A man signs out of a rehab centre,
(shot of the rehab clinic sign)
(shot of him signing)
walks out and sits at the bus-stop.
(long-shot)
(close up looking left)
(mid shot walking round corner)
(long-shot walking down road)
(mid-shot at the bus-stop)
(side on close up of him looking down... lifts his head back and shuts eyes)
Day dreams to when he was in a warzone in the army,
We realise the bus has arrived.
(long shot of the bus coming round the corner)
(mid shot of chris getting on the bus)
(close up of bus pass being put on the pad)
(walk down the bus)
(mid-close shot of chris sitting down We see him sit down on the bus and rest his head against the window.)He pulls something out of his pocket, we realise it is the same picture, looking a bit tatered and torn.
(close up of the picture)
We see it a lot darker and the bus pulls up to a bus stop,
(extreme long shot of the bus pulling up, from a high angle)
we see the man get off, he looks around, very unhappy, and shuffles his jumper up because he is cold.
(extreme long shot from before of man getting off)
(mid shot from side on of sorting out his jacket, looking around)
We see him start to walk towards a council estate.
(mid shot of him walking away)
(extreme long shot)
(pans up at the building he walks too)We see him come in the front door of the house,
(mid shot of him at the door)
(close up of the key in the lock)
(mid shot of him walking in)and a woman looks at him, wanting to say something, but she can’t (she obviously has affections for him.)
(over the shot shoulder of the woman watching him)
(mid shot of her looking sad and walking away)
drop his stuff down and go and sit in the kitchen, while it Is still very dark. He puts his bag down and pours himself a drink, some leaflets fall out of a bag and we see they are for alcoholism.
He takes a swig, and puts his head in his hands. Next to him we zoom into a picture of him and his friend, with a poppy and a cross next to it…
(long shot through a window, light turning on)
(close up of the bag being put down)
(close up of hand on the cupboard)
(mid shot of him pulling the glass out)
(close up putting it next to the bottle)
(mid shot of him sitting down, pausing, then picking up the bottle)
(extreme close up of him pouring the drink in)
(mid shot of him taking a swig, and head in hands)
(close up of alcoholism leaflets sticking out of the bag)
We see the girl outside the flat,
(side on shot of her) We can see her silhouette through the door.
She waits for a bit, hesitates and then just walks away.(mid shot, dark lighting, with light from behind her)END
About Me
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Storyline
The story line will stay the same except for the scenes of him as a soldier will be cut out and there will only be links to his military past, by certain clothing and pictures around his flat.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Re-Thought story line.
Because i have to keep the film under 2 minutes, i have decided to re think the story line. i will have all the clips of chris leaving the rehab center and going home as a whole. The at the end when he sinks his head into his hands, i was have a quick flash back of him on patrol and then it will fade out to the title.
i will re-write the script and post it soon.
i will re-write the script and post it soon.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
How it will be filmed
I want my film to be filmed from the 1st person. I want it to be the first person in how he feels in his emotions. for example, i want the Main Character to stay in shot the whole time, but the camera angles and the lighting to help convey the emotions he feels. The lighting will have to be quite dark and gloomy and the weather will have to relatively miserable, which is lucky because it will be filmed in winter which will be perfect for me.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The Camera Shots
A man signs out of a rehab centre,
(shot of the rehab clinic sign)
(shot of him signing)
walks out and sits at the bus-stop.
(long-shot)
(close up looking left)
(mid shot walking round corner)
(long-shot walking down road)
(mid-shot at the bus-stop)
(side on close up of him looking down... lifts his head back and shuts eyes)
Day dreams to when he was in a warzone in the army,
(fades out)
(fades in)
He is sitting there with a friend in a foxhole, they are both eating out of mess tins,
(mid shot of chris swain, friend comes and sits down)
dialogue
Both look rough
It is obvious that they are friends, they share a joke, he shows the other soldier a photo of his wife. He looks sad at the picture,
(close up of the photo)
Other man says “mate, are you alright?”
(camera goes back to mid shot of the two)
(fades out)
(close up of chris opining his eyes)
old man at the bus stop saying the same thing.
