, flash forward, chronological, circular, foreshadowing and a final twist.

Characterisation
Identify the protagonist, antagonist, mean character(s), minor character, the other construction of character through: point of view, description, speech/dialogue, thoughts, action, symbolism, stereotypes, representation of identities, attitudes, values and ideologies through character.

Setting
Time, place, atmosphere, setting as a representation of a society constructed through description, symbolism, imagery allusion/references.

Theme
Central ideas/issues explored in the text.

Narrative Point of View
Narrative point of view is the relationship between the reader and narrator which determines the distance. First, second and third person omniscient.

Language, style and tone
Style - The way something is said, for example formal, informal, slang, etc.
Tone - Tone refers to the mood and attitude within the text, for example sarcasm, questioning, angry, etc.
Style and tone is created through the use of language and language devices.

There are four theorists in which have different concepts on narrative:

Tzvetan Todorov

Vladimir Propp

Roland Bathes

Claude Levi-Strauss

Tzvetan Todorov

Vladimir Propp

Roland Bathes

Claude Levi-Strauss

'Stalker' - Naming our Thriller

Finding a name to call our thriller was quite a challenge. The problem in our group wasn't coming up with names, because in fact we all had ideas of names that the film could have been called; the problem was that we didn't agree an the names that we brought to mind. If one liked a name, then the other wouldn't and so on. In the end we ended up calling the film 'Stalker', which I'm glad to say I came up with the name of and for the film name, we had a creative epiphany. We decided as a team that in the name 'Stalker' we would have a man who is red, which represents blood, hiding behind the letter 'L', to have a have a kind of mystery/psychotic effect.
So in the end even though we had difficulties finding a name for the film, in the end Stalker was the name which was straight to the point and made the audience know what the film was about.