This is a photo of the 20th shot

In our sketch the background will not be the same, but most likely blank. We made this shot in black and white to make the colours easier to draw. 

This is a photo of the 22nd and 23rd shot

This photo is the base for both the 22nd and 23rd shot because its the same shot except the focus changes from the spanner to her face in the separate shots. We made this black and white to make the sketch more effective and more like the reality of the film.

This is a photo of the 21st shot.

In our actual film the spanner will be a lot bigger and will be a lot more threatening than in this photo. We made the photo black and white because this whole scene will be in black and white so it will make the colour contrast easier to draw for the storyboard.

This is a photo of the 17th shot

This is just as the kidnapper is about to grab the lady and kidnap her. In the sketch for the storyboard the hand would be the most focused on. But in this photo, the sketch will be a lot like this photo. 

This is a photo of the 14th shot

This is the first shot of where the audience has a proper view of the kidnapper. In our sketch we will make the man shaded and gloomy to show that he is the 'baddy.' This is photo is just basically an outline for our actual sketch in our storyboard. 

This is a photo of the 16th shot

This shows that gradually the kidnapper is getting closer to the lady, still with her being unaware of it. In our sketch, we will still make the kidnapper more shaded to show he is hidden, and also mysterious to the audience.

This is a photo of the 9th shot.

In this photo the lady is still unaware that the kidnapper is watching her. At this point she is still just casually walking down the car park. In our actual storyboard drawing we will make the figure of the man more shaded to show he is hidden. We didn't do this in the photo so it would make is easier to draw the actual figure of the man while its not shaded. 

This is a photo of the 21st shot

In our actual film, the character will be wearing cowboy like boots and is walking towards the victim. The shot will be in black and white but we thought there was no need in actually making the image black and white because the image is basically already that, and it would make the drawing easier to draw as the image is easier to see. This photo is only quite basic for the actual storyboard shot.

This is a photo of the 18th shot.

This is shot of the tracking shot when the kidnapper kidnaps the lady. We are tracking the shot around the car which is on the left and as it goes round to the other side the audience is able to see that nothing can be seen. In our sketch we are going to make the colours duller to show that it is in night time.

This is a photo of the 13th shot. 

This shot is from the kidnapper's point of view watching the lady. In our actual film we will make this more obvious by having the camera moving unsteadily to show that is the man who is looking at her. In this shot we also made it obvious that it was the man watching as there is a part of the wall he is hiding behind in the shot. We will make the sketch a bit more dull to show it is night time.

This is a photo of the 10th and 12th shot.

For this shot we will be using a tracking shot of the lady walking towards the camera, as in walking forward. It is also the 12th shot as the shot after this is a shot of where the kidnapper is, at what she's looking at. After that shot it switches straight back to this again to show that she now thinks everything is ok. In our sketch we will make the colours a shade darker.

This is a photo of the 11th shot.

This is a shot of where the kidnapper is meant to be when the lady looks back to where he is. In the 9th shot you can see both the lady and the kidnapper in this place, so the audience knows where the kidnapper is. But in this shot he suddenly disappears from the lady and the audience's view. So this shot causes thrill to the audience. In our sketch of this shot for the storyboard we will again make the shades darker to show that its night time.

This is a photo of the 8th shot.

This is her walking out of the car, still unaware of what is going to happen to her. At this point we will make the non diagetic sound gradually getting louder or more screechy so the audience becomes aware of what might happen to her. In our sketch the colours will again be more faded as the scene is at night time. 

This is the 7th shot for our storyboard.

This shot is of her getting out of the car. In our actual sketch of the story board it will be set at night so we will make the colours a shade darker than what they actually are. In this shot she is still unaware of what is going to happen to her. So the actress must be happy, cheery and normal. In our actual film we will be using a BMW instead of a ford fiesta to show that this lady is happy and with lots of money, to introduce to the audience more about her character. Also, having this type of car will give the audience a small clue why she is being attacked.

This is a photo of the 5th shot. 

Our storyboard sketch is very similar to this photo apart from our scene is set at night. To adjust this in our storyboard we are simply just going to make the colours more dull. We didn't take photos at night because we thought that the pictures wouldn't be as clear and would be more difficult to sketch. 

This is the 2nd shot of our film. After a close up of her eyes it flicks to a shot of her whole face. This again is only an outline for the sketch as the photo doesn't have any cuts and bruises which are needed for the actual shot. We added this in with the sketch. Again, we made this shot in black and white as the actual scene is in black and white in our film.

We took pictures to help in sketching our storyboard.

This is the 1st shot to appear in our film after a black screen. This is mainly the outline as in our actual film the lady would be beaten up and bleeding. In the sketch of the storyboard we added a cut on her eyebrow and a few bruises. We made the photo black and white because in our actual film this scene is in black and white too.

