media studies 2009-2011

Filming -
Through the process of filming the opening for the film we didnt need to used any programs. we just used the standard equipment on location and filmed.

Editing -
While editing we had to use a number of programs such as Premier: this programs is the editing programs which we had to use and us used in the editing suite. the program is on the computers used and we just had to record what we had filmed on to the tape with the camera and copy it on to the program to be then cut down into seperate shots and edited. we cut out any parts that we didnt need such as the shots that were in appropriate and were not needed.

Planning -
While planning this was when we used a large amount of the programs.
We used programs such as YouTube, Google, WordPress, windows media player & windows wordPress.

All movies have some sort of company ident at the begining. The company ident usually matching to the genre of movie that the company specialise in and the name. Companies such as ‘DreamWorks’ they use a evening setting blue sky with a cloud/half moon with a person sat on it. The ident looks dreamy, hence mathing the name of the company. also it has a relaxing feel to it to match the companies speciality of family films such as Shrek and Toy Story.

For our ident we wanted the colours to be dark and dingy to match the genre of the horror/thriller. Also we felt that the city feel for the background met a match with the film opening individually as the opening is set in a small village area which clearly may be a housing estate so we used a chity for the vackground of the ident. Also the opening is set in the evening so therefore we used an evening sky and also we felt that the setting time of the ident and the movie match the dark and dingy and uncomfortable feeling to the opening for the movie and the ident that we wanted.

The reason that we called the ident company “SIMLEY” was because we both wanted a say in the ident name and mention in it but also we wanted something individial and wierd as alot of thrillers tend to be odd. SIMLEY is a word with both our  names involved. SIM being me (simone) and LEY being my partner (Hayley) who i worked with for this project.

we chose the ident to be darker than the setting of the eveing in our opening as if we had gone ahead to shoot the film as a whole feature/full length film then this would later on be the late night setting so we wanted that to be used as we were only shooting the opening.

The Ring is a phsicological horror movie that was made in 2002. It was directed by a director called Gore Verbinski. He is also well known for directing the first and the sequels for pirates of the caribbean. Curse of the black pearl. The dead mans chest and at worlds end.

The movie begins like any other movie, with the compant ident. The compant ident of this film is dreamworks which is a very well recognised company ident. This is used in the opening by being in as a close up of the ‘D’ and the clouds and then pans accross to the right capturing all of the clouds around the titles. Unlike many other film studios, while using the ident they theme it around the movie and the genre. e.g. they use a creepy and eerie music which is diagetic. Unlike other movie that they have released such as the Shrek series which is green to represent the main charactor and the use of humor as it is a comedy. Also the contrast and the brightness used is dark to set tension and mood to the opening. Because the movie is based around a cursed videotape, as the company ident goes out into the wide shot and the whole caption is visable the picture theres a grain used which is a flicker like an old style movie reel. once again to set mood and to match the whole plot of the movie. Not only is the sounds eerie its only the sound of a old movie reel which isnt really ask creepy as it is made out to be on the opening. Once the whole comany ident has been shown for a very short second the picture fades out to black. This lasts for a brief 3seconds. Then it fades in to a shot of a big house. because of the locations theme and the weather this is used to relate to the codes and conventions of the locations theme and therefore creates suspense and tension.

The new shot that is faded into a medium shot of a large house, it has an eerie feeling to it. Also the sound has crossed over from a non-diatetic sound of a video reel to the sounds of pitter pattering rain around the house. The contrast and brightness is dark and bleak and the shadows and shapes of the house establishable as the hosue has all of the lights on and they are shining through the windows on to the grounds of the house establishing the location. Then the house is zoomed into slowly, as the house is zoomed into the sound of the rain gets heavier and heavier. The size of the house shows the viwer that whoever lives hear is a wealthy charactor and cant have any problems until the plot begins and the problems start. On the house theres one window with a light on which shows that this is the one room of the house that is occupied at the moment, and is going to be the basis of the opening. to the left of the shot theres a tree, as the zooming just passes the tree the dialogue of a young girl begins who identity is not established at the moment.

Then theres an unusual hiss and the shot is now taking place in the room which is occupied obviously which has the light on which can be seen from outside of the house. Theres two girls watching tv, it is a wide/ two shot and most of the bedroom is viewable. It appears to be messy like an average teenagers bedroom in which clothes are scattered around and only the bed which one of the girls are on appears to be tidy from what can be seen of it. the light from the tv is refelcted onto the girls faces and the light of the tv is also lighting up the whole room as theres no lights on and thats the only light source in the room.

In this picture Hayley has set up the tripod and is getting the camera ready to mount onto the tripod. the reason a tripod is used is to keep the image steady so that the camera isnt dropped and damaged during filming and also so that the video is steady and the audience will then still be abwle to see the video clearly and it wont be disorientated.

 Here hayley is ssetting up the tripod ready to have the camera mounted. the tripod is very sterdy and is kept steady with three legs which adjust to height of the user so that the user can still see through the viewing lens of the camera and they can still properly see what is being fiolmed by the camera.

This picture is on the camera with the battery pack attached, the powerpack is the cameras energy source and obviously would not work without the power pack. The battery has to be attached to the camera in a specific way of it would fall off and become damaged.

This picture is of the video tape being placed into the camera. once the battery has been attached the tape can then go in. To put the video tape into the video camera, theres a small button that needs to be moved towards the lens cap of the camera, this opwens the part up of the camera where it goes. automatically once opened the main video case in the camera will move up and open so that the user can then place the video tape into the camera to be used for recording.

 This is a picture of the camera being slotted onto the tripod and then clipped into place. the camera is slotted and then clipped uinto place so that it doesnt move around and the picture is then clear and it is a smooth conversion while filming.

 This is an image of me checking the sound of the camera. if the camera and the microphone(s) are pointing to something that is very loud or the microphone is being used for the wrong sound purpose then the sounds will be very messy and disorientated. therefore the audience will not be able to make out what the sounds is. the main problem that we came accross with the microphones while filming outside was that the microphones had the wind blowing past them so the wind was picked up and the sound was not clear. but we fixed it by refilming and then adding diagetic sound to the overall final product.

 In this picture I am checking the camera and tripods movement. At the beginning of the opening there had to be an establishing shot to establish to the audience where the scene is taking place and the location. For our establishing shot we wanted a stead wide/medium shot with a pan to the right and then stop on the swing where Shannon was before Andy came into the shot. We would not have made a steady transition of the shot if the tripods movement had been jerking and unsteady so therefore we had to restrict movements up and down on the tripod while we were filming the shots. By this point the camera and the tripod were all set up and we were ready to start filming out opening.

This image is of me clipping the camera onto the camera stand/tripod. the camera has to be slipped and then slipped onto the tripod so that is remains steady and doesnt move around. This makes transitions such as pans left,right,up and down much smoother with no problems and therefore the shot will not be messy.

Through out the preporation and editing of our film we used a number of programs to gain the best results out of our work. We used programs such as youtube, premier etc.

photoshop
premier
youtube
google