in today's lesson we final stated filming, we were unable to go to our selected station to film in, so instead we decided that we should film in the Barbican center. we found a good place where we were able to do most of the shots we planed, of course because there wernt any escalators, we were unable to do that shot. we did every thing by the book, taking multiple angels of each action. both me and Emre had to wear suits for our part, and David had to wear black with a hood. the location we have chosen is probably as good as a tube station, of course we would have liked to film in a tube station, how ever we were unable to because of permission.
we did a lot of shots in a shot time, we still have a few more to do, but we should be editing by the end of our next lesson.
over all i think that today's lesson went well, with the group filming and working as a team we were able to get a lot done.
the only problem we now face is that there is not going to be any ice left on Monday, thinking of this, the last place we need to film had no ice any way, so it should be ok.
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Monday, 26 January 2009
Shot List
in this lesion we had to rethink our idea as when we put it on the story board we realized that there was no way we would have been able to film it in 2 minutes. After talking to both Micky and Rebecca we decided we needed to change the idea and cut it down. our original idea was to much like a film, than just an intro. we decided to get rid of the second bag swap completely and instead have the last shot of Emre watching me as i walk away. this creates more of a thrilling sense as well as it ends on a cliffhanger. it also means we will be able to fit it into the 2 minute slot. As a group we thought that this would be better. We will be able to have more shots, so we can create more tension in the 2 minutes, making this a more thrilling opening than the first idea.
Tube Stations
In this lesson, we were trying to decide on a tube station to film our thriller. We thought of having a tube station that wouldn't be too busy, because busy tube stations would cause problems with the match-cut (e.g If one shot has a person in the background, and the next match-cut shot has another person in the background, it wouldn't look proffessional).
In the end we decided to use mornington crecsent station. The wooden benches give it a sense of class, and the station isn't a very busy one so we should overcome the match-cut problem.
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Thursay 22nd January Lesson
Making Shot List for Thriller Film
In this lesson we were assigned to produce our shot list for our thriller opening. However, after last lesson’s pitch, the teachers found that our task of fitting the “spiking the drink” scene was all too much and they were worried that the complexity of the scene would mess it up completely. We agreed with them and thought of another plan for our thriller. So we came up with this:
Teddy and David meet up in a glamorous underground station
They do their bag swap and I notice this
After the swap happens I go after Teddy
In this lesson we were assigned to produce our shot list for our thriller opening. However, after last lesson’s pitch, the teachers found that our task of fitting the “spiking the drink” scene was all too much and they were worried that the complexity of the scene would mess it up completely. We agreed with them and thought of another plan for our thriller. So we came up with this:
Teddy and David meet up in a glamorous underground station
They do their bag swap and I notice this
After the swap happens I go after Teddy
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
The Pitch
In this lesson, me, James and Teddy had to pitch our idea to the teacher and the other groups. We had another discussion with the group and thought that our opening thriller should be better, so we thought of another two ideas.
We compromised, and concluded that the idea of number 2 bumping into number 3 to steal the bad was a bit too simple. The first, new idea we came up with, was that number two would follow number 3. Then number 3 would stop by a kiosk and buys himself a chocolate bar, which means that he puts his bag on the ground and number 2 swiftly grabs the bag without being noticed and moves off.
However the next idea, in my opinion, sounded even more enhanced. We thought that once the meeting with number 1 and 3 goes on, number 1 can spike number 3’s drink and offer it to him. After the transaction happens and number 3 drinks the lot, he feels sick and runs to a toilet. Once number 3 is in a cabin vomiting, number 2 can then grab his bag and run away.
In this scenario we thought that number 1 could be Teddy, number 2 could be either me or James and number 3 could be David.
However the trouble is that we have a limit of 2 minutes, and as the “toilet” scenario is quite complex and requires a lot of shots, so exceeding 2 minute mark can get us penalised. So, we thought that we should film both ideas and see which one turns out to be the best.
We thought of a music track that would fit quite well, once the bag from number 2 is recovered. Its from “The Strangers – Peaches”.
We compromised, and concluded that the idea of number 2 bumping into number 3 to steal the bad was a bit too simple. The first, new idea we came up with, was that number two would follow number 3. Then number 3 would stop by a kiosk and buys himself a chocolate bar, which means that he puts his bag on the ground and number 2 swiftly grabs the bag without being noticed and moves off.
However the next idea, in my opinion, sounded even more enhanced. We thought that once the meeting with number 1 and 3 goes on, number 1 can spike number 3’s drink and offer it to him. After the transaction happens and number 3 drinks the lot, he feels sick and runs to a toilet. Once number 3 is in a cabin vomiting, number 2 can then grab his bag and run away.
In this scenario we thought that number 1 could be Teddy, number 2 could be either me or James and number 3 could be David.
