Meeting with Commisioning Editor

IN THUS LIFE script

IN THUS LIFE                                                                                                      

DATE  WRITTEN 12 TH  DECEMBER  2014

DIRECTED  BY SHAUN  HARDWICK  AND  RYAN  PARSONS

PRODUCED BY SHAUN HARDWICK  AND  RYAN PARSONS

SCRIPTWRITER BY  TIM  LOWDON

SCRIPT 1

SCENE 1 – THE OPENING

 

 

ESTABLISHING  SHOT  OF THE SCENE – TUPTON BRIDGE

 

DURATION – 30 SECONDS

 

MAIN  MALE  CHARACTER  WALKING  FROM  THE RIGHT TO  LEFT. WALKING TO THE CENTRE OF THE BRIDGE, LOOKING  OUT TO  THE  TRAIN  TRACK..

 

CLOSE UP OF THE  MALE CHARACTER  AND  MID – SHOT IS USED IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF THE OPENING TO THE THRILLER..

 

VOICEOVER:

 

JAMES GREEN:   WHY  AM  I  HERE ? (LOOKING  OUT TOWARDS THE TRAIN TRACK )

 

JAMES GREEN:   WHO  AM  I ?

 

FLASHBACK……..

 

GHOSTLY  CHARACTER  APPEARS IN A  DARK  ROOM  IS WALKING TOAWRDS THE CAMERA,

AND  SWINGS A KNIFE AT (TOWARDS) THE CAMERA.

 

FLASHBACK…    (BACK  TO THE BOY)

 

DURATION - 10 SECONDS

 

THE BOY  WHO  IS FAST ASLEEP IN A CHAIR IN A CLASSROOM, SUDDENLY WAKES UP FROM THE FLASHBACK  OF THE  GHOSTLY  CHARACTER.

 

THE TEENAGE BOY IS PUZZLED AND  LOOKING  AROUND TO SEE WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED.

THEN FALLS BACK TO SLEEP IN THE CHAIR.

 

FLASHBACK…

 (HOLMGATE PARK)

 

DURATION – 20 SECONDS

 

TEENAGER  BOY  IS  WALKING  PEACEFULLY  THROUGH  THE TREES IN THE PARK..

THEN PASSES A TREE AND  LOOKS AT THE PATH  NEXT TO  HIM.

AS HE SEES THE GHOSTLY  CHARACTER  WALKING , LOOKS AT  HIM , THEN  RUNS TOWARDS  HIM.

 

HE TURNS  HIS  HEAD  FROM  RIGHT TO  LEFT THEN  LOOKS BACK  AND  SEE  NOTHING  IS THERE.

 

JAMES GREEN : AM… I  DREAMING , IF SO  WAKE  UP.

 

TITLING  SEQUENCE WITH FOOTAGE ON JAMES GREEN PHOTOGRAPHS, MEDICIAL REPORTS AND LOCATIONS

DURATION  - 25 SECONDS

 

BUS PARK

 

DURATION – 25 SECONDS

 

JAMES GREEN WALKING THE PATH TO  HIS OLD SCHOOL AS  HE IS  GOING  TO  WALK  DOWN TO A TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUS PARK.

 

LONG  SHOT TO  CLOSE UP OF JAMES GREEN WALKING DOWN THE PATH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PATH.

THEN 180 DEGREES ROTATION AS HE PASSES THE CAMERA..

 

MID SHOT OF HIM  WALKING  AND  STOPPING  AT THE TREE.

 

AS HE STOPS HE LOOKS TO  HIS LEFT- HANDED SIDE .

 

CAMERA  IS NOW  FOCUSED  ON THE FEMALES  LEGS WALKING  FROM  LEFT TO  RIGHT.

LOW ANGLE CLOSE UP OF THE FEET.

 

THEN, CLOSE UP OF THE FEMALES FACE  LOOKING  AT THE BOY WHO’S STANDING  AT THE TREE.

 

SHOT / REVERSE SHOT BETWEEN THE TWO  CHARACTERS.

 

JAMES GREEN : HELP  ME, PLEASE

 

ELLA SHORT : ARE YOU THERE? (DOESN’T  HEAR  HIM )

 

JAMES GREEN:  PLEASE DON’T GO. (RUNS TO  HER)

 

AS HE IS RUNNING TO  HER, HE SLOWS DOWN AS GHOSTLY CHARACTER RUNS TO  HIM.

