7.) Evaluation Question - 'Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task, What Do You Feel You Have Learnt In The Progression From It To The Full Product?'

6.) Evaluation Question - 'What Have You Learnt About Technologies In The Process Of Constructing This Product?'

As a group we sat down and discussed what key pieces of technology we incorporated into the production of our opening title sequence as well as any new pieces of media we have been introduced to during the entire course. For example we discussed -

Blogger & Creative Presentation Sites 

Having never created a blog before I found it hard at first to engage in the creative side of a blog, as my first posts clearly show, I found I was heavy in text and not heavy enough in video's, images and viewer interaction material, however as I have been introduced to a variety of media formats, such as SoundCloud, Prezi, Pintrest and Slideshare and the simple task of embedding one piece of media into another I am now more creative in my presentation of work than before as more recent posts suggest.

The Filming Process

As disscused by myself within the recording

Editing Software 

As I have experienced use of the editing suite before I found this time  I was able to develop my intelligence of the editing suite, for example learning to use new audio transitions, being able to adjust the brightness of each shot to further enhance my thriller genre being established throughout the opening title sequence and the multiple layering of sound.

  

5.) Evaluation Question - 'How did you attract/address your audience?'

4.) Evaluation Question - 'Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product?'

3.) Evaluation Question - 'What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Media Product And Why?'

2.) Evaluation Question - 'How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?'

1.) Evaluation Question - 'In What Ways Does Your Media Product Use, Develop Or Challenge Forms And Conventions Of Real Media Products?'

Final Version Of Opening Title Sequence - 'Sins Of The Father'

We noticed there was a copyright issue with our original opening title soundtrack, therefore we had to find suitable royalty free music we could apply into our opening title sequence. Initially I wasn't to keen on the idea, however now the changes have been made I feel we have produced a stronger opening title sequence in which the atmospheric settings, being initially calm and peaceful and then tense is clearly established. In the beginning of the opening title sequence when a calm and peaceful atmosphere is established, off-key piano notes are played, this foreshadows the upcoming disequilibrium about to occur within the opening title sequence.

'Sins Of The Father' - Opening Title Sequence - 3rd Draft

Audience Feedback - Opening Title Sequence

Improved Cut - Opening Title Sequence - 'Sins Of The Father'

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Self Suggested Improvements For Opening Title Sequence

ROUGH CUT - Opening Title Sequence - 'Sins Of The Father'

Sins Of The Father - Opening Title Sequence- from Owen Todd-Harding on Vimeo.

Pre-Production - Storyboard

Created By Ellie Ashman & Owen Todd-Harding

Pre-Production - Character Profiles

Hakem Mahir (Portrayed By George Callcut)
Age : 48
Character Profile - Hakem Mahir, born and raised in the high end of Dubai under the roof of the wealthy Mahir family, with a reputation past on through the decades of notorious business dealings and strong family and religious values. Hakem joined the family's oil company after finishing his education and after his late fathers death, as the eldest son Hakem took over the oil company with his brothers by his side as faithful and strong business partners alike. Hakem Mahir was approached by George James Wentworth to invest in his offshore oil rig with the proposal of splitting all profits 60:40, Mahir was keen to do so and boarded the next plane over to England to close the deal. However Mahir later discovered that he had been cheated from his rightful profits from the offshore drilling and set out straight away to revenge, in which English connections to the oil man set out to have GJ Wentworth assassinated. Just under ten years on from the assassination news of GJ Wentworth's children rising to oil business success reaches Hakem and once again sets out to capture and kill those who have sinned against him and their children.

Hunter Wentworth (Portrayed By Joe Ashman [Younger] & Tom Allport [Older])
Age : 22
Character Profile - Eldest child and only son to GJ Wentworth is left grief stricken after the death of his beloved farther and even more enraged by never discovering and being able to punish those responsible for his fathers assassination. As Hunter moves through life he becomes increasingly protective and caring to his two years younger sister (Alexis) who is the only immediate family he has left (Hunter & Alexis' mother having tragically died when giving birth to Alexis). Although when creating his and Alexis' combined oil company a sense of justice for his farther name being rightfully put back in its place begins to develop in Hunter a growing desire to capture and punish those responsible for his fathers murder begins to also develop inside Hunter in order to bring full justice back to his farther.

Alexis Wentworth (Portrayed By Ellie Ashman)
Age: 20
Character Profile - The youngest child and only daughter to GJ Wentworth and surprisingly the one with the strongest wit and sensibility between herself and her brother. A faint sense of guilt has always been present inside Alexis feeling guilty for the death of her mother at child birth, as a result her relationship with her farther suffered greatly and when his assassination took place Alexis although grief struck could hardly feel sympathetic towards her farther position more so that she felt he had what was coming to him, however Alexis chose to be careful on her opinions of her farther around her elder brother who saw their farther nothing less than a saint, when creating the combined oil business with her brother Alexis set out to bring pride and respect back to the Wentworth name and to leave her farther way back in the past.

