Tyrannosaur Swede

Originally we filmed over the course of two periods, covering the first three scenes of Tyrannosaur which we watched the opening of in class. We were set the task of recreating a low budget version of this... a swede.

We all sat around the centre table and discussed what shots we needed, the best way to film them, and where and when to film. Once all this had been decided, we went out to film during the next lesson.

In reflection this wasn't the best way to go about preparing. We didn't allocate jobs, nobody had a clear idea of what they were specifically meant to do, and the filming was rushed.

From this, we decided to start again. We once again sat around the table, we allocated jobs, including writing story boards, call sheets and a script, allocating roles for acting, filming and directing.

We then set ourselves a deadline for when everything had to be done, and due to constant reminding and a group chat we managed to remind ourselves and have everything handed in by the deadline.

We then went out to film the first scene, with jobs allocated, and timings in place we got 3 shots of every shot we needed, each from a separate angle with the help of using two cameras. Following this we filmed the mext scene, and finally, the last scene, using the call sheet for all three, and making sure we stuck to the timings allocated for each scene.

In comparison, the second attempt went a lot better as we allocated more time to filming, we had jobs, and a better idea of what to film, overall it was better prepared and had more structure, leading to it being a success.

Prelim Tasks:

Prelim Basic






180 Degree Rule Broken






Prelim Titles






Prelim Sound Effects and Titles


My experience: Overall it was a great experience. I was able to try out the cameras and their various settings, and also learn the basics of Final Cut Pro, along with some additions including titles and sound effects.

If I was to do this task again, I would have improved the overall quality of the tasks, along with sharper editing and a better choice of music and titles. It is however, hard to judge what I would improve as it was my first experience, so I am happy with how it turned out and what I learned from it.

York Film Festival

Warp Films: Crossing Creative Platforms...

This is England:
The makers of This is England weren't trying to move from Film to TV as they had always done TV, but it exploits another area of the market.

This is England made 1.8 million pounds at the UK box office and sold half a million DvD units which is relatively successful for a British film. The first episode of This is England '84 had 2.2 million viewers which is a large jump from a successful feature film to a T.V show.


Examples of Television Warp have produced:

• Fur - 2007
• This is England - '86 - 2010
• Midnight beast  - 2011
• This is England '88 - 2011
• Sky Arts - 2012
• Talking to the dead - 2013
• Midnight beast 2 - 2013
• This is England '90 - 2014/15
• The Last Panther

Examples of Feature Films Warp have produced:

• Dead Mans shoes
• This is England
• Grow your own
• Complete history of my sexual failure
• Donkey Punch
• Hush
• All tomorrows parties
• Bunny and the Bill
• She a Chinese
• Submarine
• Four Lions
• Tyrannosaur
• Kill List
• For these in Peril
• Made of Stone
• '71

Barry Ryan explained that when Warp worked on feature films they would employ people who worked on feature films, and wouldn't cross the cast who worked on television and feature films. There was no cross over.

This is England (Movie)

The following...

• Film 4
• UK film council
• Screen Yorkshire
• East Midlands Media
• The Works
• Optimum releasing
• Scale and Leaseback

All wanted some element of control over the film.

Warp invested 2.2 million on the film, which lasts around 1.5 hours.


This is England '86 (T.V)

• Channel 4 - Got to show it twice
• Madman releasing (Australia)
• Non-Stop (Scandinavia)

Warp invested 2.6 million to film 4 hours worth of episodes.

So to film T.V you get more air time for the money you invested than that of a feature film.



Cinematography // Creating the BIG picture...

1. Film Making is a collaboration, the atmosphere with a good working crew is incredible.
2. The technology isn't important, its about the idea and the effect of that idea.
3. Film as much as possible in order to gain experience, from this your cinematography skills will improve.
4. 'Cinema' is about creating stories and creating a 'magical world', cinematography helps create effect to the overall big picture and can make the experience more 'magical'.