Shooting schedule day 3

Shooting schedule day 4

Some pictures we took during filming

The Hypnotist Story-board

The Hypnotist Story-board

This is the story board for our film "The Hypnotist," this story board is where the first plan for our film took place. Each scene has been drawn out and explained including camera shots and a short description of what is happening in each picture.

Scenes 1 and 2


Scene 3


Scene 3 continued 


Scene 4

Location Sheet Study Room

Production Schedule Location Visit Sheet Programme Title: The Hypnotist Client: Writer: Producer: Director: Date:

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note:  We chose the Robert Clack study room to film in as we needed a location suited a therapy room. This room is plain which was ideal as we needed a room which was quite empty so that we could set it up the way we wanted to. The set up was quite general with chairs and a desk. We even added a name to the door to make the room look more formal.  Access to location via:  Busses, 175/173 from Heathway and 5 from Barking, 128 from Ilford  Name and number of location contact: Robert Clack Lower School 0208 8270 4222

Health and Safety Issues to note: ●       Lights heat up easily

Potential Filming Problems :         Making it look realistic as we were located in school       Lighting problems, natural/ artificial lighting

Additional Notes:  Robert Clack Lower School, study room located inside

Past Student Thriller Analysis

Past Student Thriller Analysis

The Catalyst - Michael Banahene, Connor Heather, Joe Glenister, Tom Cameron

The beginning of this thriller is effective as it begins with the studio Ident which is original to a certain production company so tells the viewer who produced the film. The studio Ident also fits the criteria of how a studio Ident should look as it is easy to remember and not overly complicated making it more easily recognidable. The viewer is also made aware of who produced the film at the beginning.

The use of sound is good as the music builds tension, the sudden silence and the sound of breathing before the gunshot goes off is effective to make the sound of the shot more dramatic. This is a good tequnique as most thrillers use it and a film without the use of music or music not suited to the film can prove to be quite unsucessfull. The sound used also fits what is going on on screen and works sucessfully. 

It then goes on to show one of a the characters breaking and entering into somebody else's house. To much is not given away at this point as we only see the characters hand and the face is not revealed completely. This is also effective as the viewer will want to keep watching as they ask themselves, what is going on? The lighting used as the character enters the house is effective as it gives a dark mysterious look to the character as they are kept in the shadows. As the film progresses towards the end the charachters identity is revealed more. 

There is also an interesting shot used from a point of view as the character looks through and aims a shotgun. For the viewers this is like seeing things from the charachters perspective. This is an interesting camera shot to use as it is different from the usual camera shots and takes the veiwer on a different journey in the film. Using this puts the viewer in the charachters shoes as if they are in the film themsleves.

Waking Up - By Connor Cahill-Hayes & Aaron Gaston

The studio ident is effective as it looks simple but is slightly hard to read. The beggining of the film grips the viewer as it gets straight into the action as one of the charachters is being chased. The costumes are effective as it tells the viewer who is the main charachter as they are wearing white and the other charachers are using black. This also helps to create a contrast, for example between good and evil. 

Viewers are also made aware of  the setting at the beggining. The fast cuts make the film more dramatic as well as the use of the point of view shot when the charachter wakes up with blood on his hands. This also adds to the mystery as the charachter wonders what happend and how the blood got on his hand as  the viwer was not shown.  Confusion is also caused as the viewer wonders who the victim in the film is. 

At the end the film, "Waking Up" title pops up as the last scene cuts of to a black screen. Where it was chosen to be cut is appropriate as it does not give too much away to the viewers as they wonder what is going to happen next. The chosen name for the film was also well picked as it suites the content of the film. 

Source Code

Source Code (2011)

Genre- American science fiction techno-thriller

Director-Duncan Jones

Written by-Ben Ripley

Cast-Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright

The estimated budget for the film Source Code was $32,000,00.

Source Code had a world premiere on March 11th 2011 at South by Southwest and was later released by Summit Entertainment on April the 1st in North America and Europe.

The film is based around the story of a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers that he is a part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Source Code Official Trailer

This trailer is effective as it is straight to the point and gives the viewer an immediate hint of what is going on. The captions used in the trailer are also effective as the viewer asks themselves what is going on and how it is possible for something like that to happen. The confusion created makes the audience want to watch the film to reveal the different hidden stories that are partially told in the trailer. Cuts used in the trailer are fast and builds dramatic tension. 

The idea for this thriller is appealing as it is original but also fits all the criteria for the genre. This films target audience would be from young adult's to middle aged so targets a wide variety of people.

Source Code-Official First 5 Minutes

The first five minutes of Source Code is effective as it uses good camera techniques to put across the confusion experienced by Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal). For example the movement of the camera from different angles and what it captures such as the surroundings. Even the slightest things are captured and made to look dramatic such as when a passenger on the train opens a can of drink and Colter turned around at the sound. The cuts in this first scene are also quite fast. Every detail in this scene is captured in this scene, for example when a drink spills on Colter's shoe, and adds to the idea of confusion and that Colter had no idea about whats going on and suggests he does not even know how he got on the train. One of the camera tequiques used when Colter sees his on reflection on the trains window is effective as it is very dramatic as it looks like a frightening moment for Colter. This shot also creates confusion.

Behind the scenes of Source Code

Behind the scenes of Source Code shows what inspired some of the ideas for Source Code such as the film strangers on a train (1951) which inspired of the train scenes. It also shows some interesting shots where the viewers attention is drawn to something by blurring the background or by the use of different colors.

Lighting Excersise

Lighting Excersise



This lighting excersise was done in class and the objective was to look at the different lighting. Such as:

• Key Light
• Back Light
• Filler Light- 3-point-Lighting
• Under Lighting
• Top Lighting
• Low Key Lighting
• Hight Key Lighting

Film Title

Film Title

This screenshot is of the editing of the hypnotist film title done in final cut express.  The font was saved from final cut express in to the computer fonts.  It was edited so that it appeared like it was being typed by a typewriter on the screen. 

Problems with this was that the film was getting edited on a separate computer. We attempted to send the file over to the other computer using bluetooth but it did not save in the same font so we have to re-do the font from the beginning.

Film Editing

Film Editing 

Film editing is the process of working with film and recently involves the use of digital technology. A film editor will work with raw footage by selecting shots and combining them into sequences which help to complete a finished motion picture. Film editing can be described as an art or a skill that is unique to cinema. 

The film editor has to be creative to be able to piece together, images, story-lines, music, dialogue and acting to be able to create a finished film.

Earlier films were quite short and looked quite static. Motion by itself in a shot was enough to entertain the audience without a story or editing, each story was able to run as long as film was in the camera.

Socio-demographic

Socio-demographic

Socio-demographic is what companies use to group consumers into a ‘social class’. Socio-demographics are used when marketing to be able to target a product or service to individuals by using the media they consume. 

There are six socio-demographic class grades:

1. A - Upper middle class
2. B - Middle class
3. C1 - Lower middle class
4. C2 - Skilled working class
5. D - Working class
6. E - Those at the lowest level of subsistence

Animatic