I hope you enjoy :-)
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Audience Feedback
Below is a recorded class session, in which we watched a couple of our opening two minutes and critisized and advised each others work, aswell as positively supporting them. Making clear to us the positives and negatives from others point of view.
I hope you enjoy :-)
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Sunday, 28 March 2010
Evaluation - Activity 7
Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Below is our preliminary task (continuity editing task);
Below is our preliminary task (continuity editing task);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hx1Hhh93GY
Looking back at our preliminary task it is clear that we have progressed alot and improved/ expanded our knowledge, as a group this was our first time we had ever filmed and edited properly. We used very basic skills which we have now built on for our Opening Two Minutes only using the 180 degree rule, match on action, shot/reverse shot and high and low angles, whereas now we have expanded to nearly all types of camera angles and shots.
Editing has improved a huge amount also throughout the two tasks, starting with very basic continuity transitions, then into fade in, fade out, creative, fast and slow paced editing to create a mood in which the audience will enjoy or find beneficial whilst watching
As you can see above, both Over the Shoulder Shots are quite different, one from a level angle (basic) and the other slightly more creative and thought up to prove effective when representing social class.
The 180 degree rule is also an important rule you must consider when filming, if you film from the other side of this are the audience will be off put and likely to be dis-orientated. We had to be very careful when filming a conversation in both films as it is easy to step over this line without realising, resulting in a messy confusing scene, likely to put the viewer off.
In the screen grabs above you are able to see the difference and progress we have generally made on the creativity and thoughts behind the shots, using the birds eye view shot or in 'Brother 2 Another' a point of view shot, these both work in similar ways, a birds eye view shot helps the audience to get a general over view on what/where the character is doing/going, in this case going up the stairs. Whereas in 'Brother 2 Another' the point of view shot was used to allow the audience almost see the world through the characters eyes, in this case, experiencing, pain, shock and fright from the mugging, also helping the audience to feel involved in the story.
Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots. Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene.
Close-ups are used in many ways, for many reasons. Close-ups are often used as cutaways from a more distant shot to show detail, such as characters' emotions, or some intricate activity with their hands. In this case an in depth sense of shock is made by the shot to highlight the issue of a brutal attack.
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Evaluation - Activity 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We used many different tools and technologies and other media products/kit to help construct our final media product.
We used:
School/Home computers - To edit and upload/update new features onto our blogs.
School supplied camera and tape - We used these film and record our opening two minutes aswell as filming audience feedback and directors commentary.
Microphone - Extension microphone used for our opening two minutes allowing us to get a good quality of sound from the character outdoors.
Tripod - We relied on the tripod for many steady shots to enhance a better quality of filming.
Car - To travel to each different location safely and comftably. (It was freezing)
Ipod - This was used as a prop in our scene of William being mugged, to help illustrate wealth.
Wallet & Keys - This was used as a prop in our shot of expressing the materialistic goods in Williams house as he goes to pick up both items. (match on action)
Phone - This prop was used when William is first introduced showing the audience the contrast on how William has up to date technology at his finger tips.
Fruity Loops 8 Home Studio - This was used at home to construct a suitable soundtrack for our opening sequence.
Adobe - We used Adobe Premiere 8 to edit and construct our opening two minutes aswell as using Adobe photoshop to help put together our screen grabs and complete presentation.
Memory Stick - Using memory sticks as a back up was a good idea incase of any computer errors we all had a copy of our progress, fortunately we didn't have any computing saving errors. This was also useful from travelling information from home to school.
Blogger - We used blogspot blogging to present our research, planning, evaluation and final media product.
Youtube - Finally one of the most useful websites, youtube - we found that it was very helpful when constructing our research and if we needed to see how other openings were presented in a paticular fashion. It was also used for research and easy viewable videos to then evaluate for our research and planning, helping us finalise our genre and target audience.
Below are some pictures of me and some equipment we used:
We used many different tools and technologies and other media products/kit to help construct our final media product.
We used:
School/Home computers - To edit and upload/update new features onto our blogs.
School supplied camera and tape - We used these film and record our opening two minutes aswell as filming audience feedback and directors commentary.
Microphone - Extension microphone used for our opening two minutes allowing us to get a good quality of sound from the character outdoors.
Tripod - We relied on the tripod for many steady shots to enhance a better quality of filming.
Car - To travel to each different location safely and comftably. (It was freezing)
Ipod - This was used as a prop in our scene of William being mugged, to help illustrate wealth.
Wallet & Keys - This was used as a prop in our shot of expressing the materialistic goods in Williams house as he goes to pick up both items. (match on action)
Phone - This prop was used when William is first introduced showing the audience the contrast on how William has up to date technology at his finger tips.
Fruity Loops 8 Home Studio - This was used at home to construct a suitable soundtrack for our opening sequence.
Adobe - We used Adobe Premiere 8 to edit and construct our opening two minutes aswell as using Adobe photoshop to help put together our screen grabs and complete presentation.
Memory Stick - Using memory sticks as a back up was a good idea incase of any computer errors we all had a copy of our progress, fortunately we didn't have any computing saving errors. This was also useful from travelling information from home to school.
Blogger - We used blogspot blogging to present our research, planning, evaluation and final media product.
Youtube - Finally one of the most useful websites, youtube - we found that it was very helpful when constructing our research and if we needed to see how other openings were presented in a paticular fashion. It was also used for research and easy viewable videos to then evaluate for our research and planning, helping us finalise our genre and target audience.
Below are some pictures of me and some equipment we used:
Evaluation - Activity 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
Annotation refer to genre conventions, use of music, similarities and other movies and what you have identified as the Unique Selling Point(USP)of our opening two minutes and imaginary film.
Annotation refer to genre conventions, use of music, similarities and other movies and what you have identified as the Unique Selling Point(USP)of our opening two minutes and imaginary film.
Evaluation - Activity 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
I believe the typical audience member for our media product would be anyone inbetween the age of 15-24 who likes getting involved with deep storylines which relate to an urban reality of a the diversity between lifestyles of teenagers.
This is Toby, he is 17 and is into graffiti art and bmxing he is most likely to shop at unique outlets such as 'Mash Clothing' in London, who support the youth of today and sell urban styled clothing brands, keeping up with what's new and fresh on the street. Toby is most likely to be found listening to the new form of drum and bass - dubstep, distinguished by it's two-step rhythm, fast beats and kicks are exactly what Toby lives for. Toby's favourite sort of TV programmes are going to be orientated around music such as; MTV and TMF channels, although he is likely to watch relating teenage series such as 'The Inbetweeners' and 'Skins'.
From this i am able to understand tobys likes and use them positively to help our film stand out to him. As Toby is keen on Music we could involve him and his social group with soundtracks to our film as did 'Adulthood' using Pathe institution when distributing their film they; used music as it has a huge influence on the target urban 16-24 year old audience. Their strategy was then to leverage this passion for music and tap in to the viral nature of social media to build credibility for the film, and generate early hype among a new 16-24 audience.
The film had to feel niche, real and about them so the challenge was to talk to them on their level by infiltrating their worlds to give the film credibility.
