Welcome to my new blog! I thank you for taking time to look through all my posts. You can use the tags on the sidebar or use the menu on the header to navigate through my blog. I hope you enjoy reading all my posts as I put lots of time and effort into these for you. Thanks again, Zoe Ellis
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Saturday, 7 March 2015
Friday, 6 March 2015
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Opening sequence: Choosing the final version
Here are the final versions of our film. We are thinking of choosing the second version but will make our final decision after we have shown these two to our audience.
This is our first version:
Here is our second version:
After showing both versions to our audience we found that the second...
Sunday, 1 March 2015
Sony vegas
Using sony vegas i found out a number of new things. I started editing my prelim with no experience with sony vegas however by the time I edited the final version of my film I had a much better...
Friday, 27 February 2015
Name of film
We originally had the idea of using Morning Coffee as our title for our film however we decided to go with the title Mug Shot for two main reasons.
The first is that the title highlights the two main aspects of the plot that affects both Layla and Sophia. This is used because later in the film you...
Sunday, 22 February 2015
Audience: Interviews
Here is a list of all the interviews that we have made addressing our audience.
Click here for the link to our first interview on our over 60 audience.
Click here for the link to our second interview on our over 60 audience.
Click here for the link our interview on our over 40 audience.
Click...
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Fonts: Typography
We decided on using the Benchnine font because the other two fonts had more childish connotations and gave a less professional look. Also the shape of Benchnine was much more compact making the font easier...
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Plot
Here are some bullet points explaining the plot of the whole movie that are opening will be a part of.
Layla had to pay a shark loan for the new apartment
Sophia thinks that Layla is cheating
Sophia commits suicide making Layla look like the killer
Layla thinks Sophia was murder
Tries to find out...
Friday, 30 January 2015
Opening sequence: Our draft
Click "Read More" below to see our draft on our media product....
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Fonts: Title
While looking for suitable fonts for the title we found this font called Stainy, here is a picture of it:
We chose this font because it resembles writing in lipstick. We felt this helps to highlight...
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Avoiding Lesbian Stereotypes
Upon research, these are some of the lesbian stereotypes that we found, and want to avoiding in the film opening:
In every lesbian couple, one has to be the man.
Lesbians all dress like men.
All butches have short hair and are overweight.
All lesbians hate make-up, shaving, bras and dresses.
We...
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Theme: Gay character's
Here is the link to jess' post about gay charact...
Saturday, 10 January 2015
Genre: Thriller
Me and Jess chose our second theme would be thriller. This is the genre we went for in the end. We chose this theme because the genre has more room to add content as the horror genre sticks very rigidly to existing conventions. Also the horror genre is used very frequently in AS media openings...
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Story board
Click Read More below to see our story board for our film
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Monday, 5 January 2015
Filming Schedule: 5th Jan
Wednesday-
Zoe coming over 4pm
Reshoot.
Breakfast preparing scene
Alarm clock scene
(New) Extreme close up of eyes shot
(New) Close up of packet opening, pouring into coffee shot
Location-
My flat, kitchen
Props and costume-
Pyjamas
Resealable packet with sugar in it
Saturday-
Zoe coming over...
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Location of film
For the location we will be using Jess' flat for two main reasons. The first reason is accessibility. Using Jess' flat means we can move and use all the scenes to our advantage and also makes travel very...