Create your own 9 frame analysis of an opening from a similar film to the one you are intending to make (Evaluation Q1 - conventions).

Your analysis should show the forms and conventions of: the titles (including style, typefaces, positioning, timing, how they appear and what they say), setting and locations, costumes and props, camerawork, the 'setup' of the story, the creation of genre, how characters are introduced, editing and effects, music, sound and dialogue. You should use each frame to write about a different aspect of the opening; e.g. one frame could be about the title of the film and the next frame could be about how genre is created.

My influential film is the Italian Job, purely because of the films ending.



This is when they have swerved off the road and all the gold has slid to the back of the van and Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) tries to retrieve as much of the gold as he can so he slowly clambers to the back of the coach edging his way to it.



Here he lowers himself down to the ground and with his eye line in the direction of the loot. The director chose this because it would create suspense and as well as comedy material.


I enlarged this picture slightly so you can see more of the detail. This image shows Croker on his hands and knees crawling towards his haul. I feel the director chose this type of shot because it’s a medium long shot or full body shot because though it shows most of the set it also shows almost all of the actor body.

This is seen from the opposite direction to better show the gold sliding down the floor.


In this shot we see him edge closer to the gold but can’t keep it up lest he tips over the van and sends him and his crew over the cliff this is a canted angle most likely chosen because it resembles the way the van is leaning.


This shows Charlie on his front reaching out for the gold. The shot used is the same as before.

Here Croker jolts back as the van teeters dangerously on the edge of the crevice. By my count this angle is slightly higher than the last one to see the action more clearly. 

 This is arguably the most famous part of the movie. Croker says to his team “I have a great idea” but no one knows what it is as the credits start after he says it. This is a point of view shot so we can see what the gang are seeing.

This is the last shot before the credits and the picture is fading out. It is the same as the last one.

planning pitch

The heist to end all heists

Genre: Heist film.

Form: Film opening

Location: the common room.

Time: late afternoon.

Characters: CDI Antonio Pagliacci and unnamed man.

Plot outline: the filming is the first two minutes of our film. In the film a young man (Jack) manages to get caught in a scam to steal the world’s largest cubic platinum zirconia from the Sheffield vaults in London. He gets caught while the others hightail it to the hide out.  The arresting officer CDI Antonio Pagliacci is corrupt and as he questions the man and demands an incentive for declaring the man an innocent bystander: he asks him to shave off 50% of the jewel and deliver it to him within the next 48 hours or he will be tried and locked up.

Key micro features:  camera work and sound.

Target audience: Teens-young adults.

Audience appeal: it will feature a twist listed above and it will cut to the titles just before the twist is revealed so they will want to see the movie.(enigma)

Influential films: Michael Caine’s the Italian job because of the cliff hanger at the end of the scene

Unique selling point: As I don’t look threatening they will want to know how I have a hold on the man who is a head taller the me

Role:

Josh Ford: CDI Antonio Pagliacci

Jack Whitley: Walter Jenkins

Preliminary Task

Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

I believe that we used continuity editing in the film extract  so it is easily understood by the by the viewer

· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

 

I believe that we followed the directions in the brief as best as possible

 

· Have you used match-on-action?

We used this when Jane was given the letter by Scarlett

· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

Match on action is technique where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action

 

 

· Have you used shot/reverse shot?

I believe we did this when the girls are talking to each other in the hall way.

· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

Shot reverse shot  is a technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other

· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

We used this when the girls where entering the hallway and rounded the corner.

· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

The 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. The camera passing over the axis is called jumping the line or crossing the line.

· What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)

I helped choose the composition with Jack Whitely

· How would you assess your contribution to the group?

Even though I had a lot of fun doing it I think I could have contributed  to it more.

· What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

The process is at times tough but the end result is always gratifying

Preliminary Task-Pitch 

 

 

 

 

Our film is a thriller called "an eye for an eye" . In it Scarlett's (Georgia Skipper) brother was horrifically killed by Paul ( Jack Whitely) five years before the time frame of the film extract. she and her friend Jane (Maisie Walker) decide to enact revenge on him hence the title "an eye for an eye". Unfortunately their modus operandi causes unforeseen problems for them and those they care about. We have chosen to film within the Howard school in the PE block and on the sports field.


These are the filmography we will use and the reason why:

Medium shot of  Jane  sitting down with a blank expression on her face. Foreshadowing that Scarlett is about to come on to the scene.

An over the shoulder shot of Jane watching Scarlett walk in to the room

A match on action front facing from the door.

Two shot of the girls having a conversation.


We decided to make the subject they're talking about mysterious so as to but the audience on edge and make them uncomfortable.
When they're done talking Jane slowly looks to the table  where we see a letter with the outlined word "revenge" . Then there is another match on action and push in of Jane taking the letter from Scarlett causing an argument between the two in a medium close up. lastly there is a worms eye view of Paul without his face on a patch of grass.

The directors are:
Jack Whitely
Maisie Walker
Georgia Skipper
The camera work is done by:
Jack Whitely
Maisie Walker
Georgia Skipper
Joshua Ford

The actors are:
Jack Whitely
Maisie Walker
Georgia Skipper

Editors
Jack Whitely
Maisie Walker
Georgia Skipper

Dialogue;

Jane- What are you doing?

Scarlett- Nothing.

Jane- I know you’re up to something

Scarlett- Something you’re not involved in

 

 

Audience feedback

Our pith wasn't fully complete so we received some audience feedback to ensure our pitch was a its best

.The first bit of audience feedback we received was about the 180 degree rule. As we didn't add it into our pitch we had a suggestion on how to add it in. Due to the fact that we have a conversation between two people we had the idea of putting two people at a table having the conversation about Scarlett wanting to get revenge on Paul. We will then move the camera around the conversation 180 degrees.

We need to make sure that we keep the camera on one person in a conversation

The audience said they wanted to find out why they wanted revenge and see the murder as a flash back. They wanted to see the back story in order to understand the story. They also wanted us to use close ups and extreme close ups to emphasize the characters emotions so that, within the 5 minute clip, they are able to understand the character and feel sympathy for them. Another piece of feedback was the use of these camera shots will help to understand our complicated narrative and add drama and tension to the clip