(mid shot of them both, old man standing over him)
We realise he has said this because the bus has arrived.
(long shot of the bus coming round the corner)
(mid shot of chris getting on the bus)
(close up of bus pass being put on the pad)
(walk down the bus)
(mid-close shot of chris sitting down We see him sit down on the bus and rest his head against the window.)
He pulls something out of his pocket, we realise it is the same picture, looking a bit tatered and torn.
(close up of the picture)
We see it a lot darker and the bus pulls up to a bus stop,
(extreme long shot of the bus pulling up, from a high angle)
we see the man get off, he looks around, very unhappy, and shuffles his jumper up because he is cold.
(extreme long shot from before of man getting off)
(mid shot from side on of sorting out his jacket, looking around)
We see him start to walk towards a council estate.
(mid shot of him walking away)
(extreme long shot)
(pans up at the building he walks too)
We see him come in the front door of the house,
(mid shot of him at the door)
(close up of the key in the lock)
(mid shot of him walking in)
and a woman looks at him, wanting to say something, but she can’t (she obviously has affections for him.)
(over the shot shoulder of the woman watching him)
(mid shot of her looking sad and walking away)
drop his stuff down and go and sit in the kitchen, while it Is still very dark. He puts his bag down and pours himself a drink, some leaflets fall out of a bag and we see they are for alcoholism.
He takes a swig, and puts his head in his hands. Next to him we zoom into a picture of him and his friend, with a poppy and a cross next to it…
(long shot through a window, light turning on)
(close up of the bag being put down)
(close up of hand on the cupboard)
(mid shot of him pulling the glass out)
(close up putting it next to the bottle)
(mid shot of him sitting down, pausing, then picking up the bottle)
(extreme close up of him pouring the drink in)
(mid shot of him taking a swig, and head in hands)
(close up of alcoholism leaflets sticking out of the bag)
He is on patrol with his friend, he is the section commander, and his friend is seen just over his shoulder.
(mid shot tracking over the shoulder)
We then see a truck and some of the enemy getting out.
He gives the signal to crouch down and he observes them more, they seem to be having an argument.
(long shot, loose camera manwork, i.e. rough and wavy.)
(can just hear them argueing)
(reaction shot of the squad)
(watches them argue more)
He looks around at his friend and they nod at each other.
(over the shoulder mid shot, from the front)
The 4 men attack and they soon realise it is an ambush.
(long shot. camera tracking with them)
get overcome with the enemy, we see two soldiers get shot and go down.
(from chris' perspective)
(reaction shot)
(see the soldier who shot them)
(reastion shot, lifting rifle and firing)
(man emerges from the bushes behind chris and fires)
We see our main character get wounded in the leg, he goes to the floor.
(mid shot from an angle to the left)
(reaction shot of friend)
(chris hits the floor)And he’s looking around for his friend,
(from chris' perspective)his friend runs to him, “hold tight, we’re getting out of here!”
(says this looking directly at the camera)We see him dragging chris
(everything goes in and out of focus,)
we see friend het shot
(all fuzzy friend goes down)
(reaction shot from the chris)
(blacks out)We see the girl outside the flat,
(side on shot of her)
We can see her silhouette through the door.
She waits for a bit, hesitates and then just walks away.(mid shot, dark lighting, with light from behind her)END
(shot of the rehab clinic sign)
(shot of him signing)
walks out and sits at the bus-stop.
(long-shot)
(close up looking left)
(mid shot walking round corner)
(long-shot walking down road)
(mid-shot at the bus-stop)
(side on close up of him looking down... lifts his head back and shuts eyes)
Day dreams to when he was in a warzone in the army,
(fades out)
(fades in)
He is sitting there with a friend in a foxhole, they are both eating out of mess tins,
(mid shot of chris swain, friend comes and sits down)
dialogue
Both look rough
It is obvious that they are friends, they share a joke, he shows the other soldier a photo of his wife. He looks sad at the picture,
(close up of the photo)
Other man says “mate, are you alright?”
(camera goes back to mid shot of the two)
(fades out)
(close up of chris opining his eyes)
old man at the bus stop saying the same thing.
