This is a short clip explaining the opening shot in our film opening and how we will go about doing it. The camera will be moved to focus on the character in the back of the car, who will be one of the antagonists in our opening. In order to improve the quality of this particular shot, we will use adequate lighting and good camera work through a medium of a quality camera. To summarise, we learnt a lot about what we can improve in this shot at the start of our film opening and that it was a successful test shot.
Thursday, 8 December 2016
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Representation Conventions
When planning our film opening, it is important to consider the representation of it through the costume, setting, lighting, camerawork and mise-en-scene.
Costumes
The dealers of the package will wear dark suits to suggest that they are professional and know what they are doing. However, the dark colour of the suits will suggest that they are shady characters.
The protagonist will wear a white hoodie which will create enigma around the character and make the audience want to know what their true identity is. In addition, the colour white will suggest that they are innocent and a good character.
Setting
The main location of our film is going to be a car park building in Banbury town centre and the area surrounding it. We consider this to be the best setting as most of our target audience will relate to it. This is because most of our audience probably live in towns and use their town centre regularly. Therefore, this will make our audience think that our film opening could happen in a real-life situation as they can relate to our setting because they probably live in towns.
The exchange is going to happen in a car park because it creates an element of privacy and ensures that the public and authorities won't see it happen. Furthermore, the exchange is going to be hijacked so it will result in a car chase. Therefore, it makes sense to have the exchange set in a car park building.
Lighting
In our film opening, we will use high-level lighting for parts of our opening scene that are not inside the car park building. This is because we want the lighting in our film to seem as realistic as possible and we want the audience to see lighting that is realistic. However, if we get all the filming done in a single day, we can just use natural lighting for the parts of our film opening as the lighting won't change drastically. If it isn't possible to do this, we will definitely use high-level lighting to ensure that the lighting for the outside parts of our opening scene is consistent. This is because we want our audience to know that our opening was professionally made.
For the parts of our opening that are in the car park building, we will use some low-key lighting. This because we want to create a shady effect around the dealers in order to create enigma and mystery surrounding them. In addition, we want the audience to suspect the dealers as possibly shady characters and keep them intrigued in our film opening as they would want to find out more about them and what dodgy business or crimes they are going to commit.
Camerawork
In our film opening, we will mostly use tracking shots, especially during the car chase. This is because we want our audience to be able to keep up with the fast-paced parts of our film opening and be entertained at the same time. We will also use match-on-action during the car chase in order to maintain continuity in our film opening. This will also make it easier for our audience to understand that the car chase is quite lengthy and fast-paced as the cars won't be in frame for that long. Furthermore, we also use an establishing shot to display the outside of the car park and then we will pan the camera upwards towards the part of the building in which the exchange. This will make our audience understand that that is were the exchange is taking place.
We also use low-angle shots of the dealers to make them seem more powerful than the recipient of the package. In addition, a lot of close-ups will be used to effectively capture the tension happening in our film opening. Some of the close ups will be of the characters changing gears, applying brakes and pressing accelerator pedals and clutches to truly capture the high tension and emotion of our opening scene.
Mise-en-scene
Firstly, we will have an expensive sedan car (like a BMW or Mercedes) which will be used by the dealers. This is because we want the audience to know that it is a relatively fast car, therefore, it will be suitable for a fast-paced car chase. It will also suggest that the dealers are relatively rich and infer that they have done previous deals which they received good money for doing.
The dealers will also have guns to show that they are capable of killing other people and that they seem more in power and control over people that do not have firearms. The protagonist in our film will wear casual clothing because we want him to represent an average teenager. We also feel that this will empower teenagers watching our film to do something that seems impossible but can be done.
Costumes
The dealers of the package will wear dark suits to suggest that they are professional and know what they are doing. However, the dark colour of the suits will suggest that they are shady characters.
The protagonist will wear a white hoodie which will create enigma around the character and make the audience want to know what their true identity is. In addition, the colour white will suggest that they are innocent and a good character.
Setting
The main location of our film is going to be a car park building in Banbury town centre and the area surrounding it. We consider this to be the best setting as most of our target audience will relate to it. This is because most of our audience probably live in towns and use their town centre regularly. Therefore, this will make our audience think that our film opening could happen in a real-life situation as they can relate to our setting because they probably live in towns.
The exchange is going to happen in a car park because it creates an element of privacy and ensures that the public and authorities won't see it happen. Furthermore, the exchange is going to be hijacked so it will result in a car chase. Therefore, it makes sense to have the exchange set in a car park building.
Lighting
In our film opening, we will use high-level lighting for parts of our opening scene that are not inside the car park building. This is because we want the lighting in our film to seem as realistic as possible and we want the audience to see lighting that is realistic. However, if we get all the filming done in a single day, we can just use natural lighting for the parts of our film opening as the lighting won't change drastically. If it isn't possible to do this, we will definitely use high-level lighting to ensure that the lighting for the outside parts of our opening scene is consistent. This is because we want our audience to know that our opening was professionally made.
