Introduction:
This is the introduction to Lauren and I’s film “Never Give
Up”. This introduction style was chosen as we thought it was a creative and
would be able to grab the audience’s attention. We chose the colours for the
introduction book because they all compliment each other and is the appropriate
colours for our target audience of both boys and girls. The shading of the
letters was chosen as we thought it was a better than having just normal
letters, also incorporating more creativity. There was a minor problem with the
book, as when it was opened it would not stay open. This problem was overcome
by gluing the pages together.
Scene 1:
This is scene 1 of our animation. This was the first scene of
animation were the clay man was used. As this was our first scene it was the
worst scene out of all of them as we were forming the mans steps and actions.
This scene was challenging, as we had never used the clay man before. Our main
problem in this scene was moving the clay man (Benji); although this problem
was quickly overcome by learning to move Benji in a human like manner. This
scene was filmed at a medium camera shot, as we did not want to complicate the
first scene. Our scenery for the duration of the movie “Never Give Up” is plain
and simple only consisting of a blue sky, two trees and a brown floor. This
scene also consisted of a balloon stall as well. The scenery was plain, as we
did not want the audience to focus on the scenery but on the characters and the
story line. As this scene was our very first scene filmed it was very exciting
for both Lauren and I as creators and directors.
Scene 2:
Scene 2 was the beginning of the movie plot. This was a
complicated scene, as we had to trip the boy using a dog and also have the boy
fall over. This proved to be a difficulty as it was a challenge to make the boy
fall over. This problem was over come by using string to hold the man up right
as he was falling to the ground. The scene, just like the first scene, was
filmed using a medium camera angle. As before we did not want to get to
technical with the camera so the audience would stay focused on the movie. The
dog was chosen to be the cause of the boy losing his balloon because it was
suited to our target audience (children). Having an animal would help attract
the audience to our film as children are interested in animals more so than
humans.
Scenes 3
This scene was a scene that had
been forgotten to put into the movie. This had to be filmed last minute, as the
movie did not make sense. The scene displays the boy sitting up from when the
dog tripped him over and letting go of his balloon. This scene was filmed similar to the scenes
both before and after. It was easy to film as the only complication was the
balloon floating away. Like the scene 2 we overcame this problem by using
fishing string. It was difficult to steady the balloon as it hung from the
string but as we progressed with the scene it became much easier and the end
result was pleasant.
Scene 4
Scene 4 was the beginning of the
more complex scenes. In this scene we floated the balloon through the sky. This
was done by using fishing line, to hold it up. This was a difficult scene as
the balloon could only be moved a fraction for each shot as well as trying to
keep the balloon still while it was held up. This scene was taken two times;
the first attempt at this scene was a very poor attempt, we took it as more of
a learning scene and a time to figure out the basics then a usable scene. The
second make of this scene was much better and much more fitting for the movie.
The scene was much smoother and better quality then the first take.
Scene 5:
This scene is the boy finding the balloon while he is walking through
the park. It was a simple scene as it was the smallest scene using the
characters. This scene was also the first only scene with the addition of
Photoshop. This scene, just like the others is filmed using a medium camera
angle. Photoshop was used in this film when the boy looks up into the tree and
thinks of an idea to get it down. Lauren and I wanted to use a question mark to
make it more clear to the audience that he has thought of an idea before he
walks off the set.
Scene 6:
Scene 6 is the scene of Benji’s
first attempt getting his balloon back. He does this by using a red ball and throwing
it at the tree where the balloon is placed. This scene proved to be a very
complex scene. Problems that we faced were; the ball not staying in Benji’s
hands and string falling off the ball. These problems were overcome by using a
toothpick between the ball and Benji’s hands. This held the ball in place as we
adjusted and moved Benji. The fishing line was then wrapped around the ball
various times so that it would not slip off during the middle of shooting the
scene and so that it was supported sufficiently. We then had to use the
technique of the ball flying across the air. This technique was used when Benji
missed the balloon and the ball bounce off the tree and falls to the ground and
off the scene. This section of the scene was the more simple section as both
Lauren and I had practiced it in scene 4.
Scene 7:
This scene is the second and
final attempt of Benji throwing the ball at the balloon stuck up in the tree. This
attempt also fails with the ball rebounding again and bouncing off the
scene. This scene is a short scene and
is quite similar to the scene before it, scene 6. The same technique of the use
of fishing line was used, like the scenes prior. As per the other scenes a
medium camera shot was used to focus the attention on the story and character.
Scene
8 only a short mid camera shot, displaying Benji giving up on getting his
balloon. This Scene of the movie shows the beginning reason to the title “Never
Give Up”. The sadness that Benji is
feeling is evident in the scene from his body posture and not just him turning
away from his balloon. His head is hung low as he sits between the two trees
(one containing his balloon) on the ground, folds his arms and cries into his
lap. This scene then moves onto scene 9,
of Benji crying.
Scene 9:
Scene 9 is continuing on from scene 8 and is the last scene using the
characters and set. In this scene we use the same set, still showing the
simplicity of it so that the audiences attention is on the characters and the
story-taking place. A medium camera shot is used still for this scene, as we
did not want to move the camera angle too much so that we did not lose the
audience’s focus. It is a scene displaying Benji crying to the audience about
the loss of his balloon and the hurt and sadness he is feeling from it. This
shows his feeling of failure and not getting the balloon. A Benji sits on the
ground with tears running down his face; we took this as the opportunity to
have the float down from the tree by the wind and land beside him. Though we
use the fishing line technique to do this. A matter of second’s later Benji’s
head turns towards the balloon in astonishment.
The challenging part of this scene though comes when we have to stand
Benji back up. This was challenging as his arm were very small and it was hard
to find a standing method that didn’t seem awkward during the film. This scene
then ends by blacking out and returning to the book were the credits are shown.
Credits:
The final scene for our movie is the credits scene. In this
scene the booking is closing up representing the ending of the story and then,
Lauren and I, the characters, and mr Andrews are all displayed in the rolling
credits. The credits scene was made to showing the ending of the film. This
scene meant the most to Lauren and I as it was our final scene for our movie
after the producing of a 2-term movie assignment. For this final scene we
stayed with the same colours as the Introduction scene. We decided to have our
credits sliding down the back of the book, and then being placed on the page
once the credits had finished. Although the one problem we had with this scene
was the speed of the credits rolling. The credits rolled down the page much to
fast for our liking. There was no time to reshoot the scene so Lauren and I
decided to then place the credits back onto the page so the audience was able
read them more clearly. Once this scene was done Lauren and I were relieved to
only have to add the soundtrack and then have the final product.