Story line for Film

Scene 1:

1st shot: black out with credits. The only thing to be heard is her breathing distressed.

2nd shot: shot of just her eyes, a big close up, her eyes shifting in fear (black and white)

3rd shot: shot of just her face, a close up, her face and hair covered in blood, lying on the floor, eyes scared. 

4th shot: Switches to lady on the phone in her car, saying 'I'll see you in a bit, bye bye!' jolly and happy. Then she pulls the hand brake, in a good mood.

5th shot: long shot of the car, her turning the lights off

6th shot: getting out of the car, just showing her leg at first with high heels (good looking lady.) Gets fully out of the car.

7th shot: closing the door is a long shot.

8th shot: starts walking from his point of view. Shaky camera to show its him watching her.

9th shot: Shot of the man silhouetted, head down, so can't see his face in in the shadows.

10th shot: Woman getting scared looks behind her where kidnapper is meant to be

11th shot: What she sees of where he was but no ones there

12th shot: front tracking shot of her continuing to walk, thinking everything is fine.

13th shot: him watching her, side view, tracking pan shot to behind her

14th shot: front medium shot of both, him coming up behind her, she drops her keys and looks down to pick them up.

15th shot: she bends down to get her keys, he comes up behind to grab her, very close, his hand is about to go over her mouth. Tracking shot moving around a car blocks out actual kidnapping moves around to eventually see there is nothing there where they both were.

16th shot: back to shot 3 (black and white) in a garage

17th shot: man turned back to the camera, from elbow to arm with half of his body seen. Large spanner in his hand, lady lying on the floor further away from the camera not in focus. 

18th shot: same shot but the lady turns into focus, still breathing heavily

19th shot: floor shot of man's boots slowly walking towards her

20th shot: shot of him next to her his body next to his head looking down at her.

21st shot: shot of his hand releasing the spanner

22nd shot: floor shot of the spanner dropping to the floor, slow motion, with her face in the background but not in focus. 

23rd shot: same shot but turns the focus onto her face, she turns to look up at him in fear.

Using ideas for our film:

We watched the scene in the film 'Ransom' in which the boy gets kidnapped. We thought the way they showed this was very effective so therefore thought it would be a good idea to do something similar in our film.

At first, they switch shots from the boy to the kidnapper a number of times, eventually the kidnapper getting closer to the boy.  One of the last shots before the boy gets kidnapped is of the kidnapper in the background with the boy in focus then the focus switches to the kidnapper. Also, the music causes the tension to increase as the audience gets the feeling something bad is going to happen.

With the actual kidnapping they used a tracking shot with the boy looking towards the camera with the kidnapper behind him. As the kidnapper comes to grab the boy there is a second in which a wall is in the way so you can't see it happening. The camera continues to move when the wall finishes the audience can see that there is no one there, therefore the boy has been taken away. 

We want to use something similar to that where you are unable to see the actual kidnapping, we thought this would be more effective as professional actors would be needed to make a scene effective if the kidnapping is seen but we are unable to have professionals. So not seeing what actually happens would be more effective in what recourses we have and also it causes the audience's tension to become greater as they don't really know what happened exactly. 

Instead of using a wall to block out what is scene, we would use a car because we are going to set our kidnapping scene in a car park at night. When the lady in our film gets kidnapped it is going to suddenly switch back to later on when she is being attacked.

Ideas on Beginning of Film

We have the idea of a thriller, the very beginning being similar to that of Kill Bill. We were wanting the beginning to not make sense to the audience causing them to want to continue watching the film to understand the story line. Using a various amounts of camera shots from different angles emphasizing on different aspects to show the audience what is going on rather than explaining. We won't use any dialogue because we think that using dialogue with unproffesional actors would make it the impact of the film less effective and also, speech usually ruins the 'fear factor' which is what we want to create during our video. 

In this video I worked with Katie and Delia again but this time we made the conversation and story line a lot more simply, concentrating more on the shots we are taking rather than whether the story made sense or not. We used a 180 degree shot and stuck to the rule when we did over the shoulder shots to make it more effective by making the audience understand which character is which and where they are. We also used a medium shot when opening the door and a far away shot when they were walking up the stairs. This was a good practice to try and keep the camera as still as possible to make it look as professional as possible also, in using a various amount of shots. To improve my video I would use a camera stand to keep the camera as still as possible when shooting.

I worked with Katie and Delia to create our first attempt of a video with a 180 degree angle with various other shots. In making and editing this video, I realized a lot of faults that we made. 

First of all, using masks muffled our voices therefore didn't make the conversation effective as it was difficult to hear and understand. 

Secondly, we didn't use enough shots so at certain parts of the film it became quite boring for the audience because it was more of the same. 

Thirdly, we should have made more of a script to make the film flow more and make more sense to the audience.

