Reflection of AS Coursework

Digital Technology - How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

I used many different media technologies in the creation of my coursework. I also used many different  computer programmes and different software. Some of the different technology I used was: 

• Video Camera - Shooting footage
• Camera - Stop motion for animatic
• Computer - Editing Footage
• Boom Microphone - Picking up good quality sound
• Tape - Device for holding footage

I also used a variety of programmes on the computer to make

• Mind Maps
• Mood boards
• Presentations
• Text Documents
• Edited footage
• Edited pictures

Creativity - How did you use media forms to come up with something new and original?

I combined multi-media forms to create a tense, action packed film that was original and cliché but also new and exciting. The audio and video combined created a perfect example of what a real action film may be like. We used an audio track that build suspense plying parallel to a video of a chase scene that also builds suspense.

Research and Planning - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

I would say my main product is very effective and the ancillary texts supports what is shown and supposed to be portrayed in the final piece.  Combined, the two make an effective media form that the audience can gather an adequate amount of information from. The text delves into deeper detail about the plot within the film, the characters and the background.

Post Production -What have you learned from your audience feedback?

I received mostly positive feedback aswell as some constructive criticism. I learnt that the audience can be quite opinionated on minor details within the film we created. One comment was 'why would an agent wear red trainers?' The purpose of this was to portray that agent as cool and urban and as we were filming a chase scene, it was the most practical shoes to wear. I learnt that some aspects of the film need to be made more apparent in some cases to please the audience.

Using convections from real media texts - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My media product supported some of the mainstream convections of a traditional action film such as fast edited chase scenes, weaponry, violence and mild strong language. I don't think our media product challenged any media convections of the action genre. I developed new cliché ideas to include within my film so it would match to other action films quite well which I think I achieved.

Looking back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

I feel like I have progressed a lot more since filming this preliminary task. I feel like my camera work, editing skills and ability to frame a shot have all improved and benefited since the preliminary task.

In the final film frame on the left we can see a shot reverse shot here. Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes they are looking at each other. This is a good shot to use when characters are in conversation or saying dialogue to each other. In the preliminary task on the right, we have a mid shot of the two characters mid-conversation. I think it looks much more professional and technical as a shot reverse shot as opposed to the mid shot as shown in the second frame. The shot reverse shot gives good continuity of the action on screen.

This is match on action from our final film. Our understanding of match on action is a lot better since the preliminary task which contained little match on action. Match on action is when something happens in the scene, then when there is a cut, the same piece of action is going on. This helps continuity and helps the audience understand what's going on. In these frames we have 'The Boss' picking up a phone, and then answering it.

We obeyed the 180 degree rule in both the preliminary and the actual film. The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline in film making which states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/ right relationship to each other. We kept this rule and did not cross the imaginary axis connecting the two characters as to not confuse our audience.

We used many different camera shots within our final film whereas our preliminary was very basic. In our final film we included: 

• Long shots
• Mid shots
• Close ups
• High angle shots
• Low angle shots
• Shot reverse shot
• Match on action
• Obeyed the 180 degree rule
• Establishing shot
• Panning and Tracking

In our Preliminary we only had: 

• Long shot
• Mid shot
• Match on Action
• Obeyed the 180 degree rule

We thought we had used our camera work skills effectively and it made the film seem more realistic and professional. 

We used editing to the extent of our ability. We used many slide transitions like fade in and outs for footage and titles. We increased the pace of editing in the chase scene to give the audience the impression its more action packed.

Altogether I thought we managed to combine the two technical aspects well to produce a realistic film piece.

What have I learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

This is some of the technology, websites and programmes we used in our media coursework. We used all of these programmes to help film, edit, distribute around the internet for feedback. Each piece of technology was extremely helpful in the creation of our film product.

How did I attract/ address my audience?

Who would be the audience for my media product?

This is a picture of a typical teenager that I think would be interested in our media product.

From being in a similar age bracket and included in the target audience for this film i can base what kinds of taste the target audience may have with relevance to me. My favourite shops are HMV, Gamestation, Game and Topman. I like listening to Rock music, Punk, Indie and Pop. My favourite Tv programme is Scrubs ( a comedy show). I like wearing Jeans and hoodies from places like Topman and Next. My favourite genre of film is action or comedy.

