Tv Show

In Pats lesson we had to come up with our own character and there own personality and hobbies ext for that character. My character was a 80 year old women called Susan, she is very unsociable and grump and lives alone, she keeps her self to her self.

We then had to come up with in pairs our own TV show. The tv show had to be shown at 7.30 on Saturday night so it had to be suitable for that time e.g. no violence or sexual content.

Mine and Sam's idea was a sitcom called Golden Shame, it is about a rich family who look down on the poor but then the husband gets arrested for tax invasion and the family loose all the wealth, They then have to go and live in a homeless shelter. Their is a mum who is 41 yr old, one teenage child who is 18, and 2 twins who are 10. It would be aimed at 15-30 year olds. Then we had to go around the classroom and ask everyone if their made up character would watch the show. We got 61 % of people in the class said yes to their character watching the show.

The Character who said yes to watch our show are:
Albert 27 M (Interested in animals, Stripper )
Dylan 28 M (Agressive, involved in drug trades)
Abbie 30 F (blunt, heartless, doctor)
Michael 19 M (photography student, reserved, Minimum wage)
Alfie 25 M (Autistic, schizophrenic, unemployed)
Jessica 23 F (hot headed, outspoken, singer)
Jarvis 26 M (Racing Driver , sporty ,friendly )
Valerie 18 F (quiet, mysterious, student )
Lucy 22 F (Sporty, jobless)
Mollie 19 F (Timid, Studying Maths )
Martin 27 M (Expensive tastes, sportsman)
Susan 80 F (Grumpy, lives in her own home, retired)

final cut shortcuts

Cmd b = Create new bin
right click = to open a short cut menu
Home = Takes playhead to the end
Down arrow = Moves the play head forward to the next clip
Up Arrow = Moves the play head backwards to the pervious clip
Left arrow = Moves a frame backwards
Shift and left arrow = Moves the play head one second backwards
Right arrow = Moves a frame forward
Shift and right arrow = Moves one second forward
 J = What keyboard button it to play the clip backwards
K = Stops the clip
K and J = Slow motion
L = Plays the clip forward
Shift and space bar = Rewind
I = Set a in point
Shift and I = Moves the play head to the in point
alt and I = Removes the in point
O = Sets a out point
Shift and o = moves playhead to the outpoint
ALT and O - Removes the outpoint
ALT and x = Removes both in and out point
A = Selects the default selection tool (mouse )
CMD and H - Hides final cut pro
CMD S - Saves
CMD Q - Quites final cut pro

Final Cut Quiz

1. What are 3 ways you can open final cut pro ?

• Double click it in the dock
• Finder - Final Cut pro
• Desktop 

2. What four keys are often use with keyboard short cuts to get functions or commands ?

• ctrl
• cmd
• shift
• Option 

3. How do you access a short cut menu ?
    Right click

4. What main menu can you find the import command?
     File

5. Three ways to open a clip in the viewer ?
    Double click it
    Drag it in
    Right click - open in viewer

6. Besides the play button what other keys can you press to play the video ?
   The space bar

7. Which keys move the playhead forward or backwards in one frame ?
     Arrow keys

8.How do you mark a in point or a outpoint on a clip  ?
   Using the I or O keys

9. What button in the canvas do you click to edit a clip ?
    The red overwrite button

10. Whats visuel indicator in the viewer lets you now your  first or last frame in the clip?
      Film strip appears on the left side of the viewer

11. When viewing the audio portion of a clip ?
     A waveform display

12. Three ways to create a bin ?

• cmd B 
• File, new bin
• ctrl click

13. What are the keyboard shortcuts to save, hide and quit final cut pro
      cmd s
      cmd h
      cmd q

Full Essay Music video

The music Video i chose today for my full analysis is the Video for the song This Is Gospel By the band Panic at the Disco. 

The Genre of music is Alternate, which is hard to get across in a music video but this type of music is unique, and the music video is unique as it does not follow a conventional structure. 

The song is about a relationship and as it is about love at the start of the song he is on a hospital bed and they put across on his heart which links into the theme off love. Another relationship between the lyrics and visuals  is in the chorus there is a line that says 'If you love me, let me go', When he says this he tries to get off the doctors bed he is lying on, as he tries to get up the doctors try and hold him down while he struggles to get them off, linking in with the line 'Let me go' 

The video does not really have a relationship between the music and visuals as the video does not cut to the beats. But when the chorus kicks in and the guitar and music gets loader there is more action in the video  and there are much quicker cuts but when the verses are playing it does not have a relationship between the music and the visuals.

