Conforming to Existing Generic Conventions

In my rushes, I have demonstrated generic conventions such as TV Mystery Thrillers in my footage by gaining inspiration from existing programmes in the media industry.

An example of a TV show with similar generic conventions as my TV show is Scream. This is because the show is a TV Mystery Thriller with shots of suspense and tension that keeps the audience glued to their seats and eyes fixated on the screen. In the shot with my antagonist walking around with a weapon in his hand, this creates an immense chill just like in Scream when the antagonist comes on scream with their iconic weapon in hand. It is also builds tension knowing they are after a victim intending to hurt them and has the camera follow them. This shot conforms to the generic conventions of an existing programme.

In the scenes that display the main characters hallucinations, I used a very appropriate location to portray the characters point of view on how the drug affects them. This is due to the heightened lights in God's Own Junkyard that she is surrounded by to make the audience feel dizzy and and also affected. This is because the lights are very bright. This raw footage displays what the character sees and by us turning the camera 360 degrees repeatedly, it conveys her bewilderment. It illustrates a dream and a world of her own which she is in.

A programme with a similar genre where we see the character delve into a world of their own creating a hallucination effect is in The OA where the character is taken into her own mind after an incident. She begins to see a world with bright colours like we see in my raw footage, however do not see the shot in her point of view which I feel would be very effective towards the audience watching it. This would make the audience experience what the character visualises and this is an important effect. In creating this effect, I feel I have conformed to the generic conventions by using the location with bright colours to portray the hallucinations as it it also  illustrated in the existing TV show
The OA.

Post Production Notes and Evidence

I have recorded footage that evidently shows what I did in my editing post production stage. When editing this specific scene in Final Cut Pro, to portray our protagonist who was hallucinating and lost, I created a little montage where I illustrated various little clips of her onto one image but made it a moving image. This was very effective for me as it was a new skill I learnt for editing and loved applying it to my work.I created this montage by creating a blank black clip at first and then dragged clips into it which I made smaller to make it look like a moving image collage. I then made them all the same duration so it ended together at the same time.

This was really exciting for me to create as I have not used my editing skills in this level before and was surprised as to how great the outcome was and looks good in my short film.

In this scene shows the protagonist beginning her hallucinations side effect and gradually fade from being captured in a dark room to a room full of bright heightened neon lights which cause her to act unfocused and dazed.
In Final Cut Pro, I used the opacity tool which I lowered and overlapped clips to create a ghost effect. I overlapped the clips at different seconds in short intervals to create a trippy effect which conveys an illusion she starts to experience.



When filming this scene, I rotated the camera around various times to create a powerful optical illusion that will make the audience feel dizzy. This is to create empathy on the character and for the audience to experience the hallucination effects of the drug she was forced to take. I also used the opacity tool for this specific part also to create the same ghost effect as I mentioned before. Using this tool was very effective at illustrating a double effect, in other words making the audience think the character is 'seeing things' or feeling uneasy.  

Rushes

Set Up and Operate

This shot was taken at Dilly's house where we used many props and camera equipment when filming in Dilly's Room. We used the camera on filming mode where we changed the lighting to shade mode as we wanted to perceive a darker image. We used the red cup to symbolise that Dilly was at the party where Amina was supposed to arrive to but never did because she was captured. 

We also have to fake blood to portray that Amina is hurt and and does not have to strength the resist against the kidnapper. All of these elements were important to use as they all represent a specific part of a scene and also helped us set the scene by being simplistic yet shows us a bit more of what is happening. Also, sound helped a lot in the party scene as we would play faint music in the background to portray the two different locations. 

We used record foleys and wild tracks to display the atmospheric sounds. The sound is more muffled then clear to portray that Dilly is in a separate room to where the party and music is. This shows she wants her privacy and peace to enable her hearing Amina speak to her on the phone. Using this sound equipment really helped in this specific scene to give us purpose to make sure the audience fully understand what is happening and how the two characters are communicating in two different locations. These sounds were recorded on the sound equipment USB Condenser Mic which caught all the different sounds nicely. The sound was quite loud and clear, therefore preferred using it to record distant sound. We recorded these sounds after we filmed the scene and matched up the sound with the clips.

 In these images, it shows how the locations we went to film and directed and filmed on set. We kept referring back to the script I created to check what the actress had to do in each shot. We filmed various shots, using close ups, mid shots and long shots to portray different angles of the actress.

