Tuesday 26 January 2016

Mest2- progress report

  • Work completed since 6 January

  • Mise en scene, locations, costume, props, casting,
  • Redraft of script, shot list and storyboard 
  • audience research focus group 
  •  BBFC institution research 
  •  Art house film house institution research 
  • Existing product research 
  • Print brief: photoshoot & planning and research.

  • Any incomplete pre-production tasks

photo shoot is nearly done but we are due to finish on Wednesday the 26th January. 


  • Next steps/Action plan

  •  as a group we plan to finish the production which immaculate acting, a. In addition, move shooting locations. furthermore we need to make sure we comply the script and make it used effectively with the production and the actors acting must be to a high standard.

  • Date filming will be complete


more or less likely after the 20th January 2016


  • Requirements for photo shoot next week

  • Make sure we have all our original costumes ready which includes formal wear for the main villain (Donald Price who will be played as (Mamduh)
  • Have bright coloured lightings
  • Make sure that we have our rat masks which is our main initial prop we need to bring in

Wednesday 20 January 2016

research and planning

target audience-  our aim is to target teens around age 15 who are aiming to find their personalities as a person and who are interested in new technology and fighting based film or sports based games. We plan to use several things from the listing in our film production so it fits perfectly with our target audience. For example; we plan to add physical scenes primarily not fight scenes as we don't consider them as relevant and fairly cliché
Research and planning/sketching
The title is put inside of the top third segment and the organization is surely understood so the title is somewhat secured by the focal picture, additionally a basic shading plan of chiefly essential hues is utilized with red and yellows additionally a successful dark foundation. 

2)From taking a gander at this system i can see that it is altogether different from what an ordinary, standard magazine resembles. It does exclude the majority of the 12 key traditions of a magazine spread, on the other hand it includes the dialect part of it being smart and temperate and it states precisely what the occasion is about. To a degree it uses the tenet of thirds, for instance the logo of the BFI is situated in the upper left hand corner of the pamphlet and alongside other imperative images, for example, the image of its accomplice is in the base right of the flyer. These are imperative positions that get the attention of the peruser yet don't meddle with the principle bit of content on the screen which emerges from the greater part of the content.
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3) From this film advancement I could take the thought of having more than one picture on the front page yet at the same time having essentialness. This elements the title and additionally a quote from the film.


From this film progression I could take the considered having more than one picture on the front page yet in the meantime having vitality. This components the title and furthermore a quote from the film.


This is fascinating on the grounds that it utilizes straightforward shading plans which could be embraced and things are spread out unmistakably. This additionally gives a quote from the film and a reasonable title yet altered uniquely and this could be actualized into the print brief.


examples of film brochures-

                              
One thing that I like from this spread (from a BFI film hand-out) is the utilization of having organizations marked at the base of the spread page. As should be obvious from the base of this spread, there is a lot of accomplices and in addition relates that are connected with the BFI. I could actualize this thought into my own particular work as I could put little names and logos of organizations that are connected or assisted with 'The Little Picture House'. Also, I truly like the textual style in which "Flare" is composed in. I needed to utilize standard textual style e.g. calabri or ariel, yet this spread page indicates how diverse text styles can look truly satisfying and appealing on the front page and would love to actualize this in my own work.

                                              

one thing that I will tackle board when planning my own particular system spread for The Little Picture House is the utilization of having a "conceivable" focal picture. The way this spread has depicted the 'space ladies' in the intro page can be exceptionally helpful as I can include a character from my film as a substitution. In addition, I truly like the enhancements utilized as a part of the altering of this spread page. The content is intended to coordinate the topic of space as the content has stars in them. Likewise, the utilization of brilliant hues truly differentiated the tone of which the spread was conveying; the subject of space.


                                     
One thing that I will think about is the utilization of the 3 stage standard. This substance page conveys an awesome sample of both what I need to make (regarding structure), and additionally style. This spread page truly conveys on the depiction and utilization of the three stage control (the division of the page into three). This substance page can offer me some assistance with identifying how to structure the substance page, for example, where to put the photos/pictures or content.
                                    

