From this mood board i have gathered inspiration from the images.

At the beginning i looked at Frozen and UP and thought of the idea to do an animated short film. But the main problem with that is that none of us are very good at animating.

So we decided to do a live action film as we thought it would be easier to film and edit.

From this video i have found that i need to;

Figure out the genre of film i'am going to make and decide on how many characters and what kind of characters there should be if any at all. I have also decided that there should be around 2-3 scenes in the video as the whole will only be two minutes long.

I need to decide on the genre of the film before i can think of what type of scenery i will need to find/create. In the film there should be at least music in the background of the film, maybe for the whole film that all depends on what the film is going to be about and what is going to happen. There could be some sound effects to highlight key moments within the film (for example: if a character dies or falls in love there will need to be sound effects).

1- Someone drops an object which another person finds

  - Follow the journey of getting it back to the owner

  - Follow an object through its journey through the day

  - Examples balloon, coin or pencil

2- Two people in a crowd- short lived romance through the use of dance.

3- Follow two peoples day/split screen

  - Could be different time periods

4- The evolution of technology

  - How you use different technology for the same thing e.g. write a letter/send a text

5- How technology is used by the youth in different ways

6- Have a piece of paper, then get someone write something on it then fold it over then send it on a journey then someone else writes on it then does the same until it ends up to the first person and reveals a story or secrets

7- Follow an object or piece of clothing through different places and/or through time- This is the idea we are going the use.

8- Go behind the scenes of a photo shoot or some other project

9- Go to a zoo and film animals (Fish)

Following an object through it's day and seeing where it ends up, show the different experiences and different people's hands it falls into. This can show how different people's lives are and the way they treat the item. This can fit into a 2 minute video as it will show snippets of its journey until it gets dropped and passed on to the next person.

We could possibly put a message behind this story because it has the potential to highlight different people's life styles.

Ideas of where the object can travel:

Balloon - Can see it being played with by children, flying over different sights, seeing a wedding, flying amongst birds, until eventually there's a sunset and the balloon bursts.

Coin - Who holds it throughout the day, could begin with a business man, gets given to a coffee shop, then on to a guy and witness a marriage proposal, end up in the sea and seeing all the different sea life, until eventually it ends up back in a bank.

Leaf - Follow a leaf floating through seasons, could show it's colour change and it's surrounding characters and scenery changing.

Pencil - Could show a pencil being used to draw by different people and generations.

Dog- Follow a dog on its walk.

1. Camera starts focused on an octopus inside a dark tank.

2. Then moves onto a Turtle swimming around.

3. After that there is a few Jellyfish floating around while changing colors.

4. 

Camera will look at an animal for a few seconds and once the music has a change in beat the next scene will start with a different creature.

this will happen until the film has finished while the scenes range in both creatures and length.

Balloon begins being held by a child at a birthday, it is played with until someone lets go and it begins its journey.

It then travels along a beach

Gardens

Gets grabbed up by a child and taken into school, where it gets confiscated and then floats out of a window

Woods

Party

Idea of passing through time

Begins with a adult giving a balloon to their child

Ends with the child from the beginning, grown up as an adult and giving the balloon to their child and there is a picture of them in the background of the beginning scene.

Strengths- With the film idea being so simple it means you have a high chance of getting it complete and with what you want as the final piece. it also gives you time to look at your film and find any implications that you might not see if you had a more complicated idea.

Weaknesses- A very simple idea means there is not much that you can do with it. you can follow the leaf around and follow its day but other than that there is very little you can do.

Opportunities- while following the leaf around you could edit the video to make the seasons change and show the leafs journey over a whole year.

Treats- With such a simple idea you could be marked down as you are not pushing yourself to make a good film and not filling expectations.

 11/12/15- Rough draft of film to be done

14-18 /12/15- Finding useable editing software

Here is the like to my Soundcloud where all of the sounds i recorded are placed so you can hear them. Creative Media Sounds

These sounds were created to show our understanding of sound. We may or may not use these sounds in our film that will be decided at a later date. Each sound was made in a different way and i will explain what they were made by and what they sound like underneath. 

