This is our call sheet it is not in as much detail as a professional one but just like the risk assessment it is an example of how they are used in the media industry. we will use this to help organize our filming and make sure everyone knows what there doing and when there supposed to do it.

Risk assesement

Risk assessment for film opening project.

Hazard: Damage to equipment.
What could cause harm? Dropping equipment, scratching lens.
What is the likelihood of this happening? Minimal
Who or what would be harmed? The camera or tripod
How much harm? Minimal
Applying the following priorities, how will this risk be managed?
(1) Eliminate. (2) Reduce or substitute. (3) Isolate. (4) Control. (5) Personal protective equipment.
(4) appoint somebody to be responsible for the well being of the camera.

Hazard: Busy corridor
what could cause harm? Tripping, colliding with other people / objects.
What is the likelihood of this happening? Medium
Who or what would be harmed? Actors
How much harm? minimal
Applying the following priorities, how will this risk be managed?
(1) Eliminate. (2) Reduce or substitute. (3) Isolate. (4) Control. (5) Personal protective equipment.
(3) Isolate the corridor.



This is only a representation of a risk assessment. in the industry it would have been written in more detail ans depth. the person responsible for completing a risk assessment is the production coordinator.there job is basically to sort out mundane paper work and league issues to make sure the production flows smoothly and without any legal issues. They are also responsible for getting permission off local councils to film in different location. As well as this they sort out copy write issues.

Mark Waters

An American director born in Cleveland Ohio, 30 June 1964.
He directed his first film "the house of yes" in 1997. a Drama/comedy about a mentally unstable young woman [who thinks shes Jakie Kennedy] flipping into a murderous rage when her brother returns home to reveal he's engaged.

He has also directed other successful Romantic comedy such as
# Just Like Heaven (2005)
# Mean Girls (2004)
# Freaky Friday (2003)
# Warning: Parental Advisory (2002) (TV)
# Head Over Heels (2001)

Soundtrack.

The mean girls soundtrack also includes the same mix of music and keeps to the conventions of a sound track for a teenage romantic comedy.

Soundtrack.

Track listing
1. Drama Queen (That Girl) - Lindsay Lohan
2. I'm Ready - Cherie
3. Ladies Night - Atomic Kitten, Kool & the Gang, Kool & the Gang
4. Perfect [Acoustic Version] - Simple Plan
5. Tomorrow - Lillix
6. What Are You Waiting For - Lindsay Lohan
7. Na Na - Superchic[k] Alumni
8. 1, 2, 3
9. Medley: Don't Move On/Living for the City/Changes - Lindsay Lohan
10. Boom - Fan_3,
11. Day in the Life - Lindsay Lohan
12. Real Me
13. Un-Sweet Sixteen - Wakefield
14. Only in the Movies - Diffuser

This soundtrack includes a mixture of mainstream music produced separately to the film and songs created just for the movie. The majority of the films created for the film are song by the main actress Lindsay Lohan.
The genre of the track in the sound track are all 'pop' or sub-genres such as rock pop
This seems to be a convention for the style of music induced in teenage Romantic comedy's.

test footage

Using our mood bored I have created the effect of panning and zooming on this image by manipulation it in final cut.

This is the same method we hope to use to produce our final production and with a bit more effort could look very professional. However this image had to be much larger than the actual frame to give the best possible effect. this will mean that for our final the images will have to be first created in Photshop in a much larger scale than is needed, then imported into final cut.

Call sheet

This is an example of a call sheet. They are used to help organize filming and making sure everything goes according to plan.

We will need to complete on for the small bit of film we are going to do, this should help us stay focused, have all our actors in the right place at the right time and let everyone know what is going on and what they are going to be doing.

analysis of the use of music in Greace

The music used in this introduction is diagetic as is introduced by a radio DJ, who introduces the song by saying "get out of bed its the first day of school, dont be a slobb, dont get a job, you can pass" this helps introduce the time of year and day to the viewer, as the characters could be listening to the radio as they get ready of school. Also it has a fairly slow tempo, which matches the speed of the introduction.

The actual song used is "Grease" written by Barry Gibb [part of the Bee Gees] especially for the film and preformed by Frankie Valli and became a number on single in the USA in 1978. This shows that the type of music used in conventional for the times and popular both in the movie and real life. This mean our sound track will have to conform to modern / popular music but probably be quite slow moving to help the pans flow and give a seance of calm and tranquility. However there are lyrics in the song 'Grease' which later relate to the film, however is we used vocals in our music we would have to find a recording studio and someone willing to sing, as well as this we would have to thin up lyrics. Therefore it will probably be easier and sound better if our music dose not include lyrics but is made to sound like an instrumental to give the seance that the rest of the song has lyrics.

Mean Girls opening credits

The sequences starts with the universal ident with its usual soundtrack. Then fades to a blank black screen with the same music that continues into the main part of the opening sequence, the production company, directer and main actress names are written onto the blank screen, which is very typical of all main stream films. In our opening sequence we hope to use the same music in our ident as sequence, but we will probably not present any directors e.c.t on an individual screen.

In the main sequence there is a voice over introducing the main character and her situation. This creates meaning and demonstrates how the rest of the film is going to be about the her struggle to be socially accepted and popular. as well as this the sequence helps us to relate to the character feeling alone in a strange new world. This is a very typical introduction for a teenage romantic comedy and also in a similar style to the way in which we hope to represent our main character and there situation.

The rest of the opening is a montage of the character's first day with the credits coming in from the right stopping in the middle and leaving to the left or coming in from the left and leaving to the right. this is typical of the introductions for this genre of film.

Stop motion letter animation

Although this sequence is not an opening title sequence it has been created in the same style as we hope to do our opening sequence.

It uses a combination of I-stop motion and expanding and enlarging of the background image to give the effects of pans and zooms. This is a much simpler method of presenting text and images from a variation of distance and angles without using many different cameras and sequences combined together. This saves time and adds to the effect of the titles.

The sequences is free flowing and combines the effective use of image manipulation to give the of panning and zooms to present both text and images in a unique and interesting way. Also the animation of the text and images helps create a surreal context ans adds to the originality of the sequence.

The lighting used is natural and quite diffused making the colours look natural and easy to watch [not too bright or dazzling].

In our opening sequence we hope to use many of these production method. As our opening sequence will just be one diary presenting all the necessary information we will have to expand and manipulate the image to give the effect of moment and and zooms. This will make the opening unique and free flowing but mean the original image will have to be much larger than the video frame.

Ident

This is our final ident for our production company 'Black Star productions'

we chose the name black star for several reasons. firstly as the coulor black has connotations of power and strength. Also as stars are also very big and powerful, but also look good in the nights sky, this could show than black star is a powerful company with good ideas and productions.

At the moment there is no sound in the ident but when we create the rest of the opening the ident will share the same soundtrack as the sequence, although the sound may not flow as well as a custom made track in garage band it will help the opening to flow and create suspense if needed.

The text in the ident increases and decreases in opacity to give a similar effect too a twinkling star.