Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Main Task:Pre-Production-Location Pictures
LOCATION
Here are our location pictures, you can see why we had porblems shooting because of the fact there are no street lamps at all that are near set. it was good in a way, because there was no people interupting us while we were filming. I think if i was to do this again i would find somewhere that could be lite well and as well somewhere that was inside, our actors and us were very cold the whole time which means we rushed a bit because it got so cold and we had no way to warm up, we didnt ask actors either to bring extra clothes because we didnt predict that it would be cold.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Main Task-Post-Production
8th March
Today we started editing, we have discoverd some shots havent been done correctly, so we are planning to edit extremly way to make up for the mistakes we made whilst filming. We have edited the beginging of it so far, we hoping to come during a indepentant study periods to touch it up some more and carry on editing.
Today we started editing, we have discoverd some shots havent been done correctly, so we are planning to edit extremly way to make up for the mistakes we made whilst filming. We have edited the beginging of it so far, we hoping to come during a indepentant study periods to touch it up some more and carry on editing.
Main Task:Pre-Production-Diary Entries
Jan 25th.....
In my group is Katie Tangl&Beth Wilson we did a mind map about what we were going to do in our film noir, we looked up some locations and if it was possible for all of us to get there, as well as some numbers for the places. Also while mind mapping we were researching film noir openings we decided to add more conventions to our mind map because we felt we lacked some. We also decided on what we would do in our production, i wanted to be the directer because i have never done that role before and i wanted to improve my skills and knowledge of the area. Beth was made editor and Katie was camera man.
February 2nd....
Today we wrote up our script and presented them to the class and sir, we then got feedback from all our classmates on what we could improve as well as what was good about it, we needed to change the names of our characters because they didn't fit in with the conventions of film noir. So we did a 2nd drat of our script and that was a better and looked like a film noir, it was hard to get everybodies idea's together but in the end it did turn out very well, in my opinion, and everyone had their input in the script. We also looked for actors on a website called http://www.castingcallpro.com/ and made an advert for them to respond to. We called some of the places for our location but they were either busy or were unavliable to talk to, so we have choosen more public areas and my house because permission for them easily obtained.
March 2nd
Today we booked out our cameras and are planning to film on tuesday next week, we have our location sorted, and everybody has transport to each location. As well all of our actors and costumes and props have been found and all ready for the filming.
March 6th
Today we filmed. I honsetly dont think that we timed the filming right, we thought we should shot in the dark because of the convetions, but this made it difficult to see the camera as well as it being cold which made the actors sloppy and the camera harder to control. Because we wasnt aloud to use the lights outside we had to use torches to make it bright enough to see our actors, which was very difficult. When we shot in the house because of how samll the room was it was hard tofit everybody in and the camera, so we were restricted on what angles we could film. this why we ended up having quite non conventinal shots. Next time if i was to film again i think i do way more pre-production, and make sure evreything can be achieveable.
In my group is Katie Tangl&Beth Wilson we did a mind map about what we were going to do in our film noir, we looked up some locations and if it was possible for all of us to get there, as well as some numbers for the places. Also while mind mapping we were researching film noir openings we decided to add more conventions to our mind map because we felt we lacked some. We also decided on what we would do in our production, i wanted to be the directer because i have never done that role before and i wanted to improve my skills and knowledge of the area. Beth was made editor and Katie was camera man.
February 2nd....
Today we wrote up our script and presented them to the class and sir, we then got feedback from all our classmates on what we could improve as well as what was good about it, we needed to change the names of our characters because they didn't fit in with the conventions of film noir. So we did a 2nd drat of our script and that was a better and looked like a film noir, it was hard to get everybodies idea's together but in the end it did turn out very well, in my opinion, and everyone had their input in the script. We also looked for actors on a website called http://www.castingcallpro.com/ and made an advert for them to respond to. We called some of the places for our location but they were either busy or were unavliable to talk to, so we have choosen more public areas and my house because permission for them easily obtained.
March 2nd
Today we booked out our cameras and are planning to film on tuesday next week, we have our location sorted, and everybody has transport to each location. As well all of our actors and costumes and props have been found and all ready for the filming.
March 6th
Today we filmed. I honsetly dont think that we timed the filming right, we thought we should shot in the dark because of the convetions, but this made it difficult to see the camera as well as it being cold which made the actors sloppy and the camera harder to control. Because we wasnt aloud to use the lights outside we had to use torches to make it bright enough to see our actors, which was very difficult. When we shot in the house because of how samll the room was it was hard tofit everybody in and the camera, so we were restricted on what angles we could film. this why we ended up having quite non conventinal shots. Next time if i was to film again i think i do way more pre-production, and make sure evreything can be achieveable.
Main task:Pre-Production- Question Graphs and Conclusion
After handing out our questionnaires and getting them filled out, we crreated graphs so it was easier to analyes the data and conduct a conclusion to what we had to do to aim for target audience of 51+, also we discovered that people prefer mystery sub-genres and that peole who like film noir can be male or female its not a gender biased genre.
Main Task:Pre-Production-Props&Costume
......We have a few images of what we will need and want our characters to look like some things such as prom suits can be used to get the dark clothing and smart look. We have an image of what we want our characters to look like, we found sombody who looked exactly what we wanted Maggie to look like, i edited it so the picture looked old enough to be in a film noir......
