Questions for film project

6. After reviewing your footage and completing the rough cut of your film, describe any aspects of your film, which need to be addressed. i.e does your group need to reshoot any scenes; are any additional shots required; are there any scenes which worked better than expected.

Overall, i believe our film was good in terms of shooting it accurately. No additional shots were required and i think our film shows the storyline through the camera shots.

7. List any skills, techniques or tricks you have discovered during the project.

I've learned how to use imovie and to cut film and put it in a scene so it flows better. I've learned to act as i was in the film, but i still may need to work on my acting skills. I've learnt how to work in a group better and i've learned about the importance of storyboards. These are just a few of the skills, techniques and tricks i've learnt during this assignment.

8. Discuss whether you undertook adequate and detailed reflection to throughout your project. Have you provided enough evidence to support your work? (Look back at your blogs/journals and think about whether it looks like 6 weeks worth of work).

I haven't been actively writing in my blog during this project which is bad because i can't reflect on what i've learnt and how much i've done each week. I didn't give detailed reflection throughout my project. I believe this was a mistake and next time i will be writing reflections throughout the filming and editing.

Discuss your feelings about the production task:
9. Are you satisfied with your groups final result?

Yes i am. We got good footage and our storyline flowed when we made the movie on imovie. I believe we could've come up with a more interesting storyline but overall i am very satisfied with our final result.
10. Would like to change any aspects of your film?

I'd probably change the story up a bit, make it scary instead of the comedy drama it is now. Other than this, theres no aspect i would change.
11. If you could start the project again what would you do differently?

I would be a bit more organised from the beginning and on top of things instead of leaving it so late. I would've had a say in the storyline and changed it up a bit. And i wouldn't have acted in it because i really am the worst actress and I was smiling all through it.

Creative Media Assignment

1. Describe any problems or difficulties your group encountered during the planning. These may include; organizational problems, group related issues, etc.

The main problem I faced was coming late into the group because of exchange. This made it harder for me to catch up with the plan of the movie and put ideas into the movie. I came in when the story board had already been made so I didn't have a choice of the story in the film. Then we all had trouble seeing each other on weekends or after school to get the footage. We went on for quite a while without film and it was not good because during class we had nothing to work on. Soon Laura and I caught up and got all the footage we needed and we resolved out problem. Other than this main problem, we didn't encounter any other. We couldn't film as a whole group because our reliability on one of our group members was low.

2. Clarify any time-management issues your group encountered during the planning process and describe the steps you implemented to improve in this area;

Some time management that our group encountered was our filming. We couldn't organise the time to take off and do all our filming. But we soon set out a day and accomplished what we needed.

3. Discuss whether your group made effective use of the provided templates to assist the film-making process;

Our group did make effective use of the provided templates to assist us in making our film, and it helped us quite a bit.

4. Explain whether the planning process helped your group during filming. In particular, discuss whether the use of devices such as storyboards, shot-lists, and rough edits assisted throughout the filming process;

Planning the story in storyboard before shooting our film helped us a lot. We knew exactly what shot to film after each one, remembered the storyline and helped us keep on track instead of forgetting where we were up too and what to film next. It gave us a clear idea on our film. The film would not be as good as it would've without the storyboard. Also we played around with the film before which helped a bit too to get use to filming and how to handle the camera and get the best angles and shots.

IMOVIE SHORT CUTS

SPACE BAR: PLAY VIDEO AND STOP
COMMAND T CUTS VIDEO
COMMAND E EXPORT MOVIE
COMMAND G PLAY FULL SCREEN
LEFT ARROW OR RIGHT ARROW PLAY MOVIE FRAME BY FRAME
HOLD DOWN CONTROL KEY FREEZE THE PLAYHEAD
COMMAND N CREATE NEW PROJECT
COMMAND C COPY SELECTED FRAMES
COMMAND X CUT SELECTED FRAMES
COMMAND V PASTE SELECTED FRAMES
I OPEN CLIP ADJUSTMENTS PANE OF INSPECTOR
COMMAND Z UNDO LAST WORK

Shots

This shot shows the full body shot. This was used to show the position of her body. It seems as if she is drunk of some sort. She is leaning over the post, showing she is drunk. Her face is looking out at something and smiling. It may show she is thinking of something good.

Shots

This shot shows the props being used and the facial expression.
First, the props used is a tie, a formal looking uniform and a bottle. It looks as if the person is nervous about something due to them holding his tie in that way. It shows he is stressed. Also, the bottle seems to look as if it is alcohol, so it should he is nervous again about something.

Moulin Rouge

Indredients of a musical/romance

MISE EN SCENE:
Lighting- stage lighting, colours show the mood of the actors and the scene, spotlights, strong colour/artificial

Setting- looks like a theatre

Props- exaggerated props to intensify the mood

Acting- dance/strong body language

SOUND:
singing, orchestra, sound effects

EDITING:
cuts, dissolves (for a fading memory)

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
high contrast exposure

METHOD

2. Here are some of the categories for the annual Academy Award Winners. Each winner gets an Oscar. Look back over the past few years – not just this year – and note down who you would give your awards to for as many as you can of the categories below.

Best film: 21, Marie Antoinette, Memoirs of a Geisha, Remember the Titans, Pay It Forward, The Green Mile, K-XAP, Terminal,

Best Actor: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio,

Best Actress: Rachel McAdams, Anne Hathaway,

Best Supporting Actor: Ted Levine (Silence of the Lambs),

Best Supporting Actress

Best Director: Tim Burton

Best Original Screenplay (script)

Best Screen Adaptation

Best Cinematic Photography

Best Editing

Best Special Effects

Best Original Score (music)

Best Costumes / Wardrobe: Marie Antoinette

Best Costumes / Wardrobe

Best Title Sequence / Credits

Best Short (film)

Special Award for Services to the Cinema Industry, the motion picture business, the dream

factory, the movie world.