I believe the typical audience member for our media product would be anyone inbetween the age of 15-24 who likes getting involved with deep storylines which relate to an urban reality of a the diversity between lifestyles of teenagers.
This is Toby, he is 17 and is into graffiti art and bmxing he is most likely to shop at unique outlets such as 'Mash Clothing' in London, who support the youth of today and sell urban styled clothing brands, keeping up with what's new and fresh on the street. Toby is most likely to be found listening to the new form of drum and bass - dubstep, distinguished by it's two-step rhythm, fast beats and kicks are exactly what Toby lives for. Toby's favourite sort of TV programmes are going to be orientated around music such as; MTV and TMF channels, although he is likely to watch relating teenage series such as 'The Inbetweeners' and 'Skins'.
From this i am able to understand tobys likes and use them positively to help our film stand out to him. As Toby is keen on Music we could involve him and his social group with soundtracks to our film as did 'Adulthood' using Pathe institution when distributing their film they; used music as it has a huge influence on the target urban 16-24 year old audience. Their strategy was then to leverage this passion for music and tap in to the viral nature of social media to build credibility for the film, and generate early hype among a new 16-24 audience.
The film had to feel niche, real and about them so the challenge was to talk to them on their level by infiltrating their worlds to give the film credibility.
Evaluation - Activity 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Pathe has a major presence in the UK film industry, operating as a fully integrated studio. It is involved in all aspects of film-making, from production and development all the way through to international sales and distribution. Pathe is one of the leading distrubutors and producers of films in both the UK and France.
Directors Commentary -
Pathe has a major presence in the UK film industry, operating as a fully integrated studio. It is involved in all aspects of film-making, from production and development all the way through to international sales and distribution. Pathe is one of the leading distrubutors and producers of films in both the UK and France.
Directors Commentary -
Evaluation - Activity 2
How does your media product represent paticular social groups?
Above is a screengrab of Jack's friend (deprived), as we have only three main characters who all play a major part in the opening i decided to pick Jack's friend, to help illustrate and represent the deprivation of certain characters and their social groups within urban, drama films, for an example i have screen grabbed an image of actor Adam Deacon playing Jay in Adulthood.
Both characters represent the lower class citizen - stereotypically known for involving theft, violence and drug abuse into their day to day lifestyles, helping them to get by and cope with the struggle and strife they go through.
Both Jay and Jack's friend have a similar dress code of jeans and hoody a typical teenage 'yobby' look about them, with a lack of self respect likewise representing themselves as 'whatever guy'. The style in which they are dressed is easily recognised by the audience helping them apply specific information into how they should generalise the character. Also easily recognisable is body language, most audience members will pick up on body language sub-consiously being able to identify or judge characters accordingly. In this case - Jay has a slouched body posture, with arms swung wide, as though to appear bigger than normal, head held high with a facial expression, appearing cocky and confident to over-compensate for his size. Whereas Jack's friend has a similar attitude with broadened shoulders to over-compensate for his size, with his hood up covering him from being identified and related to a crime scene.
Above is a screengrab of Jack's friend (deprived), as we have only three main characters who all play a major part in the opening i decided to pick Jack's friend, to help illustrate and represent the deprivation of certain characters and their social groups within urban, drama films, for an example i have screen grabbed an image of actor Adam Deacon playing Jay in Adulthood.
Both characters represent the lower class citizen - stereotypically known for involving theft, violence and drug abuse into their day to day lifestyles, helping them to get by and cope with the struggle and strife they go through.
Both Jay and Jack's friend have a similar dress code of jeans and hoody a typical teenage 'yobby' look about them, with a lack of self respect likewise representing themselves as 'whatever guy'. The style in which they are dressed is easily recognised by the audience helping them apply specific information into how they should generalise the character. Also easily recognisable is body language, most audience members will pick up on body language sub-consiously being able to identify or judge characters accordingly. In this case - Jay has a slouched body posture, with arms swung wide, as though to appear bigger than normal, head held high with a facial expression, appearing cocky and confident to over-compensate for his size. Whereas Jack's friend has a similar attitude with broadened shoulders to over-compensate for his size, with his hood up covering him from being identified and related to a crime scene.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Evaluation - Activity 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)
-Select 9 distinct frames(screengrab)
-Post and evaluate
-Aspects to consider - Title, Location, Props, Editing, Title Font/Style, Story set up, Genre -how suggested), introduction of characters, special effects.
These are my nine screen grabs of our final piece that I have chosen to evaluate and write about how they are typical or not of opening sequences of the same genre.
Frame 1 - The title of the film: Our title of the film is set on a black screen, like the majority of urban films i have evaluated, i believe starting on a black screen allows the audience to be drawn in and want to see how the film starts without giving it away to early, i believe this technique builds tension towards the actual film and allows the audience to focus on the title of the film, in our case helping them to understand the storyline, without giving away anything interesting persuading them to keep on watching. The red styling of the '2' gives the sense of blood, fright and danger between both brothers.
Frame 2 - Setting/Location: Our screenshot is of 'Williams house' to help illustrate the wealth of his lifestyle this long shot of the house establishes the paralell editing of two very different, diverse lifestyles allowing the audience to identify with the setting. Establishing shots are very popular when setting scenes and locations especially in drama genres helping the audience to identify with the story.
Frame 3 - Costumes and Props: This screengrab is of an 'ipod' an easily identifiable object worldwide to show wealth which plays a major role in our opening linking the two brothers and illustrating the differences between their diverse lifestyles of wealth. This prop is highlighted as a major object.
Frame 4 - Camera Work and Editing: This shot is of William dipping his shoulder as to enter the room, the editing of this was carefully done, to enhance the 'match on action' as William's shoulder dips into the room immediately as it is picked up. When doing this we had to mark out how big the steps taken were going to be and which foot and shoulder (left or right) would enter first. By constructing a smooth match on action, by this adds to the proffessional finish of the film. In this shot we used the tripod to enhance the stability aswell as using hand held due to the awkward positioning in the entered room, i believe we have tweaked this shot to the best of our ability and used the camera positioning and transaction editing to the best we could.
Frame 5 - Title Font and Style: I believe this screen shot identifys the title font and styling in which we decided to use to help illustrate the genre film, incorperating a bold basic font, commonly used in drama films then adding a glowing shaded effect around the words to emphasise the unaccompanied production company, highlighted with the black background to be clear, simple but an effective use of title styling to stand out to the audience.
Frame 6 - Story and how the opening sets it up: This screen grab in which i chose; i believe represents the story and how the opening sets up best contrasting two types of characters, one deprived and one wealthy, unfortunately there is no scene in the opening two minutes in which both brothers meet, although i think this is the shot that best illustrates the story - The deprived boy steals the wealthy boys ipod this outlines the main story, of the contrasts of lives, almost as though the deprived boy steals off the rich boy to stay alive, by buying food and drink, at which point the wealthy boy doesn't realise how he is supporting his long lost brothers' life starting to link the brothers in the opening two minutes. Now leading on with the rest of the film, to show both brothers growing up in completely diverse lifestyles and how they come across each others paths positively and negatively.
