Within the next 3 lessons we dedicated our time in editing the opening sequence and creating the soundtrack. We all decided that during the titles we wanted a soundtrack that represents the genre and also the idea of spy's. This idea was influenced mainly by the Kim Possible theme tune. The editing was quit easy due to the fact we had already storyboarded our opening sequence so we just had to spend the time creating what we had planned and developing our use and knowledge of the software.
First of all Sami imported the footage we filmed while I started on creating the soundtrack. We spent all of the lesson focusing on our own tasks, but we swapped tasks the next lesson so Sami was then doing the soundtrack while me and Steph started to edit the footage. This enabled all of us to use all the different software and contribute to all aspects of creating the opening sequence.
Monday 13 December 2010
Wednesday 8 December 2010
First filming lesson
In today's filming lesson we managed to film all the footage we needed for our opening sequence. We also managed to find a classroom to film in rather quickly too which enabled us to start filming more swiftly.
We used a science lab to film and the people we were going to film was all rather keen to get started. We worked well as a team so the filming was done quickly.
We stuck to our filming plan though by filming all the scenes with the extra classmates in them then after we had finished that we then filmed the scenes with just the two main characters. Overall, this worked well and enabled us to finish all the footage in that one lesson.
We included all the shots we had plan to use and all the characters worked well as well as the use of location and all the probs.
As we have finished filming our footage this lesson, next lesson we are going to concentrate on editing the clips in the correct chronological order and also to keep up to date with the blog.
We used a science lab to film and the people we were going to film was all rather keen to get started. We worked well as a team so the filming was done quickly.
We stuck to our filming plan though by filming all the scenes with the extra classmates in them then after we had finished that we then filmed the scenes with just the two main characters. Overall, this worked well and enabled us to finish all the footage in that one lesson.
We included all the shots we had plan to use and all the characters worked well as well as the use of location and all the probs.
As we have finished filming our footage this lesson, next lesson we are going to concentrate on editing the clips in the correct chronological order and also to keep up to date with the blog.
Our Children's Film idea
The group has decided on the overall story and plan for our opening sequence. We were planning on doing animation however, we were going to use barbie's as a characters but we were unsuccessful in trying to find anyone who would be willing to let us use them. Also we encountered that it would be difficult to build a set with the barbie dolls as they are quite big. Because of all these problems we decided that it would be better to use live action of characters. Jade knew two people who would be willing to star in our opening sequence and we came up with a plot almost instantly.
The narrative: There are two twins who are late to school and one of the twins have a new, cool watch. During the lesson the twin who owns the watch tries to set it to the right time however, she presses the wrong button and she manages to freeze time and all the people in the classroom including the teacher and fellow classmates. They realise they have done something wrong but decide to muck around with the people who are frozen. As the film progresses they discover this watch has powers and they turn into the characters known as 'The Spy Twins' who complete mission's in order to save the world. However, they soon discover that is their life better when they have powers or when they were normal?
The location: for the opening sequence will be based within the school. We will find an empty classroom and use that to base the classroom scenes. Also a corridor will be used for one of the shots during the opening sequence.
The costumes: all the characters will be dressed in normal, casual clothes.
The characters: Twin 1 will be played by Emma Lambert
Twin 2 will be played by Philipa Baron
The Teacher will be played by Sami Piggott/Jade Peters
Extra Classmates will be played by Sophie Housden
Holly Hibbett
Amy Barker
The narrative: There are two twins who are late to school and one of the twins have a new, cool watch. During the lesson the twin who owns the watch tries to set it to the right time however, she presses the wrong button and she manages to freeze time and all the people in the classroom including the teacher and fellow classmates. They realise they have done something wrong but decide to muck around with the people who are frozen. As the film progresses they discover this watch has powers and they turn into the characters known as 'The Spy Twins' who complete mission's in order to save the world. However, they soon discover that is their life better when they have powers or when they were normal?
The location: for the opening sequence will be based within the school. We will find an empty classroom and use that to base the classroom scenes. Also a corridor will be used for one of the shots during the opening sequence.
