Self Assessment of first draft

This is our first draft of our film opening. As you can see it isn't at the standard that we wanted it to be as we haven't fully finished it, however we only have a few errors to correct.

Things that went well:

In our first draft I feel that the music that we chose was really good as it went well with the sport theme, and also we managed to fade it out when the short changed or when someone was talking so it wasn't too loud when it didn't need to be.  I also feel that the shots that we took were of a really good quality and we made sure that we took the opportunity to film in the good sunny weather and this made our shots look really good so it paid off.


Things that we can improve on:

I think that we should've made sure that our actual titles were in the first draft as this would have made sure that we were more prepared. This links in with managing our time correctly, we should have made sure that we booked specific places to film parts of our film opening because when we first started filming we didn't book for example the dance studio and on the day we had planned to film there we couldn't as it was being used by another class. This would have helped us to ensure that our first draft was almost perfect because we would have had the right amount of shots and we would have had the footage in the locations that we wanted.


Peer feedback:

We received reasonably good feedback from our peers about our first draft. Some said that the shots we took were really good and clear which made our film opening stand out from some of the other groups.
However, some of our peers said that we need to make sure that our titles are all of the same font to ensure that they are at the correct quality that they need to be. We listened to our peers about this and we have now made sure that the titles are all the same font and also we made sure that they came on the screen in equal time periods.


What elements of this sequence did you feel was successful? Give at least two elements and explain why they were successful.

I feel that the


Were there any aspects of the sequence which you felt were confusing? Explain

I feel that at some points in the film opening it gets a bit confusing at which actor is on screen, this could be because me and Sophie were wearing similar clothes which could have got confusing for the audience.



List two things which you feel would have improved this sequence and explain your opinion.


I believe that if we had included a bit more dialogue in our film opening then it would have been a bit more well explained at what the film is based on. It is clear to the viewers that the film is based on sports but it may not be as clear that it is about two girls who dislike each other but compete for the same country.

Evidence of Peer Assessing

These images show how we are helping each other with our film openings. It shows how we peer assess each others films with our teacher too help with what we could make better and improve. 

Costume Ideas

Renae and Sophie are the main characters in the film. We are trying to portray the difference in the two girls: Renae is rich and Sophie is poor, an easy way to do this was by showing the difference in their clothing that they wear throughout the film. We decided to create a prezi to show the differences in clothing as it allowed us to show pictures with explanation as well.

Production Company Logo

As a group we decided to use Travis' production logo as we felt it was the best one out of all of ours in the group, and we also felt that it went well with our film.

BBFC Certificate

As a group, we decided that our BBFC certificate will be rating 12. We thought this rating was suitable for our film opening because there is minimal content involved that will offend viewers.

The BBFC makes our film opening a 12 for many reasons:

1. Discriminatory language and behaviours not endorsed by the work as a whole.

2. Drugs are not involved within the instructional detail.

3. There is no promotion or potential dangerous behaviour which children are likely to copy. Also there is no glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives.

4. There is no moderate language and there is no strong language involved.

5. There is no nudity or sexual content.

6. There is also no violence used or emphasis on injuries or blood. Neither is their any gory moments that need to be justified by the context.

7. There is no moderate physical and physiological threat and horror sequences.

Teacher Feedback

Today we received feedback from our teacher about our film opening. All of the titles have been written up and most of the editing has been completed.

1. 00:02:16- At this time the cut look insufficient. The lighting goes from yellow to green and the cut seems unnecessary. The cut doesn't need to be there as it isn't cutting out any time. 
2. We shouldn't  have our title towards the beginning of a film. Ours is in an irregular place. 
3. The titles need to be sorted out as the fonts are different and the sizes are irregular. It looks messy and all the shots don't relate. 
4. On the shot where the title 'production designer' comes up, the lighting is too dark compared to the rest of the shots in the scene. 
5. The title which states 'director' needs to be sorted out as there is a capital in the middle of the word.
6. Add more diegetic sound. 

We have taken this feedback on board and have decided too alter a few things within our film opening to make it more efficient and try to achieve the grade which we desire. For the diegetic sound, we are inserting the rest of the sound that has been deleted from the clips. In addition we came up with an idea that we do a voice over at the beginning and copy a script from an old race to try and piece together all of the different events within the opening. Our teacher also suggested that we could add a voice over of a variety of voices that are negative when Sophie appears. She thought this would make the viewers understand more of what is going on however we did not seem to understand this idea or think it would make the film seem more logical. 

Codes and Conventions

Main icons used within the film opening:

• Calendar
• Track
• Sport Accessories
• The Track
• The swimming pool

Setting:


Our settings are in a few different places throughout. All of our settings are bright and positive, we tried to do this to portray a happy image throughout. However, the settings are slightly different for the two main characters. For example, the setting when Sophie's character is running outside it is quite misty and this portrays a cold image. However, when Renae's character is in the swimming pool training, this is a very bright image and this then shows the difference in the two characters.

Themes:

• The themes shown throughout our film is the poor vs rich in the two characters.
• The main theme in the film is sport.

Characters:

• Renae's character is known as Scarlett and her name is used in the gym scene.
• Sophie's character is known as Ruth, however her name is not mentioned throughout the film, this is to show that she isn't as important as Renae's character.

The two main characters are in separate scenes throughout the film as they do not know each other. When they are in the same scene the happy and positive mood seems to change from when they were separated.