Frame 7- Genre and how the opening suggests it: The screenshot which i chose best identifys a contrast in lifestyles as this is the second two-shot of both characters.
I believe this helps illustrate an urban, drama style film, relating to reality and the ups and downs of life it self. Mise en scene also helps suggest the genre by using costume i.e. Wealthy boy - smart/casual clothing, Deprived boy - Scruffy hoody and jeans. Both with very different body language, a polite, well postured walk from the wealthy boy, suggesting his wealth and upper class lifestyle, whereas the body language given off from the deprived brother is almost opposite; bad postured walk, head down, hood up, rough expression. By incorperating a prop (the ipod) this helps to give the audience an even clearer understanding of who's who. As an ipod is not a necessity but a luxury only the wealthy character would have one, suggesting a life of luxury.
Frame 8- How characters are introduced: I have chosen the screen grab of Jack in the shop, putting a chocolate in his pocket, i believe this best identifies his introduction into a deprived lifestyle, illustrating theft as a way to get by. Immediately identifying one lifestyle, therefore soon to come will be an introduction of a different lifestyle, able to help the audience contrast and compare the differences applying positives and negatives and the obstacles in which the long lost brothers have to deal with, crossing the paths of one and other, dealing with life in their different ways. An introduction of paralell editing is often used in urban, drama films to clearly identify the differences between up to several characters.
Frame 9- Special Effects: The screen grab i chose which i believe best shows our effects is after the wealthy boy (William) gets mugged for his ipod, left against a fence shook up and bloody, the blood we used was fake fortunately as i didn't fancy getting beaten up, whilst playing the character. As a low budget film, very little 'special effects' were used, consequently i found it hard to find a suitable screen grab. The effect of blood, is commonly used in films, to illustrate empathy or shock to the audience, suitably as the average audience member may be drawn into the attachment of characters and fight scenes suggesting social hierachy of the characters commonly used in urban, drama films.
In our opening two minutes, media product, i believe we have used many tools and techniques to help support and clearly suggest the urban, drama genre.
Final Script
Jack's friend: Jack wake up, look what i got!
Jack: Where dya get this?
Jack's friend: Yeah i nicked it from posh kid init.
Jack: C'mon let's go now and sell it.
Jack's friend: Standard
Jack: Where dya get this?
Jack's friend: Yeah i nicked it from posh kid init.
Jack: C'mon let's go now and sell it.
Jack's friend: Standard
Monday, 22 March 2010
Completed Film
uploaded via youtube;
Brother 2 Another
This is our opening two minutes of a film, we have to do as part of our coursework for AS Media Studies. Our opening two minutes shows two brothers who are completely un-aware of their relation, as they were separated when young, currently living very diverse lifestyles. Filmed, Edited, Directed and Produced by Max Whicher, Dave Bouchard and Tom Boswell
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Added: Fri 19 Mar 2010 09:35:20
PDT Time: 2:01
Raw File: brother2another.mpg
Broadcast: Public Live!
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Comments: 2
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Very good, I like the story and how you have shown the contrast between the two characters :)
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Decent boys... I like it!
Brother 2 Another
This is our opening two minutes of a film, we have to do as part of our coursework for AS Media Studies. Our opening two minutes shows two brothers who are completely un-aware of their relation, as they were separated when young, currently living very diverse lifestyles. Filmed, Edited, Directed and Produced by Max Whicher, Dave Bouchard and Tom Boswell
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Added: Fri 19 Mar 2010 09:35:20
PDT Time: 2:01
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Very good, I like the story and how you have shown the contrast between the two characters :)
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Decent boys... I like it!
Friday, 12 March 2010
Music Soundtrack Process
Unfortunately i am unable find the format in which i can upload the music file onto blogger, however fortunately i can open the file through the computer, allowing it to run on Adobe. For evidence i have taken a print screen of the process of making the music clip on Fruity Loops Home Studio 8.
Official Soundtrack
After debating over the previous soundtracks we found inspirational, we understand that we are more likely to get better marks once introducing either - non copywright music, or homemade soundtracks, for example, i play around on 'FruityLoops8' quite alot, which is a music making program, i think we have decided to sit down and construct our own soundtrack similar to the last inspirational music 'Skrein - Reach (instrumental).
Inspirational Music
This is my favourite possible soundtrack so far, i believe the intro lasts long enough to introduce the characters then as soon as the faster pace drum beat comes in we could be showing the 'Deprived brother' living his more urban lifestyle.
Inspirational Music
This song would possibly fit well, i feel the piano beat builds up tension, for example the wealthy boy being robbed in our opening two minutes, this could then drop into a faster paced beat, keeping the audience on edge, within the opening two minutes.
Inspirational Music
This seems as though it could be an ideal soundtrack as it is quite a grimey instrumental, i believe the piano sound is effective when contrasting to lifestyles, the piano representing the wealthy brothers lifestyle and the drum beats representing the deprived brothers lifestyle.
OCR Media Studies G322 - Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)
Aspects that must be considered:- (9 distinct frames, screengrabbed, anatate, typical opening sequence?
Title of the film:
Brother 2 Another
Setting/Location:
Lower Ashtead Parade,
Ashtead Railway Alley,
Skinners Lane
Costumes and Props:
Ipod Classic & Headphones
Blue Sleeping Bag
Scruffy Clothing (Deprived brother and friend)
-Hoody and Track suit bottoms
Upper class clothing (Wealthy brother)
-New Trainers, New Jeans, Smart Coat, Polo Shirt, Wallet, Keys.
Camerawork and Editing:
Hand held, Adobe Premiere, Contrasts of lives.
Title font and style:
Times New Roman, glowing white, 2 = red.
Story and how the opening sets it up:
Contrasts of lives, poor steals from rich, Brothers split at birth.
nice lifestyle, rough lifestyle.
Genre and how the opening suggests it:
Music - urban
Stealing - grimey
Sleeping rough - homeless
Nice house - Blatent contrast
How characters are introduced:
How they live their lives,
Wealthy boy, comfy house gets up and goes out, dressed casually smart.
Deprived boys, under a railway crossing/alley way.
Special Effects:
No special effects.
Budget - Nothing
Aspects that must be considered:- (9 distinct frames, screengrabbed, anatate, typical opening sequence?
Title of the film:
Brother 2 Another
Setting/Location:
Lower Ashtead Parade,
Ashtead Railway Alley,
Skinners Lane
Costumes and Props:
Ipod Classic & Headphones
Blue Sleeping Bag
Scruffy Clothing (Deprived brother and friend)
-Hoody and Track suit bottoms
Upper class clothing (Wealthy brother)
-New Trainers, New Jeans, Smart Coat, Polo Shirt, Wallet, Keys.
Camerawork and Editing:
Hand held, Adobe Premiere, Contrasts of lives.
Title font and style:
Times New Roman, glowing white, 2 = red.
Story and how the opening sets it up:
Contrasts of lives, poor steals from rich, Brothers split at birth.
nice lifestyle, rough lifestyle.
