Main Film Shortened Version

Fugitive Full version

Construction

Construction
· Are your shots steady? Did you use a tripod?
Yes we think our shots are pretty much steady because the camera didn’t really need to be moved, but yes we did use a tripod just to make sure that the shot was 100% steady and didn’t shake.

· Did you frame/compose your shots carefully?
Yes we took great consideration into our shot frames as we took into account the background noise and because we was in a busy public place we made sure we was allowed to film and that people would not get in the shot, we took shot the clips 4/5 times just to make sure they were perfect.

· Have you used a variety of shot distances?
Yes we did use different shot distances and various angles to shoot from. We also used different techniques such as over shoulder shot and other shots to create tension and other various feelings on the reader.

· Was the material you shot appropriate for the brief and the intended style/genre of your
film?
Yes we made sure the environment and clothes would fit into the character and modern day environment that we planned for. We thought about the dress of our actors so that it would fit and go with the idea of an escape convict.

· How did you pay attention to mise-en-scene? (e.g. lighting, objects, setting, costumes, performance etc.)
We made sure that the surroundings were well lit when filming, we took various takes to make sure the performance of the acting was suitable and realistic, also we made sure there was nothing in the way of the shot so the film was clear to watch.

· How did you edit your film so that meaning is apparent to the viewer?
We used various transitions and added credits to display the title of the film and the actor’s whit in it. We used a haze technique which we used to show a flash back I feel this was very effective.

· Did you use any shot transitions other than standard cuts? If so, were they effective?
Yes we used a transition, we used the haze transition and yes it was very effective as when the Fugitive (Ellis Trutwein) has a flashback, it is clear to the audience about what is going on.

· Did you use any visual or audio effects? Were they successful?
Yes we did use visual effects to adjust the brightness so the film was clearer and understandable, I think this was successful because it looked realistic and doesn’t look like it got added in.

· Were you happy with your use of sound (including dialogue) in your film?
Yes the voice of the actors was clear enough to hear and understand, there wasn’t a lot of dialogue in our film though but when there was it was thought about dearly so that we could capture the drama and mystery we was going for.

· What music did you use and where did it come from?
We used copyright free music, so it could be used in the film properly without any issues, also we made sure the music that we used did fit in and was appropriate with the film.

· What titles did you use? How did you create them?
We used titles and credits to show who was involved in the film, who helped out and who did what in the film and what the film was about, and what the film is called.

Finished Storyboard

This is our storyboard that we created before filming to follow thoughout the making of the Fugative

Contributed: Luke sherlock, Ellis Trutwein and Callum Price

Film Evaluation

Evaluation
· In what ways does your film use, develop or challenge the forms and conventions of existing films, such as the ones you were influenced by?
I think our film develops the prison escape scene from Death Race (the film that influenced us), we based our film on the beginning escape scene from Death Race, and we extended the idea though so there’s more to the film. We used a basic idea and personalised it and created a story around it that is new and will appeal to the younger audience of today.

· How does your film represent particular social groups?
I think our film represents a modern age and shows a social group of the younger generation it features a wrongly accused man and his murdered wife, we used teenage actors (Tom Morgan and Callum price) the use of younger actors portrays the young nature of our film which should appeal to our teenage audience which we have set out to attract.

· What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We think our film will get distributed by a low budget British film institution, such as The London Film Production because of the nature of our film. Our film is a low budget films that represents the youth of today and has no special effects or out sounding sound acceleration.

· Who would be the audience for your film?
The audience for our film will be a youthful audience who enjoy low budget, realistic films that the viewer can relate to, it has an interesting and gripping storyline involving acting and drama and an element of mystery.

· How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted our audience by using younger actors which the viewers can relate to give our film a sense of realism and teenage social background.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this project?
Through our time of making and planning our film, we learnt how to use a camera effectively and correctly and how to edit clips, using transition and various effects, we also learnt how to put clips together so to create a finished film. Along with this, we learnt how to make a blog that looks appealing and how to update it.

· Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the main task?
We feel that we have progressed in film making in general, we were able to make a film that looked realistic and successful and that appeal to our audience. We planned it using storyboards and followed them which we did not do in our preliminary tasks. We have learnt how to time our work better and how to film in appropriate settings with little wind and good conditions so that our film looks and sounds professional.

· How did you create the electronic evaluation for your film?
`We are in the process of finishing are electronic evaluation but before hand we had planned it thoroughly.

Video presentation of our pitch

Textual analyse

Shifty Analysis
Distribution companies first
Setting council flats
Shows funding company names. The national lottery, UK film council, Film London MICROWAVE
BBC films
Show’s producers A between the eyes production and microwave
Music bridges through to the start of the film 50 seconds in Music creates a sad atmosphere
Actor’s names introduced to the characters early on in a small font
Early in the morning sat on the bus
Urban setting
Second character Asian angry, thug, low angle shot giving power and authority
1.18 simple tittles shown
Third character drugs involved over head shot
Location shot 1.41
Suburban
4 characters: all characters distressed
Genre: serious drama

Trainspotting analysis
Start with distributor. Universal
Funding company introduced. Channel four films presents
26 seconds in lower angle shot, running, what’s he running from? Upbeat music
Medium close up show characters emotionStolen something, stolen goods falling, being chased
Voice over music
Shift location, low angle shots, looking at characters
Point of view shot, through characters eyes
Excitement of being run over
Audience positioned as driver, character laughs back at audience, character gets named, freeze frame
Location change, grotty old house
Location change, football pitch, action during game, get introduced to characters, freeze framed
Violent nature of characters, get idea of who the characters are
Multiple falling shots
2minutes voice ends

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels analyse
Start with distributor, Ska films, music 9 seconds in the finishes
Extreme close up, showing emotion, surreal start to film, dark eyes, extreme close up of mouth, shows he’s talking, shot reverse shot camera movement across both eyes, shows injuries.
See full face 1:06, talking to us
Location change, market stall, sales patter, various shots
Cuts to block, the Steve Tisch company, sound over the top
Positioned in the crowd
Ska films introduced again
Skips again to black screen
See beginning person without injuries on face
Mathew Vaughn

Preminilairy Question By Luke Sherlock

Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?The film contains all necessary bits to make the film make sense with the addition of overplaying the clips to really emphasise the person typing away making the video tense and dramatic which will put the viewer on edge.

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.)We followed the brief starting with a character opening the door, crossing the room and then sitting down. After this another scene takes place, elsewhere are two people who are exchanging dialogue sitting opposite each other.

Have you used match-on-action?We used match-on-action when we one of the characters walked to the briefcase it then skipped to him unzipping it.

Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
Match-on action involves a clip of someone about to do something then skipping to the clip of them doing it.

Have you used shot/reverse shot?
No we did not use the reverse shot.

Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
The reverse shot involves a conversation between two people and the camera moving to a different position of the two people.

Did you observe the 180-degree rule?We took the 180 degree rule into considering when we recorded the scene with the two businessmen playing cards. But when the ‘Keyboard warrior’ was recorded we didn’t take notice of the 180 rule as we wanted close ups from in front of him and behind.

Can you explain the 180-degree rule?The 180 degree rule consists of the camera being in one place and then changing to a different position and showing the recent position in the clip.

What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. Filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
My role is this preliminary task was being the camera man, prop man and I also helped out pick the costumes that people were wearing.

How would you assess your contribution to the group?
I think I contributed to the group as much as I could, by telling the others how to do stuff and if they were doing it wrong. I helped out Ellis who was editing the video, I helped out with bits of the video that I wasn’t in so the group and myself did not think that I wasn’t helping.

What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?From this preliminary film I have learned who to film properly and also how to work in a group to get things done and make it look good.

Media photo shots

The Captions from clockwise top to bottom: Tilted frame 1, Tilted frame 2, Looks into space in the frame, Low angle shot, Medium shot, Two shot, Medium close up, High angle shot, Extreme close up, Moving subject, Long shot, Very long shot, Big close up, Medium long shot, Close up