Lo3.1 Write a short report to identify what settings you will be using in your unit 5 short film

To ensure we achieve cinematic quality footage, We must utilize the settings that are present on the DSLR, and smartphone camera. We are planning on making our footage darker using the ISO settings in the camera to match the themes of the story. This will match with the ambient lighting that we will be using within scenes that feature Ellis's character. This is to show the audience how his character has become corrupted by the seven personalities. Similarly, scenes that include Toby's character will be more saturated. Plus will we use natural lighting, and film specifically when its sunny, to shower his character in light, too connote to the audience that he is a good person. We will film our product at a constant 24 frames per second as that will make our product look realistic enough, while also being less demanding on storage. Using the iPhone 13 camera we will have the ability to use the new cinematic feature. This will allow us to included depth of field meaning we could make creative shots that would switch focus from the foreground to the background.  Also using the iPhone camera, we will be able to switch between 1x and 0.5x allowing us to film wide angle shots for the film. During filming we will use a lot of natural and ambient light as they can be used to connote the themes in the film such as binary opposition, and also convey the comedic, horror, and thriller aspects of our film. The ambient lighting, for example, is great at showing the audience that the scene will be dark and relate to generic convention within horror or thriller films. 

Th  The story board was originally made as a gist of the main events present in the story. Such as Ellis's character robbing a house, being caught, then getting put into a coma. This scene is showed in the first three sections of the storyboard at the top. During this scene, we will film at 24fps and keep the iso at 300, this is because we want to include comedy into the scene, and lower the iso when Ellis's character appears and attacks Reece's character. We will also include a wider camera lens to create wide angle shots that include more than one character. We will also use the cinematic mode present on the iPhone 13 camera to create depth of field within some shots. This links to the Script, as we have included shots like this to intertwine with the  actions character make within the script. For example, we have written Ellis's character to be very unhinged and antagonistic. This will be built upon when we film his scenes, as we will use low ISO settings to highlight how dark his character is. Plus, we will use Mise-en-scene elements such as lighting, costume, and acting to suggest to the audience that Ellis's character is a bad  person, and that his actions within the movie will be illegal. Such as ho we plan to include a scene or montage showing him steal from people and just act like a terrible, unhinged person.  We chose our costume design based on how people in his situation dress and act. In the script we have written his character similarly, including lots of cursing and dialogue mostly used by 'roadmen'. Editing techniques such as flashbacks, montages, and fast sporadic cuts will be used when Ellis dialogue becomes more unhinged and dangerous and causing havoc within the scene. These techniques how how we used similar techniques found in horror movies and dramas to highlight the shots that included Ellis's character. These will all be used when we start filming and editing our product to ensure we show the audience generic conventions such as binary opposition and cause and effect, which will help them understand the film and its characters more.