Allocated Roles within the process of making this trailer -
Jordan Knight - Editor, Cinematographer, Director
Jaemee Martin - Producer, Cinematographer, Director
Cast:
Jacob Keelty - Louis
Tom Hargraves - Dan
Ella Van Wijk - Ellie
Jacob Riley Richards - Vic
Laura Sahng - Jade
Manish Chetty - Kellin
Kezia Hewitt - Quinn
Garry - Dad
Jacqui - Mother
There were many extras included in this trailer.
Jordan and Jaemee have shared a lot of the roles equally within the making of this trailer. We directed along side each other with filming different scenes for example, Jordan would be cinematographer for one scene (classroom scene) while Jaemee would be boom operator and both would direct along side each other and bouncing ideas off of each other in order to create a shot perfectly suited to our needs. Jaemee would then take over as cinematographer for one scene and Jordan would be boom operator in the same scene (news reporter scene).
Editing is a different process where Jordan took the over the role as main editor while Jaemee organised written work and gave feedback on the trailer where needed.
Changes made to the trailer:
- To emphasize disaster, we have added in a scene of normal life
- Establishing shots were filmed to make the trailer make sense to the audience
- We made the decision to not add in an American news reporter because we felt that we had sufficient amount of reporters and having the extra reporter would have been confusing.
- Stock Footage was added in to add in a dramatic effect, to impact the audience and to make more emphasis on the disaster.
- A shot of a picture frame with a picture of Louis and Dan as brothers was added in so the audience can understand that they are brothers and gives more of a sympathetic panicky reaction for the audience as they realise the parents sons are out camping while a tsunami happens.
We stuck to the script as much as we could - we kept the majority of our lines except for the line where it says "......is being hit by a 60m wave) we made this change to the line to give emphasis to the disaster because there would be more destruction from a 60m wave than the original 30m wave.
There was a change in the time that we filmed the camping scene. It was filmed a week early due to conflicting times in the camera booking, this meant that there was more time to edit the footage carefully and allowed us more time to film pick up shots where it was needed and still have time left over to carefully edit and render a rough cut.
First Response:
The character Cheryl West in the television series Outrageous Fortune is a significant character, and through the use of Camera angles and Costuming it was made clear she played an important part in the narrative and helped me develop a first impression of her character.
Camera angles are very important in the process of creating a film or television show. One angle is a low angle shot, which is where the camera looks up at the subject, giving a sense of power, dominance and intimidation to the subject, who in this case is the character Cheryl West. The use of the low angle shot in the scene where Cheryl is talking to her daughter Pascalle about her modelling portfolio in their family bathroom, gives us as the audience the impression that Cheryl has a lot more power over Pascalle, and that Pascalle is a lot weaker and more vulnerable in comparison. We're influenced by this low angled shot to have this impression of Cheryl being a fierce and strong character, as looking up at her makes her seem larger and more intimidating. From what we have seen of Cheryl in this first episode, as an audience we can come to the conclusion that her character will be the strength behind her family, and will enforce changes for the better, and not be called on it because of the power and dominance we've seen that she possesses. The use of the low angle shot also gives us the idea that Cheryl feels very strongly about herself, and has a lot of confidence in herself and the way she handles situations, as this is how we see her because of the camera angle.
Costume is very important in the process of creating a film or television show, as it helps give us the idea of the characteristics and personality that the character possesses. In this narrative, costume is used to give us an impression of the character Cheryl and give us an understanding of the kind of person she is. An example of the use of costume is in the scene where Jethro is having his capping. The rest of the West family haven't bothered to change out of the clothes they had been wearing for the duration of the episode, whereas Cheryl makes the effort of putting on a dress and doing her hair and makeup special for the occasion. This tells us that Cheryl cares a lot more about her appearance than the others in the family, and also that she cares about dressing up for something that she considers special. This also tells us that Cheryl is also very proud of Jethro, as she wants to celebrate his capping and look nice, rather than just wearing the casual everyday clothes the other West's are wearing, because she cares greatly about the success Jethro has achieved. From what we have seen from the use of costuming in this first episode, as an audience we can make the assumption that Cheryl will continue to be well dressed and caring about the way in which she dresses and presents herself, which shows that she has self respect and cares about the way other people see her.
In conclusion, these two narrative features - Camera angles and Costume - helped in creating an impression of Cheryl and giving the audience an expectation as to the development of her character. With the use of these narrative features we can come to the conclusion that Cheryl West will be an important role throughout the series, and will remain a strong willed and self respecting character who cares strongly for and is dominant over her family.