Fourthly, we didn't have enough shots because we didn't film enough events, this caused the video to not make sense because different people suddenly appeared out of nowhere. 

We have learnt from making this video that to make your film more exciting you need to use various different and more exciting shots to grip the audience's attention continuously through out the film. Also, using a zoom during a shot and not having an accurate shot causes the film to look amateur.

film

Mission Impossible 3

The beginning of this film creates huge thrill mainly because of the unknown of the audience. The first thing again to be seen is a black screen, and you hear what seems to be an electric strike and a man whaling in pain, causing the audience to feel fear. Then a question is asked which the audience would not understand because it is to do with the story line of the film. This causes the audience to want to continue watching the film to know the answer to this question. I want to cause a similar effect when doing my film.

The next shot to be seen is the main actor looking extremely distressed or in pain with blood on his face. The next shot is then his arm being handcuffed to a chair, gradually this is giving the audience clues to what is happening in this scene yet it is still unknown to why or how. Then the next shot is of what seems to be the person who caused the main actor to be strapped in the chair, as he is talking to him and asking him questions. The audience gets the idea that there is some sort of torture occurring. The thrill is increased because the audience doesn't know what is going to happen next. The shot is of the 'bad man's' face. The next shot is of the 'bad man's' lower body with a gun in his hand, triggering it. So the audience immediately knows something bad is going to happen causing even more thrill. I want to create a similar impact by using a number of different shots (with no dialogue) which show what is happening without words being said, but still doesn't show precisely what is happening which causes the audience to feel fear.

Also, at the end of this scene is where the countdown finishes. You don't find out whether she gets shot or not causing you to want to continue watching. This makes the film extremely gripping, exciting and nerve racking at the same time.

In this film to create the opening of the film they used a scene which was from the middle/end of the film so that the audience wanted to continue watching the film to find out ''why?'' ''what?'' ''who?'' etc. I would to like to make a similar impact in my film, by making the audience eager to want to see what happens next.

Also in this opening, there are two people, a man and a woman strapped to chairs face to face. The lady has a gun to her head so the audience knows something bad is going to happen. There is dialogue during this opening, but I wouldn't want to use this because I wouldn't be able to have professional actors therefore it wouldn't be that effective in my video. But I like the idea of having the countdown they use. I might use this idea but not with dialogue, maybe have numbers appear on the screen or every few moments show a clock on a wall gradually over a minute or something along those lines. Having a countdown in this scene made me as the audience feel extremely nervous, so I want might use something similar to cause the same feeling to my audience. 

This was my first attempt of doing a video with numerous shots. I used different shots to keep the audience more interested and also just make the video more varied. I cut the different parts of the shots to make it so the video flowed. 

When editing my video, I made all of of it black and white except my last shot, when i made a close up of her face so it would make more emphasis on it because it snaps back into colour. 

To improve my video, with the first, third and last shot I would use a tripod because it was slightly shaky when recording. Also, to improve my video, I would lengthen the time, give it more of a meaning and also use more shots to make it even more varied. But for the moment, I'm quite happy to have this is my first attempt as it has given me some experience in what I need to do when I'm actually making my video.

For my project, at the moment I'm revolving around the idea of doing a thriller. I've watched a few films to give me ideas on how to make the introduction as effective as possible

                                                                                                                               

Kill Bill:

I like how at the very beginning it starts off with a pitch black background. A quote appears which basically summarizes the meaning of the film. Also, that the audience is only able to hear a woman breathing in distress makes them feel uneasy and worried about what they will see next. I want to do something similar in my project, to cause the audience this same thrill. I think its a good way to start the film as it immediately causes the audience to feel fear. Diagetic sound = her breathing. There is no non-diagetic sound.

A few seconds later a woman's face appears in black and white and covered in what seems to be blood, lying on a wooden floor. Because of it being in black and white the audience is still unaware because it is difficult to see and therefore increases the thrill of the audience. The screen shot of just the woman's face covered in blood with what seems to be a wedding veil under her head causes the audience to ask many questions about what is happening or happened and what is going to happen. The unknowing of the the past, present and future of what happened to this lady makes the audience feel clueless. And this is only the first few seconds of the film. I want to give a similar impact in my film. Diagetic sound = her breathing. There is no non-diagetic sound.

The next shot is of what seems to be a man's footsteps with big boots. You are only able to see slightly above the ankle. He is walking slowly , still on the wooden floor, the audience assumes towards the woman. Still in black and white, and unable to see the man's face or anything else of his body. This causes the audience to be even more unknown and confused, the feeling of unknown causes the audience great fear. Again, i like the fact that this still increases the thrill a lot, even though there is no speech or hardly anything has happened during this part. I want to cause the audience this same thrill in such a short period of time. Diagetic sound = her breathing and his footsteps. There is no non-diagetic sound.