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7 May 2011
14 April 2011
Actor Consent
Actor / Contributor Consent form
With reference to the following production:
Produced by: Marcia precious
* In consideration of the sum of £…50……now paid to me (receipt of which is hereby acknowledged), I agree to the recording and copying and / or broadcasting of the performance / interview / contribution given by me to you on …04……./…02……./2011……. This agreement allows ‘unlimited’ future copying / broadcasting of the said material without any further payment.
* In consideration of the non-remuneration agreement between myself and Harrow College Media Productions I consent to the interview / contribution given by me to you on …04……./…02……./…2011……. giving over ‘unlimited’ rights to the above named production company. This agreement also allows ‘unlimited’ future copying / broadcasting of the said material without payment.
* Delete / fill in as applicable
This agreement enables the above named producer / production company to exploit the performance / interview / contribution, which I hereby give my consent, in any contemporary or future audio-visual media throughout the territories of the United Kingdom
Name (Please print): Naila nurudin Date: 04/02/2011
Address: 53 Maple Avenue
West Drayton
middlesex
ub7 8lt
Contact telephone number: 07986 441 324
Signature: N.P.H.nurudin
Permission Of Access
With reference to the following production:
In consideration of the request for audio / video recording as follows:
Location: st Johns wood
Date: 5th February 2011
Time: 10:00
Please tick / fill in as applicable:
ΓΌ Permission is given
¨ Permission cannot be given
¨ Permission is given subject to the following conditions:
Name (Please print): Julie Lang Date: 5th February 2011
Position: House owner
Address: 37 Dolfnew Avenue
st johns wood
Middlesex
Nw6 4zf
Contact telephone number: 079839944657
Signature: J.M.Lang
Risk Assessment
Production title: Voices
Location address: st johns wood/park
| Area of consideration / concern | Procedures / actions to be taken / regulations to comply with |
| Rain whilst shooting outside | Wait till the rain clears up before taking camera equipment outside. If rain does not clear up book to shoot for another day. |
| Moving Camera equipment from different locations. | Make sure all equipment is wrapped up safe before moving. Spread the equipment carrying evenly between each team members. |
| Long hours of filming | Make sure we take breaks in between shooting. |
| Camera cables | Be very careful of all the wires tangled on the floor. As someone could trip and injure themselves whilst damaging equipment. |
| Infant children on set | Make sure they do not touch any camera equipment. Make sure all crying is not caught on film. |
Minutes From Meeting
Production:
Production team: Group 4
Date: 4TH February 2011
Those present: Irfaat, Marcia, Courtney and Detjona
Apologies for absence: None
Matters discussed:
2) Props and location: how to get to the location from where we live. How are we going to travel from one location to the other? Who is carrying what? Find fake blood or a substitute. How long can we use the location for?
Action taken / to be taken (and by whom):
1) Replacement actor found, called all actors made sure they knew what was happening, what time they had to be there and what they had to do.
8 April 2011
6 April 2011
Textual Analysis
Textual analysis
Saving Private Ryan
Courtney Lang
The clip starts with the opening credits which are in the centre of the screen and in front of a black background. The theme music which is played by trumpets can be heard and sound very calm and peaceful which contrasts with the action packed film. The music fades for a couple of seconds and then as the title of the film is seen on screen the military sound re-appears.
The black screen fades up into a close up of the American flag and the theme music fades into diagetic sound of the flag moving in the wind. The theme music is suddenly heard again as the camera then cuts to a rear view medium close up back view of a man’s feet whilst walking awkwardly. There is a rear pan up the man’s body to reveal that he is walking along a path through a park of some kind. The camera then cuts to a medium long shot of a group of young and old people walking behind him looking concerned indicating that they are his family. There are several shot reverse shots and a medium close up of one man taking a photograph of the scenery, connoting there is some significance in the location and he wants to remember that. A side tracking shot of the man and the group behind him leads into a medium close to reveal that he is in fact an elderly man. In the background there is a beautiful landscape of the sea and Diagetic sound of a sea breeze can be heard and also seen blowing through the man’s hair. The camera then cuts to a long shot of the same American flag and a French flag high in the air and blowing in the wind connoting that the two countries are in the war and the memorial ground indicates all the deaths.