Genre and how the opening suggests it:
Music - urban
Stealing - grimey
Sleeping rough - homeless
Nice house - Blatent contrast
How characters are introduced:
How they live their lives,
Wealthy boy, comfy house gets up and goes out, dressed casually smart.
Deprived boys, under a railway crossing/alley way.
Special Effects:
No special effects.
Budget - Nothing
Editing
We are currently editing the opening 2 minutes of our film on Adobe Premiere 8, unfortunately the computers we are working on them, are fairly old, consequently finding it hard to process the program, so progress is slow but steady!
At first we were worried we wouldn't have enough footage, although once all the filming had uploaded we had 5 minutes extra. This was a relief in that we didn't have to go and film anymore, although a sigh of the long process of cutting back.
After a lot of hard work editing we have finely cut down the film, trimming bits, now having DEAD ON 2 minutes, such a relief. Although having to ensure we didn't go over 2 minutes, we had to cut some shots out, leaving us with a slightly altered opening two minutes to our original film treatment. We are all very happy with our film at the moment, and believe that it is easily understandable and still follows the guideline of our film treatment sufficiently.
At first we were worried we wouldn't have enough footage, although once all the filming had uploaded we had 5 minutes extra. This was a relief in that we didn't have to go and film anymore, although a sigh of the long process of cutting back.
After a lot of hard work editing we have finely cut down the film, trimming bits, now having DEAD ON 2 minutes, such a relief. Although having to ensure we didn't go over 2 minutes, we had to cut some shots out, leaving us with a slightly altered opening two minutes to our original film treatment. We are all very happy with our film at the moment, and believe that it is easily understandable and still follows the guideline of our film treatment sufficiently.
Filming -
We went out filming today not really knowing what to expect, so we thought we would play things safe and generally film as much as possible, worrying we wouldn't have enough. 9am - 5pm
First obstacle - Lots of moving, parked cars. We overcame this obstacle by waiting around for temporarily parked cars to move, although generally taking the risk that we wouldn't have to re film certain bits, we made sure that whenever possible we didnt get any vehicles or pedestrians in the shots.
Second obstacle - In our storyline the deprived brother steals a chocolate from a newsagent, we weren't necessarily sure on wether the shop owner would let us film in her shop, although after a bit of persuasion she let us film, whilst there were no customers.
Third obstacle - Typically there was a recording error whilst filming in the newsagent, unfortunately we only realised this when we had got back to my house, luckily just up the road, after the embaressment we came back to the shop to re-film, luckily everything ran smoothly second time round.
Fourth obstacle - The video camera we were using ran out of battery, stopped by Daves house to warm up and let the camera charge.
Final obstacle - The change in weather, luckily the sleet came gradually and slowly, fortunately not effecting any of our shots paticularly. Although it was freezing cold and became hard to focus, although we all managed to survive.
We came across five obstacles all together, however i think we coped well and thought logically, allowing us to move on and carry on filming consitently.
First obstacle - Lots of moving, parked cars. We overcame this obstacle by waiting around for temporarily parked cars to move, although generally taking the risk that we wouldn't have to re film certain bits, we made sure that whenever possible we didnt get any vehicles or pedestrians in the shots.
Second obstacle - In our storyline the deprived brother steals a chocolate from a newsagent, we weren't necessarily sure on wether the shop owner would let us film in her shop, although after a bit of persuasion she let us film, whilst there were no customers.
Third obstacle - Typically there was a recording error whilst filming in the newsagent, unfortunately we only realised this when we had got back to my house, luckily just up the road, after the embaressment we came back to the shop to re-film, luckily everything ran smoothly second time round.
Fourth obstacle - The video camera we were using ran out of battery, stopped by Daves house to warm up and let the camera charge.
Final obstacle - The change in weather, luckily the sleet came gradually and slowly, fortunately not effecting any of our shots paticularly. Although it was freezing cold and became hard to focus, although we all managed to survive.
We came across five obstacles all together, however i think we coped well and thought logically, allowing us to move on and carry on filming consitently.
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Audience Profiling
I looked at 3 films that i thought were quite similar to mine and looked at their audience profiling using the Pearl & Dean website. I did the research so that i can make my film specific and suitable for our target audience.
Parent Trap - Its target audience were families. Their focus was 15-24, both to male and female. Their cultural audience was 25+ ABC1.
Twins - There target audience were families. Their focus was 15-24 year old, both male and female. Their cultural audience was 25+ ABC1.
Somers Town - Its audience was families. Their focus was 15-24 year old, both male and female. Their cultural audience was 25+ ABC1.
I found these three films were most similar to the opening film in which we are producing, leaving me with a good generalised understanding on the target audience we should aim at. Suprisingly all films came under the same target audiences, giving us a well supported structural understanding on the audience we should target in our opening two minutes.
Our Typical Audience Member Would Be:
Generally a 15-24 year old interested in deep moving films relating to the hard life of reality and the social contrasts and differences in which we live in and around, considering everyday morals and challenges life throws at us.
Parent Trap - Its target audience were families. Their focus was 15-24, both to male and female. Their cultural audience was 25+ ABC1.
Twins - There target audience were families. Their focus was 15-24 year old, both male and female. Their cultural audience was 25+ ABC1.
Somers Town - Its audience was families. Their focus was 15-24 year old, both male and female. Their cultural audience was 25+ ABC1.
I found these three films were most similar to the opening film in which we are producing, leaving me with a good generalised understanding on the target audience we should aim at. Suprisingly all films came under the same target audiences, giving us a well supported structural understanding on the audience we should target in our opening two minutes.
Our Typical Audience Member Would Be:
Generally a 15-24 year old interested in deep moving films relating to the hard life of reality and the social contrasts and differences in which we live in and around, considering everyday morals and challenges life throws at us.
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
February Research and Planning Mark
Max,
There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience.
There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
There is a proficient level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.
Time management is good.
17/20 marks which would be a Level 4
Excellent so far Max with key areas to focus on:
Audience profiling in detail (outline of typical audience member of your film/pearl and dean website etc)
Go back carefully and ensure all posts are linked to your coursework in some way (see me)
There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience.
There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
There is a proficient level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.
Time management is good.