ON THE  LAST SHOT, IT IS A TWO  SHOT WILL THEM  BOTH RUNNING  TO  EACH  OTHER.

 

THEN THE TITLE….

 

IN THUS LIFE.

Audience and Targeted Audience research

Audience Feedback Video

Discussing with the audience/general public about the idea for our thriller- In Thus Life

Video of the Plan Board for "In Thus Life"

Textual Analysis of A View to Kill

Poster For In Thus Life

BBFC Classification

Thriller Film Directors

Location Visiting

Storyboard for the opening of In Thus Life

The photograph of the first six shots/scenes of the opening
to the film- In Thus Life.
As from the first shot/scene, we will be filming on the location
of Tupton Bridge then Holmgate Park, by using the following shots of
establishing shot, mid-shot, close-up and long-shots.
The Mise-en-scene, the first character that will be seen in the first
moments of the thriller will be dressed in casual clothing and the character
that appears in the six shot/scene of the opening will be dressed in
a dark robe with a ghoul's facemask. 

These seven to twelve shots/scenes of the following part
to the opening, will have the character that appeared in
the sixth shot/scene of the first storyboard part of the thriller.
The locations for these parts will be in a dark atmospheric area then goes back to
the Tupton Bridge.  

These shots/scenes of the following part to the opening, shows
a memory of the main male character has he is having a flashback to one of his
past memories. Showing him walking down a path to school's bus park and seeing a
friendly face. The location for the shots/scenes is a school's Bus park and
the tree which is in the Park. The costumes for the characters in these part of the opening
to the thriller is the female dressing in casual, school-like clothing and the male in
casual clothing too. The antagonist will be dressed in their dark robe with the ghoul's facemask.

In these photographs shows the storyboard for the thriller, as we have visual planned how the opening to the thriller would look like if my team decided to use these storyboard for the final thriller opening.

As for the beginning we planned to tell the story of our thriller for showing the end of the thriller to the audience that the main male character will die at the end but then show the start of the beginning of how the male character will die and the reason why he will be killed.

We thought that the way of starting the opening to the thriller is better than just showing the opening like most of the majority of films start, as this will make the audience watch the thriller as they will know the final outcome at the end of the thriller that the main male character will die at the end. This will make the audience be more interested in watching the thriller as the audience will want to find the reason why will the main male character will die at the end of the thriller.

 

Done By Shaun Hardwick

The Kuleshov Experiment

Photograph of a person with no light shining onto their face.
This shows that this way of taking shots without lighting will create
a more effect on the audience that the film has darkest that makes
the film more a thriller or horror.

Photograph of a person with lighting shining on one side of
the face. This will make the shots for a film more calmer
and make it less horror-like. Also this lighting shot can be used
in films when there is a calm atmosphere on the scene such as a non-
murder scene.

Photograph of lighting shining on the side of the face
with the shot being taken.
This lighting shot is used in very calm atmospheric scenes of
any film.

By experimenting with lighting being used in the camera shots
can help me with making my thriller opening as this shows which position of the camera needs
to be with lighting as lighting can have an impact on the shot. As if lighting is in the wrong
place it can make the shot not good as the audience or you can not see the detail on
the set.
Below is some information about the Kuleshov  Experiment.

Disability

All information was taken from the following websites:
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/introduction-bfi-collections/bfi-mediatheques/unlimited-disability-screen (1)
- http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/16/women-old-disabled-under-represented-television (2)
- http://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/sep/22/ricky-gervais-stephen-merchant-disability (3)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/representation-disabled-people (4)


The portrayal of disability in British film and television across the last century.

Cinemas rarely shown people with physical and sensory disabilities in an unnatural, unhumanised way in both fiction and non-fiction films. However films have never been good with promoting good stereotypes of disabled people in language and social attitudes showing they have learning disabilities and mental illness.
The first disabled character didn't appeared on British television until 1992 in BBC soap Eldorado, which was played by the actor Donald Gray. In the 21st century, TV dramas started to include the true nature of disability people showing these people can suffer badly and have problems such as having motor neuron disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder and multiple personality conditions. Although, these parts are played mostly by able-bodied actors. with the expectation of disabled actors playing the parts. (1)