I think this is the type of audience that may want to see our film as the action genre is quite popular within our age bracket of 15+. The action genre is exciting, explosive and gives adrenaline rushes to the audience which is exactly what people our age like.

What kind of media institution might distribute my media prouduct and why?

Script of what kind of media institution might distribute my media product and why?

Hey guys, I’m Robert Brown, part director and camera man for the film Organisation XIII.

What we just saw there was our Production company name and logo which is called Panther Studios. The logo itself is simply just a panther hiding behind tall grass making fearsome roaring sounds. This is similar to the Metro Goldwyn Mayers logo of a lion roaring. MGM have made many brilliant action films including spy films like the James Bond series. A production company is responsible for physical production of new media. The company may also be directly responsible for the funding of the production

A film distributor is a company or an individual responsible for releasing films to the public either through cinema or for home viewing. Popular distribution companies are Buena Vista International, Columbia Pictures and 20^th Century Fox. Some of the films 20^th Century Fox have distributed are Avatar, Ice age and Star Wars. To mass distribute our media product I think we would use Universal as they have distributed many independent film titles and have a greater knowledge of the smaller market. This is in contrast to 20^th century Fox that focus on distributing Hollywood blockbuster films.

As an independent film maker, I would have asked for funding from the UK film council. But with the closing down of the council, I would pitch my film idea to any major film studios ready to listen and talk to businesses that I think would want to sponsor my film.

The titles in this film are the names of the director, actors, screenplay set designers and other important roles within the making of this film. We tried to credit the people who helped make the idea of this film a reality and we responded in doing so how many other film production companies have done.

I think that our film is that similar to a James Bond spy- type movie and institutionally comparative to MGM production company.  However, I think that with the making of our own production company we can produce our films independently differing to MGM.

Thanks for listening.

How does my media product represent particular social groups?

           The image on the left is of ‘The Boss’ from our film Organisation XIII and the image on the right is of Michael Corleone from ‘The Godfather’. These two characters radiate a certain authority and power just from the way they sit and their body actions.        

          Both characters are dressed in a formal suit complete with tie. This can represent power, wealth, business and authority. Both characters look very smart and sleek in appearance.  

          Both characters have a serious expression on their face which suggests they are serious about their job.  They could be seen as looking down on others which makes them seem superior.
         They both have similar roles within their film of mafia boss/ group leader.

       Differences between these characters can be the way their hair is styled. The character on the left has his hair brushed more to the left which makes him seem cool but serious. The character on the right has his hair gelled backwards which makes him appear very professional.

       The character on the left is wearing a black suit which makes him seem more sinister whereas the character on the right is wearing a tweed suit which makes him seem more upper-class.

        The body action of the character on the left shows he is more insecure than the character on the right as he is more confined to himself whereas the other character seems more open and relaxed.

Screen shots of how my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.

In what ways does my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

Screen Shot One

This shows the main title for our film. We wanted the film title to be effective and to stand out by being big and bold. Many successful action films have achieved this like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcisPdJVNl8.  We wanted the opening title to be explosive which I think we achieved with the sound effect of a gunshot playing as the title appears. This sets the scene for the rest of the movie and helps set the genre of action.

Screen Shot Two

This screen shot is of setting and location. As we can see we have shops in the background with a small alleyway tucked away between them. This is where the action begins to unfold as the characters run out of the public shopping district and down the alley way to car parks, free running spots and dead ends. This frame sets the scene well as the audience notices the tiny alleyway which takes us away from the shops and into a action packed chase scene. We tried to emphasise the use of this alleyway and how it takes us into a gritty, gang like area where danger soon occurs.

Screen Shot Three

The frame here demonstrates the use of costumes and props. We can see that the two assassins are both wearing suits and we tried to incorporate the action in like many action films, like this has done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti8x2jOh-6I. We used props like guns to make the film seem more realistic and more dramatic. The excitement of the chase scene is sped up by the use of fire arms and violence.

