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Research and Planning: Level 1 7/20
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Music - Garage Band

 

When we create the music for our film, we are going to use the music software Garage Band. This software will help us to compose our won music, with the use of virtual instruments and non copyright track loops giving us the perfect way to create the tracks.

 

 

We don't want to use too many different sounds in our film, as that will take away from what is happening on screen. We hope to create an ambient feel to build suspense, such as the ones used in the Scream franchise, and Paranormal Activity.

 

 

The project type we will create our soundtrack under will be Songwriting, as we are composing a brand new piece of music to go with the film. We will then set the tempo, and start to decide what components we will be using to build the soundtrack, and try and set it up with the rest of the film.

Filming Practice "What are you doing here?"

We were given the task of taking three different shots in three different locations using the phrase "What are you doing here?".

Our first location was outside using a bench and a table, I said to Abbie "What are you doing here?" with Abbie walking into each of our shots, we also used two over the shoulder shots.

Our second location was in the library, with me hiding behind a display board and Abbie saying "What are you doing here? and me then disappearing back behind the board. Our next shot was a high angle shot of the same scenario. We then had a panning shot from Abbie to myself, and a close up shot of me hiding behind a bookshelf.

Our third location was a set of the stairs and we had the camera following abbie before she said "What are you doing here?" we also had me comning up behind her and whispering it in her ear.

We found this excercise helpful, as it helped us to think about the different camera angles we are going to use for our opening.

Actors:

Everyone in our group will be taking part in our Media, with me taking the lead role and Abbie playing the killer. Jasmine will be playing my family member, and Hannah will be another family member.

We will be using prosthetics (designed by Abbie) to show that Jasmine is dead.

Editing Software - iMovie

We've decided to edit our opening two minutes with iMovie as we all have experience with using the software. Our preliminary task was created using iMovie, and it worked succesfully with the footage we had. It can easily insert captions and opening credits as well, and we can apply music and effects very easily.

Camera

 

The camera we are going to use for filming is the Nikon D3100, the main reason is because the camera has a HD setting, which means our opening two minutes will look clearer, and will make for a more efficient film. With 14 Megapixel and 1080p HD we hope the camera will produce the same amount of good quality images that we used in our preliminary task.

 

The camera is easy to use, so everyone involved will be able to take part in the filming process. The camera comes with a remote, which means that all four of us can appear in the opening.

Warner Bros.

 

 

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros is a film studio based in California and New York, and is a leader in the creation, production, licensing and marketing of films.

Some of the most succesful films that Warner Bros have distributed include: The Harry Potter Series, Sex and the City, The Hangover and Slumdog Millionaire. They produce a wide range of films, all with a variety of genres, such as Comedy, Fantasy and Horror.

Warner Bros has produced many high profile horror films, and when I compared them with 20th Centruy Fox, I thought that Warner Bros would be a better film institution to go with, as it has a better history of horror films than 20th Century Fox.

Warner Bros have also produced more films than 20th Century Fox, with a substantial amount being extremely succesful horror films.