Friday 20 December 2013
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Mood Board
Other Stereotypical action/drama features are:
- One character is usually an outcast
- Chase Scenes
- Fight scenes
- Two main characters with an emotional story-line
- An event which brings the characters together
- Emotive action
Films with a similar genre
- One character is usually an outcast
- Chase Scenes
- Fight scenes
- Two main characters with an emotional story-line
- An event which brings the characters together
- Emotive action
Films with a similar genre
The Fighter: American welterweight boxer from Lowell Massachusetts. Managed by his mother, Alice Ward (Melissa Leo), and trained by his older half-brother, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), Micky has not had a particularly successful career. The story is just about his redemption and training for the fight of his life.
Rocky: A struggling boxer gets the opportunity of a life time when the world heavyweight champion sets a fight up. It was suppose to be an easy win for the Champion but no one told Rocky that.
Never Back Down: At his new high school, Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fighting club in a Backyard Fight. After receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family, Jake seeks the mentoring of a veteran fighter, to train his mind and body for one final no-holds-barred elimination fight.
Warrior: Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime - and the wreckage of their broken family - within the brutal, high stakes Mixed Martial Arts tournament where winner takes all.
Karate Kid: 12 year old Dre Parker ends up moving to china with his mother where he manages to make an enemey of the class bully and one of the best kung fu fighters in his year. He has no one to turn to when he meets the maintenance man who trains Dre for the fight of his life.
First draft feedback
We Presented our first draft to a group of Media students and gave them a sheet to fill out with certain questions on and here are some of the responses that we got:
Is it obviously an opening sequence?
All of the comments we got said that it was very clear that it was an opening sequence.
Is it clear who the target audience is?
On this question we had a mixed response some people though that it was really clear who the target audience was but others thought that it wasn't very clear. So to make this better we will have to add some hints so they know who the target audience is.
Titles go with the genre. Is the genre obvious? Are they clear? Are there enough and are they in the right order?
Most of the viewers found that the titles really fitted with the film and that the transitions between each title was really good. However a couple of people thought that the titles were too simple and that they were in the wrong order.
Think about the sound and the images are they appropriate? Do they fit together?
We got a good response with the sound of the opening, everyone thought that the song really fitted with the whole mood and the emotional side of the film and the storyline and that they automatically feel sorry for Jack.
Camera- Are the shots appropriate and relevant? Is there controlled use of camera attention to framing, variety of shot distance and angle? Close attention use of mise en scene?
The audience felt that the shots that we chose were very good and very effective at introducing the characters and setting the whole theme of the film. But a few people felt that even though the shots were very effective that we needed to have some more variety of certain shots that we use.
Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transition and other effects.
The people that we asked thought that the editing was excellent and they really liked the whole mirror effect to show the differences between the two characters. They also thought that the opening flowed really well and that the transitions between each scene was very clever and worked really well.
Total Score
Taking an average out of the 22 people that we asked the score that we got was:
47.3
Improvements
To improve our first draft we will need to finish filming all the shots especially the last shot needed which will sort out any confusion about what the film is about and the whole boxing theme to it. We will also need to change the order of the titles to make it more professional and to cut certain scenes like the chase scene so there is less time for the audience to wait from one scene to the next.
Is it obviously an opening sequence?
All of the comments we got said that it was very clear that it was an opening sequence.
Is it clear who the target audience is?
On this question we had a mixed response some people though that it was really clear who the target audience was but others thought that it wasn't very clear. So to make this better we will have to add some hints so they know who the target audience is.
Titles go with the genre. Is the genre obvious? Are they clear? Are there enough and are they in the right order?
Most of the viewers found that the titles really fitted with the film and that the transitions between each title was really good. However a couple of people thought that the titles were too simple and that they were in the wrong order.
Think about the sound and the images are they appropriate? Do they fit together?
We got a good response with the sound of the opening, everyone thought that the song really fitted with the whole mood and the emotional side of the film and the storyline and that they automatically feel sorry for Jack.
Camera- Are the shots appropriate and relevant? Is there controlled use of camera attention to framing, variety of shot distance and angle? Close attention use of mise en scene?
The audience felt that the shots that we chose were very good and very effective at introducing the characters and setting the whole theme of the film. But a few people felt that even though the shots were very effective that we needed to have some more variety of certain shots that we use.
Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transition and other effects.
The people that we asked thought that the editing was excellent and they really liked the whole mirror effect to show the differences between the two characters. They also thought that the opening flowed really well and that the transitions between each scene was very clever and worked really well.
Total Score
Taking an average out of the 22 people that we asked the score that we got was:
47.3
Improvements
To improve our first draft we will need to finish filming all the shots especially the last shot needed which will sort out any confusion about what the film is about and the whole boxing theme to it. We will also need to change the order of the titles to make it more professional and to cut certain scenes like the chase scene so there is less time for the audience to wait from one scene to the next.
