Georgia, Maya, James Final Blog

Below is the final cut of the opening sequence of a children's film that we have completed.
During this we have learnt how to use garage band effectively and the final cut software whilst editing our films. We are pleased with our opening sequence, however with more time, we feeel we could have more effectively completed the task as we were going to add animated animals into the film, as shown in our planning, but we ran out of time as the deadline was tight.

Maya and James. Planning lesson

short list-

camera shots>
-close up
-panning
-high angle
- zoom out/in

Costume, props and location research:
>james (goblin)
 green/ black face paint
 camo trousers
 black t-shirt
> maya (fairy)
 white dress
 flowers to decorate hair
 pretty shoes
props:

> location research

The trees at long road will be the main setting for our opening sequence

The photos below shows the places we shall use to shot are scene:

 

This will be the tree the fairy will climb to shot her opening scene. 

Sound track sketch-Magical music for establishing scene when Maya the fairy is in the tree.

Scary music in the scene when James the goblin is introduced.

Maya and Georgia opening scene planning

Are opening sequence will start with a close up image of a pretty flower  at the bottom of a tree then zooms out to a slow panning shot of the tree to see a beautiful fairy sitting high in the tree tops. This fairy will be maya, after the fairy is shown we will then zoom out to see the fairy fly from the tree ( maya will jump and we shall edit it making it a slow motion clip to make it look like as if she is flying)
James is going to be the evil goblin who has stolen all of Maya's woodland friends. But one of the rabbits escapes and tells maya the fairy what has happened. The fairy (maya) then goes on a hunt to find her friends. The evil goblin has captured the animals in the depths of the long road woods. The fairy and rabbit find the evil goblin with the animals but he manages to escape and vanishes. This is where we finish are opening sequence.

Adventure Analysis- Pirates of the Carribean- Maya and Georgia

Micro elements to communicate the conventions of the genre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxvw7D4qY3w

Camerawork: For establishing shot the camera slowly zooms into the front of the boat and then into a close up image of the young girl, Elizabeth, singing. There is then an over the shoulder shot of the mans hand on Elizabeths shoulder from behind and then a quick reaction shot from her as she is surprised.
There is another shot reverse shot is used when the man and Elizabeth are talking about pirates and how they are meant to be feared. There is a tracking shot of the captain when he gives order to his crew after receiving William Turner onboard and realiseing pirates are near.
There is a close up shot of Elizabeths hands as she holds Williams medallion. Lastly, there was another close up shot right at the end of the clip of Elizabeths eyes.



Editing: There is a slow fade at the start from the title to the establishing shot of the boat. The style of the clip all the wat through is continuity editing as it carries on throughout. It is also fast paced as the timing between each shot is fast paced.

Mise-en-Scene: The costumes relate well to the film and the genre and the time period that the film was set in. The lighting is very dull which portrays a eerie atmosphere adding to the suspense and mystery.The body language of the captain is very strong and powerful portaying his leadership and authority. The colour design was also very dark and gloomy which gave a powerful effect on the start of the flim which draws you in and makes the whole film seem more mysterious.



Sound: There is an eerie non-diagetic sound throuout the the opening clip, it is louder at the start and gently dies away as it goes through, however it is still there very faintly. And when the girl is singing at the start it is a diagetic sound which mirrors the eerie sound beneath it as the song is quicte creepy. When the pirates have been discovered there is slightly louder action sounds.


The opening title sequence ends at 4:40. It ends with a close up shot of Elizabeths eyes and then switches to a new clip using a graphic match shot of an older Elizabeth's eyes.

bbfc

The bbfc, or the British Board of Film Classification, certify the age boundaries of films.
The BBFC are A highly expert and experienced regulator of the moving image and also a service provider for new and developing media.

"Why do we do what we do?

• The BBFC regulates not just as a statutory designated authority but also because we serve a socially useful function.
• Through the efficient classification of the moving image into advisory and age-related categories, the provision of consumer advice and the maintenance of our archive:
• we give the public information that empowers them to make appropriate viewing decisions for themselves and those in their care. We help to protect vulnerable viewers and society from the effects of viewing potentially harmful or unsuitable content while respecting adult freedom of choice.
• we provide media industries with the security and confidence of cost-effective, publicly trusted regulation and help to protect providers of moving image content from inadvertent breaches of UK law.
• we are able to assist Trading Standards officers in their enforcement role"

('Why we do what we do' taken from bbfc website- http://www.bbfc.co.uk/about/vision-statement)

The different classifications are:

U- Suitable for all

PG- Parental guidance

12A, 12- Suitable for 12 years and older

15- Suitable for age 15 and older

18- Suitable only for adults

R18- To be shown in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied in only licensed sex shops and to adults no younger than 18.

The classification systems of the bbfc is a confusing. U and PG guidelines are rather similar so they are harder to distinguish. Age rating is good for films in the cinema but when they come out on dvd they become more guidelines for parents who are buying them for children who maybe younger than the age rating of the film.

Watership down is a 'U' rated children's film. We watched a clip of this film and we very much disagree about the age rating of it. It has a lot of violent parts with blood and very scary aspects. However, the main story is worth a 'U' rating, we can see this as it is based on rabbits etc but there are a lot of areas within it that should make it a PG.



The image above emphasises the violence in watership down that should make it a PG instead of a U.

Maya, Georgia and james

This is a video :)
we had no difficulties