The camera then cuts back to the man again as he slowly starts to walk forward in a medium close up. His facial expressions depict that he is nervous or scared. As it cuts to a long shot tracking to the left of the man continually walking forward a gravestone shaped as a cross comes into focus. The man is looking around which connotes that he is looking for a certain grave to visit. There is a tracking crane shot Right to Left to reveal a whole entire field of the same gravestones showing that many hundreds of crosses to represent how many people were killed in the battle. The man sighs out loud which tells us he is near the gravestone he has been looking for. The man falls onto his knees in front of the gravestone and the sound of crying connotes that he is grieving thinking about his life and remembering those who he fought with in the war and died which we later discover was an emotional journey. In the background the other members of the group are seen running up behind him to comfort him.
Dialogue is used for the first time when the man who was taking photographs before puts his hand on the man and says “Dad” which connotes that the group trailing behind him is actually his family members. There are numerous camera shots of the lines and rows of gravestones which continue to reveal that so many people lost their lives in the war. The camera zooms right in to the man’s face and the theme music increases building tension. The sound of the choppy sea can be heard also gradually getting louder as the camera is in an extreme long shot focusing on the man’s beady eyes.
The camera cuts to the wavy dull sea with big pieces of metal which are used to hide behind and connotes that a war is going on and depicts that these are the man’s memories that we are being allowed to view. There is a pan down to reveal how many of these giant metal pieces are lying on the seabed close to shore. The date appears near the bottom of the screen “June 6, 1944” which shows that we have gone back in time. “Dog Green Sector Omaha Beach” anchors the location of where the clip is set. There is a high level shot of a metal boat full of soldiers bursting through a massive wave. We then see a side view of the boat and that reveals that there are many other boats in the distance which indicates that a battle is about to commence.
A close up of a man’s grubby hand shaking badly which connotes that he is really scared. As the camera pans up to show the man taking a big gulp of his drink we discover that we are in the boat with all the other soldiers. There is a close up of the man’s face scanning in front of him which shows that he is looking for something. As the camera zooms out from his face all the other soldiers are seen throwing up everywhere which is really sad as people can tell that they are shocked, anxious and scared. The man driving the boat shouts out to warn the soldiers that they are “30 seconds” away and when he says “God be with you” shows that something bad is about to happen to these courageous soldiers and they need God’s protection as they are about to face their fate. There are a number of shots with different people giving out the instructions. “I’ll see you on the beach” connotes that he is in charge of this boat load of soldiers and wants to see them safe.
We start to hear some enhanced Diagetic sound of bomb and gun noises which symbolises a war is happening on the beach. Several soldiers in Close up make the sign of the cross and kiss their rosary necklace. The audience sympathise with this as they can see that the soldiers are extremely nervous about what is ahead of them. The Diagetic noise of a whistle being blown is heard and a extreme close up a wheel handle is seen spinning very fast as the door falls open. A low angle shot shows many of the soldiers at the front being shot before they even got off the boat. Enhanced Diagetic sounds of gun shots are heard as there are medium close ups of men being shot in their head and body. They all collapse to the floor of the boat, unable to even make it out onto shore. We then see an over the shoulder shot of the enemy who is shooting down to all the soldiers. Images of the men under water being shot and dying adds dramatic effect and creates tension.
4 February 2011
2 February 2011
Professional Job Roles
Professional Job Roles
Courtney Lang - Director
The main responsibilities of a film Director are to look over the entire artistic vision of the film. A film Director looks very carefully at the flow as well as the content of the plot. They keep a close watch on the actors' performance by giving them a certain role to play and by eliciting the necessary range of emotions needed. A film Director visualises the complete script, controls the film's entire artistic and dramatic content of the film. He also guides the technical staff as well as the actors in completing his vision of the film. The Director is always selected by the Producer.
The Director works closely with the cast and crew to shape the film. Some like to conduct rigorous rehearsals in preproduction while others do so before each scene. In either case this process is essential as it tells the Director how the actors are going to play the scene, which enables them to make any necessary adjustments. Directors often use storyboards to illustrate sequences and concepts as well as set up camera angles.
