Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Monday, 25 March 2013
Actors
Both actors staring in our opening sequence take A-level drama so the thought it would be best and most beneficial for them to act in the film as they will be confident in front of the camera and have good acting skills. They both also fit the brief of what we imagined the characters to be.
Costumes for 'Amanda'
In the first few shots it shows the real Amanda, wearing earthy colours, and a floral skirt to show her innocent and unchanged side. However in order to contrast this and make it clear that her alter-ego, figment of her imagination 'twin' is a different person we had her wear different clothes, in dark and more sincere colours.
In the flashback she is wearing normal clothes, of what you would expect of an average teenager in order to show that she is just a normal school girl.
Both actors staring in our opening sequence take A-level drama so the thought it would be best and most beneficial for them to act in the film as they will be confident in front of the camera and have good acting skills. They both also fit the brief of what we imagined the characters to be.
Costumes for 'Amanda'
In the first few shots it shows the real Amanda, wearing earthy colours, and a floral skirt to show her innocent and unchanged side. However in order to contrast this and make it clear that her alter-ego, figment of her imagination 'twin' is a different person we had her wear different clothes, in dark and more sincere colours.
In the flashback she is wearing normal clothes, of what you would expect of an average teenager in order to show that she is just a normal school girl.
Alterations when filming
we had to make some changes when filming, in regards to some of the shots we initially intended to use, for example, we set out to end the opening sequence with a 360 degree shot of the woods with only the one character standing there, however during filming we found this to be very challenging as the terrain of the woods was not smooth and therefore gave the effect of 'shakey' camera work.
Another major change in our opening sequence was adding in a flash back, this was partly because our footage was not quite long enough and lacked in a range of shots, but also to try and give the audience a clearer understanding of what's going on, as a back story.
we had to make some changes when filming, in regards to some of the shots we initially intended to use, for example, we set out to end the opening sequence with a 360 degree shot of the woods with only the one character standing there, however during filming we found this to be very challenging as the terrain of the woods was not smooth and therefore gave the effect of 'shakey' camera work.
Another major change in our opening sequence was adding in a flash back, this was partly because our footage was not quite long enough and lacked in a range of shots, but also to try and give the audience a clearer understanding of what's going on, as a back story.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Story board - Some shots which we planned to incorporate in our film

1st Shot
Type of shot: side profile shot, focus pull from out of focus to in focus
Duration: 7 seconds
Sound: no talking, only music from our garage band piece
(non diagetic sound)
Shot 14
Type of shot: initially was a head shot panning however we altered this to a one shot of our actor hiding something with the leaves
Duration: 6 seconds
Sound: diagetic sound of the leaves as well as out soundtrack on top

Shot 17
type of shot: long shot of full body
Duration: 14 seconds
Sound: talking from script with soundtrack lightly in the background
1st Shot
Type of shot: side profile shot, focus pull from out of focus to in focus
Duration: 7 seconds
Sound: no talking, only music from our garage band piece
(non diagetic sound)
Shot 14
Duration: 6 seconds
Sound: diagetic sound of the leaves as well as out soundtrack on top
Shot 17
type of shot: long shot of full body
Duration: 14 seconds
Sound: talking from script with soundtrack lightly in the background
Final Shot List
1. Out of focus, side profile shot
2. Long shot
3.high angle shot
4. Mid shot
5. Close up
6. Two shot
7. Over the shoulder shot
8. Close up
9.Extreme close up
10. Over the shoulder shot
11.High angle shot
12.High angle shot
13. Mid shot
14.Over Shoulder shot
15. Long shot
16. Extreme close up
17. Close up
1. Out of focus, side profile shot
2. Long shot
3.high angle shot
4. Mid shot
5. Close up
6. Two shot
7. Over the shoulder shot
8. Close up
9.Extreme close up
10. Over the shoulder shot
11.High angle shot
12.High angle shot
13. Mid shot
14.Over Shoulder shot
15. Long shot
16. Extreme close up
17. Close up
Monday, 18 March 2013
While there are numerous variations most opening credits use some variation of the basic order which we have used as a guidline from studying various other films:
- NAME OF THE STUDIO - 'A momentum film presents'
- NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY - ' a hammer film production'
- (PRODUCER NAME) PRODUCTION -
- STARRING - the two people who starred in our film 'asher guierrer Halil' and 'Dena Babanari
- FILM'S TITLE - 'Crystalline'
- MUSIC or MUSIC COMPOSED BY - 'music by Simona Violino and Rosie Wishart'
- EDITOR or EDITED BY - 'Alex Chandon'
- DIRECTOR or DIRECTED BY - 'Simona Violino and Rosie Wishart'
Full Script
Friend: Amanda, I'm concerned about you, you have not been yourself recently. (fiddling with mug)
Amanda 1: What do you mean?
Friend: You have been acting weird and different, are you sure your ok?
Amanda 1: WE are fine.
Friend- Who's we?
Amanda 1: I SAID ME! (throws pillow, shouting)
----- cut from flashback to outside scene -----
Amanda 1: What have you done? how are we supposed to fix this its you not me! (when kneeling next to body, covering with leaves)
Amanda 2 : It was always you, never me, revenge is sweet isnt it, you started this and now your going to finish it. (standing up)
Friend: Amanda, I'm concerned about you, you have not been yourself recently. (fiddling with mug)
Amanda 1: What do you mean?
Friend: You have been acting weird and different, are you sure your ok?
Amanda 1: WE are fine.
Friend- Who's we?
Amanda 1: I SAID ME! (throws pillow, shouting)
----- cut from flashback to outside scene -----
Amanda 1: What have you done? how are we supposed to fix this its you not me! (when kneeling next to body, covering with leaves)
Amanda 2 : It was always you, never me, revenge is sweet isnt it, you started this and now your going to finish it. (standing up)
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