Opening Credits Mk2

I have re edited the opening credits and this is how they currently look



This is not final as of yet as i am unhappy with the jerky fast camera movements so i will perform some finishing touches when i can whilst also editing the rest of the filmed footage.

Diary of Editing 28th Febuary

Today in lesson we uploaded the clips to the school computer. The footage looks great and we can't wait to start editing it together however my memory stick was not big enough to transfer the footage to my home computer to start editing on it so tomorrow i will bring a bigger one in.

I also finished re-enhancing the opening credits and we will have a vote to choose which ones we use in the actual opening. I am uploading a video of them and will post it later.

Diary of Editing 27th Febuary

Today i have started re-enhancing the opening credit system i made a couple of months ago. I have decided to still use the typography technique but i am using a brick wall as the background. This will make the opening credits more realistic, interesting and professional. Currently i have only started on the background but i should finish it within the next couple of days and the title of the film is subject to change depending on what we as a group decided is best.

Diary of Filming - 26th Febuary

Today we went to film the alleyway scene, i met up with Harry at his house then we walked to the alleyway with tall the equipment.
Matt met us at the alley and Mitch couldn't make it because he could not get a lift so Harry had to help with the filming for the alleyway scene.
The filming went well and we got all the shots we wanted despite some rain showers.

Diary of Filming - 25th Febuary

We ended up finally filming the splash scene today as i wasn't feeling very well on thursday and Mitch had work anyway. We met up at the splash at 2'oclock and filmed the scenes where me and matt are running to the suitcase and we all thought up some great ideas for shots and if all goes well tomorrow when filming the editing should be quite straightforward and will produce some really nice looking shots and great continuity.

For continuity purposes we will start filming in Ashtead tomorrow around 2:30 ish to show a difference in light which shows a change in time.

Mendacity

Today we decided on our film name.
We have called our film Mendacity because mendacity means untruthfulness which will link into our film as you find out later in the film that the stranger that steals the case (Harry) is an ex member of the mob seeking revenge after being cast out due to being set-up by a fellow mob member.

Diary of Filming - 23rd Febuary

We had arranged to film down the splash today but Matt texted me in the morning telling me that he was ill so we have had to re-arrange filming to tomorow (Thursday) but that works out better because it has been raining today and it is much easier to film that scene in the dry and will help the continuity when editing.

Pictures of FIlming

These are pictures of us filming the kitchen scene at Matt's house today.

Possible Film Names

Today i have decided to start thinking up some ideas for the name of our film so far i have thought of:

Duplicity (did a search and is already a film)
Deception (did a search and is already a film)
The Deceitful
Double Dealers
The Hokum
The Truth of Treason
Mendacity

Action Shots

I read advice on Pinkbike.com from a video editor about how long action shots should be when filming and editing. He said that shots should be no more than 4 seconds long when filming action sequences so i will use this technique tomorrow when we film mine and Matt's action sequence and will also use it on Friday when we get hit by the baseball bat.

Diary of Filming - 22nd Febuary

Today we all got round to Matts house around 11am to start filming the Don getting ready scenes. We got all the filming done that we wanted from different angles in 2 1/2 hours and despite the camera running out of battery halfway through we managed however this could be something to remember later on in the week as we will have to come back again when the camera is recharged as there will be no electricity as the other scenes are outside. 

Weather Forecast

 

If the weather does unfold as forecasted then it could make filming the finding the briefcase scene difficult as we do not intend for that scene to be rainy and if it is raining then we would need it to be raining on friday aswell which it does not look like will happen so we may have to reschedule filming for wednesday to another day.

Alleyway Filming Location

 Today i went to Ashtead on my bike and found an ideal alleyway to do our filming for our final scene. The alleyway is almost perfectly straight which will be good for when we do a crash zoom effect onto Harry's face and has a streetlight halfway down which will give the scene a mysterious feeling when we film it at dusk.

This picture shows the alleyway from Matt and I's perspective.

This picture is looking back down the alleyway from Harry's point of view.

 

This picture is the end of the alleyway where Harry is standing and will knock me out.

Shooting Schedule

We have a half term next week so we intend to get most of our filming done in half term.

We want to get filming done as efficently as possible but also making sure we have enough shots so we don't have to re-film any scenes.

We can split our opening into 3 major parts: the boss/don getting ready in his house, the henchman finding the case and the alleyway with the rival mobster.

We aim to get the don getting ready scene filmed on Tuesday and because this scene is inside we can film it no matter what the weather is. We will arrive at Matt's house around 10 o'clock to getting a good amount of hours filming done.

The henchman finding the case scene we will film on the Wednesday as Mitch has work on Thursday. We will possibly film this at the splash in Fetcham.

And the final scene we will film either Friday or the weekend depending on when Harry is available and what the weather is like. Light rain could work to our advantage on this scene as in a dark alleyway it will give a dark, mysterious feel.

Characters Photos

Today in lesson we all brought in our costumes that we are going to be using in our film opening. We chose these outfits as it conveys a classic gangster which the audience can relate conventions of gangsters to with a slightly modern twist wich can give our film an interesting hook for people to want to see it.

Crime/Gangster Films Typical Release Date

Crime/Gangster films are released generally between October and January.
Pulp fiction was released in October.
Goodfellas was released in October.
Se7en was released in January.
and Reservoir Dogs was released in January.

We would release our crime film in this group of months because it appears to promote and sell the films the best in comparison with films released during the summer such as silence of the lambs which was released in May and did not do aswell as it perhaps could of done if released during the winter period.

Our film would not have great competition because nowadays crime films are rare as action films and rom-coms seem to dominate the box office.