The Director also plays a key role in post-production. He or she works with the Editor to ensure that the emotion of the scene reflects the story and the Directors wishes. The Director also advises on the colour grading of the final images, adding warmth or frigidity to the composition of the shots to reflect the emotional subtext of the character or environment. He or she also participates in the sound mix and musical composition of the film. In conclusion we can see that the Director has a huge role to play in the production of a film.
In Depth Interviews
In Depth Interviews
Courtney Lang
Name: Wojtek Siewers
Age: 18
Do you like thriller movies? Why?
I like thriller movies because most of them vary and have different twists and storylines to them. I like the excitement and thrill it brings. But I don’t like the bloody, gory films. I look more at the storyline. I like it when there are famous well-known actors and actresses because then I know the film is going to be good.
What is your favourite sub-genre of a thriller?
I like action thrillers because they normally have a climax and I love the tension and suspense which builds to it beforehand. Most of the action thrillers have guns or violence in them with special effects and explosions which really appeal to me.
What is your favourite thriller at the moment and why?
My favourite thriller at the moment is “Inception” because I like the confusion to it and the way you have to really get involved with the movie and think about what is happening. I also like all the special effects like when the city lifts up and becomes a mirror image. I like the actors in the film as well like Leonardo Dicaprio is a good actor so it makes the film so much better.
What sort of ending do you prefer thrillers to have?
I like typical happy endings especially if the film has had horrible or sad events happening. I like it when the film has had two certain people who want to be together and then it finally happens. In the film “Psycho” I like the ending because the crazy murdered gets caught and is punished for what he has done. I sometimes like the occasional cliff-hanger because it leaves me in suspense and I know that there is most probably going to be a second movie which I look forward to.
If you were going to make a Thriller movie what would you do to attract your audience?
I would use famous actors or actresses to attract the audience because I know from my own experiences that people like watching good well known acting. I would make sure there is a unique story that hasn’t been heard of and I would use plenty of special effects because they are good.
Name: Sara Powell
Age: 32
Age: 32
Do you like thriller movies? Why?
I do not like thriller movies that much because they tend to be full of action, explosions, fighting and horror. The only time I will watch a thriller movie is when there are good reviews and also good actors like Brad Pitt or Leonardo Dicaprio. I prefer a typical rom-com where there is a happy ending and lots of funny parts.
What is your favourite sub-genre of a thriller?
I like comedy thrillers that are really funny and have a lot of good jokes and laughs. There is not enough comedy thrillers made because all Thrillers are mostly action or fantasy etc etc. It is not fair for women like me who do not want to sit there and watch people getting blown up or punched in the face.
What is your favourite thriller at the moment and why?
My favourite thriller at the moment is Twilight –Eclipse. My daughter watches it a lot and really loves it and seen as I watched it with her I have really been drawn in by the whole storyline. I like the fact that the human and vampire fall in love. I’m pretty sure that it’s a Thriller anyway. Ha!
What sort of ending do you prefer thrillers to have?
I love happy endings when the guy gets the girl or the family stay together. A typical womanly response I guess! As I have said before I hate action and horror because they normally have miserable endings with lots of lives lost. I take films literally as if I am part of what’s happening so when someone dies I sympathise and sometimes get upset but if the film ends on a happy note I am happy and glad I sat and watched the movie.
If you were going to make a Thriller movie what would you do to attract your audience?
I would create a comedy thriller as there are not many recent good ones. I would use good looking actors you know, the typical hunky man and pretty women because that draws the audience in. I would include both females and males so they both genders like the movie.
5 January 2011
Proposal
Thriller Proposal
Brief
Our target audience was 15-35 year olds therefore we were asked to create a 2 minute opening sequence to our own thriller movie for this age range.
Research findings
In our research we found out that the key to a good thriller is the use of music and sound effects. Most people said that music is what makes the ‘’thrill’’ in the thriller as it creeps in unexpectedly and induldges the audience. Low key lighting is essential as it doesn’t reveal too much as to what is happening and leaves an element of surprise. The genre we have decided on is a horror thriller as we can come up with more advanced and in depth scripts based on our experiances watching horror movies. We also think that they appeal more to our age range and target audience 15- 35 year olds as they will be allowed to view some aspects of violence. For our subject we concentrated on the element of suspicion as we wanted to make our child actress as spooky and twisted as possible. Costume is important as it reveals a lot such as if the girl is wealthy, what era they are living in and the characteristic of the kid. Although we would like out thriller to be a big Hollywood box office film due to our production being set in a British location with unknown British actors we feel that it would be a British independent film.
