What I (Milo Fisher) did during the Filming/Editing process

At the beginning, Matthew started the storyboard while I started by being a location scout to find locations for us to film in. I found a warehouse for us to use along with getting permission for us to film on site on a school. The warehouse sadly didn’t work out, so I used a classroom and blacked out the majority of the room to make it appear as if it were a warehouse.  Matthew was in charge of costume and props; I wore a suit and brought in the briefcase that would be the key story point in the movie.

Once we started filming, I acted as co-director on the film. Matthew and I would do our own version of each shot and then decide what we liked and didn’t like in each, before finally doing a shot of both ideas combined. Some scenes involved me acting, and these scenes were primarily filmed by Matthew, and intern, scenes where Matthew acted I would film.

We had a few problems while filming, largely weather issues and at one point a broken tripod. So we had to adapt to work with what we had. E.g. For one shot, we could not get the camera in the right position because of the broken tripod, so I used my working initiative found a way around it, in the end we used a packet on M&Ms to lift the camera slightly.

For editing, I used Adobe premier pro on my Laptop. The Editing was largely done by me, but the text font, location and order of scenes were all Matthew’s ideas. I cut, slowed down, sped up and added special effects to scenes myself, but I would check everything over with Matthew before making anything final. The editing took over 4 hours in total.

Once everything was done, we published the film and uploaded it to YouTube and once it was there, it became viewable to the world.    

Evaluation Activity 4

This is a link to the SlideShare evaluation question 4:
 Who would be the audience of my media product?

Link To SlideShare Of Target Audiance

Evaluation Activity 5

Link to Evaluation Activity 5 on YouTube

Question: How did i attract/address my audience?

Evaluation Activity 5

Evaluation Activity 3

Link to Evaluation Activity 3 on YouTube

Question: What kind of media institution would distribute my media?

Evaluation Activity 3

Transcript

Hello, this is Milo Fisher from QPCS, talking about my AS Media film ‘Lost Property’ 

In our film, my friend Matthew and I used Matt’s own production company name ‘TMAnimate’ as it represented a company made by young adults, making movies for young adults. For those of you who don’t know what a production company is: a production company funds and in essence, are the ones creating the film.

For example: BBC Films, Microwave films, and Film4, who we used in our film, are both a production AND distribution company, meaning they both fund the film and will fund the DVD manufacturing and broadcasting. Other distribution companies that focus on edgy British films are Working Title.

 

We chose Film4 because they are well known for distributing hard hitting British movies that aren’t afraid to take a risk, such as ‘This is England’ and ‘Four Lions’.  

The money would be funded from 3 different sources, our created production studios ‘TMAnimate’ and ‘IVECO films’. Film4. And the national lottery, as the majority of British movies made IN Britain tends to have lottery funding, movies such as ‘Shifty’.

Matt and I named ourselves for the majority of the credits, we were both actors, screenplay writers, and directors. We featured the main actor first when it came to naming cast, as he had the spotlight and it fit the codes and conventions of film openings. 

I chose to have Steven King write the story, as it would give hints to the audience that ‘all is not as it seems’ because that’s Steven Kings main writing style. We chose to have Christopher Nolan direct, because after directing movies such as ‘memento’, he would have the perfect idea of how the movie would work.

I think our film would be ‘Institutionally’ similar to the movie ‘Shifty’ or ‘Attack the Block’. As it features young male adult protagonists who, while at first supporting the typical working class stereotype, go against it as the movie goes on. 

Our movie is much like them as it will no doubt only find a niche audience and will not appeal to a large scale audience, definitely not an American audience, this is very much a British film.

 

Links to Evaluation Activities on SlideShare

Evaluation 1 Question: In what way does my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation Activity 1 


Evaluation 2 Question: How does my media product represent social groups? 

Evaluation Activity 2 


Evaluation 4 Question: Who would the audience for my product be?

Evaluation Activity 4


Evaluation 6 Question: What did I learn about technologies from the process of constructing my product?

Evaluation Activity 6 


Evaluation 7 Question: Compared to my preliminary task, what have I learned in the process of creating my product?

Evaluation Activity 7

Storyboard for Lost Property

Lost Property - A Level Media Coursework QPCS Milo and Matthew

Lost Property

Written and directed by Milo Fisher and Matthew Holt.

It took 3 days to film and 6 hours to edit over all.

We filmed with a NikonD3100 and edited with Adobe Premier.

Starring Kyron Fortune, Milo Fisher and Matthew Holt.

Song used: Bluetech - Probability Tree

Link to 'Lost Property' on Youtube

Lost Property - Filming Work In Progress - Loaction and Charatcer Shots

How We Found The Music For Our Film

The sound we wanted to use in our film opening was a mixture of dark brooding music with a use of techno beats to reflect both the setting and atmosphere of the film, having a dark and gritty world where technology is important. 