17/20 marks which would be a Level 4
Excellent so far Max with key areas to focus on:
Audience profiling in detail (outline of typical audience member of your film/pearl and dean website etc)
Go back carefully and ensure all posts are linked to your coursework in some way (see me)
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Best Film Awards - Research
BEST FILM
AVATAR James Cameron, Jon Landau
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
THE HURT LOCKER Nominees TBC
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
UP IN THE AIR Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
FISH TANK Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
IN THE LOOP Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
MOON Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
NOWHERE BOY Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
DIRECTOR
AVATAR James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp
AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig
THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE HANGOVER Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
THE HURT LOCKER Mark Boal
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
A SERIOUS MAN Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
UP Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
AN EDUCATION Nick Hornby
IN THE LOOP Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Geoffrey Fletcher
UP IN THE AIR Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BROKEN EMBRACES AgustÃn Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson
A PROPHET Pascale Caucheteux, Marco Chergui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
THE WHITE RIBBON Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke
ANIMATED FILM
CORALINE Henry Selick
FANTASTIC MR FOX Wes Anderson
UP Pete Docter
LEADING ACTORJEFF BRIDGES Crazy Heart
GEORGE CLOONEY Up in the Air
COLIN FIRTH A Single Man
JEREMY RENNER The Hurt Locker
ANDY SERKIS Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
LEADING ACTRESSCAREY MULLIGAN An Education
SAOIRSE RONAN The Lovely Bones
GABOUREY SIDIBE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
MERYL STREEP Julie & Julia
AUDREY TAUTOU Coco Before Chanel
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALEC BALDWIN It’s Complicated
CHRISTIAN McKAY Me and Orson Welles
ALFRED MOLINA An Education
STANLEY TUCCI The Lovely Bones
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANNE-MARIE DUFF Nowhere Boy
VERA FARMIGA Up in the Air
ANNA KENDRICK Up in the Air
MO’NIQUE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Nowhere Boy
MUSIC
AVATAR James Horner
CRAZY HEART T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
FANTASTIC MR FOX Alexandre Desplat
SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL Chaz Jankel
UP Michael Giacchino
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVATAR Mauro Fiore
DISTRICT 9 Trent Opaloch
THE HURT LOCKER Barry Ackroyd
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Robert Richardson
THE ROAD Javier Aguirresarobe
EDITING
AVATAR Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 Julian Clarke
THE HURT LOCKER Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Sally Menke
UP IN THE AIR Dana E. Glauberman
PRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
DISTRICT 9 Philip Ivey, Guy Poltgieter
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Nominees TBC
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco
COSTUME DESIGN
BRIGHT STAR Janet Patterson
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Catherine Leterrier
AN EDUCATION Odile Dicks-Mireaux
A SINGLE MAN Arianne Phillips
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Sandy Powell
SOUND
AVATAR Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague
DISTRICT 9 Nominees TBC
THE HURT LOCKER Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer
STAR TREK Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt
UP Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
DISTRICT 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi
THE HURT LOCKER Richard Stutsman
STAR TREK Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
LUCY BAILEY, ANDREW THOMPSON, ELIZABETH MORGAN HEMLOCK, DAVID PEARSON Directors, Producers –
Mugabe and the White African
ERAN CREEVY Writer/Director – Shifty
STUART HAZELDINE Writer/Director – Exam
DUNCAN JONES Director – Moon
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD Director – Nowhere Boy
SHORT ANIMATION
THE GRUFFALO Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
THE HAPPY DUCKLING Gili Dolev
MOTHER OF MANY Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby
SHORT FILM
14 Asitha Ameresekere
I DO AIR James Bolton, Martina Amati
JADE Samm Haillay, Daniel Elliott
MIXTAPE Luti Fagbenle, Luke Snellin
OFF SEASON Jacob Jaffke, Jonathan van Tulleken
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
JESSE EISENBERG
NICHOLAS HOULT
CAREY MULLIGAN
TAHAR RAHIM
KRISTEN STEWART
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AVATAR James Cameron, Jon Landau
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
THE HURT LOCKER Nominees TBC
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
UP IN THE AIR Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
FISH TANK Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
IN THE LOOP Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
MOON Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
NOWHERE BOY Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
DIRECTOR
AVATAR James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp
AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig
THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE HANGOVER Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
THE HURT LOCKER Mark Boal
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
A SERIOUS MAN Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
UP Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
AN EDUCATION Nick Hornby
IN THE LOOP Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Geoffrey Fletcher
UP IN THE AIR Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BROKEN EMBRACES AgustÃn Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson
A PROPHET Pascale Caucheteux, Marco Chergui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
THE WHITE RIBBON Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke
ANIMATED FILM
CORALINE Henry Selick
FANTASTIC MR FOX Wes Anderson
UP Pete Docter
LEADING ACTORJEFF BRIDGES Crazy Heart
GEORGE CLOONEY Up in the Air
COLIN FIRTH A Single Man
JEREMY RENNER The Hurt Locker
ANDY SERKIS Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
LEADING ACTRESSCAREY MULLIGAN An Education
SAOIRSE RONAN The Lovely Bones
GABOUREY SIDIBE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
MERYL STREEP Julie & Julia
AUDREY TAUTOU Coco Before Chanel
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALEC BALDWIN It’s Complicated
CHRISTIAN McKAY Me and Orson Welles
ALFRED MOLINA An Education
STANLEY TUCCI The Lovely Bones
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANNE-MARIE DUFF Nowhere Boy
VERA FARMIGA Up in the Air
ANNA KENDRICK Up in the Air
MO’NIQUE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Nowhere Boy
MUSIC
AVATAR James Horner
CRAZY HEART T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
FANTASTIC MR FOX Alexandre Desplat
SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL Chaz Jankel
UP Michael Giacchino
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVATAR Mauro Fiore
DISTRICT 9 Trent Opaloch
THE HURT LOCKER Barry Ackroyd
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Robert Richardson
THE ROAD Javier Aguirresarobe
EDITING
AVATAR Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 Julian Clarke
THE HURT LOCKER Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Sally Menke
UP IN THE AIR Dana E. Glauberman
PRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
DISTRICT 9 Philip Ivey, Guy Poltgieter
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Nominees TBC
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco
COSTUME DESIGN
BRIGHT STAR Janet Patterson
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Catherine Leterrier
AN EDUCATION Odile Dicks-Mireaux
A SINGLE MAN Arianne Phillips
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Sandy Powell
SOUND
AVATAR Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague
DISTRICT 9 Nominees TBC
THE HURT LOCKER Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer
STAR TREK Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt
UP Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
DISTRICT 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi
THE HURT LOCKER Richard Stutsman
STAR TREK Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
LUCY BAILEY, ANDREW THOMPSON, ELIZABETH MORGAN HEMLOCK, DAVID PEARSON Directors, Producers –
Mugabe and the White African
ERAN CREEVY Writer/Director – Shifty
STUART HAZELDINE Writer/Director – Exam
DUNCAN JONES Director – Moon
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD Director – Nowhere Boy
SHORT ANIMATION
THE GRUFFALO Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
THE HAPPY DUCKLING Gili Dolev
MOTHER OF MANY Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby
SHORT FILM
14 Asitha Ameresekere
I DO AIR James Bolton, Martina Amati
JADE Samm Haillay, Daniel Elliott
MIXTAPE Luti Fagbenle, Luke Snellin
OFF SEASON Jacob Jaffke, Jonathan van Tulleken
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
JESSE EISENBERG
NICHOLAS HOULT
CAREY MULLIGAN
TAHAR RAHIM
KRISTEN STEWART
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Time Managment
We plan to start filming two weeks today, on this monday we all only have a few lessons so it is an ideal time to get as much filming done as possible. We plan to film as much footage as we can therefore have enough to edit and play around with to complete are opening two minutes. The main advantage to filming everything on one day is the lighting will be the same and consistant throughout the two minutes, any external factors will be easier to keep the same, such as; costumes, make up and any other surroundings for example - movement of parked cars at the time of filming.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Character Profiling
Dave - Will be playing the deprived brothers friend also a deprived child who is sleeping rough, this allows us to have three actors in first two minutes, however a maximum of two characters on screen at any one time meaning one person is always able to shoot the shot. This also shows our ability as individuals of using the camera.
