Film Production- Film Scheduling

We were finally able to shoot on Friday, December 14th. Unfortunately, we were running on a tight schedule since the majority of the actors had to participate in other activities, so we only had around three hours at the most to shoot. In reality, the shooting took around an hour and a half, and ended up with 42 takes. The shooting took a lot more quickly than I expected, but it could be understandable seeing that we were in one location. In the long run, we began to improvise on the style and the types of takes that we were going to use, but I believe that compared to the original plan, our revision was a little bit more suitable. Although we did take as many takes as I would have liked, the majority of them fit well into our final product. However, if we had more time, I would have filmed more takes and been more meticulous in the shooting. Throughout the filming, it was a little bit difficult as some of the actors were laughing, goofing off, or off task. The small window of time that we had to film may have also contributed to some stress and impatience regarding the actors. The fact that some of the actors had difficulties staying focused was somewhat frustrating, but we were able to accomplish our task. In addition, some of the actors did not memorize their scripts so we had to use them as props for conference documents. However, some of the actors did improvise on their lines which made the scene more coherent.

Comments

Feedback

Overall, I think that the feedback we received was fairly helpful. We were happy to hear that most of our peers found our film opening to be humorous. One noted that, in particular, the Easter Bunny entering the scene was very funny. Many comments included positive feedback on the camera work, where the dramatic use of zooms, reverse zooms, and zoom-ins created a more comedic effect on the product. They liked the concept of our film and found it to be unique. Others found the dialogue to have a good flow and the transitions to be smooth. Some comments included a good use of mise-en-scene, such as the props and costumes. Although we had a lot of positive feedback, we also had some important negative feedback as well. Most, if not all of our peers mentioned the low sound quality of the film. They stated that some parts of the opening were quiet, however, when it was presented to the class, the volume was already on the low end of the scale. This quiet audio may have lead others to note t...

Film Production- Storyboard

The first shot is an insert of Elf #1's feet as he walks down the hallway and approaches the conference room. It attempts to create a feeling of earnestness and curiosity as to where the board member is going and what will ensue. The second shot is a mid-shot of the Board of the North Pole at the end of the conference table, with the President of the Board and Elf #2 waiting for Elf #1 to sit in his empty seat. This tries to create an effect of seriousness and urgency to the situation of Santa Claus being fired. The third shot is an insert of a "Missing Rudolph" poster. This shot signifies the importance of Santa Claus's faults, as seen by losing his most important reindeer. The fourth shot listed is a wide shot of the Easter Bunny entering the conference room and slowly walking out after listening to the commotion. This shot attempts to incorporate humor by providing relief to the tension after addressing Santa Claus's wrongdoings, which could be s...

Target Audience Research- Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2 is similar in target audience to our film in which it is a comedy aimed at PG-13 audiences. -Publicity: The film's marketing campaign started with the Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson playing male models Zoolander and Hansel walking in Valentino's fall 2015 show.n advertisement produced by Testa and Partners, described as a "mini-movie," was shown during the Golden Globes and featured Zoolander as the new face of Fiat’s ‘Blue Steel’. -Posters Several posters also incorporate Zoolander 2 to create a parody fragrance ad for a perfume they called No. 2. Ben Stiller ’s Instagram feed posted composite images where a one large image is split into several posts . In this post, it created the artistic photograph of Zoolander and a Siberian husky seen below. Posts on Instagram also included Zoolander’s signature Blue...

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