One motivation behind why this substance page truly catches my consideration is the utilization of including different movies. In my substance page I might want to highlight one picture from every gathering (in my class) and highlight them in my substance page. This is extremely valuable since when a peruser sees a substance page, the y might want to realize what different wellsprings of amusement are on offer and I might want to convey this to the peruser.
                                                  
I truly like the utilization of little partition of content on the substance page. Everything is consolidated into what the peruser "must" know and not tossing an excessive amount of data at them. I can utilize brief depictions (counting pictures) of every film on the substance page with a brief portrayal of what every film is about. Besides, I like the utilization of a foundation picture on the substance page as I might not want to have a plain foundation on mine as it will make the substance look uninteresting.
                                                        
This substance page is loaded with extraordinary thoughts and imagination that is utilized as a part of an altogether different approach to what I expect.First of every one of, this substance page is loaded with numerous photos and acts like a montage or some likeness thereof which makes it all the additionally intriguing and lovely. This innovative substance page can be utilized as an approach to snatch the perusers consideration because of the numerous pictures on the page and of how lovely its appearance is. What's more, the utilization of having the content inclined close by the collaged pictures makes it more viable as it strengths the peruser to tilt the book and take part in what is being displayed.


planning and sketches-







Friday 15 January 2016

Shotlist

Pre-production

Shot-List

Brief- Our film is going to be mainly about a man who is trying to escape from a group people, who make it their mission to eliminate him. He is later caught and interrogated with violent actions.

Therefore, in order to make this plot to come across understanding and easily to follow, we have to be precise on the shots we employ. We want the shots that we choose to be best fit and played at the right times.

Shot 1-    We going start the scene as a man panicking and running out of breath, constantly looking back.

Shot 2- He runs in down a dark alleyway. This is going to start of as a medium shot to show the characters expression

Shot 3- then its going slowly zoom out to an long shot enabling the audience to see where this is happening.

Shot 4 -   We going to then have the character jump over obstacles and try climb fences. This will make it clear to the audience that he is trying to escape and he is frightened.

Shot 5-  This shot is going to be a extreme long shot, showing the villains or the gang members running down the same alley with weapons in their hands. This will come out clear to audience that they trying to chase the main protagonist and that he is the films victim.

Shot 6-   Then there's going to be a black out.

Shot 7- After the black-out we going to show scenes explaining the reasons to why the main protagonist is being chased.

Shot 8- So a scene of  a boss sitting in a dark room with a picture of the main protagonist in his hand.

Shot 9-  Two men come in.

Shot 10- The boss stands up and smashes the picture on the table.

Shot 11 - camera back on the two villains and then the boss says "i want him dead or alive, he needs to understand that he shouldn't mess around with a millionaires money"

Shot 12- the boss grabs a black gym bag from the side and also puts it on the table. He slowly opens it up . camera zooms in and shows lots of money. He then speaks again and says "this is all yours if you complete your job

Shot 13 - Shows a slow motion shot of the 2 men walking slowly down with their backs to camera.
with music playing in the background to create excitement and tension.

shot 14 - Long shot of main protagonist walking under a tunnel. Long shot allowing the audience where the scene is set.

shot 15- close up shot of the main protagonist face. To show the characters expression and face.

Shot 16- Main protaganist stops for second and dreams about all the violent memories he's had.

Shot 17- drops to the floor, knees first, holding his head

Shot 18- a quick montage of the his memory flashing

Shot 19- he just drops laid down holding his hand out

Shot 20- his friends sees on the floor and then  asks " are you okay, what you doing on the floor bruv"

Shot 21- the friend pulls his hand out and offers to help him up

shot 22- Then shot of the 2 antagonist walking under the same tunnel.

shot 23- Then shot of main protagonist looking back because he hears footsteps

shot 24- After a shot of the 2 antagonist looking up and they see some one in front of them walking.

shot 25- They look down at the picture of the person

shot 26- then shot of the main protagonist face again

shot 27- Then a long shot of 2 the antagonist looking up instantly; after realising he the person that they were looking for.

shot 28- Then shot of the main protagonist running away once again

shot 29- then shot of the 2 men chasing behind him.

shot 30 - shot of the friend run a different direction, this way the villains can focus on just the main protagonist.

shot 31- then a extreme shot showing the main protagonist getting chased by the two men.

Thursday 14 January 2016

Mest 2- print brief

1) Which of your main characters will appear on the front cover of your programme?

The main characters Don Price, Malik and Lucas, as well as a few of Donald's crew(Don he will be referred to) will appear on the cover-, they will appear as they will implicate and create the suspense and excitement surrounding the plot.


2) What image or images do you need for the contents page?


Images on the contents page would be themes and conventions that link to the film's plot,  for example Donald Price and Malik staring at each other and Malik blatantly in fear which connotes Donald's dominance and power which is why he is referred to as 'Don' or 'Mr Price'.


3) What image or images will you use for the double-page spread?

