2. One Minute Film (James O'Rourke)

One Minute Film - James O'Rourke 6124

Here is our trial run of filming, here is our extract called 'Spy Mission'

Pre-Production

- Thought of an original concept
- Thought of different characters to fit the narrative
- Thought of the location we wanted to film at
- Traveled to the location we wanted to film at first to see whether it fitted the narrative correctly and whether it gave us the correct space needed to film the section of the extract
- We pitched the roles to each other and issued them accordingly
- Wrote a script to help fit the narrative
- Gathered together equipment that was needed for example camera, tripod and tissue paper
- Drew a storyboard for the narrative

Production

- Filmed at multiple locations
- Used different camera effects to create different themes for example the use of handheld camera gave the audience the sense that they are in the extract with the character
- Used a close-up on the villain's face to make the scene more believable and more personal to the audience making it look as though the villain's attention and gaze is directed towards the audience
- The use of manual focus/zoom during the final scene of the extract to stop the scene becoming blurry due to auto focus/zoom, to allow the final scene to end perfectly.
- Used props to make the extract more believable to the audience

Post- Production

- Use of editing software using IMac's, to join different scenes together to create a more longer video than what was filmed individually
- On the editing software we added sound effects and music in order to give the extract more continuity to create more atmosphere that the scene is already creating
- Proceeded to then upload this to Youtube where we watched the final cut with others and we were able to engage with the audience and acknowledge their reactions to the extract

WWW- We as a group were able to work effectively together and were able to listen to other people's contributions to ideas/concepts about what our extract should consist of. Also we molded the characters from our own preferences and this also helped us to shape our script.

EBI- That we used different filters for the editing process and that we could have used different camera techniques to help enhance the viewing experience for the audience.

Learnt?

I have learnt how to use editing software effectively and I have learnt how to use different camera techniques with different stages of production

I believe that our final product was very intriguing and I had a lot of fun coming up with ideas/concepts and actually help to make this extract a reality. The audience's reaction I noticed when from watching this was that they enjoyed the funnier scenes especially the end scene and that they stayed quiet for most of the extract, therefore suggesting that their attention was directed towards the narrative. This shapes my future production projects as the skills that I have learnt this time I can use for the other projects for example using editing software.