Monday, 23 November 2015
Recent Events:
Recently, I have been let down by my actors, leading to change in storyline and potential actors. However I do not feel this will effect me, due to mentally I will work harder in order to achieve the grades I want!
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Time Management Week 2 (17/11/15):
This week has been successful I feel due to the fact that I've got two rough ideas for my a plot/story line which took me a lot of time to think of. Another reason is that i am starting tasks earlier than i planned which is good as that means that i am not falling behind other members in my class. The reason that 05/12/15 is in progress is that i'm trying to give my actors as much notice as possible in order to be available for me to film. By next week i plan to have everything up to the 24/11/15 highlighted green in order for it to be a successful week! I will be making one of these 'Time Management' posts every Tuesday with the next one being on the 24/11/15.
Date Task
11/11/15: Complete generation of ideas
17/11/15: Analyse pictures of characters
18/11/15: Plan possible locations
19/11/15: Organise the story/plot
24/11/15: Plan the order of filming
29/11/15: Begin recording on matchday
30/11/15: Review the shots filmed
01/12/15: Edit the magazine front cover photo
05/12/15: Arrange next date for filming with actors
*TBC*: Filming on a non-matchday
14/12/15: Begin editing of trailer
21/12/15: Finish editing of trailer
21/12/15: Prepare draft of trailer
22/12/15: Focus on magazine front cover
24/12/15: Focus on film webpage
27/12/15: Create soundtrack/music for the trailer
01/01/16: Finishing touches to all ancillary products
05/01/16: Draft of all ancillary products
07/01/16: If improvements suggested, then make them
12/01/16: Show draft of all three again
14/01/16: Make improvements if suggested
18/01/16: Show audience again
24/01/16: Finished
Storyline ideas:
My ideas consist of the following:
- Dad has just been released from prison after several years inside, all because of football related violence he hasn't been able to see his son for a long period of time. He is finally released however little did he know that his son is following in his footsteps of becoming a football hooligan. The father wants his son to stop(he then has a flashback to when he was apart of the firm), as he knows the trouble and violence that is involved in the modern game. The father makes him promise to never get involved with the 'wolf pack' (a violent group of hooligans) again. He promises his dad. But when its match day its a different story! The son creeps out and visits his so called 'family' the wolf pack, the same group as what his father used to be 'top boy' at. Particular members of the group never used to like the fathers as he was in charge of everything, so they seek revenge on him and know that the only way to achieve this is to get at his young son. The trailer will end when the young boy is chased into an area where there is no exit. It will then jump to the credits and the film name.
- Dad leaving the prison after several years inside, indicate with titles
- also show the son leaving the house for football, to show the audience the connection.
- series of flashback timeline shots dad and son .... ? flicking through photo album
- cut with symbolic aggression shots
- use GoPro for chase scene
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Availability Form For My Actors:
I'm thinking of handing these out to my actors when I next see them all on the 29/11/15, this will allow me to work out times whereby most if not all actors are available to film.
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Generation Of Ideas:
Rough ideas for my Crime Drama Football Trailer:
I would like to record a group of young adults who go to football, which will be portrayed as football hooligans. These people will all be wearing iconic and recognisable football terrace wear, such as; Stone Island, CP Company, Adidas Trainers etc... All of which are not cheap so it would be hard to get actors without these brands, however I'am lucky enough to have friends with this sort of clothing who would be willing to be in my teaser trailer. At this point in time I'm unsure of the film name however I have rough ideas such as 'Green 'N' Yellow Street' to give the audience the link between 'Green Street' and the genres. Also these colours in football are very well known to Norwich City Football Club. I plan to film in the city, this will take place either on match days or non match days, most likely a mixture of both to give a good effect with crowd. The shots that I would like to take could include some of the following initial ideas; a low angle shot of the 'hooligans' walking past the camera to show the classic Adidas 'trotters' (shoes), plus it will show the sheer numbers in the firm. Another shot that I would like, would be a camera in the local pub on match day, I would need to ensure that the filming of these characters is very discreet and barely noticeable due to other peoples reactions being different if someone is recording... The main reason for this shot is to record the firms entrance into the pub.
