Below are pictures of the original storyboards we drew for Bruise.
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Showing posts with label Research and Planning. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Shot List
Shotlist for"Bruise"
1 . Mid shot of two people talking. George turns to walk whilst on the phone . Slight upwards tilt to see his face. 6 seconds
2 . Dolly shot in font George tracking him walking whilst on the phone slight upwards tilt to see his face. George ends the phone call and puts his headphones on . 8 seconds
3. Over the shoulder shot— thinks he hears something behind him. Stops, pauses music and turns round , shrugs and carries on. 7 seconds
4. Hign angle / overhead of George speeding up and walking quicker at the same time looking around and over his shoulder.
5 seconds 5. Extreme close up of getting his phone out and typing in 911 putting back in his pocket and then clenching his fist. 5seconds
6. Long shot from behind George running down the street and going round the corner . Thumping noise as George falls back down round the corner . Attackers then walk round the corner into shot. 8 seconds
7. Low angle shot of factory , kind of a establishing shot. 3 seconds
8. Low angle shot of light bulb swinging . Camera tilts down to show George 10 seconds
9. Long shot of George in chair, bound an gagged, dirty and bloody looking like he’s been beaten, slight slow zoom. 6 seconds
10. Close up of George looking around confused and slightly disorientated. 4 seconds
11. Long shot Low angle and Dutch angle of the door, Door opens the Attacker ( James) in stood in the door way, he pauses, then enters the room, camera follow as he walks in . 7 seconds
12. Pan of James walking past George to table, cut to over shoulder shot of table with various things/ weapons on it 6 seconds
13. Whip pan in POV of George as 2nd Attacker (Jerome) appears in the doorway looks around the room then walks in. 10 seconds
14. POV from George watching the kidnapper talk the following one of them exit the room . 8 seconds
15. Low Angle from behind the chair, James walks over and rips tape/ strap that covers Georges mouth 8 seconds
16. Point of View from James looking at George as he cries in pain as the tape is torn off. 4 seconds
17. Over Shoulder shot of George, James slaps him. Some dialogue and the leaves 5 seconds
18. Long shot of the door closing cutting out all the light. 6 seconds
1 . Mid shot of two people talking. George turns to walk whilst on the phone . Slight upwards tilt to see his face. 6 seconds
2 . Dolly shot in font George tracking him walking whilst on the phone slight upwards tilt to see his face. George ends the phone call and puts his headphones on . 8 seconds
3. Over the shoulder shot— thinks he hears something behind him. Stops, pauses music and turns round , shrugs and carries on. 7 seconds
4. Hign angle / overhead of George speeding up and walking quicker at the same time looking around and over his shoulder.
5 seconds 5. Extreme close up of getting his phone out and typing in 911 putting back in his pocket and then clenching his fist. 5seconds
6. Long shot from behind George running down the street and going round the corner . Thumping noise as George falls back down round the corner . Attackers then walk round the corner into shot. 8 seconds
7. Low angle shot of factory , kind of a establishing shot. 3 seconds
8. Low angle shot of light bulb swinging . Camera tilts down to show George 10 seconds
9. Long shot of George in chair, bound an gagged, dirty and bloody looking like he’s been beaten, slight slow zoom. 6 seconds
10. Close up of George looking around confused and slightly disorientated. 4 seconds
11. Long shot Low angle and Dutch angle of the door, Door opens the Attacker ( James) in stood in the door way, he pauses, then enters the room, camera follow as he walks in . 7 seconds
12. Pan of James walking past George to table, cut to over shoulder shot of table with various things/ weapons on it 6 seconds
13. Whip pan in POV of George as 2nd Attacker (Jerome) appears in the doorway looks around the room then walks in. 10 seconds
14. POV from George watching the kidnapper talk the following one of them exit the room . 8 seconds
15. Low Angle from behind the chair, James walks over and rips tape/ strap that covers Georges mouth 8 seconds
16. Point of View from James looking at George as he cries in pain as the tape is torn off. 4 seconds
17. Over Shoulder shot of George, James slaps him. Some dialogue and the leaves 5 seconds
18. Long shot of the door closing cutting out all the light. 6 seconds
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Locations
Locations
For our film we needed two locations. An interior and exterior location. The inside location being the one where the majority of the filming would take place as this would be the kidnap room, the outside location mainly being just to het set the scene and establish where the room is. Although the room we used wasn't actually in the outside loaction we found it does look as if it could be. The 1st one we looked for was an outside location as this one would not need much filming done so could be done 1st. In my mind I thought we should look for a place like an old abonded factory or warehouse, something which would look intimidating, powerful and maybe abit creepy from outside. Finding an abandoned building would obviously give the building an unused look where a kidnap could take place, so this was essential. Very fortunately for us there is a big oldabandoned rubber factory in my local area that I thought would fit the bill perfectly. So we went down with a camera had a look and it was. It is big unused and looks creepy. The day that we went down was a clear blue sky sunny day, which you would think makes a building look less creepy. I don't think it does though as the building in the sun outside creates a contrast with the events that are happening inside it. So after deciding as a group on using this place we shot the footage we needed for the outside of the building as there would be no people in it and returned back to college.
