This weekends plan for filming.

This weekend we have planned to begin filming the first clips for our project. We have established a cast member in Sean Kim and we have selected from the possible locations that the journey will be filmed on a train (we plan on purchasing a return ticket to the nearby train station of Radley) we will then film the arrival of the journey at a combination of both Radley and Oxford railway station. We have decided to film the final scenes (where Sean is chased and caught at another time)

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Detailed Storyboard/ Script

After creating a storyboard for each pitch as a group (rough) we then proceded onto making a more detailed storyboard which is shown here:

[Drawn by Eric Hesselbo]

Locations

Our opening for the film requires us to select Mise en Scene which therefore makes selecting possible locations an important aspect of our project. We have 3 main scenes in our opening. Which basically out are; The Journey, Arrival from journey, Place of attack (somewhere out of site of public where character has to travel.)


The Journey. The opening begins with a character travelling to meet a friend/relative (We have casted this role and it will be player by Sean Kim, a student who attends our school, so I will now refer to this character as Sean throughout the following posts). So we will need to find somewhere to film these scenes on, this could be on a train, bus or perhaps a Taxi.


Arrival from Journey. We also need a location to film Sean arriving from his journey, this of course depends on the first location however the train station is a great location that is situated in Oxford and this may affect our choice of the first location. As well as trains both bus's and taxi's also arrive here so we can effectively use this location with whichever journey the group decides.

Another possible option is "Gloucester Green" a square in the city centre that acts as a hub for Taxi's.

A third location choice would be a bus stop of sorts, obviously there are hundreds that are available options however the following would fit nicely in with our feeling of remoteness required in the following scene.

The final location needed in our film is for the scene where Sean is chased and effectively captured/killed. This location needs to be a remote area and needs to have aspects relating to the previous scene so we can create a match on action. Here are some possible locations.

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Decision.

It was time for our group to make a decision on which Pitch to take forward we have now completed basic storyboards for each pitch so we are all clear of what each pitch's story is.

We had a meeting and as a group we narrowed the pitches down to either Missing or Escape. We decided this because of cast issues (such as finding a large enough group for two hooligan firms) we felt that we could focus on directing and achieve a better project. Another reason we removed this option is because the locations will only be populated during home games which again adds another complication.

We had narrowed it down to two options from the storyboards, we talked about possible locations and casting for both pitches. We could think of a few places for the Escape pitch but casting was once again an issue as we would need a large gang. As a whole group we were constantly being drawn to the "Missing" pitch the advantages outweighed any of the other pitches and we thought that we could get a better project as we thought it was the best pitch and story in the first place.

So we have decided to take forward the pitch "Missing". We each divided up tasks between ourselves (detailed storyboard, cast and locations). We have planned to film this coming weekend.

Pitch 3 - United

Pitch 2 - Escape.

Storyboards

Here are the basic storyboard for each pitch these just show the openings of the films. Here is the first pitch (Missing)

Basic Deadlines for Group.

8th November - Decide which pitch we will create our film opening for, acquire possible locations/cast, review basic storyboard of pitch.

10th November - Decide cast members and locations for first weekend of filming.

11th November - Confirm cast are aware of filming dates and confirm availability of suitable locations, complete detailed storyboard and complete script for first scenes.


12th and 13th November - Begin filming first scenes.

16th November - Confirm cast members and locations needed for scenes filmed at coming weekend, ensure cast are aware of where and when the filming is taking place.

19th and 20th of November - Film remainder of scenes. 

22nd November - Review footage and confirm if any scenes need to be shot / reshot, schedule filming dates and location

23rd- 30th of November - Film any left over scenes (If required)

1st December - Upload all clips.

6th December - Rough Edits completed

Mark Scheme, Construction - Selecting mise-en-scène / Variety of shot distance / Framing shot appropriately.

Once again all three of these aspects can be planned for by storyboarding, which really highlights the importance of storyboards in this project. A variety of shot distances will be fairly easy to do and will not require much planning pre-production however we need to make sure we include varied shot distances in our storyboards so that we carry this out while filming. Selecting the mise-en-scène and framing the shot appropriately go hand in hand and other than storyboarding we can't really prepare for these aspects. We need to remember to make sure that everything in the scene is relevant to the scene including props, locations and costumes.

Mark Scheme, Construction - Editing for meaning to viewer/ Varied shot transitions, captions and other effects.

When editing the clips there are 3 main aspects we need to consider, the first is the length, order and transitions between the different shots. We can use a combination of Sony Vegas, After Effects and iMovie to edit the film. The music used can sometimes dictate the length and order of shots to a certain extent as they have to work in sync with each other. The order will be established with storyboards and shot transitions will vary however for the majority of the time I think we will try and keep a fairly natural feel to the editing with the use of simple shot transitions. The length of shot in accordance to one another is not easy to analyse until we have the shots filmed and uploaded however I like the idea of a difference in shot length to add effect (i.e starting with short quick changing shots as the tension builds up) as seen in the film opening of City of God (which is similar to one of our possible pitches).





I think that the editing in this is amazing, the whole film is about a photographer who lives in the slums of Rio de Janeiro which is heavily populated by gangs, it shows a scene of meals being prepared cutting quickly between this process and a scene of a chicken who is trapped and then escapes at which point the transitions become less often and the scene calms down a lot. I think that this could be a metaphor for the trapped feeling that can come from gang culture, and even when the chicken escapes its death a group of 10+ men chase the chicken through the town violently threatening anyone who gets in their way or fails to catch the chicken. The main character is briefly shown. I think that we could possibly use a similar sort of feeling with shot transitions being fast and quick with perhaps a trapped animal for a metaphor.