Here is my group's animatic. This is a formulation of our storyboard, and gives the basic outline of the film. The animatic is however not representative of the shot lengths as these will run for however i feel is natural.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Research
In our film I will be looking to evoke the feeling of the Crime Thriller genre. As a result I have looked for film clips on the internet which I will be hoping will help with the planning of the piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zPyEVeGb80
The ending of Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971). This clip is the influence on our opening shot. We will however be using a different camera angle instead of the high-angle shot used here.
This shot from Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) has influenced the shot in the Police office. This was due to our attempts to keep the piece moving and have a good balance between stationary and travelling shots. As a direct result of Scorese's use of movement he will be one of the directors I will aim to evoke.
Here we see Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000). His interesting use of narrative structure has influenced our choice of starting at the end, and as the use of reverse play in the opening of the film we have chosen to edit our opening scenes brightness and slow the play down, creating a difference between this and the rest of our film. His use of natural light in this scene has also influenced us, as we know it will be hard to alter lighting due to limited resources, but also because it adds a certain amount of realism to the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7pgXS7bUBk
We will also be using the camera technique used in French New Wave films, and as so her is a compilation of shots from Godard's 1960 film A bout de souffle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zPyEVeGb80
The ending of Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971). This clip is the influence on our opening shot. We will however be using a different camera angle instead of the high-angle shot used here.
This shot from Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) has influenced the shot in the Police office. This was due to our attempts to keep the piece moving and have a good balance between stationary and travelling shots. As a direct result of Scorese's use of movement he will be one of the directors I will aim to evoke.
Here we see Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000). His interesting use of narrative structure has influenced our choice of starting at the end, and as the use of reverse play in the opening of the film we have chosen to edit our opening scenes brightness and slow the play down, creating a difference between this and the rest of our film. His use of natural light in this scene has also influenced us, as we know it will be hard to alter lighting due to limited resources, but also because it adds a certain amount of realism to the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7pgXS7bUBk
We will also be using the camera technique used in French New Wave films, and as so her is a compilation of shots from Godard's 1960 film A bout de souffle.
Friday, 23 October 2009
Friday, 16 October 2009
16th October's Lesson
Today we began to outline shots and stylistic elements which will be included in our sequence. Although we didn't finish the outline, we decided that we would have our Dirty Harry homage fading up to a black screen with a voiceover, saying that this is Harry's story. We have then decided to go straight to the beginning of the story and from there let it run linearly.
Final Aims and Context
Again after input from both Tim and my group:
Our film will be aimed at 15-30 year old males and also females of the 15-30 age bracket. It is aimed at both sexes as it is a Detective Crime Thriller, which the male audience will enjoy, but also a film where one woman takes centre stage, so they will be able to relate to our main character.
I will use formal influences from other crime film directors. E.g. Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) and especially Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971).In homage to Dirty Harry we will begin the film with the main character, Harry, throwing his badge down and walking away. We will then have the film in flashback. We will also take influence from Film Noirs (e.g. Double Indemnity, Wilder, 1944) and Neo-Noirs (e.g. Memento, Nolan, 2000) whilst writing our script. As a result the approach we will be taking is a genre-based one and as such I have been collecting information on films of the genres. However, we will also use techniques from French New Wave to influence the stylistics, (e.g. French New Wave will be referenced through the camera techniques, especially when filming conversations) as well as conventional Hollywood shot-reverse-shot ways of filming.
I will be undertaking the role of directing the piece, and as a result will draw on my previous experience from both FM1 and Digital Video Production. From FM1, I know that lighting was a big problem and as a result I will concentrate on finding suitable locations with the right amount of natural light, creating a realism in the film. Also from my analysis of Gladiator(Scott, 2000) I was very interested in how the camera was rarely fixed and as such want to work with Sophie to keep finding new and interesting ways of filming static people.
As a result I hope to advance my directing skills and will be hoping to complete the work to a high standard.
Our film will be aimed at 15-30 year old males and also females of the 15-30 age bracket. It is aimed at both sexes as it is a Detective Crime Thriller, which the male audience will enjoy, but also a film where one woman takes centre stage, so they will be able to relate to our main character.
I will use formal influences from other crime film directors. E.g. Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) and especially Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971).In homage to Dirty Harry we will begin the film with the main character, Harry, throwing his badge down and walking away. We will then have the film in flashback. We will also take influence from Film Noirs (e.g. Double Indemnity, Wilder, 1944) and Neo-Noirs (e.g. Memento, Nolan, 2000) whilst writing our script. As a result the approach we will be taking is a genre-based one and as such I have been collecting information on films of the genres. However, we will also use techniques from French New Wave to influence the stylistics, (e.g. French New Wave will be referenced through the camera techniques, especially when filming conversations) as well as conventional Hollywood shot-reverse-shot ways of filming.
I will be undertaking the role of directing the piece, and as a result will draw on my previous experience from both FM1 and Digital Video Production. From FM1, I know that lighting was a big problem and as a result I will concentrate on finding suitable locations with the right amount of natural light, creating a realism in the film. Also from my analysis of Gladiator(Scott, 2000) I was very interested in how the camera was rarely fixed and as such want to work with Sophie to keep finding new and interesting ways of filming static people.
As a result I hope to advance my directing skills and will be hoping to complete the work to a high standard.
Scene Selection
Yesterday after finalising the Synopsis we decided to make the opening sequence to the film. This as mentioned in the aims and contexts, will be influenced by Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971).
Initial Aims and Context
This is my initial aims and contexts:
Our film will be aimed at 16-30 year old males. It will also be aimed at those who enjoy crime dramas, but the male audience is the one we will be aiming to please. I will use formal influences from other crime film directors. E.g. Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) and especially Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971). In homage to Dirty Harry we will begin the film with the main character, Harry, throwing his badge down and walking away. We will then have the film in flashback. However, we will also use techniques from Film Noir and French New Wave to influence the stylistics. E.g. Film Noir will influence the lighting, and French New Wave will be referenced through the camera techniques, especially when filming conversations.
I will be undertaking the role of directing the piece, and as a result will draw on my previous experience from both FM1 and digital video production. From FM1, I know that lighting was a big problem and as a result I will concentrate on finding suitable locations with the possibility of easy control over the light.
As a result I hope to advance my directing skills and will be hoping to complete the work to a high standard.
Our film will be aimed at 16-30 year old males. It will also be aimed at those who enjoy crime dramas, but the male audience is the one we will be aiming to please. I will use formal influences from other crime film directors. E.g. Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) and especially Dirty Harry (Siegel, 1971). In homage to Dirty Harry we will begin the film with the main character, Harry, throwing his badge down and walking away. We will then have the film in flashback. However, we will also use techniques from Film Noir and French New Wave to influence the stylistics. E.g. Film Noir will influence the lighting, and French New Wave will be referenced through the camera techniques, especially when filming conversations.
I will be undertaking the role of directing the piece, and as a result will draw on my previous experience from both FM1 and digital video production. From FM1, I know that lighting was a big problem and as a result I will concentrate on finding suitable locations with the possibility of easy control over the light.
As a result I hope to advance my directing skills and will be hoping to complete the work to a high standard.
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