Monday, 21 March 2016

New film opening

After both of my first attempts at a film opening haven't followed the mark scheme for a high level piece effectively, I'm going to use the same characters I've created in a new opening that makes more sense in terms of genre. With the experience from my previous attempts I should be able to use the camera more effectively to create certain effects that will boost my final grade up.
An example of the final product I want to achieve would be the opening to Snatch, in which it shows certain aspects of the characters in the film followed by a still image with their name.

I will recreate the script, but at this point i don't think there will be any dialogue throughout the opening, if there is any it will be towards the end, when the introductions to each character is over.

I will also create new typography for the title sequence of the film so it fits the theme better, and hopefully I can develop the research and planning and my final piece to be coherent and understandable as well as show a flow of my ideas.

I will be using variations of the same characters but a lot of the content in my research and planning is useless. The same principles apply from my research in terms of audience, like the conventions I have found within the industry, but I will have a slightly different narrative.

Monday, 7 March 2016

Mise-en-scene

I have strived to make my mise-en-scene throughout my main task as relevant and detailed as possible. To do this I will give my main character a SWAT vest to improve the costumes aspect of mise-en-scene. I will also give a "fashionable" character a suit and tie, as well as a dirty character ripped and mucky clothes.
I will attempt to get as professional lighting as possible with the resources available, after setting up suitable lighting i will colour correct the footage to get the best quality of colour and lighting possible. I will also attempt to cast more shadows on antagonist characters if I can. A technique I can use would be to use 3 different lights, one behind the subject, and two on either side with one being a higher intensity.
I will use suitable props like a brief case for the shady deal, a gun for the S.W.A.T man, and a baseball bat for the antagonists.
Another thing I will use is a picture of a muzzle flare and specific lighting to create the illusion of a gun fire, this could possibly go under special effects and lighting as a category of mise-en-scene.
Overall I will attempt to use mise-en-scene to make my film opening as coherent and appropriate as possible using suitable aspects of it.