EN: Technical Analysis

V For Vendetta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCiGyaSPRhI

Camera	Duration	Mise-en-scene	Camera Effect
Big Close Up	0.00-0.06	Focus on TV, plus Big Ben in background	Zooming Out
Mid Shot	0.06-0.10	Movie set style room. Low lighting	Stationary
Extreme Close Up	0.10-0.14	The use of inside of mask, to the reflection in the mirror.	POV shot
Close Up	0.14-0.20	Out side of mask. Low key lighting.	Tracking Shot from protagonist to wall.
Close Up	0.20-0.27	Juxtaposition of lady’s mirror from the masked characters mirror.	Transition from fade from black to a different location.
Medium Close Up	0.27-0.30	Low key lighting of lamp, emphasis on mirror and makeup.	Stationary
Medium Long Shot	0.30-0.32	Low key lighting emphasises light from TV.	Stationary
Medium Long Shot	0.32-0.35	Used in juxtaposition to female’s bedroom.	Still
Close Up	0.35-0.37	Emphasis on mirror.	Still
Close Up	0.37-0.38	Highlighting mirror and mask	Still
Close Up	0.38-0.42	Shot of TV	Still
Medium Close Up	0.41-0.44	Emphasis on Female Body	Still
Mid Shot	0.44-0.48	Highlighting clothes and female character	Still
Close Up	0.48-0.52	Low key lighting, emphasis female body	Panning Up

This analysis has helped me learn what shots and how camera movement is used to establish a scene, as well as building tension while doing so. It also shows how contrast can be very effective in creating juxtaposition and binary opposition, to establish different characters in a film opening. This will help us as our group wish to juxtapose the scene of the killer and the detective.

Group: First film Shoot

Our first film shoot for our film opening will be on 2nd March 2012. This is an ideal time because in the afternoon we have a double lesson, with lunch immediately before. This gives us three hours to go out and film and test various shots. Also, this provides us with time to test whether the 'container' in our school is a suitable location to film or not. If we choose to film at an early date like we have, this gives us time to decide whether our plot can be relistically portrayed, and if we wish to continue with our original plan. It also gives us time to decide if our 'special' shots will be successful or not.

Group: Evaluating Pitch

Strengths: We believe that our pitch was detailed and covered all the areas we needed to. Our main strength was our film research and showing what we have learned from it. Films such as American Psycho (Harron, 2000) and Memento (Nolan, 2000) were key influences for us, and we showed in the pitch how we are going to implement parts of these films into our opening. Additonally, another strength was our plot. We demonstrated our convoluted plot in the pitch and it received a positive feedback.

Weaknesses: Our main weakness was not producing photos from a reccie. Showing these photos would have given the audience a greater understanding of our location, while also helping them to visualise our story. Also, our treatment could have been refined, with the key points to our plot shown, instead of large amounts of writing. This would have enabled this part of the pitch to proceed quicker, to save time to expand on other parts of our pitch

From this, we have learned the importance of planning our work thoroughly. In the future, we will time our presentation to ensure that an even amount of time is spent on each topic we speak about, while this will also give us a stronger indication of how long our presentation will be. We will continue to research thoroughly for future presentations, because this was a significant reason why our pitch was deemed successful by the audience.

TB: Reccie

This is the bridge where we intend to use a tracking shot, following a running detective.

This is the narrow path that the detective will run down after the bridge.

Group: Wilderness Wood Reflection

• From our practice day at Wilderness woods, we have been able to get used to the equipment we might use in our actual opening.
• It also gave us the chance to explore another style of location that we were not considering shooting in. 
• In this case it made us feel confident that we are chosing the right style of location with our choice of an industrial/urban area.
• It has given a chance to test some of the specific shots/camera techniques we are intending to use and see if we are able to include them.
• The only obstacle that was present the day we were shooting was the snow. Rather than see it is a draw-back, we chose to try and include it positively and embrace it is a unique oportunity.
• We were happy with our choice of shots and our location so the only thing we will do differently next time, on our actual shoot is to manage time better.
• Durning editing we will have to put sound of top of what we have filmed. This is something we have not tried in full detail.  

Group: Pitch - Treatment

Group 5 Treatment Of Our Film Opening on Prezi

Group: Pitch

Group 5 Concept on Prezi