reflection/evaluation

Week 5 Friday 29th October:
I have started my website this week. I have made a lot of progress in this week. Mr. Andrews had told me that I would need to book time with him to perfect my poster and also my eye. Instead, in one of the class he sat down with me and helped me then. I have got my poster ready now. My poster is black and white with a photo (from a Polaroid) of a woman in agony in the picture, and an eye on the top layer and only the pupils are in colour (red). It is called Snap Snap with a quote of “this is one photo that won’t last forever”. The women represents the victim, the eye represents the murder or the ‘bad person’ that is constantly watching over them and the photo represents the souvenir that the murderer likes to keep to himself as proof for future needs. Now that I have my story all I need is to write a synopsis and some photos and a trailer to put in the website and then to perfect it then I am done. This week has helped me to understand that Photoshop can’t be rushed if you want a good quality picture as an outcome. I also have extended my knowledge on Photoshop.

reflection/evaluation

Week 4 Friday 29th October:
I have found my idea and negotiated with Mr. Andrews that I would hand in my part A today as I had a disadvantage of not having an idea and that everything was will ne done by then as I have found a genre that I could relate too. The inspiration that I have gotten for my movie is the ‘Saw’ and ‘The human centipede’ combining these two movies; I have made a gruesome horror/thrilling movie that would be a good idea to create about. I started to use pictures to make my poster. On Tuesday, I have gotten a photo from Google and started Photoshoping for my website. My idea is to get one eye and Photoshop it to look as if there are bloody tears around the eyes. The eye represents that there is always someone watching them (characters), the bloody tears represent the suffering of what the characters are going through. Therefore all I have to do is my character profile, synopsis and gallery for the website. This week I have learnt that I have to be more focused and more organized to catch up to my classmates if I want to finish this in time.

reflection/evaluation

Week 3 Friday 22nd October:
This week I have been working through my part A. Part A is all the planning of what the website will be like, what will be included in the website and everything that is in that category. This is a big disadvantage to me as I still do not know what movie ‘idea’ I am doing for my poster and etc. I am trying to at least outline the base of the website in the genre of horror. Maybe this will give me an idea of what I want as my project. This week I have been looking through the internet for ideas that is related to the genre of horror and thriller. This has helped me to think of several of ideas that would be suitable for my project. Looking at different websites for horror movies and different posters did give me some ideas but is still unclear. As part A is due next Tuesday I really have to get a move on meaning that I no more time to spare and that I need to really be focused on my ideas and actually pick a movie that I can get some inspiration from. This week I have learnt that making a website for a movie I have no idea about is not a piece of cake. Mr. Andrews had suggested to maybe get a random title, quote and picture like the exercise we did few weeks ago but I think I want to be unique and have my own idea.

Reflection/evaluation

Week 2 Friday 15th October:
This week, Mr. Andrews had asked us to go to blackboard and get a random title from ‘random Wikipedia’ and than to get a random quote and finally a random picture and make a poster out of it. I had gotten the word, Lisp. The quote I got was “there is no shortage of good days; it is good lives that are hard to come by”. And the pictures I have used are a field of flowers and a man with his hands in a circle up against the shadows of the sun. The genre I have made into was one of the inspiring/sad moving movies. This is a good activity as it is helping me extend my Photoshop skills and also help my mind to think creatively and actually work it for the actual assignment. Mr. Andrews had also announced in class this week that we did not have to create a website for our movies in particular. We were allowed to make a completely random one, of course with a genre and also a synopsis that will be a real movie like standard type. For this, I took the opportunity to make a movie of a horror/thriller type movie. I don’t know what it will be about and what it is called, but I do know that the movie I am going to make is a movie based upon something in the lines of gruesome and thrilling but not sure what yet.

