First Draft of Our Film Opening

This is out first draft of our film opening, with two weeks left until the deadline. We have a lot still to do including editing and adding music and sorting out the sound. In the clip below there are a few problems with sound such as the voice over running on for 45 seconds however we have already deleted that and made changes.
We are thinking of adding an establishing shot with a time lapse. This will be done by filming our main character for a few minutes and then speeding it up on the computer. As chloe stands still the people walking around will be sped up adding a timed effect and showing confusion.

Sound Difficulties

We came across several sound difficulties when filming and editing our piece. When filming the interview scenes in Cafe Nero, it was fairly busy which meant there was a lot of background noise. We therefore could not hear the actor's voice. We decided to we recorded the voice audio on another day in a quiet room and then overlap it on the background noise of the cafe. We then adjusted the volume of the different audio clips. This meant the sound is still digetic even though it is actually non-digetic.

Costumes and Props

This is our initial costume design ideas for our main characters. As you can see, the first 3 are all in hooded jumpers and tracksuits. We felt this is suitable for the stereotypical clothing that the age group of the teenagers wear in the society, and also good for hiding faces after a robbery with the hoods. The interviewer on the right is dressed quite smartly with a shirt and blazer and a smart skirt. These are plain colours and a general outfit as the interviewer does not have a main role within the whole film. 

However when looking back at our initial filming we felt the interviewer was too smart especially as it wasn't a news recording and just a laid back interview with no one else around. Instead, we dressed her in casual jeans and a top, however gave her props such as a notepad to emphasis and make obvious her role. 

One of our main props we made was the money. It was captured putting into the bag and also a pan of the stacks of money. Chloe's dad kindly made this himself, and printed many off so that we could stack them together like real wads of money, typically seen in a bank. To made them seem thick we added bits of plain paper in the middle. 

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Props

For our film opening, we needed bulks of fake money to show to the audience it is a bank robbery. My dad very kindly made this fake money for us and we did a panning shot of the money and also filmed the teenagers putting it in the bag.

Filming Update

We filmed our media a couple of weeks back on a late Sunday afternoon, trying the get the right lighting and the right amount of people walking around the town. However looking back at the footage, it was too dark and when trying to light it up on iMovie is lost quality, meaning we need to re film at a different time of day.
We used this as an opportunity to finalise our idea, and make changes and improvements to the story, including adding shots and changing shots. In the past two weeks, we have decided to change the location of the interviews to Caffé Nero, and add more shots to help quicken the pace. Also to add more establishing shots as it was confusing when looking back at the filming.
We have also decided to freeze frame the action shots at the very start of the opening when the credits come up which is similar to trainspotting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxgqHqakXc

Inspiration for Shots

We searched YouTube and watched many clips from various films to get inspiration about the interview scenes. Here are a few screenshots on the clips we watched.


Kick Ass 2 - this shot includes the faces of 3 of the characters however you cant see the girl at the end. In our interview we wanted to be able to get a establishing shot of the café, as well as the interviewers face however not the boy being interviewed. You can notice the character there but you cannot see their face which is what we are going to try and replicate.



Inception -This is a typical shot-reverse shot which we are going to try and include. The positioning of the man is perfect, as you can see he is talking to a character and also see the background environment. Instead of showing the girls face we would instead show half a face.




The Believer-This helped us imagine a good frame for the interview shot because you can see one character and has got the arm of the other. This adds mystery as you cant see the characters face however the audience knows they are there. The shot is slightly low angle.

How to Shoot an Interview

We searched YouTube to try and find help and tutorials on how to shoot an interview seen. We found a clip that showed us where to position the characters on the frame, and how close to them the camera should be.  Overall, even though this clip was on 2 minutes long it is very helpful and useful for when we come to film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5omQE5UbpPg