Screen Shot Four

The fourth shot shows camera work and editing. This shot is called a shot reverse shot which emphasizes conversation or dialogue. We tried to vary the use of camera shots in our film to make it look more professional and realistic. We used high angle shots, low angle shots, tracking shots, shot reverse shots, long shots, mid shots, close ups and many more. The use of editing I think is quite effective. We used many slide transitions to take the audience seemingly from one scene to the next. We increased the pace of editing in the chase scene to emphasise the action.

Screen Shot Five

This frame shows us the title font and style. We had titles fade in and out in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. We didn't want these titles to be as noticeable as the title of our film so there is a rather dramatic change in font size. We wanted these titles to slip in around the action, so the audience were aware of them being there but not distracted from the action on screen. The title font colour is white to make them clearly visible but not too distracting.

Screen Shot Six

This shows us the story and how the opening sets it up. The scene is set in a sinister looking board room, with an authoritative figure, three menacing people in suits and an envelope each sitting around a table. This could connote many things but the body language, the setting and the props used makes the story seem dramatic and like something thrilling could happen soon. This scene suggests that the three characters on the right of the screen are being briefed about a mission or something secret because of the seriousness of the characters expressions and the secrecy of the envelopes.

Screen Shot Seven

Frame seven suggests the genre of our film as we see two people mid-chase down an alley way. We can see the intense body movements, the seriousness of the characters and the audience receives the impression that this will be an action film. They will get this impression because chase scenes are fast paced, explosive, thrilling and everything about them suggests the action genre. Including a chase scene in the opening of our movie sets the rest of our film up as an action film.

Screen Shot Eight

This shows us how the characters are introduced. Here the audience can see a mid shot of 'The Boss' with a business like expression as he talks on the phone to someone. We can see that 'The Boss' is automatically portrayed as a very serious, determined character. 'The Boss' is shown in a suit and tie, with intelligent glasses on that suggests he knows what to do in any situation. The audience can sense he is a leading character in the story line and he has vast superiority.

Screen Shot Nine

This frame shows us the use of special effects. I created a production company for our film, with a panther roar behind the picture as the title fades in and out. The slide transitions show the panther clawing its way onto screen and fading out into the actual footage. I used a fearsome animal as our production company to suggest that the institution specialises in action based films. This can be compared to some of the James Bond films  that have the MGM production company trademark that plays before it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mqVvEaQefk.

If I Had To Do This Project Again, How Would I Improve Editing?

I would improve our editing in a number of ways:

• I would experiment with the lighting settings in Adobe Premiere.
• I would test new transitions for footage and titles
• I would increase the pace of editing in the action scenes.
• I would try to incorporate a few effects like auto colour and auto contrast.
• I could experiment with new themes for our movie
• I would toggle the volume levels to create perfect soundbridges and to have flowing music that matches the pace of the action.

I think we did considerably well cutting our footage in the most relevant places to ensure continuity and i think our title work could have been improved.

If I Had To Do This Project Again, How Would I Improve Camerwork?

I think we included a wide range of camera shots in our opening two minutes but I think we could have included:

• More establishing shots
• More match on action
• More control of camera steadiness
• Better panning shots
• Better tracking shots

I think the long shots, mid shots and close ups were good in our film aswell as the prevelence of our main character in the opening two minutes. The main character had most prevelence to show his importance within our opening two minutes.

If I Had To Do This Project Again, How Would I Improve Mise-en-scené?

I think our use of mise-en-scené was appropriate and all relevant to the genre of action we chose. If I had to do the opening two minutes again I would:

• Use a more realistic gun that makes a shooting sound to reduce sound editing
• Carry a gun holster for actor convenience so we do not have to re shoot several times
• Find costumes for the actors to wear that are more flexible and designed for the actions we required
• Think about the time of day we want to film and the light intensity outside
• Think about use of props in the board room scene

I think our costumes were effective and appropriate for the genre we chose. I think we need to think about lighting more carefully next time as the board room scene was lit quite darkly, and although it gave the atmosphere a feeling of seriousness, it hid the characters expressions. 

