Childrens film progress

Today, we were missing Gabriel so we concentrated on filming the live action and then editing both the live action and stop motion we have previously filmed. Here are some screenshots of our progress.

Storyboard

Children's Film: Final idea

We see a teacher at the end of the school day, clearing writing off a whiteboard. They turn the lights off and leave the room. A second later, we hear a noise and the light is turned back on. A voice over explains that at night, the classroom comes to life. We see various classroom objects and toys move of their own accord as the title sequence continues. To achieve this, we will use a mixture of live action and stop motion animation.

Props list:

• White board
• Computers
• Classroom objects:Book, mouse, toy soldiers etc

We will be able to shoot our entire project within the confines of the classroom.

In the title sequence we identified certain conventions of an opening sequence:

• Tile lettering shows parody of of old horror film
  
• Theme song/tune, up beat happy suggest the type of narrative to follow
  
• Introduction of main characters and location, achieved by the detailed view of the inside of their house
  
• Narrative established by props such as the birthday card
• Catch character motif within the theme tune
  

Over all we think our preliminary task went well, our filming was good and our final edited project is good. We have learned how to apply certain filming techniques in a real environment and how to use the 180 degree rule effectively. This has prepared us with further knowledge of final cut and the camera gear. If we had to film again we would pay more attention to the sound and objects in the background!

Camera Angles

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

A match on action is a technique used in film editing, is a cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment in the movement, by carefully matching the movement across the two shots. It allows us to see actions such as opening a door from two angles.

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that the camera should never cross the imaginary straight line whilst filming a narrative.