Story Board

Possible locations for movie opening.

Wythenshawe Park- We intended to use the park for the beginning of the film because we thought that the location had an old, dark, Gothic feel look. Therefore as soon as the film starts the audience know what type of genre the opening is.

Cafe- We intended to use the cafe as one of the places the ghost is haunting/following the protagonist.

Bus- We intended to use the bus for when the protagonist sees the ghost and then the ghost suddenly disappears. We thought this would create a good atmosphere for our thriller.

Salford Quays- We intended to use Salford Quays, again when the protagonist is being followed by the ghost. This was just to give us more of a variety of locations, to make the film more interesting.

Worsley Canal- We intended to use this when the protagonist has fallen to the ground and has hurt their arm.

Analysis of Silence of the lambs

Silence of the lambs.

The opening sequence of Silence of the lambs started with a view of two trees, with the name of the location along the bottom letting the audience know the location. The start also shows a young woman running through a deserted forest; wearing a jumper, which said ‘FBI training’; this tells the audience a bit about what the film might be about. The deserted forest and gloomy fog throughout represents that the film is a thriller. The determination from the young woman is shown as she completes the different areas of the assault course, this also shows her beating the average stereotype of a woman. When she gets in to the lift, tall men in red jumpers surround her; the contrast between the small woman and the tall men, and also the contrast between the red jumpers and the blue of her jumper creates juxtaposition. The way the women stands up straight keeping her head held high shows her confidence and also that she challenges the average stereotype and shows she’s not an inferior woman. The zoom in to a close up of the sign saying ‘ Behavioral Scientist Laboratory’ helps to show what the narrative of the film might be. The way the camera tracks into her face when she’s stood in the room looking something, and the music begins slowly building up shows she has seen something shocking or something she shouldn’t of.
The close ups on the newspaper cuttings, and the different shots showing the stories from them, tell the audience a bit about what the narrative of the story might be. Also the way the woman's facial expressions looked towards the newspaper cuttings shows she might have been involved with it, or may have been affected by it.

Final Preliminary Task

This is our final preliminary task.

Preliminary task: Analysis

Before we could start filming our main task, we had to film our preliminary task. To complete the task we had to film people doing the following:

· Opening a door

· Sitting down on a chair.

· Having a conversation.

· Use the 180-degree rule while filming etc.

These were just some examples of things we had to include in our task. Before we started our preliminary task we learnt how to use the:

· Camera- how to turn it on/off, record, watch and delete clips we have filmed, zoom in/out, adjust camera on tripod so that the appropriate shot is used at the right time.

· Editing- how to watch, play, save and delete certain shots, edit the timing of each shot and cut certain out, piece the whole film together using the timeline and a dual screen.

After using the filming equipment for the first time and having gained a bit more experience we feel that there were times it worked really well and times when it didn’t.

Strengths- The acting was at a good standard, planned it well and knew what we were doing and had to include, stuck to the 18o- degree rule, filmed all the compulsory shots and added our own, the conversations were loud and clear.

Weaknesses- There were times when we couldn’t decide where abouts we should film, had trouble adjusting the equipment, had to re-shoot some clips due to the lighting, timing, focus etc.

The reason why we had to film certain shots was because they are the most common and are usually used while filming any piece of footage. One of the shots we had to include was shot/reverse shot, one of the best ways of using this shot is through a conversation, therefore we shot two people having a conversation filming from one person to the other. During the editing we achieved the matched cuts, by showing Sinead going down the stairs to meet Zainab in the canteen. One of the most important things we also had to have and not break was the 180- degree rule we achieved this by making sure we filmed on the same side and not go across the line. We did again through an over the shoulder shot and with a conversation.

Analysis of Brick

The clip opens with depths of field on different parts of the protagonist’s body and costume e.g. the shoes, his face. We then have an establishing shot, showing the main character knelt down near a dead body. We know that the main character is the protagonist as the camera follows him around throughout the rest of the clip. The close ups of his face show how scared and upset he looks. The cutaways from the body to the main character, builds up the tension throughout the scene as we see the blood of the body. This makes the audience assume that the man has killed the woman or has done something to hurt her. As we don’t know this for certain it shows that it questions the audience and leaves them in suspense. They also include low angles, to show the strength of the man and high angle shots to show the weakness of the body.

As the clip continues notice there is a sound bridge of a diegetic sound of the school bell, which not only tells us we are moving onto a new scene but that we are going back in the past as the text “two days earlier.” We then know that it was a school bell as the next shot shows a locker, which the protagonist opens and finds the note. The camera then does a low angle shot to show the note falling onto the floor. Afterwards we see the main character sitting down on the curb of the road near a telephone box. This is a establishing shot to establish where the character is and what he is doing. The phone then starts to ring (probably sound effects to enhance the volume.) Finally, the last shot of the clip shows a close up of the protagonist as he answers the phone. This shows his shocked facial expression as he realizes that the person on the end of the line is his missing girlfriend.

Analysis of "Dead Mans Shoes"

It was set up in countryside in Yorkshire. The use of camerawork starting with the flashback, nostalgic affect that is looking back at the good times. The use of long shot was used to show the occasion and surroundings. Parallel editing showing the two different story lines. Elliptical editing and sound bridge throughout the journey shows the past and the present. The music is laid back, which shows that it’s going to be a slow paced type of film. The opening scene of the film doesn’t really give a hint about what’s going to happen and leaves the audience unaware of the storyline. The starting scene of the film doesn’t include any dialogues its all based on non-diegetic sounds.

This is the link to the opening scene of Dead Mans Shoes -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACBfvwGjsMA

Shot List: Preliminary Task

In our preliminary task, the shots we have used are -

• Arial shot - When looking down at Sinead walking up the stairs.
• Tracking shot - When Sinead was walking through one door into the other.
• Extreme close up - When Sinead walked into the room.
• Two shot - Of Sinead and Bethany having their conversation.
• Over shoulder - Looking over Sinead's shoulder, focus on Beth from the other angle looking at Sinead from the left over Beth's shoulder.
• Close up - When Sinead answered the phone.
• Wide shot - When Sinead was leaving the room.
• Long shot - When Sinead went to sit down with Zainab.
• Tracking shot - When Sinead walked over to sit down with Zainab
• Close up - On Beths face when she was speaking to Sinead