If I Had To Do This Project Again, How Would I Improve Sound?

I think we used a wide range of sound within our film. We used diegetic, non- diegetic, synchronous sound, ambience, sound effects, sound bridge and dialogue. I think we could improve the sound by:

• Thinking about the background noise in the town centre. Although it worked out to our advantage and wasn't too noisy, it could have been less noisy.
• Creating our own soundtrack with a tempo and instruments we want that will match our opening two minutes 
• Rehearsing the dialogue scenes to make them flawless
• Use the boom microphone in some areas where the sound is lost easily
• Researching more sound effects or create our own

We used a variety of sound  which was effective as it made the audience feel more immersed in the film and sound was continuous but I feel that if I had to re-do this project then I would try and create our own soundtrack and sound effects.

Statistical Target Audience of our Film.

After 117 views on youtube, our video statistics shows that our video is most popular with mostly males aged 25-34 and females aged 13-24.  We certified our film as a 15 rating and I think that the majority of our audience exceeded this age limit. I expected this film to be more popular with the male audience but it proved to be popular within a large age range with females aswell. We targeted the older age bracket and I think we achieved this. We targeted the older age bracket as our film was an action/ spy/ gangster film and would not have been as popular if it was rated as a 12 as there would not be as much action allowed. An action movie is known for violence and mild language, which is what the older target audience look for in an action film. If we certified this film as a 12 then a stereotypical audience would not have wanted to see this film.

Audience Feed back.

I would class the audience feedback we received back as mostly positive. The video shows feedback of our group presentation pitching our film to the class. The comments underneath are feedback from face book from when I posted the film on the website to gain audience feed back. From the comments on face book, we can see that the actors/screen play/ body actions/ mise-en-scené we chose were a huge success proven with comments such as'Loved this film, molly loved the way you killed Dave' and 'Molly, you own girl'. Some criticisms were the costume style of one agent where two commenter's said ' I think peter could have worn better shoes' and 'why would an agent wear bright red shoes'?   I think audience feedback is crucial for knowing what the audience expect and how to sell a product to them well.

Opening two minutes of our constructed film

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Our presentation of the film Organisation XIII which gives the audience an overlook of the film.

Organisation xiii

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This presentation gives the audience an idea of what our film is about and how it may appeal to them. We talk about the characters/ actors involved, the plot, appeal to the audience and problems we encoutered whilst making it. If our film was distributed, this could be an extra feature as to how we gained our audience and how we came across and overcame problems.

Classification of our film

There are many ratings to choose from for our film. For our film to be successful we need to target the older audience. I chose to go with the rating..... 

I have personally rated this film as a 15 rating. A 15 rating would suggest that this film may contain offensive or emotionally harrowing scenes or strong language and violence. Some examples of 15 rated films are 'The Girl Next Door' and 'The Shawshank Redemption'. I would rate our film as a 15 as it contains mild language in the opening two minutes and if production of this film were to continue, I expect strong violence to be present as it is an action film. We wanted the film to appeal an older target audience like 15+ anyway so i think this would be an appropriate rating to give it. I feel that as a gangster/ assassin film, at least a 15+ rating would be ideal as we would be appealing to the larger market audience. A stereotypical male audience would not want to see a gangster film rated as 12. To attract a more adult audience, our film should be rated 15 so the stereotypical audience will be more inclined to see it as they know it will contain  swearing and action scenes and not a family friendly comedy gangster film.

Soundtrack and Music

 Adding sound to our film proved quite difficult and strenuous but we finally managed to achieve the desired outcome. As we had to reshoot several scenes, the soundtrack work already added to the film was seperated and merged with other sound effects when we added the new scenes. We had to start the sound editing again and managed to make it better than it was previously.
          
  We included fast paced action music for the chase scene and dramatic music for the board room scene.

  We included sound effects like gunshots as we could not create a realistic gunshot sound ourselves. We also added in the panther sound effect to our own made production title at the beginning. 

