This is beneficial to us because footage looks different whilst recording.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Unedited Footage
Whilst recording our opening sequence we established that we don't need all the footage but placed the footage together to get an idea of how it looks to watch.
This is beneficial to us because footage looks different whilst recording.
This is beneficial to us because footage looks different whilst recording.
Opening Sequence
At this stage of our opening sequence the group split with one member leaving, this meant we had to change our idea although we didn't want to alter this completely.
We decided to change the idea by having one homosexual Muslim and the way his life has changed since telling everyone about his sexuality. The reason we chose this for our opening is because we feel this is still a sensitive issue that we wish to explore furthermore due to our target audience we feel this will be very effective in terms of getting people interested.
The concept of our new opening sequence invovles having a young Muslim boy and showing the impact of how society can force someone to live a certain way because of the way they have treated him.
We decided to change the idea by having one homosexual Muslim and the way his life has changed since telling everyone about his sexuality. The reason we chose this for our opening is because we feel this is still a sensitive issue that we wish to explore furthermore due to our target audience we feel this will be very effective in terms of getting people interested.
The concept of our new opening sequence invovles having a young Muslim boy and showing the impact of how society can force someone to live a certain way because of the way they have treated him.
Friday, 2 March 2012
Potential Target Audience
Due to the significance of the conflict found in our opening scene, it obviously restricts us in terms of target audience. It would be ideal for our opening to target everyone of all ages. However, it will most likely be watched by teenagers and young adults. Perhaps its because we discuss and explore issues many of the audience can relate to.
An example of a genre which has a selected target audience tend to be romantic comedy. In which the target audience tend to be young girls to young women. An example of a romantic comedy may be "The Backup Plan" featuring award winning actress Jennifer Lopez aka J-lo and Alex O'Loughlin. Released in April 2010, overall making 125 million dollars. Like our future opening, "The Backup Plan" highlights a problem many middle aged, successful, single women face. The need to have a baby. Throughout the movie we discover that eventually she does become lucky and conceive a child however she has to pick between the man (O'Loughlin) or her baby.
We may want to consider just how much romance we wish to include in our Hybrid genre opening. As too much may become stereotypical and to some extent a parody. Also, there are different genres which may attract the However there are various films created to target a niche audience. For example "The Godfather" is mainly aimed at men and perhaps older men. The dark gangster crime filled with action. appeals more to men, having a niche target audience can help, as well as limit your audience. If we chose to create an opening for a niche target audience then we may have to change our genre because by creating a hybrid genre it appeals to more people, by simply meshing two or more genres. It is also another way to introduce those whom may not like genres such as romance and crime.
On the one hand, our group aim to include romance, we also need to include drama- with particular focus on relationships as the conflict routes from the relationship. One film currently known by various people of all ages (over 12) and has consumed the minds of practically everyone - TWILIGHT. Similarly we aim to follow a similar concept of two people being separate because of boundaries and prejudice.
The Twilight saga first came to our cinema screens in November 2008, and from then has broken numerous records. The first movie Twilight grossed by $382,133,300. Based on a book it highlights the life choices Bella the protagonist has to make in order to stay in a relationship with Edward, who is a vampire. This film will help us gain an idea of what issues we can include to make our target audience
Diversity Productions:
Due to the change in our group, we've had to slightly change our genre from a hybrid to a single genre- drama. The idea that we would make our main focus on a homosexuality is interesting because in terms of target audience. I doubted there was a place for a film about homosexuality. After having researched various movies such as BrokeBack Mountain and Boys don't cry. I began to realise that in actual fact- the target audience can be more varied than other issues presented in other movies. What follows are a couple of films I have researched deeply and analysed- In terms of costume, sound, edit and camera shots.