Throughout the video there are a lot of close ups of the singer, this is how the record company are trying to sell the track as he is famous, This is called star image motifs. 

There is a reference to the notion of looking in the video as some shots are purposely used to show the singer in a sexual way 

There is no in textual reference as the video is unique and original.

The music video is both performance and concept based as the you see the singer performer the song but it is also concept based as there is a story to it but it has nothing to do with the lyrics or what the song is about.

Short Music Video

This is my Minutie long music video. This is the first thing we have filmed at college and was kind of a test run for when we shot our full music videos

The Fray - How To Safe A Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ZI3jR2zeA

Lighting

The film i chose which i think uses good lighting is a film called burried.

The whole film is set in the coffin with guy who is burried alive , as he is in a coffin underground it is pitch black, but the use of his mobile phone allows the audience to see what he is doing in the box which i think is very clever and a good use of lighting as it looks natural
It is also good as even though there is light from the phone so you are able to see the auidence can still tell it is dark down there which adds the tension and atmosphere to the film

Three Point lighting

Key Light - This is the main light. It is usually the strongest and has the most influence on the look of the scene. It is placed to one side of the camera/subject so that this side is well lit and the other side has some shadow.

 Fill Light - This is the secondary light and is placed on the opposite side of the key light. It is used to fill the shadows created by the key. The fill will usually be softer and less bright than the key. To acheive this, you could move the light further away or use some spun. You might also want to set the fill light to more of a flood than the key.

Back Light - The back light is placed behind the subject and lights it from the rear. Rather than providing direct lighting (like the key and fill), its purpose is to provide definition and subtle highlights around the subject's outlines. This helps separate the subject from the background and provide a three-dimensional look.

Hard Light - coming from a source that's small compared to the subject, casts hard shadows and has high contrast. Outdoors you see this light on a bright sunny day. The sun may be very large but it's also far away and small in the sky so it casts hard light on subjects.

Soft Light - falling on the subject from a source that's large compared to the subject, wraps light around the subject, filling shadows and lowering contrast. Outdoors you see this light on a cloudy bright day when the entire layer of clouds is the light source.

Music video

In class we had to watch 2 music videos and analysis them.
The first music video i did was a song called This is gospel by a band called Panic At The Disco. The genre of music is Alternate

Genre Characteristics
The genre of the music is alternate. Alternate is a unice type of music so the video follwers this as it is unconvenentnal.

What is the relationship between lryics and visuals?
There is a line of the song which goes "If you love me let me go" as soon as he says this the doctors pull him down on the bed and he is trying to get away but they wont let him go.

What is the relationship betweenm music and visuals?
The starts of the video is slow cuts and most still camera shots, but as soon as the chourus begins and the music gets louder and heavier the cuts are much faster and there is more going on in the scene

There are a lot of star image motifs as there is alot of close ups showing the singing very clearly.

The video is Performace based as you see the singer perform but it is aslo concept based.

The second video i did was the song Hurt by Johnn Cash, The genre of music is Country

The genre charcteristics are you see alot of close ups of his acoustic guitar which is a big insturment in the country music genre. Also in the background of the scene you see alot of objects that are linked with country music.

There isnt really any relationship between lyrics and visuals

The relationship with music and visuals is that as soon as the last chourus of the songs begins there are very quick cuts

Their are many close ups of Johnny

It is performance based and you see him singing the song but it is also conecpt based and the video shows lots of diffrent clips of his carear.

Final Cut Interface

storyboard for short film

This is my story board for my short film. It shows the first 2 scenes. The first scene is Mason playing the video game, one of the shots which i showed on my story board is a long shot of mason sitting down playing the video game, then it cuts to the second scene which shows Shane attacking people on the street which tells the audience he is being controlled.

Actor's Contract

ACTORS CONTRACT

Actor MDF Production

N/a N/a

N/a

Date 10/10/10

Dear Actor

This letter confirms agreement that you will take the part of    Mason in the film Game Boy ( the “Film”) This is the working title and the final name of the film may change. As you know, this is a low budget production and we are keen to ensure that everyone understands the basis upon which the Film is being made. If there is anything about this letter that you do not understand or you wish us to clarify, please do not hesitate to contact us.

1)You agree to be available to work during the filming period (“the Shoot”)

from December 2013 to  Feburary 2014    (or you can name the exact dates).   

