Teacher Assessment: Feedback on Research

Here is the assessment sheet that one of my teachers filled out whilst marking and evaluating my 'Research' posts. In order for them to fill this out, they had to look through my 'Research' posts on my blog, and find what I did well, and what could be improved. Once they looked at this section of my blog, they then gave it a mark out of 20, as well as the grade they believe I am working at the moment. As you can see I got 15/20 which is a B+. From this sheet I will take on board all of the imporvements and change them in order to improve my grade for the future.

Peer Assessment: Feedback of 'Planning'

Here is the assessment sheet that one of my other classmates filled out on my 'Plan' posts. They had to work through each section and go through my blog, and mark what I had done so far. For each section, they had to give a level and also say what I have done well and what I could improve for the future; for instance higher quality photos. All my posts were done to a very high standard, presented well and they were all supervisual.

Location permission

In order to film our opening sequence, we had to get permission from the land/building owners to ensure that we were granted permission to do this. So, we had to ask a number of different people to allow us to film, these include:

Bronte's house home owner: Dawn Walker.

Emails sent to Sutton Council and City of London asking permission:

These emails are requesting permission for my group to shoot in certain locations where we need permission to film.

Below is an application form for a 'Small crew filming in Sutton'. We filled it in as below and sent it back to the council/ sender.

Here is an email that I sent to a fellow teacher to ask permission to film in one of their classrooms:

Shooting Schedule

Here is our shooting schedule. This tells you the dates, times, shot numbers, locations, Actors, props, crew, equipment and any notes:A shooting schedule enables us to check we have everything we need, and by when. It keeps us on top of everything, and makes sure we on schedule to complete it.

Below is a YouTube video that shows me and Bronte planning our sequence and filling in the shooting schedule.

Storyboard

Here is our original storyboard: We done this to act as a guide when we shoot our opening sequence. When filming, we will follow the storyboard shot-by-shot - it ensures we have as much information and details when filming; we know exactly what we're doing.

Here is an animatic which effectively shows our storyboard by each picture accompanied by the soundtrack. This shows what our opening sequence would look like through using the images we drew.

Titles

Font:

For the title of the film: "Shattered". We would like to use fonts that look like this:

'Broken 74', found on www.dafont.com:

'Cracked': 

'Distorted and Scratchy', found on www.dafont.com:

'Cracked Dendrite' , found on www.dafont.com:

'Psychotic', found on www.dafont.com:

The cracks in the font put emphasis on the film's title, therefore allowing it to appear effective, as well as giving an insight to audiences about what is to come and the synopsis of the film.

We would possible use 'Broken 74' as it is the most realistic one and we feel it isn't to much and cliche. It fits perfect with the title and with the film as well.

For the cast/crew of the film, we want to use the font called 'Didot', found on Microsoft Word. It would look like this:

'SCOTT WELLS'

We would want the titles to be in capitals as this would make it stand out and seem bold, as well as making a statement.


However, when completing the titles for our opening sequence we looked through and experimented with different fonts, and as a result of this we didn't end up using 'Didot' as the font. We decided to use 'Optimus Princeps Semi Bold' found on 'DaFont' instead, as we felt it would be more striking to the audience whilst still having the statement aspect. 

Content:

The titles will be played over a moving image - therefore intriguing audiences, as well as informing them. We also decided to display them over a moving image because, when we carried out our questionnaires, the majority of respondents preferred titles to be presented over a moving image rather than a black background.

Positioning:

The production/distribution companies as well as the title of the sequence will be placed at the centre of the frame. Whereas the cast and crew of the film will be located at different points within different shots; their positions will change depending on where they fit/suit the shot.

Order:

1. Distribution companies.

2. Production companies.

3. Title of the film

4. Film's cast: actors.

5. Film's crew: casting, editor, costume, director, etc.

Casting

Below are the Actors/Actresses names and their character roles in the opening sequence and why we have chosen them to portray that specific role.

Jessica as Emily:

We have chosen Jessica to play the role of Emily as we wanted to challenge the gender stereotype. Commonly, thrillers do not portray females to being dominant so we wanted to emphasise this idea. We also felt that a female stalker would fit more into our story line.

