Asking the focus group

This is a printscreen of the email I sent which had attached our photomatic and the questionnaire

Photomatic

This is mine and Alys' Photomatic in the form of a series of pictures. We had the soundtrack 'The Streets - Blinded By The Lights' playing as each slide fades in then out.

Photomatic for The Hunted

Preliminary Task and Evaluation

For continuity editing in our piece we made sure to stick to the 180 degree rule, especially when the two characters are having a conversation, we made sure the camera is not moved past a certain point.

We used a Sony bloggy hand camera to film our piece, then uploaded it to a school computer and used Serif software to edit and cut it, and to add a non diagetic sound track to it.

I feel like the prelim task was quite effective as it taught me how to actually film a sequence, and what rules there are to be followed, such as the 180 degree rule. We worked well as a group and worked hard to create this piece. It was helpful having a few of us, as we had Alys on camerawork, Kiran as location manager, and I was directing some of the filming. Being able to spread the workload makes for a much more efficient and better project. If I was to do it again I would probably want to have a few more takes of the actual filming, as I felt the camerawork could have been improved if we had properly surveyed and analysed it before putting it through edit.

Timeline

We did a title sequence from the 1989 version of Batman, because we felt it might be a similar genre and style as our group's. From inspecting this opening, we discovered that each title is on screen for roughly 3-5 seconds, and they usually have a smooth fade and entrance to the screen, as they are the forefront of what the audience is seeing.

Storyboard for Photomatic

This is the front and back of my groups storyboard plan for the animatic sequence we created as a pretext to our film opening