Key Terms

Camera shots and their effectivness
Close up-
Extreme close up - shows emotion
Mid shot
Medium close up
Crane shots
Birds eye view shot
Long shot - shows location
Establishing shot - shows audiences the characters
High angle - used to show power
Low angle - used to show power
Two shot - get two people in the shot and shows their relationship
Over the shoulder shot - used from conversations
Dutch angle shot

Mise en scene:
Clothing
Props
Location
Fixtures
Colours
Characters
Time of day
Natural light
Artificial light
Environment

Sound:
Soundtrack
Sound effects
Semi diegectic
Non diegectic
Diegectic
Dialogue
Voice over

Editing:
Fade In/out
Title sequences

12 Hour changes

Feedback from Mr. Wroe and class of our Film Opening

We have made a rough edit and the start is good however after the first night scene the sequence gets very boring. After the main character walks down the stairs there is a still shot which last for about 30seconds while he makes a bowl of cereal. Our teacher thought that the shots were extreme good at the start and the variation was good as well, this is encouraging because we also thought that the shots we great as well. The main problem with our film was the fact of a 30 second still shot whilst he make his food and read a message this left the viewer very bored. We are going to address this and are thinking of re-filming a few things and maybe introducing Seamus in the fold more and giving him a bigger part and having a contrast between the two which would be made by filming a little clip of Joshua and then a similar clip of Seamus but emphasising the character of Seamus more. However we are going to stick to a initial idea of having the night scene first and then a flash back which would take the viewer back to the beginning and everything will be explained from there.
The main feed back from the class was it was average but there was a few thing wrong with it and these can be sorted out very easily. One other big problem was we didn't have our semi diegectic music in the background which would of added tension and helped to explain the storyline. For the next showing we will have all of these things sorted and have background music. There is a few weeks left of term and then half terms aswell these are good opportunities for us to film everything we need to and then have plenty of time to get the finish article in with more feedback from Mr Wroe.

Filming so far

The filming has been very slow but we have got all the day scenes done now and they are all on the camera ready to be uploaded on the mac and ready for editing. The first scene we filmed was our main actor and group member Walter walking down the corridor towards the bathroom. In the film this is about halfway through the sequence (after the night scenes) we placed the camera stationary so that he could walk straight past the camera and looked like he was just walking out of the door. The camera then cuts to him (after having a shower but we don't see this)  walking the same way but this time he walks down the stairs. The camera is in the same position for each of these shots so that the viewer know exactly what is going on and that everything is normal within his life and nothing is changing. This is denoted by the way the camera stays still within the two cuts. Next there is a aerial shot of him walking down the stairs which means that we are including a variety of shots and using this shot puts the viewer above our antagonist because they are looking down at him. This represents the fact the he isn't the character with the most power however he is the main character.  The aerial shot moves and follows him done the stairs this is good continuity and is continued by a quick cut which sees him walking down the stairs again. Joshua enter the kitchen makes his breakfast and finds a note that reads:
"To Josh,

gone to stay with auntie Sue 

if you need anything call me

love mum"

The message in under a lit candle which represents the fact that she is the shinning light within Joshua's life we used this because of this reason so that the view can relate this to why he screwed the paper up in a ball a threw it away. Next we filmed the first bit to our film opening which is a night scene. As explained in previous blogs Joshua leaves the house because his party has ran out of booze and other such materials for the party so he leaves the house to get them not knowing that Seamus is waiting for him. The first shot of the night scene is a shot of Joshua walking towards the camera and then around it. After this it cuts to a tracking shot - which was filmed brilliantly- of Joshua's feet walking along the pavement. We continue using these two tracking aerial shots this time its from above and its the first we see of Seamus in the sequence, he is following Joshua. We thought this would be a good time to introduce both antagonist and protagonist. Next shot is of the two and Seamus getting pretty close to Joshua, this builds the tension very well and makes the view think what is the reason why this man is being followed. Eventually Joshua walks into, two strategically placed friends of Seamus who grip him up against the fence and Seamus punches him and then the camera blackouts out. This is a POV shot of Johua used very well because now the viewer knows who the main character but are still left wondering why he was ambushed and beaten up. "12 Hours" comes up on the screen next because that is the name of the film and "12 hours earlier" takes the audience back in time and the film is now set up to be explained.