So with this the next location we needed was the room where the kidnap and the rest of the footage would be. My ideal room would be old and unused just like the factory, dirty, dusty and dark to a certain degree that filming would still be clear. At 1st we looked for a room around Talbot House, the building where my colelge is based, to try and find a room we could change to look like this. Upon going up into the old attics we realised they hadn't been used in a long time and one of the rooms up there was perfect. Covered in dust, full of old junk that helped add to the mise-en-scene, and after covering the windown in bits of cardboard and paper lying around on the floor also dark. Therfore making the room just how I imagined it. After making a few changes in the room, (moving bits of furniture around etc.) the room was ready for filming. Below are pictures of both the outside building and inside.
Script for 'Bruise'
'Bruise'
By George Clubb,
James Dominey
and
and
Jehrome Sagar
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Based on Screenplay
By James Dominey,
George Clubb
and Jehrome Sagar
...
Story By
Jehrome Sagar,
George Clubb
and James Dominey
...
Fade In
Ext. Street with trees in background going dark/light fading
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Two young men are finishing talking about their night and then start saying their goodbyes
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James: All right mate well I’ll see you in a few days got work and that
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George: Yeah sure give me a ring in a few days then and well go for a pint see you in a bit
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George and James walk away from each other nodding towards each other
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The camera starts to focus on George with the sound of his steps echoing into the night his phone rings it’s his mother checking up on him
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George: Hi mum……..yeah I’m ok…….yeah was ok tonight just chilled with lads……….nah I’m on my way up to Jess’ I’m sleeping there tonight…..ok……ok……ok al see you not tomorrow but the day after…..ok love you mum bye
...
George smiles shakes his head and puts his headphones in his ears and starts to listen to music after walking a few steps he turns round quickly and searches the street behind him and sees a mask figure in the distance under a streetlight standing still
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George starts to walk faster while taking his headphones out and dialling 999 in to his phone
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George clenches his fists in anticipation of an attack
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George then starts to run and as he turns the corner into a church courtyard gets close lined and we see he is unconscious
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Fade out
Ext. Large run down factory in darkness with the sounds of animals all around
Int. Large dirty and run down room
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Light bulb swinging because of the wind we see George gagged, bruised, battered and bound to a small wooden chair who wakes up and then frantically searches the room for his attackers
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The Door of the room swings open with the silhouette of a tall, dark masked figure the kidnapper walks into the room and past to a table on the other side of the room which has various weapons on it
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The kidnapper runs his hands over the weapons
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Another kidnapper walks into the room that is slightly smaller than the other and also masked he walks over to the other kidnapper and whispers something in his ear he then walks out of the room and down the corridor
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The taller kidnapper then walks over to George and rips off the tape that is on his face quickly causing George pain
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The kidnapper stands over George for a few seconds then wipes some blood off his face
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Taller Kidnapper: Don’t you go anywhere
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The kidnapper then walks out of the room and slams the door behind him with the film title “Bruised” on the back of the door
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Fade out
Research
Research
For the main task of our media studies course we had to design, film and edit the 1st two minutes of the opening of a film. It had to have good continuity, different shots and be good enough to make you want to watch the rest of the film as if it was real. In my group there were four of us, and we decided to call our production company GC productions. One of the 1st things we did was to carry out polls on how often people go to the cinema and what type of film they like to watch there. We carried out these polls around college, making it on people around our own age, 16-19.