For our double page spread I plan  utilize the shots taken from our initial production, for example, capturing a scene where Malik and Lucas as well as a supporting friend of theirs, staring at Donald Price with a shocked face clearly showing Donald as a enormous threat. More I will include a picture of Malik and his friends, normally known to the media world as his 'crew'.
4) Write a shot list for the photo shoot. Make sure you plan a variety of camera shots you will look to capture - medium shots, close-ups etc.


Shot List

Medium shot - a shot of the main protagonist and friend together, whilst Don Price holding a gym bag


Medium shot- A shot of one of Don Price holding a bat and held around the protagonists neck


Long Shot- a shot of Don Price and his minors with masks holding  baseball bats pointing it towards the camera.


O-T-S-S- a shot of Don Price holding the neck of the protagonists( elements of the idea taken from the dark knight)



Long shot- A shot showing Don Price pull his signature gun on the protagonist


5) What costumeprops or make-up will you require for the photo shoot?


Black gym Bag
joker mask
Black hoodie
Normal hat
A baseball bat ( rounder's school bats)
magnum gun
sword
6) How will you make sure you have everything prepared for the photo shoot on Wednesday 20 January?


One of the things I'll be doing to make sure everything is prepared for the actual photo shoot is talk to both the person being cast as Don Price because he has a huge part to play and also the main protagonist to ensure they are in the right mind frame to make sure this photo shoot is a success. More so i will need to ensure i have the full props ready in time for the photo shoot. 

La haine review

The motion picture La Haine is a high contrast, French film. It is around three men that were encompassed by french groups and living in a "ghetto" region situated in Paris. They were all from various foundations (one was Jewish, the other was an Arab and the last individual was a dark male). Since it is a ghetto region, they are numerous police around. One day, a cop had left his weapon some place. At that point in some numerous scenes later, the Jewish hero had found the weapon. In the following couple of scenes, there was a considerable measure of revolting going on and the hero, with the firearm, utilized that weapon on the police who were likewise at the mobs and were attempting to prevent it from happening. At one scene the Jewish character, Vinz, began contending with a policeman where he then began to affront him. after that scene, he then met that same policeman at where they went to after and that same police man would begin to undermine him with a firearm. This prompted the policeman incidentally pulling the trigger of the firearm with prompted focusing on and murdering on of the principle hero (the Jewish character). 

The mise en scene, all through this film, was all to do with pack brutality. Subsequently, there were a wide range of things that was identified with group viciousness, e.g. firearms, bandannas and revolting. The way that there was a group, in a split second conveyed to the gathering of people consideration that the setting of the motion picture will be truly unpleasant and the climate would either be calm or even hazardous in light of the fact that individuals in the motion picture wouldn't know where feeling of peril would be originating from. 

All through the entire motion picture, numerous panning developments were utilized when all the diverse groups were going through the uproars. This particular camera development was capable to the group of onlookers since it made them feel like they were in the film with them and they were taking after the posse to where they would focus next in the mobs. Likewise, a ton of shot/opposite shot was utilized between the three fundamental heroes when they would be having their discussions. 

Nonetheless, this film is exceptionally cliché in light of the way that regardless of the possibility that somebody was wearing a particular thing of attire that a pack part would wear, the police would in a flash focus on those individuals regardless of the fact that they were pure

Tuesday 12 January 2016

script

Fade In:
Park Royal - Dusk



Malik and his friend, Lucas enter a narrow tunnel way, exchanging jokes and laughing.
Malik, Londoner, from Hackney and ex-gang member, formerly ranked Capo laughs, telling Lucas jokes about his night out in a club.

                 Malik
                 [Laughing hysterically]
                  A... and then I slapped that slut away from me,                     she tried groping me! 

Lucas, Londoner, from Hackney  ex-drug trafficker, walking lifelessly with noticeable enlarged pupils.

                                         Lucas
                 Malik, bro, you gotta rock this joint, mannnn... -
                 Focused on Lucas, Malik suddenly stops

                 Lucas
                 Was' up with you? Les go man, boss is gonna get                      pissed! 

  Malik stares into space as he looks back, completely ignoring 
  Lucas.

                 Malik
                 I been here holmes.

  Lucas squints his eye, laying his right hand out.

                 Lucas
                 The fuck you talking about, Malik? 

  Malik, looking around almost as if he's exploring a ruin.

                 Malik
                 This is where Life 1 ended for me, bro.

  Lucas, looking at his cigarette confusingly, carelessly     throws it on the floor.

                 Lucas
                 Mali, tell me I'm not on a bad trip...

  Malik again staring straight ahead of the tunnel, lifelessly.

