In my film I will aim to use a variety of special effects, particularly in terms of emphasising his sister's death
- by this I mean that it will be impossible for me to film an actual car accident as a result of health and safety as well as pure ethical reasons, therefore i must be able to find a way to film this possibly with an explosion in the background or something else.
I may also use background effects in order to make the film seem more realistic such as traffic or birds etc.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Main Task - Pre-production - Film Pitch
Mentality
The story - "well without giving too much away it's quite deep and emotional with a kind of mental focus. I guess you will have to wait and see".
The interest - "personally I liked seeing the effect of the storyline on my character, but I also enjoyed the realism that is used within the story and the effects of the other characters, it connects well with the audience".
James is a very isolated person, he doesn't have many friends but is very close with his sister. He often doesn't remember things that happen, as though he wasn't even there.
He is the protagonist in this film but does he become the antagonist towards the end?
My pitch:
- Mentality
"The mystery lies within"
They lived in an abusive home, got beaten up nearly everyday, but finally when he was old enough James took his sister and left.
Years later she sadly died in a fatal car accident, unknown to everyone of why or how it has happened.
However, James soon got flashbacks of his life and more importantly of his sisters' death whilst in his sleep. As a result he decides to visit a psychiatrist for help where he soon learns some interesting but terrifying facts.
BUT what did he find out?
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Friday, 11 November 2011
Main Task - Pre-production - Research
In order to get my ideas clear, I thought it would be a good idea to do a mind-map and possible elaborate on my current ideas, link in new ones and finally to have a good idea how my film should look:
Main Task - Similar Products - New Characters
I began planning my "plot" for the main task and decided to continue the film on from my preliminary task, using the same storyline and characters.. although this would now be used to essentially tell the story as my preliminary task was just the beginning.
The idea of my film is that James Watson grew up in an abusive family with a drunk mother and violent father, making him and his younger sister go into care although they became very close and protective as a result. However a few years later she unfortunately dies in a car accident, which is just the beginning of James' flashbacks.. he remembers things from when he was younger, he remembers things that he didn't know before, and finally he remembers what happened to his sister in the accident. It was him, something had come over him and caused the accident although he blacked out at this stage and couldn't remember it until now.. we then later find out that he has a psychological disorder which has caused these black outs.
Looking at real media texts I think that James is fairly similar to Marshall Edward "teddy" Daniels in Shutter island.
His character is unaware of his past, he is completely oblivious and it is a result of a traumatic experience in his past, therefore making him similar to James in the way that they both do not know that they firstly have an illness and secondly that it has anything to do with them.. they immediately blame outside factors although both from a normal life making it follow the thriller convention.
One of the theorists that can apply to the characters is:
Vladimir Propp - Character Types (the seven spheres)
This is because they believe that they follow the character of the hero.. as they try to solve the case of what happened to James' sister or to what is happening at the "prison". although it comes to light that they are both the villain as opposed to the hero of the story.
During the course of this project I will be using a variety of technology such as; camera, lighting, premier pro, photo-shop, internet research, recording interviews with people, making radio trailers, conducting a pod-cast, using email to communicate with those helping me as well as trying to find out opinions of the target audience.
Finally; the plot applies to many theories although the main one being Barthes - Enigma Code, this theory suggests that films make the audience ask questions, as they do not fully tell the story until essentially the end, for example this is used in "sin city" in the opening scene where a woman is killed by the man that says he loves her, he also claims that he "will help her".. leaving the audience question 'if he loves her, why would he kill her.. also why does she need saving'.
My film uses this theory in the way that the audience are unaware that James has a psychological illness, or that it would cause him to kill his sister.. to whom he is so close with.
The idea of my film is that James Watson grew up in an abusive family with a drunk mother and violent father, making him and his younger sister go into care although they became very close and protective as a result. However a few years later she unfortunately dies in a car accident, which is just the beginning of James' flashbacks.. he remembers things from when he was younger, he remembers things that he didn't know before, and finally he remembers what happened to his sister in the accident. It was him, something had come over him and caused the accident although he blacked out at this stage and couldn't remember it until now.. we then later find out that he has a psychological disorder which has caused these black outs.
Looking at real media texts I think that James is fairly similar to Marshall Edward "teddy" Daniels in Shutter island.
His character is unaware of his past, he is completely oblivious and it is a result of a traumatic experience in his past, therefore making him similar to James in the way that they both do not know that they firstly have an illness and secondly that it has anything to do with them.. they immediately blame outside factors although both from a normal life making it follow the thriller convention.
One of the theorists that can apply to the characters is:
Vladimir Propp - Character Types (the seven spheres)
This is because they believe that they follow the character of the hero.. as they try to solve the case of what happened to James' sister or to what is happening at the "prison". although it comes to light that they are both the villain as opposed to the hero of the story.
During the course of this project I will be using a variety of technology such as; camera, lighting, premier pro, photo-shop, internet research, recording interviews with people, making radio trailers, conducting a pod-cast, using email to communicate with those helping me as well as trying to find out opinions of the target audience.
