Research and Planning Provisional Marks

Well done so far Chris. I would like to see more evidence of your time management and of dates and times of production. A storyboard animatic using your original materials would show exceptional skills in your use of ICT in the planning stage and include shots your have taken for the poster and magazine productions - what are their strengths and weaknesses? Add some extra comments to recent posts and spend some time looking over your research posts - there may be more room for analysis of the following: mise en scene, camera, editing, sound, location, target audience, unique selling points, branding, narrative, representation, genre indicators, ket moments. Show me that you are an expert when it comes to your genre! 15/20

Script

Scene 1

(No dialogue, different shots of Will walking around the airfield, with muddled shots of the world before the disaster)

 

Scene 2

(Will is aiming at Chris through a sniper scope as he sits on a chair outside, listening to his 4 henchman talk, the audio is muted from Will’s point of view)

(The shot goes closer to the group and the conversation can be heard)

  Muhammad : look all I’m saying is that if we went back we could have found where that noise was coming from

Henchman 2: what does it even matter? It was probably a dog or something

Muhammad: it didn’t sound like a dog

Henchman 3: it could have been a survivor?

Muhammad: That’s what I’m saying, we should have gone back

Henchman 4: what do you think boss?

(Henchman 4 moves in front of Chris just as Will takes the shot, Henchman 4 is killed and Chris jumps up and starts shooting)

(A small gunfight ensues between Chris, the 3 remaining henchman and Will where one is killed and another disappears,  the shot goes back to Will as a gun is cocked behind his head)

Scene 3

(Muhammad drags a semi-conscious Will past Chris, Chris follows behind, Muhammad kicks Will’s leg out so he is kneeling on the floor)

Chris: So, why did you do it?

Will: I was just trying to protect myself

(Chris punches Will in the face, causing him to fall to the floor)

Chris: didn’t protect yourself so well there, did you?

(Both Muhammad and Chris start to kick Will on the floor, Chris pulls his gun out and presses it to Will’s head, keeps it there for a brief moment, then re- holsters it, laughing. Chris gestures at Muhammad and the two walk away)

Poster Ideas

This poster fromthe film Cloverfield has some of the same things that we would like to include in our film poster. We would like a scenic shot behind the main character, with the character in the foreground. This type of image for the poster would be good as it shows the main aspect of the film, which is the cinematic sceneic shots of the landscape in the film.This type of image would be able to allow the audience to idnetify the genre of the film and what the story could possibly be about, this would help to attract the audience.  This effect is well used within the genre, this is because it outlines the loneliness of the character, making them miniscule in comparison to the background. As most of the backgrounds within the posters are quite extreme (e.g a collapsed bridge or a dramatic shot of a desolate New York) it makes the character seem hardened and not fazed by much. This effect also highlights the endurance of mankind, that no matter how bad a situation gets, humans will adapt and becmoe hardened to it, this is a major theme throughout many films within the post apocalyptic genre.

Some more example of tyoe of film poster we would like to produce:

Filming Diary 3

On the thrid day of filming we went to the last offical location, Weybridge gravel pit. The scenes that we shot the scenes where the protagonist is beaten by the man whi he tries to assasinate and he is left in the industiral 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, but we can use that shot as an establishing shot that might work well, even though it was not inteneded.

Things that went well:
-We got most of the shots we wanted to get
-The scene was as good as we had thought from the research we had done

Things that didn't go well:
The sun was too low which meant the shots we could get were limited as we could not shoot towards the sun
There were other people there

Our progress

Filming Diary #2

On friday we did our second filming session, 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 chracter 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 intened to do which means that the wisly 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.

Shot Planning

These shots will be mostly filmed at wisley and will include:



A camp fire shot:
This shot will be similar to the one above with the main character in their own next to the fire, this new shot will hopefully help to shows how wide spread the event was and how the character next to the fire is one of only a handful of people that survived. I also feel that this shot will help to keep the pace of the trailer slow at the beginning.



Car lock picking and looting:
This shot will show the main character picking the lock of a car that is abandoned to gain access to the supplies in the car, this is quite a generic shot and has been used in many action films but I think that it will work well in our film to show how desperate supplies are getting and that the characters have to resort to getting anything they can from wherever they can.




The last shot which I could not find a good image as an example for shows the main character reaching in their pocket and pulling out headphones, putting them on and listening to music which the audience will be able to hear. This will show the audience that not only has the event happened recently as the device still has battery, but it will also show that even after such a wide spread event, the characters still like to enjoy pre-apocalypse luxuries, this will also show how modern societies dependence on technology may hinder their survival.