One actor was particually quiet during one scene and so we had to re-record his dialogue and dub it over the original scene. We used fast paced action music which souned quite funky to down-play the tension in the chase scene. The effect we wanted was for the scene to be serious but not too serious.

We faded the music in and out and created sound bridges from one scene to the next to take our audience seemingly from one shot to the next. The faded music seemingly slips away to reveal the dramatic conference room scene and fades back in to the action packed chase scene!

Sound editing had many issues but all were overcome and we achieved the desired effect.

Editing our film!

Hey there! Taking care of the last bit of editing now so our film is finished. We went out and re-filmed some shots for our film, this was a tricky task as we had to re-create our scene. After we finished re-filming our two shots we uploaded our footage onto Adobe Premier Elements.
Uing this programme edited our film cutting out bits we did not need and making our transitions and cuts as short as possible, as this is a common feature in action flms. The cuts were made so that we had some time left to fill in which was left for our studio/production company animation. Cutting our film and taking out things we didn't want (unwanted sounds, continuity errors and mistakes) took a lot of time as we had lots of footage to look at and make group decisions over what we wanted to keep.

Problems with editing

My group and I wanted to start editing and uploading our film onto the school computers as they are the only computers with the correct editing software. As it is currently half term, we had some difficulty with doing this as the classrooms were locked and so we did not have access to the facilities we needed. This means we have the raw footage of our film but we can not edit it until the half term is over. We will start editing as soon as we arrive back in school and we have the correct equipment and software.

Mood Board Of Production Photos

Action Movie Mood Board

Things we had to consider for filming

My group and I had many things to consider for the shooting of our film such as;

• The Weather. We chose to film some of our movie outside so we had to check the weather forecast frequently for good weather.
• Dates and Times. We had to choose appropriate days and times which was suitable for all group members plus acting crew.
• Camera angles. When we arrived at our filming location we had to decide which camera angle we could capture the action best in.
• Battery Life. We underestimated the time we had that we could use the camera before it ran out of battery so we had to find a plug socket to charge it up which wasted valuable filming time.
• Costumes and Props. We filmed the scenes over the course of two days and so all costume, props and the setting had to remain the same to keep continuity.
• The Public. We filmed in an outdoor public area and so we had many people walk through the film shots unintentionally and ask us about what we were doing.  

We encountered many problems during filming in some of the categories above. We had to rethink carefully about many of the shots we wanted to shoot and had to take a break from filming to charge up the camera battery. We considered a lot of this beforehand but we still encountered and resolved a few problems.

Film Production Pictures

                            







These are photos taken during the production of our film. The locations of these photos are from the board room scene and the free running scene in Leatherhead Town. Cast and crew were photographed during filming. We can see some of the camera work used and some of the possible ideas we had during production. Props can be seen in these photographs along with settings and costume. We had to ensure that all characters wore the same clothes all throughout the days when we filmed to ensure continuity.

Filming Equipment

Titles in order of appearance for Batman 1989

Order of Titles in action film 'Batman'.

1. Main Production Company (Warner Bros.)
2. Lead Actors (Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger)
3. Production Comapny (Guber-Peters) 
4. Film By (Tim Burton)
5. Film Title (Batman)
6. Referencing Sources (DC comics inc)
7. Other actors ( Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance)
8. Casting Crew (Marion Dougherty)
9. Costume Crew (Bob Ringwood and Linda Henrikson)
10. Original Music (Danny Elfman)
11. Songs written and performed (Prince)
12. Editor (Ray Lovejoy)
13. Production Designer (Anton Furst)
14. Director of photography (Roger Pratt)
15. Original Character Creator (Bob Kane)
16. Executive Producers (Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan)
17. Co-Producer (Chris Kenny)
18. Screen Play (Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren)
19. Story (Sam Hamm)
20. Produced By (Jon Peters and Peter Guber)
21. Director (Tim Burton)

Analysis of titles

For the opening 2 minutes of our film we needed to have titles to make it look more realistic. We created a few titles that we like the look of and that would go well with our film. We wanted bold writing as we thought it gave a spy/action feel it. We choose the first one in the sequence as we felt this would go with our film the best. We found it hard to choose between the 1st and 2nd, as we felt they would both go with the film. We had to put them in the film to see which gave a more professional look.