Women and older people are misrepresented on television and disabled people are barely seen on some of the UK’s biggest-rating shows.
Television Dramas uses far younger male than other characters trying to gain the most ratings as possible, with low representation of disabled, ethnic minorities, and lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Broadcasters have united together to improve the representation of people both on screen and behind the scenes. For example, some of the most popular programmes on BBC1, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky1 said "just 15% of women are featured were aged 56 or over, as half the actual make-up (30%) of that demographic in the UK". This states that both on screen and behind the screen men still outnumber women by a ratio of almost 3:2; stating that males has more playable parts in television than females and have more jobs to do behind the screen than females. As stated in the article that ITV had the most minority ethnic faces with 16.5%, followed by the BBC1’s 12.2%, with the most disabled contributors; finally forwarded by with Channel 4 with 3.5%, showing at the bottom in the disabled category with just 1.4%. (2)

TV diversity – showing the percentage of people on-screen who are … (From '2' Source)
Women: 42%
Over 55: 16.1%
Minority ethnic: 13.4%
Disabled: 2.5%
Lesbian, gay or bisexual: 1%

Disability was a campaigning issue, as actors and actress who played disabled characters on television or films were embarrassing to disabled people, as these stereotypes of them were poorly represented as they were shown to be unnatural, no-equalizing way. As they shown to be non-sociable and unable to help themselves, as they relayed on others to do things for them.
In advertising, drama series, sitcoms, soap operas or comedy panel shows, disabled performers are shown to be inhuman, as they were used to be evil in television dramas and films as they were the antagonist in them or to be victims as they are unable to help themselves to be a part of a laugh in comedy panel shows. Take for example "A Touch of Frost" were Billy is being questioned by Inspector Frost and having his father in the room to help him and support him. This shows that disabled people are unable to be left on their lone at any times when they may need the help of another person.
However, some things are getting better for disabled performers now as broadcaster's companies are having diversity departments to help disabled actors and actress with their performance in both TV dramas and films. However most disabled people are featured in documentaries, as they are seen to be a "type of misery heavy portrayals of disabled "victims" or "burdened" carers". (3)

From the BBC website article, I have learnt the BBC is going to improve the representation of disability both on and off screen. As currently the BBC haves staff who are disabled is currently 3.7% and the target for 2017 is to employed 5.3%. And Disabled leadership staff is currently 3.1% and the target is to get it to 5% for 2017. Furthermore the BBC will give more opportunities for disabled people to work for the BBC. This means that disabled people will have the same equal rights as an able-body people in both getting actor/actress character roles and positions of work to help with making the TV Drama or film. (4)

In conclusion, I have learnt of how disability is presented in television that in that it needs improvement. As I acknowledged that using disability in films, TV Dramas or any other on-air television way needs to be make sure that actors/ actress needs to equally auditioned for and thought of carefully, as to give the same chance to both disabled or non-disabled people of being a part of television drama or film. In my thriller "In Thus Life", the main male character of the thriller will have some kind of mental illness, as he will be suffering for horrible nightmares and daily life issues, I know that when I auditioned actors for the role. I have to acknowledge disabled people to have the same chance of getting the role for the part in the thriller. This means that in the production of my thriller, I will make sure that the disabled actor will have help and support with preparing and in filming of the film.

DarkSkies Production Company Logo

Done By Shaun Hardwick

Character Profiles for "In Thus Life"

Detective Small (Ryan Small)
Age: 29
General Information:
Ryan Small was born on the 31st October 1985,
and grow up in South Yorkshire.
At the age of  23, he graduated with a master
degree in Police Intelligence,
at Sheffield Hallam University and gain a job
with South Yorkshire Police.
At the age of 29, he is well known in
the South Yorkshire Police
Department as he has solve many crimes
as shown by his determination in his
work.
Relationship; Single, however he has internet dating for
 a 26 years old woman.
 

Doctor Slobe
(Robert Slobe)
Age: 59
General Information:
Robert Slobe works at St Globe Hospital, USA.
And in charge of seeing and looking after James Green,
when his previous doctor has been murder mysteriously.
As he is a recommend doctor and expert in psychology, as
he's put to the task to help James Green with his problems.
As to help Mr Green, he has to go and visit James in Derbyshire, England.
Relationship : Married and has two daughters, one daughter is aged 39, called Rosy and married
the other daughter aged 26 called Sarah, got a job as a news reporter and
seeing a man over the internet - Ryan Small.
 

