pre-production planning

Over the the past few days, and over the next week or so, our group are doing of our pre-production planning.
We have split the jobs ups between us so that we all do something to help out.

Storyboarding is being done by Chelsea and Shaun.
The shooting script is being done by me.
The script/stage directions is being written by Laura

Practise

Today we have practised for the exam. We did not do a full practise but we had watched a 1min and and half  clip of a film and we all looked at different aspects of the film, for example i looked at mise en scene. i compared my answers with other people who was also looking at mise en scene.

Main ideas continued

We were givin two sheets of paper to fill out.
One sheet was for the script for shooting and another is for the storyboard.
We split up into groups to what we would do, seeing as Laura cound not make it today I am working on the script for shooting and Shaun and Chelsea are working on the storyboard.

Main production ideas

Today we are going to talk about our main production. The things that we are sorting out are the script for shooting and we are working on making a better storyboard.

Ideas for main project

Costume ideas
The things that we will be wearing will be suits, so things like ties,
-Jackets,
-Trilby/Beanie hats,
-Smart shoes,
-Red heels.

                   

film observation study

Yesterday, i was given a task of watching a 2-3 min clip of a film and we had to analyse it. The things that we had to analyse were: Setting and Props, Costume, hair and make-up, Facial expressions and body language, Lighting and colour, and postioning of characters and objects within a frame.

The clip i chose to analyse was a scene from Batman, Dark Knight.

Opening to films

Here is some opening to films



The Godfather is a classic opening of a gangster film. The setting is dark to represent badness in the gangsters the light shows a little bit of the gangsters face shdoesnt fully reveal hte face of but gives an idea of that the gangster isnt isnt up to to anything good. The gangsters were pretty much all black to blend in with the darkness, this is done to show that they blend in the darkness to hide.

Codes and Convensions

Codes and Conventions are what makes up the film.

Here is what the codes and convensions are in a ganster film:

The opening scene in a ganster film :

• Sets the scene of what is going on  
• Introduces main characters. What they are like, the sort of things they
• Creates an enigma/suspense to keep the audience interested
• A crime happens to set the story for the rest of the film

Codes Of A Ganster Type Film:

• Dark nightclubs
• Lots of money
• Normally film-noir
• Fast cars 
• Tommy guns
• Crowded city
• smoking (cigars, ciggerates etc)

Conventions Of A Ganster Film:

• Characters are usually operate outside of the law.
• Characters are usaully criminals (normally tend to be bank robbers) 
• Criminals struggle to Gloryfy against the other rivals
• A crime happens at the beginning and the storyline of the film follows how the victim's/criminal's trebulations which follow after the crime
• The criminals are always caught at the end  of the film

Characters Of A Ganster Film:

• They are Matrialistic and Street-smart
• They are Immoral
• They are criminals who work in gangs, Every gang has a 'history' and rivalry with another gang or criminal
• Most(If not all) of the criminals are tough on the outside, however they can express sensitivity

Main ideas

Here is a powerpoint slide which Shaun harrison has created to show our idea for our main project.

ideas and planning for main project.

Today we are diccussing ideas for our main idea.
We are discussing things like scenes, characters and other things aswell.

Juno Editing

Today we are editing our version of the Juno opening.
We will edit our own versions and then we analyse them when we have finished.

Juno part 2

Even though i could not join the others, because i had a meeting to go to, Chelsea, Laura and Shaun met up on Wednesday of this week to finish off filming.

Juno

To practise filming and getting used to the acting and the way the camera works etc. We stated to film our version of the opening to Juno. I brought a 4 pint carton of juice and on friday afternoon we started filming. Laura is playing the part of Juno. We havent finished yet but we are going to meet up after school one time this week to finish it.

Music/sound

Another thing we learned on Thursday was music/sound.
We learned about Diagetic and Non- Diagetic sound.

Diagetic sounds are sounds that can be heared from within the scene itself, for example footsteps, conversation etc. Diagetic sounds can be used to provide clean transitions from one image to the next.

Non diagetic sounds are unnatural sounds that are not within the scene itself, e.g. background music when there is no jukebox or stereo. Voiceovers and sound effects (car noises, explosives etc)are other examples of a non-diagetic sound.

Colour

On Thursday we learned about colour.
We learned about how different colours shows different things:

Black- Power,sophistication, depth,, formality, wealth, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness,  style, evil, sadness, remorse, anger, anonymity, underground, mourning, death (western cultures).

Red-  Aggression, Strength,danger, fire, blood, war and violence.
Pink- , romance, excitement, love

Purple- Royalty, Nobility, spiritually, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, wisdom
Beige-  Quiet, Pleasantness, Calm
 
Blue- Peace, Tranquillity, cold, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conversation, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty.

Yellow- Joy, Happiness, Betrayal, Idealism, Imagination, Hope, Sunshine, Philosophy,  Cowardice, Jealousy, Conventousness, Deceit, Illness and hazard.

Green- Nature,  Healthy, luck,  youth, spring, generosity, fertility,enjoyment, jealousy, envy.

Brown- Stability, hearth, home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, comfort.

White- Reverence, purity, birth, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, snow, good, sterility, marriage (western cultures), Death (eastern cultures), Cold, clinical.