(mid shot of them both, old man standing over him)
We realise he has said this because the bus has arrived.
(long shot of the bus coming round the corner)
(mid shot of chris getting on the bus)
(close up of bus pass being put on the pad)
(walk down the bus)
(mid-close shot of chris sitting down We see him sit down on the bus and rest his head against the window.)
He pulls something out of his pocket, we realise it is the same picture, looking a bit tatered and torn.
(close up of the picture)
We see it a lot darker and the bus pulls up to a bus stop,
(extreme long shot of the bus pulling up, from a high angle)
we see the man get off, he looks around, very unhappy, and shuffles his jumper up because he is cold.
(extreme long shot from before of man getting off)
(mid shot from side on of sorting out his jacket, looking around)
We see him start to walk towards a council estate.
(mid shot of him walking away)
(extreme long shot)
(pans up at the building he walks too)
We see him come in the front door of the house,
(mid shot of him at the door)
(close up of the key in the lock)
(mid shot of him walking in)
and a woman looks at him, wanting to say something, but she can’t (she obviously has affections for him.)
(over the shot shoulder of the woman watching him)
(mid shot of her looking sad and walking away)
drop his stuff down and go and sit in the kitchen, while it Is still very dark. He puts his bag down and pours himself a drink, some leaflets fall out of a bag and we see they are for alcoholism.
He takes a swig, and puts his head in his hands. Next to him we zoom into a picture of him and his friend, with a poppy and a cross next to it…
(long shot through a window, light turning on)
(close up of the bag being put down)
(close up of hand on the cupboard)
(mid shot of him pulling the glass out)
(close up putting it next to the bottle)
(mid shot of him sitting down, pausing, then picking up the bottle)
(extreme close up of him pouring the drink in)
(mid shot of him taking a swig, and head in hands)
(close up of alcoholism leaflets sticking out of the bag)
He is on patrol with his friend, he is the section commander, and his friend is seen just over his shoulder.
(mid shot tracking over the shoulder)
We then see a truck and some of the enemy getting out.
He gives the signal to crouch down and he observes them more, they seem to be having an argument.
(long shot, loose camera manwork, i.e. rough and wavy.)
(can just hear them argueing)
(reaction shot of the squad)
(watches them argue more)
He looks around at his friend and they nod at each other.
(over the shoulder mid shot, from the front)
The 4 men attack and they soon realise it is an ambush.
(long shot. camera tracking with them)
get overcome with the enemy, we see two soldiers get shot and go down.
(from chris' perspective)
(reaction shot)
(see the soldier who shot them)
(reastion shot, lifting rifle and firing)
(man emerges from the bushes behind chris and fires)
We see our main character get wounded in the leg, he goes to the floor.
(mid shot from an angle to the left)
(reaction shot of friend)
(chris hits the floor)And he’s looking around for his friend,
(from chris' perspective)his friend runs to him, “hold tight, we’re getting out of here!”
(says this looking directly at the camera)We see him dragging chris
(everything goes in and out of focus,)
we see friend het shot
(all fuzzy friend goes down)
(reaction shot from the chris)
(blacks out)We see the girl outside the flat,
(side on shot of her)
We can see her silhouette through the door.
She waits for a bit, hesitates and then just walks away.(mid shot, dark lighting, with light from behind her)END
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Proposed story layout
A man signs out of a rehab centre, walks out and sits at the busstop.
Day dreams to when he was in a warzone in the army,
He is sitting there with a friend in a foxhole, they are both eating out of mess tins,
Both look rough
It is obvious that they are friends, they share a joke, he shows the other soldier a photo of his wife. He looks sad at the picture,
Other man says “mate, are you alright?”
it fades out to an old man at the bus stop saying the same thing. We realise he has said this because the bus has arrived.
We see him sit down on the bus and rest his head against the window. He pulls sits down and pulls something out of his pocket, we realise it is the same picture, looking a bit tatered and torn.
We see it a lot darker and the bus pulls up to a bus stop, we see the man get off, he looks around, very unhappy, and shuffles his jumper up because he is cold.
We see him start to walk towards a council estate.
