12 Hours 1

Key terms for revision

Camera shots and their effectivness
Close up-
Extreme close up - shows emotion
Mid shot
Medium close up
Crane shots
Birds eye view shot
Long shot - shows location
Establishing shot - shows audiences the characters
High angle - used to show power
Low angle - used to show power
Two shot - get two people in the shot and shows their relationship
Over the shoulder shot - used from conversations
Dutch angle shot

Mise en scene:
Clothing
Props
Location
Fixtures
Colours
Characters
Time of day
Natural light
Artificial light
Environment

Sound:
Soundtrack
Sound effects
Semi diegectic
Non diegectic
Diegectic
Dialogue
Voice over

Editing:
Fade In/out
Title sequences

Target audience for 'Twelve Hours'

Our target audience for 'Twelve Hours' is mainly 16-24 year olds. We aim for it to appeal to them in a way similar to that of 'Skins' or 'Misfits' as it is clearly set around the lives of teens. I feel that we show that it is based around teens even within the two minute clip we have. I feel that the film would require an 18+ certificate due to the use of drugs, scenes of a sexual nature and at times strong language. I do not feel that this would put 16 and 17 year olds off watching our film as I myself am 17 and I have no problem watching an 18+. I feel that this would also fit in with themes of rebellion that are shown throughout the film.

final draft filming

We refilmed all of the opening of 'Twelve Hours' during our half term. we decided to use Hinksey as the area where we would film because there were a number of different locations that gave a superb mise en scene. We filmed the morning sequence at Aaron's house, we got a number of different shots and I feel that we managed to make it much more interesting than the original morning sequence. we had 2 new members of the team for the final edit. Jordan Goff took over the part played by Joey in the original draft mainly because joey wanted to take more of an off a behind the scenes role. also Jordan fits the character profile better than joey does in the sense that he's bigger and more similar to the character. we also introduced a female character who appears in bed with my character at the beginning of the morning sequence, we then later see her leave the house whilst my character is having a shower. The girl was played by an old friend of mine called Emma Campion. she suited the character in the sense that she's got the right body shape and has blonde hair which is all we really needed as she didn't need to speak. the night sequence was filmed in a variety of places in hinksey. we had a great shot of me walking along a bridge with jordan walking slowly behind me, we had shots from above, and we had more variety in our shots. overall the filming of our final draft couldn't have gone better. we achieved what we wanted to achieve and all we have to do now is edit it quickly before the deadline.

12 hours 1st draft feedback

Overall our 1st draft is a very rough version of what we hope to have for the final piece. we wanted to experiment with different camera shots and techniques in order to see what the audience liked and didn't like. We showed our rough edit (1st draft) to our class. our class is made up of a group of 16-17 year olds and so as this fitted into our target audience it meant that we could see more clearly how it was interpreted. We recieved quite abit of constructive criticism. This was good because it showed us clearly what we'd done wrong and also what we needed to do to turn this around. the night scene went down really well with our audience and so we've decided to extend the length of the night scene and shorten the morning scene. The shot of the kitchen was said to be "boring" and so we've decided to concentrate less on what the protagonist is doing and concentrate more or different shots and techniques. A lot of the night scene will be left the same but alot of the morning scene will be changed. we will be adding in new shots and have decided as a group to start from scratch and refilm the whole thing.

Night Scene

We filmed the night scene in several different locations on beechcroft road in summertown.we got a variety of different shots n this scene. infact we took so many shots that it is proving almost impossible to fit them all in. the shot inolving my feet walking in and out of the shot was filmed between houses 33 and 35. pete was camera man for this shot and managed to track my feet extremely well. the shot of me walking towards the camera smoking a cigarette was filmed by houses 24, 26 and 28. again pete was filming and i feel that we managed to portray the image of a lonely man walking down a street rather well. the next shot was of me walking away from the camera along the street, halfway through this shot we see joey's character beginning to follow me. this shot was taken from around 4 metres off the ground allowing the camera to show the gap between me and joe well. we then went on to film me walking towards the camera much like the one shot by houses 24, 26 and 28, only this time you can see joey walking behind me (over my shoulder). the next shot was definitely the most fun to film. it showed me walking into the characters played by pete and aaron and then them pinning me up against the wall behind them. this was filmed at the very end of beechcroft road, right opposite the baptist church (i know, slightly disrespectful). we found that due to the graffiti on the wall, we had a great mise en scene. the shot then showed joey arrive and procede to beat me up. joey took it upon himself at this point to go over the top and at one point pushed me into the middle of the road. the next shot showed me pinned up against the wall from directly infront, this was easy to film and only took one take. the final shot of the night scene showed joey throwing his final point which with editing will show that it has knocked out my character. this was a point of view shot. overall i feel the filming of the night scene went really well and i know i speak for the whole group when i say that i'm proud of our efforts on this scene.

Newspaper- A Glossary of terms

Masthead- the name of the paper, and sometimes its logo, printed across the top of the front page.
Drop cap-capital letter at the start of a paragraph that occupies more than one line or type.
Filler-a short story of opne or two paragraphs. Also a brief.
Lead-the main story, often a splash on the front page.
Bold face type-hevy type, used for emphasis.
Banner headline-front page headline extending across the whole of the front page.
Splash headline-front page headline that doesn't extend across the whole of the front page.
Crosshead-a small sub-heading used to break up the text. usually in bold type or underlined.
Strapline-a smaller headline that runs over the main deck.
Downpage piece-story appearing in the bottom half of the page.
Caption-words that accompany pictures or artwork. captions which make small stories are caption stories.
Centre spread-a story that runs over the two centre pages of a newspaper.
Curtain-raiser-a story which gives background to a forthcoming event.
Exclusive-a story run by just one newspaper (sometimes referred to as a scoop.)
Spoiler-when a newspaper runs a story that negates an exclusive from a rival paper
Tabloidese-Cliche-ridden, over-sensational language
Vox pop-a quote from an ordinary member of the public