Key scene 3

Outline-
Esther is coming home after a night out with Gemma and some of her friends. She has just been beaten up by her boyfriend so Gemma told her to clear her head and go out with her. On her journey home she travels through an alley way, At this point she feels ill and scared and she is trying to contact Gemma, she then hears a noise behind her and panics and runs home.


Shot List - 
Establishing shot -  Alley way
ELS - Esther walking through the alley way.
CU -  Esther's phone talking to Gemma.
LS -  Esther again walking through alley way, texting Gemma and phoning her.
MS - Esther is on the phone. 
CU - Esther hears a twig snap behind her.
LS -  Esther running to the house 
CU -  Esther opening the door.

Planning for filming -
Date: Thursday 19th November 
Time: 4PM - 6PM
Location: Alley way and drive of my house.
Characters and Actress's: Esther played by Georgia Waldron.
Weather:

Setting and props: Alley way at around 4PM before the sun fully sets so you get the early morning effect.  Mobile phone.

Photoanimatic - 

Scene 2

I really like this. This is a lot better that my first key scene, i think this is because i took longer shots and used effective music. 

Print Product images and planning.

I decided to take some images to start creating posters and magazine covers. I have edited them to add effects and to make the genre easier to identify. I will re take some of these images to get higher quality but i also might use these as well.

Original Images - 

Created with Padlet

Editing -

Taglines -

I've noticed from research, i need to have a catchy tagline which helps show what the film is about. These are my idea's:

-The future starts today, not tomorrow.

-Would you read into the future?

-Control your own destiny or someone else will.

-The future ain't what it used to be.

-The future can influences the present, so watch out.

-If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.

-Only you can control your future

-Future is that little thing no one should know about.

-You'll never regret reading a book till now.

Planning 

Film Title

For all my print products, i will use the same font and colours. I want it to relate to a book in some way, I've looked at fonts that have a handwritten effect, typewriter effect and others. These are the ones i like the most.

Audience Theory

Print products

FILM MAGAZINE FRONT COVERS - 

CONVENTIONS -

Masthead - They all have big bold mastheads with short catchy names, like any other magazine. At the top of the page.

Headline -  Mainly centered in the middle or the bottom right corner. 2nd biggest font on the page.

Strap Line - Almost all of them are in the middle of the page, and underneath the Headline.

Image -  The protagonist or the known star as the front cover image. Usually taken too look like they are on set, in full costume and make-up. Very common to see some sort of background relating to the film.

Colour Scheme -  This links with the film and changes colour's to match the image or logo of the film.

Housing Style - None of them are very cluttered, simple theme. 

Coverline - All the main text is about what film is the main article/feature of the magazine, but nothing else. After extra bit of text saying what else is covered in the magazine, but compared to other magazines, not much is actually put on.

Banners - Not main on the magazines, but only small if they are advertising something else in the magazine.

Barcode

Date and Issue Number -  Hard to see on the page.

BILLBOARD POSTERS - 

CONVENTIONS - 

Dominant Title/Logo - Features the known masthead that is seen on posters, magazines and DVD covers. (Brand Identity.)

Layout -  Very simple as its on a billboard. Little text, Very neat. 

Image - Usually a new image, that's not seen on posters, or one of many different images. A very high quality image, showing some sort of action or the main character or the well known star of the show.

Slogans -  Usually a well know quote from the film. E.g. Final Destination 'Rest in pieces'

Lucy 'The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%.'

Producers/Distributors etc. - There logo is on the billboard or is mentioned on the poster, E.g. Inception - From the director of the Dark Knight'

Release Date.

Subheadings -  About who made the film or who is in the film.

Clear and Easy to Read.

FILM POSTERS - 

CONVENTIONS - 

Dominant Title -  Largest font on the page. Isn't known for being in a certain place. However most of the time the are in the middle at the bottom of the page.

Image -  Showing main character. Representing what the film is about and what genre is it. High quality and mainly close-ups or long shots.

Subheadings - They say who's featured in the film, slogans that are well known, who the director is, date its due to be released and production companies involved.

Housing style - Very simple and not cluttered.

Eye Catching.

Identify's the Genre.

Clear Colours and Fonts.

Key Scene 2

Outline - 

My next key scene will be based around when Esther has just got beaten up by her boyfriend, and it will be a montage of shots of her doing different things. Example: crying, feeling distressed, trying to cover up her bruises. This should last about a minute, until she has finally covered it all up and goes to meet Gemma. 

Shot list - 

ECU -  Front door, Esther running to door and trying to open it.

LA- Esther shutting the door and slides down the door.

LS - Esther walking into her room crying.

CU- Esther's face as she is moving.

MLS -  Esther looking into the mirror, touching her face, crying.

ELS -  Esther moving to sit down.

MCU - Esther with her head on her desk, crying .