We see him come in the front door of the house, and a woman looks at him, wanting to say something, but she can’t (she obviously has affections for him.) drop his stuff down and go and sit in the kitchen, while it Is still very dark. He puts his bag down and pours himself a drink, some leaflets fall out of a bag and we see they are for alcoholism.
He takes a swig, and puts his head in his hands. Next to him we zoom into a picture of him and his friend, with a poppy and a cross next to it…
He is on patrol with his friend, he is the section commander, and his friend is seen just over his shoulder. We then see a truck and some of the enemy getting out. He gives the signal to crouch down and he observes them more, they seem to be having an argument.
He looks around at his friend and they nod at each other.
The 8 men attack and they soon realise it is an ambush. And they get overcome with the enemy, we see two soldiers get shot and go down. We see our main character get wounded in the leg, he goes to the floor. And he’s looking around for his friend, his friend runs to him, “hold tight, I’ll go get the truck… we’re getting out of here!”
We see him run into the croud and havoc, (everything goes in and our of focus,) a large explosion is heard and a bright light is seen, everything goes quiet…
We see the girl outside the flat, she rings the door bell,
We can see her silhouette through the door.
She waits for a bit, knocks again, hesitates and then just walks away.
END
Day dreams to when he was in a warzone in the army,
He is sitting there with a friend in a foxhole, they are both eating out of mess tins,
Both look rough
It is obvious that they are friends, they share a joke, he shows the other soldier a photo of his wife. He looks sad at the picture,
Other man says “mate, are you alright?”
it fades out to an old man at the bus stop saying the same thing. We realise he has said this because the bus has arrived.
We see him sit down on the bus and rest his head against the window. He pulls sits down and pulls something out of his pocket, we realise it is the same picture, looking a bit tatered and torn.
We see it a lot darker and the bus pulls up to a bus stop, we see the man get off, he looks around, very unhappy, and shuffles his jumper up because he is cold.
We see him start to walk towards a council estate.
We see him come in the front door of the house, and a woman looks at him, wanting to say something, but she can’t (she obviously has affections for him.) drop his stuff down and go and sit in the kitchen, while it Is still very dark. He puts his bag down and pours himself a drink, some leaflets fall out of a bag and we see they are for alcoholism.
He takes a swig, and puts his head in his hands. Next to him we zoom into a picture of him and his friend, with a poppy and a cross next to it…
He is on patrol with his friend, he is the section commander, and his friend is seen just over his shoulder. We then see a truck and some of the enemy getting out. He gives the signal to crouch down and he observes them more, they seem to be having an argument.
He looks around at his friend and they nod at each other.
The 8 men attack and they soon realise it is an ambush. And they get overcome with the enemy, we see two soldiers get shot and go down. We see our main character get wounded in the leg, he goes to the floor. And he’s looking around for his friend, his friend runs to him, “hold tight, I’ll go get the truck… we’re getting out of here!”
We see him run into the croud and havoc, (everything goes in and our of focus,) a large explosion is heard and a bright light is seen, everything goes quiet…
We see the girl outside the flat, she rings the door bell,
We can see her silhouette through the door.
She waits for a bit, knocks again, hesitates and then just walks away.
END
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
What I plan to do to my Preliminary Experiment?
With my preliminary experiment, I see a possibility of two choices. One being i can re film the whole thing, and start from scratch, or Two, I just add in extra scenes, i.e. close ups and different shots.
The second choice will be the easiest to do, as I will require much more shots, but at the same time it will be harder to do purely because I have to get both the actors back, who may be busy, and they will have to wear EXACTLY the same clothes and sit in EXACTLY the same place which will be very hard to do.
The first choice on the other hand allows me to shoot the whole thing again, meaning that I can have whoever I want act in it, I can choose a better location and also I can add a small story line to it, just to make the story seem attractive.
Giving it some thought and going over the points, I think that I will resort to filming the whole thing again, giving me a chance to make it better in literally every way.
The second choice will be the easiest to do, as I will require much more shots, but at the same time it will be harder to do purely because I have to get both the actors back, who may be busy, and they will have to wear EXACTLY the same clothes and sit in EXACTLY the same place which will be very hard to do.
