This is the sound of Church Bells in which our group was thinking about including in our two minute opening:
The sound of the Church Bells would make the opening dramatic as the loudness of the bells is spine chilling and intimidating. The use of the church bells would fit in with the movie as there was the White Chapel Church near where the murders took place. The irony of the church bells which is leading up to the assault scene which is death and religion. The use of the bells could represent Jack the Ripper's feelings about the murders as he believed that he was right, it could be seen that he was playing the role of God as he decided when the victims will die, as Jack the Ripper was thought to be a surgeon and he helped save life's.
The Church Bells could be used when the victim is walking as there is juxtaposition as she has just finished her job as she is a prostitute and religion. The Church Bells will fade as the assault gets nearer as it will create tension and drama.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The Church Bells
Paper Heart
I recently watched the film Paper Heart and I loved the film as I found it a brilliant, light hearted and witty comedy about love. I found the camera shots and techniques interesting as the film is meant to look like a documentary with a fictional storyline. Some shots were by hand held and the film crew and the director is shown in the film as they are talking normally to each other and they discuss how they should film the scene. The use of an unknown actress Charlyne Yi and the lead women falling in love with an actor Michael Cera which tricked the audience in to thinking it is a documentary and it gives the audience an emotional bond with the movie as the film is about love, I thought this technique of tricking the audience in to thinking it was a documentary an excellent technique to attract an audience.
I loved the film as Michael Cera is an amazing actor and I loved how the film tricked me in to thinking it really was a documentary as the characters played themselves. The camera shots used in Paper Heart reminded me of our opening as we use many mid and wide shots.
The film used the same technique as my group did in our opening of using implied scenes for example, near the ending there in an implied scene Charlyne where the enters the door to talk Michael and the camera does not go in, however Charlyne's microphone is still on so the audience can hear there conversation and then the sound cuts so the audience does not know if the couple worked their differences out.
If I was the director I would of left the ending implied so the audience could of used their imagination if the couple solved their issues. However, it was still a good ending and I would recommend the film for people who enjoy light hearted humour, Michael Cera fan and a love story with a twist.
This is the trailer for Paper Hearts:
My Bloody Valentine Opening
The opening to My Bloody Valentine contains newspaper articles which reminds me of my groups film opening as we also used newspaper articles relating to the murder and Jack the Ripper. However, in My Bloody Valentine opening the newspaper articles are shown differently as the newspaper articles use editing element such as superimpose.
This is the opening to My Bloody Valentine 3D:
From 0.19 seconds to 0.37 seconds there is a range of different editing and camera skills used which I find very interesting. In 0.19 seconds the headlines pan to different headlines, news articles or photographs relating to the story and relating to the victims which is superimpose over a shot. The shot will stay for an average of six seconds before panning to a different shot, the shot will then change as it zooms out to reveal another headline and then the camera zooms on to a picture of a man which could show that he is a main character the shoot has a picture of the man with writing which seems like it may be a story. The camera then passes a headline, a lamp and another headline but slower which shows ther audience that it says 'Forgot to Bleed Lines' which seems like it is a line taken from a story or article. The camera then zooms in to a picture of men walking in a mine which shows that they are miners but the shot makes the audience feel like they took the photograph of the miners. In the clip 0.54 the headlines get bigger so the audience can see the word 'Murder?' and then the headline is sliced which shows the murder weapon. The editing is usually zoomed in or out as the film is in 3D so the headlines will pop out. The opening also has a voice-over which is a man sounding like he is stressed and worried and he is talking to an audience 'Calm down folks' and then there are crowd noices.
The Assault Scene
Originally, our group thought that having an assault scene would suit our opening and it would add more tension and drama to the opening. However, when we was editing our film we decided to have the assault scene implied as it leaves more to the audience imagination and the audience will want to find out what happened to the victim and watch the film. Having the assault scene implied it is possible to have the age certificate as a 15 as it has horror and violence, our film can then reach to a wider audience in comparison to if our opening contained the assault/rape scene it would have to of been an 18.
This is the assault/rape scene in which we have decided to cut on our opening.:
Watching the assault scene we all decided it was too graphic which it did not need to be in the opening as the opening is suppose to entice the audience and in thriller films the opening is suppose to introduce the story and build up the tension and drama for the audience to want to watch the film. Watching the assault scene I also released that we did not stick to the 180 degree rule as it was our first time filming.
I am very glad that we cut the assault scene from the opening as I feel in a thriller film there is always that one moment which sticks in the audience's mind and I do not want the most gripping scene in the opening as the audience may not watch the rest of the movie.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Colour Font (Credit Research)
The other night our group finished our credits, we originally wanted to add our names in to the newspaper scene. However, we were told that there was a possibility that it may not work well and with the lighting issue the names would not of stood out. We have chanegd our names to a fade in then a fade out, we have used Papyrus font to make it seem olden and we our names are now red. For example, one shot of the actors the name appears on the hat but when he turns the name fades. We need our names to be on the shot for at least three seconds.
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Garage Band at the CLC
Personally, I felt very excited about learning how to figure out how to make the music with garage band, I felt anxious to see if my group could make the elements of our music research we really liked and apply the elements in the film, worried if when experimenting with garage band we would not find anything we could use due to the fact that our two minute opening is set in 1888 and I felt happy to finally learn about garage band and for our group adding and finding music that we all liked was hard and we all wanted to find the 'perfect' piece that suited our film.
I found it difficult because we did not have our film with us, so making our music we had to constantly think about our film and remember the main points and the timing they occur. However, once I started garage band I found it really enticing and interesting. I found myself looking through every sound and mixing about five sounds together to create a 2 minute and 25 seconds music.
I am looking forward to applying our sound to our film, but we will probably have to create the music as a group as we all worked as individuals.