Initial Ideas
Irfaat
In my idea the overall plot would involve Jack,12 year old boy who is guilt stricken after his younger sister recently passed away. His mother is neglecting him as she assumes it is his fault. Jack claims to see her but no one believes him. Mary (the dead sister) keeps pestering jack to do bad things like their mum or she will be forced to kill him. If he succeeds then he will be rewarded with something in a mysterious box. He tries to tell his mother but she won’t listen so he is left with a terrible decision.
For the opening sequence, we fade up an extreme close-up of bright blue eyes which slowly fade to bright red. The camera tracks backwards revealing an empty house with a boy sitting in a corner covered in blood, a dead woman's body lying lifeless in front of him. The camera pans down to a photo of a little girl on the floor nearby. It then cuts to a flash back of a close up of the little girl’s feet standing on the ledge. Voice over of little boys voice saying '' jump Mary , go on you won’t fall and hurt yourself go on , if you do I'll show you what's in my box , just jump'' while camera pans up revealing girl looking worried fade to blackness voice over of screams then zooms into the moon which then graphic matches to mother's eye. Cut to close up of hands laying down a flower on a gravestone pan up to the name on the gravestone. Cut to medium shot of mum hunched on the floor crying and the ghost of the little girl holding mums shoulder. Cut to little boy standing at the train station with mother. Little girl’s stands on the other platform while people walking past. Boy says to mother '' mom i can see Mary, mom she's pm the other platform'' mother says to boy '' don't be stupid Mary's dead'' medium close up of Mary waving. Train goes past and Mary disappears. Over the shoulder shot of jack in the bathroom looking in the mirror suddenly Mary appears '' you have to do it, look in the box you will find it, go and kill mom'' Mary says '' i can’t, Mary tell me what's going on tell me why you’re doing this'' jack says jack turns around ( eye line match and shot reverse shot while dialogue is going on also following the 180 degree rule.) Mary is gone. extreme close up of box hands opening box camera pans up revealing the boys worried face then cuts backs to the box slowly opening suddenly the door is opened. The camera quick cuts from door to box being suddenly closed. cut to the word jack engraved on the tree.
Courtney
Overall in the film, the main characters are a mother, father and two children, a girl aged 8 and a boy aged 11. They are on a camping trip in a quaint little forest. It is autumn time and the forest is covered in leaves and becoming more dark and cold each day. They plan to stay there for a long weekend and participate in traditional things like toasting marshmallows on a campfire and going for long walks. After their happy first night they awake in the morning to find their car drowned in the middle of the lake as if somebody has pushed it into there. They think it is another group of young campers trying to pull a prank on them. As they try to use their phones to call out to friends and family they soon find that they have no signal and the only way to get out of the forest is by foot. The camera keeps flashing back and forth from the families dilemma to someone spying on the family from behind the tree’s and they are breathing in a un-humanly way. As night dawns they have to set up their tent as the children are getting tired. The little girl is spooked by shadows she can see through the tent and the noise of tree’s swishing in the wind. They wake up the next morning to find the girl missing. As they run around the area looking for her the mother comes across her body on the cold damp floor. She is lying face down. The mother runs to her and screams for the little girl to respond as she turns her body around, a half bitten face is revealed. Dripping with blood you wouldn’t even be able to identify that it is the same girl as half her face is missing. Suddenly it dawns on the family that there is something big and evil lurking around the forest.
The opening two minutes of the film will feature a mum and son standing on a quiet motorway with a forest far in the distance. The mum has blood on her face and ripped clothes and the boy looks scrubby and dirty and is grasping onto his mum. They are trying to thumb a lift from passing cars. The camera zooms into their faces and then they become blurred as the forest comes into focus. As the camera zooms right up into the forest a loud pitched scream is heard and the screen goes black. Then we see a family un-loading stuff from the car. Laughter can be heard as there is a MCU of two children rolling down a hill.