Tom - Will be playing the deprived brother 'Jack' who has been brought up in rough surroundings, with no knowledge of his brother 'William' who has had a privileged upbringing in amongst a wealthy family. He steals food and drink, just to stay alive, as he cant get a job and has no way of paying for these groceries
Max - I will be playing the wealthy brother 'William' who has had a nice priviledged upbringing in amongst a wealthy family, i take my lifestyle and wealthy forgranted, appearing stuck up and inconsiderate to other less fortunate people.
Tom - Will be playing the deprived brother 'Jack' who has been brought up in rough surroundings, with no knowledge of his brother 'William' who has had a privileged upbringing in amongst a wealthy family. He steals food and drink, just to stay alive, as he cant get a job and has no way of paying for these groceries
Max - I will be playing the wealthy brother 'William' who has had a nice priviledged upbringing in amongst a wealthy family, i take my lifestyle and wealthy forgranted, appearing stuck up and inconsiderate to other less fortunate people.
Similar Film Reviews
Twins
Twins is a comedy designed to pair the unlikely combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito. Julius Benedict (Schwarzenegger) has lived his entire life on a South Pacific island, an orphan raised by a scientist who knew that Julius was the product of a genetics experiment many years ago. Julius is a genius, fluent in languages, tall and athletic, knowledgeable about anything that he can read in a book. When he discovers that he actually has a twin brother, and thus a real family, he insists on leaving the island and going to Los Angeles to find his brother. His brother, Vincent (De Vito), is almost exactly the opposite, because in the experiment all of the good genes went to Julius, while the bad went to Vincent. Vincent is a small time con man, always on the run from loan sharks, who steals luxury cars from the airport parking garage and selling them to a chop shop.
However 'Twins' is similar to our film opening we are producing, at the same time they are very different, similarities being the story is based around two twins who eventually meet up, whereas our opening is more based around the darker streets which swallow deprived children in guiding them in the wrong direction to crime and vandalism, both brothers end up crossing each others paths of very different lives without realising. One brother is from a wealthy family the other split up when young, now on the streets playing the deprived brother, in our film we are trying to send moral messages on the differences between the complete different lifestyles and everyday life obstacles they both have to overcome.
The opening two minutes of both films are also fairly similar showing both lifestyles and the contrast in them. We are using this style of opening to introduce the brothers and to attract the audience and keep them in-grosed in watching the rest of the film.
Parent Trap
Parent Trap is a more light hearted story than our own, however still shows the seperated up bringing of two twins similar too our storyline. The two twins - Annie and Hallie had their parents divorced when they were infants, each parent taking custody of one twin. Neither twin knows about the other's existence until a chance meeting at a summer camp in America. However unlike this, in our film opening neither of the twins will realise they have crossed each others paths until further on in the film.
Twins is a comedy designed to pair the unlikely combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito. Julius Benedict (Schwarzenegger) has lived his entire life on a South Pacific island, an orphan raised by a scientist who knew that Julius was the product of a genetics experiment many years ago. Julius is a genius, fluent in languages, tall and athletic, knowledgeable about anything that he can read in a book. When he discovers that he actually has a twin brother, and thus a real family, he insists on leaving the island and going to Los Angeles to find his brother. His brother, Vincent (De Vito), is almost exactly the opposite, because in the experiment all of the good genes went to Julius, while the bad went to Vincent. Vincent is a small time con man, always on the run from loan sharks, who steals luxury cars from the airport parking garage and selling them to a chop shop.
However 'Twins' is similar to our film opening we are producing, at the same time they are very different, similarities being the story is based around two twins who eventually meet up, whereas our opening is more based around the darker streets which swallow deprived children in guiding them in the wrong direction to crime and vandalism, both brothers end up crossing each others paths of very different lives without realising. One brother is from a wealthy family the other split up when young, now on the streets playing the deprived brother, in our film we are trying to send moral messages on the differences between the complete different lifestyles and everyday life obstacles they both have to overcome.
The opening two minutes of both films are also fairly similar showing both lifestyles and the contrast in them. We are using this style of opening to introduce the brothers and to attract the audience and keep them in-grosed in watching the rest of the film.
Parent Trap
Parent Trap is a more light hearted story than our own, however still shows the seperated up bringing of two twins similar too our storyline. The two twins - Annie and Hallie had their parents divorced when they were infants, each parent taking custody of one twin. Neither twin knows about the other's existence until a chance meeting at a summer camp in America. However unlike this, in our film opening neither of the twins will realise they have crossed each others paths until further on in the film.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Costume - Deprived Boy
We have decided on a costume for the person who mugs William. They are all quite old shabby and have stains on from various things. We thought this would give a good stereotype for him, as then the audience would see him as a lower class, which he is and can be seen by his actions in the scene he is in.
Rating - Target Audience
In our film we have chosen to guide the film along the '15' rating allowing us to identify the traumatic gritty scenes we wish to express. Below are the guidelines in which we must felow to consider the film efficently a 15+ aimed target audience.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory
language or behaviour.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not
promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily
accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example,
aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic
or sexualised.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and
self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be
copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example,
‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be
acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated
use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without
strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a
non-sexual or educational context.
Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail.
There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour,
but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable
unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is
sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.
Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is
appropriate for 15 year olds.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction
of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to
be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also
unlikely to be acceptable.
There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence
but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and
have a strong contextual justification.
Props
This is the sleeping bag we are going to use in the scene under the bridge. We thought it would be good as it is quite an old looking thing and an old style of sleeping bag.
This is the iPod which belongs to William, shown to represent his wealth. It is stolen from him when walking through the park by a stranger (the other deprived child), the theif then takes it back to Jack to sell it or show it off, we havent discussed that yet.
This is the iPod which belongs to William, shown to represent his wealth. It is stolen from him when walking through the park by a stranger (the other deprived child), the theif then takes it back to Jack to sell it or show it off, we havent discussed that yet.
Friday, 15 January 2010
Detailed Summary of Opening Two Minutes
The first thing to appear on screen during our opening two minute film is the UK film council logo, then the name of our production company, e.g. BBW production. the film will then roll through all the names of various crew members, such as the editor, sound editor, the director etc, while introductory music is being played. During these titles there will be a long shot of one of the male characters walking (jack). This is the start of the introduction to the first character. It then gives an establishing shot of a shop (not decided on which one yet.) The character can then be seen in an extreme long shot walking into the shop. The music then fades out, and the camera shot changes to a mid shot of the character from behind, it watches him look around, acting a bit suspicious. A long shot of him browsing the shelves, then switches to an extreme close up of his hand putting something into his pocket. The camera then follows him out the store, and music starts to build up again. The camera then switches to a long shot of the character leaving the store, here match on action will be carried out, during the editing stages. The scene is then changed to a dirty area under a bridge or steps. There is two props here a sleeping bag, and a rucksack. The same character then enters the scene still using a long shot. He then sits down and gets comfortable, camera switches to close up of him shovelling the stolen food into his mouth, this is to represent hunger and desperation, therefore the audience may empathise with him.
