Below is the image of a research poster which we created, based on the opening of 'Casino Royal' and how it uses conventions of Film Noir. We commented on shot types, camera angles, costume, lighting, mise-en-scene etc.
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Saturday, 30 March 2013
Font decisions

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The pure white font is almost sinister since it is so pure and simple that the audience can almost predict that the plot will not end quite so glamorously. The white mixed with the flickering candle light behind in this shot, also is symbolic of heaven aka death. Therefore from one of the primary shots the audience may be made aware that the plot will take some kind of sinister turn, the suspense of this creates an interested audience.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Q6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


When choosing sound effects and investigating suitable fonts 'Dafont.com' and a huge variation of copyright-free music sites such as 'artistdirect.com' meant that a variety of necessities when creating a thriller, were easy and quick to access. The music websites were especially useful, since without them locating a vast library of copyright-free music and soundtracks would of been almost impossible - especially when having a very particular piece of music in mind - violinist suspense music. It resulted in me having a number of possibilities for a soundtrack piece and therefore enabling a large degree of flexibility.

In terms of production, technology was so important. During filming it was important to use a good quality in order to produce an effective thriller, so that movement would not be blurred and the audience would feel that what they are watching is realistic and therefore engrossing We used a simplistic yet HD video camera in order to meet this aim - the small size of the video camera meant that it was easy to carry around and maneuver unlike the more old-fashioned video camera's that a few years ago, film makers would have to endure. This enabled us to walk to a variation of locations which were reasonably far away as we did not have to worry about the weight or difficult in terms of lifting the equipment around. The camera that we used had a long-life battery which enabled us to film for a long period of time, without having to worry about the battery dying and leaving us with a lack/minimalistic footage. It gave us the opportunity to to shoot for a long period of time, capturing a huge variation of shots within a reasonably short space of time (we did not have to return to locations on regular intervals in order to get a sufficient amount of footage). By using an SD card within the camera meant that transferring footage from the camera to the computer to be edited was so easy. Considering before tapes of film would have to be paused and played in the right place exactly from one machine to another.
The flip-able screen meant that two of us were able to view the footage as it was recorded and therefore be considered by everyone involved in teaming - the footage is also seen as a video not just through a lense which ensures us to visually see exactly what that piece of film looks like/any errors that may occur within it.
The flip-able screen meant that two of us were able to view the footage as it was recorded and therefore be considered by everyone involved in teaming - the footage is also seen as a video not just through a lense which ensures us to visually see exactly what that piece of film looks like/any errors that may occur within it.
Technology played such a vital role in editing 'Scarlett' (quite obviously) without the computer and modern software the quality of the film produced would of been undoubtedly different. We used 'Adobe Pro' in order to edit our footage into an actual film - adding a variation of effects, titles, deleting and cutting clips etc. The software enabled me to see one clip that could feature within the plot line on one screen at the same time as placing it in chronologically, in the right screen. The software is easy to maneuver with a variation of tools. One of the parts I consider most useful was the effects on the sound, it can be manipulated to build at very varied points in collaboration with the footage. It can be faded and cut in order to create an abrupt effect (such as when Scarlett slams the music box) or faded with non-diagetic music in order to create a smooth loop which goes unnoticed by the audience yet enables a short clip to be replayed as if an entire song.
In terms of footage, I found it very simple to catergorise film clips, select those to particular folders and then select the strongest of clips from those. With 'Scarlett' from primary planning, I was aware that I strongly wanted the thriller to be edited into black and white to truly fall into the Film Noir genre. I had an idea of huge buildings and slightly dimly lit alleyways, glamorised by a simple yet stylistic greyscale effect. Due to this editing software this was able to happen, yet I was also to view exactly what it would look like in colour.
With our thriller we posed some concern on the lighting throughout, since a variation of shots were taken when the night rapidly fell dark and we were worried on the basis that the clips may look out of place beside each other and lack a chronological impression if the lighting jumped from night to day time. Yet again, by using contrast and brightness editing, this was far less noticeable and the scenes don't seem to jump or jolt. There were two particular shots that seemed out of place due to the actors being featured going in an awkward direction, in this case I was able to edited the shot and flip it horizontally to ensure that it fitted more suitably. This would have no way been a possibility yet again if technology was not as advanced as it is.
In terms of evaluation, the use of technology made such a difference. In one window I had the ability to have YouTube open in two windows - one featuring my preliminary and one with 'Scarlett', therefore as I wrote up my evaluation I had the ability to create fresh ideas from certain shots, screen shot them and then add them to the explanation.

With our thriller we posed some concern on the lighting throughout, since a variation of shots were taken when the night rapidly fell dark and we were worried on the basis that the clips may look out of place beside each other and lack a chronological impression if the lighting jumped from night to day time. Yet again, by using contrast and brightness editing, this was far less noticeable and the scenes don't seem to jump or jolt. There were two particular shots that seemed out of place due to the actors being featured going in an awkward direction, in this case I was able to edited the shot and flip it horizontally to ensure that it fitted more suitably. This would have no way been a possibility yet again if technology was not as advanced as it is.
In terms of evaluation, the use of technology made such a difference. In one window I had the ability to have YouTube open in two windows - one featuring my preliminary and one with 'Scarlett', therefore as I wrote up my evaluation I had the ability to create fresh ideas from certain shots, screen shot them and then add them to the explanation.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Monday, 18 March 2013
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