Continuity Exercise

  

Continuity Exercise:

 Aim: To create a storyboard and a brief film which occurs between two or more individuals.

During our discussion of the continuity exercise we were able to think ahead and plan out the basis which we wanted to create our filming on. We watched some table-top filming from the films 'To kill a mocking bird' and 'deliI had recently watched some horror films and I did one of my ‘Art of the Title’ pieces on one so this was the genre I wanted to use. We discussed it as a group and all agreed. 

We chose some typical props which we could use such as a black cape, a Bible to combat the demon and a wooden figure to mimic my movements like a puppet for the demon to control. We went to the tunnel because it has dim lighting for the spooky effect.

We decided on our plot line by discussing our basic idea as a group. We started filming and the camera person and other person would be directing from behind the camera and then we edited appropriate sound over it to cancel out our speaking if necessary. 

We also cut the clips to fit with some transition shots. 

We did the editing and filming in the app iMovie on my phone.

       

          

Our final video is below:

                                                            

Table-Top

Our Table-Top Exercise:

My brief is to create a title sequence using a table top and probs in order to create a small part of live action as the end of it. We also had to choose an approptiate soundtrack. 

To introduce us to the idea of a table-top exercise we watched some table-top filming from the films 'To kill a mocking bird' and 'Delicatessen’ which helped to provide different ways of introducing elements of a film through the symbolism of items. We discussed the key conventions as a group which included the birds eye view filming angle and the importance of having appropriate music to accompany the theme of our items. 

We were presented with many items which were typically ‘old’ in their appearance. We chose an aged picture of a man to use as the centre of our story as he was the love interest. The camera’s point of view shot was of a woman rummaging through the possessions of the fiancé of this man.

We used the song ‘Heather’ by Conan Gray which has a melody of a guitar strumming accompanied by his soft singing. We timed the lyrics ‘I wish I were Heather’ with the opening of the letter which is addressed to Heather. We thought that this gave some clarity into the feelings and desires of the person whose eyes we are seeing the items through.

We decided to edit it into black and white once we put our clips into iMovie. We thought that this would exaggerate the ‘old’ element to our items and scenario.

    

RESEARCH: TITLE SEQUENCES

 

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

Director: Cathy Yan

Writer: Christina Hodson

Producer: Margot Robbie

Producer: Bryan Unkeless

Producer: Sue Kroll

Executive producers: Walter Hamad, Galen Vaisman, Geoff Johns, Hans Ritter, David Ayer

Based on: Characters from DC

Director of photography: Matthew Libatique

Production designer: K.K. Barrett

Editors: Jay Cassidy and Evan Schiff

Co- producer: Christina Hodson

Music: Daniel Pemberton

Music supervisors: Season Kent and Gabe Hilfer

Visual effects supervisor: Greg Steele

Costume designer: Erin Benach

Casting: Rich Delia

Cast:

Margot Robbie

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Jurnee Smollett-Bel

Rosie Perez

Chris Messina

Ella Jay Basco

Ewan McGregor

Distributor: Warner Bros Pictures

Producer: Luckychap Entertainment

Producer: Clubhouse Pictures Production

Producer: Kroll and Co Entertainment Production

Black Panther

Director: Ryan Coogler

Writers: Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler

Producer: Kevin Feige

Executive producers: Louis D’esposiro, Nate Moore, Jeffrey Chernov, Stan Lee and Victoria Alonso

Co-producer: David J Grant

Comics by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Director of photography: Rachel Morrison

Production designer: Hannah Beachler

Editors: Michael P. Shawver and Debbie Berman Ace

Costume Designer: Ruth Carter

Visual effects supervisor: Geoffrey Baumann

Visual effects producer: Lisa Beroud

Music: Ludwig Goransson

Original songs by: Kendrick Lamar

Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan

Casting: Sarah Halley Finn

Cast:

Chadwick Boseman

Michael B. Jordan

Lupita Nyong’o

Danai Gurira

Martin Freeman

Daniel Kaluuya

Letitia Wright

Winston Duke

Sterling R. Brown

Angela Bassett

Forest Whitaker

Andy Serkis

Marvel Studios

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

I watched a video by Frank Ash who is the creative consultant of the BBC. It was based on the explanation of digital storytelling and how to entice the audience and connect with them. This is done by creating suspense and intrigue throughout the film by creating an interesting and relatable storyline.

