My Opening Sequence of a Film

There has been another change of plan. It is the same when it comes to describing the characters. Instead of the grabbing everything they can, they are looking for something specific. The audience do not get to find out what they are looking for. There is now no scene of them selling goods on a road.

There has been a change of plan. Claudia and I have now changed the genre of our film to comedy, crime, drama. The films that influence us the most are Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Trainspotting.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Trailer
Trainspotting Trailer

Our new idea is of two jokers robbing an empty house. Grabbing anything they can find. making jokes along the way. The two characters are complete opposites. One has no intelligence, the other is clever. They are putting all of the stolen objects into a broken, ripped rucksack. Once they have finished grabbing what they can the shot cuts straight into the in the street with a table in front of them. The table is covered with all of the stolen objects seen in the previous scene. There is no one looking to buy off them. While they are desperately trying to find buyers. There will be close up shot of he stolen objects While in the house and on the table.



The genre of our 2 Minute film is British gangster drama. The films that influence us are This is England, Scarface and Green Street.

This is England Trailer
Scarface Trailer
Green Street Trailer

I have a few ideas on what to film for my 2 minute film. I am hoping to film a 'hoodie' or skinhead giving his 'girl' a kiss and telling her he will 'see her later'. Then there is a close up of him clenching his fist. He climbs over a fence, walks into a house and starts looking for valuables to steal. At this point the camera gives off the affect that there is a victim in the house hiding from him while at the same time following him. He then comes accross somebody in the house and with a instant reaction screams 'oi! give me all your money now!' Then next thing you hear are police sirens. That is where it ends and that is how i would like my 2 mintue film to turn out like. I am also hoping to use music and sound effects.
I am hoping to film the footage within the next few weeks to get it out of the way. Then edit it at a later date.
I will be updating my blog and most importantly this post.

Snatch - Storyboard

This storyboard is for the movie Snatch. The genre of this movie is comedy, crime and thriller. The font of the credits used in Snatch are very bold and stand out to the audience. It shows that the movie is going to be bold and full of action. There is a use of narrative speech in the first 2 minutes. This is to let the audience know what some of the characters are like at the very beginning. The use of these two features makes the audience hooked on the first 2 minutes of the movie.

Vantage Point - Storyboard

This is the storyboard for Vantage Point. The genre of the movie is action, crime, drama and thriller. The font of the credits used in Vantage Point are very bold and stand out. It shows that the movie is going to be bold and full of action. The music used in the background of first 2 minutes of Vantage Point is extremely mysterious and sounds like there is going to be a twist in the movie. The use of these two features makes the audience hooked on the first 2 minutes of the movie.

This is England - Storyboard

The storyboard above is for This is England. The genre of the movie is Drama. The music stays the same throughout the first 2 minutes of the the movie. It is playing in the background of the movie. The font of the credits looks like the letters have been destroyed. The credits are not shown in every shot. This storyboard makes the audience hooked because in the first 2 minutes of the movie it shows audiences what the movie is about.

Different Camera Movement and Camera Views

Key for shot sizes:

XLS- Extra Long Shot
MCU- Medium Close Up
LS- Long Shot
CU- Close up
MLS- Medium Long Shot
BCU- Basic Close up
MS- Medium Shot
XCU- Extra Close Up

These different shots, angles and movements are extremely important becasue they are the basic movements that should be used in most of the pieces we record. All of the shots that we see here should be used in our pieces too.

Technologies I Have Used

• Youtube

• Google

• Blogger

• HP final cut pro

• Memory Stick

• Imovie
  

• imove sound effects

• IMDB

• sony handy cam digital camera
  

• Photo bucket

My Titles Using Imovie

I used iMovie to produce my titles. It was very easy to do as I choose the music from iMove sound effect. I chose a new project, went to the titles browser, chose vertical drift, four corners and side ways drift. then changed the sizes and fonts. then used the imovie sound effects over the top.

