Analysis of First Experimental Storyboard

Before we carried out this task we all were given some tips on how to frame scenes as a practise for the real upcoming one.

Framing Tips:

• Compose your shot carefully and plan your shots so that the action takes place within the frame. Take particular care with the background
• Shoot your scene a number of times from different angles and vary your shot types
• Have actor walk in and out of the frame, it helps with editing
• There should be minimal camera movement so always use a tripod
• Shoot plenty of cutaways, will help with editing
• Film at eye level to your actor 
• Pan slowly in one direction only
• Don't zoom
• Carefully focus on your actor or subject
• Continuity is vital if shooting on different days 
• Match cuts will make your film look more professional 
• Try use rule of thirds more often
• Close ups are essential, as are medium close ups
• There should be no space above the head

Critical analysis of produced storyboard from teacher and feedback:

We approached this task with caution as it was all based on perfection of using different camera shots for the right scenes to cause the desired effect/emotion/assumption etc. Carrying out this task strengthened our camera skills and pointed out weaknesses and improvements to be made as well as understanding what effect or emphasis it will have on the story/characters/scene instead of using one same angle throughout.

In our storyboard the shots we used or intended to try and use were:

• Close up
• Medium close up
• Medium shot
• Match cut
• Long shot
• Wide shot

We did have some positives from or storyboard but at the same times had a lot of negatives from camera shots to camera positioning and creativity. E.g. when the dead person was on the floor we should have taken an close up picture of his face from ground level instead of taking a medium close up from a point of view shot to make it more suitable and effective. We also had to improve taking camera shot as we tried to take medium shots it did not come out correct as well as taking wrong shots for different scenes such as when I am biting the tape we should have taken a close up from the side of my face or in front instaed of a medium shot and so on. However it was a successful task as it did take our group camera skills to a limit to suggest further improvement and though process is needed next time round.

Shah

First Experimental Storyboard - Camera Shots

Researching Music and Sound for your Own Film Opening

Copyright gives the creator of music, a film, a book etc legal rights to control who uses the product and how it is distributed. This is to ensure the creator/artist will get paid.

There are 3 reasons why the exam board don't want you to use copyright sound:

• They don't want you breaking the law when producing your coursework
• They want you to be awarded more marks
• If you show that you are layering sound, you will achieve high marks for your use of sound in your production

Using a clip with no sound for learning purposes, I used creative commons and copyright free sound files from sound sources folder to put into the clip using final cut pro. I started by researching sound on creative commons as well as using copyright free sound from youtube to match the scenes in the clip which were best suited and which you would normally expect to hear.This experience was very pleasant and another learning curve for me to implement these skills in the foreseeable future.

Editing clip with sound input task

In this lesson we learnt how to use copyright free sound to show how we could produce a short clip without breaking the copyright law. 

In this task we used a website called "creative commons" which allowed us to use a variety of free sound. 

Researching Music and Sound 3

Copyright and Legality.

As you saw in an earlier blog I made sure that the audio clip entitled 'Chatter in School Corridor Sound Effect' was free to use for everybody.

There are a couple of reasons why I did this:

• The exam board is very strict about guidelines for the music/sound we use. It has to be copyright free as they don't want us breaking the law.
• They award more marks to students who create foley sounds themselves and by showing that I understand the copyright law and sourcing copyright free music I can be awarded the extra marks.
• If I can show that I'm layering my sound but also having sound effects like glass downs and footsteps I may achieve higher marks for my use of sound in the production. 

Proof that the music was copyright free and was available to everybody.

 

Researching music and sound 2

How I chose the audio that I used and converting it from youtube using clip grab.

Found it on youtube.  

Made sure it was free to use. 

Opened up clip grab

Made sure the clip was there.

Made sure to convert file to audio. 

Higher Learning

We had to create a clip which had existed by adding sounds to it and basically remaking it, from the thoughts on top of our head and just watching the 'Higher Learning' which is what its called, we added sounds from creative commons which were legal to do so and we imported sounds from our own hard rive.

I used final cut pro to do this and whilst doing it I had to adjust sounds, lower them and put them higher when needed. I inserted 8 sounds in total for a 1 minute and 1 second clip. The sounds I inserted are: 

This is the clip that I added sound to. 

researching music and sound for film openings

In this lesson we learnt how to use free music pieces to show how we could produce a short clip without violating any copyright law. this was a very important task for us because it was important to understand the reason behind copyright laws. if we had used a music track that had copyright protection , we would have been breaking the law.

however in this task we used a website called "creative commons" which allowed us to use a variety of free music. it also helped us in being creative with sound. for example we had to find a sound for an 'elevator door' opening and closing.

Researching music and sound

 Editing in the chatter in school sound effect.

Making sure the clip and audio are in perfect alignment.

Made sure the elevator scene was smooth and continuous.

 Ensuring the audio was suitable for the video clip.

Further Editing

This is making editing our remake further making it look more professional. As you can see Liban is getting the Universal Pictures Ident using Camtasia. Shah is interviewing.