Reflection/Evaluation

Week 1 Friday 8th October:
This week Mr. Andrews has introduced what we were going to do this term. We were to make a website for our movie that we had filmed last term. As this work is individual, there are advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of this project is that, now that it is independent work, there are no disagreements amongst us and also the ideas that are used are all ideas that I will like and agree too. The disadvantages are that the more brains the better it will be, meaning that the more people put an effort into the better it will be. But overall I am very excited in doing this project independently. To get us all warmed up and back to working mode, Mr. Andrews had asked us to pick one film that is a similar genre to the film we made and compare and contrast the two films. As the movie we made is inspired by the movie ‘Lovely Bones’ the genre we were to look at were supernatural drama. I have not yet picked a movie out yet. Hopefully I will have one before next week.

posters

Planning of part A

iweb to make the website:

1. home page (colours will be harsh colours the feeling of coldness)
   
2. synopsis
3. trailer (contains blurb)
   
4. credits
5. gallery (photos of actors and actresses, glimpse of scenes of the movie)
   
6. behind the scenes

Photoshop to create the poster:

1. get a photo
2. quote
   
3. colouring of the poster (harshly and coldly)
4. Actors and actresses
5. fillings for the poster (the feel of horror)
6. get the border of the website done by photoshop!
   

My Random Poster

post-production reflection

During post-production there were some difficulties and some positive aspects.

Difficulties:

During the Post-production the difficulties were updating the blog every single time we finished one thing on the list. Having to keep reminding and writing the things up on the blog was really annoying. Another thing that really got to me was when the files got corrupted or unsaved or even deleted by accident. This helped me to realise that in the future saving files frequently would be really helpful. During the Post-production our group had some problems as to handing the shots to one and another. I also had damaged my USB which therefore didn’t help me at all. The most annoying thing that really got to me was the EDL. Writing all my Edits into a piece of paper and explaining it all of what shot it was and what time it started and stopped. This had frustrated me the most as it was time consuming and very boring.

Positive Aspect:

Setting the Difficulties aside there were a few positive aspect overall. For example learning from my mistakes and using them in the future not only for creative media but also other subjects. One of them was managing my time well. I started off doing everything the night before and not getting the high quality that I was aiming for, but with the post-production and the reflection entries, I had managed to keep my times under control. Also the reflection entries has helped me in the right direction as it kept reminding me where I was with my work and also what was going on with my work. The EDL, even though it was frustrating it was helpful as it gave me the exact time that I needed for my film to be a finished film.

Therefore, post-production has helped me to understand better of what directors do before they actually release the actual movie. I have learnt how to work final cut and also to utilize my time properly and lastly, I have learnt how to make a movie.

comparing and contrasting

The movie that i am comparing and contrasting is the movie by Emilie Eid. The comparisons between the two movies are how her movie and my movie both are based on something that is surreal. For example, Emilie has a character who is an angel that gets shot in her dream and wakes up with a bullet hole in her head, whilst my movie is how a character is dead but still living in the real world trying to figure out what is going on. On the other hand, the storyline between the two movies were completely different. Emilie’s movie was about an angel waking up from a dream to realise that the dream she had in fact wasn’t a dream. My movie is about a girl getting murdered and not being able to let go of life and comes back to the real world as a spirit trying to figure out things about her and what had happened. Overall, I thought Emilie’s movie was really good but I think she could have maybe done the shots more naturally so it wasn’t too much of a close up. But other than that I think the movie was a success.

Props, Clothing & Setting List

Production Title: Life’s Hold
In charge of props: Emily Bennett, Shelby Batty, Katie Manchester

Scenes 1 to 13 (in more detail)

1. Arriving Home

CHARACTERS: Susie

CLOTHING: School Uniform,

SETTINGS: Susie’s house, Empty Neighbourhood

PROPS: School bag, hat


2. Kitchen Scene

CHARACTERS: Susie & Susie’s Mother

CLOTHING: School Uniform, Causal clothes for the mother

SETTINGS: Kitchen

PROPS: Kitchen equipment e.g. knives, chopping board, food, kitchen table, Laptop, Chair

3. Running Throw the Park

CHARACTERS: Susie, Two Men

PROPS: School Uniform, Gangster clothes for the two men characters

SETTINGS: Empty Park


4. Killing Scene

CHARACTERS: Susie, Two Men

CLOTHING: School Uniform, Gangster clothes for the two men characters

SETTINGS: Empty Play Ground

PROPS: Swing, Toy Gun, a Fence, Sand


5. Waking Up

CHARACTERS: Susie

CLOTHING: School Uniform

SETTING: Bedroom

PROPS: Bed, pillow, stuffed toys, bedroom equipment e.g. table, photo frames,


6. “Aren’t you Suppose to be Dead?”

