Representation Practise - The Good Doctor

ACtivity 

1. Watch all of the clips below

2. write down your 'big picture' ideas for each one

3. Write down any evidence for these ideas in the 4 technical areas 

4. Pick 1 and write an opening pragraph that articulates your main ideas in a nutshell. 

(for you it will be the last one as we did the 1st 2 in class)

Opening Sequence setting up representation of main character 

Scene of doctor at work 

                                         

Establishing characterisation through conversation 

Thriller research - Alfred Hitchcock

Today I want you to watch this clip of how Alfred Hitchcock creates suspense and make some notes that will inform how you go about creating suspense in your preliminary task.

Psychological Thriller Research

Psychological Thriller 

Here's some resources to use for your project as you explore the codes and conventions of a psychological thriller (use aspects of these ideas to inform your creative decisions as you plan);

Black Swan - hallucination scene

Foundation Portfolio exemplar - Shattered 

(use of mirror with different reflection)

3. 'Fractured' trailer - a good example of a film where you don't know what's real 

- look at colour grading and mise-en-scene in this trailer 

4. Psychological theme ideas - use this in your concept + treatment 

https://nofilmschool.com/psychological-thriller

Term Break Homework Activity #2 - PT1 CCR

                                            Creative Critical Reflection 

Remember 

• PRESENTATION is important (check you have pictures/ photos / colours and that the writing and placement of graphics or backgrounds isn't distracting)
• BLOG TOOLS - each question needs a DIFFERENT blog tool EMBEDDED into blog

Some good examples 

https://niavasmedia.blogspot.com/2022/06/ccr-foundation-portfolio.html

https://briannahodder.blogspot.com/2021/07/foundation-portfolio-ccr-questions.html

Question 1
How does your product USE or CHALLENGE conventions? How does it represent social groups / issues?

(Think sound, lighting, narrative structure, editing, camera work, symbolism and iconography)
 - make a list of conventions used, are they conforming to the norm or challenging the normal thriller conventions?
- This needs to be at least 5 slides with DETAILS and showing links to clips/ movies you used as inspiration. Do NOT just list things, EXPLAIN them, show photos of what you wanted to achieve as a convention and what you did achieve

Question 2
How does your product engage with audiences? How would you distribute it as a real media text?

(What effect does it have on audiences? What emotions do you evoke in audience members?)
- Think about and comment on the following;
- Who is your target audience (use demographics research we did in class - GEN Z/ i-gen content.
- Why would this appeal to this audience range?
- How are you going to distribute this product BASED ON what you know about your target audience? (Do they go to the cinema? What sort of marketing would you use? What examples of viral marketing would you try and copy? What platforms would you make this available on and how?)
 - characters (what characters did you choose to use? Can audiences identify with any of them? Are they scary /  mysterious? Is there a vulnerable character that the audience sympathises with?
- narrative - what sort of story line does your film have? Think about narrative structure - are there certain aspects of the story that are revealed at the end? Is there enigma in your story? Is there a cliffhanger?
- point of view - is your film made from a certain point of view?
- How does the thriller genre in general 'hook' or engage audiences? (do a bit of research)
- What editing/ music choices have you used to build suspense and engage audiences?

Question 3
How have your PRODUCTION skills developed throughout the project? (pre-production, production and post-production. What have you learnt to do?

- comment on the learning process. What did you find hard? What did you enjoy doing? What was a challenge and
- what were peer revision/ comments on your rough edit? What did they suggest you change? What did you end up changing?
- what went well in the filming process that you'll do again? What will you do differently next time?

Question 4 - How did you integrate technologies into this project?

(Software, hardware and online)
- Photos! List photos, screenshots, videos and explanations of every website, software, Youtube tutorial, camera, sound gear/ microphone etc, you used to plan, write scripts, look up info on sound effects, convert Youtube music to MP3's, edit, after effects etc

Week 11 Mon - Friday - PT 1 filming + editing

 Filming + Editing 

This week is set aside for editing and filming.

Make sure you work through the following;

1. Find a good tutorial to teach you how to use DaVinci as a beginner

2. Get your footage sorted and imported into the program

3. Find soundtracks/ scores/ sound effects and use an MP3 converter to make it into a file able to be imported into DaVinci

4. Create a basic timeline of your video within DaVinci 

5. Add in your group logo at the start

6. Use at least 1 After Effect 

7. Add in a title and credits 

8. Create a ROUGH EDIT that is ready for feedback 

Week 11| Tuesday - Piracy Research

 

This concept of PIRACY can come into an essay on;

- Audience trends

- technology

- ownership 

Look up the piracy stats for your case studies and see what you can find. 

Week 11 | Monday - Filming Update Post

 Task for today 

1. Create a blog post where you record an update of your filming process. What is the plan? WHat have the challenges and roadblocks been to filming? How have you worked around this? 

2. Upload any version 2 documents that you've edited (storyboard/ shot list / call sheet, etc)

3. Make sure you have all technical gear ready for filiming (charge batteries, check SD cards etc.)

4. Make sure you're both on the same page about the way your filming will work