Doctor Heart
(Shelia Heart)
Age: 45
General Information:
Doctor at the Royal Hospital, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
At the start of the film, she is in charge of the helping
James Green with his mental issues,
 however she is mysteriously
murdered.
Relationship: Just got engaged to her boyfriend.
 

Ella Short
Age:16
General Information:
Ella Short has been the only bests friend in James Green's life,
as they grown up together. She knows how James felt when his parents
died in the car accident, and the only one who James trues the most with his problems.
They look at to each other for help in times of need, but over the years she has
dealt feelings for him. And she will do anything to get him to love her.
Relationship: Single, but wants to be in a love relationship with James
(Boyfriend and Girlfriend relationship).



James Green
Age: 17
General Information:
James Green is the main character in the thriller, as he has development mental
issues with himself since his parents being killed in the car accident when he was 12 years old.
He doesn't have a lot of friends or family members, as he doesn't have the time for them
however the only best friend he has is Ella Short, who he grown up with and Mr Calls
who act as a grandfather to he whilst he was growing up.
His mental issue is that he has horrible flashbacks and nightmares of a mysterious person in a black
robe with a ghoul's mask on his face, he trying to get it solve or is it a fragment of his life in his past or present or both.
Relationship: Single, but Ella Short may have feelings for him.
 

Mr Calls
(Graham Calls)
Age: 81
General Information:
Has known James Green from when he was little as he lived next door to his family.
But after James' parents died in a car accident when James was 12 years old, he
has known that James has been different every since.
He is the only one who knows James the most and when Detective Small asks
him for advice about James, then something terrible happens to him as a result of telling the police.
Relationship: Once married, but his wife is now deceased.

Nurse Smily
(Jolly "Smily"- Green)
Age: 29
General Information:
Jolly Smily is a nurse, who works at the Royal Hospital in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
She is the only 'nearly' family member left to James Green, as she is step-sister to him.
They don't very close to one another and don't to speak to one another for help to. And sometimes she wishes that he wasn't there living anymore, as his mother made her promise she will look after him if anything happens to her.
But they only got each other left in their family, as both her parents are dead and James' mother is dead as well.
However she see James more now on a regular basics, as he is always visiting the hospital once a day each week.
Relationship : Has got a boyfriend, living very happily together.
 

Sarah Slobe
Age: 26
General Information:
She wants to be a well known news reporter, as she dreams of deliver the big news to the public.
She is secretly internet dating Detective Ryan Small without her father knowing. Her father is Doctor Robert Slobe, and he wants her to become a doctor and married a man, who is rich.
But she doesn't want that, as she wants to make her own way in life.
However when she gets asked to go to Derbyshire to report of the crimes there,  that's getting the public's eyes; she will meet her worst fears yet, meeting her internet dating person face to face or telling her father, she making her own way in life.
Relationship: Internet dating Detective Ryan Small.

Mysterious Person (the killer)
Age: ??
General Information:
Enjoys killing people and will be revealed in small parts of the thriller.
And show their true identical. Also the antagonist in the film.
Relationship: ???

Sergenat Collins
(Lizzy Collins)
Age: 38
General Information:
Lizzy Collins is a police officer in the South Yorkshire Police, she works with Detective Small very closely,
as she has helped him to solve many of his crimes during his time with the South Yorkshire Police.
She is sometimes seen as to be more of the expert between the two of them, as she has more experience of the field than Detective Small. Therefore she has solve many of his crimes but he has took the credit for them, so she wishes that one day she will solve a crime and take full charge for it.
Relationship: Single Mother, has a six year old boy called Tim.



ALL PHOTOGRAPHES OF PEOPLE ARE TAKEN FROM GOOGLE IMAGES.
Done by Shaun Hardwick
 

Textual Analysis of the film - The Woman In Black

Production Companies Case Study

Production, Distribution and Marketing and Promotion process

The 12 Steps of Film Production.

Idea Development

The writer of the film, comes up with the idea for the film by sources of inspiration, as he/ she may be inspired by books, magazines,  plays and previous films. This influenced the writer may giving them ideas of development to their next new film.
After an initial idea is there, then the writer may want to take the idea further, as he/she may meet up with other writers to discuss the idea and improved or change the concept of the idea.
The next action for the idea is that its pitched in a production company, where the writer and production company will talk about potential cast members, budget costs and over-all profits.