Editing The breakfast club

Here you can see us editing the our remake of the breakfast club.

Comparison of Remake to Breakfast Club

Comparing the remake to the original Breakfast Club 

The beginning of the original breakfast club and our remake both have the same company 'Universal pictures' to start of with and then lists the names of actors starring in the remake. Our remake then goes on to show the locker with writing just as in the original one but instead of showing the surrounding and showing the setting of the scene we straight go on to show the cars used by the characters.

During the car scenes, alike the conversation in the original one, we remake our own conversations. During this scene we use our own props to represent our characters, for example with the character I play as the princess/daddy's girl we used a pink scarf, pink sunglasses and a pink folder. For the weird character that Ololade played, she had to wear a long black coat to underline her character and make it obvious for the reader.

We of course had some hard times whilst trying to film and it is not like the original but it was a remake. The difficulties we had was to find a quiet setting to film our scenes as we were in college with a load of bunch of people trying to do the same thing as us.

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the breakfast club remake- behind the scenes 2

company and distributors:

 "The breakfast club" movie was distributed by universal pictures - which is an american motion picture company owned by  Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBC UNIVERSAL and is none of the six major movie studios.

comparing the remake of the breakfast club with the original:

At the beginning of our remake and the original breakfast club both have the same opening demonstrating the the main distributor of the movie- that is 'universal pictures'. followed by the credits showing the most important characters. but also showing who plays who.

original breakfast club :

directed by: John Hughes

produced by: John Hughes
box office figures:

$51,525,171

release date: february 15, 1985

budget: $1 million

behind the scenes- remake of the breakfast club

Evalution of Breakfast Club

the breakfast club intro- script

INT. CLAIRE'S CAR - DAY

     We see CLAIRE and her FATHER sitting in their car in the
     parking lot.

     Claire is the prom queen and is clearly a snob.

                            CLAIRE
               I can't believe you can't get me
               out of this...I mean it's so absurd
               I have to be here on a Saturday!
               It's not like I'm a defective or
               anything...

                       CLAIRE'S FATHER
               I'll make it up to you...Honey,
               ditching class to go shopping
               doesn't make you a defective.  Have
               a good day.

     Claire rolls her eyes and gets out of the car and walks
     up the school front steps
                                                  CUT TO:

3. INT. BRIAN'S CAR - DAY

     We are in BRIAN's car.  His MOTHER is there and so is
     his little SISTER.  He is sort of a nerd.

                        BRIAN'S MOTHER
               Is this the first time or the last
               time we do this?

                            BRIAN
                    (upset)
               Last...

                        BRIAN'S MOTHER
               Well get in there and use the time
               to your advantage...

                            BRIAN
               Mom, we're not supposed to study; we
               just have to sit there and do
               nothing.

                        BRIAN'S MOTHER
               Well mister you figure out a way to
               study.

                    BRIAN'S LITTLE SISTER
                    (annoyingly)
               Yeah!

                        BRIAN'S MOTHER
               Well go!

     Brian gets out of the car and walks towards the school.
                                                  CUT TO:

4. INT. ANDREW'S CAR - DAY

     We see ANDREW and his FATHER.  Andrew is clearly a jock;
     he’s wearing a letterman’s jacket with lots of patches on it.

                       ANDREW'S FATHER
               Hey, I screwed around...guys screw
               around, there's nothing wrong with
               that.  Except you got caught, Sport.

                            ANDREW
               Yeah, Mom already reemed me, alright?

                       ANDREW'S FATHER
                    (angry)
               You wanna miss a match?  You wanna
               blow your ride?  Now no school's
               gonna give a scholarship to a
               discipline case.

     Andrew gets out of the car and walks into the school.
                                                  CUT TO:

5. EXT. SHERMER PARKING LOT - DAY

     We see JOHN BENDER walking towards us.  He is wearing
     sunglasses.  A car is coming towards him but he doesn't
     stop walking.

     The car slams on its breaks directly in front of him.

     Bender gets out of the frame.  Out of the car steps
     ALLISON.  She is dressed all in black.  She steps
     forward to look in the car's front window and the car
     drives away.

The making of breakfast club - remake

During the filming of the breakfast club to prove we had actually used equipment and we created an instragram during this process and posted our evidence pictures on instagram and actually managed to get some likes!

Our instagram name was 'group 36' we posted 6 pictures of us filming.

the breakfast club- remake (props)

PROPS :
 these are the props we used for our opening scene of 'The breakfast club':

pink scalf

pink folder

pink scalf : this was used to show the "princess/ daddys girl" personality. pink is also her favourite colour. we also used a pink folder to show that she brought along some school equipment.

cars:

each car represents each character in its own way:

for example the blue car was the car in which the 'jock' arrived in.

the green car is the vehicle in which the 'wierdo' stepped out of.

trophies

these trophies were used to the school achievement awards. most trophies were won by american football games.

steering wheel (fig wheel)

this was used to highlight the scenes where the students were in the car with their parents.

sunglasses

criminal's jacket

 jock's jacket

 black blazer worn by the jock's father.