PLANNIG-BP30-Planning Mise-en-scene

Half Term Homework

Locations and Settings

Idea 1- 

The first Location is my house which is in Wood Green.

We might see this location as the establishing shot showing the actor getting ready for college.

Idea 2-

The second location is the college in Angel 

We will see this location at the end of our title sequence in the killing scene. The reason for using this is because it was a convenient location to use an elevator.

Idea 3-

The Third Location is a  house in angel

This is  were the mystery man would get ready for college and the reason for using this location is because its very ominous. It would bee seen near the beginning.

Idea 4- 

The first setting is in the College Library

We  might see this setting near the middle of the title sequence. The reason for using it is to portray the girl as innocent and good.

Costume Ideas-

 Costume are very important in a movie and it tells us a lot about the characters personality and possibly occupation. One memorable costume put on an actor was in 'Pirates Of The Caribean' were Johnny Depp portrayed a pirate, The audience could infer who he was and what he did just by his costume. He wore eyeliner and had dreadlocks, He also had gold teeth and a platted beard. The costume told a back story about who he was.

 Task 3-

These items will be useful to use in the production for the male actor. As it is a black leather jacket and a black bag. Black connotes evil and darkness which also adds to the male characters persona. This would definitely contrast with the the female characters persona.

Prop Ideas-

The Brief-

Film Idea-

There is a innocent girl and a dangerously looking boy. They both go to the same college and  they get stuck in an elevator when the boy pulls out his gun and smirks into the camera. But when they leave the elevator only one person leaves and its not the boy. Then the story continues of the mysterious double life lived by this secret assassin teenager who didn't want to kill the boy but had no choice. She is on the run across the country trying to escape capture from the police.

Key Props-
Knife/Gun
Bag

Location-
2 ordinary houses and the College

Setting-
Bedroom, Library, Hall way
 
Costume-
Baseball cap, Leathe jacket, scarf, Hoodie, Jeans

Lighting-
Light in the girls house but dark in the boys house.

PLANNING-BP27-Audience/Target audience Memeber profile

 Target Audience profile for 'Shutter Island'

A conclusion I can make about the target audience of Shutter Island is that its a male audience with a high class grade who is relatively young at between the age 20-35.




                                               Target audience for 'The Dark Knight Rises'

A conclusion I can make from The Dark Knight Rises is that it has a similar type of demographic to Shutter Island. Which is a male, young aged audience who is of a high class and enjoy watching Russel Howard Good News.

 Audience profile for our title seuqence

a. John Smith
b. Central Scotland
c. 25-39
d. ABC1-C2DE
e. Law, Business, Engineering
f. Straigh forward, Knowledable and quiet.
g.Video Games, Boardgames, Movies, Books
h. Lenovo, Google Play, Sony, Virgin Media
i. Doctor Who, Celebrity Juice, First Dates.

PLANNING-BP24- Individual Idea

PLANNING-BP25 - "Head On" Activity

RESEARCH-BP21-Evaluation

Evaluation of Remake

 Our group remade the opening of the movie 'Collateral'. What turned out to be a 25 second piece took hours of filming and editing to perfect.

Shots-

At first, the shots were very easy to take notes of and we had no trouble recognising what the shots were and how to recreate it in the remake. However since not all of our group was there at the planning stage, it was very hard to articulate what the different shots were, when they couldn't actually see the opening of the movie collateral. This lead to multiple communication problems and arguments about what the actual shot was. So overall for shots, it was easy to note down the different shot types, but it was a problem when trying to record the remake, when all of the group
had diverse opinions.

Storyboard-

The storyboard was relatively easy to draw each shot and Onat Arslan had no problem in drawing up the different scenes with detail. However there was a problem on the amount of shots on the storyboard. As we had a short time to illustrate the different scenes, there wasn't as much d
etail in the writing aspect of it. We should of included more writing as it would of been much more useful when creating the remake, so we would of had a better understanding and less communication problems. To conclude, the next time we as a group try to make a remake or our own piece, we will try to create a storyboard with a lot more literature so we have less problems in the production.








