Preliminary Task - Evaluation

Preliminary Task - Storyboard

Preliminary Task - Risk Assessment

Preliminary Task - Script

The Imaginarium Script 2

Preliminary Task - Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Year 12 Preliminary Task - Poster

Year 12 Preliminary Task -The Imaginarium - Film

Preliminary Task - Location Photographs

 Outside the door view of our location in the English block girls toilets.

 Mirror can be used to show Emily's face staring into the mirror.

 Straight on view of Toilet Cubicle.

 Bird's eye view of the Toilet Cubicle.

 View from the Toilet Cubicle of the mirror.

Full view of the entire toilets.

Preliminary Task - Team Work

In our team I think that pre-production was satisfactory. We got everything we needed to completed and were able to agree on many things such as the storyline and creation of our script. We however at the same time decided to allocate different roles on each other to complete as an individual which may have been better done as a team. When it came to getting actors we didn't get anybody till early Monday that we which was our filming day. I think this was mostly down to me and not going through with asking people and finding someone to act for us. Caitlyn managed to get actors which I wasn't aware of until Monday afternoon. When we were supposed to start filming I still was unaware we had actors and were still filming even though it had been planned. When Caitlyn approached before filming about having the script and production schedule I was unprofessional in the way in which I ignored and continued with what I was doing. This led to Caitlyn completing the production including the filming and directing without me present which was the correct decision from her and was the wrong one from me. I think the lack of communication I had with Caitlyn effected this but with me still refusing to film when we should have been I feel as if I was in the wrong and have let down Caitlyn in the production process.

Preliminary Task - Camera Skills

When filming with a camera it is a much better idea to have a tripod and two cameras instead of just one. One of the biggest justifications for using a tripod is that it stops the shaking of the camera that would be experienced form a hand held shot. This makes the shot and framing much easier to position and much clearer to view. It is also easier to use different camera techniques using a tripod such as panning, tilting and craning which wouldn't look as good with a hand held camera. However, features such as tracking and zooming can be much more effective when performed hand held and done correctly. These different techniques will improve the creation of my productions.



Multi-camera shooting makes it easier when editing your film so that everything that is acted is filmed from different angles at the same time with no continuity errors. This allows the footage to be in chronological order and not have things different in the shot such as hair position, actor position or object positions. Having the different angles available also gives a better effect to shots such as a two shots as you are able to film two over the shoulder shots of each actor while also having the two wide shot of their conversation.

Preliminary Task - Script

FADE IN
          INT. DAY - SCHOOL
          Sound of footsteps coming across corridor in black screen.
          Fade in comes when the door is opened revealing the door and
          young female character walking into the toilet. Looks at
          herself in the mirror where Peter is revealed in the
          background. Emily notices Peter and does not seem surprised
          by him being there.
                              PETER (IMAGINARY FRIEND)
                    When are you going to do it?
                              EMILY (YOUNG FEMALE)
                    I'm not going too.
          Emily moves into the cubicle and puts her head in her hands.
                              PETER
                    We've had it planned now for a long
                    time. If you don't do it we can't
                    be friends anymore, she will split
                    us up. You don't want that do you?
          Emily trying to be demanding while being scared and lifts
          her head from her hands.
                              EMILY
                    Stop it Peter. I don't want to. You
                    already caused me to much trouble.
                              PETER
                    You wanted to do it all. It was all
                    done because they were mean to you.
                    I'm not mean to you, I'm the only
                    person who cares about you so go
                    and get it done before I'm taken
                    from you forever.
          Emily thinks about what Peter is saying before being
          interrupted before being interrupted by a woman's voice
          outside the door.
                              MUM
                    Emily, are you in there?
          Emily comes out the cubicle and looks in the mirror before
          Peter screams in her ear.
                              PETER
                    Go and get it done now!
          Emily looks at herself deep in the mirror before stopping
          and leaving the toilet.
                                                         FADE OUT

Production Roles

Producer – A producer oversees and delivers a project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. Get’s the movie made. Creative producer develops the material. Producer’s sometimes assigned to the project. Producer is there to keep the crew and studio off the Director’s back

Director – A director is someone who directs the actors and crew in the making of a project and controls the project’s dramatic aspects. They are responsible for everything you see and hear. They are the manipulator who gets emotions from the audience because of the production. They make the project meaningful and make a script their own idea no matter how good or bad the script is.

Director of Photography – Someone who takes photo with a motion picture camera and is a chief over the cameramen and lighting crew in a project. They tell the man cameraman and lighting crew what to do. If the shot is not well composed, out of focus, misplaced it is the Director of Photography’s fault.

Film Editor – The creative post production process of film making who chooses what the final piece of the film or project looks like. They add in sound, special effects, music and pictures and are responsible for getting to a DVD and to a final piece.

Production Manager - The production manager manages the production budget and production schedule. They also report, on behalf of the production office, to the studio executives or financiers of the film. There job is to spend money wisely so almost make the project a business. Involved in every bit of money and without them the money cannot be spent.

