CONSTRUCTION

25/10/14 | CONSTRUCTION |

On the 25^th October the two members of my group Eddie and Ryan filmed the opening sequence to the film. The only props that were needed were the duct tape and package envelope. Throughout the scene Eddie was filming whilst Ryan played the actor needed in the scene. The scene was about a package being secretly wrapped with duct tape and hidden under clothing. The sequence was filmed over an afternoon. By doing our shot list we had analysed the exact shots needed for the scene that would cause the build-up of tension that we desired. The use of our story board allowed us to plan the exact scenes needed for the sequence. However when filming the lighting did provide some problems.  

PLANNING | OUR PRODUCTION COMPANY

| PLANNING | OUR PRODUCTION COMPANY

When brainstorming name ideas for our production company we decided that our name would have to be short, catchy and memorable. It needed to stick in the audiences mind as well as be professional. We struggled to find a simple name that had a professional and serious touch. We came up with a few names under the title of ‘Loyal’. They were:

·         Loyal studios

·         Loyal Productions

We chose the title loyal as we decided it was professional and catchy, people would remember it.

PLANNING | OUR FILM TITLE CREDITS

15/10/14 | PLANNING | OUR FILM TITLE CREDITS

I went back to the Art of the Title to research how the professionals portray their credits in their openings to their films. We wanted to find out how they did them and what they included in the credits. We looked through many different examples, doing this gave us a variety of fonts and useful ideas for our credits. Some of the credits that caught our eye and that we could integrate into our credits were: Directed by, Editing Director, Producer, Music by, Film Director, the staring actors and our film name.

The order:

1.    Directed by….

2.    Produced by….

3.    Music supervisor

4.    Production Company

5.    Film title

The numbers portray the order in which we want to show our credits. Whilst researching it was clear that a lot of professional companies used varying fonts, for example

John SMITH

The text is also in the same colour to leave a professional touch and it makes it clear to the audience that this is a part of the credits.

PLANNING | OUR FLM TITLE

15/10/14 | PLANNING | OUR FILM TITILE

When brainstorming film title ideas within our group we managed to whittle down our ideas to four main ones. We took a liking to these four titles as they are catchy, short and memorable. However the main reason was that these four words link to our film story. Each defines a different way of processing a parcel, because in our film the boy is the courier, conveyor, porter or carrier of the parcel.

·         The courier

·         The conveyor

·         The porter

·         The carrier

RESEARCH | TV FILM OPENING ANALYSIS: Zen

10/9/14 | RESEARCH | TV FILM OPENING ANALYSIS: Zen

Zen (BBC1 2011 Sunday evenings) is an excellent example of a crime/detective drama series whose opening efficiently establishes its genre, locations, themes and tone right from the start. You know that it is a crime drama because it opens with a dramatic theme tune in the background. The theme tune is mysterious and intriguing. It also includes men dressed in sophisticated black tie suits and their faces are covered by black sun-glasses. The crime genre is also established through scenes such as the repeated guns and shots of the Questura whom which are the Italian police headquarters.

Italianicity is conveyed through repeated colours that assemble the colours of the Italian flag (red, white, green). We also receive an idea of the location as this is established through the constant shots of the iconic Roman buildings such as the dome of St Peters which towers over the Vatican. The building styles are iconic to Italy.

 

Fiat Cinquecento cars whom which are an Italian brand, are stacked up in parking spaces which connotes the crowded city of Rome. The colour codes of the Italian flag again are featured, which connotes Italy.

 

PLANNING | CALL SHEET

11/11/14 | PLANNING | CALL SHEET

Call Sheet

GCSE Media Studies Call Sheet for (The Courier/the Conveyor)

Shoot date: 25/10/14 – first scene shoot date

Location: Eddies house- 25 Cranes Park Avenue, Surbiton

 

Silvermere Equestrian Centre- Redhill Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1EQ - England, UK

 

Walton River

 

Crew: Eddie Peel:                     07*********       -       eddie.****@hotmail.com

Crew: Florence Selwood:        07*********       -       florence_**@hotmail.com

Crew: Ryan Evans:                   07*********        -       ryan.****@hotmail.com

Camera equipment

-          Canon EOS 60D

Lighting equipment

-          Natural lighting

-          Artificial lighting in a home

Props

-          Gun

-          Package

-          Object to fill package to ensure it floats

-          Duct tape to wrap the package

Wardrobe [Florence Selwood- Girlfriend]

-          Jeans

-          White top

-          Jumper

Wardrobe [Ryan Evans- victim]

-          Grey Skinny Jeans

-          Maroon top

-          Black jacket

-          Vans shoes

Wardrobe [Eddie Peel- male attacker]

-          Suit

 

 

 

 

 

