Thursday 11 February 2010

Assessment 8: Shooting Schedule

Shot

Type

Duration

Location

Mise-en-Scene


1

Establishing Shot

5 – 8 Seconds

Family Home

Narration, Furniture, Family Home


2

Low Angle

3 Seconds

Family Home

Narration, Furniture, Family Home


3

Point Of View

5 – 9 Seconds

Family Home

Narration, Furniture, Family Home


4

Close Up’s

10 Seconds

Family Home

Narration, Furniture, Family Home


6

Long Shot, Tracking

5 – 9 Seconds

Family Home

Narration, Furniture, Family Home


7

Point Of View

5 – 9 Seconds

Family Home

Narration, Furniture, Family Home


8

Point Of View

5 Seconds

Family Home

Narration, Furniture, Family Home


9

Close Up

5 – 9 Seconds

Family Home

Sound Of Match


10

Zoom Out From Extreme Close Up To Medium Shot

30 - 50 Seconds

Hotel Room/ Bedroom

Narration Of Character, Hotel Room or Bedroom Furniture


11

Close Up

10 Seconds

Hotel Room/ Bedroom

Clip Into Gun, Loading Gun, Hotel Room or Bedroom Furniture

Assessment 7: Animatic


Here is the animatic for the movie which I have decided to call "Arson" due to the opening scene. The images are not very well drawn but Im no artist, the idea is to show the shots and scenes through images and describe each shot.

Assessment 7: Animatic - Production Logo

Here is the logo for the production company I have named "Studio One Seventeen".

Assessment 6: Organisation Of Actors, Locations, Costume And Props

I Have Acquired The Props I Need For The Scene, These Are:

- A Realistic Toy Gun (Bottom Loading & Pull Back To Load)
- 3 Chairs
- Rope & Tape
- Matches
- House Furniture

I Have Got 4 Actors, These Are:

- Michael Robinson
- Amanda Robinson
- Emma Robinson
- Identity Of The Last Actor Must Remain Unknown Due To Films Idea
I Have Used The Family Because It Stars A Family In the Opening Sequence So This Gives It A Realistic Feel Rather Than Teens Playing Children And Adults.

I Will Be Using Only One Location Which Is A Home, I Will Split It Off For The two Scenes. The Arsonist Scene Will Take Place In Either The Kitchen Or Living Room, I Will Change A Bedroom To Give It A Hotel Style Suite.

The Clothing Of The Characters Will Be Casual, The Arsonist Will Be Distinctive Which Would Help The Movie Later On (If I Were To Make The Rest)

Assessment 5: Pitch Idea

Synopsis

The male central character is a family man that puts family first in everything he ever does. They are a typical middle class family. That is until him and his family are tied up and set alight a dreadful arsonist attack that has left him scared and his family dead. He sets out to take revenge on the people that caused his families death but uncovers more than he bargained for; death, money and betrayal opening his eyes to the company he worked for. He takes the law into his own hands bringing down the company one person at a time.

Opening Sequence

There is a close up of the central characters face, which slowly starts to zoom out as he starts to recall the events that had previously happened. Flashbacks start as him and his family are tied up in the middle of a room. It then goes back to the present where the camera has zoomed out even more and he keeps talking about the events. The second flashback shows close ups of each family member and their struggle, moving back yet again to reveal more of the characters face. The third sequence involves petrol being thrown over the family by someone with an unknown identity, moving back again to reveal more of his face. The fourth and final flashback involves a match getting lit. The next part is up to the audience’s imagination. The camera continues to zoom out and finishes to reveal the fathers face burnt and scared. He then gets up puts a clip in a gun and loads it, there is a close up of the gun through this process, it then cuts to titles with the dramatic soundtrack.

