Evaluation Questions

In our lesson, sir revealed the evaluation questions to us. Initially i wasn't surprised on what we had ton write about but from previous evaluations i wrote about for example for the preliminalary task and the other practicals i done, I knew this was going to be much more complex, so I would need to include much more detail and much more explanation. There are seven questions.

We were set the task of ordering the questions in order of importance. Me and my partner odder the question is this order (most important on the left, least on the right):

Diary

The links below are if my partner's account of our production diary (in order):

Diary Entry #1

Diary Entry #2

Diary Entry #3

Diary Entry #4

Diary Entry #5

Diary Entry #6-7

Diary Entry #8,9&10


References for music sites we used in our sequence:
http://www.freesound.org/
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Evaluation on Rough Cut

WWW: I feel that the basis of our opening title sequence is at a good standard. it looks really good and looks like how a proper opening title sequence is supposed to be. However there are certain aspects which needs improving or cut or edited out. THere were parts which were out of focus and jerky which makes the opening title sequence look unprofessional. So me and my partner we do our best to solve that problem and make sure everything is as it should be corrected.

EBI: If I had all my credits in place, as there aren't all the credits yet on the sequence. Furthermore, I feel more effect s need to be added so that it can make it look like a proper thriller opening title sequence. Furthermore, certain shots need to be edited or redone due to the out of focus and graininess.

Rough Edit of 'Decisive

This is the rough edit of my groups opening title sequence 'Decisive':

Evaluation of test shoots

On Wednesday 14th of January, my group went to film some footage for a test shoot, based on out storyboard. When we were filming, the lighting seemed to be perfect and that shots seemed to be perfectly positioned. However, when we reviewed the footage, we identified that the lighting wasn't right. However, with our idea and our storyboard, there was no way round the problem. Therefore, we had to come to conclusion where we had to change our idea, location and mise en scene. 

Credits

What Font I found and where I found it from

From http://www.dafont.com/ we discovered the font we are going to use. The font is called 'True Lies'created by Jonathan S. Harris. This suits our crime thriller opening sequence perfectly because the text is similar ti texts from Dexter s opening title sequence. The text connotes many aspects such as violence and aggression.

What names you made:

Film District  presents

A Sapphire City Production

A Film By Aaron Moore

Omari Marshall

Zoheb Banji

Samual Bamfo

Alistair Brooks

Levi James
And Samantha Jones

Casting By Paul Sage

Music By Joel Connors

Production Designer Mandy Simmons

Edited By Omari Marshall, Aaron Moore

Director of Photography  Zoheb Banji

Written by Omari Marshall

Decisive (the title)

Note* these are all in the same font style 'True Lies'.

How I made the names in Photoshop

Before I opened up Photoshop. I had to download the 'True Lies' font and add it to my font list. 

Once I was in Photoshop, I had to select the images to be widescreen, and the setting to DV PAL - Anamorphic, and the background to transparent. 

First of all, I type the name I'm creating for example 'Omari Marshall' who is one of the actors names. Then I selected my font being True Lies. I then enlarged the text to a very large size therefore when I reduce the size of my text or increase of my text (which is unlikely), the quality would still be high, and it wouldn't look grainy or distorted. Finally I added a drop shadow layer on the text which makes the text stand out whichever background is behind it.

What I want my set to look like

For my opening title sequence, I aspire for the setting to look like a detectives office in a home environment. This is because, me and group's opening title sequence, is based of an ex cop who has lost his family, so is looking for the criminal responsible therefore he is going to approach the investigation like a detective.

The type of setting we are trying to create is similar to crime drama 'Homeland'. 'Carrie', the main character has a many photos and papers on the wall, a desk, computer and so on, which you usually see in a detectives office. However this is in her home. 

This in nearly exactly to what we want to create.

Treatment sheet (Version 2)

As Openings Treatment Sheet (New)

Storyboard

Recce

This our set where we are going to be filming our opening title sequence. We are going to be filming later on in the day so that it is dark in the room and we are going to turn off the lights in the room do we have a dark effect. The main light in the room will be created by the computer and the lamp which is going to be placed on the desk. 

Script

Script For "Decisive"

Costume List

As our opening title sequence is abstract not much is going to be portrayed involving the characters therefor the costume list is small.

Costume List

Equipment list

To create and construct the opening title sequence, I will need a specific set of equipment to do this, in order to do this. This is the equipment list

Equipment

Prop List

As our opening title sequence is abstract not much is going to be portrayed involving the characters therefore the props list isn't long. Furthermore, it is set in 1 location.

Props

Treatment sheet (Version 1)