The first choice on the other hand allows me to shoot the whole thing again, meaning that I can have whoever I want act in it, I can choose a better location and also I can add a small story line to it, just to make the story seem attractive.
Giving it some thought and going over the points, I think that I will resort to filming the whole thing again, giving me a chance to make it better in literally every way.
Playlist of Films openings #2
This play-list is a list of films that I am hoping to use as inspiration for my media studies piece. As I have said below I am stuck between choice of genre, war drama and horror, this is the second play-list featuring the opening sequences of horror films.
Playlist of Films openings
This play-list is a list of films that I am hoping to use as inspiration for my media studies piece. As I am stuck between choice of genre, war drama and horror, there will be a second play-list uploaded on to this blog after with the opening sequences of horror films.
I hope that this will really help my in deciding which genre to do.
I hope that this will really help my in deciding which genre to do.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Reflection on the Practice Film
Firstly, I would like to say that I am going to completely repeat the production of this continuity experiment. I am considering this as merely a test run so I can establish what is wrong and right with my filming technique.
Starting with the bad points, whether you had noticed or not, my shot reverse shot was incorrect, both shots being shot over the right shoulder of each person. Whether you had noticed or not would have meant that the viewer would feel distorted.
Along with this the camera angles were slightly over angled, and looked odd.
The plot has the man walk in and then walk straight back out after about 15 seconds, so this does not go well for continuity and the viewer will feel a bit confused. for example, "why did the man come in in the first place just to leave straight away?"
The good points though would be that he opening was good, in how i can the camera pan across as the man walked in. Also the sound is good, as in you can clearly hear the footsteps of the man walking in and also you can hear hem speaking clearly.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Practice film
This practice film shows the basic shot reverse shot.
it shows a man walking into a room and having a conversation with another man.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Possible Soundtracks
This post is research for the theme music for my film.
Thinking about a horror, it is clear that there is more than one type of horror and that having a certain theme tune is essential.
For example some of the songs listed below would be more ideal for a more of a psychological horror, more than an out and out blood and guts horror filled with violence and when making my film this is something i will have to take into great consideration.
Listed here are some of the song choices i am considering.
Blues Saraceno - Bong Squad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxiVkVxYRkw
The Walker Brothers - The electrician
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TU0CMoggvk
Simon and Garfunkl - The sound of Silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDYxgDO5bCI
Raven - What about me?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wduQJQGMO0U
Korn - Twisted Transistor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWvxNh5bSs
Alien Ant Farm - Universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YxsN2W33BM
Marilyn Manson - If I Was Your Vampire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39kuAiz6ENA
Kasabian - Club Foot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOSuObRNBUA
Notice that a lot of the songs listed above are not actually used as theme tunes for films. In
research i have noticed that a lot of the major films will have a specific song composed
specially for the film. This is something i will have to take into consideration as i might be
able to have friends compose a song for my film at a later date.
Below are some of the soundtracks from films that i admire.
28 weeks later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2H8FWDvEA
Saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUl4LNEQA7I
300:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqY5lO1DKyg&feature=fvw
(Nine Inch Nails - Just Like You Imagined)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Shot Reverse Shot
Shot reverse shot, also known as shot/counter shot, is a "classic Hollywood" style of continuity editing. This film technique is, when being filmed, one character is seen to be looking at a character who is often off screen, and then the second character is shown looking back at the other character. As both characters are looking at each other, when they are filmed, they both have to be facing opposite ways.
Shot reverse shot
For example, John and Dave are both seen in the shot, John facing left, and Dave facing to the right, then when they are filmed individually having a conversation, John will always be facing the left looking off screen and Dave will always be looking off screen facing right. This still gives the audience the feeling that they are both still in the room together and that nothing has changed. Where as behind the camera, the actor playing John might have left and Dave might be talking to a marker, but as he is facing the same way the audience is none the wiser. If they were both facing to the left in their individual shots, then this would disorientate the audience, who would now be feeling uncomfortable watching this clip.
- Wikipedia was used as a reference
Monday, October 12, 2009
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