PLANNING | SHOTLIST

12/11/14| PLANNING | SHOT LIST

SOUND	VISION	ACTORS	PROPS	NOTES
§  Duck-tape tearing	We will film a teenage from behind just showing his back and a cluttered desk. Zoom into his hand packaging the parcel whilst grabbing an object out of a draw. Zoom into the complete parcel.	§  Ryan Evans	§  Teenagers bedroom §  Duck-tape §  Envelope/parcel	The lighting needs to be quite dark but light focused on the desk and what he is doing.
Background music in boys bedroom	We will see speakers in the background but not necessarily focused on it.	No actors needed	§  Speakers §  Desk § Teenager bedroom	The lighting will be the same thought out the entire scene in the boy bedroom.
Rustling in a draw	Zoom into his hand (still standing back facing the camera and focus on his hand reaching into a draw and get an object and zoom out to make sure you don’t see what is coming out of the draw	§  Ryan Evans	§  Same setting as before §  Desk with a draw	The point of this is to create suspense as the audience will not know what he has picked out the draw and put into the package.
Final piece of duct tape	His back is still facing the camera and you see his pulling the duct tape so it out clear to see I the shot and take up the final piece of the package by doing a pan around him so it is focused on the package on the desk.	§  Ryan Evans	§  Desk §  Package §  Teenagers room (same setting)	All you should see in the panning shot if the middle section of his body and the package on the desk
Heavy breathing looking in mirror	We will turn the camera so it is facing into a mirror and he will turn his head facing the mirror not knowing the camera is there so we can see his face and emotions.	§  Ryan Evans	§  Same setting as before §  Mirror	The reason we are doing this is so the audience can see his face and look at the fear in his facial expression.
Tucking it under his shirt	The next shot will be him lifting up his shirt to tuck this package into his trousers and then quickly pull it down to make sure no one can see it	§  Ryan Evans	§  In the middle of his room now but same setting and lighting §  Appropriate clothing	This is so it shows he is getting ready to go somewhere
Footsteps walking out of the room	The final shot of this particular scene in the bedroom will be a close up of his hand turning off the speakers and then a quick change to his legs/feet walking out the room, closing the door behind him	§  Ryan Evans	§  Same setting as before §  Speakers	The reason we do this is to emphasis that he is leaving his bedroom to go somewhere
Walking down the stairs, thumping sounds of someone walking down the stairs	The first shot will be from the top of the stairs at a low angle shot of him going down the stairs. The next will be at the bottom of the stair case of him rushing past to the hall way.	§  Ryan Evans	§  it will be outside of his room and bright light §  Stair case	This will be quick fast pace to create suspension and to see where he is going
The slam of the door closing	When Ryan comes down the stair he will be in the hall way getting ready by making sure his hairs all good and putting on a jacket to make sure the package is secure and his hidden we will do this by doing an over the shoulder shot in the mirror and then a up close shot of his hand zipping up his jacket and pulling it down so the package isn’t visible.	·        Ryan Evans	·        A zip up jacket ·        A hall way with a mirror	This will also by quite fast pasted flipping from shot to shot to show that he is getting ready to go out somewhere and build some tension.
Door slamming shut	The in the final shot of this scene it will be of Ryan leaving the house. We will show this by having the camera placed in the hall way and him opening the door and walking out side. Then the final shot will be a close up shot of his hand closing the door from the outside.	·        Ryan Evans	·        Same setting in the hall way ·        A door	This will be at a normal pace of him actually opening and closing a door.

PLANNING | LOCATIONS

11/11/14| PLANNING | LOCATIONS

In our title sequence we decided on three key areas. They are:

-          Eddies House- 25 Cranes Park Avenue, Surbiton

We decided on Eddie’s house because we needed the male character (Ryan) to leave his house and Eddie had a classic teenage boy’s bedroom which made the film more realistic. If we used my house we would have had to use my brother’s bedroom and he is of a different age group so it wouldn’t have been as realistic.

-          Silvermere Equestrian Centre- horse- Redhill Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1EQ - England, UK

We chose Silvermere Equestrian Centre as a location because I have access to a horse there and including a horse into our film will make it iconic as not many people have done it before. This would gain us more credit for using creative ideas and resources.

-          Walton River- Walton river, Surrey

Walton River was chosen as a location because we needed a river for the male character to fall into when he got shot. Walton River is close to both me and Ryan’s home therefore making it easy to access to. It also contains some bridleways and pathways running alongside that make it perfect for the character to fall into the river convincingly.

PLANNING | TREATMENT

10/9/14 | PLANNING | TREATMENT

Scene one of our film opening will include a man in his bedroom getting a parcel prepared by placing an object inside and wrapping it. However the audience will not be able to see the object placed inside but the idea would be that they can see something being put inside. We will achieve this by shooting him pulling an object out of a bag and then showing him wrapping the parcel. To add effect we want to include the crisp sound of duct tape being teared to conclude that he is wrapping up his parcel. The idea that the audience do not know what is inside this parcel creates suspense which draws the viewers in. This will all be shot from the rear/behind the man. We then want to include a mirror scene where you can see the tension, uncertainty and fear in the man’s face and how he quickly resolves this and recovers to put on a stress-free face.

We then see the subject placing the parcel in a pocket or a place of hiding and we watch as he pulls a jacket on to disguise the parcel. We will include a viewpoint shot where the camera will look down and see the parcel before it is briskly covered up and the jacket is smoothen down to ensure it is hidden.

The 3rd scene will include a date between the boy and his girlfriend. This scene will include a musical soundtrack and will not have any dialogue. We wish to just include the boy looking happy, relaxed and unworried amongst the presence of his girlfriend. We do not want to include any dialogue as we feel we can deliver our message of the scene through body language and facial expressions to spare time for further scenes. This date could be located in a public area, ideally a river way.

The male subject will then get a text and the camera will switch to a viewpoint shot where we can read to text. It will read ‘Where is my package’ this will then be followed by a nervous and anxious reaction from the boy. He then proceeds to end his afternoon with his girlfriend and proceeds to walk further down the river. This scene will include the only dialogue between the boy and his girlfriend as he tells her he had to leave.

Next the male receives another text saying ‘I can see you’. This created panic and includes sound effects such as the beating of a heart and upbeat, tense music to create suspense amongst the audience and we wish to edit the scenery into a ‘blurred vision’ style. In the next scene the male gets shot by a mysterious man as he falls into the river in slow motion. The camera then begins to pan from the floating body over towards the package that has left the victim’s body and we watch it float down the river.

We wish for the audience to wonder what is in the package and to be curious as to what happens next in the film. We want them to wonder who killed the man, why did it happen and what was in that package that caused his death.