An example of a genre which has a selected target audience tend to be romantic comedy. In which the target audience tend to be young girls to young women. An example of a romantic comedy may be "The Backup Plan" featuring award winning actress Jennifer Lopez aka J-lo and Alex O'Loughlin. Released in April 2010, overall making 125 million dollars. Like our future opening, "The Backup Plan" highlights a problem many middle aged, successful, single women face. The need to have a baby. Throughout the movie we discover that eventually she does become lucky and conceive a child however she has to pick between the man (O'Loughlin) or her baby.
We may want to consider just how much romance we wish to include in our Hybrid genre opening. As too much may become stereotypical and to some extent a parody. Also, there are different genres which may attract the However there are various films created to target a niche audience. For example "The Godfather" is mainly aimed at men and perhaps older men. The dark gangster crime filled with action. appeals more to men, having a niche target audience can help, as well as limit your audience. If we chose to create an opening for a niche target audience then we may have to change our genre because by creating a hybrid genre it appeals to more people, by simply meshing two or more genres. It is also another way to introduce those whom may not like genres such as romance and crime.
On the one hand, our group aim to include romance, we also need to include drama- with particular focus on relationships as the conflict routes from the relationship. One film currently known by various people of all ages (over 12) and has consumed the minds of practically everyone - TWILIGHT. Similarly we aim to follow a similar concept of two people being separate because of boundaries and prejudice.
The Twilight saga first came to our cinema screens in November 2008, and from then has broken numerous records. The first movie Twilight grossed by $382,133,300. Based on a book it highlights the life choices Bella the protagonist has to make in order to stay in a relationship with Edward, who is a vampire. This film will help us gain an idea of what issues we can include to make our target audience
Diversity Productions:
Due to the change in our group, we've had to slightly change our genre from a hybrid to a single genre- drama. The idea that we would make our main focus on a homosexuality is interesting because in terms of target audience. I doubted there was a place for a film about homosexuality. After having researched various movies such as BrokeBack Mountain and Boys don't cry. I began to realise that in actual fact- the target audience can be more varied than other issues presented in other movies. What follows are a couple of films I have researched deeply and analysed- In terms of costume, sound, edit and camera shots.
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
New Opening Sequence (2nd Draft)
Due to the production losing a member we decided to change our first idea and create a new opening sequence, this was also due to the fact we felt we could incorporate both pitches together and create a better sequence.
Our new idea is about a young man who has recently told his family and friends that he's a homosexual, this was made further made difficult because he is from a Muslim family with an Islamic background which as a result meant he couldn't be accepted by his family.
Our idea is to show how society and his family have forced him into a different lifestyle and has made him become more lonely and anti-social.
The reason for us choosing this concept is because we grew up in mostly a Muslim area and has allowed us to gain an understanding about the lifestyle which we feel we can re-create and show through Media. Also we both know some who had recently been through a similar path and therefore want to explore the idea more and allow other people to understand.
Our new idea is about a young man who has recently told his family and friends that he's a homosexual, this was made further made difficult because he is from a Muslim family with an Islamic background which as a result meant he couldn't be accepted by his family.
Our idea is to show how society and his family have forced him into a different lifestyle and has made him become more lonely and anti-social.
The reason for us choosing this concept is because we grew up in mostly a Muslim area and has allowed us to gain an understanding about the lifestyle which we feel we can re-create and show through Media. Also we both know some who had recently been through a similar path and therefore want to explore the idea more and allow other people to understand.
Monday, 27 February 2012
In depth storyboard (1st Draft)
We've come up with the idea to have two people living their lives but in real time with a split screen. The spilt screen will show them living their lives aswell as emobdoying the actual spilt that they have to go through. Because we want to show the spilt even more we will start with an establishing shot of a house and zoom into a sticker saying alla which will be over a door.
This will then dissolve into a shot of the main character getting ready to go to Arabic lessons, therefore she will be washing her face (ablution) when shes washes her face we will hope to do an action match in which we get various shots beginning with aclose up shot of her washing her face, except the camera will be from underneath the sink. then perhaps a profile shot from the side of her washing her face and then a high angle shot of her washing her face.