  Transition pan in from iris. 

Dissolve in:
Park Royal - Midnight
  
Gloomy surroundings, muffled, eerie voices.
                  
  BENJAMIN, hired mafia mercenary, associated with rival gang
                Benjamin
                KEEP running, Malik. It only makes me more                       excited.
                
                Malik
                FUCK AWAY FROM ME, MAN!!!

  Benjamin, slowly lifting his magnum caliber... Shoots

  Loud flash bang is heard, sending Malik back to his normal state
  
  Malik, on his chest on the floor and arms spread

  Lucas, looking completely alien 

               Lucas
               BRO, are you okay?! 
               
               Malik
               Yea-... Yeah... lets go.
    
               Lucas
               You got problems, man... or is it me that's just been                blazing one too many...

 Malik smiles and pats Lucas once on the back, and continues  walking through the tunnel

               Malik
               Sorry, bro.

 Slow fade out.


Scene 3, fade in:

Malik constantly looking back...

Malik, overflowing with paranoid thoughts of him being chased, so he turns around

               Malik
               AHHHH!!!
                 
                Lucus
              Fix up bro, what's the issue
Malik hears a group of people speaking, he then turns around and notices that 3 men are walking slowly behind them.

Malik stops one time and turns around, instantly the 3 men also stop and carefully analyse his face and then bring out a picture. Malik releases they where people after him, so he turned around swiftly and walked very fast forward
                
                 Malik
                 LET US GET OUT OF HERE NOW!

                 Lucas
                What you talking about man, just couple Donnie's 

A gang of mercenaries - 3 men each with weapons held in their hand starts following Malik from behind, slightly increasing their pace over time.

Malik looks back once more and the gangsters are only a few metres away, then Malik goes for the run 

Malik then runs into a dead end and stops breathing heavily 

                                    Malik
                               Oh shit!! Come on lets talk about this
                         
                               Gang Member
                            OH? NOW YOU WANT TO TALK BUT BEFORE ALL YOU DID WAS RUN, YOU PUSSY!!!!!!

 Black out ---   You can then hear glass breaking and loud noices

                                          Malik
                                     HELP!!!!

Scene 4, fade in - interrogation room

DONALD PRICE, or "Don" for short - the Godfather.

Donald with a picture of Malik on his hand, gripping furiously smashes the picture on the table.

              Donald
              I want him dead or alive, he needs to understand that               he shouldn't mess around with a millionaire's money.

Donald, slowly getting up from his chair proceeds to grab a black gym bag and slowly unzips it...

              Donald
              This is yours if you complete the job...

The two mercenaries nod their head and slowly walk away.

mise-en-scene



casting details-


Darnell- Darnell will be portraying the character Donald price who is perceived as a king pin and is the head of the gang. he is not like a general leader of the gang as he is perceived like a veteran and they refer to him as 'Don' or 'Mr Price'

Lele- Mr Lele Obetto will be portraying the roll of 'Benjamin' a hired mafia mercenary

Abdi- will portray the character Malik who is the main protagonist in this production. Malik is a former gang member who has been experiencing flashbacks of his experience as a gang member after crossing paths with old settings.

John- Marvin will portray the character of Lucas who is now Maliks closest freinds and has relatively never been involved in the supposed 'gang life'

further casting will be confirmed

location

park royal tunnel- why we chose this as our original setting is because of the dark setting we can implicate by generate with each of our shots. this will truly clarify our camera work. this will be our secondary location as it cannot signify the importance of our primary location.

another location we chose to shoot in was grand union village, why we chose this location is because it is a convenient location to film clear shots where the set up of the area is relative to our production. grand union village also features a canal which carefully links to the plot of possesses elements of violence.


characters

Malik
Lucas
group of gangsters
Benjamin
Donald Price

props 

magnum gun- this will explore elements of the protagonists troubled childhood and how he has dealt with guns throughout his life and is still having issues with them now.

knife- not definitely used but explicitly details the dangers that symbolise the power and destruction in which can be caused by the knife.

iphone- not entirely important but links to the scene.


smoking products- needed to link in our scene

costume and make-up

hoodies and sweatshirts- basic clothing

make up may be needed if in fact we do decide to participate in a fight scene, however we do not intend to make it seem cliche.


malik may be shown in formal dressing  when we see the transformation he had from a gang member to a sophisticated young man.


lighting

high key lighting will be used at specific elements especially in the tunnel due to the darkness during when we are shooting

low key lighting will be used when we finally meet the boss' Donald Price' as it will implicate he has a sense of power and dominance