Music Disclaimer and Risk Assessment

Throughout of final media piece we only used on sound file. We got the sound from the pro scores package, and edited it into our film.

To fullfil our coursework needs, we also included a risk assessment. We identified our main risks while completeing our filming, such as broken glass, the use of a vehicle and electrics and stated what we did to prevent any accidents happening.

Our final media piece has been completed:

The piece was finished in a hurry, due to technical problems and obstacles on our behalf. However, these were quickly over come and here it is!

Update

With the upcoming release of our final continutity sequence, the planning folder is now complete. Our storyboard, planning, scripts and location preferences have been updated to suit our coursework needs.
The final product is also nearly finished. After completing the filming itself, all that is left to do is edit it.

A new post will be uploaded containing the finished continutity sequence within the next few days and we look forward to sharing our piece with you.

Final Idea

we have decided to change the story of our coursework slightly. We still have the police interview and the flashbacks. however there will be two people fimed made to look similar. this is the person being interviewed and the criminal. they willl be made to look the same until the end where both identities will be revealed and it is shown that the guy being interviewed is innocent. the rest of the film would be about the man trying to prove his innocence quickly as he is on death row. We are going to keep the identities secret by using clever camera angles and shots which would not give away the identity and add to the mystery.

Logline for Media Coursework Idea
· First we read openings to many books, until we found one we all agreed on and believed we would be able to base our film on, this book was ‘Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.’
· We then studied the opening of the film the Shawshank Redemption, looking for ideas for our own film.
· Once we had a vague story line, loosely based on the novel and film, we drew out a story board and began to plan the shots we would use.
· Once the story board was completed we worked on a script to fit with the storyboard.
· We began to shoot, sticking as close as possible to the storyboard, however some shots were not possible or we felt could be improved and so were changed.
· This left us with our idea modified to suit our needs, but still loosely based on the novel and film.

Coursework Update

We have made changes to our ideas and plans for the film that we are going to produce; instead of re-making our own version of The Shawshank Redemption, we have decided to base it loosely on the film. We have included a sequence of flashbacks which flick between an interview and to the story in which the interviewee is telling. However the, identity of the interviewee will be kept anonymous, also the main guy in the flashback will only be kept partially anonymous until the end in which the film will reveal both identities.

Hills Have Eyes

Today in Media we watched the opening 10 minutes of the film 'The Hills Have Eyes' to think about what ideas and techniques used in the film we could use for our own coursework. We have decided to take the idea where the camera cuts to a shot where an object blocking the view then moves around to reveal something or to give the impression that someone is hiding or spying.

With the use of ideas from films, we shall add techniques together to create a good coursework.

Harry Potter and Misdirection

Today, we watched 3 clips of the latest Harry Potter film, 'the Order of Phoenix' and a short film called 'Misdirection', by a university media studies student.

The 3 Harry Potter clips showed a film can become sucessful, with simple shots used effectively. High angled shots, low angled shots, birds eye view, and tracking shots were used in a big success, but in a manor that kept the audience drawn into the film. This could help us as we can take the oportunity to use this shots, and adapt them to suit our film.

The short film, 'Misdirection', which used various shots to create a sense of tension and excitment. The shots that were used varied from simple, and difficult, but were edited together very well to create great effect. After studying the short film, we can now use some of the shots and editing techniques to influence our film.