Voice 1- This is the sound of a door being closed.

Voice 2- This is me kicking some chairs along the floor.

Voice 3- This was made by stomping up some stairs- Not sure what you could use this sound for but i'm sure it will come in handy some day.

Voice 4- This was made by spinning a wooden stage curtain handle- Sounds similar to some glass bottles being hit together.

Voice 5- This sound was made by shaking a large stage curtain rather fast- Could be used to sound like wind.

Voice 6- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 7- This sound was made by hitting a large hollow piece of wood with a wooden paint brush- This could be used to sound like someone is knocking at the door.

Voice 8- This sound has been made by shaking a pile of metal chains together.

Voice 9- This sound was made by dropping the pile of chains in Voice 8.

Voice 10- This sound was made by quickly tapping a piece of wood with a pencil. 

Voice 11- This sound was made by placing the recorder inside a hollow piece of wood and knocking on the outside.

Voice 12- This sound was made in the same way Voice 11 was by this time we just changed the rhythm and the force in which we knocked on the outside.

Voice 13- This sound was made by scratching on a fabric chair repeatedly for a short amount of time. 

Voice 14- This was made by shaking a piece of paper.

Voice 15-This was made by tearing the paper in Voice 14.

Voice 16- This was Made by popping some left over bubble wrap- Could be used to sound like fire.

Voice 17- This sound is a pair of scissors being clicked over and over.

Voice 18- This sound was made by pulling some duct tape.

Voice 19- This sound is also some paper being teared.

Voice 20- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 21- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 22- This sound was made by moving a plastic wheel across a stage.

Voice 23- This sound is also the wheel but this time it is being moved across a vertical cabinet.

Voice 24- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 25- This sound was made by hitting a metal paint pot with a paint brush.

Voice 26- This sound was made by scraping the end of the paint brush against the closest current object.

Voice 27- This sound was made by shaking the wheel we used earlier.

Voice 28- This was created by shaking up a bottle partially full of water.

Voice 29- This was made by turning the bottle instead of shaking it.

Voice 30- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 31- This is the sound of my associates clapping their hands. 

Voice 32- This is the sound of my associates clapping their hands. 

Voice 33- This is the sound of me clicking my fingers.

Voice 34- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 35- This was made by closing a filing cabinet drawer.

Voice 36- This is the sound of a zip on a bag.

Voice 37- This is the sound of my associate rushing around in her bag.

Voice 38- This was me hitting a filing cabinet.

Voice 39- This was another go at opening and closing the filing cabinet drawer.

Voice 40- This was me walking down some stairs.

Voice 41- This is the sound of a pencil being moved along a radiator.

Voice 42- This is the sound of lights being turned on and off.

Voice 43- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 44- This was us shaking a random object we found.

Voice 45- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created or what it could be used for.

Voice 46- This is the sound of us pressing buttons.

Voice 47- This is the sound of a pencil being moved along a radiator.

Voice 48- This is the sound of a pen rolling down a slope.

Voice 49- This is the sound of a pencil being moved along a radiator.

Voice 50- This is the sound of chairs being moved along the floor.

Voice 51- This is the sound of chairs being moved along the floor.

Voice 52- This sound i can't actually remember how it was created but it could be used to sound like a bell.

Voice 53- Can't remember how this was made but we could use it for a sound of a door.

Voice 54-This is the sound of an actual door being closed.

Voice 55- This was also the sound of an actual door being closed.

Nikon D3300 (camera)- £279

Tripod- £24.99

Cameraman- £21ph

Film/Sound Editor- £13.23ph

Total- £338.22 min

Film production consists of five major stages-

Development — The first stage in which the ideas for the film are created, rights to books/plays are bought etc., and the screenplay is written. Financing for the project has to be sought and greenlit.

Pre-production—Preparations are made for the shoot, in which cast and film crew are hired, locations are selected, and sets are built.

Production—The raw elements for the film are recorded during the film shoot.

Post-production—The images, sound, and visual effects of the recorded film are edited.

Distribution—The finished film is distributed and screened in cinemas and/or released to home video.