Scott as Daniel:

We wanted to use the same idea with challenging common stereotypes. This character is well built and seems to be intrepid, however comes across as being scared and vulnerable in the opening sequence. We chose Scott to play the main character as he has previous experience in playing different roles in Drama.

Character Descriptions.

Jess' Character 'Emily':

• Age: 25
• Sex: Female
• Occupation: Businesswoman
• Relationship status: Single
• Personality: A very misunderstoof, isolated and mixed up person. Quite shy and vulnerable. She suffers from a slight mental illness
• Appearance: Blonde, grey eyes, dressed in casual clothing and is of a medium height.
• Hobbies: Enjoys ary, literature and simple things.

Scott's Character 'Daniel':

• Age: 26
• Sex: Male
• Occupation: Businessman.
• Relationship status: In a relationship.
• Personality: Bubbly, kind, well-mannered. Complete opposite to Emily.
• Appearance: Well built, quite tall, hazel eyes, dark brown hair with blonde and red highlights. Dresses both smart and casual.
• Hobbies: Enjoys watching and playing sports, as well as socialising with friends/ spending time with family.

Props, Costumes and Locations.

Props:

• Crow bar,
• Fake blood,

Costumes:
Jess:

• Casual: Jeans, tops, cardigans/hoodies, plimsoles/pumps.
• Formal: Smart top, trousers.
• Make up: Natural.

Scott:

• Smart: Shirts, Trousers, Shoes.

Bronte's Road:

For the majority of the opening of the sequence where we're slowly revealed bits of the victims body.








Streets:

This location will be used to show Jess' character walking away from the scene of the crime and will reveal key aspects of her character to the audience.

Peer Assessment: Feedback on Reasearch

Here is my Peer Assessment sheet that one of my other classmates done on my blog. They had to go through it and give me a specific level of what they believe I am working at on certain aspects listed in the far left column on the table.

 

My main WWW (What Went Well) was that I use a wide variety of supervisual elements and techniques. I try to use as many so that when people are going through my blog it doesn't become boring and uninteresting for them to read. However, my main EBI (Even Better If) was to make sure I had my video annotations for one of my posts and to make one supervisual as I didn't do that. I have made all the corrections that have been noted and I'm also going to work on keeping a high standard of work throughout this project so that I can achieve the best possible grade I can. I will also persist to use as much supervisual techniques and material as I possibly can to keep my blog looking intriguing and interesting to look though.

Sound

In this short clip above the sound that you hear is branches brushing against one another and also wind and other specific elements. This would work really well in our opening sequence as it would build up a specific eerie atmosphere having the effect of putting the audience on edge and also help to build up the scene. Also in the clip you can see how the sound is made: by clanging together a large amount of sticks and branches along with the use of the ambient sound around.


In the video above the use of footsteps through leaves would be really effective to add to the overall atmosphere and to add a sense of mystery as you could just have a close up of the feet walking through them not revealing the characters identity or you could be focusing on one character and then having this sound would communicate and tell the audience that someone is walking up behind them adding a lot of tension to the scene.


This clip of footsteps could be linked with the leaves above as previously mentioned. The use of just footsteps will make it really clear to the audience that someone is approaching towards the character and it could also make them sound more dominant giving the character more status just by the sound of the footsteps.

Heavy Breathing:
By clicking on this sound clip it will let you hear the sound of heavy breathing. This could be key in our opening sequence as it could inject pace and panic as the character is ovbiously worried by something in order to be breathing like this. The use of this could also be used with an echo to really emphasise it to the audience making them feel just how the character does.


Ambient sound:
This clip lets you hear a recording of an ambient scene; you can hear traffic and everyday sounds which could be used to build up and establish a scene but also to use in certain scenes such as the flashbacks of which we want to include in our opening letting the audience relate to it.


Wind:
When listening to this clip it automatically creates a really eerie/uneasy and creepy mood due to the fact that its really slow and it puts the audience on edge straight away. This would be used as a really good sound to have right at the start of the opening sequence whilst the logo's etc. are shown. This would establish the intended atmopshere right from the start, hooking the audiences attention straight away and keeping them wanting to watch on.

Phone ringing:
Here's a clip of a phone ringing that will distract Jess from her daydream.