CHARACTERS: Susie, Letty

CLOTHING: School Uniform, Casual Clothes for Letty

SETTING: Couch

PROPS: Pillows, Stairs


7. Funeral

CHARACTERS: Priest, Mother

CLOTHING: Priest clothes (track suit jacket inside out, hair band around the neck), black clothes

SETTING: Cemetery

PROPS: Bible


8. Questions

CHARACTERS: Susie, Letty

CLOTHING: School Uniform, Casual Clothes for Letty

SETTINGS: Porch of the house

PROPS: Stairs, Dog, Chairs in the background


10. Appearing, making the Dog come

CHARACTERS: Susie, Letty, Milly

CLOTHING: School Uniform, Casual Clothes

SETTING: Back of the house

PROPS: Toy for the Dog, Door


11. Fight Scene

CHARACTERS: Susie’s Mother, Susie’s Sister

CLOTHING: Casual Clothes

SETTING: Susie's bedroom

PROPS:Bedroom e.g. toys, bed, pillows, photo frames, lamps


12. Few Months Later

CHARACTERS: Susie’s Mother, Susie’s Sister

CLOTHING: Casual Clothes

SETTINGS: Kitchen

PROPS:Kitchen Equipment e.g. pot, kitchen knives, stove, work bench, food (carrots), knives and forks


13. Dinner

CHARACTERS: Susie’s Mother, Susie’s Sister

CLOTHING: Casual Clothes

SETTING: Dinning room

PROPS: Plates, Knives and Forks, Empty Cups, A pot, Place mates, Chairs, Dinning room


14. Walking away

CHARACTERS: Susie, Letty

CLOTHING: School Uniform & Casual clothes

SETTING: Porch of the house

Reflection/Evaluation

this week i have finished the whole movie with all new effects and all new timing for the scenes. the project is due in a week and now i am up to my music and right now i find it really hard. finding the right music for the right scene is a nightmare to me at the moment. knowing that i cant use real music by an artist, that i have to make my own is really frustrating. i still need my group to record some voices over some scenes and also have to link all the music from garage band to fit it in the movie. my plan is to list all the music that will suit the movie and puzzle it all up.

my to do lists:

1. listen to the music
   
2. list all the music from garage band that will be used in my movie
3. finalize the whole movie.

evaluation/reflection

this week, i have finished everything and have exported to Quick Time. i am not satisfied with what i have done. the effects had all been rightly placed but, the colouring of the movie just ruined it. the way i had brightened the whole movie just killed it. it looks as if its a pirated movie with the bad quality. now that we are starting the sounds i haven't got much time to perfected it again. i have to work double the amount everyone is doing as i have to do the brightness and the flashback colouring all over again. this week i have learnt that rushing things will only result on how much effort you have put in. which at this point not so good.

reflection/Evaluation

now that i have finished my movie i am finishing with the edits. i am still not used to using the effects and i still don't know what most them are. i am still at the stage of experimenting and the usual trial and error. using the effects are actually really fun, but also frustrating at the same time as making the scenes 'work' with the effect is a hard thing to do. this week i have learnt that making a movie and then perfecting it is a hard thing to do. i have also learnt that to actually use the effects you have to know what each effects are if you don't want to waste time.

reflection/evaluation

i am almost done with all the cut and paste of the movie. the feeling of knowing that i am almost done made me more motivated this week. i have focused a lot on the assignment more than i have ever been. knowing that after this i get to put in the effects had made me really excited. in class today, Mr. Andrews had told us to save our work in different names just incase it gets corrupted and with that i have saved it in three drifferent names. this week, i have been more organised and less stressful than the other days.

reflection/evaluation

i have finally finished puting in all the scenes that i have wanted to use. now i am in the process of cutting and putting the pieces together. Putting the movies in together made me feel as if i was doing a puzzle without the help of the picture on the cover. it is making me go crazy and also making me fustrated as i have nooo idea what i am doing. i still have my EDL to do and also after this to include in the effects and after the sound. i am hoping that i will get everything done by the due date. this experience had help me to realise that keeping my time organised can be really helpful.

Evaluation/Reflection

having to finish the movie was hard enough as i had lost few lessons because my USB broke, and now having to finish my whole movie including the effects had got me stressed out. i had to learn a lot in a short amount of time and then having to actually use the knowledge into action was harder. i borrowed out the laptop a few times and still i have not yet finished my movie. i am learning a lot from trial and error and also experimenting with the effects. i had found out that making a movie was really hard, time consuming and really stressful.

