7 minute presentation

From planning our presentataion myself and my groupmate Ryan Cross have inadvertly made a list of what we need to plan and how the short film is going to work.
the things we have found what we need to work on is: script, locations and sound. we have analysed our signifiers in our film, we have also decided on where we are going to film and how we are going to film it

ocr media

this is a blog that we have been told about which is very helpful
http://getaheadocrmedia.blogspot.com/

Presentation

we have been asked to make a 7 minute presentation for our production. This will include:
-semiotics
-meta-analysis
-analysis of directors
-evidence of critising/denoting -sound(non-diagetic,ambiant,contrapunctal,synchranous,asychronous)
-lighting
-camera
-editing
-script
-storyboard
-locations
this has got to be done by thursday

urgent tasks that needs to be completed

i have realised that i am not working hard enough to gain a good grade - discussion with my teacher helped me to write this action plan
complete a diary every day for three weeks
upload mini-essays defining (and using quotes) director, editor, sound, in a film - source/cite opinions and beliefs from existing film-makers to support my points.
upload photos/screen snatches that show the style i want to recreate
add posts that evidence i have looked at key film sites
hyperlinks to; biggerpictureresearch.net.
hyperlinks to bbfc, bfi, filmcouncil, imdb.com, bbc, channel4

Locations Ideas and Plans

We have spent 15-20mins discussing what possible locations and scenes that could be used in our short film. We have a few ideas for where we can film the characters going to the meeting places but having some problems with the actual location the main scene will be held. We have had the idea of using the studio in our school media department. I have also got a friend who owns alot of unused land including derelict buildings and general shoddy areas. This will be very helpful as this will be nearly perfect for our production.
We will be taking photographs of these locations and uploading them and then deciding which would be the best place to shoot our production.

The Age of Stupid Preview

The Age of Stupid film analysis

Yesterday our A level media class went on a field trip to cinema city in Norwich to see a post-modern film about climate change called ‘The Age of Stupid.’ http://www.ageofstupid.net/#
We went to see this film as it links in to our post-modern topic in class. The film itself was set out as a documentary but with Pete Postlethwaite as a man living by himself looking back on how we destroyed the world and did nothing about it. The way that the film was edited is very post-modern as he was sitting at his computer talking about issues and when he wants to show you a clip of the documentary he will search his computer and play it. The actual experience of going to a screening at cinema city was very professional as the seats are laid out so it’s more personal instead of a group of people just going to see a movie because it looks good. There was also a question and answer session at the end of the film to talk to the producer and some of the main contributors. This was very interesting as we could actually find out more about the film from a reliable source and in person aswel.

My role in the group

In our production my main role is the editing side of the whole production also I will be doing sound and lighting as I am quite experienced with this area of expertise. I am also very experienced with editing as I have edited most of all our other productions we achieved an A* for our other productions. The way we our going to edit it is going to be very slow to build tension. Lighting is going to be dark and dreary with the area behind the main scene blacked out. This focuses the audiences’ attention to the characters and what is going on instead of being distracted by what is going on in the background. As for sound most of the scene has no dialogue this gives an uncomfortable feeling to the room. We will also be using quite a deep ‘trancy’ soundtrack this will also build tension.

Our Style Of Short film

This is the trailer of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1190396697/

Lock stock and Two smoking barrels

This is a snapshot of lock stock and two smoking barrels; this is one of the main influences to our short film

Group discussions

We have started filming group discussions to express our ideas in a visual way. So far we have discussed our influences and our basic idea for our short film. soon we will upload this footage.

Project

I am working in a group of three consisting of myself, Ryan Cross and Joe Claxton. We are planning on making a short film lasting aproximatly 5 minutes long. We will also be producing a 20 second trailer and a poster advertising our film. We decided to produce a short film as us as a group are very creative.

Welcome

Welcome to my A2 media blog.
I will be presenting all my A2 media coursework on this blogsite.
I am welcome to all comments and reviews.