Peer Assessment - short films

'A knight For A Call' - Ted Bennett

What do you like about the film and why?
I like the combination of the music and the opening scene because the music is perfect and suits the atmosphere and the shot of the main character counting his change just gives it a good first impression.

Write 2-3 sentences on there audio.

I like the choice of dialogue etc. but i think the record level was perhaps too high and some were tool low as some of the shots go from too loud to too quiet and i think that ruins the film as it shows the effort put in to audio was minimal which is a shame.

What may you do differently?

I think i would of made sure my record levels were good and made sure that the camera was in focus as in some shots the picture wasn't crystal clear. Also if i was going to include explosions and the earthquake effect i would research it thoroughly as the way the effects come across they seem very unreal and it also kills the tension which is built up.

Is there a clear genre - what is it?

Yes, the genre i believe is Fantasy/Adventure as 'slaying the dragon' vibe is included.

Describe 3 different shots

'Wide shot' - As the intro kicks in the actor is walking on a pavement, this shot was nice as it gave it a old fashioned feel and it also was a great shot to follow on from.

'Close up' - As the actor kills the dragon he runs out and stops near the camera which is good as you can clearly see the expression and emotion of the actor.

'Far Close up' - A good shot to choose but as the camera wasn't in focus on the actor unfortunately it makes the scene look tacky, and the shot goes on for 40 seconds so it is boring to watch.

Areas for improvement
1 - Make sure the camera is in focus.
2 - Make sure the sound level throughout.
3 - Special effects could of been thought about before adding them in.


'A Cold Call' - Will Remington

I like the whole theme of the cold, the black and white shots were very effective but i thought what would of been better would be if you included more old fashion clothing unless it was the effect to show cold personalities.

Write 2 - 3 sentences about audio
as much as the song choice it didn't fit in with the whole genre and the theme of the film and i think that the footsteps were well recorded. good effort!

What may you do differently?

I think i would of reduced the pace of the walking to the telephone as i thought that it was slightly rushed and i think if it was reduced it would of made it more sinister and mysterious.

Is there a clear genre - What is it?

Yes i think that it was Adventure/Action as there was running and pressure and a fight in slideshow

Describe 3 different shots

Mid shot - i think that the shot of the tree with the actor walking in the background was really good and gave it a good effect.

Dynamic shot -  i like the shot when the camera moves down slightly at the start of the film, is a good opener.

Over the shoulder - I think the over the shoulder shot in the telephone shot in the phone box was crisp and perfect, my favourite shot of the film.

1 - Reduce music level
2 - clothing used
3 - music used




  

COMICS - STORY BOARD/EXPERIMENTING

Concept Art

What is concept art??

Concept art is a form of illustration used to convey an idea for use in films, video games, animation, comic books or other media before it is put into the final product. Concept art is also referred to as visual development and/or concept design. - (Source) Wikipedia.

Some artist i researched are below with some pictures of there work...

• Sergi Brosa - She does illustrations to create fictional characters and she pays good attention to detail of the characters and includes there fashion to show the personality or if they have a certain power or strength.

• Robert Chew - He does unusual concept art by illustrating robot animals, this shows that his illustrations are unique as he has unusual ideas which create a wow factor when looking at the pictures.

Evaluation

Day 1: I started by going to royal creasent and filmed the start of the film, i filmed 8 shots in total they were the following:

• Wide angle shot (aiden walking)

• close up (aiden's phone)

• medium shot (aiden on the phone)

• tracking wide shot (aiden picking up letter)

• close up (the letter)

• establishing shot (Following aiden walking)

• low shot (of aaron in the distance and aiden's feet)

• over the shoulder shot (aaron in the distance)
  
  
  we couldnt film anymore as we didnt have enough time as we also filmed dan's film. we were going to record some sound but the sound recorder didnt work with the microphone that we used. When we did the assassins creed foley we learnt alot on what to record and how to record it also the guitarist interview short clip that we filmed also helped as we learnt about the 5 shot method which helped me get te right shots and to have a veriety of shots

Day 2: We went out all day to finish the rest of my film we managed to film 8 shots in the last lesson, and the rest we filmed in the second session.

• establishing shot (following aiden running to aaron)

• close up (close up of aarons face)

• wide shot (aaron running up path)

• wide shot (aaron running + sat on the bench)

• side shot (aaron looking at killer on bench)

• Wide shot (killer looking at aaron)
  
  
  These were the shots that i completed on the second lesson. The clip of the guitarist helped again as i filmed a veriety of shots that were not repeated throughout the film.
  Again we were not able to record any foley as our recorder wasnt working again. in the future we checked it before going out.
   

Gif! - Engine...

Hallucination - Short Film

This is my short film Hallucination.. Hope you enjoy it!

Comic books - Sketching/experimenting and story boarding

 this is my story board of the ninja spider story

and this is a rough drawing of some character i might include in the story aswell.

comic books - mood board + ideas

I looked through some comic ideas after stuck how to draw and how to layout the comic book.
I looked on Pinterest and some gret pictures came up of how to draw certain body parts and other things like weapons and animals.

As the main character of the comic book is a ninja spider i also looked at cartoon spiders and i also looked at shadows and ho you put them into a characters features.

Barnsley's poster

We designed a poster for our product but realised we were missing key bits of information that need to be seen on the poster.
the improvements we have to make are...
Transparent windows
Opening doors
Pin slots
All working lights and reflective lights
Show scale
Diamentions

Creative Thinking

In last weeks lecture we were thinking about Creative thinking and we looked at many toys and how they are all similar. Ie. like lego and kinex. We then were set a task to come up with a toy which is different to other popular toys.

Our group made up the company name called 'Barnsley's' and this brand sells toys usually vehicles which are bigger than usual toys but apart from you build the vehicle from scratch and it also has a working diesel engine that you have to build, this product was aimed at 16+

our group knuckled down and i had the task of designing the product and this what i designed on adobe Illustrator  

Royal Baby Advertisement

Comic Book - Playing around with photoshop

I started by setting the background a blue/teal colour, i then created a new layer and selected the custom shape tool and put in the right dimensions and shaped it to how i wanted it.
i then inserted a new shape and used the star tool, put in the right dimensions and placed it in place three times and made them all different colours and then placed text, and added a inner shadow and a pattern on it.