Detjona
What I had in mind to do was basically have one character and she would be an alcoholic at 23 who was going through a phase in her life where she would be really alone. What happen are her subconscious acts on her and it’s this little girl from her childhood who speaks to her. Thinking the younger girl actually exists the older girl starts to listen to her as she feels they are friends.
the first thing we see is a close up of the older girls eye it has to be red and look quite tired to show she is drunk so the audience gets an idea of her alcohol problems. Then we cut to her looking in the mirror and saying 'what do I do?' to herself and the younger girl emerges from the dark behind her saying 'you know what you have to do'. This cuts to a clip of her childhood and the older girl if the young girl now and she are being molested by her step-dad which has now led her to be the person she is. We then cut again to her being in an AA meeting at the age of 23 and she doesn’t really want to be there but she’s been sent there by her mum. So we get a close up of her face introducing herself to the group. We then cut again to a side view of her face and her in a car driving and drinking and the little girl next to her. The young girl keeps saying 'you can do it' making her voice gets faster and louder as the car accelerates. Then the older girl starts to cry and says 'I can’t' as we see flashbacks of her childhood. The scene then finishes with a long shot of the car driving off. Titles roll with crew names.
Marcia
My initial idea involves an overall film plot featuring a 12 year old boy who’s an orphan. He lost his parents when he was 2 so he didn’t have any parental love. He was looked after by his grandparents until he was 5. His grandparents sensed that there was something wrong with him so they put him into a care home. He would always lash out at strangers and get into fights with people a lot older than him. He was quite secluded and kept himself to himself. One day, a woman arrives at the care home to start her new job and he finds out that she used to be in the same care home as Jack until her mother died and she became a bit crazy and demented and had to be put into a mental institute. The boy whose name is Jack becomes really attached to the woman named Jeni. She reveals to him that she had a son but he died stillborn. They both stick to each other and enjoy each other’s company. The only downside is that Jeni still hasn’t gotten rid of the crazy part of her mind and she does everything to keep little Jack safe. Jack on the other hand, doesn’t take too kindly to her wanting to keep him safe and decides to take action.
My idea for the opening sequence is to have Jack staring out of a window in the living room. Behind him the curtains are closed, isolating him. He then steps back slightly, moving the curtain to stare down at the floor. Lying there is a body. Who’s the body on the floor?
There is then a flashback of Jeni and Jack talking about their personal experience with the loss of their parents; Jeni with her mum and Jack with both his mum and dad. Jeni and Jack are outside in the garden on the swings talking when suddenly Jeni seems visibly shaken, telling Jack that she lost her son and wants to care for Jack like her own. Jack doesn’t like this and screams at her telling her that he already has a mum and doesn’t need another one. Jeni tells him that his mum passed away but he refuses to believe it. He then rushes inside.
Back in real time, we now see Jack stroking long, bloody hair and speaking in a hushed tone, “Yes, mother you were right. I will love you forever.”
He then has a flashback. This time he’s in a classroom and everyone’s drawing pictures of their family but Jack isn’t. He’s drawing a picture of a black house and his mum and dad covered in blood, with coffins all in darkness. His teacher see’s the picture, tries to snatch it off him but he refuses. She then sends him to the head teacher.
Jack then comes out of the flashback and you see a tear streaming down his cheek. He turns towards the body and hugs it saying, “Here you go mummy. You won’t throw my picture away. You’ll cherish it forever just like you cherish me.” He takes out the picture from his pocket and places in the body’s hand, kissing it while he does that.
After that he goes into a third flashback of him being surrounded by children in a birthday party being asked to do a dare after losing a competition. The dare was to see who could pull their own tooth out and because he lost he had to do that dare. He eventually pulls it out to the disgust of the children. The parents after seeing him do this send him home embarrassing him in front of the children. He sees a drip of blood fall from his lip and catches it with his tongue. He starts to laugh and you see a glimmer of evil in his eyes. It’s from that moment that the audience realise that he’s different from other young boys.
Jack comes out of the flashback again and pulls out a tooth from his pocket. He then places it in the body’s mouth saying, “Mommy, I think you’re missing a tooth.” He starts to get angry because the tooth isn’t going in. He starts stabbing the tooth into the body’s gums, screaming and laughing while he’s doing it.
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