Preliminary Task

This is our preliminary exercise-

"Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/revers shot and the 180 degree rule."

I worked in a group with James, Michael and George to complete this.

We decided to choose the idea of "Sprite Club" - a spoof of Fight Club.

It was our first real opportunity to use the cameras to film and then the editing software (iMovie) in post-production.

Below is the finished product:

Explanation of the lack of credits in our two-minute opening

In our two minute opening, we do not have any opening credits mentioning the director(s), cast or production companies.  This was NOT a mistake!

In most thriller-crime films if something important, such as a murder in our case, occurs it is standard procedure to not show the credits until the next part of the film.  This is mainly because this kind of opening really sets the tone for the rest of the film, and therefore the filmmaker does not want the audience to be distracted by the credits, and therefore show them at a less vital part of the movie. We have emulated this in our own opening.

Ident

This is our new ident for our two minute opening. We decided it was appropriate to develop a new ident on the basis that both of our previous creations were too cheerful/bright for the thriller genre opening we are creating. Because of this our new ident is simple, understated and is made upon a simple colour scheme. We decided not to include any sound because we plan to, once we have added our ident to our opening, lay sounds of a camera focussing over the top in order to introduce our film.

Coursework - Updated Casting Feedback

After some thought and consideration we chose the following cast for our film:
Youtuber - Anna Jordan













Man - Dominic Edmonds

Coursework - Updated Casting Videos

 

This is our casting video.  We auditioned four different girls for the role of the youtuber in our film,

 

 

 

We decided not to audition the role of the stalker since he has no lines and we already had a good idea of who we wanted to play the role.  A little bit of an inside job!

Coursework - Filming Dates

We have decided that our main date for filming will be the Saturday 24th of January - provided that our actors are available. We believe that this will be the only date we need for filming but this may change if there is anything that needs to be re-shot.

Coursework - Script

SCRIPT

(Camera flicks on revealing Youtuber from the point of view of the camera, as she begins making her video.)

YOUTUBER

Hi guys!  I know I haven’t been able to post loads recently so today I’m just making a little video just to update you all on everything that’s been happening in my life over the last few weeks!  

So, as I’m sure many of you are aware, me and my family moved into our new house last Tuesday and I’m relieved to say that it is lovely and we are all settling in great.  The move was obviously a little stressful but we are all glad to be that twenty minutes further down the A11! [laughs]

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(Cross-cuts to the hand of a man scrolling through the Instagram account of the youtuber and liking all of the photos on her account.  He then gets into a car and slams the door shut)

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(Cross-cuts back to the youtuber’s bedroom.  The camera is focused on the mobile phone on her bedside table which is flashing from the man liking her photos.)

YOUTUBER (in background)

…we want to say a massive thank you to all of you who helped us with everything!  We are so extremely grateful.

***

(Cross-cuts back to the man who pulls up in his car behind bushes of the youtuber’s house.  As he leaves the car and walks towards the house, the audience can see various photographs taken of the youtuber, as well as videos and other things related to the youtuber left on the passenger seat and dashboard of the car.)

***

(The shot cross-cuts back to the youtuber who is still filming her video)

YOUTUBER

Now, on to more important things. [laughs]  I have been no stranger to all of the rumours surrounding me lately about me starting a relationship with another, let’s say “quite well known” youtuber in the last month or so…

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(Cross-cuts back to a close up of the man’s fingers as he opens the front door and walks into the house.)

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YOUTUBER

…And I just wanted to take this opportunity to tell you all that me and Jack have indeed been on a couple of dates and I’m very happy to say that things couldn’t be going any better!  And I-

(A smash is heard from downstairs, the youtuber stops and pauses for a moment before shrugging it off)

[To herself/out of character]  Hmm, I’ll need to edit that out…

***

(The shot cuts to a shocked and frantic man downstairs as he attempts to push the smashed vase underneath a drawer.  Once he does this adequately, he hears a laugh coming from upstairs, and looks up the staircase.)

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(The youtuber is reaching the end of her video.)

YOUTUBER

So then, I think I’ve said everything I wanted to say!  I should be posting regularly now from here on, and I want to say a massive sorry yet again for my inactivity over the last few weeks, but yeah!  I shall be posting more makeup,

(In shot, the door slowly begins to open behind the Youtuber.) 

hair and beauty posts over the next couple of days because while I was away I found loads that I just

(The man slowly walks towards the girl menacingly, who is unaware that he has entered the room.  He gets closer and closer until he is only a few meters away when she says the final line.)

think are great and want to show you all!  But yes, I just want to give an enormous thank you to everyone who helped and everyone of my subscribers who have followed me on this adventure.  I love you all!

(Shot cuts to black.)

(An upload bar fills up on the screen.  When it reaches the top you hear a small ‘ding’ and the words ‘Upload Complete’ appear on the screen.)

Fin.