'Love Never Dies' brief synopsis

Narrative theory plot from StephWebb

Importance of genre

Importance of genre from StephWebb

Title Ideas

Analysis of existing romance film openings

Analysis of existing romance films from StephWebb

Movie including credits

Research on chosen genre

History of romance films from StephWebb

H/W

COMPLETE HISTORY OF FILM
PRELIM TASK AND EVALUATION
LOGO


ANALYSIS OF EXISTING LOGOS

10TH DEC - EXAM

Logo creation attempt

History of film

History of film from StephWebb

Livetype

Preliminary task working process

Evaluation:

In order to make my video the best possible video is can be, I need to improve my current plan in order to be successful. If I changed these features that may not be correct or relate to how a movie is presented, then my video will be a good reflection of the task needed to complete. I would need to change the shot taken when Emma opened the door, when Emma goes from being inside to outside and when Emma goes to the bench in which Josh is sitting on.

• When Emma opens the door, a full body shot should of been taken to indicate that Emma is going towards the door and is about to open/enter through it. This is a shot that I did not take so therefore my plan was not successful in making sure that the audience is able to tell that she is going through a door.

• A shot of Emma has been taken at 0:26 inside a corridor. Another shot is taken of Emma at 0:28 outside the building she was just in. These two shots have not been taken properly because the second shot does not indicate how she got out of the building. A shot of her exiting the building needed to be taken in order to make the plan better. If this would've been done, the plan would've been more successful if I simply used that specific shot.

• When Emma exits the building, she walks over to where Josh is sitting and a shot has been taken of her journey. A shot that I didn't include was a shot of Josh sitting on the bench with a space next to him (where Emma was going to sit). By including this shot, I would've given direction for the audience as to where Emma was going to go to have the conversation.

• At the end of the plan, I should have included a shot of one of the people leaving the scene/exiting the conversation. This would've shown the audience that the conversation ended and therefore indicate to them that the scene is over.

shot types video 3rd attempt

Improvements/plan

Improvements:

• Avoid having space above and below the subject.
• Give credit to the musician at the end of the video.
• Avoid having eyes framed in centre of shot.
• Ensure there is no zooming seen in any of the shots.
• Link each shot together as part of a storyline.
• Try make the high angle more obvious by standing on something off the ground.
• Start pan shot on subject.
• Ensure subject is standing up when shooting medium long shot.
• Use the pull-out screen to ensure that the subject is correctly shot in the low angle.

Plan:

• Shots waiting for someone.
•  Use of phone/watch - Get phone call from someone.
• Call makes subject go to the door and open it.
• Find something -  extreme close-up.
• Shot of over the shoulder reading note.
• Tilt leading close-up
• Close up of reaction.

Evaluation of second attempt at video

When evaluating my first video with my second, I noticed a huge change in the quality of the video - the steadiness of the camera improved greatly the second time around after noticing that it was a bit 'shaky' in the first video.

The overall outcome of the second video was greater than the first. I was able to include more shots in the second than the first. I was able to include establishing shot, high angle and low angle. Although, when looking at the high angle, this was a bit shaky due to the fact Ollie was taller than me so to get above his height I had to stand on my tiptoes to maintain a high angle. This would've been done better if I stood on a set of stairs or something to make sure I was higher than Ollie and Genit.

In this first video, not much sound was created from the actual recordings compared to that of the second. Although I removed the minority of the sound from the second project, I missed out a section on the Medium close-up that was rather loud. This effected the overall video as it didn't look as professional.

The freeze frames worked really well in the second video. They were all 4 seconds and appeared on the a still image of the clip rather than the moving clips themselves. This made the video look better and more appropriate.

The end credits of the first video were really fast and went too quick to read them. On the second video I ensured that it was a little bit slower so the audience was able to see who created the mini movie and who starred in it.

Shot types movie 2nd attempt

Shot types movie

Shot types

ESTABLISHING SHOT (EXTREME LONG SHOT) - This shot establishes the location of the scene and gives the shot context.

LONG SHOT - From head to toe.

MEDIUM LONG - From head to knee.

MEDIUM - From the waist up.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP - From the chest upwards.

CLOSE UP - Getting to know more about the person's reactions rather than the surrounding environment.

EXTREME CLOSE UP - Close up on key points of the scene. Usually when there is an important moment, a extreme close up is used.