Rushes-will

All the rushes have been uploaded and are on the network now.

Plot Developments -Bradley Mills

 Story line and Props

I have been trying to find a way to make the all aspects of the film correlate to each other, whilst filming I decided that we should have the character waking up from a night out drinking, and in the flashback scene you would see what crimes he committed in this 'night out', this could mean that what he was shoplifting could be a bottle of alcohol,  and you would see this 'prop' in other scenes, such as waking up in the morning with the bottle almost empty next to the bed, also we were planning to have a tracking shot of the character walking towards his house, To make this shot relevant to the film I thought it would be better to have the character walking home drunk from a night out holding the bottle of alcohol, this would be a good way in which to begin the film, leading to a transition where we see the next day beginning with the alarm clock.

For this correlation theme to be effective the characters clothing in the crimes will have to be the same, the top we see the character wearing on the night out is left on the window ledge in one of the shots he picks up the t shirt he was wearing 'last night' and puts it on creating a feeling that all of the props and the clothes used are being used to tell the narrative.

Possible problems the new plan may include

A possible problem we may have is with continuity, the time will have to match the time frame that we are working on with this 'night out' concept, other problems include what I look like on camera and how the setting looks on camera, because we have filmed half of the main scene already 'Tuesday' and  we need to wait until 'Thursday' to Finnish off what we started with the policeman present.
We are also very reliant on others for our filming, with us needing permission to shoot certain scenes and having to ask others to help such as the police man who is only available on Thursday, we will also need a car for one of our scenes which we will need to gain permission to use somebody Else's.

Animatic-Will, Aditi and Bradley

Edited by: Will

Voices by: Aditi and Will

Ideas: Bradley

The real film won't be this long, it only took longer due to the commentary.

Flash back ideas - Skellitons and Memento - Bradley Mills

Vertigo shot

The clip on the left is the shot we want to try to replicate for the flash back transition because it creates a feeling that the equilibrium is being removed from an individuals perspective, for example a policeman arriving at your doorstep in our movie. I believe that used in special situations such as this, the vertigo shot can be very effective.

 The second video explains how this effect is achieved, I want to try to use both of the different vertigo transitions to go into and out of the 'trance/flashback'. As we found in the practice of this shot we need a 'dolly' and moving towards the subject whilst zooming out is the harder shot to perfect, so if we only use one it will be the moving away from the subject whilst zooming in for the start of the transition.

whilst in the flashback I am planning to edit the footage so that the color is slightly different than the color of the shots to make it clearer to the audience that this footage is from a previous time, also to create this effect we will use a fade to white to symbolize the flashback this also leads well to the changing of color during the sequence.

Lighting Idea-Will

The following point is an idea of different uses of lighting we could use for our filming and how it can create moods of tension that would match the context of a thriller. We are planning to film the first scene during the morning and in the mornings now it is quite dark so we could play on the fact that Jack is still half asleep and the use of lighting will hopefully create a larger effect on the mood of the film and increase the level of tension.

.Backlighting - we could use this type of lighting when the policeman is standing in the door way which would create a sillhouete figure which would conceal his identity and curiosity will be developed over this character and may also suggest that this character is menacing because of his dark figure being portrayed from the backlighting. Also the light could come from his car lights so it would show the audience where the light is coming from, so it would be a beleivable source of lighting.

initial prop and lighting ideas - Bradley Mills

Props
The props for the policeman wont be a problem as I have access to the MET outfit through family relations. The ipod and ipod player can be used from my dads player and my ipod which I will then use a prop, The music can be added in through editing.


The products used in the shoplifting scene can be purchased at the store, And with permission from the staff we will be able to shoot this scene effectively.

We will need a milk bottle for the 'Milking scene' I want to use a bottle because this will be a more realistic prop, but if we cannot get a 'glass milk bottle' we will go to a supermarket and find the next best thing.


We will need a newspaper for the tracking shot where the character 'Jack' will take the newspaper out of the letter box of somebody's house and will read it as he continues to walk.


