MEDIA- The Chase

MEDIA- Preliminary Task

MAIN TASK - the widows dept

MAIN TASK - 2nd Draft

MAIN TASK - First Draft

MAIN TASK - EVALUATION

Re-editited Evaulation

This is my re-edited eveluation.
Evaluation

My Evaluation

Evaluation

Diarey entry- 22/03/2012

Today me and my group went out and re filmed some scenes that needed improving. The whole process went smoothly, we got all the actors we required and we finished the whole process within an hour.

Extra Task- My contribution to the film

·         I wrote and edited the script

·         I filmed it

·         I wrote the shot list

·         I wrote the character bio’s

·         I wrote the actor bio’s

·         I edited the movie

·         I directed it

·         I also produced it

Film Noir- Extra Taks- Sound effects

Gun Shot

The gun shot (where the detective shoots the assaissin) was the only special effect we needed, however we had a slight problem when trying to find a sutiable sound effect. In the computer I was working on I could there was no gun shot sound effect, so I had to imprevise. I found a sound effect of a wooded door slamming into something and I cropped the sound to make it sound like a gun shot. It sounds realestic and works well in our movie.

Foot steps

Foot steps are typical, yet very powerful convention of film noir movies, they emiphisis the charcters influence upon the movie, strong foot steps represnt a strong charcter. We wanted to have this feature in our film noir movie, however once it was filmed and editied and once we watched it over we realised that the footsteps could be well heard already and no special effect was needed.

Film Noir- Shoot Information

We shot our film noir movie on the 27th of February, at the start of the day we had cameras, lights, actors and things where looking promising. We were all optimistic about the how the filming process would go. However as the day wore on we had problems with our actors. we ordinary had Shannon Bott as the femme fetal, Connor Nash as the detective and Jake Baxter as our assassin. Shannon Bott then dropped our because of work commitments, Aryanna Wren was brought in, however she then had to drop because of school work. We then asked a whole number of people to try and act as the femme fetal. We had no-one by the filming time, and we were seriously contemplating suspending the shoot or getting one off us to act as the femme fetal. However Aaron got his sister to act in our film and she did a reasonable job considering she only had one hour warning. During our filming process we all thought that the filming worked well, I directed and filmed, Aaron helped me filming and Jamie used the lighting as he acquired a lighting certificate. The whole filming process lasted an hour and we were all pleased with our effort.

Film Noir- First Draft- The Widows Dept

Recce Photos with annotations

A photo of The Bell, Stilton. We are palnning on shooting Scene one here.

Further down the road of The Bell, Stilton. this is where we are plannig on shooting scene 2.

A shot showing both scene locations within a long shot.

this is a shot of the main strip looking down the road where most of our film will take place.

another shot of the main strip looking down the road.

a photo of the front door of The Bell.

A shot of the main strip looking up the road.

another shot of the strip looking up the road.

a closer shot of Scene 2 location. this is where the assassin will be shot by the detective.

another angle of scene 2's location.

a long shot on scene 1 location.

looking up the road from scene 2.

A long shot of Scene 2 location.

Props and Costumes

Trench Coat

This is the famed trench coat that is significant in all film noir movies. Our movie is no different and our detective will be wearing some sort of trench coat to add the film noir feel.     

Gun

A weapon is a very traditional prop in film noir movies, this one is no difference. A gun is a very significant weapon as it represents a clean death, one bullet and its over. There is not a great deal of blood and not to much punishment. Our film noir movie will be no different, our assassin will own a gun and he will threaten our femme fetal with it.

Brandy

Brandy is a very traditional drink in film noir movies, it is usually drunk by the detective or the anti-hero. It will not be used in our film noir movies as it does not have any majorly in dept scenes with the deductive. It is usually used in a time when the character is struggling or in need of a push. In our film the detective is very much on top.