Now the introduction of the other male character (William). He is introduced with an establishing shot of a larger than average, modern house. Diagetic sound of shouting/arguing can be heard coming from the house. A mid shot of the character then leaving the house through the front door. He slams it shut (emphasised diagetic sound of door slamming). He then runs up the road, a long shot is used to view the scene. The camera movement tracks him as he is running, having a mix of close ups on his face and shots of his feet to emphasise his frustration and feelings. The camera follows him for about 20-30 seconds, until he stops exhausted, he bends over to catch his breath a long shot is used from the camera. He then lifts his head up as he hears the voice of his step father behind him, a close up is now used. He begins to run again, he reaches the park. and hides in the bushes. a long shot is used filming him looking around worryingly for his step-dad. He then walks out the bushes, and walks down the pathway.
Another character is now introduced with a long shot. He is sitting on a bench in the park, where he is having a cigarette, looking quite happy with himself. A close up of his face is then shown, as he looks to his left to see William walking towards him. A point of view shot is now used from the new characters angle. William is minding his own business, with his ipod headphones in (music will be played as if William is listening to it, when cutting back to the new character the music volume will go down, to give a bit of realism). He then pulls out his ipod to change the song. A mid shot is now used. The shot then changes to a close up of the new characters face, showing jealousy. A close up of the ipod. A two shot of the two characters. One in front walking towards the camera, then the other guy jumping up off the bench, running at the other character. A mid shot of him snactching the ipod, the punching him. William then falls backwards. The other character runs off, a long shot is used and the camera stays stationary as the character gets further and further away. Camera then cuts back to William curled up on the floor in pain, cutting back to the other character running away then back to William on the floor. Music will then kick in again and the film name will appear on screen.
End of two minutes.
Now the introduction of the other male character (William). He is introduced with an establishing shot of a larger than average, modern house. Diagetic sound of shouting/arguing can be heard coming from the house. A mid shot of the character then leaving the house through the front door. He slams it shut (emphasised diagetic sound of door slamming). He then runs up the road, a long shot is used to view the scene. The camera movement tracks him as he is running, having a mix of close ups on his face and shots of his feet to emphasise his frustration and feelings. The camera follows him for about 20-30 seconds, until he stops exhausted, he bends over to catch his breath a long shot is used from the camera. He then lifts his head up as he hears the voice of his step father behind him, a close up is now used. He begins to run again, he reaches the park. and hides in the bushes. a long shot is used filming him looking around worryingly for his step-dad. He then walks out the bushes, and walks down the pathway.
Another character is now introduced with a long shot. He is sitting on a bench in the park, where he is having a cigarette, looking quite happy with himself. A close up of his face is then shown, as he looks to his left to see William walking towards him. A point of view shot is now used from the new characters angle. William is minding his own business, with his ipod headphones in (music will be played as if William is listening to it, when cutting back to the new character the music volume will go down, to give a bit of realism). He then pulls out his ipod to change the song. A mid shot is now used. The shot then changes to a close up of the new characters face, showing jealousy. A close up of the ipod. A two shot of the two characters. One in front walking towards the camera, then the other guy jumping up off the bench, running at the other character. A mid shot of him snactching the ipod, the punching him. William then falls backwards. The other character runs off, a long shot is used and the camera stays stationary as the character gets further and further away. Camera then cuts back to William curled up on the floor in pain, cutting back to the other character running away then back to William on the floor. Music will then kick in again and the film name will appear on screen.
End of two minutes.
Monday, 11 January 2010
Character Profiling
Actors
Wealthy Brother - I will be acting as the wealthy brother we have as a group selected each other, personally i have been selected for this part in our film as i am well manored and have a suitable posture.
Deprived Brother - Tom will be acting as the deprived brother this will be a suitable part for him to play as we then all take turns in filming as the scenes are two characters on at one time.
Deprived Brother's Friend - Dave will be acting as the deprived brother's friend this will be a suitable part for him to play as we then all take turns in filming as the scenes are two characters on at one time.
Wealthy Brother - I will be acting as the wealthy brother we have as a group selected each other, personally i have been selected for this part in our film as i am well manored and have a suitable posture.
Deprived Brother - Tom will be acting as the deprived brother this will be a suitable part for him to play as we then all take turns in filming as the scenes are two characters on at one time.
Deprived Brother's Friend - Dave will be acting as the deprived brother's friend this will be a suitable part for him to play as we then all take turns in filming as the scenes are two characters on at one time.
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Snowwwwwwww.
Snow is fun, for a day or so.
Unfortunately now, the snow is getting tedius - we have been un able to meet up or even discuss ideas for the last week, it is getting irritating as it is delaying the time we will have to film.
Hopefully we will be back at school tomorrow, to complete some final discussions.
Enjoy!
Unfortunately now, the snow is getting tedius - we have been un able to meet up or even discuss ideas for the last week, it is getting irritating as it is delaying the time we will have to film.
Hopefully we will be back at school tomorrow, to complete some final discussions.
Enjoy!
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Progress Achieved
Below are the jobs i had set myself realistically to do over the christmas holidays, leaving myself with time to revise for my other subject exams for the first week back in january.
- Location analysis accompanied with images. COMPLETED
- Actor profile accompanied with single image. INCOMPLETED
- Followed by costume and prop analysis and images.COMPLETED (No props needed)
- Turn storyboard into an animatic video. COMPLETED (due to technical difficulties with video software, therefore the images were uploaded individually.)
- Location analysis accompanied with images. COMPLETED
- Actor profile accompanied with single image. INCOMPLETED
- Followed by costume and prop analysis and images.COMPLETED (No props needed)
- Turn storyboard into an animatic video. COMPLETED (due to technical difficulties with video software, therefore the images were uploaded individually.)
Storyboard Images
Name of production company on top of black screen. No digetic music. Middle of the screen, title sequence shot.
As BBW slowly fades out, UK Film Council slowly blends in still on top of black screen, non-digetic music then slowly begins.
Mid-shot, clip fades in at a medium pace, music still playing to keep in background to keep continuity, however some digetic sound being heard for realism and to set the scene - mid shot of boy walking.
Same shot and sound, however as the name of director is faded out, the edited by will be faded in at a medium pace in order help maintain a steady pace so that it easy to watch without getting to boring.
Again fast/medium cut between shots, same sound - continuity, this time he's got slightly closer to the camera - in between mid shot and close up.
Fast/medium cut to an establishing shot of the boy arriving and walking into a shop. The same digetic and non-digetic sound played to help continuity however all non-digetic sound begins to fade out towards the end of of shot. Establishing shot.
Cuts to mid-shot of boy side on facing towards shelves. All non-digetc music quickly continues to fade completely out. Only digetic sound herd, very slowly begins to zoom in towards end of shot - however only a little.