First Assistant Director – The person who helps the director of filmmaker in the creation of the project. Takes the pressure off the director and produces the production schedules for filming. Organizes what is being filmed at a certain time. Edits the production schedule during filming so it fits in with what needs to be done. Shouts ‘Action’ for when they want the crew to do their role.

Sound Operator – The person who is responsible for all the sound in the filming and editing of the project. They are in control of the microphone and responsible for everyone’s sound when they are recording.

Lighting Director – The person who is responsible for following the director’s ideas on where the light goes and manages all the external light in the project. They tell the lighting crew where the light goes.

Writer – The person who writes or creates the project or film and storyline for which it is based on and what the story is about. They write the script for any piece of production or film.

Improvements from 'the Chase'

For my preliminary task there are many improvements that I wish to make compared to what I produced during 'the Chase'. One of the main things I wish to develop more is the development and idea of the storyline. I believe the storyline used in my 'the Chase' was weak and although I think the production was edited well it lacked a storyline that would draw the audience in and make it more exciting. The second thing I wish to develop is my camerawork skills and planning of shots and framing. During 'the Chase' much of our footage that I filmed was quickly placing the camera in a place I thought suitable and hoping that the shot looked good. I would like instead to produce shots that have been thought through and give an effect to what is happening in the film. This in whole would make my final production piece more exciting.

Preliminary Task - Our Idea

During the lesson we brainstormed many ideas on what scenario we wanted our production storyline to be based on. We started writing down on ideas on what we thought would make an effective scene.

• A doctor telling a patient about a serious illness
• A wife/husband meeting their wife/husband's killer
• A relative talking through glass with a prisoner at a prison
• Two high classed businessmen meeting in a lift
• A thief wearing a balaclava robbing a shop owner
• A councillor meeting a patient with psychological problems for the first time
• A person talking to an imaginary friend about their problems
• A diner scene of a couple talking about their difficulties

After extensive thoughts into what we were going to choose we decided on basing our production on the imaginary friend idea. We thought that we could make the imaginary friend as real as possible which would develop that fear factor of making something real that isn't. We decided that the person with an imaginary friend would be a vulnerable and young teenage girl. This would help to show how powerful the imaginary friend is over the vulnerable teenager which we thought would make the character even more real.

Preliminary Task - Team

Bradley Hammond and Caitlyn Whittaker
We today decided and thought of different ideas we could use in our production. We wrote down a set of ideas on what our storyline can be for our production. We listed many ideas on the different of stories we could have with two people meeting. We tried to think of things that would be effective enough to worry people. In the end we decided on basing our film on the thought of a little girl and her imaginary friend. The imaginary friend would be dominant over the little girl who is troubled and get her to do things she shouldn't. We thought this would make the story more effective knowing that somebody who wasn't real can control a person. We also decided that the name of the film would be 'The Imaginarium' as it relates to our storyline while sounding like an interesting title.

Research - Director

A film director is the perosn who manages and controls the actors and film crew in the making of a film. The ways in which the film looks is all done by the director who is basically the manager of the piece of work and what it will look like. The final results are all from the director's ideas that he interpretted into the production. The director will use the script to decide the different camera shots, locations, actors, lighting and props that he wishes to use. The script is a guideline for the director to follow to produce the final piece and the director uses the script to film every bit of content from the script into the film.

The Chase

 

For 'The Chase' task we were given 3 hours in total of production to make a chase scene that would be a minute long. These 3 hours of production was split into 3 sections, an hour of planning, an hour of filming and an hour of editing. As the scene was only 1 minute long we didn't feel as if we had enough time to develop a storyline that would fit into an exciting chase scene so instead chose to just produce a chase scene. We first based it on two characters, a smarter dressed 'good guy' and a very casually dressed 'bad guy'. This is something that we thought you should always expect during a chase scene, a hero and a villain. We then decided on the different routes we would take round the school to ensure our chase was exciting as possible. After choosing our different locations we set out on producing a filming schedule that we thought would be accurate enough for the different locations we needed to film at. We knew we needed to be as quick as possible so gave only 10 minutes max and each location. The final thing we did before filming was choose a piece of music. We thought that it would be easier to base the chase scene around music instead of basing music around a chase scene as we can then have an idea what we need to film to fit in with the music.

During filming we were trying to be as quick as possible so in some areas the quality of our footage and the timings of how far the chaser was behind was out of sync due to the hour's time frame. We chose to decide different camera shots and angles we wished to use during our filming instead of planning them in before as we didn't have enough time to plan them fully. We also encountered the problem of time being wasted in certain areas due to other people filming or students around the school. Through all this we were bale to finish filming 10 minutes earlier than we originally thought we would.

Editing the film was easier than expected as all our footgae was shot in chronological order during the chase scene. We simply used clips we liked and didn't use some that had errors. We had a fast paced cutting sequence that lasted about 3 seconds at the start of our film and due to having to scale the video to fit to screen on the YouTube player we lost about 10 minutes of our time during editing. We also noticed that in some camera shots it didn't look realistic to previous cuts as we were running aorund hoping all the shots would be in sync. We also had some shots only once which had errors in such as students in the backgorund which we had to use. In the end we managed to get all our edited done and synced in with the music within the hour time slot.