GJ Wentworth (Portrayed By Nick Ashman)
Age: 36 (Age Of Death)
Character Profile - Before his assignation GJ Wentworth built up his independent oil company, to which he was successful and became a multi-millionaire oil man. GJ began as a man centred around his family, and his creation of his independent oil company was for the purpose for a fulfilled life with his family, providing for them in the wealthiest way possible. However as the company developed so did GJ's greed and hunger for money and power. As a result in his final act of sin, GJ brought in and then undercut Arab oil men in a offshore oil rig venture, having discovered there undercutting the Arab men, whom hold links with assassins, contacted their assassin in England and had GJ brought to his death one late night at GJ's office, leaving his two children as orphans and penniless and GJ's empire was destroyed and taken away from him.

Created By Owen Todd-Harding

Pre-Production - Job Titles

Film Title - 'Sins Of The Farther'

Treatment Of Film & Log Line - Owen Todd-Harding
Prop List - Owen Todd-Harding
Storyboard - Ellie Ashman
Location Selector & Location Reece - Owen Todd-Harding
Risk Assessment - Molly Ambler
Costume & Character Profile - Owen Todd-Harding & Ellie Ashman
Shot List - Ellie Ashman

Location For Filming -

Terrace House - Front & Garden Area
D&T Office - For Antagonists Location
Living Room - For Father And Son Scene

Acting Roles -

Alexis Wentworth - Ellie Ashman
Hunter Wentworth - Joe Ashman (Young Hunter) & Tom Allport (Older Hunter)
Hakem Mahir (Antagonist) - George Callcut
GJ Wentworth - Nick Ashman

Filming Roles -

Camera - Owen Todd-Harding
Director - Ellie Ashman & Molly Ambler

Editing Roles -

Editors - Owen Todd-Harding & Ellie Ashman

Pre-Production - Prop List

• Character Costume 
• Make-Up
• Teddies & Toy Cars
• Dolls 
• Toy Helicopter
• Children's Book
• Toy Tractor

 

Created By Owen Todd-Harding

Pre-Production - Equipment List

• Camera 
• Tripod 
• Memory Card 
• Microphone (For Outside Filming)
• Studio Lights
• Extension Leads (If Required)
• Equipment Bag
• Boom Pole (For Microphone)
• Clapboard

Created By Owen Todd-Harding

Pre-Production - Risk Assesment

 

ACTIVITY	HAZARD	RISK	PERSON IN DANGER	SAFETY PRECATION IN PLACE
SETTING UP	- Getting the equipment out and getting ready for filming can be a hazard, if you don't enable the equipment together properly then you will have problems throughout the day when using the equipment for filming.	- The risk is that the equipment will get broken if it hasn't been put together properly. For example, if you don't clip the camera onto the tripod correctly and it falls off while you are filming, it will break and you may lose the filming you have previously filmed if it wasn't saved.	- Everyone using the equipment are the people in danger because if the any of the equipment isn't put together correctly and then breaks throughout the day, it will be those people responsible who will have to replace the equipment, meaning pay for new stuff or pay to get it fixed, depending on the damage.	- Simply, make sure that when you put the equipment away the day before it is put away correctly so that when you get it out to set up the next day, it is easy to enable. Also, you could double check it all over once you have put it all together to make sure everything is secure.
FILMING	- A possible hazard when filming is the weather conditions, for example, you may be wanting to film outside and have nice weather, but it could be heavily raining, so this wouldn't be possible.	- The equipment could get broken from water damage, there could be a tripping hazard with the wires etc and if the floor is slippery from rain, then there is more risk of the equipment getting broken.	- The camera man could suffer from an electric shock, if the weather is bad, when using the equipment. Also, if the camera man slips over from the ground being wet due to weather conditions, then as well as the equipment getting broken, the camera man/director/actors etc could get hurt as well.	- You could try and use a cover over the equipment, especially electrical equipment, to protect it from the weather. This cover could be a marquee or gazebo etc.
WRAP	- Sometimes when wrapping up at the end of the day people rush and don't pack the equipment up the way they should. If filming the next day in the same place, people may leave the equipment where it is so they don't have to set up the next day.	- The risk of this is the equipment can get broken, because of this you may lose the work you have just filmed, or you may not be able to use some of the equipment again. If the equipment is left out over night or just for a period throughout the day, it could get stolen or if the weather is bad it could get broken/damaged.	- The people that are handling the equipment are the people in danger because they are the ones that need to sort out the equipment. If the equipment gets lost, stolen, broken, or isn't packed away in the correct way or place, then they could be held responsible for that and so they would be the ones that would have to pay out for a new set of equipment.	- You need to take your time when packing away the equipment so that nothing gets broken or damaged. A list could be created so that you can tick off everything as you pack up, ensuring that all equipment is being packed away correctly and to make sure nothing is forgotten