Evaluation Of My Film

After finishing my video and watching it back i can honestly say i'm very proud of it, the whole video came together a lot better than i thought it would. At first it was just one single shot but adding different viewpoints i.e the owners view, breaks the whole film up and adds more interest and tension to the film. My only critisism is that in some shots it was impossible to get the dogs paws on show so if i was to re attempt this i would consider using perhaps a fluffy toy dog instead which would allow me a broader range of shots. 
 
Overall the film worked vey well and i'm very pleased with it, i'm happy that i managed to keep the humour value of it yet at the same time tell the story. The added addition of the backing song helps greatly with the humour side of it as it's taken from a comedy film anyway so i think this adds more humour and interest for the viewer. The jump shots came together better than i thought, it adds interest and put the point of uncertainty across which is what i was aiming for.
 
I enjoyed making this film and learnt a lot about editing techniques and why they're used, i tried to incorporate these into my film but it made it difficult as it's an animal that is being followed. I suppose in a way this is considered a technique. I only hope my viweres enjoy watching this as i did making it. 

My Treatment For My FInal Project

After weeks of careful and tactical planning, a dog named Toby chose his day to escape from his pen. 

He waits patiently for his owner to leave, and listens for the sound of the door slamming. Toby begins his escape, after climbing impossible objects and a stuggled escape from his pen he looks out to check his owner has left only to realise she wasn't. 

The unsuspecting Toby hears the dreaded sound of the front door, he lunges round only to notice his owner has not yet seen him. This being his only chance to fully escape he makes a break for it, can he make it out without being seen or is all too good to be true?

Examples of Editing Techniques

I came across this clip on you tube which goes through a vareity of editng techniques used in modern films.

Jump Cut

This is a scene which basically cuts quickly to assist with a scenes meaning, as my favourite Guy Ritchie film shows here in 'Rock and Rolla' The editor James Herbert, wants this scene to be quick and love less, The two Lovers engage in a quick and emotionless sex scene which gives the viewer the sense of distance and urgentsy.

This is a perfect example of Jump Cuts being used to sympolise a certain meaning within the scene.



Jump cuts cam also be confusing cuts from one shot to the next that do not
follow the obvious rules of cause and effect. These cuts are usually used to disrupt the
audience’s attention in order to create shock. In Steven Soderbergh’s lm The Limey
(1999), jump cuts are used intentionally to suggest the main character’s unbalanced
state of mind.

When individual shots are edited together, FIlm Makers have a number of editing
techniques at their disposal.

The importance of these techniques is that they often
happen so quickly that we don’t notice them at all. Becoming aware of where these
techniques are used in movies is important in order to understand the constructed
nature of all moving images.

Some of the most common editing techniques include:
• Simple cuts — which are breaks from one shot to the next. Cuts carry the
continuity of action forward in a straightforward manner, from action to action or place
to place.

• Fade-downs — which show the screen fade from an image to a black screen.

• Fade-ups — which show the screen fade from black to an image. Both fade-ups
and fade-downs are used to suggest the passage of time and generally work to give
the audience a chance to take a breath in preparation for the next scene.

• Dissolves — which show one image slowly disappear as a new image is
introduced. Dissolves are used to indicate the end of one event and the beginning of
a new event or scene.

• Wipes — which show one part of the screen literally wipe over the rest of the
screen. One image disappears as it is replaced by a new image. This kind of edit
is not often seen in movies, largely because it looks comic-bookish. For this very
reason, wipes were used throughout Star Wars to suggest the comic-book origins of
the movie.

The Right Music

When i originally started this project and after reserching the Carling Squirrel i was certain on using the Mission Impossible theme son but after much thought i decided against this as i thought it would be too muc of an obvious choice and one that has been overused increasingly.

I researched a few songs which had a hint of what Mission Impossible has and a hint of humour, i came across this song when i was watchin 'Johnny English' and iautomatically knew this was the perfect song for my project.

Setting Up My Shots

I bought this book a few weeks go when we got this project to help me decide what shots i'd need and cuts i'd be able to do. After choosing my project to be that of my dog escaping i need my shots would need to be shot from low down and the movements of te camera quick and precise, i also knew that id need to rock the camera as i move to show the dog running and to put the viewers in the mind of the dog.

Other cuts i used was that from my perspective, i.e door opening shots, i used these shots to increase the viewers tension. and to break up the dogs escape, planning this out i found many problems along the way, problems which were helped solved by this book, i reccommend everyone to buy it, it's a reat helpful purchase.

The Tension... of 24!

I'v only recently got into the Tv program '24'. Whilst i was watching this i noticed the cuts and editing that takes place in this program is very inventive and different. I tried to find a screen shot of this so i could show you but i couldn't find one. Basically as the clock sound ticks different views of different shots of different scenarios that are going on at the same time, Then the camera zooms in on one particular scene and it carries on from there, i think that is an amazing way of setting up a scene and adding drama and tension.

In my opinion 24 is a very cleverly well done show.

Editing the dog's Perspective

 The hard task of trying to put your mind  where a dog's mind would be. to think like they would, to act like they would. As my project involves being a dog and acting as though i'm Toby, i thought i should do some research about camera angels, actions and heights of where id place the camera. This video shows a larger dog than mine so is higher up, this gave me the idea for possibly using black and white, as supposedly dog's can only see in black and white, whether this is true i don't know, i don't know how someone can see what a dog literally see's. 

    

After watching this video i decided against the black and white idea as i think it looks better in colour, Beethoven saw in colour so, so can Toby!!

My Project And What Relates...

 

 

When i was looking at doing my Applied Design project i was wondering what would be out the ordinary with a hint of humor, I have a puppy named Toby and he is always escaping. I suddenly thought about the advert that carling had made in 1989. This gave me the idea for using the 'Mission Impossible' music entwined with toby escaping, i think this will add a hint of humor and give a perspective of the life of Toby. Rather than filming my project like this video where you can see the squirrel.