Location Shots

I thought that this area ( located in my local park) would be a perfect place for a chase scene as it's surrounded by woods and it would make our chase scene more conventional.

In this shot you can scene the path where main action was going. I decided that this wood be a good location for my extract as it's public and conventional.

The bench where the brother will be sitting and waiting for the long lost brother.

The path where long lost brother's meeting his brother.

The path where long lost brother's meeting his brother.

The path where long lost brother's meeting his brother.

Equipment/resources

Actors:

Azeem Allha ( Long lost brother)

Adheel Shafiq (Brother)

Props:

Memory stick

Locations:

Local park

Costumes/clothing:

Azeem Allha - casual clothing ( blazer, trousers, trainers)

Adheel Shafiq - casual clothing ( hoodie, trousers, trainers)

Equipment:

Camera ( I will use it to shoot a film)

Tripod ( I will use to make my camera shots and angles better)

Camera bag ( I will use to carry a camera)

Tape ( I will use it record my film on it)

Camera charger ( Will be used to charge my camera)

USB cable ( Will be used to import my film to the computer)

Hardware:
USB cable ( Will be used to import my final film to the computer)
SD card ( I will use to record my film pieces)
Hard drive ( Will be used for storing and retrieving digital information)
Apple Mac ( At my media lessons I'm using 'Apple Mac' to do all work which I need to do)
Card reader ( Will be used to read data from a card)
HD Camcorder ( Will be used to shoot my film with 'HD' effect which will improve film quality)

Software:
iDvd ( Will be used to create and burn my final film)
Sony Vegas Pro11 (Will be used to edit my film)
Windows movie maker ( Will be used to edit my film)
Internet Explorer ( I will use to create my blog and update it)
Google Chrome ( I will use to find information for my secondary research)

Shot List

Script

Storyboard

Secondary research

The Shawshank Redemption

Film: The Shawshank Redemption

Genre: Crime

Release Year: 1994

Length of Clip: 10:01 minutes

Director: Frank Darabont

Writers: Stephan King

Link for the opening scenes:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5SsbCknaPc&feature=relaz

In this movie titles appeared at the first seconds of the film also at this time was playing quite classic diegetic soundtrack which gave us the first introduction about what kind of film this will be. When titles disappeared we can see a wide shot this shot was used to pay audiences attention on the location where main action is going. The main action is going near village where male character is siting in his car and listening the music and at this moment when shot is moving from the village to the car we can see a pan which is going from the right side to the left one. 

At the next scene we can see a 'flashback' where we see why this man is siting in his car. In my opinion, this cinematic element is very good as an element of surprise because it's encourage an audience to think about what happened with him and why he's siting in a middle of nowhere and listening classic music.

In this opening scene director is no using lots of non-diegetic soundtracks to make this film more realistic. 

Saving Private Ryan

Film: Saving private Ryan
Genre: Action
Release Year: 1998
Length of Clip: 01:06 minutes
Director: Steven Spealberg
Writers: Robert Rodat

Titles appeared at the firsts seconds of this film also director put a dramatic, non-diegetic soundtrack which gives the firsts impression about the film. At the moment when titles disappeared we can see a wide shot this shot is used to introduce an audience with location where main action is going. In this scene director decided to not put bright or colourful colours to show to create a mood of drama when old man came to the graveyard to visit his friends who died in a war.Also in this scene we can see a lots of close ups on characters faces.In my opinion, director used a lot of close ups in this scene to show to the audience pain which old man is feeling. Also it's a good way to manipulate with audiences feelings because nobody knows what happened with him we can see a bad faces but we can't see why this old man is crying.In my opinion, this scene was used to intrigue the audience and encourage them to think what happened with him.

The lives of others

Film: The lives of others

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2006

Length of Clip: 5:29 minutes

Director: Florian Henckel

Writers: Donnersmarck

Titles appeared at the first seconds of the film. But at the moment when titles disappear we can see first wide shot which is used to pay audiences attention on place/location where main action is going. Also in this moment director is using grey and dark colours to create powerful sense of drama. 

In this opening scene director uses lot of diegetic sounds, for example we can hear steps were man is going through the corridor, when he's knocking the door all these nuances makes this scene more realistic.

Also in this scene director used quite a lot dialogue between characters and director chose to pay audiences attention using shot reverse shot.

Primary research ( Questionnaire analysis)

The majority of my respondents were males. It's not a surprise as the majority of my school friends are males.

The majority of my respondents were people from the age range 16- 18.  It's not surprising as I'm in the sixth form and the biggest part of my schoolmates are from the age range 16-18. 20% of respondents were from the age range 13-15, and only 10% of my respondents were from the age range 19-21 and 21+.

30% of respondents answered that they're into thriller genre films. I was happy with an outcome of this pool as the film that I'm making is going to be a thriller.

80% of respondents answered that they watch thrillers once a week/ once a month. From this we can tell that my target audience are into the crime/thriller genre films.

The majority of my respondents - 80% answered that they would expect to see titles at the beginning. In my opinion, it's because most of the 'Hollywood' films are using the same technique.

60% of my respondents answered that they would like to hear a non-diagetic soundtrack in a thriller genre film.

The majority of my respondents answered that they wouldn't expect to see any Sci-Fi effects in a thriller genre film as it's not so common.

80% of my respondents answered that they would expect to see dark colours in a thriller film as it's very common for a thriller films.














Audience opinions split to half - half of my respondents answered that they would like to see fast cut editing in a thriller genre film an 50% answered that they would like to see slow cut editing.














The majority of my respondents - 70% answered that they would like to see transitions in a thriller genre film as it is common for this type of films.

Primary Research (Questionnaire)

Media Termins

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.

Shot reverse shot  is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

A match on action is when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following. For example, a shot of someone tossing a ball can be edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting from the first shot.

Main idea

Genre:  Crime/Thriller.

Aims & Content : Create a 2 - minute film from opening scene, 'Suspicion' at 15-18 year olds. With an atmosphere of intrigue and suspense. Crime/thriller genre film which plays with the audience's expectations and stereotyped ideas.

Target audience: For our film we decided to mainly target at the teenagers of the age range 15-18 and also at the people who're into crime/thriller films.

Story: The long lost brother contacts his brother and asks him to bring the data stick and bring it to the local park, by the bench. When both brothers meet up in the park they start arguing as the long lost brother wants the data stick as it's got a valuable information but other brother don't want to loose his relative again. They can't negotiate and the brother is running away from the long lost brother, he slips and at that time brother escapes.

Characters:
The long lost brother - more powerful than his brother, angry.
The brother - vulnerable, good-natured.

Production Schedule