The costumes: all the characters will be dressed in normal, casual clothes.
The characters: Twin 1 will be played by Emma Lambert
Twin 2 will be played by Philipa Baron
The Teacher will be played by Sami Piggott/Jade Peters
Extra Classmates will be played by Sophie Housden
Holly Hibbett
Amy Barker
Planning the filming lessons
We have overall 3 lessons to film our material for our opening sequence.
In the first lesson we will try and shoot all the footage located in the classroom and the shots that include the extra classmates. This is due to the fact we have 3 extra people helping us out in their free to play the class mates and they are only available this lesson which means all the shots in the class have to be finished by this lesson. In this session we will be located in a free classroom. Most of the props we need will already be located in the classroom such as the white board, tables and chairs. The extra props we need to supply are text books, coats, bags and books for the school classmates. We also need to supply a watch which is our main prop.
In the second lesson we will concentrate on shooting the two main characters in the beginning scene such as them running down the corridor. Both of the main characters are free on our second filming lesson which enables us to use them and concentrate on these specific shots as we don't need the extra characters. We are planning to shoot in the same classroom as the first filming lesson and also one shot will be located in a corridor. The same props will be used as before too.
Sunday 5 December 2010
Jumanji Analysis
Jumanji meets the the charactersitics for an opening sequence due to the following reasons:
- the main prop/ character was introduced nearly straight away, this was the use of the 'box' that was being buried.
-the age and gender of the main character matches the age and gender of the target audience; an 11 year old boy was the main character which helps to represent that the film is considered to appeal to boys around the age of 11.
- the use of titles at the begining of the film, the titles in this film helps to represent the genre of the film; adventure.
-the moral of the film was represented nearly straight away.
Jumanji also meets the conventions for an adventure genre:
-the idea of looking/searching for something represented through the box that has been buried at the begining of the film and the idea of knowing that the box is about to be found.
-the use of sound; non-digetic sound of wolves and other animals.
-use of dark lighting and shadows.
-contrast in scenes to represent different time periods.
-the titles are presented to convey the genre- green coloured font was used.
- the main prop/ character was introduced nearly straight away, this was the use of the 'box' that was being buried.
-the age and gender of the main character matches the age and gender of the target audience; an 11 year old boy was the main character which helps to represent that the film is considered to appeal to boys around the age of 11.
- the use of titles at the begining of the film, the titles in this film helps to represent the genre of the film; adventure.
-the moral of the film was represented nearly straight away.
Jumanji also meets the conventions for an adventure genre:
-the idea of looking/searching for something represented through the box that has been buried at the begining of the film and the idea of knowing that the box is about to be found.
-the use of sound; non-digetic sound of wolves and other animals.
-use of dark lighting and shadows.
-contrast in scenes to represent different time periods.
-the titles are presented to convey the genre- green coloured font was used.
Pictures of our storyboard, timeline and shot list.
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| Storyboard- Page 1 |
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| Storyboard- Page 2 |
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| Timeline of our opening sequence. |
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| Shot list |
Thursday 2 December 2010
Inspector Gadget Opening Credits
Inspector Gadget opening is created using CGI animation. This makes the audience wonder what the film will be like. The animation is of metal springs, cogs, springs and other things related to machinery. As the sequence progresses the animation shows the letter G for Gadget.
The soundtrack used is upbeat which lets the audience identify the genre of the film which is adventure and action. The lyrics within the soundtrack are the title of the film and the main slogan ( Go Gadget Go )
The credits are presented in this way because then the audience can relate the main characters with the metal and gadgets shown in the opening sequence almost immediately and they will draw the audience in from the beginning because of the mystery of the cogs and springs and how they will link in with the film.
The soundtrack used is upbeat which lets the audience identify the genre of the film which is adventure and action. The lyrics within the soundtrack are the title of the film and the main slogan ( Go Gadget Go )
The credits are presented in this way because then the audience can relate the main characters with the metal and gadgets shown in the opening sequence almost immediately and they will draw the audience in from the beginning because of the mystery of the cogs and springs and how they will link in with the film.
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