Music

listen and describe how it makes you feel;
it made me feel uncomfortable as if something terrible or a fight is going on and also at the end as if i had discover something unusual which would lead me to something unpleasant in the future.
describe the type of the music you think it belongs to;
this music can belong to sci-fi, adventure and fantasy such as Alice in wonderland.

describe the volume and pace take note of changes in the music;
the sound is very small at the start but it gets louder and louder but towards the end it gets smaller again. it is very tense, as if an adventure/fighting scene tense. the music can also be in a movie where the scene is in a confusing situation such as when something bad is going to happen.

make a note of any particular instruments or sounds used in the music which stands out;
you can hear the brass clearly and also the percussion, in some cases the strings are present but it is mostly the brass or percussion, some woodwind instruments are also present. you can also hear piano and few sound effects made by computers.

evaluation

Evaluation/reflection
Doing this unit, I have learnt how to use a camera and how to shoot a movie. I have learned a lot of things that real directors do in 'real' movies and also how they planned and how they start. Yes, there were lots of up's and down's but there were no guarantees that this was going to be a piece of cake. I had problems with using the camera, e.g. not using the zoom button, keeping the camera still, getting the lighting right, getting the actors into position and lots more. There were lots of arguments between the teams as well as good ideas.
Working as a group was handy but at times it was a lot of work. Ideas not coming together, one wanting this and the other wanting that, fights, arguments and wrecking the movie. I have found out that our group was working individually even though we were a 'group'. No on was listening to each other and individual ideas were always the 'best'. With that our whole group started to ignore each other and each other’s ideas until a fight started up.
As our grades were upon our movie, we swept our problems aside and started to listen to each other again. With that we finished filming and also have started to put together our shots into a rough edit. With that I was satisfied. Overall, from this assignment, I have learnt how to work progressively with my group and also learnt how to be patient and that rushing things will never get you anywhere but an average grade. The video has been uploaded and converted into iMovie but also converted into iTunes. Everyone had a copy of the footage and also the original footage. I enjoyed working as a group but can’t wait till I start working on the movie independently.

Olivia Park

Evaluation/reflection

doing this unit, i have learnt how to use a camera and how to shoot a movie. i have learned a lot of things that real directors do in 'real' movies and also how they planned and how they start. yes, there were lots of up's and down's but there were no guarantees that this was gonna be a piece of cake. i had problems with using the camera, e.g not using the zoom button, keeping the camera still, getting the lighting right, getting the actors into position and lots more. there were lots of agruments between the teams as well as good ideas.
working as a group was handy but at times it was a lot of work. ideas not coming together, one wanting this and the other wanting that, fights, arguments and wrecking the movie. i have found out that our group was working individually even though we were a 'group'. no on was listening to each other and individual ideas were always the 'best'. with that our whole group started to ignore each other and each others ideas until a fight started up.
as our grades were upon our movie, we swept our problems aside and started to listen to each other again. with that we finished filming and also have started to put together our shots into a rough edit. with that i was satisfied. overall, from this assignment, i have learnt how to work progessively with my group and also learnt how to be patient and that rushing things will never get you anywhere but an average grade. i have enjoyed doing this assignment and can't wait until i edit the rough edited movie into a movie next term.

production schedule

Date: Monday 14th June 2010
Time to shoot between: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: 1 Florence Court, Isle of Capri, Surfers Paradise

Scene one- Fight scene
Actors: Emily, Shelby, Camera crew
Time: Afternoon
Location: Front of house, kitchen

Scene two- Park/ beat up scene
Actors: Katie, Shelby, Emily, Caitlin and Camera crew
Time: Afternoon
Location: Park

Scene three- Calling police/ house
Actors: Shelby, Caitlin, Camera crew
Time: Early evening
Location: Kitchen

Scene four- Garden/ wake up scene/ trampoline
Actors: Emily, Katie, Camera crew
Time: Not important
Location: Garden

Scene five- House/ talkting to Letty and funeral scene
Actors: Camera crew, Emily, Katie, Milly, Shelby & Caitlin
Time: Afternoon
Location: House- Dinning room table/ lounge room/ front door

Scene six- Outside/on steps
Actors: Emily, Katie, Milly, Camera crew
Time: Does not matter
Location: Out back of the hosue on steps