I can use this for my own film opening by focusing on the ‘big question’ which I can revolve my production around along with the consideration of what’s in it for the audience to subsequently create intrigue.  

RESEARCH: DISTRIBUTION COLLAGE

Summary:

I chose the film Bohemian Rhapsody which is a musical drama, based on the lives of the members of the band Queen and the struggle Freddy Mercury had with fame, drugs and his sexuality. It came out on the 24th of October in 2018 and was directed by Brian Singer. We are shown the events which led to the extreme success of Queen and eventually the unfortunate death of Freddy as he discovered that he had AIDS.

This film was extremely successful, making $903.7 million in box office. This was due to the intrigue people had of the group Queen prior to the film but also due to 20^th Century Fox’s methods of distribution which captured peoples’ attention.

Trailer:

The main trailer released by 20^th Century Fox. It begins with the combination of the songs ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ which are famous songs of the band Queen. As it plays, multiple images are shown of the knocking on a caravan door and who we assume to be Freddy Mercury sitting up followed by a close up shot of a guitar. The words ‘THE ONLY THING’ are shown on the screen. Multiple images of musical instruments and sets follow this with a point-of-view shot eventually revealing the stage looking out onto thousands of fans. Other snippets of the film follow which show friendship, drama and sadness. Suspense and intrigue is built by these small clips as they touch on iconic moments of the band’s musical history which suggests the nostalgic element to the film which are important for Queen’s fan base.

Website:

The team have also created a website for the film which can be found by searching in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. When you open the website it takes you to a page with a purple and yellow gradient poster with ‘Freddy Mercury’ on stage with a microphone. This is a very captivating and bold image which possibly captures the attention of the person viewing the website. The simple layout reveals two buttons which lead you to ‘buy tickets’ and the ‘trailer’ button takes you to the YouTube trailer. If you scroll down it also gives some helpful information including a brief summary of the film and its genre. It includes the social medias for the film and a few credits for the director and producers.

Social Media:

On social media, an Instagram page was set up called ‘bohemianrhapsodymovie’. It has gained 737,000 followers over the last 2 years. This expands the target audience for the film as teens, who would not have been around at the time of Queen, would be introduced to the film as it would pop up on their Twitter or Instagram feed. It posted snippets of the film up to the release date which helped people to track the film and view small parts of it. The social media following is also used to show the success of the film; including the reviews which are poster on Twitter to publicise the success. The cast members also used their platforms to entice their fan bases by posting teasers of the film along with links to the trailer.

CD:

After the film was released, a CD for the soundtrack of the film was released digitally and in a hardcopy CD. This continued the revenue of the film as these iconic songs were complied, once again, onto a CD with the biggest hits included. This might have enticed a younger audience to purchase it on Spotify or on Apple Music, rather than in the form of a CD. Producing both of these includes a wider range of ages as it is producing a method for everyone to listen to the music. 

Posters:

Multiple posters were produced for the purpose of advertising the film. They could be seen at bus stops, outside cinemas and online for purchase. Utilising the actual events of Queen, many of the posters featured the actor Rami Malek recreating iconic moments of Freddy Mercury in the band Queen. This is effective in highlighting the memorable events of Queen and showing the audience of Queen’s time that these will be included. This nostalgic element to the posters (and film in general) intrigues the, already huge, fan base which was pent up throughout the years of Queen. 

TITLE SEQUENCES PPT

Title Sequences from MillieWyatt2