2) You agree that the filming will take place in the following locations

__Billericay_____________________________________________________________________.

3) You agree to give over any rights you may have in the finished film to Matthew Flower.  This will allow us to distribute the film in any and every way we can.

4)  We will pay a fee of £00.00 a day for your performance in this Film.  The fee is payable within 28 days after the performance was given.

5) We will aim to ensure that working days are not longer than 10 hours.

6) We will do our best to ensure your health, safety and welfare during the Shoot.

7) We will have public liability insurance to cover you during the Shoot.

8) We will provide you with food and refreshments throughout the Shoot.  We will liase with you over your travel arrangements to and from the Shoot and either provide transport or pay travel expenses which we need to agree in advance.

9) We will be provide you with a VHS of the finished Film within 3 months of the completion of all post production.

signed by the actor signed on behalf of the company

date date

Shooting People Good Enough Contracts

These contracts are designed to be  ‘good enough’ for low budget filmmaking.  If you have a commission from a TV station or are making a fully funded feature film, you should seek to use the PACT contracts (Producers Association for Cinema and Television – www.pact.co.uk) which are based on full Equity fees and contain a great deal more details about exclusivity, overtime and repeat fees and copyright clearances.

These contracts are designed to be as clear as possible – no fancy legal language just plain English.  They have been drawn up in consultation with a professional media lawyer, Mark Lloyd.

The contract should be printed out on company letterhead.

2 copies signed by the producer should be sent out – one for the actor to keep and one for them to sign and return.

WHAT ARE THESE CONTRACTS FOR?

A contract is there to protect - to protect the producer and to protect the actor.

A contract makes sure there is as much clarity as possible between both partners so both know what to expect from the other.

You should always use a contract with your actors no matter how informal the shoot.  It will save you from the consequences of any misunderstandings or disagreements further down the line.

The Shooting People Actors Contract contains things that the actor promises to do – such as turn up.  These are covered in the first 3 clauses which start ‘you agree’

And things the producer promises to do – such as provide insurance.  These are covered in the last 6 clauses which start ‘we will’.

AT THE VERY LEAST

Shooting People members expect that at bare minimum, a producer will pay for travel and food expenses, provide a copy of the finished film and provide Public Liability Insurance to cover the crew and cast for any accidents during the production.

We strongly urge you to retain these elements to the contract, even if you amend or remove other clauses.

RIGHTS AND PAYMENT

Creative people such as directors, writers, composers and actors automatically own the rights to their own creative contribution to a film.  In order to sell or show a film the producer needs to control all the rights to the film.

On a fully funded production, the producer pays the actor money in exchange for which the actor assigns all (or some) of the rights in their work to the producer.

On low budget films the producer is often paying the actor a minimum fee or even no fee at all.  Yet they must still obtain the rights they need to distribute the film even if they simply wish to show it online for free.

Ideally actors will agree to assign all rights in a short film or low budget feature when they sign the contract.  Largely speaking these films do not make much, if any, return on their original budgets and those involved are doing so in order to progress their careers so asking for all rights to be assigned is a reasonable request.   However you may be forced to be specific about the distribution rights you want to clear with the contract – they are primarily cinema, TV, film festivals, internet, video and DVD.   

The draft contract is filled in with the Equity Film School rate - £36 a day - this does not legitimise your shoot in the eyes of Equity, these rates are intended only for film school productions, separate rates apply to low budget productions.  See the ‘Paying Actors’ FAQ for more detail on actors rates.  If your film is very low budget and your actors have agreed to waive their fee, simply remove this clause.

DEFERED PAYMENT CONTRACTS

Both producers and actors are aware that every low budget feature is a potential Blair Witch even though the odds are very low indeed.   It may be that you have an actor who you consider to be essential to the production whose agent is not prepared to sign away all rights for no fee or for only the Equity film school fee. In this case you may want to consider an additional deferred payment contract which promises to pay the actor more money if and when the film is a commercial success.  [see Deferred Payment Contract]

Call Sheet

The point of a call sheet is so the cast and crew know what is going on and what they need to bring and what time they need to be on set ect... 

