Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Filming Today

i have planned to film today and the weather is good for film as it is not windy and the sun is out

i have made a couple of changes and additions since my plans. one was a staff i made for the shade.

i have added a new scene and changed the ones i had already had.

i have also improved on the wound that on actor will get using the fake blood i had, glue, toilet paper, red lipstick and foundation.

Monday, 22 April 2013

What is the purpose and function of a film opening?


The opening to Tomb Raider shows the protagonist and what they are like in the film. It shows their personality and tells us something about their occupation/hobby which is the purpose of a film opening as well as communicating and creating narrative enigmas.

Right from the start the opening gives us plenty of narrative detail with the scene starting with an extreme close-up that slowly zooms out and twists to show us the characters face and her orientation. This immediately makes us wonder what she is doing and where she is. These enigma's are answered very quickly with a long shot that shows us a tomb which she is hanging into on a rope. A big close up shows and artefact like object which we assume she is looking for. The purpose of this is to show the viewer the main character and show them how acrobatic and active she is.

We see a close up of her eyes as they look left and right telling us she is fairly wary and cautious of her surroundings. A close up of her feet when she is running makes us assume she is confident of her decisions and may be slightly hasty. When she slows down we are shown a point of view shot of the artefact. At this point a tilted down mid-shot shows her hands ready to grab the dual pistols she has. This shows us that she is ready for whatever may happen. There is no music in this part of the scene which builds tension.

Everything slows down when we see a point of view shot of something above her looking down at her. We see rapid cuts between many different shots to show the immediate excitement and speed presented by the entrance of the robot coupled with the louder, faster paced non-diagetic music. We see a point of view with effects for the robot in a shot reverse shot between the robot and the main character. The purpose of this is to show the viewer that the robot is looking for her for whatever reason.

Later in the scene, the protagonist reloads their gun, but, instead of just reloading we see close-ups of every stage of the reload. With everything else out of focus to make viewers watch and emphasise that she is reloading. We also realise that the non-diagetic music stops and the diagetic sound of the gun reloading is louder to make it more noticeable and dramatic which gives the viewer a rest from all the excitement that is happening.

Sunday, 14 April 2013

Batman: Dark knight Rises - 9 Shot Analysis


The first shot is an establishing shot that has little sound with it. It is a tracking shot that shows us an off road car speeding through grass in a rural environment. This create enigmas of who where and why. Coupled with this is a shot of three people with bags over their heads in the back of the land rover which shows us they are hostages of some kind.

The next shot is a man in front plane in a slightly low angle shot. We see marine like men at the plane showing us he has money and he has some power. He is dressed casually making us think that he doesn’t fight much and gets other people to do it for him. He is waiting for the land rover by the looks of it form the way the shots are put together.

The next shot shows the plane flying in the air over a large rural place in an extreme long shot. This tells us they are alone in a large area with nothing else near to them. The high angle shot has little sound as the re is still a build up of something about to happen.

The next shot is a medium two shot of one of the hostage men with his head being hung out of the plane with a gun on him for the casually dressed man who we now see is an agent of some kind. This shot has he agent threatening to shoot them and throw them out if they don’t give him information on a masked man we hear of.

This next shot shows a medium long shot of everyone looking at the last man who has said something to them. Even though he is not in the position of obvious power we see there is something about him that makes him look powerful and threatening more that the marines and the agent.

This shot shows us the masked man that the agent was looking for and the lower half of the agents face in a over the shoulder two shot. This makes the out of focus marines in the background look slightly nervous and makes the masked man look powerful and intimidating.

This medium long shot is just after the plane is tiped by another plane and we can see that the masked man who looked powerful in an inferior position is now the superior one. This very low angle shot makes the masked man look very powerful and in control.

This long shot shows blood being transferred for an unapparent reason and crates a new enigma for us. It makes the man on the right look inferior and very scared of the superior people on the left.

The last shot shows the masked man and the man who was scared being carried while the other plane falls. This is a good shot because is shows the rural empty land below and the masked man in power and control of the situation from seemingly not at the start. This shows us how he works and the strengths he processes.

Monday, 18 March 2013

Film Script

Scene 3 (interior)

(man 1 + man 2 searching through stuff)
(man 1 chuck something back onto floor)
(man 2 quickly look over)
(man 2 find box)
man 2: hey, look at this
(man 1 turn to see)
man 1: what is it?
(man 2 open box)


Scene 2 (exterior)

(man 2 laying dead on floor)
(Shade standing over him)


Scene 1 (exterior)

(man 1 run across bridge)
(man 1 keep running)
(man 1 bend down to catch breath)
(man 1 look up)
(man 1 look scared)
(Shade standing infront of him)
(man 1 step back)
(both man 1 and shade stand oppasite each other)

Monday, 11 March 2013

Shooting Schedule

For filming have recruited Josh Edwards as man 1, Matthew Suares Whaley to be man 2 and my brother Anthony to be the Shade who will have to try and stand still.

Scene
Location
People in Scene
Equipment
Props
1 - Man 1 Running
Dorney Common
Josh Edwards
Anthony Wilson
Camera
Big Tripod
Small Tripod
Skateboard
Sunglasses
2 - Man 2 Dead
Dorney Common
Matthew Suares Whaley
Anthony Wilson
Camera
Big Tripod
Small Tripod
Fake Blood
Box
3 - Men Find Box
Garage
Josh Edwards
Matthew Suares Whaley
Camera
Big Tripod
Small Tripod
Box
Torch
Garage Equipment