For the disabled parking scene we will ask a friend of Wills to shoot the scene with his car and then cut so that I 'Jack' will appear to exit the car.
We will try to shoot this at a high angle as to show the disabled sign clearly however this may prove to be difficult to pull off so we will try a variation of different shots and edit them in pre production in order to create the best outcome.

This video shows another way of filming this scene, where we could see the car already in the disabled parking space and have the character walking normally towards the car and driving off, however we would shoot this in a way that would involve more camera angles and cuts to make it more 'cinematic'.


we could possibly use both ideas of the high angle shot to show the character walking towards the car and then cut to closer shots as the car drives away this would mean that the audience would see 'Jack' entering the car and the owner of the car can drive off.


Lighting notes
The lighting could be important depending on the time of day that we shoot vs the time of day that we want to create in the film due to time restrictions and limitations, however it is dark now in the mornings as well as night this could be a good way to combat the time restrictions we face with ambient lighting.
There will be no real need for added lighting because of the genre of movie that we are making, in thrillers typically lighting is used to convey certain aspects of the film and characters to the audience however it is not clear how lighting could enhance our movie.

Pre production Sound ideas - Bradley Mills

Bradley Mills

Sound ideas

SCRIPT

In terms of script we will try to keep dialogue minimal in this film, the main role of speech is with the policeman as his speech will reveal the twist of the plot, the dialogue will be along the lines of 'Is your name Jack Meade?' and 'I have found your wallet sir' i have not planned this speech any further because the actor i am using as the policeman has experience in the job and will have a better idea of what to say than I do, however if what he says is not effective on camera we can try different things.

MUSIC

I was struggling to think of where and how to use music effectively in our movie, but I decided that Jack in his opening 'getting ready' scene could be seen putting on his ipod, at this point we will hear the music, I will edit the music so that the sound fades out as he moves further away from the ipod, such as the music will be louder when he is in the bedroom, when Jack goes into the bathroom for example the sound will become faded or 'Muffled' creating an effective and realistic representation of sound.

I will try gain permission to use my friend who is a music artist 'Cheikh' to use one of his songs in the sequence.

I am still unsure of how I want to use non diagetic music in the film, I believe that non diagetic music really determines the genre of the film, because we do not have a clear cut genre knowing what kind of music to use and where is a difficult question that i will not know the answer to until the post production phases of the filming.

Sound effects

Sound effects can be added also in the post production phases which can add to the overall production value of the film, but I believe the most effective way to add sound effects is when the film layout is all complete and they should be considered finishing touches.

Role Allocations - Bradley Mills

ADITI - Aditi has extra experience with the camera as she is studying film alongside media, because of her skills and knowlege of camerawork, we thought it will be easier her to shoot some main sequences. Aditi has also expressed her ideas about camera transitions particulalry with the flashback sequence.


Bradley- Bradley is incharge of the sound and editing for the film he was involved in the editing of last years task and was able to produce a convincing thriller peice through editing and sound, Because Bradley knows the location well he will be head of location, and also his roles include making sure that the props are off a high standard and that they are avaliable for filming.
Bradley also has experience with photoshop gaining full marks for his 'album cover' work in  his GCSE year 11 media coursework so he will be incharge of creating a film poster.




Will- Will is incharge of lighting and also editing, he has expirience in editing from last years coursework and also in video production which reguires allot of time editing in which he learnt allot of  different editing techniques that will be usefull to the group this year. Will has a good overall understanding of media so he can help with all aspects of our project.


Group
As a group we feel that it is important we are all together for the initial stages of editing in order to share our ideas with the group also the main editor will have a better idea of what to do and how to progress with the editing particularly in regards to the order of the shots.
As a group we have brain stormed and come up with an idea that we are all excitied to develop, We feel that it is important for everyone to be happy with the choice of film. Also as a group we have discussed ideas for our planning including the animatic and the drawings of the shots we will use,