LS -  Moving around, stressed out. running hands through hair.

OSS - Getting make-up out.

MCU -  Esther trying to put make-up on, but cant cover it and throws make up.

ELS -  Esther sliding down the wall crying

Planning for filming -
Date: Wednesday 19th November.
Time: 4PM - 6PM
Location: Inside my house. 
Characters and Actors: Georgia Waldron Playing Esther.
Costumes: Ripped top, Black Leggings.
Make-up: Bruises on face and body that is revealed. Run down her face as she has been                  crying. 
Creating the bruised effect:
I looked at some youtube tutorials to see the key things you need to make someones face look bloody and bruised. 


This video was really useful as it helped me understand how to blend the different colour to make a nasty bruised effect on the skin.



This video was also really useful as it showed me how a bruise would look on an eye, and where the lighter and dark parts of her face.

Products used: On the youtube tutorials they use expensive face paint with all the correct colour, and i don't have that so I'm going to use eye shadow's and lipsticks to get the effect. However i don't think this will make a difference as i have different shades of red, browns and purples which if i blend together and use in the correct way, like how they do on the youtube tutorials, it should look good.

The result - 





















I think the top two look more like she has been hurt awhile ago and its healing up, but the bottom 3 look more like its just happened so I'm going to use the make-up from the bottom one. 

Settings and Props: In Esther's bedroom, Low key lighting as its set at night time. Make-up removal wipes, Make- up, Mirror, Chair, Desk, Tissues.



Contacting my actors - 

Weather - 

Photoanimatic - 

Editing Research

So far, i have found editing my shots together really hard. Making it run smooth with a clear transition is a lot more difficult that it looks, and adding effects without making it look unprofessional is also hard. I decided i needed to do research into editing, and see where i am going wrong. 

I first looked at 'KiDULTHOOD' and the sequel to it 'AdULTHOOD.' Kidulthood came out in March 2006, and is a Menhaj Hude film, It tells the story of teenagers lives in London, and focuses upon two days, and shows what they get up. It features Noel Clarke who is known for films like Star Trek and TV programs like Doctor Who, The Bill and Waking the Dead. He is also the writer of the film and  plays one of the protagonists in both Kidulthood and Adulthood.






Kidulthood isn't a big blockbuster film, with only a budget of £600,000 and a backed by an unknown production company called Stealth Films, and due to little money the equipment available wasn't a high tech and professional like what big conglomerate company's like 20th Century Fox could get. However despite all this it still made £100,056 in the opening week and is still selling in shops and online in 2014. People say what made Kidulthood different to all the others was its clever camera work and editing, and capturing the social realism of the film. After watching both films, i completely agree with this. 

They created a film that showed all aspect of teenage life from the bullies to the people getting bullied, and shows POV shots. Which I think is one of the clever camera work which makes this film so good. 



From 0:57 to 1:25 is where the POV shots are at there best. Its from Katie's point of view. 
This clip is a big part of the film, and plays a massive role in the rest of the story.
The reason i like this clip, is because of the jump cuts, passing through time before she kills herself. It has dietetic sound over the top, which also brings an atmosphere to the clip as the words "Just try and stay positive" repeats, which contrasts with what she is doing. There is also effects on the shots, adding a more blurred effect, which is showing the audience that she is feeling uneasy. Also the use of short shots added into a montage which go on for about a minute, show how quick her decision was to kill herself and how she is preparing for that and how quickly her life could be over. 

The reason why i chose this specific clip was because i want to try and do something like this with the camera and editing for when Esther gets beaten up by her boyfriend, and how upset she isn't, and showing all different aspects from her being upset to her trying to cover up the bruises.

First Key scene Filming/Editing

This is the first bit of filming i have done, and also the first time editing to make the scene come together.

This is what i filmed edited together to make a small scene. I wont use a lot of the clip as i think it looks cheesy and unprofessional. However i think some shots will look good together and i will edit differently too see what works. I might re-film the start as i really don't like how they look when they are laughing as it doesn't work. But i will use some of this for my official trailer. I think the main problem with this is that the shots are too short, and look jumpy which i don't like, i need to improve this and make it flow.


I've started editing different shots together to see how it looks and works. I think this one looks good and is the type of thing i would use for my trailer. I added a vignette effect on the shots and added fast forward on clips except for when the book falls. I added slow motion, to have an instant change to the clip, to add a weird look to it. I think this is effective. 
This is the result after editing.



I really like the use of sound here, except i think the sound of the book dropping doesn't work. so i think i will change or remove it. I also want to try it slowed down and include some more clips. But i like it without the sound as it adds more of a sense of mystery which i want to include in my film and trailer however but i might try it with a voice over on top, too see if that works, but not of them talking about the find the book, but Esther saying "imagine if you found a book, and it was a book about your entire life. Would you read it? " Like what i say in my pitch.