Also we need a gun for Joesph to shot himself with we wanted an old kind of gun that what fit the era of the film but unfortunatly we couldnt get a gun like that, so when we filimed the gun scene in the dark so you can tell there is a gun present just cant tell what kind of gun. This is the type of gun we wanted.....
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Main Task:Pre-Production-Reserch
-All videos use some sort of lighting, whether it be natural light (from the sun) or artifical light. The goal of video lighting is to choose the best source to achieve your goals. First and foremost you need enough light, and you need to be able to indentify the lighting source.
Peoples mood changes depending on lighting.
RULES OF USING A LIGHT
-Never use an extension lead
-Unplug other sources
-Dont use outside
-Ask for help
-Hold light with gloves
-Cant ask lighting guy to help you out with anything but lighting.
-Warn actors when lights are coming on
-Fire hazards/heat rises
-Light not to be higher than 1 meter from a roof
-If you wanted to move the light turn the light off 1st
-Red head gets lava hot in 10 seconds
-leave light for 10 minutes before packing away
FILM NOIR RESERCH
During my reserch i looked at film noir openings on youtube to get a feel for what poeple expect and put into film noir productions, as well as who would mostly likely to distrubute film noir's. Here are a few openings i looked at.... One of the distrebuter that popped up was 'Universal ' therfore i think if this was a big production i would aim for them to distrubute my film, but because of the scale of it, it is more likely to be on youtube.
Also i looked at what a typical film noir character's would wear, i looked on google at some images......
Monday, March 5, 2012
Main Task:Pre-Production-Props+Costume
We needed our actors to be wearing a suits so we asked them to bring there prom suits but tone them down a bit so smart trouses and white shirts, alos a hat to cover Jacobs face. We only need a gun, sheets of paper and a old fashioned whiskey bottle which we all have and are al in good condition.
Main task:Pre-Production- Location
We have decided to use yaxley shops because they have a perfect ally way which will be easy to film in and over to create the shots we need. As well we are filming in my house which is in Stilton because of the darkness of it and how empty it is to we can our things in it to make an office.. We are waiting for it to be dark so aiming to film for 6 and then finish at 10 at the latest.
Main task:Pre-Production-Actors
We made an advert on www.castingcallpro.com describing what we neede in our actors and what our film was about, making clear that we were only a-level students and that we couldnt pay them. Unfortunatly nobody came back to use regarding that, so we ended up finding actors ourselves. We could only find 2 guys to do our film because of others being caught up with either school work or other productions. So we are just going to use one of our actors to play two charcters, one of them being Joesph because you cant see his face. Our actors are:
Ben Johnson-Tony Nicholson
Jacob Sells-Derek Jones+Joesph Kennedy
Ben Johnson-Tony Nicholson
Jacob Sells-Derek Jones+Joesph Kennedy
Main Task:Pre-Production-Character Bio's
Tony Nickleson- Head Detective
Age:40
dressed smartly, height about 5ft7, Medium build. Has been a detective for 20 years so knows what he is talking about so is very wise and experienced in his field. Tony is a divorced man with 2 young kids who he very rarely sees because of his job which causes his children to dislike him. Tony spends a lot of time alone and prefers his on company.
Derek Jones- Tony's Assistant
Age:27
Derek is also dressed smartly with neat comb hair. height about 6ft and very slim he has only been a detective for 2 years so doesn't have a lot of experience so learns alot from tony and looks up to him and has a lot of respect for him. Derek is a single man who is know as a ladies man, who enjoys other people's company.
Joesph Kennedy- Mysterious Man
Age:32
Dressed in a long trench coat, black suit, trousers and a hat, with half his face covered. Not much is know about Joseph but apart from he had a picture of Maggie in his wallet when he was shot. making tony believe he got caught up with her.
Maggie Franklin- A beautiful lady
Age:24
Wearing a red dress about 5ft6 slim and curvy. A very seductive women who only uses men for their money and leaves them broken often driving them to commit suicide.
Age:40
dressed smartly, height about 5ft7, Medium build. Has been a detective for 20 years so knows what he is talking about so is very wise and experienced in his field. Tony is a divorced man with 2 young kids who he very rarely sees because of his job which causes his children to dislike him. Tony spends a lot of time alone and prefers his on company.
Derek Jones- Tony's Assistant
Age:27
Derek is also dressed smartly with neat comb hair. height about 6ft and very slim he has only been a detective for 2 years so doesn't have a lot of experience so learns alot from tony and looks up to him and has a lot of respect for him. Derek is a single man who is know as a ladies man, who enjoys other people's company.
Joesph Kennedy- Mysterious Man
Age:32
Dressed in a long trench coat, black suit, trousers and a hat, with half his face covered. Not much is know about Joseph but apart from he had a picture of Maggie in his wallet when he was shot. making tony believe he got caught up with her.
Maggie Franklin- A beautiful lady
Age:24
Wearing a red dress about 5ft6 slim and curvy. A very seductive women who only uses men for their money and leaves them broken often driving them to commit suicide.
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