Call Sheets

Issues and Risks for Multiple Effects

Green screen-This is a visual effect that we are going to use.We are using this to show the view of London at night time. Since our character will be walking during the night, we want to show the lights flashing and revealing the background location of God's Own Junkyard. We're using a green screen to make this look more realistic for the audience to watch. We want to create a dark atmosphere which will resemble the chances of something bad likely to happen. We want to show London as our main location, as this is one of the most well known cities in the world, which will then engage the audience.
The risk assesment for this will be; to be careful you don't hurt yourself as you have a chance of tripping over the green screen sheet. Therefore, we will tape the sheet down with black tape to prevent the chances of our actress tripping over.
The green screen we are using is the one in our School Media Department. We will ask permission from our Teachers to use this. As we have used the green screen before, we have experience on how to use it and therefore will not waste any time in doing practicing shots or learning how to use it.

"Clearly identify who has control of the premises,location and facilities;", we will be stating this to the Media Department who will have control of the premises, location and facilities. 

"Work is carried out in line with legal requirements and the production company's policy and procedures;".This is what we will follow. As we have been given the legal requirements and what we have to film. Therefore, we will then follow what we've been given. We are allowed to film with a green screen as this is a visual affect which is a featute in our unit.

Holograms - This is a special effect that were going to use. I think this will be an effect that will be exciting to use. We are going to use a hologram to show that our character has gained superpowers while taking the drug. There may have been bad side effects. However, this will then be overshadowed by her superpowers. This effect shows when she looks at someone the information of  that person will then appear. Therefore, she can then receive information about someone by looking at them, so she can then easily make judgements. This will then engage the audience as we're showing an element of fantasy.

The Hologram will be created on a computer software where we will use Adobe Flash to create a moving image of the hologram where her eyes portray advanced futuristic technology.
The purpose of using the Hologram for our work is to make our work much more creative, original and engaging. As this is a superpower we are trying to show that our character has futuristic elements from the pill which creates tension and appeals to drawing them in.

The aesthetics that will be used is to create work that shows our character gaining supernatural powers, after she takes the pill she's given by an unknown man.

TV Programme Plan

As mentioned on this slide, we will be airing our TV programme on Sky living as there area lot of crime dramas that air on there also and this is a similar genre to what type of programme we are producing. In this generation a lot of people are now watching shows and films on Netflix which we will also be allowing Netflix to release our show on their site as this will get a lot of views. 

Our TV Show The Pill will air on Friday 13th July 2018 on Sky Living at 20:00 BST where a lot of viewers will tune in on live TV or watch VOD. 

VIABILITY For Visual and Special Effects

In this post that I have created in Final Cut Pro, I have discussed the viability for are future production video. Before filming we need to ask permission to film at the location where we will begin thinking about are health and safety considerations for both the cast and crew which I have spoken about in the video on how we want to enable filming our Short TV scenes without any harm or dangerous encounters.
I have also mentioned about any risks that could possibly happen and spoke about the skills required and cost for special and visual effects.





Feasibility: 
The special effect of the rubber weapon stick will be feasible for us as we can easily buy it online or at a costume store. Secondly, the product is cheap and safe to use which will be really useful to use against our actress to display the stunt of her being hit. In addition, it fits the purpose very well and is an appropriate prop to use to illustrate our special effects. For our hallucination, this will be created whilst we are editing, therefore will not cost anything other than using the software Final Cut Pro which is already downloaded and our group has used it several times. 

Aesthetics:
The rubber weapon looks like a wooden stick but is coated over to look like something it is not. This is exciting to use as as it will create tension for the audience watching thinking the character will be hit for real. What they are unaware of it she will not actually be getting hurt at all because the prop is made from rubber. This prop creates an uneasy mood as the audience watch the antagonist holding it and following the protagonist who is a young innocent person. The aesthetics of the weapon is viable as it is not realistic in production but is according to the audiences vision. The hallucinations aesthetics will portray a ghost, double effect to convey the unfocused feeling she is physically going through. By using the opacity tool in Final Cut Pro, this creates viability for our production to illustrate her hallucinations around her. 

Fitness For Purpose:
The makeup we will use at the beginning of the short film fits the purpose of displaying how young and vulnerable our actress is as she applies it on. It also represents the fact she is getting ready for a party and makes it clear to the audience what is happening straight away and who is unlikable. The purpose of the fake weapon is to illustrate tensions for the protagonist about to be seriously hurt. It makes them weary of the situation they are witnessing and the purpose is to show the antagonist wants to hurt Amina. For visual effects, using the opacity tool and spinning the camera round, shows that Amina is affected by the drug she was forced to take by the antagonist. Therefore, we used the location God's Own Junkyard to portray these effects as the sign lights make her surroundings look heightened and unfocused. This represents the drugs side effects. 

Storyboard

   

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