Opening 2 mins of our film

our opening 2 mins of a film 

looking back on how we made our film i think that we could have made some small changes to improve it for example we could have used some background music to add the tension to the film along with the suspense also we could have added a title towards the end but we ran out of time as we were not aloud to go over 2 mins so next time i would cut down the amount of footage so that we could fit in a title and i would also have quiet music in the background just to add the tension ans suspense and if not music then i would have diagetic sound to add effect to the film. i think that looking back on it i would have taken more footage on the day so that i would have had more to play with when editing because i found that some of the shots had bad continuity but because of the flooding we were unable to go back down the river and film so we had to make do with what we had.

story board animatic

we combined the story board and the script to produce a series of images playing what we expected our film to turn out/ what we wanted our film to turn out, we did in the end make some small changes for example we took out some unneeded shots which saved time but we also added in some shots to make the scene better. the story board animatic allowed us to see where we could change certain aspects of the film with out having to waste time going out and filming it. 

Actor interviews

actor interviews

what is your favourite drama film?

 Albert: prince avalanche 

Ashley: Shaw shank redemption

Thomas: pursuit of happiness 

Sam: Shaw shank redemption

Luke: Shaw shank redemption 

what is your favourite action film?

Albert: sky fall 

Thomas: sky fall

Luke: the dark knight

Sam: sky fall 

Ashley: the expendables 

what is your favourite sci-fi film?

Luke: star trek into darkness 

Albert: moon gravity 

Thomas: serenity 

Ashley: star wars

Sam: aliens vs predators 

what is your favourite comedy film?

Luke: Shaun of the dead 

Albert: 21 jump street 

Thomas: this is the end 

Sam: hot fuzz

Ashley: 21 jump street 

what is your favourite adventure film?

Luke: Indiana Jones last crusade 

Thomas: inception

Albert: 3:10 to Yuma

Sam: the hobbit 

Ashley: the hobbit 

what is your favourite thriller?

Albert: oceans eleven 

Sam: shutter island 

Luke: taken 

Ashley: saw

Thomas: oceans eleven 

what is your favourite genre?

Luke: action 

Thomas: action

Albert: crime

Sam: crime 

Ashley: horror 

who is your favourite male actor?

Luke: Harrison ford

Albert: heath ledger 

Thomas: idris Elba

Sam: Leonardo DiCaprio 

Ashley: Morgan freeman 

who is your favourite female actor?

Albert: Maggie gyllenhaal

Thomas: Maggie gyllenhaal 

Luke: Angelina Jolie

Sam: Cameron diaz 

Ashley: Maggie smith 

who is your favourite director?

Luke: Steven Spielberg 

Thomas: Christopher Nolan

Albert: Christopher Nolan 

Ashley: George Lucas 

Sam: frank darabont 

Story board

 story board 

we created a story board to see how we were going to film out the opening 2 mins of our film by practising what different types of shots we should use, it was basically used to save time when filming as we would know exactly what shots we wanted. it was also a really easy way to see what shots were good and effective and what shots were bad and we had no need for in the film. we changed some aspects of the film as we went along as we felt that we needed to adjust the story line a bit however the idea stayed mainly the same also on the day we filmed we found ways to do some excellent shots that we wouldn't normally have been able to do but thanks to the location we were able to get in a good variety of shots for example the opening shot we were only able to do because there was a path leading up to the top of a mound which gave the viewer the feeling that they are higher than they actually were it also enabled us to do a range of different shots from a birds eye view to a high angle long shot. even though we made some changes to the shots we wanted in our film we kept most of them the same this was because they were already thought out and planned and it was just easier to use them and they went really well with the flow of the film. 

Film script

film script

makeup tutorial

this tutorial shows you how you could create a scare, bruise or gash on someone using makeup i looked at this idea and i thought i could do something similar to make the actor in our film playing the dead body look dead so i decided to use gelatin instead as all the materials in this tutorial were too expensive and were not easy to come by where as the gelatin i could easily go down to the super market and buy some. this tutorial gave some ideas on how to do the dead body for our film for example it gave me the idea to use face paints to make our dead body look like he had a black eye and i liked the effect they did down the side of the face so i thought we could try and do something similar but with cheaper materials.

How we did the makeup

how we did the makeup for our media film

we used gelatin to create a fake layer of flesh on the face of the actor playing the dead body, we did this by placing the gelatin in a bowl with hot water  allowing the gelatin to absorb the water so that when the gelatin is placed in the microwave (for 10 seconds) to melt it does not burn. once the gelatin has melted we had to wait a little while for it to cool down so that it would not be runny but instead would be like a gloppy slimy substance which is very sticky; if the substance was too runny it wouldn't stick to the dead persons face instead it would just run of onto the floor. it is important to get the consistency of the gelatin correct; if the gelatin has cooled down too much it will form a solid structure again and won't be able to be placed onto the dead persons face (unless re-heated) and if the gelatin is still really runny then it won't stay on the dead persons face. once the gelatin is at the correct consistency it can be placed onto the dead persons face or any other area which wants to be seen as a cut/scare, the gelatin should be applied using a t-spoon the gelatin should then be left to set on the face but whilst it sets you have to use the back of the t-spoon to grab the sticky gelatin and lift it up this adds the texture to the flesh and also looks like skin has been pulled off. after adding the texture to the gelatin the gelatin should be in a solid form on the face of the dead person by now so the actual makeup can now be added. the first layer of makeup we used was the red as that is the lightest color and can be covered easily by a darker color. next we used blue and red together to form purple which we then added to the create the second layer this made the gelatin then look like flesh with blood underneath also it allowed us to make half of the dead persons face look bruised. lastly we added a tiny amount of black which outlined the gelatin making the flesh stand out more also it  made the gelatin look darker (as blood is not bright red it is normally dark red) also the black made the bruise come alive to make it more realistic.