Development Finances

In this stage, the studio makes an account for the writer's idea; this is where the studio and writer get potential funding for his/her rough idea to be turned into a final script ready for production.
In order, for the idea to be funded the producer has to either pursued for the money to produce the idea or the studio tries to sell broadcast rights in order to gain money.

Script Development

When the Development Finance is secured to make the idea into a film, firstly the writer will make a synopsis, then the writer and producer(s) will discuss and agree to the key events that will occur in the film.
Also in this stage, a date will be set for the first draft of the script for the film and sometimes writer(s) struggle to meet to this deadline. Every draft done is sent to the investors to look at and review the ideas. As well as they can add their own ideas to the draft.
Once the final draft is done, then the writers get their payment and the script is ready for filming.

Packaging

The script is finally packaged into a full commercial proposition. The producer(s) and the director discuss the investments for the film, as they are reviewed and exploit; such as general film sales and advertising rights. The casting for the film is successful done in this stage and a budget is drawn up accurately to turn the film-production into a genuine business, that is propositional for both the investors and people, who's going to help with filming and the making of the idea.
As well as the departmental professionals will discuss the potential finance may occur in making the film.

Financing

The producer(s) look at and cater their targeted audience for the film by researching, and sometimes the producer(s) may have to travel for financial purposes.  Lawyers get involved in making investments official and legally bound to make the finance legal.
Sometimes if producer(s) and director are struggling with the funding specific loans to film-making, then they may have to borrow money from banks. Investors feel it necessary to have an insurance is in place, as this insurance is an act for a legal safety net for the investors money.
After funds are completely verified, the 'Green-light' is given by the studio for the producer(s) and the making of the film begins.

Pre-Production

The storyboard, the design and the special effects planning is begun in this stage for the making of the film. As all the finances are put together for features for the film as they're based on the budget.

The Shoot

In this stage, a chain of command is established to make sure that all things are taking place on the set. All costumes and accessories are established on the set, from make-up vans to acting areas. And the actors and actress do their part in the making of the film to make it a success. Also this is the key part of film making.

Post- Production

After all the filming is completed, the editors, the producer(s), the director looks at the footage, and edit or cut parts of the footage to make the final version of the film. Before they go to the next stage and let the press get involve with the film.

Sales

The interest for the film is done up, as a trailer for the film is created showing the footage that will be seen by audiences in the film itself. And the film is taken to the market and certain screening is taken place. The producer tries to sell his/her new film to a distributor to help to sell the film to the public.

Marketing

During this stage, the press gets involve with the film as they try to help with promoting the film.
The targeted audience impacts of how the new film is marketed as it depends on the footage and things is shown in the film. Also other ways such as adverts and the internet is used to promote the film.

Exhibition

A premier is taken place for an exclusive audience, such as high profile actors and actress, the producer(s), the director and special guests comes to the film's premier. This is always done on the 'red carpet' as its a way to interest the general public to watch the new film. Therefore shortly the film is released to the general public to watch.

Other Windows

Along with the new film released, merchandise may be released to help to make some money for the film. Another way is that the film will probably be released on DVD or/and a game will be created as its base on the film. Or a sequel to the film may be made or in production to continue on the story of the original (first) film.

Done by Shaun Hardwick.
Information was taken from, but not copied from the internet by writing in 'film production process flow chart' as I look at previous media student's work to help me with completing the task for my thriller - In Thus Life.

Done by Shaun Hardwick

Brief Histroy of thriller films

Done By Shaun Hardwick

Textual Analysis of Se7en

Planning for ' In Thus Life'

' In Thus Life'
This film is a new upcoming fiction thriller film.
Production Company: DarkSkies

PLOT:
Set in today's society about a man, who lives two lives- one as a happy, in love man and the other as a mysterious psycho killer. In the end, the man will decide which life does he want to live and forget the other.

 This scene grabs shows the mind map, that was created to show the ideas and themes in which could be included within the film. Such as the budget, the crew for filming and the Actors/Actress who will appear somewhere as the characters who is in the film.

In the video clip from Youtube, shows the mind map being shown and talk through stating the planning for the new thriller movie - "In Thus Life".

To watch the Youtube clip, just click onto the hyperlink and watch the planning for the film being talk through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrJn-m31eYg&list=UUht5fxUjha19_XNfG0mi2EA

Or watch the video down below.