Scene seven: Sussie's room
Actors: Shelby, Milly, Camera crew
Time: Not important
Location: Milly's bed room

Scene eight:
Actors: Emily, Katie, Caitlin, Milly, Shelby, Camera crew
Time: Morning (bright)
Location: Dining table

Scene nine: Ending scene
Actors: Emily, Katie, dogs, Camera crew
Time: After scene eight
Location: Outside

Shot list

Shots List:

• Kitchen:
o Eye level- running into the house
o Low shot- to Shelby (medium) to Me
o Low to Eye level- running away
• Park:
o Bird’s eye view- running to park
o High shot- swinging
o Low level- Shelby behind me
o High- beating
o High- bloody face
o Eye level- beating up guys running away
• House:
o Eye level- mum phoning the police
o High level- dad comforting mother
• Garden:
o High level- Susie lying on the trampoline
o Eye level- girl walking into the house
• Inside the house:
o High level- inside the lounge
o Medium angle- wondering the house.
• The girl is wondering the house. No one is the house because they’re at her funeral.
o High angle- sees Letty on the sofa
o Eye level- Susie walking over to Letty
o Eye level/ medium- conversation between Letty and Susie
o Eye level- family comes inside the house from the front
o High angle- family walks to the dinning table
o Eye level- Susie walks over to them
o Medium- family talking
• Outside:
o High angle- Letty and Susie seating on the steps talking
o Eye level- Sister walking outside
• Sister is patting the dog, looks up to see Susie with Letty runs inside the house
• Susie’s room:
o STAY’S THE SAME

• FEW YEARS LATER
o Eye level- mother preparing dinner
o High angle- sister is setting the table up
o Eye level- family seating around the table
• Mother looks around the table and says, “Everything will be alright”
• Outside
o Eye level- Susie and Letty talking about how everything will be all right and walks off.

story

“Yo stupid!!! Where’s your mommy?? Oh wait you don’t have one!! Hahaha”.
“Shut up…”
“What? What was that baby?? Sorry I couldn’t hear you, gosh maybe your not smart enough for us to hear… no wonder your mom decided to kill herself, I would too if I was your mom”.
“Shut up. Shut up… SHUT UP!!!! SHUT YOUR FREAKIN DIRTY MOUTH!!!!!”
“Who the hell do you think you are to tell me to shut up dork? Huh big guy? Ohh look at him his fists are clenched. What? You gonna hit me tough guy? Why don’t ya come on big guy…? Admit it you don’t have the guts… If you did your mom wouldn’t have killed herself. Let’s go boys”.
Once upon a time there was a boy named Trevor, he was 13 when he was named soul stealer. No one ever saw him or knew when he was going to strike or even if he existed until that very night.
(Flash back)
“Trevor get down from there!!! It’s dangerous!! Get down here this instance”.
“I hate you all!!! You cruel people!!! I’ll see you in hell!!!!”
Trevor was on top of the school building, on the edge screaming hating words and crying. At the time no one really cared… That is until he jumped… off… the… building.
“OH MY GOD someone call the ambulance right now!!! Everyone stay away!!! Go back to class this instance!! THATS AN ORDER” said our principal.
Trevor was the only one we talked about for the next few weeks.
“That idiot, I knew he was always strange, lucky I kept my distance to him” said Dylan the ‘cool’ one or as most of us call him, the school jerk.
Dylan was the one everyone blamed, for Trevor’s death. He wouldn’t leave Trevor alone, using Trevor’s mother as his ‘joke’. As time went by the accident started to become less and less of the gossip at school, till one day. In the middle of 4th period, a screeching scream came from the girls’ toilet. With that everybody rushed to the toilets.