Thursday 12 December 2013
Monday 9 December 2013
Music Ideas
These are some ideas of the song we were going to use in our opening scene:
The Beatles- Yesterday
The Animals- House of the Rising Sun
Mozart
Gene Pitney- Somethings got a hold of my heart
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - Sugar Shack
We found out that finding a song that was over 50 years old which was relevant to our film was difficult. Many songs around this specific time era were mostly too upbeat, or not ideal. We narrowed a few songs down and discussed which one would be best to use. We then discovered this cover song which is more recent, and decided to go with it.
Hurt (Cover) Johnny Cash
Because of it being a cover, we were allowed to use a more recent song. It fits perfectly with our opening scene which introduces the rich boy poor boy scenario, and its slow, meaningful sound and lyrics create the mood and emotion we were going for.
The Beatles- Yesterday
The Animals- House of the Rising Sun
Mozart
Gene Pitney- Somethings got a hold of my heart
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - Sugar Shack
We found out that finding a song that was over 50 years old which was relevant to our film was difficult. Many songs around this specific time era were mostly too upbeat, or not ideal. We narrowed a few songs down and discussed which one would be best to use. We then discovered this cover song which is more recent, and decided to go with it.
Hurt (Cover) Johnny Cash
Because of it being a cover, we were allowed to use a more recent song. It fits perfectly with our opening scene which introduces the rich boy poor boy scenario, and its slow, meaningful sound and lyrics create the mood and emotion we were going for.
Shooting Schedule
Thurday 28th November
Jack, Ben, Elise
Location: Ben's House
14:15- Leave school and walk to Ben's house
14:30- Arrive at Ben's house
14:35- Film first shot of Ben waking up (Ben's House)
14:40- Filming walking out of bedroom shot (Ben's House)
14:45- Film bathroom shot of looking into the mirror (Ben's House)
14:50- Filming walking down the stairs into the kitchen and eating breakfast scene.(Ben's House)
15:00- Filming leaving the house scene and walking around the corner.(Outside Ben's House)
15:10- Finish filming
Sunday 1st December
Jack, Ben, Elise
Location: Chelmsford City Centre
12:15- Meet outside Mcdonalds in the town centre
12:25-Film first scene of Jack waking up on a bench in central park
12:35- Elise filming Jack looking into a mirror (Chelmsford)
12:40- Filming jack eating a burger (Chelmsford)
12:50- Meet Dom and Max outside the library (Chelmsford)
13:00- Film chase scene (Chelmsford)
13:10- Film escaping from two men (Chelmsford)
13:20- Film Ben meeting up with mates and walking off. (Chelmsford)
13:35- Finish filming
Jack, Ben, Elise
Location: Ben's House
14:15- Leave school and walk to Ben's house
14:30- Arrive at Ben's house
14:35- Film first shot of Ben waking up (Ben's House)
14:40- Filming walking out of bedroom shot (Ben's House)
14:45- Film bathroom shot of looking into the mirror (Ben's House)
14:50- Filming walking down the stairs into the kitchen and eating breakfast scene.(Ben's House)
15:00- Filming leaving the house scene and walking around the corner.(Outside Ben's House)
15:10- Finish filming
Sunday 1st December
Jack, Ben, Elise
Location: Chelmsford City Centre
12:15- Meet outside Mcdonalds in the town centre
12:25-Film first scene of Jack waking up on a bench in central park
12:35- Elise filming Jack looking into a mirror (Chelmsford)
12:40- Filming jack eating a burger (Chelmsford)
12:50- Meet Dom and Max outside the library (Chelmsford)
13:00- Film chase scene (Chelmsford)
13:10- Film escaping from two men (Chelmsford)
13:20- Film Ben meeting up with mates and walking off. (Chelmsford)
13:35- Finish filming
Opening Credits Order
· (NAME OF THE STUDIO - Lions Gate
· PRODUCED BY - Lunar Productions
· Jack Jordan
· Ben Caleno
· Max Johnson& Dominic Freedman
· DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY- James Crabe
· MUSIC - Jonny cash (cover) - Hurt
· EDITED BY- Jack Jordan
· STORY BY - Ben Caleno
· DIRECTED BY - Elise Franklin
· FILM'S TITLE - Fighting to Survive
'Fighting To Survive' rough cut
This is our first outcome so far. There are still more shots to be included.
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Group progress
This shows Ben looking up different camera shots.
Me working on the story board.
This shows Jack spell checking his work before he uploaded it to his blog.
Tuesday 3 December 2013
Production meeting 3
This lesson we have decided that I'm going to start on the film timeline, Ben is doing the risk asssessment for our location, and Jack is doing the titles in the opening scene and what order it will go in. Our progress is good, but communication skills could be improved.
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