After looking at the results of what films people like to watch it was clear that the favoured genres are: Action/Thriller, Horror, Adventure and Sci-Fi. From this we decided that we should make our film in one of these genres.
After looking at the results of what films people like to watch it was clear that the favoured genres are: Action/Thriller, Horror, Adventure and Sci-Fi. From this we decided that we should make our film in one of these genres.
To help our understanding of these film genres we studied the openings of films from these genres. The three film openings I watched were those of: 16 blocks, an action thriller starring Bruce Willis, Casino Royale which is one of the James Bond franchise making it also an action thriller including fantasy which stars Daniel Craig and finally Saw, a horror/thriller. We chose not to include a sci-fi film opening as we did not have the technology or money to create a decent looking sci-fi film opening which would include lots of special effects and costumes. This made it either an action/thriller or a horror that we decided we would make one of.
The opening to 16 blocks isn't the fastest of openings action wise, but establishes the location and scene quickly and also shows the main character that will feature in the film, that being Bruce Willis. The opening of Casino Royale as you would expect in a typical James Bond film is full of action, and gives an insight into the rest of the film as if the opening is action packed you would naturally presume the rest will be as well. It does set the scene so to speak, but as there are a number of locations in the film you cannot really set the scene for the film. I liked the opening of this film as straight away all of the action in it makes you want to watch on. The opening of Saw shows kidnap victims being held hostage, which again straight away for me made me want to watch on as I wanted to know what happens to them. The opening of this film is a lot darker and grimmer, as you would expect with a horror film, but one thing I did notice was that the mise-en-scene in the film had been thought out really well down to the last detail. I say this because the rooms in which the hostage are held must look real enough for someone to be held in, and every last detail down to things like how dirter the room is has been thought about. Below is a behind the scenes shot from Saw which shows the director talking to one of the actors playing one of the people who has been kidnapped, and also shows part of the room.
I could not find a link to the opening of Saw on the internet, but below is a link to a website that contains trailers for the film, full cast lists and the synopsis of the film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387564/
Here is also a link for the opening of Casino Royale, and the second link goes to the same website as the link for Saw, except of course this time containing all of the information on Casino Royale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiGy8lD4a_c
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381061/
And also here is a link to a trailer for 16 blocks as again I couldn't find one for the opening of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16JgiFMcr6w
After watching and studying these openings it is clear the general theme is some kind of action happening in the opening to entice the people watching, possibly some kind of cliffhanger that will be concluded later in the film. At 1st we had a few different ideas for what our film could be, ranging from a horror kidnap to a James Bond style film. In the end it was my idea of a kidnap that we chose, and seeings as it was my idea I also ended up being the person who would be kidnapped in the film. We decided against an action/thriller as we thought the film opening might come out to samey to already made films as our ideas were based around already made action thrillers. After we settled on this idea of a kidnap the next step for us was to move on to planning of the film.