Titles for our film

The Script

Characters:

·        Jason- aka agent 13-Fabian

·        The Boss- Harry Kent

·        Assassin 1- David

·        Assassin 2- Molly

·        Assassin 3- Peter

·        Tracker Girl- Ellen

·        Organisation Members- Josh, Lewis, Shaun,

Shot 1. Production Titles

Shot 2-4. A voice over by Jason, “The names Jason & this is me finishing my last fucking assignment! I still don’t know what they’re going to do with me…..”

Amplified sound of his footsteps.

Shot 5. The film title appears in the foreground and in the background we see the doors. This shot stays for 3 seconds until the doors burst open.

Shot 6. Jason is standing in between the doors.

Dialogue: Jason- “As we agreed this was my last assignment and now I’m done with this bullshit!”

The Boss- “Yes, we know, remember there is no turning back now…”

At the end of the scene we hear muttering/whispering from the organisation members.

Shot 10-12. Jason is walking up the high street, everyday noises of people talking, cars and people walking will be heard in the scene.

Add in the sound of a police or ambulance siren.

The insert (shot 12.5). Jason turns a corner and bumps into a girl (the tracker) she hastily says sorry as the camera focuses on her slipping a tracker into his pocket. Sounds dim down and go quiet as he turns the corner.

Shot 13. Jason keeps walking up the road. Everyday noises continue at normal level.

Shot 14. Back in the board room the boss is talking about the tracker being placed on Jason. “we have hired an operative to place a tracker on Jason, now we know where he is, what he’s doing and how we can get rid of him!”

Shot 15. Down the board rooms corridor you see the three assassin’s feet walking down it.

Shot 16. Back in the board room . The boss is talking about the tracker and the three assassins on there way. “I’ve hired three of the best trained assassins in the world to take down agent 13, he wont make it out alive”.

Shot 17. Down the board rooms corridor you see the three assassin’s feet walking down it.

Shot 18. The doors swing open and the three assassins are standing in the doorway.

Shot 19. The camera zooms in slightly on the assassins in the doorway. The assassins slowly walk into the board room.

Shot 20. Jason walks along the street. Jason turns into an alley. Another man appears and starts to follow him

Shot 21. Zoom in on Jason. Jason looks left over his shoulder and sees that he’s being followed.

Shot 22. The camera angle changes to looking at both characters head on. Jason starts to run and his follower chases after him.

Shot 23. Jason runs up a flight of stairs.

Shot 24. Jason gets to the top of the stairs and continues running. His follower reaches the top soon after and continues to chase Jason.

Shot 25. Jason continues to run with the camera directly behind him to act like it’s the follower’s point of you chasing Jason. Jason then runs out of shot and the follower stops and looks around for him.

Shot 26. The follower then runs out onto the main road looking for Jason.

Shot 27. The follower stops running and starts to walk along the side of the road looking around for Jason.

Shot 28. Cuts to Jason looking out a window.

Shot 29. The angle changes and you see Jason looking out of the window down onto his follower looking around for him. Jason mumbles the word “Amateur” and walks away.

Shot 30. Jason walks out onto the car park roof.

Shot 31. Jason sees a black car and walks over to it. Jason gets into the car and the car speeds off.

Analysis of Animatic

              My group and I created a storyboard of the first 2 minutes of our film. We then took pictures of each picture of the storyboard and uploaded them to the computer. We added the pictures into the editing software we use called premiere. We then ordered the pictures into the correct sequence along the timeline. We then cut and extended the time of how long each picture would play for, relevant to how long we want that scene to last when actually filming.
          We added music over the top. The music is called Slam by Pendulum. This music is copyrighted and we will not be able to use copyright music in our real film but we decided to use this piece of music in our animatic as it was catchy, upbeat and went with the idea of our film. We will have to use uncopyrighted music in our real film. We found it easier to find copyrighted music we liked as copyrighted music is more widely distributed and easily available to get hold of as opposed to uncopyrighted music. The music we have fades into the animatic as opposed to just starting to play as we want to increase tension by increasing the music slowly in the animatic. We will most likely do something similar in our real film. 
          We added editing titles and production company titles in a similar sequence to that of a real film as we wanted the animatic to be as close as possible to showing a resemblence to a real film. The titles fade in using different animations like fade in and compress. We wanted the titles to be introudced into the film so the audience are aware they are there but also slightly unnoticable so the audience can focus on the action. We only had titles in the first 15 -20 seconds of our animatic.
         We used slide transitions inbetween scenes as to make the audience notice the scene has changed and the setting is different. The editing techniques used were appopriate and suitable for our film. We made sure that they were subtle but so the audience notices a change inbetween scenes.

