Today we started filming our Unit 2 Zhang Yi Mou film. We managed to film two scenes, "A" and "B" in one location at school with ease. As our film was set to have no dialogue, any setting was convenient even if it was noisy because we could just mute the clip. However, we were still very aware of our settings and if there were any obvious people in the camera shot.
We had to include some Chinese elements into our film because the director films Chinese movies. Since our film isn't really based on Chinese facts, we made the actors wear Chinese costumes as a visual element.
We headed off to the field to film to start our first two scenes. We needed an adult to play the role of the father so we asked the field manager, Colin, to help us. Fortunately, he was free and was very eager to help us. For our happy scene, we filmed some scenes of the father and son happily playing football together. For the sad scene, we filmed the stranger interrupting the game. Then the father turns to the son and tells him to run. We filmed Erik running behind one of the big blue field barriers. Then we filmed the father and stranger talking, but the conversation becomes intense and starts to get physical. In the end, the father gets shot. We wanted to include a point of view shot so we had the father hold the camera while he was being shot, it created a lot of suspense.
Overall, I'm happy with the progress that we've made and I think at this rate, we can finish filming by next lesson!
Thursday 26 May 2011
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Year 9 Unit 2: Lesson 1; May 24 2011.
Today was the first lesson of the second unit in the Film course. Our theme of the unit was focusing on Zhang Yi Mou, a famous Chinese director known for his films Hero and Raise the Red Lantern. Before we left for the China Experience Program, we had already chosen the people in our groups. My group consisted of Jen, Erik and Alex. Jasmine was our musician.
For today's lesson, we first discussed what type of mood and genre we wanted to our film to be along with supporting the music requirements. Jasmine had to create a piece that involved "A, B, Av, C, A". We used these notes and based them on what type of mood was in the story. "A" would be the happy mood, so the story begins and ends happy. "B" would be the sad mood. "Av" would be a mix between a happy and intense mood. "C" would be the mood of suspense. And the last "A", would be the same as the first.
Basically, we decided on a very simple story that only has 3 characters according to our film members. It starts off with a father and son living a very happy life. Suddenly, a stranger comes out of the blue and kills the father which the son has no reason why. The son then becomes very determined to kill the stranger and avenge his father. He is found by a kung fu professional and she trains him for the battle. In the end, he kills the stranger and leads his life into triumph.
Overall, I had fun creating the story and I cannot wait to film it.
For today's lesson, we first discussed what type of mood and genre we wanted to our film to be along with supporting the music requirements. Jasmine had to create a piece that involved "A, B, Av, C, A". We used these notes and based them on what type of mood was in the story. "A" would be the happy mood, so the story begins and ends happy. "B" would be the sad mood. "Av" would be a mix between a happy and intense mood. "C" would be the mood of suspense. And the last "A", would be the same as the first.
Basically, we decided on a very simple story that only has 3 characters according to our film members. It starts off with a father and son living a very happy life. Suddenly, a stranger comes out of the blue and kills the father which the son has no reason why. The son then becomes very determined to kill the stranger and avenge his father. He is found by a kung fu professional and she trains him for the battle. In the end, he kills the stranger and leads his life into triumph.
Overall, I had fun creating the story and I cannot wait to film it.
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