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Ollie Munday-Rowe 1346

Claremont Fan Court School 64680 

Welcome to my blog!

I worked with Alexander Allman-Varty 1301, Ryan Evans 1321 and Milo Gammond 1323.

I hope you enjoy my blog, which contains work on the G322, the titles and openings of a fictional sports film which I named 'Nine'.

My final piece follows immediately underneath. My evaluation questions are above. 

FINAL PIECE

DRONE

Drone

When my group realised that we needed more diverse shots to improve our production overall, we thought of using a quadcopter drone that the school has. We decided to arrange a meeting time where we could use the drone, and when everyone else was free to film. I directed the shots on how they look, and then we evaluated the clips after we had filmed them. Below is a picture of the drone we used.

Here is a YouTube link to the RAW Drone Footage. 

PRELIMINARY EXERCISE

BFI STUDY DAY

BFI Study Day

At my A-Level study day presented by Matt Hall at the BFI on the 9th of February 2016, we were offered definitions for three types of audiences; arthouse, multiplex, and crossover. Arthouse is the label given to audiences who go to small independent cinemas which may show low budget, foreign, and speciality cinema.

Multiplex audiences are the mainstream audiences, who go to cinemas such as Odeon and may be in large social centre's such as shopping malls. Matt Hall also suggested the idea of a crossover audience, that is audiences who were persuaded to see a film because of the prestige and the word of mouth advertisement. It may have gained prestige for a nomination perhaps.

The Study day at the BFI was very interesting and very beneficial for me, and for my group. This was because we gained first hand knowledge on how films are actually distributed, after listening to Robin Gutch, who did a Q&A on his distribution and making of the film, '71.

GLIDECAM

Glidecam

Over the course of making our AS level production, my group realised that we perhaps needed some specialist equipment to fulfil the shots we wanted. We decided that we needed to perhaps acquire a Glidecam. When we recieved the Glidecam through the post, we quickly unboxed it an watched various videos on how to balance it, and how to use it effectively.

BEFORE AND AFTER

SHOT LIST

PRODUCTION: MAKING OUR TWITTER FEED

Twitter

I made a Twitter account to exploit the fact that it is used by many media enthusiasts. Our film can be levered using hashtags, and it is easy to connect with celebrities and influential accounts. Making our Twitter account allows us the opportunity to show the world of Twitter our progress throughout making our production. As Alan Rusbridger said, 'as a search engine, it rivals Google'. This shows the extent of how big Twitter is and how quickly topics can spread.

As well as using the Twitter account for research for material that can be used to help improve our film, I made it to help distribute our film. My reasonings for this is that firstly, Twitter is a medium that can be used to create a social group of people that are interested in the same things as myself and it also allows us as a group to invite feedback on our production. Constructive criticism is a key thing to have whilst looking for improvements as it is an honest opinion, without having any bias. As well as being helpful for feedback, it is a useful tool to help keep up with new information and to receive it quickly. This is because it allows one to keep up with specific threads by using a hashtag. It can be used as a brainstorming medium for my group also, as it is simple and instant to send tweets to one another.


From the above screenshot, there is the evidence that I have created the page with the name of 'Nine' to further show the name of the opening. I have included images taken when out on a photoshoot to help set the scene for any interested followers. The use of the the user profile picture correlates with our overall poster, so that it is easily recognisable. I have also included an image of the rugby grounds as the cover image, as it was an image I took when out taking photographs. This is to further signal the narrative content.

STORYBOARD

DISTRIBUTION

I researched distribution on the FDA website. I did a case study on the distribution of The Hunger Games and The Tortoise in Love. From this research I decided to choose Vertigo as my distribution company. The reason for this is because it fitted the genre of our film that we are producing.

FLIMING: CALL SHEET 2

CONSTRUCTION: EDITING PROCESS

We started the editing process using the software Final Cut Pro X. We used some of the early scenes that we shot in the changing room, using an extreme close up of Xander tying his laces. We merged this in with the tracking shot of the changing rooms, using various free plugins from the internet to make our title. We also tied the shots in with the audio that Xander recorded using Sibelius.

FILMING: CALL SHEET

FILMING: TREATMENT AND CALL SHEETS

Initial Treatment for Media 

Topline: As a boy in his last year at school, wanting to make it as a big rugby player. Last game of the season – they are playing their rivals. Xander wants to persue a career in music, but doesn’t want to let his father down.

Father never made it, wants to push his son.

Cast:

Craig – Dad

Mr Boothe – Coach

Xander – Player

Ryan – background

Twist: Father wants child to play rugby professionally, but child wants to pursue music career.

Treatment:

Present day. A loving father wants to push his boy into becoming a professional rugby player, as he never managed to make it when he was his sons age. XANDER enjoys rugby, however he is more interested in a career in music. He feels obliged to pursue his interest in rugby as he doesn’t want to let his dad down. He has supportive friends such as RYAN who is an aspiring professional tells him to follow him dream. Xander needs to make the decision of whether to go for music or continue playing rugby. The audience do not know what he chooses as the screen cuts to black.

The Changing Room Scene 

Shoot date: 11th November 

Location: Claremont Fan Court School  

Crew:

Ryan Evans: 07741******

Oliver Mundan-Rowe: 07763******

Alexander Alman-Varty: 07735******

Milo Gammond: 07893******

Props:

Cannon 600D 

Manphroto Tripod 

Dolly 

External Lighting 

Wardrobe: 

Rugby kit 

Boots 

Gum shield 

Scrum Hat 

Kit bags 

RESEARCH: PREZI ON DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

HERE YOU CAN SEE MY PREZI.

VIEWER PROFILE

Today I started making outline notes about what my target audience for '9' was like
Age: 12-65
Gender: Men and Women
Viewers are likely to watch sport, especially sport dramas such as 'Number 10', 'Invictus', and 'Forever Strong'.
At the cinema, they are likely to see dramas such as 'Forest Gump', 'Schindler's list', 'The Godfather', 'Fight Club', 'Gran Torino', 'Shawshank Redemption', 'The Wrestler', and 'Titanic'. They would watch some of these films on Netflix.
In their leisure time, they will look on Youtube for viral and entertaining videos, play games on their phone and laptop, listen to music, watch sport on TV, drink Starbucks, eat at Pizza Express and McDonalds.
Clothing: Next, River Island, North Face, Palace
Media: iPhones and Android, using internet to connect to friends. Possibly Skype.
I have used the NME example to base my photo collage on. This was helpful as it gave a really clear example and allowed me to create this satisfying collage.

RESEARCH: EXIT POLLS

Exit Polls

Over half term, I looked at various different exit poll for movies that had been surveyed. I looked specifically at the gender, and the age of people who had watched the film. I looked at 3 different films that were made in 2014, called 'Frank', 'The 100 year old man who climbed out the window and  disappeared' and 'We are the best'. By looking at these statistics, it gives film-makers ideas and help as to what they can do to make a wanted film.

RESEARCH: AUDIENCE

RESEARCH: EMAZE

I have used Emaze in the fact that it allows me to present my information on a presentational tool that looks better than a plain powerpoint.