We want to in the first part of the scene create a sympathetic feel for the father so no dialogue will be used and non diagetic background music will set the tone and induce sympathy from our audience.
Contrasting with this, when the scene tranfers to the little girl, unsettling background music will increase slightly from a low tone to a more dramatic overtone which is also a code for our horror/thriller genre. This slight increase will coincide with the slow zoom into the mascara ridden face. The first piece of dialogue and last, will be from this little girl who starts to sing 'Ring a ring a roses' to herself while rocking back and forth in the corner. The pace will increase as the camera zooms into her face which ends on a startling shot of herself bursting into the light which will also have a bang to coincide with her sharp movement. Finally the faster pace symbolises her adrenaline and also the use of the slow zoom and faster pace of music leading into a dramatic shock is relevant to our codes of a horror/thriller genre.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Shot List
Shot numbers will be the same as story board which will be added at a furthur date.
Shot Number 1 (Approx time- 20 seconds)
Establishing shot (ELS)
Description;
Father figure sitting on a bench in the distance (Across the lake). Sky at the top of the shot and clear view of the environment to set the scene.
Analysis;
Obviously, every first shot should set the scene and introduce at least one of the main actors to the audience. The choice of environment is very important as it is symbolic in our films direction as the final scene will end up with the father and daughter re-united on that same bench across a calm lake. The fathers facial expression will be out of sight to cause enigma and confusion to what this mans motives and emotions are.
Shot Number 2 (Approx time- 40-50 seconds (To be confirmed)
Long shot (LS)
Description;
Shot behind male figure with full body and bench showing and a lot of sky in view. This shot will be approximately 2 hours long with the natural flow of people and dogs passing by the man. He will be stationary the whole time. The shot will be sped up to show people passing by the man at great speed. The sky will also be changing from vibrant blue to an orangy hazy sunset.
Analysis;
Very influencial scene as it is symbolising that time is passing by the man very quickly, could either portray the idea of his life nearly being up and everything is at an advanced rate, or could possibly have a more subliminal sinister meaning? This is left to the audience to make them think and get mentally involved into the opening of the scene.
Shot Number 3 (Approx time- 5-8 seconds)
Close up
Description;
First insight on the male figures face and also shows his emotions. Balled up red eyes and deep sigh resulting in him looking from the sky down into his lap.
Analysis;
Shows the characters emotions which is obviously sadness. Creates enigma as viewer does not know why he is sad or why he is not moving from this bench. Maybe has a emotional connection with this location? Left to viewers imagination.
Shot Number 4 (Approx time- 5-8 seconds)
Extreme close up (ECU)
Description;
Extreme close up of man's eyes. Red tear filled eyes which consequently leads to a singly tear running down the males face.
Analysis;
Eyes are the key to emotion so we are using this as a very strong shot as it will show his true feelings. The use of the tear also continues onto the next scene which creates continuity.
Shot Number 5 (Approx time- 15-20 seconds)
Close up
Description;
Shot of picture of young girl crinkled at sides and worn. Single tear will run onto the photo which follows on from the previous scene. When tear hits the photo a slight shaking will begin in the males hand.
Analysis;
Worn photo symbolises he has had this photo for a long time and may be treasured as a favourite as it has obviously been handled numerous times. Gives you a small insight into the males personality, maybe OCD? Again, enigma is created. Hand shaking also gives the impression of fear as people shake when they are scared. Scared of loss? Scared of death? Unknown.
Shot Number 6 (Approx time- 40-60 seconds dependant on many variables)
Medium long shot- Close up
Description;
Dark room shrouded by shadows and darkness. Back lighting showing the outline of a figure in the corner. As music intensifies the zoom gets increasingly closer to the figure until, (keeping with the horror/thriller codes and conventions), a bang occurs while a girls face appears with makeup down her face. This contrasts with the previous picture of her smiling with high key lighting showing her innocence. Wide eyes open and crooked forced smile directly into the camera. Key lighting from the left illuminating approximately three quarters of her face.
Analysis;
Very much symbolic and subliminal leaving the equations to the audience. Make up running down her face, why has she been crying? What are her motives in this scenario? Wide eyes opened and false smile, maybe drug abuse? Many questions left unanswered and left to the imagination. This idea of leaving many end loose and unanswered, is relevant to our previous audience research which told us that a successful horror movie should leave many aspects of the film to their imaginations. Also creates a sort of crime feel as the audience are already trying to piece things together like a detective and work out the twisting plot.