The next shot is a close up of the top half of the boys body showing precise movements of him picking up food off the self. Still only digetic sound heard.
Another close up this time showing the mid-part of his body putting the food into his pocket, creating the impression he is going to steal it.
Similar to previous shot of establishing shot, this time showing the boy quickly walking out. Mid-shot, camera fixed in one position, shot not lasting any more then five sections. To keep up the quick intensive pace or footage to make it easy to watch.
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It then cuts to another establishing shot, of where the boy is living, shown through a high angle, representing his deprived lifestyle. Portraying his habitat in a negative light.
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Then it will cut to a close up/ mid-shot of him standing next his belongings and sleeping bag, very slightly zooming in. Eye level (more of personal level) used to creative sympathy for the character. The glum surroundings are used create a poor deprived atmosphere (use of mise en scene).
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Then creating a contrast in characters, a low angle shot is used to show a wealthy looking boy (this is the other brother). Use for mise en scene, we are going to film him walking down a road listening to an ipod, with large expensive house's in the background. Mid-shot, low angle, long shot of house's in the background.
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Then cuts to a shot of the 'rich' boy walking past an obvious poor boy sitting on a bench, 'William the wealthy boy, gives him a clear smug look and throws the remains of the sandwhich he's eating in the boys direction towards his feet. This will be shown through about 3 different the first one being a two shot, then cutting to a close up of William face clearly showing his expression towards the other boy.
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To then emphasise on the boys wealth, there will be a close up of the ipod, also representing on the difference in wealth between him and the poorer boy. This will only need a quick close up.
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It will then cut to a mid-shot of the 'William' walking along from in front of him, showing the poor boy in the background get up and beginning to follow him.
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It will then follow into a different two shot from a slightly closer angle. The poor boys intentions are now made clear as he attempts to make a grab for the ipod and push the 'William' to the ground.
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Quickly cuts to a side on view to clearly show the two boy's tasseling, mid-shot/ two shot, sound emphasing more on fight, no non-digetic sound.
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Continuing in to close up/ mid-shot of the rich boy falling after being pushed, non-digetic music slowly begins again.
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Extreme close up of feet (birds eye view/point of view), still shot lasting for 4 seconds lack of movement makes the shop seem slow. Slowing down to create depth of in the story and create emotion.
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Then alternatively cutting to a quick shot of the poor boy running away, creating a difference in emotionall state of the two boys.
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Then cutting time, goes to shot of the poorer boy coming back to the place where the original shop thiefs is living (the wealthy's brother). Two shot showing a connection between the two people, they are equal however a high shot representing that they are both poor and dont that they are looked down on in society. Although they're commiting crimes, it's portrayed in a manner that makes you sympathize with them.
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Then cuts to a simliar shot of the rich boys shoes once again. Immideatly taking you back to the previous fight scene. It pan's up his body, eventually showing the pain in his face.
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Then shows a mid-shot/ long-shot showing the lonliness and dark cold surroundings of the rich, fortunate boy now suffering like you imagine the homeless childs do every night. Then the screen goes black and the film name comes up.
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As BBW slowly fades out, UK Film Council slowly blends in still on top of black screen, non-digetic music then slowly begins.
Mid-shot, clip fades in at a medium pace, music still playing to keep in background to keep continuity, however some digetic sound being heard for realism and to set the scene - mid shot of boy walking.
Same shot and sound, however as the name of director is faded out, the edited by will be faded in at a medium pace in order help maintain a steady pace so that it easy to watch without getting to boring.
Again fast/medium cut between shots, same sound - continuity, this time he's got slightly closer to the camera - in between mid shot and close up.
Fast/medium cut to an establishing shot of the boy arriving and walking into a shop. The same digetic and non-digetic sound played to help continuity however all non-digetic sound begins to fade out towards the end of of shot. Establishing shot.
Cuts to mid-shot of boy side on facing towards shelves. All non-digetc music quickly continues to fade completely out. Only digetic sound herd, very slowly begins to zoom in towards end of shot - however only a little.
The next shot is a close up of the top half of the boys body showing precise movements of him picking up food off the self. Still only digetic sound heard.
Another close up this time showing the mid-part of his body putting the food into his pocket, creating the impression he is going to steal it.
Similar to previous shot of establishing shot, this time showing the boy quickly walking out. Mid-shot, camera fixed in one position, shot not lasting any more then five sections. To keep up the quick intensive pace or footage to make it easy to watch.
10.
It then cuts to another establishing shot, of where the boy is living, shown through a high angle, representing his deprived lifestyle. Portraying his habitat in a negative light.
11.
Then it will cut to a close up/ mid-shot of him standing next his belongings and sleeping bag, very slightly zooming in. Eye level (more of personal level) used to creative sympathy for the character. The glum surroundings are used create a poor deprived atmosphere (use of mise en scene).
12.
Then creating a contrast in characters, a low angle shot is used to show a wealthy looking boy (this is the other brother). Use for mise en scene, we are going to film him walking down a road listening to an ipod, with large expensive house's in the background. Mid-shot, low angle, long shot of house's in the background.
13.
Then cuts to a shot of the 'rich' boy walking past an obvious poor boy sitting on a bench, 'William the wealthy boy, gives him a clear smug look and throws the remains of the sandwhich he's eating in the boys direction towards his feet. This will be shown through about 3 different the first one being a two shot, then cutting to a close up of William face clearly showing his expression towards the other boy.
14.
To then emphasise on the boys wealth, there will be a close up of the ipod, also representing on the difference in wealth between him and the poorer boy. This will only need a quick close up.
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It will then cut to a mid-shot of the 'William' walking along from in front of him, showing the poor boy in the background get up and beginning to follow him.
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It will then follow into a different two shot from a slightly closer angle. The poor boys intentions are now made clear as he attempts to make a grab for the ipod and push the 'William' to the ground.
17.
Quickly cuts to a side on view to clearly show the two boy's tasseling, mid-shot/ two shot, sound emphasing more on fight, no non-digetic sound.
18.
Continuing in to close up/ mid-shot of the rich boy falling after being pushed, non-digetic music slowly begins again.
19.
Extreme close up of feet (birds eye view/point of view), still shot lasting for 4 seconds lack of movement makes the shop seem slow. Slowing down to create depth of in the story and create emotion.
20.
Then alternatively cutting to a quick shot of the poor boy running away, creating a difference in emotionall state of the two boys.
21.
Then cutting time, goes to shot of the poorer boy coming back to the place where the original shop thiefs is living (the wealthy's brother). Two shot showing a connection between the two people, they are equal however a high shot representing that they are both poor and dont that they are looked down on in society. Although they're commiting crimes, it's portrayed in a manner that makes you sympathize with them.
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Then cuts to a simliar shot of the rich boys shoes once again. Immideatly taking you back to the previous fight scene. It pan's up his body, eventually showing the pain in his face.
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Then shows a mid-shot/ long-shot showing the lonliness and dark cold surroundings of the rich, fortunate boy now suffering like you imagine the homeless childs do every night. Then the screen goes black and the film name comes up.
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