Synopsis of 'Bruise'
Synopsis of 'Bruise'
The opening starts with two young men talking they then say their goodbyes and walk away from each other then one of the characters starts walking down a dark corridor/street with their footsteps echoing they are on the phone to their mother and explain that they are on the way home from the pub/club and wont be home until the day after tomorrow because they are staying at their girlfriends he put the phone down and starts to walk on he then put his headphones in and carries on walking they then become alarmed as he thinks he hears a noise in the distance he stops quickly and he searches the distance vigorously.He begins to walk faster because of this he takes his headphones out to hear better and clenches his fists in anticipation for an attack he hear two voices and thinks he doesn’t stand a chance against two attackers so he grabs his phone and types in the 999 number and starts run fast to escape from them as he turns a corner down another street and gets closed/clothes/cloves lined by one of the attackers and falls over unconscious and then we cut to the next scene with an ellipsis effect and the shot is of a large factory gleaming in the moonlight with animals hooting and howling etc.We then cut to the next shot and are in a dark and dingy room with a light bulb swinging to create a tension then you see the character bruised, battered and bound to a small wooden chair winching and sobbing while looking round rapidly with haste looking for the attackers we then see the door swing open with a silhouette of a tall, dark, masked figure in the door way who then starts to walk toward the kidnapped character and then past them to a table where there is various weapons who then runs his hand over the weapons picking one up then the kidnappers accomplice then walks in to join him goes over and whispers something to the other kidnapper the smaller kidnapper walks out of the room after this and walks down the corridor away from the room leaving the kidnapped character and the big kidnapper he walks over to the kidnapped character rips of his mask and stands over him for a few seconds from the POV of the kidnapped character who then has the blood wipes of his face by the kidnapper he then leaves room and slams the door leaving him on his own.
End of opening.
The opening starts with two young men talking they then say their goodbyes and walk away from each other then one of the characters starts walking down a dark corridor/street with their footsteps echoing they are on the phone to their mother and explain that they are on the way home from the pub/club and wont be home until the day after tomorrow because they are staying at their girlfriends he put the phone down and starts to walk on he then put his headphones in and carries on walking they then become alarmed as he thinks he hears a noise in the distance he stops quickly and he searches the distance vigorously.He begins to walk faster because of this he takes his headphones out to hear better and clenches his fists in anticipation for an attack he hear two voices and thinks he doesn’t stand a chance against two attackers so he grabs his phone and types in the 999 number and starts run fast to escape from them as he turns a corner down another street and gets closed/clothes/cloves lined by one of the attackers and falls over unconscious and then we cut to the next scene with an ellipsis effect and the shot is of a large factory gleaming in the moonlight with animals hooting and howling etc.We then cut to the next shot and are in a dark and dingy room with a light bulb swinging to create a tension then you see the character bruised, battered and bound to a small wooden chair winching and sobbing while looking round rapidly with haste looking for the attackers we then see the door swing open with a silhouette of a tall, dark, masked figure in the door way who then starts to walk toward the kidnapped character and then past them to a table where there is various weapons who then runs his hand over the weapons picking one up then the kidnappers accomplice then walks in to join him goes over and whispers something to the other kidnapper the smaller kidnapper walks out of the room after this and walks down the corridor away from the room leaving the kidnapped character and the big kidnapper he walks over to the kidnapped character rips of his mask and stands over him for a few seconds from the POV of the kidnapped character who then has the blood wipes of his face by the kidnapper he then leaves room and slams the door leaving him on his own.
End of opening.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Planning
Planning
The 1st thing we did as a group after research and deciding on a plot was to write down our ideas fully and then decide on our roles in the task. i.i choosing who would film, who would act, and how we would split the editing between us. Once we had decided all of this the next things we had to do were to write a script for our idea, as well as drawing the storyboard, writing a short synopsis of the opening and doing a shot list. As there were four of us in the group it made sense to divide the four things between us doing one each, (yes i can do maths!) . Whilst doing this we kept checking each others tasks to make sure we were happy with the overall progress and the outcome.
The 1st thing we did as a group after research and deciding on a plot was to write down our ideas fully and then decide on our roles in the task. i.i choosing who would film, who would act, and how we would split the editing between us. Once we had decided all of this the next things we had to do were to write a script for our idea, as well as drawing the storyboard, writing a short synopsis of the opening and doing a shot list. As there were four of us in the group it made sense to divide the four things between us doing one each, (yes i can do maths!) . Whilst doing this we kept checking each others tasks to make sure we were happy with the overall progress and the outcome.
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