The high angle shot will embody someone else watching her perhaps god. When she puts on her headscarf. this shot wil be a reflection of her putting on her headscarf in the mirror.
As she leaves the house and checks her phone, we will zoom into the phones screen to highlight who she will be meeting which will be her (secret) boyfriend at a certain time. Her mums saying be back home at this () time see you.. Love you etc.
AT THE SAME TIME (split screen) the main male character and his friends are outside walking to their destination, we will also do an action match of his shoes from different angles. (meeting point for both of them) they might talk about their friends relationship between him and her and telling him, we will then do various over the shoulder shotsand shot reverse shots of they're converstaions. “ah look you could be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t have all these problems and all these secrets” and he could say something pretty touching and powerful, something that represents their relationship between each other. His friends leave him to walk alone and they both walk.. action match here and there and they meet.. (just one screen now, no split screen) perhaps aclose up when he places his hands in hers as they continue walking. Action matchagain to show their body language and facial expressions, she talks about her stresses about their relationship.
This will then dissolve into a shot of the main character getting ready to go to Arabic lessons, therefore she will be washing her face (ablution) when shes washes her face we will hope to do an action match in which we get various shots beginning with aclose up shot of her washing her face, except the camera will be from underneath the sink. then perhaps a profile shot from the side of her washing her face and then a high angle shot of her washing her face.
The high angle shot will embody someone else watching her perhaps god. When she puts on her headscarf. this shot wil be a reflection of her putting on her headscarf in the mirror.
As she leaves the house and checks her phone, we will zoom into the phones screen to highlight who she will be meeting which will be her (secret) boyfriend at a certain time. Her mums saying be back home at this () time see you.. Love you etc.
AT THE SAME TIME (split screen) the main male character and his friends are outside walking to their destination, we will also do an action match of his shoes from different angles. (meeting point for both of them) they might talk about their friends relationship between him and her and telling him, we will then do various over the shoulder shotsand shot reverse shots of they're converstaions. “ah look you could be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t have all these problems and all these secrets” and he could say something pretty touching and powerful, something that represents their relationship between each other. His friends leave him to walk alone and they both walk.. action match here and there and they meet.. (just one screen now, no split screen) perhaps aclose up when he places his hands in hers as they continue walking. Action matchagain to show their body language and facial expressions, she talks about her stresses about their relationship.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Sound Research
There are two different types of sounds that can be used in our film opening, Digetic and Non- Digetic sounds.
Digectic - This is any sound that audience and the characters are suppose to hear and haven't been added during the editing process.
Non- Digectic - This type of sound is the opposite of digetic sounds as it has been placed in the clip for the audience to hear purposely. The reason directors and editors do this is put emphasis on a specific sound for the audience to hear more clearly. An example of this is if a character is walking on the other side of the road the director may put a non-digectic sound in the editing to show anticipation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPgUaX1hGW0&feature=related
This is clip from the film Adulthood showing a fight scene between two characters, the director purposely puts non-digectic sounds for the audience to hear every sound during the final fight scene in the movie.
The music during this scene also adds anticipation to the fight because the genre is action and drama. The tempo of scene also fits to the theme of the scene as when it comes to a vital part the music builds up then suddenly slows down.
Digectic - This is any sound that audience and the characters are suppose to hear and haven't been added during the editing process.
Non- Digectic - This type of sound is the opposite of digetic sounds as it has been placed in the clip for the audience to hear purposely. The reason directors and editors do this is put emphasis on a specific sound for the audience to hear more clearly. An example of this is if a character is walking on the other side of the road the director may put a non-digectic sound in the editing to show anticipation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPgUaX1hGW0&feature=related
This is clip from the film Adulthood showing a fight scene between two characters, the director purposely puts non-digectic sounds for the audience to hear every sound during the final fight scene in the movie.
The music during this scene also adds anticipation to the fight because the genre is action and drama. The tempo of scene also fits to the theme of the scene as when it comes to a vital part the music builds up then suddenly slows down.
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