Thrillers

What is a thriller?
A thriller is a board genre of literature, film, gaming and television.
It includes numerous often overlapping sub - genres.

The ingredients to make a thriller successful:
- fast paced
- frequent action
- resourceful heroes,  who must thwart the plans of more powerful and better equipped villains

Literary devices that used within thrillers:
Suspense
Red herrings
Cliff - hangers
Cheap surprise
False ending
Make the thriller personal
Theatre of the mind

Different types of thrillers:
- Spy thriller                         - Horror thriller
- Political thriller                 - Erotic thriller
- Military thriller                  - Disaster thriller
- Forensic thriller                - Crime thriller
- Conspiracy thriller           - Legal thriller
- Medical thriller
- Psychological thriller

Characteristics of a Thriller:

Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories,  but are distinguished by the structure of their plots.  In a thriller,  the hero must thwart the plans of an enemy rather than uncover a crime that has already happened.

Thrillers occur on a much grander scale.

Standard plots elements including a sense of jeopardy and violent confrontations.

In the original thrillers, there is always a Protagonist and Antagonist (Good versus Evil), however in today's thrillers, this wasn't used as in these thrillers; a new term is used " Levi Straves".
Some examples are now used in some thrillers:
- Individual versus Origination
- City Dweller versus Country Villagers
- Weak versus Powerful
- Living versus The Dead

In most thrillers towards the ending of the film a climax occurs, as this will lead to further future films to continue the story of the first film. Such as will the Antagonist's son will seek revenge of the Protagonist.

Locations

Most thrillers take place within foreign cities, deserts, churches, subways, polar regions, high seas and a forest or wood.

Research of a film- TAKEN

Taken is an English-language French Thriller, as the plot behind the film is that a cop, who's lost his job has to go to France to find his kidnapped daughter and kill the people, who took her.
This film is a conspiracy thriller, as the father is the "individual" who fights against a large origination of people, who kidnaps young girls especially daughters and sell them for money and pleasure. As well as this film was also a Forensic thriller as the father was a nearly retired CIA agent. The characteristics of this film is that the thriller is moving at a fast-paced to keep the audience interested with the movie, also has standard plot's elements of jeopardy and violent confrontations. Furthermore, "Taken" is mostly set within Paris, France however some of the filming is done in Los Angeles, USA.  In additional, the thriller has the correct ingredients of a thriller such as "Taken" has a resourceful hero which is "Liam Neeson", who thwarts to find his daughter and stop the kidnappers from taking anymore young girls.

Including the film is set out to make the thriller personal, as the story is based on a family trying to find their kidnapped daughter. As a result, the film "Taken" received " 7.9 out of 10" - ( this statement was taken from the IMDb film review of Taken) and was a successful thriller in the year 2008.


In my main tasks

I have to create an opening to a new fiction film thriller. In group's choice, we will make a psychological/horror thriller, the opening to this new film has to be a maximum of two minutes long.
The planning is worth 20 marks.
The filming is worth 40 marks.
The evaluation of the film is worth 20 marks.

So the opening of the film in total is worth 80 marks.

Evaluation of preliminary task - THE PACKAGE

THE PRELIMINARY TASK EVALUATION OF THE FILM- 'THE PACKAGE'.

The PowerPoint presentation of the film's evaluation is on the Slideshare website; therefore the following link below goes to the PowerPoint on my Slideshare account with the site.
Some of the photographs is taken from the film itself, and some of them are videos showing the way that we used that's be stated in the annotation.


http://www.slideshare.net/Sharksheep/the-package-evoluation-40720235

 

 

 

 

The Package

Watch the film and enjoy as lots of work has been committed towards the filming of the short 4 minute film.

This is the old version of the short film- THE PACKAGE.
As the short film has gone into editing to be cut down and made shorten.

 The new version of THE PACKAGE, follow the video below.

Storyboard of the thriller

Storyboard for new film The Package

In these photographs shows the storyboard for the short film, as we have visual planned how the opening to the short film would look like.

These storyboards of the short film will be used when filming the short film as they will remind us or tell us of what the next shot for the short film should look like before we filmed the shot.

 

 

The task that's worth 10% of my grade in AS Level.

