Our Film

Anomatic Storyboard

We created out anomatic storyboard using Adobe premiare elements 10. Catherin sketched each individual shot, I then wrote the descriptions of what music and dialogue we want in each shot and also how long we want each shot to last. We found creating the storyboard fairly easy, all we really needed to do was cut down the length of each shot to be the exact length of time we need it to be for the real shots we will use when editing. Creating the storyboard is handy for reffering back to when we need to edit our film as it shows the length of each shot, therefore when editing we can cut down each shot to the length of time we need. The whole anomatic storyboard lasts for , we kept our storyboard within the time limit required for the whole film. We managed this task efficiently so therefore we can now start out editing as we have a completed anomatic storyboard to reffer back to.

Shot List - Updated

In general each shot went the way we planned for it to go however we have made a few changes to how we want each shot to appear. However we had various issues with timing which affected how each shot went. For example two of us weren't free leading up to christmas, therefore this meant that we had to film after christmas. We needed to have christmas lights in the background of our midshots and for our establishing shots. We had an issue with the christmas lights from building to building, these were the main Christmas lights in the streets and this is what Lauren will reffer to in the monologue with the first line being 'Every year I see these Chrtistmas lights...' We needed these lights for our establishing shot, we found that they were still up however when it got dark they were not switched on. This made us reconsider our shots, we decided to film several shots of any other Christmas lights we could find, these shots would be short and would feature at the start of the film. We also decided to only do one shot of Lauren walking up the street, this was because it was getting dark very quickly so therefore we wanted to make sure that we had enough time to film all of the other shots. Another change was the shallow focus effect we had planned to use to film the Christmas lights, we attempted to create this effect but unfortunately the camera would not focus. The Christmas lights were not on in the streets so we decided to bot use this shot because it would it be effective.

Test Titles - Final Choice

Our final choice on the title of our film is the one above. The font is called papyrus and we made the first letter of each word bold. This, to us makes it stand out more. The colour we chose was sort of a dirty white. We chose this because it is very simple, and it will stand out over the top of the scene we want to play it over. We like this title because it is simple yet effective. The font type is very gentle but also quite mysterious, linking very well to our film.

Research and planning provisional mark

Name of student: Molly Jenkins

	Done?	Comment/target
RESEARCH
Genre Research and mind-maps	Yes
Uploaded YouTube videos of openings - analysed		You just need to do one more
Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched		Questionnaire good research – screen grabs of similar films with titles you like would be good too – with a comment detailing why they are effective, why you like them and maybe how you would go about creating them
Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre openings analysed in detail		You just need to do one more
Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken.	Yes	Could you upload some images of the costumes you discuss in your post?
Actors and props photos and interviews	Couldn’t see any?
Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)	Yes	Great evidence of an ongoing process
Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)	Yes
Institution research (Paramount etc)	Yes
Certificate research	Yes
PLANNING
Own film idea brainstorm	Yes
Own film treatment	Yes
Relevant Online Tutorials and Comment	Yes
Documenting of influences on production	Yes
Shot lists		Shot type evaluations are great – could you upload the shot from your storyboard so there is visual representation too? It would then be a really detailed storyboard too (you’d still need to upload an animatic storyboard too though)
Consideration  of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.	Yes
Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!	Yes
Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs	Yes
Mood board	Yes	Good, detailed comments
Script	No
Practice titles created and uploaded	Yes
Storyboard – animatic.	NO
Time Management Schedule	Yes

 

 

Research and planning mark scheme:

 

Level 2

8–11 marks

Planning and research evidence may be partially incomplete;

There is basic research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is basic organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is basic work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is a basic level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management may not be good.

 

Level 3

12–15 marks

Planning and research evidence will be complete;

There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is proficient work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management is good; there is a schedule of filming

There is no animatic storyboard and/or mood board

 

Level 4

16–20 marks

Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;

There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management is excellent.

Research and planning mark      15/20       Level 3

Molly – as soon as the tasks are all complete, your mark will be in level 4 quality. I’m very impressed with the efforts you went to to record your monologue – well done! Your documenting of it also ensures that the journey you have undertaken is clear, which is essential.