Marking criteria for production

During filming, we have done steady shots where appropriate, using the tripod. We did steady shots during the computer scene and Pete slamming into the wall and falling down. It was a mix of a medium shot showing Amanda's body language and expressions. Then we did stop motion, when Pete was on the computer then moving towards the wall and down to the desk.

Framing a shot including or excluding elements where appropriate; we cropped out in some photos my hands during the shots of Pete being smacked into the wall, otherwise we didn't need to crop anything.

We used a variety of shots, these are; an extreme close up of the stranger's hand knocking on the door, creating mystery. A long shot of Amanda and Matt finding Pete outside their door, seeing the body language more than facial expressions. A close up of Pete sitting on the chair, to see his facial expressions. A medium shot of Amanda with Pete in the computer scene, to see facial expressions and body language.

Transitions that we have used so far are, a cut after the title 'Pete's Struggle' with stop motion. Another cut with the scene were the stranger knocking on the door to doing a close up of baby Pete in the blanket on the floor outside. We have a fade to black after Amanda and Matt have found Pete.
We haven't used sound yet. Matt is working on the soundtracks. We all agreed that we liked the soundtracks he has found for when Pete is sad, happy and even for when he is found at the beginning. We will put these in hopefully on Monday.

We have included the titles. One with stop motion, 'Pete's Struggles'. The title '5 years
later',  we were thinking of doing it with stop motion. We decided we didn't have
enough time to use stop motion, so instead we are just using text.

How I contributed

I contributed by playing Amanda, the wife of Matt and mother of Sarah. I had to just walk around so it looked like I was ignoring Pete, whilst he is sitting on the chair.
When it came to the computer scene, I had to say some dialouge and helped with the stop motion.
I had to hold Pete whilst he was attached to some fishing wire, and try to get him to stay as still as possible and move him after the shots of him were taken. I took the photos of Pete was walking up to Sarah.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is  a group of people that are responsible for certificating movies.
The are in charge of saying whether a film is a PG or a 18 and so on. One of our lessons we had to analyze several sequences from different film including Up, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets and Watership Down. We then had to decide if they were PG or U, as they were all children films. There was only one U out of the several sequences which was Up. Up was certified a U because of the of slapstick that was fortunately censored if it was shown to a younger audience. The other sequences were certified as a PG. We know that Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets was a PG because it contained hardly any violence, cursing, discrimination or unappropriated images.  There was a sequence from "Watership Down" Everyone was shocked at how much blood and violence it had during the sequence, when it is after all a childrens film. The British Board of Film Classification rated Watership Down a  PG which is making everyone think it should really be rated "12" considering the content it contains, even though it wasn't made recently like the others were.

Labrynith

Labryith

The opening credits appear, with a couple of owls flying around. The title Labyrnith appears after the owls seem to dive in the water. David Bowie starts singing setting the mood of the film, and giving clues to what the film is about.
The opening scene fades in, an extreme long shot so that Sarah looks small and you see her running in a big space, also it was at a high angle confirming the distance. There is a cut and suddenly there is a medium long shot of Sarah, so you can see her emotions and body language more cleary. She walks up towards the camera, making it go from a medium close up to a close up shot, now seeing her facial expressions more cleary. This was an eye level shot till now you see the stormy sky, only for a split second. Then after it comes back to an eye level close up of Sarah, seeing her facial expressions cleary again and identifying with her charatcer more. Finally we have an extreme close up of Sarah's hands, so we know what she is holding. Zooming out to a medium close up, to see her hold the book trying to remember her lines, seeing more expressions on her face more openly. There is a close up over the shoulder shot view, seeing Sarah looking at her dog on the bench. This creates a sense of mystery to what Sarah is feeling because you can not see what she is feeling, and you can not see much body language as it is a close up. Goes back to a close up of Sarah so we now know what she is feeling through her facial expressions. After we see a clock tower, showing that it is seven o'clock. The significance of seven o'clock is, she is an hour late to babysit her baby step-brother Toby. A medium long shot of Sarah and her dog running towards, and on the stony bridge. After the dog runs across, the camera tilts down and zooms in at the river flowing beneath the bridge.

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