Radio production-

This is when a show is aired over the radio. Of course only the sound comes through but it allows viewers to listen to their show and view the images in the head.

TV production-

This is where a show is filmed then put onto tv. the show can be of anything there are next to no limitations providing the show is aired at the appropriate time.

There are similarities between all of these types of production-

Such as they all either help show you images in on way or another.

They all have sound to them.

They all have time slots that need to be met.

But they also have differences-

Such as Film and TV production show you images on a screen so you don't have to imagine the images in your head whereas with radio you have to imagine what the images.

Editing 

The work of selecting and joining together shots to create a finished film.

errors of continuity. 

Disruptions in the flow of a scene, such as a failure to match action or the placement of props across shots.

Cut 

A visual transition created in editing in which one shot is instantaneously replaced on screen by another.

Fade 

A visual transition between shots or scenes that appears on screen as a brief interval with no picture. The editor fades one shot to black and then fades in the next. Often used to indicate a change in time and place.

Continuity editing

Editing that creates action that flows smoothly across shots and scenes without jarring visual inconsistencies. Establishes a sense of story for the viewer.

Cross cutting

Cutting back and forth quickly between two or more lines of action, indicating they are happening simultaneously.

Final cut 

The finished edit of a film, approved by the director and the producer. This is what the audience sees.

Dissolve 

A gradual scene transition. The editor overlaps the end of one shot with the beginning of the next one.

Rough cut 

The editor's first pass at assembling the shots into a film, before tightening and polishing occurs.

Establishing shot 

A shot, normally taken from a great distance or from a "bird's eye view," that establishes where the action is about to occur.

Eyeline match 

The matching of eyelines between two or more characters. For example, if Sam looks to the right in shot A, Jean will look to the left in shot B. This establishes a relationship of proximity and continuity.

Iris 

Visible on screen as a circle closing down over or opening up on a shot. Seldom used in contemporary film, but common during the silent era of Hollywood films.

Jump cut 

A cut that creates a lack of continuity by leaving out parts of the action.

Matched cut 

A cut joining two shots whose compositional elements match, helping to establish strong continuity of action.

Montage 

Scenes whose emotional impact and visual design are achieved through the editing together of many brief shots. The shower scene from Psycho is an example of montage editing.

Sequence shot 

A long take that extends for an entire scene or sequence. It is composed of only one shot with no editing.

Shot reverse shot cutting

Usually used for conversation scenes, this technique alternates between over-the-shoulder shots showing each character speaking.

Wipe 

Visible on screen as a bar travelling across the frame pushing one shot off and pulling the next shot into place. Rarely used in contemporary film, but common in films from the 1930s and 1940s

This is where, in a film, the editor changes the speed of which the film goes to show the audience a long period of time into a relatively short time. films use this to skip through hours, days or even months. a good example of this would be the new version of ‘the karate kid’ as through the time he learns to train, it speeds up to make it last about 15 minutes, when it would have lasted days or even weeks. As it lets the audience know it’s been a long period of time, it also allows the director and editor to add more footage into the film as it’s shortened down what would have been a long piece of film, showing the days/weeks of training day by day. Another good example of manipulation of diegetic time and space would be The Time Travellers Wife, as it shows the character of Henry (Eric Bana) travelling through time to see his family. This is another way of explaining manipulation of diegetic time and space as it shows the way in which someone could travel time to go back and forth through different periods of time in a short space of time. 

Shot variation basically means using a variety of different shots when filming, this includes: Long shot (LS): gives a full picture of the subject, showing fully what it is, for example if it is a person in the shot then we will be able to see all of the person. Medium shot (MS): a medium shot doesn't show as much as the long shot but it isolates the subject from the background, it is often used to focus on one part of something such as instead of focusing on a whole building like an LS, it would focus on an entrance. With people it would show them from about the waist up. Close-up: a close up is just a shot that zooms right in on the subject, it is a powerful shot because the subject fills the screen bringing the audience closer to it. With people it would zoom in right on their face. Extreme long shot: just a variation of the long shot which films the subject from even further away, it is often used as an establishing shot to set the scene.

