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OUR OPENING SEQUENCE 'THE MAN WITH NO FACE'

As I came to college at the beginning of the January I joined Katie Leuw's group late as she needed to re-shoot her project. Katie already had a story line that she introduced me to, the film was going to be called 'The Man With No Face' the main character being a sad lonely depressed boy who is attached to his diary.. this showing that he is not a typical stereotype of a boy but sensitive and emotional. Our feature film leaves us seeing the boy running away and walking down the street alone. The plan for the rest of the film is that the boy who feels so sorry for himself, meets a Man with a distorted face who tells his tragic story. This is why the film is called ' The Man With No Face' the boy is inspired by this man and starts to appreciate his life.

We worked together to create the voice over for our film. We then had everything planned and was ready to shoot. We took the camera and the tri-pod to Katies house where we started to shoot our opening sequence for our feature film. I was happy with what we shot. However when we were editing our film that we had - on final cut pro we realised that some of our shots were unfocused and shaky. For example the shot of the house at the begging of our film the tripod was unbalanced. So we were off back to Katie's house to re-film what we were not happy with. I feel we worked effectively and after a lot of time editing i was happy with our final product.

personal contribution:

Katie and I shared our roles, as we had to re film we switched jobs. For most of the shots Katie was controlling the camera and i was directing James (our character) and telling him what to do. As the professional editing softwares were new to both of us. We both took the responsibility to learn how to use it. This allowed us to work on our film when we weren't together in class.

FINAL PRODUCT ' THE MAN WITH NO FACE'

PRE-PRODUCTION (ORGANISATION)

Location options:

Stereotypically we associate the teenagers with troubles to be from working class backgrounds, however we wanted to show the contrast of this. The pictures above are images of different suburban middle class houses that we are thinking of using for our location to film.

Final Location:

chose for final location: The house above (our final location to film) is the biggest house, this will help create the sense of isolation, a feeling our character has. The house also has an accessible balcony which we are considering using for our film. Katie and I agreed that this house is the most visual appealing and perfect for where we wont to film.

editing: we will use continuity editing. The tempo will be slow ‘contemplative’ this will reflect the negative mood of the character.

equipment: camera, tripod

Dialogue:a voice over of our main ‘depressed’ character

Music:soft, slow, sad music creating the mood and forcing the audience to sympathise

Costumes:our aim is to create the stereotype of a “loser" his costume will represent him as having no personality nor style.

actor: James Alculmbre, a drama student- he fits the description we are looking for

character break down: Our character is a sad, lonely depressed teenage boy, living in a middle class. Doesn't seem to have anything going in his life. He introduces the audience as having no friends, he has school/family problems that many teenagers can relate to- this will be a key selling point. He leaves his personal feelings in a diary something he is clearly attached to. We have chosen 'not the best looking boy' this as well as his sad face and situation will help create sympathy.

final script:

DEVELOPMENT- OF OUR FILM

brief story line:

Our opening sequence will start of with our main character (teenage male living in a middle class home) writing in his diary.. at this time the audience will be hearing his thoughts he will explain he does not like his life, he has no friends, and troubles at home. We then will hear a background sound of his parents arguing this leads the already unhappy boy to pack his bag and sneak out of his home. There is where our opening sequence will end. The plan for the rest of the story is for the boy to meet a man with a distorted face, the man tells his tragic story the boy is inspired by this and goes on to start realising how good his life really is.

our aim is establish situation, character and to provoke emotion. We plan to create enigma, leaving the audience with a few questions and wanting to watch more.

PLAN FOR VOICE OVER

In the space of 2 minutes for my feature film Katie and i have planned to have a voice over of our main character (Daniel) so we get a insight into the mind of this young depressed boy he will be describing himself as miserable and friendless.

RESEARCH- ABOUT A BOYS VOICE OVER

The voice over from “About a boy” has caught my eye, a movie staring Nicholas Hoult who plays the role of Marcus- a similar character we are aiming for. This is the script of the voice over of Marcus.

IDEAS FOR CREDITS:

STORY BOARD:

SHOT LIST:

ANIMATIC:

we created this by uploading our story board to a program called Image Ready. We had to make each box the same size and put them into order, then we uploaded it on photo-bucket.

audience: we plan for our film to attract a wide audience with a 12A certificate this is because it will contain swearing etc. our audience will reach 12-20 year olds with the majority of the audience being male, this is because they will be able to relate to our lead character- who is also male.

FILM PRODUCTION

Key Roles

- Director

- Producer

- Writer

- Editor

- Cinematographer

- Sound recording

Equipment

- Is the camera charged?

- Do we have the charger cable?

- Do we have enough tape?

- Is the tripod working?

Props/Costumes/Make-up

- Who is responsible for props?

Director

- Storyboard/shot list

- Directs actors

- Ensures you get what you planned

Producer

- Overseas

- Ensures project is delivered on time

- Schedules + plans the shoot and post production

MIS-EN-SCENE

1. A director might use historical locations to establish where you are in the time period that the show/film is set.
2. They will use locations to show the audience where the show/film takes place and so that the audience understand the social status.
3. Common Place props are often used for authenticity.
4. Noteworthy props are props that are key to the narrative of the story.
5. Costumes are used to understand the character, there social status and the time period.
6. Stars and Actors get the audience to expect the film to be good because it has a big star and people can expect a good performance.
7. Unknown character actors are effective for making the audience think that the film will be faithful to the text and directors cast them not because they are stars but because they fit the character that they are going to play.
8. Low key lighting is used to read the text as being somber and moody.
9. High key lighting is used to allow the audience to see the action clearly and to read the text as if it were natural light.
10. Colours are used to read the dramatic mood of the scene.