Finally; the plot applies to many theories although the main one being Barthes - Enigma Code, this theory suggests that films make the audience ask questions, as they do not fully tell the story until essentially the end, for example this is used in "sin city" in the opening scene where a woman is killed by the man that says he loves her, he also claims that he "will help her".. leaving the audience question 'if he loves her, why would he kill her.. also why does she need saving'.
My film uses this theory in the way that the audience are unaware that James has a psychological illness, or that it would cause him to kill his sister.. to whom he is so close with.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Preliminary Task - Individuality
This is the final version of my film "Individuality"
The final stage of my production was to make a poster that would intially be shown to "advertise" my production. It should show both emotion and attempt to intrigue the audience; I decided that as my film is based up-on a fairly sad emotion that my poster to convey this also.
As a result I decided to use "sepia" tone effects to connote the sadness and lack of 'coloured emotion', giving the image somewhat an old feel.
The image that was used in my poster is intended to display confusion of what to do next, should he jump or not? the aim was generally to attract the audience by not telling the whole story or what lead to him feeling this way.
Preliminary Task - Evaluation
How effective is the combination of your main product and your film poster?
My film of individuality and the poster that goes with it combine well in terms of connoting the emotion that is meant to be displayed. By this I mean that the emotion that intentionally conveyed in the film is meant to be that of sadness, with slow, meaningful moments and soft music and the character showing true emotion, this is then shown in the poster with the use of low colouring and an image that allows the audience to wonder "if he's going to jump?"
The idea is that as a result of the genre, thriller, it is important to make the audience question what is going to happen, in order to keep them entertained. Does he jump or doesn't he?
What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
From showing both my film and my poster to an audience I found that people generally understood the idea that I was essentially trying to convey, which is very good. Particularly they enjoyed the use of colourising to emphasise the mood within the scene. For example; in the film I darkened the colouring slightly to make it seem "dark" and "dull", and essentially display how the character felt, I also used "sepia" in my poster as this is often seen as somewhat an emotion tone, to show sadness, etc.
Overall I learnt that it may have been better for me to explain the story a bit more within the film as it was very confusing in terms of why the character was actually there, however the initial idea of this is important as I have decided to continue this in my Main task and therefore use this particular scene as the opening.
What have you learnt during the course of this project and what targets for improvement do you need to set for the main task?
Over the duration of this project I learnt the importance of organisation skills in terms of planning before to ensure that everyone knows exactly what is going to happen, this may be in terms of schedules being clearer or making sure that everyone "sticks" to the original script/planning. I have also learnt further skills in premier pro and photo-shop, as I struggled with these before from being unaware of exactly what I could do on them as well as not knowing how to use any of it. From firstly being shown basic skills on these programmes I was then able to go away on my own and "try it out" for myself which essentially helped me to work independently throughout.
In the future I would like to improve even more on my skills in these programmes to ensure that I fully understand the potential that can done to my project and therefore make it the best that it can be. I would also like to spend more time in terms of research, for example; being able to watch example films in order to give me an idea of what story-line I could possibly use in my main task. By this it will also mean that I can make sure the scripting I decide to use is the best one for my task!
My film of individuality and the poster that goes with it combine well in terms of connoting the emotion that is meant to be displayed. By this I mean that the emotion that intentionally conveyed in the film is meant to be that of sadness, with slow, meaningful moments and soft music and the character showing true emotion, this is then shown in the poster with the use of low colouring and an image that allows the audience to wonder "if he's going to jump?"
The idea is that as a result of the genre, thriller, it is important to make the audience question what is going to happen, in order to keep them entertained. Does he jump or doesn't he?
What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
From showing both my film and my poster to an audience I found that people generally understood the idea that I was essentially trying to convey, which is very good. Particularly they enjoyed the use of colourising to emphasise the mood within the scene. For example; in the film I darkened the colouring slightly to make it seem "dark" and "dull", and essentially display how the character felt, I also used "sepia" in my poster as this is often seen as somewhat an emotion tone, to show sadness, etc.
Overall I learnt that it may have been better for me to explain the story a bit more within the film as it was very confusing in terms of why the character was actually there, however the initial idea of this is important as I have decided to continue this in my Main task and therefore use this particular scene as the opening.
What have you learnt during the course of this project and what targets for improvement do you need to set for the main task?
Over the duration of this project I learnt the importance of organisation skills in terms of planning before to ensure that everyone knows exactly what is going to happen, this may be in terms of schedules being clearer or making sure that everyone "sticks" to the original script/planning. I have also learnt further skills in premier pro and photo-shop, as I struggled with these before from being unaware of exactly what I could do on them as well as not knowing how to use any of it. From firstly being shown basic skills on these programmes I was then able to go away on my own and "try it out" for myself which essentially helped me to work independently throughout.
In the future I would like to improve even more on my skills in these programmes to ensure that I fully understand the potential that can done to my project and therefore make it the best that it can be. I would also like to spend more time in terms of research, for example; being able to watch example films in order to give me an idea of what story-line I could possibly use in my main task. By this it will also mean that I can make sure the scripting I decide to use is the best one for my task!
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