CALL SHEET

PRODUCTION NAME:	Game Boy
Director	Matthew Flower
Producer	Matthew FLower
Camera	Matthew Flower
Sound	TBC
Lighting	TBC

Location	My house –  Essex – Billericay
Weather	N/A

Scenes	Pages	Day/Night	Int/Ext	Location	Synopsis	Other
5		Day	Both	Billericay	About a boy who plays a video game but does not know he is controlling a real person

Character	Cast	Pick-up	Arrive	Leave
Mason Shane	Friends	7.00am	8.30am	17.00pm

Make-up/Costume	Actors will bring their own cloths
Lighting	TBC
Sfx	TBC
Catering	I will provide food food for the cast and crew
Transport	Actors will have to make their own way their
Parking	Free parking
Toilets	Toilets will be able to use on location
Other

Story board for Short film

This is my story board for my horror film. It is the opening scene of the film where the main character wakes up and finds he is in a zombie apocalypse.
Directors use story boarding to plan the idea for the scene to make it easy to shot when they come to productuion

My Pre Production

This is my Floor plan for me pre production film idea called Game Boy. it Is a Action film about a boy who plays a video game not knowing he is actually controlling a real person. My FLoor plan is of his house and the areas surrounding his house. This is were most of the film will take.

My location horror film - Floor plan

This is a picture of my drawn location for my film, i have drawn a school and some of the areas  around it, Mine is set in a school and is a horror about zombies.

My Risk Assessment

RISK ASSESSMENT FORM

Production Name & Number         -

Shoot Dates                                -

Production Manager                     -

Producer                                    -

Guidance:

1.     Assess whether a hazard will be present, write YES or NO.  Then for each hazard that you have said YES to do the following:

2.     Rate each risk on a Severity scale from Negligable (N), Low risk (L), Moderate risk (M), Severe (S), Very severe (V)

3.     Rate each risks Likelihood on scale from Very unlikely (VU), Unlikely (U), Possible (P), Likely (L), Very likely (VL)

4.     Determine the Risk Factor from the table overleaf.

P = Present      /           S = Severity     /           L = Likelihood  /           R = Risk Factor

	Hazard	P	S	L	R
1	Alcohol/drugs	YES	S	P	3
2	Animals/insects	Yes	L	U
3	Audiences
4	Camera cable/grip equipment	Yes	M	P
5	Confined spaces
6	Derelict buildings/dangerous structures
7	Electricity/gas (other than normal supplies)
8	Fatigue/long hours
9	Fire/flammable materials
10	Hazardous substances
11	Heat/Cold/extreme weather	Yes	M	VU
12	Laser/strobe effects
13	Machinery/industrial/ crane/hoist
14	Materials - glass, non-fire retardant set materials
15	Night operation
16	Noise – high sound levels
17	Non standard manual handling
18	Public/crowds	Yes	M	L
19	Radiation
20	Scaffold/Rostra
21	Smoking on set
22	Special effects/explosives
23	Special needs (elderly, disabled, inexperienced)
24	Specialised rescue/first aid
25	Stunts, dangerous activities
26	Tall scenery/suspended ceilings
27	Vehicles/speed
28	Water/proximity to water
29	Weapons
30	Working at heights
31	Working overseas
32	Other risks

5. Calculate the Risk Factor:

	Very Unlikely	Unlikely	Possible	Likely	Very Likely
Very severe	3	4	4	5	5
Severe	2	3	3	3	5
Moderate	2	2	3	3	3
Low Risk	1	2	2	3	3
Negligible	1	1	2	2	3

6. Decide the action to take:

5	Very severe	Take immediate action
4	Severe	High priority
3	Moderate Risk	Programme for action
2	Low Risk	Action may be required
1	Negligible	Probably acceptable

7. Then list each risk identified

Hazard Number:
Description of Hazard:	Cold weather
Person(s) exposed (detail if cast/crew (C), outside company (O) or public (P) )	Crew and Cast
Action to take:	Provide warm clothing
Person/company responsible for action
Hazard Number:
Description of Hazard:
Person(s) exposed (detail if cast/crew (C), outside company (O) or public (P) )
Action to take:
Person/company responsible for action
Hazard Number:
Description
Person(s) exposed (detail if cast/crew (C), outside company (O) or public (P) )
Action to take:
Person/company responsible for action
Hazard Number:
Description
Person(s) exposed (detail if cast/crew (C), outside company (O) or public (P) )
Action to take:
Person/company responsible for action
Hazard Number:
Description
Person(s) exposed (detail if cast/crew (C), outside company (O) or public (P) )
Action to take
Person/company responsible for action

To be completed at agreed later date -
Exposed person(s) informed? (y/n)		Agreed action taken? (y/n)		Risk removed? (y/n)

Completed by:                                                             Position:

Signature                                                                     Date: