SCRIPT

Filming Day 3

On the third day of filming we went to the last official location, Weybridge gravel pit. The scenes that we shot the scenes where the protagonist is beaten by the man whom he previously tried to assassinate and he is left in the industrial site to die, that is where the scene will end. The filming went well however the sun was too low and made some of the shots difficult as the flare on the lens. 

Trailer - What we have done so far

Filming - Day 2

We went back to Wisley Airfield to finish off the shots that we didn't get last time, which didn't take too long as we got most of the shots that we needed last time, there were only a few shots that we needed to get that were missed and some shots that were added in later. The lighting and the time of day was the same as the last day of filming which means that we can use shots from different days in the same sequence. The shots we got are based around the same time as the other shots which means that we are finished completely with the scenic shots are can begin on the other shots, which are the shots before the war and the conflict that the main character gets himself into. Unlike the previous day, the wind was less prominent which means that the shots that we got will not need ADR which will help to take some of the time out of the editing process. As well as the shots at the airfield, we also got some shots in the surrounding field and area, which will help to give the character the impression of traveling though the country. The final location was at my house and we got some shots showing the surviour scavenging through the house, the shot ends with the main character having a gun put to his head from behind by the antagonist.

Things that went well:

We got all of the shots that we intended to do which means that the wisley airfield location is no longer needed.

The Challenges:

Nothing particularily prominent but it would have helped if we could have added the camp fire scene at Wisley, however we brought none of the material nececary for the main character to start a fire so we could not do it in Wisley. It is unlikely that we will return to Wisley as most of the shots we were intending to film have already been shot, therefore we may have to film this shot inanother location if at all.

Equipment Planning

This is the camera that we a going to use to film. It is a Panasonic HC-V500 Full HD camera with features such as anti shake, which will stop any camera shake when recording by hand, however it was not needed as we are using a tripod. The camera also features a stereo microphone which is good as it will help to give our film a more professional feel. One major problem with the camera though is the inability to manually control the focus, which means we could not experiment with different with different depth of fields but it did a good job overall and produce good quality images.




This is the tripod we are going to use. It is just a simple £20 tripod but has the ability to go to a height of 5 ft, which is good for getting those eye level shots. The tripod also helped to keep the shot completely still, as does any tripod. It also provided a way of setting down the camera without putting it on the floor, which was convenient.





This was the PC in which the opening two minutes last year was edited on. It features dual monitors, the wide screen monitor on the right displays the editing program (Adobe Premiere Pro) and the 4:3 monitor on the left displays the video in full screen in real time. Having two monitors really came in handy when performing colour correction, as having two different monitors allows for two different references of how the video will look, this meant the video could be colour corrected to look good on both monitors, rather than just one and will hopefully look good on all monitors and TV's. Headphones and speakers were also used during the editing, again for the same reason as having two monitors; to get to different references to make the audio sound as good as the video looks.





This is the recorder which was used to record the music for our opening two minutes. It is a hand held recorder the uses an SD card to store the recorded data on. We used this to record the acoustic guitar for the sound track. It has great quality, though not quite studio quality, so it was good for us to use. It was easy to set up and took very little time to record the music, which was a big time saver on the production of the opening two minutes. However we wereonly limited to recording one intrument that being the acoustic guitar, making it limited

This year we will be using a genuine recording studio to record the soundtack for our trailer, with this there is no limit to what we can achieve. The music will be very high quality indeed, It may take some time but it will be worth it for a good quality soundtrack.

This is a screen shot of the main editing program used during the production of our opening 2 minutes (Adobe Premiere Pro). I think that this was the perfect choice of editing software and we'll definately use it again for filming our trailer. It has a simple interface making it very user friendly and easy to spent long periods of time editing on. It also features plenty of video effects; such as colour correction, and transitions such as cross fade and wipe. It also has a very effective title creating system allowing for custom fonts to be used, which we did. It also features a good audio mixer, making the audio editing easy. Even with all the features found on this software, some elements of our opening two minutes could not be done on this software.





This is the second piece of video editing software (Adobe After Effects). This software is used to add the special effects to the film such as the gun shot, blood and fire. This software is not as simple to use as Premiere Pro therefore it took a lot longer to get the hang of using and it took many attempts to get the special effects looking acceptable, however in the end, they turned out good; not pro standard but OK. After effects features motion tracking which was very important for the blood effect, without it, the blood effect would not have been possible. After Effects was used in conjunction with Video CoPilot's action essential; which provided the blood burs, muzzle flair and the fire effects, as well as the sound effects for the punches, gun shots, reloading, shell bounce and fire sounds.

Feedback

Well done, you have got your questionnaire done, and analysed the results, as well as taken some pictures of locations. Make sure these have explanations as to why they are appropriate for your film, linking to similar locations in other trailers of the same genre. There is still quite a lot to get through and some key elements of research and planning are missing. You must regularly update your filming diary to give a reflection of the work you are doing outside of lessons. Remember you can also upload any online tutorials you have used along with an explanation of what you have learned from it.

Targets:
Storyboard and animatic - this is now a matter of urgency
More detail needed in filming diary - which shots did you film? What were the challenges? What went well? What are the plans for the next filming session? etc
Certification research

REMEMBER All filming to be completed by 20th December

Director Influence's - Guy Ritchie

 

Guy ritchie is a British director popularised by the films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sherlock Holmes and Snatch. He is well known for his gritty style of directing which is personified by his films, which are normally filled with brutal violence combined with dark comedy. This combination adds a rugged element to the story which particularly compliments his chosen actors (such as Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt and Jason Statham) in a way that few other directors can match. We hope to adapt the light view of violence and gritty feel to our film, in order to give the film less of a serious feel to it, this will compliment the antagonist's insanity as he waves off violence as if it's nothing, it will also compliment the protagonist's ability to cope with a situation as he murders people without much regard. There are certain mistakes of  Guy Ritchie we hope to avoid, most prominently we hope to keep the element of drama in our film, many of Guy Ritchie's films (most prominently Snatch) deviate from the original story through the crazy subplot's, which are entertaining but take away from the drama of the film, this worked for Snatch however we don't want to replicate this type of erratic story structure.

Director Influence's - Quentin Tarantino

 

 

Quentin Tarantino is an American director popularised by the films Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Reservoir Dogs and many more. His films are well known for their copious amounts of violence and over the top blood and gore. Much of the dialogue within the film is over-zealous and dramatic, adding much emphasis and popularity to the characters (such as Jules from Pulp Fiction or Mr White from Reservoir Dogs) making them memorable characters from pop culture. We intend to replicate a certain amount from Quentin Tarantino, last year we modelled our piece primarily from Quentin Tarantino, it turned out well but this year we intend to do something different, the over grandeuse effect doesn't particularily apply to our film genre as much as it did before. However we will use some tecniques from Tarantino's films, our film will include copious amounts of violence, however we will get rid of the empasis of it.

Target Audience

Our target audience was young adults age 18 and above; as the film would be rated an 18, but we were aiming to attract an audience of between 18 and 30 year old's.

The film would be rated an 18 because of the violence and some of the content and themes of the film

The type of person that would go and see a movie of a similar style to our film or even our film is in an era where the media over glorifies blood and violence, so therefor adding lots of graphic content and violence would help to attract our target audience. I also feel the our film would attract a slightly older audience maybe even up to 50 or 60 years old, that's still a good thing even though the film was aimed at a slightly younger audience.

Character Bio's - (Chris Robinson)

Chris will be the main antagonist in the film, having a relatively small part in it I will be the unstable  psyhcopath which leads the main criminal faction within the wasteland. He will essentially be a sardonic mockery of a human being without any real sense of morals. At his side there will be many inferior thugs which can be used as pawns to him. he will wear clothes similar to many other criminals, bad, dirty jeans with a hoody/ T-shirt. All of them in a state of disrepair to give the character a sense of ruggedness.

The weapon will change depending on the situation, for example if he is performing an execution style shot to the back of the head then he will have a large, eye catching pistol (such as a revolver) whereas if he is in a fight he will use a compact sub machine gun. This variation will accentuate the unpredictability of the character. He will not really have a set objective, he will exist simply to hurt people for fun and power.