Friday, 3 March 2017

Pre-Production: Shot List


SCENE 1

Frame 1:
CU of hand/Camera dolly’s out with hand until shoulder comes into foregorund
Frame 2:
CU of face/face turns around to door behind them when banging starts
Frame 3:
MS door and banging /Camera dollies into door to CU
Frame 4:
Camera shakes with banging


SCENE 2

Frame 5:
CU bag falls on floor/ camera at floor level
Frame 6:
MS from side protagonist does hair/ Dolly around to the front of protagonist.
Frame 7:
LA camera inside bag/ protagonist unzips the bag.
Frame 8:
HA/OS Protagonist takes out art materials and lays them down on floor/table/ camera pans 45 degrees to other side of shoulder as radio comes out



SCENE 3

Frame 9:
CA radio on table as protagonist turns it on and takes their coat off; they then go to grab the jar of clotted blood
Frame 10: (to be placed in the middle of Frame 9):
MS of protagonist taking their coat off
Frame 11:
CU Protagonist finds that jar of blood cannot be used



SCENE 4

Frame 12:
CU from behind canvas at ground level, protagonist kneeling down takes off their shirt showing silhouette.
Frame 13:
CU of protagonist’s arm as the walk to the side of the canvas.
Frame 14:
CU protagonist grabs sharp edge
Frame 15:
MS protagonist sits down and rubs her stomach with the surgical scar
Frame 16:
CU Protagonist’s face as they prepare to cut


SCENE 5

Frame 17:
HA protagonist prepares to cut themselves
Frame 18:
MS from side of protagonist where she starts to cut through their skin
Frame 19:
CA Looking through a jar as the protagonist cuts themselves
Frame 20:
CU protagonist’s face showing pain but resilience
Frame 21:
CU the sharp edge drops on the floor and camera pans up to her arm where a stream of blood drops off her fingers into a pallet.
Frame 22:
HA protagonist sits as they fill the pallet up and rubs their stomach with their free hand
Frame 23:
CU protagonist rubs the scar on her stomach then slowly starts to cry for a moment


SCENE 6

Frame 24:
POV Acetate and blood is painted as if it’s over the camera lens
Frame 25:
CU (camera behind protagonist) protagonist’s hand begins to stroke along the sheet. Camera moves around to a CU facing the front of her showing her expressions as she paints.
Frame 26:
CU she dips her hand into the jar to add more blood to it. Camera then focuses into the background on the radio where there is an interference sound in the music of a police raid.
Frame 27:
MS Protagonist stops to look over at the radio but carries on painting. However the interference becomes louder.
Frame 28:
HA protagonist starts to paint faster
Frame 29:
CU hand strokes long the sheet but it begins to tremble then banging begins


SCENE 7

Frame 29:
MS, Police prepare to break in


SCENE 8

Frame 30:
CU of face/face turns around to door behind them when banging starts
Frame 31:
MS door and banging /Camera dollies into door to CU
Frame 32:
CU protagonist begins to feel light headed and faints to the ground gradually.
Frame 33:
MS, camera follows her movement as she collapses to her knees
Frame 34:
Camera shakes with banging then door bursts open.


SCENE 9:

Frame 35:
BEV police run in with a triangular formation, camera tilts with them about 90 degrees
Frame 36:
CU protagonist is collapsed on the floor, attempts to get up but is tackled down.
Frame 37:
LA camera on the floor as armoured police restrains protagonist
Frame 38:
MS other police stop to look at the painting
Frame 39:
MS/OS Armoured police turns to the others then turns to look at the painting
Frame 40:
MS camera pans across to show polices’ expressions to the painting
Frame 41:
OS Shot reveals the painting/dolly’s in until shoulders are out of shot
Frame 42:
HA protagonist lies on the ground and smiles gently.


END

Thursday, 2 March 2017

Pre-Production: Recce






Two days before production starts, myself and my group had a tutorial with Matt and suggested that we do a recce of the location to consider lighting tests and the set layout. This proved useful for us as we knew exactly what we'd be working with on production day and it gave us a chance to alter our storyboard shots in order to match the layout of the garage and the space we'd use for the set.

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Pre-Production: Equipment List


Our production shoot will be on 4th March 2017. As such, we intend to book out certain items of equipment as well as using what we already own:

Equipment List:

CANNON 100D (Alex)
32GB Sand Disk (Alex)
24mm lens (Alex)
250mm lens (Alex)
Clapper board (Alex)
LED Flood light (Alex)
Flood light tripod (Alex)
Green screen stand (Alex)
Shot gun mic (Ellie)
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 Tripod (Mark 1)
Manfrotto 181B Folding Dolly
Sennheiser ME66 Shotgun Microphone (Deadcat) Kit
Boom Pole
Tascam DR-40 Portable Audio Recorder
Rode NTG1 Shotgun Microphone (Phantom Powered)
Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L Lens
Canon EF 28mm f1.8 Lens
Headphones
(x2) SanDisk 32GB Extreme SD Memory Card
Canon 600D Camera Kit

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Pre-Production: Production Schedule

Production Schedule:

Thursday 2nd March:

- Group work check
- Bring together costumes and props
- Decide on a name for film
- Finalise storyboard
- Create shot list
- Consider film festivals

Saturday 4th March:

- Film on set
- Arrive preferably before 12pm
- Prepare into costumes and set up ready for first scene
- begin filming shots corresponding to shot list.

Monday 6th March – Monday 22nd March:

- Post production editing
- Rough cut of film
- Colour grade film (Da Vinci resolve)
- Add sound
- Compress and export

Monday, 27 February 2017

Research: Character emotions



Leading up to production, I began to think about how I will direct the actors on set in bringing out the emotions we want for the characters. One form of research I have done is look at how a character deals with loss and the feeling of no control over what's going on.

In this scene from Interstellar, Cooper watches his children grow up in a matter of minutes which makes us as the audience feel great sympathy for Cooper as he has not been there as a father to watch his children become adults themselves.

I aim to get this same emotional response that Cooper receives from the audience within the protagonist. As a mother who has lost their child from forces they can't control; she will never see her child grow up and the only things that she has connected to her baby are the surgical scar on her stomach and the painting she draws with her own blood. 

Lecture: I Come From Cyberspace




Summary:
Technology has advanced so far over the years, it has now gained the potential to become art as it has inflicted a great deal of influence in modern day society and culture and continues to do so with VR being the latest branch of advancement. Technology has also innfluenced fashion like that of Cybergoth and artists and filmmakers are also using the concept of cyberspace and technology for creating projections of the future that technology may lead to; for example The Matrix by the Wachowskis and Uncanny Valley by Federico Heller.

Pre-Production: Storyboard













Storyboard Art by Fi, Shot concepts by Oscar