At first we looked at music from the ‘Metal Gear Solid’ video game series to get an idea of what type of atmosphere we wanted to create. however, the music was too up beat and action packed, so we looked for a calm piece of music centered around the atmosphere created by the 'Metal Gear Solid' music.

After some searching we found the perfect piece of music to be in our film.

Bluetech – Probability Tree

The slightly off beat and constantly changing tune made the music a story of its own, and it fit perfectly with the style of our film.

Shooting Schedule

Font and Credit Transitions

Font: Orator Std (NOTE: Orator does not work with Blogger)
Director: Matthew Holt
Producer: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Milo Fisher and Matthew Holt
Publisher: TMAnimate Films
Distributer: IVECO Films
Cast:
-        (Stand in A)
-        (Stand in B)
-        (Stand in C)

Credit Transitions:
 Remove object to reveal credit
Credit appears behind building – panning
Credit along the side of object
Fade in and fade out

Reflections and Meeting Deadlines

So far I have covered all that needs to be done concerning the understanding and deconstructing of the opening of a film.

Link To SlideShare Presentation

I have also completed a treatment for what the first two minutes of my film will be, this is not final however and I can make improvements if I need too. But I feel confident with the treatment i have written.

Link To My Movie Treatment

I have also filmed and edited a preliminary task with Matthew and Fatima; we used a collection of camera shots and angles to film our brief story section.

Link To Preliminary Task

AS Media Opening Treatment

Lost Property

 Full Movie Analysis

A man is held captive in a storage warehouse against his will; he doesn’t remember who he is or what he did before waking up in the warehouse. There are then flashbacks to show that the man had been given a briefcase, but the briefcase had been stolen from him, these flashbacks give hints to his past but are never made clear. The man is then approached by a figure in a suit called Mr. X and is told he has 48 hours to find the briefcase or England as he knows it will be changed forever. The man races against time, investigating clubs, houses and hotels to find the man who stole the briefcase. He finally catches up to the thief who is revealed to be an American spy ordered to retrieve the contents of the briefcase. The two men fight on a rooftop and the man is victorious, he returns the briefcase to Mr. X, who promptly shoots the man in the head, killing him instantly. The content of the briefcase is never revealed, nor is Mr. X’s identity.

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Opening analysis

A long zooming shot of a man tied up in an empty warehouse, he is beaten and bruised, and he looks weak. There is a flash back of his life where he is performing a strange deal with a suitcase, there is then a reaction shot of this flash back of guilt. Another flash back to another friend opening the briefcase with a smile, while the man is behind it looking lost in thought. Another reaction shot of the man looking in great sadness. A third flashback to the man holding the briefcase and wrestling it away from someone, third reaction shot of the man looking agitated. A final flashback of someone walking away with the briefcase while the man is on the floor with a look of horror. The final reaction shot is of fear, as if he is about to break down in tears. The final shot is the first long shot zooming outwards, and just as the directors’ credit appears, the legs of a man walk on camera. The name of the movie ‘Lost Property' appears on screen. Cut to black.

AS Media Preliminary Task

AS Media Preliminary Task 

Milo, Matthew and Fatima 

Codes and Conventions in Film

Here is the link to the SlideShare presentation I made on the codes and conventions in Film.
SlideShare Presintation on Codes and Conventions in Film

Cowboy Bebop Opening

Cowboy Bebop (the movie) is an animated action comedy movie targeted toward teenage males aged 15 to 21 who enjoy comic book violence, sci-fi, and anime. The opening was designed around Yoko Kono’s theme, “Tank!,”. Mixing the jazz beats with stylistic visuals to create a unique style all its own.  The opening itself borrows influence from the Steve McQueen movie ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ made in 1968. Both use a unique mix of black backgrounds  with pictures using eye catching colouring to stand out, this makes Cowboy Bebop’s opening seem to be a homage to movies from the 60’s. 

The opening wants to create a style all its own, breaking the codes and conventions of the genre by combining different elements of art. This is shown by wording across the screen stating: “They must create new dreams and films by breaking traditional styles. They are sick and tired of conventional fixed style jazz. …the work, which becomes a new genre itself, will be called COWBOY BEBOP, will play without fear of risky things.” The idea that the opening was built around the musical track gives off the idea that the movie will be a fast paced action movie with fantastical style and jazz centric music.  

The Opening uses lighting as a heavy feature, none of the characters are coloured in and are instead seen as either silhouettes or outlined figures having their body manipulated by the lights angle.

From the opening, the target audience will assume the movie is an action movie set in space with handguns and artillery, due to the amount of ships and guns shown in the intro.   

Link to Cowboy Bebop opening (via Art of the Title): http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/cowboy-bebop/