Filming

Last week me, my group and Miss Foster all came to and understanding that the narrative of our film opening was not working. A spoof was very tricky to pull off and limited us to the amount of camera shots we could use. We have now decided to scrap our spoof idea and start completely from the beginning. We have thought of a few ideas, but nothing concrete yet. We are just trying to think of a good narrative that will also allow us to use a variety of shots and camera angles.

This is England

This is England, This is England 86 and This is England 88 are all written and directed by Shane Meadows. I admire the fact that Shane used the same actors to play the character in the movie and both TV series. This really makes the show look more like reality. I have never seen the movie, however Miss Foster has asked us to watch This is England 88 as it is on the television at the moment. I have heard a lot about the use of camera angles and shots that really make you feel as if your there and that the storyline is real. I am quite excited to watch This is England 88 and will be looking out for any shots I can use in my film opening.

Quentin Tarantino

Recently I have realized that I do not know much about the American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor Quentin Tarantino. The fact that he has so many different jobs shows alone that he has achieved so much and is very good at what he does. Some of the films he directed are Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof and Inglorious Basterds. At the age of 48 he has already directed many major films and has become extremely successful. As I am not to familiar with his work I am going to take some time to watch a few movies he has directed.

Se7en

Yesterday in media we watched the movie Se7en which is directed by David Fincher. Although this film has a brilliant narrative I was trying to focus more on camera shots and angles, which was extremely hard and this film really draws you in and engages you with the storyline. I did manage to pick out quite a few shots I think me and my group will use in our film opening. I noticed many close ups, extreme close ups, two shots, over the shoulder shots and extreme long shots which can all be used in my film opening. I noticed many aerial shots were used to set the scene which were brilliant, however I think this will be quite difficult to do for our film opening. I found this film great and although it was extremely scary the quality of shots were excellent and has reminded me of shots that I can use in my film opening.

Let the right one in

In media last week we watched the move Let the right one in, directed by Tomas Alfredson. Although the narrative was in swedish I found myself very engaged with the movie and thought the quality of shots were excellent. This movie was brilliantly directed and I like the use of parallel editing and focus pull. My favourite scene was of Oskar and Eli each staring out of their separate windows. To me that was a brilliant shot. I have noted the different types of shots and am looking forward to using them in my film opening.

Filming

Recently we have been having a bit of trouble with our filming. At first we thought we we doing fine, then realised our camera setting was not compatible with the macs in school so we could not upload our footage. At first we were all a bit angry that we would have to film again but now realise it was for the best as the second time round things went much smoother and we knew what we were doing.