Typical conventions of dance genre research from 1/2/11

The typical conventions of the dance genre opening scene usually consist of scenes of dancing followed by flashbacks of dancing/ the main characters past which then has the characters name appearing and sets the motive/ pace/ storyline of the film (i.e step up 2) . 

fonts: Urban chalk style          

duration: 1 second/ 3-10 for the dancers

placement on the screen: centre of the screen

content: clips of street dancers 

However some of the films don't follow the conventions i.e Honey which starts off in a bar in a nightclub with the main character but doesnt tell you the storyline in the first few minutes nor does it have any dancing in the first 2 minutes of the film it also uses 

Fonts: block capitals , blue , has a shining effect going across it. 

Duration :1/2 seconds each.

Placement on the screen: bottom right corner of the screen with some more towards the middle and Bottom left of the screen. 

Content: actors, production company , "soundtrack by"  

Links to opening scenes watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAobq7g4p9I (honey)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhNRkRAaSM (step up 2 the streets )

Title sequence convention research.

 The typical conventions of the dance genre opening scene usually consist of scenes of dancing followed by flashbacks of dancing/ the main characters past which then has the characters name appearing and sets the motive/ pace/ storyline of the film (i.e step up 2) . However some of the films don't follow the conventions i.e Honey which starts off in a bar in a nightclub with the main character but doesnt tell you the storyline in the first few minutes nor does it have any dancing in the first 2 minutes of the film.


Links to opening scenes watched:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAobq7g4p9I (honey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhNRkRAaSM (step up 2 the streets )

Transitions

today group 4 edited some of the clips and added transitons to the opening scene, we have nearly finished the editing.

Rough cut -24/1/11

This is a screenshot took on the 24/1/11 this screenshot shows our rough-cut of the opening sequence (all the footage in order as shown in the story boards) 


In the lesson, my role was to cut down some of the scenes so that we could reduce some of the time along with changing the contrast saturation etc to make the scenes look better and improve the quality of the opening sequence.


I have learned how to cut down scenes and change the saturation etc.


We have changed some ideas from our storyboard for instance we firstly got rid of the "8 months later" and also changed several scenes round to fit with the voice over better. 


To finish this opening sequence we still need to cut down alot of time , add in transistions and do the credits , along with add in the music for the dance scenes we have this is due to the cameras not being the best quality so therefore we have to edit the scenes to improve them.  

Filming/Blog update: 20th jan 2011.

so far since monday we have filmed several more scenes in the opening scene. We are also all staying back tonight along with steve to finish off the remaining scenes that need to be done, (i.e the dialoug scenes and fight scene) this should be finished off in time for tomorrow so that we can all proceed to begin editing from monday onwards.

This is also a schedule from monday/tuesday that was made outlinging what we need to film and whats been done.

What?	When?	Who?
Voice Over	10.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin	DONE
Dancing Feet	10.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin	DONE
Curtain Scene Backstage	18.01.11	Andrew, David	DONE
Film Opening Titles	19.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin, Andrew, David	DONE
Backstage Scene	20.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin, Andrew, David	DONE
Start Editing Credit Title	24.01.11	Andrew, David
Edit footage and tweak.	24.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin, Andrew, David

Filming/blog update : 17th january 2011

Our group are plannng to continue our filming this week , however we need to ensure that we can get all the actors we need and if we can get locations avaliable for filming, were preferbly planning to film after school.

Production schedule for filming version 1.

1.     Locations List:

a.     Maysebrook Park

b.    Boothroyd Hall

c.     Dance Studio

2.     Prop List:

a.     CD Player

3.     Costume List:

a.     Trainers

b.    Combats

c.     Jogging Bottoms

d.    Shorts

e.     T-Shirts

f.      Hoodies

g.     Vests

4.     Actors List:

a.     Vikkie Heed

b.    David Preston-Rider

c.     Steve Hobday

d.    .

e.     .

5.     Equipment List:

a.     CD Player

b.    Camera

c.     Charger

d.    Tripod

e.     Storyboard

f.      Lighting

g.     Dance Studio

Were also looking at a time frame of a few days for filming, however some of the actors we wish to use are only available during the weekends which means we have to arrange times and specific days to which we can film.