taking lives

In the opening sequence of this film there is little to indicate that this movie is a thriller. however the film start with two boys. their names are unknown which adds to the suspense and the mystery. we feel that the opening sequence challenges the true and common conventions of a crime thriller. this is because the lighting in the film is bright and happy and the two boys show friendship growing. however in the last part of the opening sequence the two boys are driving down a road. they hear a loud bang and investigate, too their surprise they find that the tire on there car has burst, there is no indication of what happened and how. this adds to the suspence and the mystery of the film.

the magic marble

todays lesson

Friday 4th December 2009

in todays lesson our group worked on what props we needed to use in our childrens opening sequence and made a list on what props we needed to bring in to start filming in the forth coming week.

the magic marble

story board

props

two marbles







geek glasses
















scene 1
the marble bounces from the sky
close up shot

scene 2
the marble roles as the camera follows it
panning

scene 3
roles into a boy (matt) he kicks the marble away

scene 4
it roles into des and he picks it up

scene 5
he looks about to find where the marble has came from

scene 6
then he cleans the marble and hold onto it tightly
loving the marble

scene 7
then we have a shot

scene 8
a shot of des (the boy that has the marble)
a voice over indicating that he is speaking '' i wish i had friends'' as he holds the marble closely

scene 9
he realizes that a couple of boys are coming over to him

scene 10
the boy realizes that the marble is magical

scene 11
a shot of des's face smiling

scene 12
credits with names and a opening title
the magic marble


THE MAGIC MARBLE

Storyboard Camera Shots

the magic marble

The genre of our opening sequence will be childrens adventure because it will keep the audience interested as children have a short attention span.
The narrative will be about how a magic marble finds a lonely little boy and sends him on a journey unimaginable. However, in the opening sequence we will only show how it reaches him.
The characters will consist of 1 main character, the little boy (Des Ford) and other small roles as the marble will travel through everyone until it reaches the little boy.


the moral of the story is don't judge anything by its appearance

classification system

• PG= parental guidance
• suitable for every child over 8
• parents have responsibility
  
• maybe some discrimination
• any use of drugs should carry an anti drug message
• horror- short
• more adult themes than a U film

our group has made the decision to make the film a PG rather than a U as it gives us more freedom to be create with ideas and themes and therefore attract a wider audience.

toy story textual analysis

• genre- childrens film- adventure
  
• location- child's house and bedroom
• introduces characters
  

''you've got a friend in me'' suggests moral behind
film and how it is about friendship

camera work
there is a point of view shot on woody about half the way into the clip. this establishes that the toy woody is alive not just in the film but in the boys mind too.

the questions the clip raises are
what will happen if the toy comes alive?
what is the other toy the boys mum has got him?

evaluation

as a group we feel that the camera work and the acting suited the criteria that was asked of us. there were a few minor errors whilst filming this sequence, for instance the wind had a major effect on the sound quality. from producing this sequence we have learned how to edit our cuts and to add effects and soundtracks.

we used all the camera shot asked of us, for example the 180 degree rule and the match on action shot. the experience we caught from the three days of our project was that we had to work hard and meet the deadlines. i feel that the overall performance of this project aided us in the knowledge of working as a group.

definitions of (shot reverse shot) and (match on action)

Shot reverse shot is a film technique within which, one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

A match on action is when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following. For example, a shot of someone tossing a ball can be edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting from the first shot.

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

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