However the trouble is that we have a limit of 2 minutes, and as the “toilet” scenario is quite complex and requires a lot of shots, so exceeding 2 minute mark can get us penalised. So, we thought that we should film both ideas and see which one turns out to be the best.
We thought of a music track that would fit quite well, once the bag from number 2 is recovered. Its from “The Strangers – Peaches”.
Monday, 19 January 2009
Editing Idea and Pitch Lession
in todays lession we had some time to "tinker" with our idea, we decided who will be playing who, it is going to be me and eather Emre or James conning David. our idea has one flaw and that is that it might over run the 2 minute marker. so at the begining of the lession we thought about how we could change the ending to fit the 2 minute mark. our original idea was for the second bag swap to be a bump into each other, but then we though if David just did a bag swap he would not take the bag out of his sights, also we have to have a shot of him looking into his bag before the second swap so he thinks hes got what he wants. so we decided to make him a runner and not the main drug lord doing the swap. this way he would be lower in the chain of comand and more likely to lose the bag, we then thought that the idea of us "spiking" his drink to make him sick and we swap the bag wile he is throwing up. however though this is a better idea, it is also a longer one, so we think its going to be hard to fit it all in, as a group we have decided to go home and think of ways to shortern it, and we will discuss on thursdays lession.
our back up plan is to film both the longer toilet one, and the one with David going to a shop to buy food and the bags being swaped (swiftly not oviously) we have also decided what the music is going to be, The Stranglers Peaches, we will use a cover version for copyright resions.
The pitch went quite well, we covered everything, but we did have to draw out a blue print so everyone could see how it works. our idea is a working progress, it should have all its final touches on it by the end of thursdays lession.
our back up plan is to film both the longer toilet one, and the one with David going to a shop to buy food and the bags being swaped (swiftly not oviously) we have also decided what the music is going to be, The Stranglers Peaches, we will use a cover version for copyright resions.
The pitch went quite well, we covered everything, but we did have to draw out a blue print so everyone could see how it works. our idea is a working progress, it should have all its final touches on it by the end of thursdays lession.
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Plan for the Thriller Opening - Thursday 15th January 2008
On Thursdays lesson our group had to plan out an idea for our actual thriller opening. We had already talked amongst ourselves about how our thriller opening should be like, but this was the lesson we were going to have everything on paper. We were thinking of little ideas first, such as the location, whether the film was going to be in the day or evening, and if the characters were going to be alone.
In the end we managed to collate our ideas come up with some suitable scenarios. We thought of an scenario, where there would be a normal person walking at night witnessing a murder, combined with a chase scene with the witness and murderer. We thought this was a pretty good idea because it contained instant arousal to the audience, but we were told that it was all to fast and all too much to have in just the opening of our thriller.
Another idea was that there would be scene with a police officer investigating a murder, where we have shots of the evidence found together with the sound of a flash to bring the notion of a crime scene, and a reconstruction shot of how it was used. We were thinking to add psychedelic effects once we have the reconstruction shots.
We then had a final idea, where there would be a swindle. The opening contains a bag handling situation where one bag contains drugs and the other contains money. Two men work together to steal another man's bag. This is how the scene will work. The two men working together will be called number 1 and 2. Number 3 is the man that gets conned. Number 1 sits on a bench in a quite area with drugs. Number 3 sits next to him with a bag full of money. Number 2 sits on the on the oppsite side and waits for the swap. After the swap happens between 1 and 3, number 2 deliberately bumps into number 3 and carefully swaps bags with him. Number 1 and 2 walk away and do a getaway. Number 3 looks into his bag and finds that it is full of newspaper.
In the end we managed to collate our ideas come up with some suitable scenarios. We thought of an scenario, where there would be a normal person walking at night witnessing a murder, combined with a chase scene with the witness and murderer. We thought this was a pretty good idea because it contained instant arousal to the audience, but we were told that it was all to fast and all too much to have in just the opening of our thriller.
Another idea was that there would be scene with a police officer investigating a murder, where we have shots of the evidence found together with the sound of a flash to bring the notion of a crime scene, and a reconstruction shot of how it was used. We were thinking to add psychedelic effects once we have the reconstruction shots.
We then had a final idea, where there would be a swindle. The opening contains a bag handling situation where one bag contains drugs and the other contains money. Two men work together to steal another man's bag. This is how the scene will work. The two men working together will be called number 1 and 2. Number 3 is the man that gets conned. Number 1 sits on a bench in a quite area with drugs. Number 3 sits next to him with a bag full of money. Number 2 sits on the on the oppsite side and waits for the swap. After the swap happens between 1 and 3, number 2 deliberately bumps into number 3 and carefully swaps bags with him. Number 1 and 2 walk away and do a getaway. Number 3 looks into his bag and finds that it is full of newspaper.
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