Target Audience Appeal

I would give this move a 15 Certificate as from a business point of view you would get more viewers. This would also allow me to show violence even though it is only hinted through the opening sequence, it could be shown through the rest of the movie, an 18 Certificate would allow me to show more graphic violence but I don’t think that it is needed in this movie. Sometimes the imagination is scarier than what we see and reality, this means that I could just hint at the violence and the audience can make it as graphic as they want in their heads. If I looked at it through a whole movie perspective it would allow me to show more graphic scenes and make it appeal to a more adult audience but also allow me to keep the older teens in the target audience.

Creative Techniques

There will be a variety of camera angles and shots such as close-ups of props and faces, this gives the audience a sense of how the character is feeling and the close-up on the gun shows a sense of danger and creates suspense. The main character will be centrally framed starting with an extreme close up of his mouth, which gradually zooms out to reveal a close-up of the characters face to show the burns and scars left from the fire. There are also shots of the room and surroundings. There will be narration over the top of everything but there will be the screams and panic of the family on a low volume so you can faintly here it. It will also then go into a dramatic soundtrack into the titles. The lighting will be natural in the zooming scenes from a window behind the character, where as the arsonist scene will be dark with limited light. I will use effects to give the footage a more cinematic feel, which makes the movie itself look more polished and professional.

Assessment 4: Wordle Of Initial Ideas

Assessment 3: Target Audience Research


BBFC 18 Age Rating


An 18 certificate means that no one under the age of 18 is legally aloud to watch the film in a cinema or purchase or rent the movie.

An 18 certificate means that only adults are legally aloud to watch it, and this means that you can usually show what you want as adults should be free to choose their own forms of entertainment. However there are a few exceptions, which are in the following areas:

- Where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence.
- Where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to risk harm to individuals or, through their behavior, to society – for example, any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sexual or sexualized violence, which might, for example eroticize or endorse sexual assault.
- Where there are more explicit images of sexual activity, which cannot be justified by context. Such images would be given an “R18” rating or “Sex Works”.

Assessment 3: Target Audience Research


BBFC 15 Age Rating

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 sexualized.

Imitable behavior

Dangerous behavior (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail, which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorized.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language. The strongest terms 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 behavior, 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 sexualized 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.



Assessment 2: Opening Titles Order

Order Of Opening Titles

Production Company Name/ Logo

presents

an Director Name Film

Name Of Movie

Starring

Executive Producers

Producer

Associate Producer

Supervising Editor

Editors

Music

Written by

Director of Photography

Directed by


Assessment 2: Analysis Of An Opening Scene


(I Do Not Own The Rights To This Movie)


I Have Chosen To Analys Rob Zombies Remake Of Halloween, The Clip Is Shown Above.

The opening scene to Rob Zombies remake of Halloween starts by showing you the background story of what happened to Michael as a child where everything began. The scene is set in the kitchen of the families home, which is unclean, scruffy, and in very bad condition, which shows that the family has a little amount of money. You know the scene is set in the morning time as the family is going to eat breakfast through the use of props we can gather the time of day and the way the family live. However before we get to the kitchen we see a young Michael playing with what looks like a pet rat, this comes in a few minutes later. As the daughter comes down stairs she starts an argument with her mother and gets sent to bring Michael downstairs to eat, her mothers boyfriend makes a perverted comment about her daughter and the mother reacts, this is when we are taken into the bathroom where Michael is washing his hands and a blade that we realize he has used to kill his rat from earlier. This scene is what starts the rest of the movie as he moves from the rat onto bigger things, in the scene we do not see the event take place but we do see the aftermath. Michael continues downstairs and tells his mother that his pet died again. The relationship between Michael and his mother’s boyfriend Ronnie is a bad one that continues through the rest of the movie, we can see this because of the way they look and speak to each other. It is mostly Ronnie being horrible to Michael because he finds he has authority over him, where as his mother is shown to be protective of him. The scene introduces the main character and his first killing (even if it is just his pet rat).

Assessment 1: Generic Conventions Of Film Noir

Assessment 1: Generic Conventions Of Horror