It was a Thursday; rain pouring outside, water dripping onto the cold concrete floor, lights in some classrooms flickering on and off. Something was… off that day… it was the same old Thursday as like any other Thursday… but something, something about that day gave me Goosebumps and even the shivers. Walking along the corridors of the school with a blank mind, I realised that the light in the corridors were flickering…
“Damn lights,” I thought to myself…
While examining the lights someone or something flashed past my eyes…
“What the… hello?? Anyone there?” I called out.
I heard no answer. Feeling like I was being watched, I picked up my pace.
SWISH!
I felt something cold go past behind my back…
I looked back and called again “Who are you? Why are you doing this?! Leave me alone!!!”
I turned around…
I felt like my soul was being sucked away…
“AHHHHHHHHHHH”
I started bawling my eyes out.
“Oh gosh, I’m sooo sorry! Are you ok? I didn’t mean to scare you…” said Mr. Martin
I looked up and saw Mr. Martin staring back at me. I wiped my tears off my face and said its ok and kept walking towards to my classroom. Walking past the girls’ bathroom, I heard a voice… a familiar voice calling my name… chanting my name “Jane… Jane… Jane…”
I looked around me to see anyone standing there. No one…
“Jane… Jane… Jane”
I was now getting paranoid. I couldn’t resist myself from peeking into the toilet to prove to myself that it was nothing and that it was just one of the students fooling around. I peeked inside… I was hoping to find girls giggling and yelling Gotcha or something like that, but the toilets was as quite as if I have got myself in the middle of nowhere with no one around. All I could hear was dripping water and the wind howling from the outside…
“Hello?” I called…
Nothing… just the echo of my voice was all I could hear.
When I was about to walk out of the toilets I heard it… again…
“Jane… Jane… Jane…”
Getting scared I yelled, “Who was that? Show yourself this instance!”
Tears started running down my face…
The next thing I heard were the chuckling noises of mocking laughter…
“Jane, Jane, Jane… don’t worry I won’t hurt you, I’m here to play with you. Will you play with me? I am oh so lonely on the other side…”
I have heard that voice somewhere before… it was a voice I always heard but haven’t heard for a while now… Oh My God… it couldn’t be… no it was impossible… I felt cold, dark shivers running through my body as I said this word… “Trevor…”
I screamed with all my power and energy I had in my whole body. The next thing I knew was I was surrounded by teachers and students in the middle of the toilet floor.
“Are you ok?” the principal asked me.
I tried to talk but no voice came out of me… I started to sob than I started to cry hard until I forgot how to breathe…
The principal dismissed everyone and took me to her office. She gave me a cup of tea and than when I calmed down she asked me again…
“Can you tell me what happened?”
I kept quite for a while and said in a voice that even I couldn’t hear “I saw Trevor…”
The principal looked at me for a while and all she said was nothing…
I was looking down to my knee and once in a while peeked up to the principal…
Finally she asked “Jane… you do realise Trevor is no longer… here”
I looked at her as if someone just vomited on her face. I answered back “Umm… Miss I think I know Trevor is dead! I think I should know better than you. How can you even assume that I wouldn’t know MISS??? He was my BROTHER!!!!!”
I don’t know what came over me but at that moment I felt so angry towards her… I mean I was his sister… his sister… his siste…r…
Miss. Fran looked at me as if I’ve gone mad. While she was talking to me about how I wasn’t to talk to her like that and that I should show some more respect, I heard it again…
“Jane…”
I turned back… it was the wall. Miss. Fran was furious by this time. She now changed the subject on how I should listen when she was talking…
But cutting her off, I heard laughter… it was him… he came back… for me…
“Getting in trouble again Jane?”
“Who said that?”
“Who said what Jane? Jane, are you even listening to me” said Miss. Fran
“I’m sorry Miss. Fran, please go on” I replied
She looked at me as if I had the mad cow disease but did still go on.
“Guess what Jane; I thought of something fun to do… you can do it with me if you want…”
I tried to block out Trevor’s voice out of my head…
“You know you can’t hold me off forever Jane”
“Go away… leave me alone” I said in a whisper
“Here’s the deal Jane… I’ll tell you what the plan of my fun is and you can tell me if you want to join.”
I said nothing…
“Well, my plan is to…”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
Miss. Fran jumped off from her seat in surprise. “I’m sorry Miss but I have to go”
I left her office before she could stop me…
“Welcome Jane, I’m glad that you chose to join me in my fun plan”
I didn’t like his plan; I actually hated his plan soo much that if I could I would kill him again. I heard his voice getting further and further…no… he was going to do it and I was to slow to stop him…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That was Dylan’s voice…
No he got to him… Trevor got to him…
I ran to the room and saw Dylan lying there… on the floor… looking as if the devil sucked his soul out of him… on his forehead there was a letter ‘L’ on it… everyone started to arrive and I heard gasps and also some sobs… I looked back and couldn’t believe myself… Dylan’s friend, Mat had the letter ‘L’ written on his forehead… he was next and there was nothing I could do to stop him… all I could say was that Mat’s and Dylan’s soul now belonged to Trevor… who knows who would be next…
It was funny how I could see the letter but no one else could… it was actually scary…trying to survive everyday without a mental break down was impossible… but one day, and because of this day I now ended up in the mental institution, when I thought that Trevor had enough fun… he didn’t… all I can say is that Mr. Martin’s soul belongs to Trevor… But all I wanted to know was… why Mr. Martin… What did he do to deserve this from Trevor…?