For the parts of our opening that are in the car park building, we will use some low-key lighting. This because we want to create a shady effect around the dealers in order to create enigma and mystery surrounding them. In addition, we want the audience to suspect the dealers as possibly shady characters and keep them intrigued in our film opening as they would want to find out more about them and what dodgy business or crimes they are going to commit.
Camerawork
In our film opening, we will mostly use tracking shots, especially during the car chase. This is because we want our audience to be able to keep up with the fast-paced parts of our film opening and be entertained at the same time. We will also use match-on-action during the car chase in order to maintain continuity in our film opening. This will also make it easier for our audience to understand that the car chase is quite lengthy and fast-paced as the cars won't be in frame for that long. Furthermore, we also use an establishing shot to display the outside of the car park and then we will pan the camera upwards towards the part of the building in which the exchange. This will make our audience understand that that is were the exchange is taking place.
We also use low-angle shots of the dealers to make them seem more powerful than the recipient of the package. In addition, a lot of close-ups will be used to effectively capture the tension happening in our film opening. Some of the close ups will be of the characters changing gears, applying brakes and pressing accelerator pedals and clutches to truly capture the high tension and emotion of our opening scene.
Mise-en-scene
Firstly, we will have an expensive sedan car (like a BMW or Mercedes) which will be used by the dealers. This is because we want the audience to know that it is a relatively fast car, therefore, it will be suitable for a fast-paced car chase. It will also suggest that the dealers are relatively rich and infer that they have done previous deals which they received good money for doing.
The dealers will also have guns to show that they are capable of killing other people and that they seem more in power and control over people that do not have firearms. The protagonist in our film will wear casual clothing because we want him to represent an average teenager. We also feel that this will empower teenagers watching our film to do something that seems impossible but can be done.
Casting Callouts
Within our film opening, there are 4 roles that need to played by different actors. In order to appeal to actors to star in our film opening, we produced casting callouts to find the best possible and hopefully ideal actors that fit in all the different roles within our narrative and best fit in with what we are looking for.
Protaganist:
We are currently casting for a male protagonist aged between 15 and 18 to act in our film. You will need to be between the height of 5ft 10" and 6ft 1". The characteristics you will need is to be quite dominant and at audition improvise a short scene of a chase between two characters. For this role you will need to have strong athletic ability with limited disabilities and can be of any ethnicity.
Antagonist:
We are currently casting for a male antagonist who is middle aged and of a height around 6ft 2' being any ethnicity. The audition for this role would involve improvising an exchange of a briefcase between two shady characters. You must be dominant and be able to assert authority well through the use of body language. The costume for this role would involve wearing a dark suit.
Others:
We are currently casting for two male henchmen to play a minor acting role in our film. The actors must be around middle aged and be of a height above six foot, as well as be able to drive. You can be of any ethnicity and have limited disabilities. In audition, you will need to improvise a dominant walk with a briefcase as well as a small car scene.
Casting Conventions
In our group, we brainstormed what our ideal protagonist and antagonist would be for our film opening. This then helped us produce call-outs to find actors that best suited the roles within our film opening.
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Location Recce
Our main location for our film opening will be the Castle Quay car park building in Banbury because this is where the exchange of a briefcase will be happening in our film opening. We will film this part in the dark as we want to create a feeling of tension during the exchange of the briefcase because we want to conform to some of the conventions of thriller which are low-lighting and high-tension.
It will roughly take us about 10-20 minutes to arrive at our location as we will most likely travel by car and because all of us live near Banbury. We will probably be filming on location for about 2 hours as we also want to include a time lapse from day to night as a transition within our film opening. In order to film our time lapse, we will have to place our camera on top of a tripod and ensure that it stays in position until it the time lapse is complete. The main reason for filming this part of the film opening at night is that we want to have low-key lighting in the scene to create tension during the exchange and to emphasise that it is a key part of our film opening.
Main Task Planner - Film Opening
- Logline (25 word summary): Two opposing gangs exchange a mysterious briefcase in a sketchy setting, however, a stand alone hero thinks otherwise
- Synopsis/Narrative: Two opposing characters meet to do an exchange of a package unaware of a third adversary who is ready to steal it. Once the exchange is complete, the interceptor chases the dealer for the package and the opening ends with him catching him
- Audience: 15 years of age because of the conventions of our chosen genre, action-thriller
- Representation: Dark clothing to surround the characters with mystery and not inform the audience of their true identities
- Sound: Dramatic music (non-diegetic sound) starting from when the interceptor receives the text message, building up tension. Little dialogue apart from at the beginning when travelling to the location of the exchange
- Mise-en-scene: We will choose the appropriate props and arrange the scene in the best way we can in order to match the descriptions of each scene
- Setting/Costume and Props: Our film opening will be based in the setting of a multi-storey car park and the surrounding area. The costume used will be dark clothing and suits to make the film opening seem as realistic as possible
- Acting: We will acquire the best possible actors to play the roles in our film opening. We will consider different actors and the positives and negatives of their ability to act in our film opening
- Lighting: We will use low-key lighting in our film opening because we want to conform with the conventions of action-thriller, our chosen genre. This may take time to set up correctly in order to make it look as best as possible
- Editing: During post-production, we will use continuity editing so that the narrative of our film opening is clear and easy to understand for our target audience
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