 Location and Costume Choices-

The location of our remake was very important to make the production very similar to the original.
The location of our production was outside the college next to the turn stalls. This was in my opinion the best location to use, as it was in a public area were there was people walking by, which is what happened in the movie 'Collateral'. This greatly impacted our final product as it made the remake almost indistinguishable to the original piece. However it was also a hassle being out in a public area as we had to wait multiple times for people to walk by which slowed down the production process.
For costume choices we didn't have many options as we couldn't get 2 two suits for the actors to wear in such short notice, so the only costume choice we had were sunglasses which Abdi Nooh was wearing as he played the role of Tom Cruise. Overall the location choice was an obvious, and even though it was troubling to always stop in the middle of a scene, it was worth it. Costume choices were limited however it didn't really effect our remake as the costumes did really tie into the characters persona.

Editing-

Editing played a huge part in our remake. The editing out of all the roles in the remake took hours to put together the scenes but in the end it was worth it. When editing the difficulty lied in were to begin. We had so many scenes and so little time that it seemed impossible to finish. However, after multiple visits to lunch time workshops I finally almost finished my final piece. I used multiple effects and video transitions to make the scenes look seamless which in the end did work out. I used a blur called the 'Gaussian Blur' which blurred the background and focused the audiences attention to the main character. I also incorporated the video transition of 'Dip to Black' which was very effective when switching between the two main characters. Another video transition I used and which I personally enjoyed was 'Cross Dissolve'. This was when the two scenes next to each other on the time line are merged together to get an almost split screen effect which was very useful when I used it in the collision scene, when the two actors bump into each other.
Overall, when editing using Premier pro there was a time strain as it took multiple hours to put together a 25 second piece, and when there is only specific times you can edit it outside class did make it hard to do alone. However I think that the editing was the most successful part of the production and even though it was hard, I was glad to see my perseverance paid off at the end.

Titles-
The title credits were relatively hard to make. This is because it was hard to place the titles on the screen when there was moving scenes (intergrated) as a person could easily block the visibility of the titles. Also another difficulty was that it was hard to save the black font on the black screen as you wouldn't know were the titles would go making it very hard and exhausting to use Adobe After Effects. When deciding the font It was a obvious choice as I chose Ariel Black in bold with a font size of about 16. This was an obvious decision as the font colour juxtaposed the background making the title credits bulge out into the audiences vision. This made the font very succesful as it was very eye grasping as it did stand out compared to the scene. The font did suit the tone of the film as the films beginning was very mysterious, and thus the black titles did blend into the overall atmosphere of the movie making the titles suit the moving images. Overall it was very hard to use Adobe After Effects when trying to impliment titles into the title sequence, and intergrating titles was very hard to do, however the choice of font, colour and size was a good decision and did really put the remake together.


If I was to complete the task again I would definitately try to learn how to use after effects and premier pro before starting the production so that I am much more efficent in my editing. Another element that I would do differently is that I should have more detail in the shot by shot remake so that It gives a clear example and builds a mental image in our groups head so that we are all on the same page. Apart from these aspects, I think the remake when relatively well and I look forward to making the real production piece.

RESEARCH-BP20-Remake and Evidence

Genre

What Is Genre?

Genre of a film follows the same pattern of literary genres. The genre of a film is the theme and mood it conveys. There can also be things known as sub-genres and hybrid genres where there are elements of more than one genre within the film. Sub-genres have elements of another genre while still having a main genre (action thriller) while hybrid genres are mixtures of two genres. They are determined determined by many things including: the music played, the camera angles, the lighting, the film opening titles (font), character behaviour and editing. Codes & conventions (signs which create meaning) and genre tropes can also be used to highlight genre.

This is from my favourite film, from the genre of  action, "fast and furious 7". In thisscene, there is a fight going on between two of the main characters.The scene is made tense and dramatic by many factors.The low lighting creates a tense atmosphere while the bright lightson the two characters emphasises the action,. The two men have theirarms erect in a striking stance. All this creates an adrenaline rushand entertainment for the audience.

Another one of my favourite genres is comedy. This is a scene from
the film "Ride Along" which is a comedy film starring Kevin Hart.
I prefer to watch these comedy films because they make me laugh
and also have famous comedians acting in them which appeals to
people who enjoy comedy. I can infer that this is a comedy film
from the facial expressions of the actors, a very recognisable image.

The third genre of film that I enjoy is biographical films because they contain can be a source
of information  and learning in a fun way. They usually make the audience feel certain emotions
towards the characters of the films. In this film, "12 years a slave", we are made to feel sympathy
for the characters through character behaviour, music, lighting and camera angles.