In this video the group Skupina Studios talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the film making experience. The video outlines our struggles that we had to go through and also top tips from Ms Humpleby that allow us to look at the fails optimistically

Fairy Tale Challenge - Planning

As a group, we thought about many fairy tales, however we decided on Cinderella as our final idea as we know the story well and think that we would adapt this well to be a Neo Noir.

Casting 

Prince- Matty Levesley

Cinderella- Niamh Gallagher

Ugly step sister- Heather McDonald

Step dad- Jack Grimshaw

Extras- As we have a small group, we decided to use our friends and family to help us out.

Director- As a group we thought it would be best to all direct it and work together in a team as we didn't want just one person to do it. 

Camera-As there are different scenes requiring different actors we all filmed certain sections. We used a camcorder to record the film and an iPhone 6 for the still photos. 

Editing- Matty and Jack did gcse media studies so they took charge of editing the film and helped teach Niamh and I. However Niamh and I both did GCSE photography and now do AS photography so we edited the still photos as we are more experienced with photoshop, we also helped teach the boys how to use photoshop. 

Storyline

To transform Cinderella into a Neo Noir we had to change the plot slightly for example, in place of the fairy God mother is a 'pill' , instead of a ball Cinderella goes to a house party this is when the prince falls in love with her, Cinderella leaves her phone at the party and the prince asks the 'ugly step sister' who claims the phone is hers to unlock the phone instead of trying on the glass slipper. The ending is the most unlike the original story, in the typical story Cinderella and Prince Charming fall in love and have a happy ever after, in our film they believe they will have a happy ever after but sadly the prince gets shot by the Step Dad as he wants the prince to marry his real daughter the 'ugly step sister' who is our Femma Fatal.



This is our storyboard that Niamh edited. This helped us with filming as we had an idea of how the film was going to be made and what scenes we needed to have.

Storyborad from niamhx

Audience

If I Stay





Tangled




Ouija

Foley Sound

What is Foley Sound?

Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds can be anything from footsteps to breaking glass.



In this Video, it tells you how they do it and shows you.

Neo Noir

Previously i talked about Film Noir, in this post i am going to talk about Neo Noir.

What is Neo Noir?
Neo Noir is when a film uses elements of a story and characters from a typical Film Noir themes but with updated themes, content, style and visual elements. Some Neo Noir's just put a morden twist on old Film Noir's, however some are filmed in the future.


For example, the British TV series Misfits done a noir themed episode in which one of the main characters, falls for a femme fatale. You can see that this is a Neo Noir as there is a Femme Fatale and a everyman, which he is a bit of an anti-hero, in this episode is defiantly isn't a happy ending. However it's set in Britain instead of America. Also it's not all shot in black and white, only the scenes where we are in the femme fatales point of view. Our main character is black, which you would of never seen in a noir film. more important, there are zombies which makes this neo noir unique in it's own right. 

ACTIVITY 2: FREEZE FRAME

If I Stay

• In this frozen image i can see the two main characters. Adam talking to Mia and a blurred image of Mia in the background.
• In this image they use rule of thirds 
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ACTIVITY 1: Creating a Filmsynopsis

If I Stay

What is it about?

If i stay is about a girl called Mia Hall who thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam. But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, will she live or will she die? If I stay is aimed at teenagers from 12 upwards.