Preliminary Task Finished Product and script

INT.IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN A CLASSROOM. WITH GOOD LIGHTING. IT IS A LITTLE NOISY. A TALL BLOND HAIRED GIRL CALLED DOMINIQUE, WEARING BLACK LEGGINGS AND A ZIP UP JACKET WITH A HOOD AND A BIG COLOURFUL SEQUINED PATTERN ON THE BACK. SHE IS 16 YEARS OLD AND WALKS INTO THE WITH HER HEAD DOWN. SHE WALKS OVER TO A CHAIR, SITS DOWN OPPOSITE AN IMPATIENT TEACHER CALLED CRAIG. HE IS 42 YEARS OLD WEARING A STRIPY SHIRT COVERED BY A BROWN JUMBER BEING WORN OVER THE TOP. HE IS SITTING ON A CHAIR WAITING FOR DOMINIQUE TO COME INTO THE CLASS.

CRAIG

So, why haven't you done your blog?

DOMINIQUE

I have done my blog

CRAIG

You haven't been filling in your posts dominique

DOMINIQUE

You haven't looked at my blog

CRAIG

I look at your blog every, every bloody night i look at your blog

DOMINIQUE

You don't have my blog!

CRAIG

I have her blog yes?!

Description of Preliminary Task

Last weekend we had our preliminary task to do! Which was we had to film someone walking through a door, opening the door, walking through the room then sitting down and having a conversation with another person. We had to show a reverse shot and a wide shot. Dom and I paired up together and in my house we made it a FILM SETTING! We had so much fun together doing our first task. For a 2 minute task it took us a ridiculous amount of time! Although bear in mind we have never used cameras before! Dom was filming the task and we started off with our friend Izzy walking down my driveway, popping her head through the door window and then walking through the door. Our next clip was of Izzy opening two wide doors, making a grand entrance. Then sitting down and having a casual conversation with me. We had to follow the 180° rule and it was a very complicated task. We used Dom's video camera therefore it wasn't as good as the school's quality camera but we thought we better do it then have nothing! We are in the middle of cutting it and editing our film it should be up soon! FINGERS CROSSED.....

LITTLE UPDATE WITH THE PRELIMINARY TASK...we decided on filming it again using the schools camera we are still going to update our blog from home onto our profile! but the real PRELIMINARY TASK will be up shortly!!!

Charley's Preliminary Task Anamatic and Film Plan

This is the camera frames i drew and created an anamatic so it is easier for the audience to see what should be going on in each frame. Although i am clearly not a skilled artist, it should still make it clearer to readers what should go on in my preliminary task. The various different frames include, shot revers shot, continuity and many more rules and features in film making.


Preliminary Task Film Plan

























This is a picture scanned onto the computer that i drew. It is a picture describing and showing my audience where the camera is going to be place in my preliminary task and what is going on in the task.

Phonebooth

The genre of Phonebooth is mystery and thriller.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p07lBCfC2q8

Snatch

The genre of Snatch is comedy, crime and thriller.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8jbt0wBkMI

The Great Escape

The genre of The Great Escape is action, adventure, drama, history, thriller and war.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkwmIDx9RwQ

This is England

The genre of This is England is drama.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480025/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0jkv2bRFgQ

Vantage Point

The genre of Vantage Point is action, crime, drama and thriller.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443274/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDp-08uNH0Y

Shot Reverse Shot, 30° Rule, Continuity

A picture i found on shot revers shot.

Shot Reverse Shot - when you are filming two people talking and one shot is the reverse of the other shot. it makes the audience establish that there are twp people talking to eachother face to face. it is important not to break the 180° rule.

The 30° Rule

The 30° rule is a basic film editing guideline that states the camera should move at least 30° between shots of the same subject. This change of perspective makes the shots different enough to avoid a jump cut. Too much movement around the subject may violate the 180° rule.

Continuity

Continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. It is of relevance to several media. Continuity is particularly a concern in the production of film and television due to the difficulty of rectifying an error in continuity after shooting has wrapped up.

Match On Action

A video i made showing the audience what match on action is.

match on action - match on action is maintaining continuity by matching movements when editing two shots together. this creates the idea of continuous action, and the invisible edit.

180° rule

A picture of the 180° rule.

180° Rule

180° rule - The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

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