Shot Number 1 (Approx time- 20 seconds)
Establishing shot (ELS)
Description;
Father figure sitting on a bench in the distance (Across the lake). Sky at the top of the shot and clear view of the environment to set the scene.
Analysis;
Obviously, every first shot should set the scene and introduce at least one of the main actors to the audience. The choice of environment is very important as it is symbolic in our films direction as the final scene will end up with the father and daughter re-united on that same bench across a calm lake. The fathers facial expression will be out of sight to cause enigma and confusion to what this mans motives and emotions are.
Shot Number 2 (Approx time- 40-50 seconds (To be confirmed)
Long shot (LS)
Description;
Shot behind male figure with full body and bench showing and a lot of sky in view. This shot will be approximately 2 hours long with the natural flow of people and dogs passing by the man. He will be stationary the whole time. The shot will be sped up to show people passing by the man at great speed. The sky will also be changing from vibrant blue to an orangy hazy sunset.
Analysis;
Very influencial scene as it is symbolising that time is passing by the man very quickly, could either portray the idea of his life nearly being up and everything is at an advanced rate, or could possibly have a more subliminal sinister meaning? This is left to the audience to make them think and get mentally involved into the opening of the scene.
Shot Number 3 (Approx time- 5-8 seconds)
Close up
Description;
First insight on the male figures face and also shows his emotions. Balled up red eyes and deep sigh resulting in him looking from the sky down into his lap.
Analysis;
Shows the characters emotions which is obviously sadness. Creates enigma as viewer does not know why he is sad or why he is not moving from this bench. Maybe has a emotional connection with this location? Left to viewers imagination.
Shot Number 4 (Approx time- 5-8 seconds)
Extreme close up (ECU)
Description;
Extreme close up of man's eyes. Red tear filled eyes which consequently leads to a singly tear running down the males face.
Analysis;
Eyes are the key to emotion so we are using this as a very strong shot as it will show his true feelings. The use of the tear also continues onto the next scene which creates continuity.
Shot Number 5 (Approx time- 15-20 seconds)
Close up
Description;
Shot of picture of young girl crinkled at sides and worn. Single tear will run onto the photo which follows on from the previous scene. When tear hits the photo a slight shaking will begin in the males hand.
Analysis;
Worn photo symbolises he has had this photo for a long time and may be treasured as a favourite as it has obviously been handled numerous times. Gives you a small insight into the males personality, maybe OCD? Again, enigma is created. Hand shaking also gives the impression of fear as people shake when they are scared. Scared of loss? Scared of death? Unknown.
Shot Number 6 (Approx time- 40-60 seconds dependant on many variables)
Medium long shot- Close up
Description;
Dark room shrouded by shadows and darkness. Back lighting showing the outline of a figure in the corner. As music intensifies the zoom gets increasingly closer to the figure until, (keeping with the horror/thriller codes and conventions), a bang occurs while a girls face appears with makeup down her face. This contrasts with the previous picture of her smiling with high key lighting showing her innocence. Wide eyes open and crooked forced smile directly into the camera. Key lighting from the left illuminating approximately three quarters of her face.
Analysis;
Very much symbolic and subliminal leaving the equations to the audience. Make up running down her face, why has she been crying? What are her motives in this scenario? Wide eyes opened and false smile, maybe drug abuse? Many questions left unanswered and left to the imagination. This idea of leaving many end loose and unanswered, is relevant to our previous audience research which told us that a successful horror movie should leave many aspects of the film to their imaginations. Also creates a sort of crime feel as the audience are already trying to piece things together like a detective and work out the twisting plot.
Costumes and props
In the first scene, the father figure is sitting on a bench which lasts for a couple of hours as the sky changes from blue to a hazy sunset. His cloths will be scruffy as he has let himself go due to the loss of his daughter. Stubble and droopy eyes shows lack of sleep as well.
The girl in the corner will be wearing dark ragged cloths as the colour black has connotations of evil and darkness. Also symbolically shows danger to the audience.
The male fatherly figure upon the bench will be grasping in his right hand a picture of his daughter. This is the only prop we will need.