Both of these have great impacts on how the audience sees the film because they change to way you watch the film. with diegetic manipulation you it changes the speed in what you see time in the film which is much different then normal time. This makes it feel like a lot of time has or hasn't passed.

Whereas shot variation show a scene in lots of different angles to give you a different perspective of what is happening as it allows you to see something from someone else's point of view if need be.

When a film is being created there are lots and lots of job roles that need to be filled. But because we are only doing a short film and there is only three of us I am going to list the job roles that we will need to do in order to create our film.

Camera operator- this is the person that films the scenes in order to create the film. Without the camera operator you couldn’t create a live action film instead it would have to be animated.

Story writer- this is the person that creates the initial idea for the film which if they want the director can build of.

Actor(s)- they bring the film to life adding sense of realism to the film and can build of their script if they feel the need and if the director likes their improvisation it might be left in the film.

Sound operator- this is the person that is responsible to capture all of the sound a film makes such as the noise the actors.

Script writer- this person provides the actors, camera operators and the sound operators with their script for the film to that they know what is meant to happen and when it is meant to happen.

Sound editor- they correct how the film sounds this can be by adding or subtracting sounds from the film or by changing different levels of volume to individual sounds.

Film editor- their job is similar to a sound editor but as the name implies they edit the video instead of the sound by doing pretty much the same type of thing that a sound editor does but instead of changing the volume of the film a film editor can add filters into the film in order to make it something stand out or to give a certain feel in the film.

Director- the director is the person in charge when on a film set. The director tells what part of the film that you are going to film next and only stops when they get the shot they are looking for. After that the film may be sent off to the editing department. After is has been edited the director will watch the film and make any improvements that need to be made if there are any.

Producer- they are the person that helps to make the film a film because they provide the budget for the film and without a producer you cannot make a proper movie because they give you the money to create the film and help to publicise it.

All specific job roles will be given to each member of our group one production will start as it will give us an idea of who's good at what task and who's not.

Codes are systems of signs that create meaning.

Example: film: scripts, costumes, camera angles.

Technical codes- camera work, editing and sound.

How they are used to tell the story.

Symbolic codes- show what’s happening beneath the surface.

Example: a character's actions will show you how they  are feeling.

Conventions are the accepted way of doing things due to its repeated use. Example: Cliffhangers in soaps, haunted house in horror, love songs in romantic films.

For the location of our film we will be filming at Weymouth SeaLife Centre.

While traveling to Weymouth by car there will be a number of hazards that we may encounter, such as hazards in the road, other drivers or even animals.

When at SeaLife there could be the hazard of some glass breaking or you may fall in the water with some creatures.

Song-

 The first 4 seconds of the opening sequence is very dramatic with a fast rhythm that we all associate with the theme for Bond that we all know to this day as. It has become one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time and almost everyone has heard the song at least once. Then for the next 18 seconds the song takes a slightly calmer tone minus the gun shot at 8 seconds. The way the song jumps from being very energetic to really calm suggests that the film is likely to be the same, with lots of calm bits one minute and then the next its very fast, fiery and action filled. At 22 seconds the song gets very lively and energetic for the next 10 seconds with what sounds to me like a trumpet or cornet or some other brass instrument. Even though this energy is rather short lived followed by a calm 8 seconds, until it  finally gives way to Bassey’s voice with the words ‘Goldfinger’ but whiles the song carries on in the background. After this the song is finally set into motion and for the remainder of the song the music tempo remains the same except for Bassey’s voice which slowly escalates into a very dramatic ending. Towards the end 2 minutes and 30 seconds the song the music along with Bassey’s already dramatic voice picks up very quickly for the climax for the remainder of the song.

Video-

The video is very simplistic yet impactful. It consists of a women painted a shiny gold and then having clips from the film projected onto her. Having a woman who is painted in gold with clips form the movie projected onto her suggests that she could play a very significant part in the movie’s plot. With the woman painted in gold the song relates to the woman in a powerful way because it makes you think, who or what is Goldfinger is it a criminal mastermind, is it the woman in the opening sequence or is it a top secret organisation that Bond must defeat. It all adds up and makes you want to watch the film to either confirm you disprove you thoughts. 