For my ancillary product (magazine front cover picture) I would like to get all of the people in the firm to have a group picture, however I do not want to expose peoples faces the effect which I would like to create is shown below:
I believe the blurring of faces would create a sense of mystery and add an element of danger as they don't want other firms to know who they are. However on the other hand I would also like to trial the idea below:
Whereby everyone's face is either blurred or covered and the 'Top Boy(s)' face is clearly shown to indicate he is the main character. I do not plan to have any females in the group due to firms being very male dominated.
I would like to record a group of young adults who go to football, which will be portrayed as football hooligans. These people will all be wearing iconic and recognisable football terrace wear, such as; Stone Island, CP Company, Adidas Trainers etc... All of which are not cheap so it would be hard to get actors without these brands, however I'am lucky enough to have friends with this sort of clothing who would be willing to be in my teaser trailer. At this point in time I'm unsure of the film name however I have rough ideas such as 'Green 'N' Yellow Street' to give the audience the link between 'Green Street' and the genres. Also these colours in football are very well known to Norwich City Football Club. I plan to film in the city, this will take place either on match days or non match days, most likely a mixture of both to give a good effect with crowd. The shots that I would like to take could include some of the following initial ideas; a low angle shot of the 'hooligans' walking past the camera to show the classic Adidas 'trotters' (shoes), plus it will show the sheer numbers in the firm. Another shot that I would like, would be a camera in the local pub on match day, I would need to ensure that the filming of these characters is very discreet and barely noticeable due to other peoples reactions being different if someone is recording... The main reason for this shot is to record the firms entrance into the pub.
For my ancillary product (magazine front cover picture) I would like to get all of the people in the firm to have a group picture, however I do not want to expose peoples faces the effect which I would like to create is shown below:
I believe the blurring of faces would create a sense of mystery and add an element of danger as they don't want other firms to know who they are. However on the other hand I would also like to trial the idea below:
Whereby everyone's face is either blurred or covered and the 'Top Boy(s)' face is clearly shown to indicate he is the main character. I do not plan to have any females in the group due to firms being very male dominated.
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Time Management Week 1 (10/11/15):
Here is a table that will help me organise my time on my 3 products for this year. The tasks highlighted green, indicate that they are complete, amber means that that is my next task to complete/in progress and red means that I'm not at that task yet. This will make it easier to plan and prepare for me and my actors...
Date Task
11/11/15: Complete generation of ideas
17/11/15: Analyse pictures of characters
18/11/15: Plan possible locations
19/11/15: Organise the story/plot
24/11/15: Plan the order of filming
29/11/15: Begin recording on matchday
30/11/15: Review the shots filmed
01/12/15: Edit the magazine front cover photo
05/12/15: Arrange next date for filming with actors
*TBC*: Filming on a non-matchday
14/12/15: Begin editing of trailer
21/12/15: Finish editing of trailer
21/12/15: Prepare draft of trailer
22/12/15: Focus on magazine front cover
24/12/15: Focus on film webpage
27/12/15: Create soundtrack/music for the trailer
01/01/16: Finishing touches to all ancillary products
05/01/16: Draft of all ancillary products
07/01/16: If improvements suggested, then make them
12/01/16: Show draft of all three again
14/01/16: Make improvements if suggested
18/01/16: Show audience again
24/01/16: Finished
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Production Plan:
What do I need to do to make my 3 products happen?
- Organise and arrange for actors
- create storyboards
- know the main storyline and plot
- software being used
- research clothing that potential actors have
- research into music
- locations
- mise en scene
- sound
- film name
- titles
- character names
- script
- costume
- job allocation
- editing
- lighting
- budget
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