Planning - Location Ideas

the location of my film is going to be so vital in exhibiting the mood and tone of the film. i have been looking at dim and gloomy locations that really bring a sense of sadness and despair the the start of what would be a fast paced, action filled crime drama. on this post i will be displaying some of my ideas surrounding locations and why/ why i won't, be using certain places.

opening moments, outside school, night time.

the first idea that came to me for the school location would be my actual school exterior. after much thought and discussion with my partner in this project we decided to use the nearly youth centre exterior for the shot due to it being slightly lesser in quality and aesthetics that the real school, and also due to there being a road directly in front of the building so we can do the car scenes with ease.

Planning - Script Mockup

MEDIA FILM OPENING SCRIPT MOCKUP – JARED STEWART

We see a black screen…

HOPE PRODUCTIONS appears on screen while both mellow sounding police sirens and song (Radiohead) begin to sound.

LIGHT ROOM FILMS replaces previous text, the sounds continue.

Cut to footage of police car wheel spinning, the sirens are now less mellow and crisper sounding

Cut to tripod shot of police car passing revealing a school, the sirens fade with the car and we are left with the music.

Very slow zoom into the school just before cutting to a ground level following shot of our lead character walking down a corridor.

Camera pans up to character’s face for a brief moment then continues round to an over the shoulder shot revealing a hallway with a few students staring at our lead.

Cut to shot of student face staring in disgust.

Cut or quickly turn to Jacobs’s face.

JACOB: What?

Cut back to the students faces start laughing (camera is moving with lead)

Reverse shot of character going through door. Stop outside door. Medium close-up of character, sigh and walk on.

Jacob walking down path, telescopic cuts (while chorus of song is playing.)thud sound effects with each cut

on final telescopic cut, cut to title reveal.

Cut to various shots of drug use/ trading happening, shaky camera movements, multiple cuts showing the drugs, knives, guns etc.

Cut to establishing shot of druggies and Jacob walking on path beside.

Druggies look over at Jacob and shout.

DRUGGIES: OI! What you lookin’ at school boy? (Laugh)

Cut to Jacob continuing his journey ignoring.

Stopped in his tracks by well-built dealer, looks around, sees all weapons being reached for (depth of feel shot)

DRUG DEALER: Jacob Law?

JACOB: terribly sorry, do I know you?

DRUG DEALER: My boss has some questions for ya, so you’re coming with me.

All characters look at each other in silence, we see extreme close-ups and medium close-ups showing tension.

Jacob begins to sprint.

The Druggies run after him, the Drug dealer stays and raises a phone to his ear.

DRUG DEALER: that Law boy, we’ve found him.

Transition to a dark room shot of kingpin on the phone, at a desk. Puts phone down and picks up gun to shoot toward a target

Title KINGPIN appears on screen with gunshot.



the section of the script in green is the section that I cut out of the script due to over complication and new ideas for the first part. Now instead of the drug sequence I will be adding more detail to the scenes of the lead character walking out of school.

Planning - Draft Storyboard

Planning - Final Film Title And Font for Company Credits

In this section I will be displaying my process of elimination when creating my final title font and font for the company credits shown in the sequence.

This title was my first attempt at creating the company title. I had the idea to have the word HOPE in big bold font with the word PRODUCTIONS smaller and less bold so you see a very aesthetic rectangle. I kept this idea the same throughout the development process. the red gradient inside the text is to add some vibrancy to the title as it contrasts with the black background that will be in the final clip, the borders would have been white if I continued this idea. 

My second idea was to create a sunrise setting and using the sun as the letter O in HOPE. This sunrise was used as it represents hope and if I had continued this idea I would have made it into a moving title with the sun rising up into a full letter O. the idea of keeping the HOPE letters bold and large, and the PRODUCTIONS font small and perfectly underneath.

Here is my final design for the production company I have created for my film opening. I came up with the idea to make it more formal and linear as I believe that this will look most effective and overall it looks more professional than the other designs. the design you see here will be identical but white on a black background to look even more professional. in the final film this title will fade onto screen and fade off again.

Planning - Film Treatment

Research - Genre and conventions, Props And Costume

 

Research - Film title and font

This section of my media blog will be a description and explanation of my film opening's title and font used. pictures will be used to show the effects of the font.

Title idea one - Based Upon A Dream. we discussed using this title early on due to the fact it suggests many things to do with the film without even watching the film. it makes the watcher assume that the film will be based in a dream and therefore instantly informing the watcher that whatever happens in the film is fantasy or at least based on fantasy. this is one of my least favourite titles as it sort of takes away from the gritty and brutal side of the film due to the light hearted sense the title provides.

 Title idea two - KINGPIN. this title is one of my top choices for the film due to the ' in your face' feeling it provides. the bold and edgy font hints toward a gritty and action packed film. the title 'kingpin' is a huge hint toward the films narrative and lets the audience know that they are in for a high action film. the sharp edge below the letter G.

 Title idea three - Soldiers Of The Night. I came up with this idea as it not only suggests some of the films themes. it suggests that the soldiers aren't real soldiers but are soldiers of the night and it kind of hints at drug crimes as we all picture drug selling to happen at night. the font is similar to a sloppy army stencilling. I chose to use this as it suggests the theme of a rip off army and it makes you think that there are flaws in this army.