Filming day 1

Today we filmed out by the river wensum. In this shot we had our female reporter looking by the river for a place to commit suicide for her plan. For my makeup I done smokey eyes, pink blusher cheeks, and red lips, this look matches the look of a femme fatale. For my clothes I wore black tights, skirts, shoes, top and coat. I wore purl earrings to match the big jewellery look, and to finish my look of I had black leather gloves to make her more secretive. The fur on the coat matches the look of a typical film noir as its like a fur coat that they used to wear. Because the fur is only around the neck, it gives it a untypical Neo noir feel.

Sound

This is my presentation about sound in films (in particular the film Priest), and why sound is used.
This was my first time using emaze, and i couldn't figure out how to make all the slides all the same colour, so this is why all the slides are different colours. I found it difficult to work emaze, and i prefer to use slideshare and prezi to do presentations on.

Opening sequence story boarding process

We have finally finished looking at the order of our shots, and have worked out the scenes, and where the titles are going to go. We just need to stick our final plan down and create a perminant story board and follow it to create a plan to follow for the tasks, so we meet our dealine.

Neo Noir

We watched three different Neo noir film and compared them to film noir films and we discussed what is similar (typical) and what is different (untypical). We disscussed how we could use the Neo noir conventions in our opening title sequence of we wanted to make them more modernised and current. We decided to go with Neo noir when it comes to the chacaters, so instead of having a female femme fatale and a male anti-hero, we have swapped roles to make it more current, and to appeal to both older and younger generations.

Roles for our OTS

My first role is to be one of the directors for the filming for the opening title sequence, and decide where and what we are filming. My second role is to be one of the actors in the opening title sequence and to sort out what props we needed, and how we were going to get them. My third role is to help edit the opening sequence when its all been filmed. It is my role to: cut down the clips, to arrange the order of the clips, and to change the colour on each clip. I will do most of the editing, but Megan will add in all the titles and will take charge how, where and when the titles appear, and she is the music director for our title sequence and is going to either use garage band, or to record her own music.

Opening sequence planning

I have drawn some of the idea's we had for shots that we would like to include in our piece. We played about with the order of the shots so we get them in an order that makes sense.  We started with a shot of a calendar showing the date, that later comes into importance. We then move to a scene of a park where there is a pile of leaves that blow away to reveal a gun. We then move to a river by the park were there is an old boat shed, and we see a newspaper laying beside the river. The shot zooms in on the newspaper and it's an article about someone who has drowned. We then zoom in on the photo and cut to a live tilt of the girl, and the girls eyes open.

British Board of Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), also known as the British Board of Film Censorship, is a non-governmental organisation, founded by the film industry in 1912. They are responsible for the national classification of films, trailers and advertisements, and judging the censorship of films within the United Kingdom on behalf of local authorities who licence cinemas. They follow classification guidelines that link with the public to consult in their change in tastes, any concerns and changes in laws that apply with age ratings. The job of the BBFC is to protect children and some adults from unsuitable media content that can influence their decisions in real life situations and potentially put them in harms way.
The BBFC has to take certain issues into consideration before classifying: context, theme, tone and impact, discrimination, drugs, sex and Imitable Behaviour.Context - The content is what is included. This can include issues of sex, language or violence used, that can cause children or vulnerable adults to act or behave in a certain way.Theme - The theme is the message they are trying to get across or any content, and needs to be taken into consideration to make sure there isn't anything that could be unsuitable for young children. Some themes that are avoided from junior level classifications are: Dug misuse, sexual violence, racial battles and violence.Tone and Impact - Dark and unnerving tones are generally classified at a higher level as it can be unsettling for children to watch.Discrimination - content such as race, gender, religion, disability or sexuality may cause issues to arise, and the classification decision will take account of the strength or impact of their conclusion of which the context of the content  and classify it suitably. Drugs - It is not always suitable to have young actors taking harmful substances, so often replacement substances are used so they don't cause the actors any damage, however in doing this it can promote drug use, and can cause people to take up the misuse of drugs, and can get them in trouble with the law if its the wrong classification.Sex-This can range from a kiss to detailed graphic sexual content. Those which contain sex will be given a higher rating.Imitable Behaviour - This can include criminal and violent techniques, and glamorise of easily accessible weapons, such as knives. Audiences can gather potentially harmful information from watching these, and can promote anti-social behaviour. These are likely to receive a higher classification.

"The U symbol stands for universal, which means the film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over, though it’s not possible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.PG stands for parental guidance, which means the film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. A PG film shouldn’t unsettle a child around eight or older, but parents should consider whether the content might upset younger, or more sensitive children.Films classified as 12 are generally not suitable for children aged under 12. Strong language,  might be passed at 12, depending on how it’s used, who’s using it, its frequency and any contextual justification, but language might not be aggressive or frequent. Puns on strong language are often allowed, and there might be moderate language.15 films are not suitable for children under 15 years of age, and no theme is prohibited as long as the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds. This means the content might include strong violence, frequent strong language, portrayals of sexual activity, strong verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, brief scenes relating to sexual violence, discriminatory language or behaviour and drug taking.Films rated 18 are for adults, and no 18 rated works are suitable for children. No theme is prohibited, and as adults are free to choose their entertainment as long as the material isn’t illegal or harmful, some themes tackled might be offensive even to adult viewers."- BBFC age ratings

Imitable Behaviour/ violent themes

Drugs/ sex scenes

sex scenes/bad language

drug/bad language (context)

My Opening Title Sequence Presentation

This is the powerpoint I used in my pitch to the class about our opening title sequence (OTS). In my presentation I talked through all the sides (video evidence is yet to come), but two of my slides didn't save when it came to the presentation, so i din't get the chance to talk about the credits or about the form of our OTS.

Opening title sequence planning

This is our group chat for our opening title sequence. We talk about ideas, and communicating to organise when we are meeting and getting together.