Goldeneye- Song- Tina Turner-

The song starts off rather calm with a very simple tune and no vocals until 16 seconds in where whilst the song's tune is still going at the same pace it was before, Turner starts to sing her song. The song remains the same pace through the song whereas Turner's voice does stop and start occasionally even if it’s only for a few seconds. Her voice never seems to change its tone until near the end of the song where her vocals suddenly start changing and have more energy into to.

Goldeneye- Video-

The video starts if inside the barrel of a gun and follows the bullet being fired away. After the gun the film’s title is shown on a black background, soon after the black background seems to disperse a bit like a cloud of smoke to reveal a golden lake full of silhouetted women.

When watching the opening video and listening to the song along with it you notice that a lot of the time the dancers are in time with Turner's voice with their movements. The camera slowly moves to the left to show multiple other women dancing very slowly, until you see the side of one woman’s head and a small version of Bong walking along the bottom of the screen until he suddenly turns around and shoots towards the woman’s head. Afters she is shot the woman breathes out a small bit of fire in time to the gunshot. After that when Turner says the words Goldeneye an eye of the colour gold is shown behind the characters on the screen.

Whiles the eye is still shown strange objects start falling from the top of the screen but they always stay the same level and never spinning on themselves. A woman dressed in a black dress then walks across the screen once the eye has disappeared, she walks from one side of the screen to the other but all whiles keeping an eye on the man behind her whom you see in the next shot where the camera is zoomed right out and reviles that a man that resembles Bond is following her in the distance. During this scene whiles the characters are walking on one of the strange objects that keep falling from the top of the screen (which now include some stars) a hammer falls in between the middle of the object. If you are quick enough to notice the hammer and the strange object is actually the Soviet Union’s flag and the two objects are the hammer and sickle that appear on the flag.

In the next scene it shows the hammer hitting the floor and breaking into two pieces behind a star and a few dancing women. The background soon fades away and turns black all whiles a gun appears on the left side of the screen that soon shots at the women with a single shot, this causes all the women so move is a way that they have just been shot but soon carry one dancing after the gun has fired.

The next scene works well with the song lyrics as Turner says ‘through smoke and mirrors’, the scene consists of a few giant statues that are surrounded in smoke with more dancing women on them all whiles the camera is slowly moving to the right this time instead of the left.

One of the statues then falls to the ground next to a green and gold mask that also has women dancing but they are in one of the eyes and the mouth. The eye with the dancer inside then glows gold when Turner repeats the words Goldeneye, the eye shins so brightly that it covers the whole of the screen and then the scene completely changes again.

This time it reveals a woman looking directly at you whilst smoking a cigar, the woman’s head the turns to her right to reveal that she has another face on the back of her head. The other face then opens its mouth and a gun comes out and shoots towards a set of Soviet flags before retreating back into her mouth in order for her to close it. The flags that were just shot then get blown away off of the screen and the woman begins to smoke a cigar.

The smoke then turns golden and four guns facing up and away from you whilst moving to the top of the screen, the guns all turn is different direction at a beat in the music.

Next another gun much closer to the screen moves up the screen much faster than the previous guns, but at the same time a dancer arrives next to the gun and stops when she’s in the middle of the screen before returning down the screen once the next scene is revealed.

The next scene has purple smoke in the background and a woman wearing white standing with a sledge hammer just of centre of the screen to evade the high heel that falls from the top of the screen and stops once it hits the floor. The screen then moves to the left, at the same time the woman in white  starts to swing the hammer around but rather calmly. When the camera is moving it reveals broken statues with women dressed in black or white with sledge hammers destroying the statues. Once the camera finally stops it shows a women (again with a sledge hammer) standing in the middle of the sickle of the Soviet flag while hitting the sickle with her hammer, this suggests that the film could show the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Behind  the women there is a golden eye once the eye blinks the woman disappears just leaving the eye which then turns into the barrel of the gun that we saw at the beginning of the sequence. The camera then moves downs the barrel like a bullet to reveal the beginning scene of the film and that’s the opening sequence over.