British Film Institute

Two weeks ago we went and visited the BFI (British Film Institute). The director Corin Hardy came and talked to us about his new film The Hallow. He told us about the process it took to produce the film and showed us some of the storyboards he had done for the film. Below is the trailer to The Hallow and a link to the director Corin Hardy.

http://www.corinhardy.com/


Also a link to the blog made by Tim Woodcock who presented the event at the BFI.

http://titledesignproject.blogspot.co.uk/

Main Task Brief

In last weeks lesson, we were told about the main task that we will have to do for the course. In this task we will have to show what we have learned this year so far such as sound, camera shot and types of editing. When there is an idea of what to do for the task we will have to write a script, draw out a story board, find out characters and costume and props and location, what type of sound we will add in and the the camera shots and angles that we will use. Below is a description of what we have to do:

Main Task

Preliminary Task

Below is are preliminary task produced by me, Sophie and Cleo. It is a short video between our actors Ricky and James discussing the homework that one of them has forgotten. Camera shot we have used are panning of James walking to his seat, 180 degree rule and zoom. Instead of using the zoom next time it would be better to use a dolly shot and planned the angle better between the conversation.

Foley and Sound Effects

This is a video on the Introduction of Foley and Sound Effects. In this video it involves the history of Foley, how some sound effects are created and the names of types of sound effects. 

Preliminary Task

Before the half term we were given a camera and a tripod. We were taught how to use this equipment and how to use it for different camera angles and shots. Next we had to find the location to film, get people to be in the video, draw a story board, write a script, to make sure we had the correct props and to check the equipment was working. We then had to film someone walking through a door, sitting down then having a conversation. During the lesson we were told to leave time while filming and not start filming as soon as the person was walking or talking as it wouldn't leave enough space to be able to edit. We had also been told to film the shot more than once, this had been because if there had been something wrong we would have the other clip to use just in case. After we had done this we were then ready to edit it after the half term. 

Production

In today's lesson we learnt about the production in a film.
Pre Production:

• Casting actors
• Finding a location 
• Getting costumes and props
• Writing the script
• Creating a story board 

Production:

• Filming
• Directing
• Assigning people to what to do

Post Production: 

• Editing
• Adding sound 

Continuity Editing

In our lesson we looked at continuity editing, this is where a scene has been filmed to make it look as if the scene has been filmed continuously. We the watched this interrogation scene from LA Confidential to help to understand what continuity editing is. At the beginning of the scene the camera follows the two police officer, this makes the audience like them as they see the storyline from their point of view. The audience like the police officer even though they are beating up the other character. As the scene carries on the it starts to get faster, this is creating tension. This is like in the film Jaws which the scene and sound get faster as the shark is attacking to create tension in the audience. In Jaws it also does close up of the man face to show his emotion as he what is happening when the shark is attacking.