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Recce - Herne hill alleyway

Graphics - Title

In order to capture the viewers attention - giving them an image in which will imprint on their minds, associating the title of my film with the style of letters used in the production - the font needs to be suiting with the concept of the film as well as being BOLD and rememberable. Having not come up with the final title with my film, I can only play with ideas, however the title Hightrees is something close to what I would like to call my production, therefore I have used this title to find the correct font.

This font gives an Urban effect, which I like. It stands out and is bold and demonstrates the city life in which the characters are growing up in by incorporating silhouettes of buildings in the letters. The fade and corroded effect are also effective in demonstrating a gritty tone, therefore is suiting to the production.

These fonts are also effective and likeable due to their bold effect and unique style. These are better in capturing the gritty effect due to their faded letters. I especially like the second one as it slices letters such as I and T and S, giving it a broken effect which I feel represents my production better.

I will consider using a style like this as although it is not bold, I enjoy the way it looks sketched and stylised which will be fitting with my low budget production, however it could be interpreted as an indie sort of production, the backdrop will determine if it can be suited to my own.

Recci - Hillside Park / Maytrea estate / Hillside Road

Recci Practice - Gopro

Upon attempting to edit my recci, I discovered several issues with the Gopro camera which I had intended to use to shoot my production - due to its convenient size and chest harness, I would be able to shoot chase scenes more effectively than if using any other camera, as well as it's resolution being great. However, upon attempting to edit the recci, I discovered that the final cut software is not supported by the Gopro camera, therefore the footage has been compressed resulting in a very glitchy and useless piece of film. I attempted to solve this issue by lowering the resolution and the frame rates from 1080 to 720, compromising the quality of footage, but attempting to sort the glitches, however this did not prove effective as the Final Cut software still did not accept the footage. This meant that my recci is relatively useless as its quality is poor, however it will still be used as it does demonstrate the locations I intend to use. This effectively means that the Gopro will not be of any use during my production despite my hopes and practice, and I will be shooting on a standard camera, which in a sense will be easier, but nonetheless disappointing as much of my intended footage revolved around the use of the chest harness and the Gopros manoeuvrability.

Timing Plans

In order to successfully film my production, I have been advised that I should put as much emphasis on shooting times as possible in order to prevent any misconceptions of timings with my actors. In order to ensure that they are all where they should be when they should be, I will be distributing unique call sheets for each of my actors, telling them where to be and when. I have also written up a schedule, formally telling me which days I will be shooting and what equipment / persons I will be needing on Excel.

If for any reason I am unable to shoot on any of these days, I will be able to fill in any gaps after the New Years, however, I would much rather shoot everything successfully in the days proposed above.

FILM POSTER IDEAS

After conducting research into professional film posters, I have concluded that I show preference to a poster with one main striking image as opposed to multiple images photoshopped together to give an indication of the movie. The posters for Style Wars and Eastern Promises are images which give a clear indication as to what the movie involves with only a single image, which I believe to be more effective as it sets the tone and is consistent. For my poster, I will attempt to use a single photo which I will add effects on, similar to that of Reservoir Dogs or Gran Torino, however using an image more related to my production such as Adulthood or Top boy.

STORYBOARD ANIMATIC

Upon editing the storyboard, I found that my lack of experience in photoshop caused a layering in the pictures I uploaded onto the Final Cut software, meaning the images with colouring in them did not also show the changes in contrast and brightness I had made. I added a track which demonstrates the style of music I would want to use in my real production. The edits are also similar to that I intend to use, however I would want to use more graphics in my real production which I will incorporate into shots.

STORYBOARD

Drawing the storyboard took long and proved difficult for me due to my lack of artistic skills and experience in drawing, therefore the outcome of my storyboard does not fully represent what I hope to achieve in my filming, however will provide a good basis of the shots I will use and how I will edit it. Unfortunetally, having to scan my drawings onto a computer has decreased the quality and contrast of the pictures. After doing this, I coloured in the key characters in different colours each and edited the contrast on photoshop which will be shown when the animatic is uploaded.