Representation

Our film 'on track' it contains different representations, all of which relate mainly to class and age. our main focus in the film are two young girls who are both aspiring athletes. both of the athletes have different personalities that are shown later through the film but in the opening  both characters are shown as hard working but have different classes, as shown through the types of shots taken and setting of the films. one character, Sophie is wearing old trainers and old muddy cloths. this is to portray sophist character as then that is less fortunate but has still got talent. our location for Sophie is seen as a rough area and quite out back compared to the other characters shots. her training scenes are not using any type of equipment or any fancy sets just the out door environment.

The other main character is a girl who shares the same hobby but with less talent and more training as she may seem to be the "cocky" one she has got well presented trainers and good use of equipment. This girl is dressed as if she is the next olympian as she will be wearing the full kit and will show confidence towards the other girl who is her competition. the reason why we decided to portray the character like this is that it will show emotion towards the other girl and it ill also bring out two sides of the audience depending on what girl they route on as it may be shown as the poor girl loses but has the most passion and bring out the emotion in the film or he wins and the rich girl is nicer by the end. it is up to the audience to take in all of the representations strategies that we have used to get the characters and the film across.

Website for On Track

Here you can see the three different pages to the website that I have created for our film opening. The reason that I created this website was so that our viewers could have something to look at which explained the basics of the film and also a place to watch the opening. It also allows our viewers to be able to contact us if they have any questions about the film.

Film Poster

This is our film poster, this will be used to advertise our film opening. On here is the name of the film (this is the main part of the poster), it then has the names of the two main characters that will be starring in the film, it then has a picture of these actors which gives the audience an idea of what will be going on in the film and then it has the credits at the bottom of the poster. We decided to do a film poster as we believed that it was a quick and also free way to advertise our film to our target audience.

Film Opening Ideas

We decided to create a prezi to present our ideas to our class as we felt that it was the best way to show all of the different ideas for the films that we had.

Peer Assessment for Traffic Lights

What elements of this sequence did you were successful? Give at least two elements, and explain why they were successful.

My favourite part of this film opening is the part where the table is all set up like a proper drug dealer's table. This scene makes the film opening look very real and almost like a professional film.
Also I really liked the music that the group chose because I feel that it really went well with the genre of the film.

Were there any aspects of the sequence which you felt were confusing/distracting/missing, etc? Be sure to explain your answers.

I didn't really understand the scene where they used the go pro headband on the bike, this didn't really make sense to me because it was during a very sunny and bright day which was completely different to the rest of the opening. This scene made the film opening look like it wasn't about drug dealers.

List two things which you feel would have improved this sequence and explain your opinion.

I feel that doing the go pro scene with the headband on the bike in the night time would make the film opening a lot better and it would also make a lot more sense to the audience.

Final film poster ideas

This is our first idea for the film poster for our marketing campaign. This poster has all the information on that people would want/need to know before watching the film. With the credits incorporated with the film poster it shows who was involved within the making of the film. I also inserted a four star rating too show the audience the first 'opinions' of the film. This promotes the film a bit more and shows the target audience that the film is as good as it is made out to be and gives a variety of opinion.









This is our second idea for the film poster. Comparing this one to the poster above it shows the difference of the effect portrayed through the amount of text and no text. With this poster being simplistic it allows the audience to concentrate more on the images which represents what will happen within the film. It also shows focus on the title corresponding with the images. With both of the images involving a track and the title expressing 'on track' it shows how the film involves running on the track. However, the first thought of the title would be that the film is to do with the two girls running on the track, although the moral message behind it is that the two girls hope to be on the right path throughout the whole of their sporting career.

Titles for On Track

As our film is is inspired by the sports film: Fast Girls we decided to look at the titles that this film involved. We decided to note down all of the titles and the order that they were in so that we could take these on board for our film opening. We wanted to use all of the titles in the correct order to show our understanding of how important titles are. We also timed how long each title lasted on the screen for so that we could get ours exactly right. 


Title Order:

Production company logo

... company presents (Towles Production)

in association with... 

Starring

Title of Film

Actors names x10

Name- Casting Director

Casting Director

Costume Director

Music

Composer name

Production designer 

Editor

Director of Photography

Co-Producer 

Executive producers - and - 

Screen play

Produced  by 

Director

Music/VIdeo for On Track

This music will mainly be represented as Sophie or Renae's music that they listen too through their headphones.

We also need music for the opening as the 'theme song' of the film opening.

Storyboard - On Track

This is our story board for our film opening, we used a voice over to ensure that our viewers know exactly what is going on in each scene. On the storyboard it states the time and place of each shot, this was important to do because it allowed us to be able to know exactly what to do when we were filming. It also states how long each shot should last so that ewe then got the timings exactly correct. 

Shooting Schedule - On Track

Shooting schedule for film opening:

1. Usain bolt speech about athletics is played over the top of Renae and Sophie training
2. Opening shot is a close up shot on an alarm clock showing the time, this will be a close up just to show the time and it has a resemblance throughout the opening. during this shot it will be a close up to a wide shot so the shot will glide back to show the whole room.
3. There is then a close up shot of a calendar and then from that a closer shot of a certain date of the competition.
4. Another close up shot of Renae putting on shoes. 
5. Wide shot of Renae shouting to her dad OR shot of Renae putting water in her gym bag 
6. Close shots and wide shots of the gym shown the environment Renae is just about to enter. 
7. Close up shot of Renae walking through the door. 
8. Changes to Sophie, quick change to close up of Sophie closing her door and putting her hood up in the rain. 
9. Sophie gets a call (close up) 
10. Wide of Sophie and her coach
11. Wide shot of sophist coach and Sophie
12. Close up of Sophie sweating 
13. Renae close up of her face sweating
14. Zoom off to Renae on treadmill 
15. Renae swimming in the pool 
16. Sophie doing long jump
17.