Reflection/Evaluation

writing my story took a lot of time as i had trouble thinking of an interesting story and also a story that actually made sense. before my actual story i had a story that was influenced by the theme of love. a teenage girl having her first love. but as change of plans i did not go on with it. i started a new story that the theme was based on a mystery/ thriller/ horror. the troubles that i had with my story was the structure of it, such as the storyboard and the planning of it. as i didn't actually had a thorough thought of what i was going to actually write about, or any plans to it it didn't help me a lot. i struggled to write it. while i did finish my story, i now had trouble with my storyboard and my treatment. as english is my second language, i had trouble writing it out in formal writing and also got confused throughout it. overall i finished it and was satisfied with my story.
in term 1 and 2 the evaluation we had to do on aviator and starwars helped me to understand about the film world and helped me with my story board. the analyzing of Moulin Rouge helped me to understand the parts of Mise-en-scene, sound and editing, how camera worked and how it would be effective in which angle when you shoot. this all helped me to write my story board and write my treatment.
writing this and researching about me helped me to understand the filming world. i now undertand the difference between low angle and high angle and actually know that different angles can make the same scene feel different. now when i watch a movie or even just t.v i can't help myself but to analyse the scenes.
overall i am satisfied with my treatment and is happy. to be honest i think i could have done better as in put more detail and maybe more effort into it and actually plan it before starting, but other than that i am proud of myself for actually planning and writing a treatment of my own story which is lead on to be a movie

Synopsis

As Trevor and Jane’s mum had taken her life, it had been a bumpy road for the two. As Jane found her confident to overcome everything and go on with her life Trevor is still stuck. While Trevor is having trouble getting over his mother’s death, he gets bullied about it at school, and with that he decides to take his own life. As he stands on the roof top of the school building he decides to rethink about it, but before he can turn around he gets pushed off the roof top. Jane and everyone at school assume that Trevor has taken his own life and that there was nothing to do about that. Jane tries her best to overcome everything all over again when she starts to be stalked by her brother. She starts losing her mind and starts to get paranoid, then when she finds out that her brother has some games up his sleeve Jane starts to lose it. When her brother doesn’t stop with the games she’s not able to hold herself together anymore and later ends up in the mental institution.

Character/setting

Trevor and Jane are siblings who are having a hard time after their mother’s tragic death. Trevor is a shy boy who gets bullied at school and also who keeps everything to himself. He doesn’t have friends and is classified as a nerd. He is tall and has dirty honey brown hair and hazel green eyes; he wears glasses and is skinny. He is not very outgoing and likes to keep things to himself. The only person he ever relied on was his older sister Jane.

Jane on the other hand is opposite to Trevor. She is very open and is loved by everyone. She is very outgoing and even after her mother’s death she kept her head held high. She is tall but shorter than Trevor and had light brown hair and hazel green eyes, she is also skinny. She is very sporty and loves being active. After her mother’s death, she took over the role of her mother to take care of Trevor.

School setting: One big school, classrooms, principal’s office, a rooftop, scary looking corridors and a scary looking toilet. The school should have a court yard where you can see the rooftop and has easy access to a class room. The corridor should have nothing in it, e.g., desks, bookshelves and etc. Also the corridor should be dark and blocked so no easy access outside. The toilet has mold around and old sink and very old fashion style toilets e.g., sink toilet, window and etc.

the horror of the first day of school

this is a photo we took and it is how the teacher is being suspicious about her students and so fourth.