The main majority of the scene will be at cuckoos hollow on a chosen bench looking out of the lake, which is for the publics leisure so we will be allegible to use it without permission.
The girl in the corner will be wearing dark ragged cloths as the colour black has connotations of evil and darkness. Also symbolically shows danger to the audience.
The male fatherly figure upon the bench will be grasping in his right hand a picture of his daughter. This is the only prop we will need.
The main majority of the scene will be at cuckoos hollow on a chosen bench looking out of the lake, which is for the publics leisure so we will be allegible to use it without permission.
Actors
After deliberations with Scott, we have found out that hiring an actor would significantly boost out grade as we are being creative. Unfortunately due to lack of time and amateur planning we do not have the sufficient time to get the ball rolling so we have come up with a back up plan.
We have enquired to hire out an actress maybe in year 8 or 9 to aid us with our production. If the actress is not 16 or over she will have to be accompanied by an adult so if we get permission we will have to have an adults supervision for health and safety reasons.
The acting experience would contriubute towards her portfolio and may be able to use the footage in any auditions in her future. After talking with Mrs. Mockiluch(?), she has said to get the ball rolling so we look forward to hearing from her very shortly.
We have enquired to hire out an actress maybe in year 8 or 9 to aid us with our production. If the actress is not 16 or over she will have to be accompanied by an adult so if we get permission we will have to have an adults supervision for health and safety reasons.
The acting experience would contriubute towards her portfolio and may be able to use the footage in any auditions in her future. After talking with Mrs. Mockiluch(?), she has said to get the ball rolling so we look forward to hearing from her very shortly.
Thursday, 18 November 2010
18th November 2010
Today in our media lesson, we have been given the task of filling in a sheet with information about our main project. We didn't have enough time to go into detail but when we have some free time we will go into furthur detail.
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Film introduction practice
We were given the task of shooting the opening introduction from a film.
First we were given the movie Juno but after consideration and problems with filming we changed the movie to the worldwide hit 'Resevoir dogs' which opening is very simplistic but also very effective.
Resevoir dogs opening;
(Inser resevoir dogs opening later)
We have recruited many high profile actors to participate in our film. These actors being some of our closest friends. A list of actors in film are;
Joe Wright
Luke Pitchford
Isaac Warburton
Tom Peck
Daniel Mucklin
Michael Worthington
Matthew Wilkin
Lewis Bradley
Phil Anderson
We unfortunately didn't have much time on filming as we only had 20 minutes so everything was a bit rushed. Also we only had one lesson to film so we didn't bring any authentic costumes to create realism.
First we were given the movie Juno but after consideration and problems with filming we changed the movie to the worldwide hit 'Resevoir dogs' which opening is very simplistic but also very effective.
Resevoir dogs opening;
(Inser resevoir dogs opening later)
We have recruited many high profile actors to participate in our film. These actors being some of our closest friends. A list of actors in film are;
Joe Wright
Luke Pitchford
Isaac Warburton
Tom Peck
Daniel Mucklin
Michael Worthington
Matthew Wilkin
Lewis Bradley
Phil Anderson
We unfortunately didn't have much time on filming as we only had 20 minutes so everything was a bit rushed. Also we only had one lesson to film so we didn't bring any authentic costumes to create realism.
Non diagetic and diagetic sounds
In our latest media lesson we have been learning basic terms on sounds, non diagetic and diagetic.
These are pretty simple terms to grasp and used a lot in movies for many effects.
Diagetic; This is all the sounds you can hear from the actual scene itself. Any possibly noise made by the actors or scenery is Diagetic sound. You can also use diagetic sounds to bridge the gap between scenes to maintain continuity.
Non diagetic; Contrasting with diagetic, non diagetic sounds are all the sounds that are not in the scene. A key example of this is background music which is mainly used for setting the emotion the scene is trying to perceive.
These are pretty simple terms to grasp and used a lot in movies for many effects.
Diagetic; This is all the sounds you can hear from the actual scene itself. Any possibly noise made by the actors or scenery is Diagetic sound. You can also use diagetic sounds to bridge the gap between scenes to maintain continuity.
Non diagetic; Contrasting with diagetic, non diagetic sounds are all the sounds that are not in the scene. A key example of this is background music which is mainly used for setting the emotion the scene is trying to perceive.
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