Final Production: Location Planning

For our final production we will need to find a good location to film. Certain things must also be considered such as lighting, space and availability.

Lingham Park:

Lingham Park is a large, open park that gives us plenty of filming space and also has an alleyway which could be useful for closer shots. There is also lots of natural light which means we don't need to provide lighting and it isn't very busy meaning people won't get in the way.


Birkenhead Park:

Birkenhead Park has lots of space and many different areas to film in. The park has light areas under the sun as well as dark areas under trees, which we could use to our advantage, however since it is a public place that many people visit, it may be difficult to film without people getting in the way.

Bus Stop along Millhouse Lane:

This bus stop is on a fairly quiet road. This location has a large open patch behind it as well as the road and the bus stop itself, providing room to film. There is also plenty of natural light as well as light from the bus stop if it is dark. Although there is space behind it, the grass doesn't get cut often which could make filming difficult and we would have to be aware of cars on the road.

Bidston Woods:
Bidston Woods is suitable location as it provides lots of space with great areas to film. There is natural light as well as shadows from the trees and few people visit meaning we wouldn't have to worry about distractions. However, the woods wouldn't make much sense for our final production because it is so secluded.

Wirral Way:
The Wirral Way is a suitable place to film as there are a lot of features that make the setting interesting. There is lots of space to film giving us many opportunities for different camera angles and shots. It would also work very well for a chase scene.

Planning Final Production

We recently finished our preliminary task and must now prepare for the final film production.

Genre:
Thriller/Action/Comedy

Location:
Street with alley

Costume:
Suits for the police, hoodie for the murderer

Props:
Gun, doughnuts

Lighting:
Day time

Sound:
Diegetic:

• Talking
• Gunshot

Non-diegetic:

• Narrator
• Music

Audience Survey

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Hot Fuzz Opening Review

The opening scene of Hot Fuzz immediately introduces the main character to the audience with the use of a monologue giving the back story of the character. The use of fast moving camera shots as well as police related props and settings tell the audience that it is going to be an action movie, however the jolly music hints that the movie is also a comedy.

This opening scene gives us a feel of what the rest of the movie will be like and I was definitely excited to see more when I first saw it.

Guardians of the Galaxy Opening Review

The opening to Guardians of the Galaxy immediately gives viewers an idea of the type of movie they are watching. The scene starts as being quite dark and gloomy, showing a mysterious figure walking on  a strange, alien planet. This tells viewers straight away that the movie is a sci-fi, action adventure, but when he removes his mask and starts listening to his Sony Walkman while dancing around a dark cave, the audience realise it is more light hearted and funny than they thought when watching the previous scene. The fact that he isn't afraid of the aliens and instead kicks them as part of his dance, and uses one as a microphone adds to this.

The title of the movie also appears in large bright letters, contrasting the colours of the cave so that the audience know exactly what they are watching.

I really liked this intro as it immediately had me hooked and I was eager to see what else the movie had in store.

Preliminary Task: Filming - Self Reflection

We recently finished filming our preliminary task. Some things went well and other things didn't go quite as well. We have decided to reflect upon these things so we know what to do and what not to do when filming the main task.

What went well?

• The filming in general didn't take as long as I expected it to.
• We worked quite well together and didn't argue about anything.
• We came up with a rule to wait three seconds after the camera started rolling before we started acting. This fixed the problem of timing the shots.
• The shots look quite professional, especially the over the shoulder shot and the close up shot on our feet.

What didn't go well?

• We kept messing up the timing of the shots at the beginning.
• I walked into the door twice when filming the first shot.
• We had to change one scene because I kept laughing (although this may have also been a good thing because the new shot added another angle which wasn't going to be used before)

How can we improve?

In the future we will make sure that everyone knows what they are doing and how to do it (e.g. camera man needs to know how to operate the camera and what angles to film from). Another good idea would be to pre-plan the story and camera angles.

Feminism in Music Videos - Blurred Lines

Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke quickly became one of the most controversial songs of the decade. It features the three male performers surrounded by barely dressed (and in one version topless) women posing and dancing around them. It was even branded a "rape song" and had been described as "rapey" in 2013. In 2013, rape victims even compared words spoken by their attackers to lines from the song.

The women in the video are clearly being used for the purpose of display. The video seems to suggest that the women are weak and the men can control them. We can see that the men are fully clothed as opposed to the women who wear near to nothing, which emphasizes the fact that they are being used as "sexual objects". The lyrics also suggest that women are being objectified against their will, making them seem weak.

Despite this, Post-Feminists might say that the women in the video appear confident as they dance around the male performers. They look like they are having fun and enjoying themselves and are embracing the fact that they are sexually attractive.