Aviator

the scene for the aviator that has been watched was the scene where the 'talented' guy was flying the plane that was just made and beating the speed record. the particular elements that will be explained is Mise-en-scene.

the set is filmed outside in a spacious place with only hills and mountains, no building or town in sight. there are people with stop watches and people with camera waiting for the pilot to start. it shows the controls in the plane and also the runway for the plane. it shows the sight of the set from a birds eye point of view, that scene repeats around three times and then he crashes.

the way the scene was set out was very clever as for example a town would have more things to spot than a countryside but opposite to that there were lots of Mise-en-scene that was spotted and also the setting of the background were amazing which that made me want to watch it more, for these reasons Aviator is a good movie to analyze.

Protagonists/Antagonists

Protagonists:

1. batman
2. Alice (alice in wonderland)
3. Tweety
   
4. harry potter
5. shrek

Antagonists:

1. Joker
2. Queen of hearts
3. Sylvestor the cat
   
4. Voldemort
5. Prince Charming

Writing a critical scene analysis.

The Activity:
After watching the Air Speed Record scene from Martin Scorsese’s film “The Aviator” you are required to use your knowledge of film language and cinematic codes and conventions to analyse one of the following elements in depth:
• Mise-en-scene
• Cinematography
• Sound and Editing

Instructions:
You are to write a detailed analysis which discusses the effectiveness of one element and adheres to the following structure:

First paragraph - Introduction: This section should:
• Introduce the film and its genre
• Introduce your selected area for discussion (Mise-en-scene, Cinematography, Sound and Editing)
• State why this film is a good or bad example of this genre

Second Paragraph – The body: During this stage you should:
• Describe the chosen element in depth
• Provide details and evidence to support your statement about the film

Third Paragraph: Conclusion:
The conclusion should summarise each of the major points and support your statement about the film’s effectiveness in the selected element.

starwars 20th century/starwars 21st century

Star Wars:
the impact that had on me with the old trailer was low as it was to plain it had no effects or excitement in it. as this movie is a sci-fi movie it should have more music in the background to make the tension and make you sit in the edge of your seat, but this one did not have that only a narrative in the background talking it felt i was watching a documentary. The third starwars trailer was more exciting as the computer graphic has developed since then and it is much more effective as the music in the background was not a narrative talking but the actors talking which was much better to listen to without getting bored over the voice.
The Star Wars movie was very slow even when the characters were fighting with the light saber they were really slow so that they were in co-ordination but for the third Star Wars trailer everything was slow in the start and then it got faster really fast and the colours made everything more effective. the style was different in the speed and the effects and the difference was that the old one made you see but not feel the movie but for the new one it was much closer to make a person sit in the edge of their seat. overall i would have wanted to watch the newer version of the trailer if i had to choose.

horror ingredient and method

Recipe for a horror film

INGREDIENT
7 teenagers/victims
1murderers
2 police
1 klutz
Unavailable network place
Sprinkle of guns
1 axe
1 kitchen knife
Torture chamber
Rainy night
Abandoned house
A car almost broken
Secret room

METHOD
Make the 7 teenagers go on a road trip to the country side where the networks are really low or even unavailable. Make the night time rain but not just a spit a pouring rain. unexpectedly make the car broke down or out of fuel and nowhere near a gas station or a shop but an old looking house which looks like it’s been abandoned for awhile. While one of the teenagers is trying to fix the car let the other 6 wait in the car until one of them spots the house. After them arguing about going in or not make them go in the house with the statement of “we have no other choice.” They go in and look around the lights don’t work and it’s still raining outside. The survivor and one of the teenagers find a secret room which contains photos of strangers on the wall no knowing who they are or what they meant they look around. One by one the teenagers get stalked by the murderer and the klutz dies firsts dragging her to the torture room. The teenagers start to suspect that they’re not alone in the house. One by one they all get captured and dragged to the torture room. The survivor and her partner goes back in the secret room and see their friends’ photos on the wall, now they realize what the photos mean. The survivor’s partner goes out to ‘look’ for the murderer and heads to the kitchen and gets himself a kitchen knife. Let the murderer and the partner do the hide and seek game until finally the murderer shoots the partner and drags him to the torture room. Let the survivor get an axe and let her play hide and seek with the murderer while that is happening two police officers come somehow and check the house out let them live for awhile but then make them die one getting killed by the murderer and the other getting killed by the survivor by accident think that the officer was the murderer. After the game let the survivor kill the murderer and think she is safe until the murderer comes back alive and comes for revenge of the girl and a second movie comes out.