First day of filming

Me and Jack met up at his house in the morning the weather was sunny and damp on the floor it was perfect weather for us to film. We had to make sure we had all he props that we needed in order that are filming to run smoothly we made sure we kept a close eye on the story board to ensure we stayed on track. As it was our first day of filming it took as a little longer to get to grips with the camera shots and making sure that all of them were just how we wanted them. We made sure we took more the one shot of the same shot to give us the best chance of it being right. Mr Buckmaster also helped us by telling us to leave a 5 second time gap before and after the shot to give us chance for editing and more room for us to work and make it look better.
We were able to get a range of shots we wanted. We made sure that the transitions between each Shot was smooth and that the shots of the boy getting ready showed the audience he was having breakfast without having to film all of it. Next time we film we must make sure the weather is the same as last time to ensure the continuity is correct and looks the same.

Colour treatment

Colour treatment is key in our main task for our opening sequence, because its about a boy having a dream so this means colour treatment is very important and we must portray this by brightening up the colour treatment or taking the colour out of it and darkening it. Its important that the audience know that its a dream and know that something isn't quite right. we need to make sure the audience aren't confused and do have an understanding of whats going on this is why the colour treatment is element we must pay particular attention to.

An example of brightening up the colour treatment is:

 

 

This is a example of colour treatment where the colour has been enhanced and given a blueish greener filter to enhance the colours and make the bolder. When me and jack decide to add the colour treatments in we need to enhance the colours like the picture below or completely take the colours out to add the effect that something isn't quite right and so that the audience has a slight idea that its dream. It also adds tension and a sense of mystery.

Dream elelments

Important elements to consider when filming a dream sequence:

Its important to consider a number of different elements when trying to film a dream sequence. You have to make the audience believe that he is dreaming and make it realistic but at the same time you don't want to make it so obvious, this is what me (Toby) and jack are trying to achieve so that its slightly mysterious which keeps the audience guessing and wondering whats happened without making them confused.
In order to achieve this we will have too:

• make sure the camera shots are high angle as if being watched from a 3rd person point of view to reinforce that fact that hes dreaming.

• we need to make some of camera shots dutch angle and close ups that show unnatural expressions on their face. which can make the audience feel on edge and if something isn't quite right

• We may also decide to add some slow motion in to give the effect that hes dreaming and what hes seeing and hes doing is not want he would normally do in everyday life.. the slow motion will really get the audience to focus on that specific part. then the shot after mat be very quick and suddenly it changes to give a real shock

• Another important element to remember is when we are editing we will need to play with colour treatment and edit by brightening up the colour treatment or fading it right out by taking all the colours out of it

planning the main task

In the last couple of lessons planning our main task we have to think and plan a number of important elements.

The elements we have had to consider are.

• Titles and credits, these may involve

- sound fx
-Foley
-music
-dialogue

• The genre of the opening sequence

• The content that must be involved in the opening sequence e.g.

       -synopsis/brief
       - mood board
       -location
       -cast character
       -treatment
       - soundtrack

We also had to pitch our idea of what we are going to do as our opening sequence to the class. I created this in power point and had to include all of the above in it in order for my class and my teacher to have an understanding of what we are planning to do.
The more planning and story boarding and scripting we do the easier it will be to film as we all have a clear understanding in our head of what we want and the camera shots we are going to use.