Research on past student opening

The past student example I have chosen to research is a short opening to film called 'Wheel chair bound'.

Firstly I looked at the titles and how they had chosen to put them into the film. The titles appear in a bold,white font and are shaking. The connotations of this are tension and fear, what the person in the wheelchair feels throughout the film.

Mise-en-scene

This shot here is very interesting as it shows the barrier that disabled people have with the rest of society in the form of the person in the wheelchair looking down onto the street at the happy couple through the window. Our group felt that this shot was very clever and we wanted to replicate it in our own work.

One of the key things this film done well was that they were very consistent with their framing. This is something that our group wanted to do as well. The framing in this shot was very good and allowed the scene to flow.

This shot when the character is washing their hands is fast-forward to create a deliberate effect. It instills fear into the audience and creates a great amount of tension.

pre cw task

choosing titles

One problem we had, was when it came to choosing a name for our feature film. We had many suggestion on what we could name for example 'HAM' & 'FREE SPIRIT' with these suggestions we had positive feedback from our classmates. one thought that the name 'HAM' would not be a good idea for our feature film as it wouldn't have no relevant to what we are trying to make & another classmate thought the name 'FREE SPIRIT' did not sound attractive for a teenager to watch it in the cinemas if it was a real film.  So after the feedback from our classmate we finally decided on the name 'ELLIPSIS' which sounds catchy and attractive & would certainly draw the audience we are trying to target at. 

Choosing Titles 

When it came to choosing titles we wanted one that would be able to connote the plot of our feature film,  so we had to choose one carefully. Above shows the different styles i tried out, to produce these different set of text styles i used a website called the www.dafont.com where it provides you with a set of different styles, font and text. 

The one i decided to use is :

this is because the way the text is written is pretty effective when you first have a look at it. It is as if there is many layers of the word 'ellipsis' which also links to the plot of our feature film as its got to do with triplets. 

Animatic

Class Feedback

The responses were somewhat mixed after we screened what we had so far to our classmates. There were a lot of positives and we were praised on our framing, dynamic camera angles and our choice of costume. Having said that there were a few obvious things, that myself and the production team were already aware of, that our classmates thought we could improve. This included things such as completing editing and adding titles. There were also some less obvious things that were pointed out to us. Most notably

Numbered Shot List, Storyboard & Shooting List

Shot List

Scene 1 – Triplet 1

Actor: Charlie

Long Shot: Charlie at park, sitting on the bench.

Vertical Pan: showing the location of where Charlie is.

Mid Shot: Charlie sitting down on the bench

Close Up: Charlie with phone out

Mid Shot: Charlie with phone coming out

Mid Shot: Stands up                  

Mid Shot: Walking off

Long Shot: Walking off towards bridge

Low Angle: Charlie’s feet whilst walking towards bridge

Mid Shot: Walking towards bridge

Mid Shot: Walking on the bridge

Low angle: walking/bridge

Long/Mid Shot: towards small park/entering Small Park

Over The Shoulder: Charlie nods at other triplet.

Scene 2 – Triplet 2

Actor: Charlie

Vertical Pan: Charlie walking towards destination

Mid Shot: Stands up

Close Up: Facial expression headphones in ear

Mid Shot: Reading newspaper

Mid Shot: looking at watch    

Mid Shot: Walking off

Long Shot: Walking off

Low Angle: Charlie feet walking to destination

Low angle: Charlie’s feet whilst walking

Long/Mid Shot: towards small park/entering Small Park

Over The Shoulder: Charlie nods at other triplet.

Scene 3 – Triplet 3 Point of View

Actor: Victim Amber

Horizontal Pan: Karolina walking past the school

Low Angle: Karolina feet walking past

Long Shot: Karolina walking down alley way

Tilt: Looking at Karolina whilst turning at the corner from the alley way

Horizontal Pan: Karolina walking past church curious and looking back each time

Long Shot: Crossing road enters the park.

Mid Shot: following Karolina into the small park.

Close Up: Following Karolina before she gets killed

Close Up: Karolina’s face as she screams

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Numbered Shot List

1. Long Shot: Charlie at park, sitting on the bench.
2. Long Shot: Walking off towards bridge
3. Long/Mid Shot: towards small park/entering Small Park
4. Long Shot: Walking off
5. Long Shot: Crossing road enters the park.
6. Long/Mid Shot: towards small park/entering Small Park
7. Low Angle: K feet walking past
8. Long Shot: K walking down alley way
9. Vertical Pan: showing the location of where Charlie is.
10. Vertical Pan: Charlie walking towards destination
11. Tilt: Looking at K whilst turning at the corner from the alley way
12. Horizontal Pan: K walking past church curious and looking back each time
13. Mid Shot: Charlie sitting down on the bench
14. Close Up: Charlie with phone out
15. Mid Shot: Charlie with phone coming out
16. Mid Shot: Stands up      
17. Mid Shot: Walking off
18. Low Angle: Charlie’s feet whilst walking towards bridge
19. Mid Shot: Walking towards bridge
20. Mid Shot: Walking on the bridge
21. Low angle: walking/bridge
22. Over The Shoulder: Charlie nods at other triplet.
23. Mid Shot: Stands up
24. Close Up: Facial expression headphones in ear
25. Mid Shot: Reading newspaper
26. Mid Shot: looking at watch       
27. Mid Shot: Walking off
28. Low Angle: Charlie feet walking to destination
29. Low angle: Charlie’s feet whilst walking
30. Over The Shoulder: Charlie nods at other triplet.
31. Horizontal Pan: K walking past the school
32. Mid Shot: following K into the small park.
33. Close Up: Following K before she gets killed
34. Close Up: K’s face as she screams

9 Frame Storyboard

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