Animatic

Shot List

Scene	Shot	Shot Description
ONE	1	The Universal Studios logo appears on screen
	2	The main character Jason is introduced running round a corner in wide shot.
	3	Jason runs down the road in mid shot. He runs into a dark alley looking around.
	4	Cuts to medium close up of Jason behind a red dumpster.
TITLE	5	Film title appears onscreen ‘Organisation XIII’
TWO	6	New scene, cuts to big brown wooden doors in mid shot. The doors are then opened by Jason who storms into a board room.
	7	A wide shot from inside of the organisations board room as Jason walks in. There’s a big table in the middle with the organisations members sitting around it looking at Jason.
	8	Cuts to a right hand side mid shot of Jason. Jason throws his fists down on the table. A few of the organisation members can be seen also in this shot.
	9	Jason takes his fists off the table and storms out the room in mid shot opening the doors quickly.
THREE	10	Cuts to Jason walking down a high street in wide shot.
	11	Cuts to a wide shot from the right hand side of Jason walking the high street.
	12	Cuts to Jason walking down the street in mid shot from the front.
Insert Sheet	->	In mid shot. Jason walks round a corner and walks into a woman who touches his jacket as he walks into her. He makes sure she’s okay and the he continues walking.
	13	He Continues to walk down the street in mid shot.
FOUR	14	Cuts back to the board room. The boss is standing at the end of the table in mid shot looking down the table talking to his assassins.
	15	Cuts to a low floor shot of three people’s feet walking down a corridor.
	16	Cuts back to the boss talking in mid shot, there’s been a slight zoom in on the boss.
	17	Cuts back to the low floor shot of the three people’s feet walking down a corridor.
	18	Cuts to an over the shoulder shot from behind the boss. The cameras facing the two big doors as they swing open to reveal the three assassins standing in the doorway.
	19	Cuts to a mid shot above the waist of the three assassins walking into the board room.
	20	Over the shoulder shot form behind the boss welcoming the assassins into the board room and to take a seat.
FIVE	21	Scene cuts to Jason walking along a street and turning down a dark alley. He walks into the mid shot.
	22	As Jason walks down the alley another man follows him down, both in mid shot.
	23	The shot cuts to a close up on the back of Jason’s head as he turns to look over his left shoulder at the man following him.
	24	Shot cuts to Jason’s face with the strange man over his left shoulder. There’s a slight pause then Jason starts to fun from the man.
	25	Jason runs up a flight of stairs in mid shot then he disappears out of the shot.
	26	Scene cuts to the top of the stairs just as Jason reaches the top, Jason then runs out of shot. The man chasing Jason soon follows and reaches the top of the stairs and chases after him.
	27	Jason reaches a clearing in a big road he runs out of shot.
	28	The follower runs out into the road but Jason’s disappeared. He looks around for a second then runs in the most likely direction. This shot is a high angle shot showing that the follower is small and useless, it also shows how many directions Jason could have gone in.
	29	The follower runs along side the road to the right of the shot looking around for Jason.
	30	The shot cuts to Jason in mid shot, hands behind his back and looking out of a window.
	31	The shot closes in on Jason. Showing Jason looking down on his follower out of a window with a small smile on his face.
SIX	32	Jason walks out onto a car park roof slowly in mid shot.
	33	Shot changes to behind Jason and looking over his right shoulder. Jason’s looking at a car in straight in front of him. He slowly walks over.