Technology Standard

I used the family video camera and borrowed a tripod from school so that my footage was steady. When I was composing my shot of the aeroplane landing i set my tripod up in the distance so my shot was a long distance shot. When setting up the tripod i made sure I had everything i wanted in the shot. With the song I put on top of my film I found it hard to make it go with the song but in the end I got it perfect, except if i didn't have my music in sync my film would be shorter which would have been better but I am still very happy with the result. I also put a voice over on top on the beginning of my opening and that is my favourite part of the opening because I am proud of how i turned out. Importing the video files was difficult because I had to take them from the video camera to the DVD recorder to a disk to the computer and finally to the usb but eventually i got the hang of it. I found Adobe Movie Maker an easy program to use and it had everything I needed to make my film.

Review

I am happy with how my film turned out although I didn't like the final scene because of how I couldn't keep the camera completely still when filming it because it was filmed in the car. I shot the footage of the airplanes landing multiple times to make sure I got the perfect footage and I am pleased with the result. During editing I enjoyed it because I could look at my finished product and it flowed nicely. My favourite part of the film opening is the beginning because I think the voice over and the video clip go really well together and I timed it well. I think the arrival gate scene is a bit too long but if I had shortened it i would have found it hard to merge with the music. Things that I could have done better would have been to suss out a way to film the car scene without the camera picking up the impact that the car took from the road. I regret not getting a doctors certificate in the time I had off with food poisoning because I missed out on more filming time and I would have been more organized. If I hadn't rushed my filming I would have had more time to polish it up but I think I did a good job considering the situation.Another thing I could have done better would have been to film my opening earlier in the time we were given so I had time to fix mistakes in the film if I was unhappy with the result, fortunately, overall I am pleased with my opening. :)

Art Department

I didnt require any props. The equipment I required, however, was a tripod and I borrowed it from the school photography department.

Crew/ Talent

I wont have main characters but I will have people of the public coming through the arrival gates. However, in the first scene I am the only person shown in the childhood video.

Camera- Me

Assistant- Max

2^nd Assistant- Mum

Transport and props- Mum

Editing- Me
Child in the short clip at the beginning of the opening- Me

Scene Breakdown

Existing footage: Ten seconds of childhood videos
The airport: The plane arriving
The airport: The arrival gates
The car: Driving up the driveway to a new house

Treatment

The song Changes by David Bowie goes throughout the whole opening but the volume will vary depending on what the image on the screen is and the audio that goes with it. The beginning of the film is a clip of existing footage (my childhood video) accompanied with a voice over for ten seconds.The clip after that is of an airplane landing in Christchurch airport, this will be a long distance shot. The next clip is of the arrival gates, this is filmed over a long length of time so that I can speed it up when I edit it and no particular character is focused on. It will fade into the next shot which is of the car driving into a driveway with a real estate sign out the front to suggest they have just moved in. 

Research Done

Found the appropriate music for the scene by searching the word 'change' 

Spent a lot of time in the airport getting my shots right.

Attempted lots of shots before getting them right
I borrowed a tripod from school so that my footage was steady.

I went on the internet to see when the planes were coming in so I could film the international arrival gates and get lots of footage.