Suits 

Suits are very common in film noir movies, most characters have to portray a smart sophisticated role where they have to always seem like that they are in control. Our movie will be no different, our assassin will wear the suit, to give him a smooth outlay and a controlled personality.

Cars

Classical American cars are a very conventional film noir trait, they not only represent wealth but also power and authority, as our film only contains the opening sequence of the film noir it does not introduce the characters personality enough to own this type of car.

Film Noir- Shoot info

We shot our film noir movie on the 27th of February, at the start of the day we had cameras, lights, actors and things where looking promising. We were all optimistic about the how the filming process would go. However as the day wore on we had problems with our actors. we ordinary had Shannon Bott as the femme fetal, Connor Nash as the detective and Jake Baxter as our assassin. Shannon Bott then dropped our because of work commitments, Aryanna Wren was brought in, however she then had to drop because of school work. We then asked a whole number of people to try and act as the femme fetal. We had no-one by the filming time, and we were seriously contemplating suspending the shoot or getting one off us to act as the femme fetal. However Aaron got his sister to act in our film and she did a reasonable job considering she only had one hour warning. During our filming process we all thought that the filming worked well, I directed and filmed, Aaron helped me filming and Jamie used the lighting as he acquired a lighting certificate. The whole filming process lasted an hour and we were all pleased with our effort.

Recee Photos

Risk Assesment

Storyboard

Prelimenary Task- Production Schedual

The Widows Debt - Production Schedule

Prelimenary Task- Actor Bio's

Jake Baxter

Played the role of the Assassin Vincent Retegecho

Born on 15 November 1994

Lives in Stilton

Telephone Number: 01733244571

Student at Sawtry Community College doing A-Levels

Aged 17

He is a quite unassuming charcter, however he played the role of our assain very well as he has roamed around our set very quitly, inocently and very unassumingly. However though when it got down to it he performed his role very assertivly and very confidently and he was very smooth and nimble in his approch.

Connor Nash

He played the role of our detective Ray Stoner

Born on 11 August 1995

Aged 16

He lives in Yaxley

He is a student at Sawtry Community College studying for his A-Levels

Mobile Number: 07706429983

I had used Conor perviously in film called: The Transition

Connor has a quite and a very innconet personality, however he is very confident and very self assured. This is why I deemed him as the perfect candidate to play our very charsmatic detcive, who inevtably comes to our femme fetals rescue. I had knew of Connor's acting talents from my previous film and I knew he was very reliable and was confident in his ability to play this role.

Lorna Parmenter

She played the role of our flirtatious femme fatal, Venessa Poliavin

Born on 13 March 1998

She is 14 years old

She is a year nine student at Sawtry Community College

She is Aaron Parmenters sister

Telephone Number: 01733243056

She was our third choice actor, behind Shannon Bott and Aryanna Wren

Lorna is kind, friendly girl who has a very strong mentality and is very strong willed. This is why I was quietly confident that she could perform the job, even though I did not identify her as a strong actor at first.

Considering she had approximately one hour notice, she performed reasonably well in her role and she had a strong and confident enough personality to deal with the role. The only problem that we had with her was that she struggled with the America accent and that she struggled with the flirtatious scene.

Diary Entery 06/03/2012

My contribution towards our media film was:

• Script
• Filming
• Casting
• Shot List
• Character Bio's
• Editing
• Actor Bio's
• Directing

Actors and Props

Vincent (Assain)- Jake Baxter (01733244571)
Props: Suit, tie, red gun, white shirt

Venessa (Femme Fetal)- Lorna Parmeneter (01733243056)
Props: High heels, dress

Ray (Detective)- Connor Nash (07706429983)
Props: White shirt, trench coat, paper to be used as a ciagrette

Diary Entery 05/03/2012

Today I stayed behind for an hour after school to do some editing in my film.

