Script - Dialogue

Our actor/driver was a Stefs dad. Joe isn't a cab driver in everyday therefore he didn't really know what to say. We wanted the conversation to be casual and to flow well, therefore we decided to have Ciara to sit in the back of the cab and to talk to Joe, and then later we could edit her voice out. This way we created a very authentic feel to our opening. This is the full scene of the dialogue and what we used and when.

ShotList

Before filming our opening our group made a list of all the different shots we wanted, as we wanted certain shots to emphasis the feeling that the 'customer' would be safe. Playing on stereotypes that what people usually lookout for when getting into cabs. This was the list we made, since then we have made some adjustments  to help the opening flow better or because the shots didn't look right. As no one in our group cant draw we thought this was a better alternative to a storyboard which is drawn.

OUR TITLE

After much discussion, and many stupied titles, we finally found a title that all of us love. Due to surprise sound at the end of the baby crying, it inspired us to have something like a nursery rhyme or lulleby title for our film. As many film use this in scary/ horror films to surprise the audience, as having a child or in our case a baby is much worse then having anything else. The title is a line for the famous 'Rock A Bye Baby', these are the lyrics.

Final UNFINISHED Opening

 Improvements that have now been made:
1)Put some footage between the car driving and the the car being stationary.
 2) take out the baby crying? or just muffel it? - does it cross the line artistically or is it just morally wrong?
 3) Engine noise over 'nice day'.
 4) Finish title sequence.
 5) Take out extra unwanted speech.

First scene of our opening

For the first scene of our opening we decided to do flashes of famous London landmarks. Living in london we have a unique advantage, getting footage from the city. During our groups meeting/brainstorm we created a mind map of some possible location to film for this particular scene.

Breaking Bad Camera Shots

As a newly obsessed Breaking Bad fan, whenever watching an episode i can't help but be amazed by all the different and creative camera angles. When thinking about writing this blog post i began to start thinking of all the different shots like these which are illustrates above, and my favourites, and i have come to a conclusion and have pick my top 3, although i cannot bring myself to rank them as i think they are all amazing, as well as all the others; my top 3 Breaking Bad camera shots are: Jesse disposing of the body in the bath tub, Walt and Jesse after nearly killing Tuco trying to hide the gun and last but certainly not least is walt, second to last photograph. 

 Although i have yet to discover how i can accomplish an Breaking Bad inspired shot, i am un

 determined to have one in our opening sequence. 

Practice Filming

Although i am very pleased with our practice video after watching it a couple time i am seeing more and more mistakes which i wished i had fix but here are a few: the music not changing beat the same time of the shot changing, the sound of the clip still being on (forgot to mute it) nit having more of different camera shots. however despite these factors i am really pleased, but i will not EVER make these mistakes again!

 

First Time Editing

When editing the prelim  it was the first time  that any one from my group had edited. An experience that was fun but scary at the same time. There was highs and lows. Tears were nearly shed, when we thought we had deleted all  the  edited prelim as well as the footage. So all in all, it was a roller coaster ride but i did enjoy it. 

This is a print screen from the outtakes editing and the final prelim editing :

First Time Storyboarding

On Tuesday i draw my first ever storyboard for media. Although i was uncertain in what it really was, i was sort of dreading it; partly due to my horrific drawing skills. We watched the first two minutes of the new season three episode of Luther, and i must say for i did scream. After watching the clip a few times, it was time to start the daunting process. Against all olds (including my bad drawing skill) i actually enjoyed the process.
This is how the final storyboard looked like.