Thursday, 15 December 2016

mockumentary film






Mockumentary evaluation

I decided to do a mockumentary on the illuminati in which I used a variety of audio techniques such as: incorporating a copyright free soundtrack into the background on Premiere. I filmed the audio with two different mics: a handheld microphone and a shotgun mic. The handheld microphone was used in the quiet environment to record the opening voiceover and the shotgun mic was used to record the last scene of the mockumentary. There is a slight bit of background noise because of the location we filmed in (a corridor), so I tried adjusting the audio levels but it was difficult to get rid of the initial noise at the beginning of that scene.

The idea and characters are fictional and is presented in a mockumentary form. I have had inspiration from a few mockumentaries such as Thor: Civil War, People Just Do Nothing, and Brass Eye. I decided to use the illuminati for the subject of my mockumentary because it's a comical subject matter which is surrounded by mystery and intrigue. I thought this would be a perfect idea for a mockumentary because of these reasons.

The soundtrack I used was meant to provoke mystery and intrigue which surrounds the subject matter (illuminati). The soundtrack builds from very low to an epic crescendo as they come across the illuminati HQ.   The soundtrack also builds tension which subconciously implies that something is going to happen at the end, such as a reveal.

I am happy for the most part with the footage but concerned with the audio. If I had more time I would have mixed the audio track and the speech better so the audio gain of the speech would be better. I used all copyright free pictures and music, but if I had more time I would have created my own pictures because even though the images were listed as copyright free there are a few that, looking at the video after, I questioned if they were - such as the toblerone image.





Tuesday, 13 December 2016

script film burn out

script 

Act 1 , scene 1 




Act1 ,scene 2 
scientist in the lab , opens briefcase places the formula document into the briefcase 
as he leaves the room he picks up a form that says about the auction in america for the formula. 


Act2, scene 1 
scientist enters the plane . Shocked expression on his face as he notices its a set up ,the plane has been taken over by the anonymous hackers. 

anonymous hacker 1: give me the formula , the public need to know do you know how much chaos the world will be in if this gets published an alternative to oil is a big deal . Do you really think we will let you sell this to the highest bidder. 

Scientist : stutters 

Anonymous hacker 1: shoots the scientist , and opens briefcase and takes a photo and sends it to an unknown contact . 

the plane crashes , (due to gun shot )

Act 3 , 
Anonymous hacker 2 :  Today at 11.30 an alternative to oil has been found . A scientist Steve Price was attempting to sell to the highest bidder we did not let this happen . 
Thank you for your time .


picture of stock market falling , fades to black 

THE END 

story board


Board game evaluation and Rationale

When i was given the brief , i decided to aim my game at Star Wars fans .As it is a very popular topic at the moment due to recent films . My target audience would be 12 plus due to the films age ratings a 12A, and the complexity of the game. I looked at Star Wars board games for inspiration and were they are in Star Wars e.g Space or battles and what is the objective. Quite a lot of the board games are set around the death star, none that i know of are set around the trench run. Which is a memorable scene from Star Wars episode four. I thought this was a good idea for my board game as it is original .
I started gathering images of the Death Star surface which was the background of my board . 
Initially i had barricades  as obstacles , and no clear squares for the movement of the players counters . The colour palette was very dull , when i reworked my board i included more distinctive colours . To  be more eye catching and make it easier to follow as a board game . I decided to adapt my board from the film correct version as seen below , to a more aesthetically pleasing version .
Below is the finished board . Which is a lot more clear than the previous one , The fire obstacle is much clearer as people associate fire with danger , and works as a good board game mechanic, but is not true to Star Wars 


Aim of the game is to get the XWings from the left side of the board avoiding Darth Vaders Tie Fighter to eventually plant the YWings on the reactor on the right side of the board.  
From the questioners i have given out , i have received feed back that the board was too short as it was printed on A4 paper . This meant that the game was too short when played , it took 10 minutes to complete . If i had more time i would change the board and include more obstacles , whilst staying within the A3 size of the brief . 
The board game includes traditional elements such as the dice , counters and board , but i have expanded upon these by not reworking an original game and including topical features . 
I am pleased with the game , but with more time to apply feedback from the questioners i would make changes , a bigger board , clearer rules etc.

poster game









done board game







Saturday, 10 December 2016

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

why is the treatment important

why is the treatment important

a treatment is a plan that helps you to organise your film with the three act structure .

character traits

antagonist
The Joker

The traits of the Joker is

  • Unpredictable - switches his personality from one moment to the next
  • Ruthless - He kills people no apparent reason 
  • cold - He seems to have no human qualities within his personality . for example the audience cant relate to him 





protagonist
Batman/Bruce Wayne (the dark knight)

  • determined BATMAN- He is determined to save lives and help fight Gothams crime
  • mysterious Bruce Wayne- When he is Bruce Wayne he puts on an a persona that tricks people into thinking he is the last person you would expect to be Batman. As he lives a billioners life style 
  • self contained Batman- The Dark knight version for the most part he works alone 

Rules of Game

Rules of Game
Game includes:
One Death Star board
One dice
One Darth Vader Tie fighter
Four XWings colour coded
Four YWings colour coded

The game will need three players minimum
One ,Darth Vader
at least Two, XWings
each XWing player must have a colour coded YWing .

Aim of the game is to get the XWings from the left side of the board avoiding Darth Vaders Tie Fighter to eventually plant the YWings on the reactor on the right side of the board.

  • If an xwing ends up sharing the same square as Darth Vader ,the xwing dies and is replaced by the colour coded ywing . 
  • If this is the case, a member of the xwing team has to go back and retrieve the ywing and put it in the set card . 
  • The xwings must land on the correct square to retrieve the  fallen ywing 
  • All ywings must be in the set card when the xwings reach the end , the reactor.
  • Once the xwings are near to the reactor they can move around as a tactic to wait for the other players /xwings to catch up 
  • when you land on the reactor square that is the end of your game 

The xwings can not land on the fire, if they do they will miss a go and need to throw the right number to get past on the next go .

Xwings can throw 1 to 4 on the dice , Darth Vader can throw 1 to 6.

Monday, 5 December 2016

Animation overview

I used Adobe Animate to create a bouncing ball animation. I created a few different frames for the ball to bounce. 

I inserted the images I created on photoshop into the timeline