In the past week, we were given a task that is worth 10% of our AS Level grade.
This task was to create some clips of a movie that does include the following:

A person walking down a corridor.
A person opening a door.
A person sitting on a chair or stool in front of another person and deliver some speech.

This was the main things we needed to show in our short movie of clips,  and anything else we could add to make the short movie more exciting.

We used a range of different shot angles such as close - up,  tilt shot, low angle and high angle shots as well as more.

Even we used some costume to make the main character of the short movie of clips better.

Post- Production

Post- Production

I have learnt that Post-Production happens after you start to filming your movie.
Post-Production includes:
- Editing
- Publication
- Short Evaluation

Whilst in the post-production, the director, the producers and script writers can sit down and watch their film in full. This allows them to see does the filming meet their storyboard and what they want out of the filming, that successfully meet the targeted audience and the best results.
As well as deleting  any unwanted scenes that doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the movie or taking them out to be put in the extended version of the film.

This is the last stage of film production,  the sound, editing and titling is completed during this process.


On this past week, I have been watching Utopia Series 2 episode 1.
I have learnt that Utopia is a Sci-fi series that is centres around a mismatched group who discovers a global conspiracy in a comic book. Unlike any other TV show on Channel 4 this thriller uses hyper-real violence in a use of colour.
In order to replicate the graphic novel's bold aesthetic,  the director Marc Munden turned to the Technicolor palette of 1950s Hollywood.
Like comic-book artists,  Munden and colourist Aidan Darrell carefully colour correct each shot in post-production.  The colour palette for series 2 aiming Monday 14th July onwards.

In series 2, they afford to dress the sets in more yellows, cyans and magentas so in post-production they can make them bolder.

Titling practice

Framing a shot: practice with stills

1. LS USING LEADING LINES
CREATES THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT, AND THE
EMOTION OF WONDER AND THRILL IN THE AUDIENCE
AS THEY WILL BE DETERMINED TO WATCH
WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS.

 

2. LONG SHOT
USED TO AN OPENING OF THE FILM, SETS THE LOCATION OR STARTING LOCATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE FILM/STORY.

CLOSE UP USING THE RULE OF THIRDS
CLOSE UP OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S FACE SHOWING THEIR EMOTION AND
FEELINGS AT THE MOMENT OF THE SHOT.
MOSTLY ITS AN SHOT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S FACE AND SHOULDERS, HOWEVER SOMETIMES THE INDIVIDUAL'S FACE ONLY.

THREE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
Focuses on one thing that's is very important at the moment of the film, this show is used when two or more characters in the film is meeting up at that location and shows the different angles they enter the site. For examples; one person enters from the right- handed side of the sculpture, then another enters from the left-handed side of the sculpture and both are meeting at the centre of the sculpture.

ECU- EXTREME CLOSE UP
SHOWS THE EMOTION AND FEELING OF THE FACE OR IMPORTANT OBJECT IN THE FILM.
OR USED IN THE OPENING OF THE FILM TO BE AN STARTING POINT OF IMPORTANTS WITHIN THE FILM, FOR EXAMPLES IN A MURDER, THRILLER FILM THE KNIFE THAT KILLS SOMEONE, AS IT SAYING TO THE AUDIENCE WHO'S THIS KNIFE BELONGS TO. THIS WILL CREATE THE THRILL AND MYSTERY OF THE FILM AND ATTRACTS THE AUDIENCE'S  ATTENDION TO WATCH THE FILM.

MEDIUM SHOT (MS) USING LEADING LINES
SAME AS A LONG SHOT USING LEADING LINES HOWEVER THE MEDIUM SHOT IS MORE FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL WITH LITTLE BACKGROUND.
BUT STILL SHOWS THE DIRECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S MOVEMENT IN THE MOVIE.

 

LS- LOW ANGLE SHOT
CREATES THE INDIVIDUAL OR OBJECT DOMINANT IN THE SHOT, THAT THE PERSON OR OBJECT IS IMPORTANT AND FOCUS OF THAT MOMENT IN THE FILM. SHOWS THE PERSON'S EMOTION AND FEELINGS AT THAT MOMENT OF THE SHOT, CREATES A SCARY, THRILLING ATMOSPHERE AS SHOWN OF THE FACE OF THE PERSON.

ESTABLISHING SHOT
SHOWS THE PROBLEM OR SETTING IN THE MOVIE, THAT CREATES A THRILLING, ACTION ATMOSPHERE.