My contributions

My contribution towards our media film was:

• Script
• Filming
• Casting
• Shot List
• Character Bio's

Diary Entries- 27/02/2012

Today my group and I filmed our media film, 'The widows dept.' We filmed it in Stilton and it all eventually went according to plan. We did have a few actor problems at he start; two of our three actors dropped out today at the filming day. Shannon Bott and Sam Gazely both dropped out today because of other commitments; even though they where both playing main roles, the femme fetal and the assassin respectively. However, we eventually replaced them and sorted out the following problems, just in time to film a successful shoot.

Shot List

SHOT LIST

Diary Entry- Plot

The story is set in an urban city; where late at night we have a women who is despretly trying to escape the boss of the big city casino. Her and her late husband have raked up astronamical depts which she is unable to pay off, so after plenty of warning, she decides to flee the big city. As she is running away, despreate not to be seen by anyone with any connection to the casino, she bumps into our detective. She pleades her case to him and asks for his help, despite initally wanting to help her, he does not want to get into trouble again so he decides not to get involved. He says, "Not my problem lady," However does he return later on? The opening concludes with the lady running down a back street alley, only to realise its a deadend and before she can react, she bumps into the smooth talking assain. She instantly reconises the danger, as he pulls out a gun a bullet is fired. Only for the assain to hit the floor. What happened? The lady screams at a shadow, "No! What have you done!"


The identity of this person is not revealed in the opening. So who is he? Why did he help? Why was she so angered by the death of the assain? What is actually going on?

Charcter Bio's

Ray Stoner


35

Detective

Wife and one daughter

Independent

Smokes

Used to be abit of a lad when he was younger

Spent time in jail

Determind not to go back having created a good life for himself



Venessa Poliavin

25

Seductive

Filrtaious

Likes the colour red (represents her personaility)

Has a gambling habbit shared by her late husband

Widowed

Husbands dept with casino passed to her

Troubled

Atrractive



Vincent Retegecho

30

Assain

Hired by the casino to go after the women

Smooth

Gentle

Calm and composed

Smartly dressed

Very dangrous (no compation)

Lighting Workshop

Learning Objectives:

·         To understand what lighting is

·         To understand the principle of three point lighting

·         To be able to correctly identify the parts of lighting kit

What is lighting?

All videos have some sort of lighting, it can be natural lighting (from the sun) or artificially. First and foremost you need enough light to be able to shoot your scene and you need to be able to identify the lighting sources.

NOTE: You must only use one piece of light. Too much light will leave the picture uneven and unbalanced.

If the light bulb blows, remove plug from socket.

NEVER try to replace the bulb, the bulb will automatically smash inside, for your own safety.

When pulling the light out you work backwards, pull the plug, then socket to come off wall

Kit must contain:

·         2x Redheads

·         2x Stand

·         2x Barn Door

·         2x Bulb

·         Power Lead

·         2x Power serge

·         Gloves

·         A set of clips

·         A set of gels

Treat them all with care

Surge is a very important safety device, no surge no use.

How to Use

Tighten the legs first

Work out you height

Cable should always be going down,never hanging

Barn door level with the leg

Set       Test     Re-Set

Yellow Red      Yellow

Never use an extension lead, can’t handle this amount of electricity

NEVER use this equipment outside

Lighting guy holds the light WITH GLOVES!!!

Must not be closer than one meter to the roof- or it might burn

Red head gets hot after 10 seconds

Leave the light for 15 minutes after use

Yellow button turns it on

Turn it out from plug

If you can touch it for more than 5 seconds with no pain, it’s off

Three Point Lighting

The three point lighting technique is a standard method used in visual media such as videos, etc. It is where there are three lights coming from different angles in order to create effect.

KEY LIGHT: This is the main light of the camera, lights the character.

FILL LIGHT: Opposite side of the key light. There t support or add effect

BACK LIGHT: Light from behind, to light the character up from behind or create a shadow, could be used to identify a villain.

Lighting Workshop- Back Light

Lighting Workshop- Fill Light

Lighting Workshop- Key Light