Childrens Film - Final Opening Sequence

Sixth Day - editing

The sixth day was the final day of editing. As Cameron was absent on this day, me and Fergus were working on the film on our own. The final day of editing went really well, although we did come across some sound errors, but we managed to fix them.
We managed to finish the clip in time, and we think it went quite successfully.

Fifth Day - Editing

As the fifth day was the day before the final day, we had quite a lot of editing to do. We quickly finished off adding the final effects to the footage, and then got started on the sound. We struggled to find a soundtrack that suited the storyline but at the same time, fitted in with the children film criteria. 

We also added a voice over for when Fergus is asking where he is. However, when we added the voice over, we lost all of our work we had done that lesson, which meant we had to re-do all the work we had done in that hour, in 30 minutes. 

Fortunately, we managed to re-do most of the editing we had already done, but it meant we still had a lot to do they next day. 

Fourth Day - Editing

On the fourth day we began to edit our film. We managed to collect the best images from what we filmed and put them in the order we wanted them in. This took quite a while as there were a lot of film to choose from.
After we done this, we began to add special effects to our film. We added a few effects to the images of Fergus playing the game to show that something was building up - that something was about to happen. We used the effect, light raise, to emphasis Fergus's frustration. We thought this effect worked pretty well.

After we had done this, we experimented with a range of effects to see if we could make the video game footage look slightly different to normal life. We decided to pick one next lesson as we had ran out of time.

Third Day Of Filming

As we had finished filming the day before, we were able to upload the shots onto the computer and start editing the film. This gave us an advantage as we had an extra day to do editing. However, a lot of time was wasted while uploading the video, due to it not uploading properly. 

Once we had finally uploaded the film, we started to edit the shots. This turned out to be quite difficult as there were many shots to choose from. While filming we chose to record a few of the same shot, so we would have a choice when editing, but this turned out to make it a lot more difficult. 


Although we didn't get a lot of time to do much editing, we knew we had 3 more lessons to continue to edit, so we made sure the clips we did edit were to a good standard.

Second Day Of Filming

The second day of filming turned out to be a lot more successful, as we managed to film every shot we needed. We started off by filming in an ICT room that was available. We thought this was a good setting as we were able to make it dark, which added to the idea of a boy being in his room. We filmed many shots in the ICT room, and got all the first minute of our film recorded.


The day before we managed to book the green screen for the second day of filming. We were meant to be filming a shot of Fergus with a game/war zone back drop,  but unfortunately there was a mix up, and the green screen got doubled booked. Instead, we decided to go into the woods behind Long Road, as we thought this was also an appropriate setting for a war zone. The weather also added to the boys confusion to where he was, as it was grey and misty - making it difficult for him to figure out where he was.


While in the woods, we managed to shoot the rest of our film without complications. Fergus was creative with the surroundings, and made the shots interesting by adding dialogue, and different paces while exploring.


So overall, the second day of filming went really well, and we managed to finish all the shots.

First Day of Filming

The first day of filming turned out to be quite difficult as no free rooms were available, so we ended up focusing on the sound track. We thought this was an advantage to us, as it meant there was less to do once we had filmed. We managed to create a sound track which we thought would fit in with the film well.
However, we did manage to film a shot of the TV.


Due to not being able to find a free room, we also got time to think about what we were going to do the next day of filming.

Story board and shot list

Our storyboard and shot list for our children's film

Shot List 

 Story board page 1

Story board page 2

Costumes and props

These are the appropriate costumes and props that will be included in our children's film:

We think the setting of an untidy room will show the audience that Fergus doesn't really care about much. 

This is one of the main props Fergus will be using while filming.   We think this will attract teenage as  the x box is a very popular form of entertainment for teenage and younger boys. 

While playing the x box, Fergus will be wearing an army helmet to show the audience that he enjoys playing army games.

While playing X Box, Fergus will chuck an empty can of coke behind him. This will show the audience that he isn't very considerate, and quite an untidy boy. 

The clothes Fergus will be wearing will be very average clothes. This shows that he is a normal boy and no different to anyone else.

Mood Board

This mood board reflects the visual style of your opening sequence.

 

Plan for filming

The opening of our film only features one character. This will be acted by Fergus who is playing a young boy. At the start of the movie he is sitting in a chair playing a computer game. For this location we are planning on using any free media classroom. We choose this location as it is smallish, making it seem as if he was at home and to use a mac screen to replicate the t.v screen he is playing on. In the second part of the film the young boy ends up being transported into the computer game. To replicate this we are planning on using the schools green room, to project a backdrop of a war zone making it seem as if the boy was in the video game.
In the our clip we will use several props. The first is a coke can this will be bought in by Cameron. Amy will bring in a sandwich. Finally Fergus will bring in a army hat and a Xbox controller.