The Brief Rough Cut 3

This is the third rough cut for our film opening. I am happy with how our filming is going so far and feel like it is heading in a good direction and we all have a clear idea of what we want from this. This rough cut includes all the match cuts that we have filmed so far (4), it also includes a scene where the actors run down an alley which is filmed from a low angle. The last scene is a much improved version of our first rough cut, this version includes more shots in-between others, we did this because we felt for the story to make sense and for the audience to understand what is happening these shots were necessary. In this last scene we have also included a few re shots, this is because we were not happy with what we had and we felt the shots didn't fit the flow of the film so we reshot them and we were happy with how the second ones came out. We are also very happy with how the second scene down the alley turned out. We first shot that scene and were happy with what we had then realised that we were missing a vital part of our film, the bag. This was frustrating because it meant we had to go back and re shoot it all again but with the bag on. We tried to film every shot exactly the same and we feel like that was a success. In this rough cut i have removed the music we had in the first rough cut because we were never going to use that music because we are in the process of making our own and the audio clip was to short for the whole video.

What next:

The next thing we are going to do is film all our connecting shots so that everything connects and the opening makes sense because right now it is all a bit random. We also need to shoot our opening scene, we will do this when the weather is right and we have all recovered from our illnesses. I also want to experiment with colour grading and matching colours because i feel like this is a very important part to all films and would like to be able to do it successfully, i believe if it is done right then it can improve the film a lot.

All Match Cuts Rough Cut

This video is only the match cuts that we have filmed so far. When we came up with the idea of match cuts we decided that for it to make sense what they are we needed quite a few otherwise if there was only one or two the audience would be confused about what just happened and it wouldn't fit the story and just look a bit messy, so we decided it would be best to film a min of 4. I am very happy with how all our match cuts tuned out i think they look very good. In all the matching shots the actor is in almost exactly the same place as the previous shot and when the actor is running it is at the same pace which makes them look a lot smoother. There is one change that i want to make and this is on the 4th match cut, this is the black line in between the two shots, i feel like the match cut would be better is there wasn't a a border in the middle. This can be fixed easily by just dragging the clips closer together to which will remove the line.

Point Break Analysis

Point Break

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Budget $24,000,000

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

I have decided to Analyse a scene from the Point Break, I have chosen this movie because it is in the same genre as our opening scene and i believe analysing this movie will help me with deciding shots and give my ideas for shot types in our opening scene. I have chosen the chase scene in the movie to analyse.

In this Scene there is use of multiple different shot types. This makes the film not boring to watch and variety of shot types engages the viewer more because it means they view different angles on the situation. This is something that i want to integrate into my opening scene. Some examples of different shot types in Point Break are:

Extreme Close Up

Long Shot

Medium Close Up

 Close up

The movement of the shots in this scene is often shaky camera movement, this portrays the mood of the scene, it makes the scene feel intense and gives the feeling that anything could happen, this type of camera movement is very good for a chase scene. This scene also features a lot of tracking shots, which makes the audience feel more connected to the action rather than being just a viewer far away.

There is some slow motion shots used in this scene which makes it more dramatic, this works well in this genre.

Mise-en-scene 

The location of the scene is very good, it features tight gaps and narrow alleys such as:

Opening Credits of Burn after Reading

Burn After Reading

Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Budget  $37,000,000 (estimated)

The opening credits for Burn after Reading consists of 12 titles not including company idents, these are:

• Focus Features (presents) They used the word 'presents' this denotes the distributor 
• Studio canal and relativity media (in association with) They use of the words 'in association with' usually suggests that they the production companies.
• Working title (production)
• George Clooney
• Frances Mcdormand
• John Malkovich
• Tilda Swinton 
• Richard Jenkins 
• Elizabeth Marvel and David Rasche
• Jk Simmons Jeffrey Demunn
• Brad Pitt
• Burn after Reading (movie title)

The font is white, san serif and in all caps. This suggests that the film is quite serious and definitely not a comedy. It connotes seriousness. For the main part of a title the font size is twice as large as the other text, this is usual in titles and makes the main part stand out more. Where the text is placed on the screen changes around. This is to makes sure that the title scene is not boring for the viewer.

The first company ident (focus) lasts for 14 seconds.

Analysis of Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason Trailer

Analysis of Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason Trailer

• Set in London and Southern England which is an appealing location for global viewers
• Has three big well known stars (Colin Firth, Hugh grant and Renee Zellweger)
• Has a big american star as leading role (Renee Zellweger)
• Includes stereotypical british people
• Main characters are all white upper class people
• Budget of $40 million 
• The genre is comedy which is a very popular genre
• Has a 15 Rating therefore there is a large audience able to watch the movie

Cinematography in Paul

This is the establishing shot. The mise-en-scene gives the viewer a very good understanding of the time period and sets the scene straight away. In this shot there are lots of object s that make the time period very believable and real.

      This is a shot from the opening scene, it is an extreme long shot which shows a full view of the scene including all the surroundings which gives you a sense of what the area is like. It gives you a greater understanding of the location. The weather in the shot makes it look dramatic which fits the mood. 

      This a close up shot. It helps portray the emotion on the girls face and makes the viewer interested in what it is that is making her looked shocked therefore making the viewer intrigued in the situation and wanting to keep watching. There is a shallow depth of field making the girl stand out more and also letting the viewer understand here emotion in greater detail.