This is our final shooting script
Sunday, 15 November 2015
Saturday, 14 November 2015
Friday, 13 November 2015
Post 22: Pitch to our peers
We pitched our developed initial idea to the rest of our class to get feedback and possible improvements, this is our pitch:
This is the guideline script we used for our pitch:
TITLE Leonie:- Hello, we are Covert Productions, before we start, I would like to explain why we decided on this name. Covert means ‘not publically acknowledged or revealed’ much like the many of the answers that answer the questions that are asked during stereotypical thriller films therefore, we decided that this name was fitting with the conventions of the thriller genre. Now onto the ideas, we would like to hear you opinions at the end, on if you think the idea fits the thriller genre well.
OPENING SCENE Sam:- Our main idea is an opening sequence for a film called ‘Experiment 3098’. Our Opening sequence will be made up of two halves: one where the man is blinking and going between his distorted memories (like being in an exam, as a fully grown man or being called by his family and him not being able to respond) and one when it is a flash forward to after the man has gone through the narrative, as a closing scene.
GENRE Ellie:- Like ‘Dexter’ and ‘American Psycho’, our opening scene for ‘Experiment 3098’ is a Psychological-Thriller. It is all about a man who has a mental illness and at the same time, is being tested on; we aim to distort the audience’s view on reality by using fast paced editing and almost no dialogue.
THE STORY LINE OF THE FILM George:- These are the main points of the potential narrative (let all of the notes come onto the screen) This would explain why the man is constantly in different scenarios –he is reliving different memories that he doesn’t recognise as memories- but only after he closes his eyes to blink- a blink which represents a small moment in time when he falls asleep, only to wake up in another memory/ dream.
TARGET AUDIENCE Ellie:- From our research, we chose our target audience to be a PG age certificate as this is the age category that we have the most information about and it is stereotypical of the Thriller genre.
REPRESENTATIONS Leonie:- There are two main representations in our opening sequence; people with mental illnesses and men. We have a stereotypical representation of mentally ill people; vunerable; confused; worried; distracted: however, for the same reasons that we have a stereotypical representation for mentally ill people, we also have an antistereotypical representation of men. Men are stereotypically strong, both physically and mentally and it is more common for someone with a mental illness to be portrayed by a female character however, it is a thriller convention for the protagonist to have a weakness or downfall so we are still following the conventions of the thriller genre.
GRASPING ATTENTION Sam:- The fast paced editing will mean that the audience are more than likely going to miss pieces of information. This will cause the audience to ask questions and create enigmas, a common convention of the thriller genre. Jump cuts will be used for the same effects. A dramatic soundtrack will consist of low and slow brass and/ or string instruments as these are closely associated with tense moments in almost every genre. Every time the man blinks, we might use a non diegetic sound effect of a bang or slam which will make the audience wonder what the sound is. The sound would be later revealed in the film, as a machine noise, coming from a machine that is being used to test on him.
George:- Thank you for listening to our pitch, do you have any questions or feedback for us?
This is the guideline script we used for our pitch:
TITLE Leonie:- Hello, we are Covert Productions, before we start, I would like to explain why we decided on this name. Covert means ‘not publically acknowledged or revealed’ much like the many of the answers that answer the questions that are asked during stereotypical thriller films therefore, we decided that this name was fitting with the conventions of the thriller genre. Now onto the ideas, we would like to hear you opinions at the end, on if you think the idea fits the thriller genre well.
OPENING SCENE Sam:- Our main idea is an opening sequence for a film called ‘Experiment 3098’. Our Opening sequence will be made up of two halves: one where the man is blinking and going between his distorted memories (like being in an exam, as a fully grown man or being called by his family and him not being able to respond) and one when it is a flash forward to after the man has gone through the narrative, as a closing scene.
GENRE Ellie:- Like ‘Dexter’ and ‘American Psycho’, our opening scene for ‘Experiment 3098’ is a Psychological-Thriller. It is all about a man who has a mental illness and at the same time, is being tested on; we aim to distort the audience’s view on reality by using fast paced editing and almost no dialogue.
THE STORY LINE OF THE FILM George:- These are the main points of the potential narrative (let all of the notes come onto the screen) This would explain why the man is constantly in different scenarios –he is reliving different memories that he doesn’t recognise as memories- but only after he closes his eyes to blink- a blink which represents a small moment in time when he falls asleep, only to wake up in another memory/ dream.
TARGET AUDIENCE Ellie:- From our research, we chose our target audience to be a PG age certificate as this is the age category that we have the most information about and it is stereotypical of the Thriller genre.
REPRESENTATIONS Leonie:- There are two main representations in our opening sequence; people with mental illnesses and men. We have a stereotypical representation of mentally ill people; vunerable; confused; worried; distracted: however, for the same reasons that we have a stereotypical representation for mentally ill people, we also have an antistereotypical representation of men. Men are stereotypically strong, both physically and mentally and it is more common for someone with a mental illness to be portrayed by a female character however, it is a thriller convention for the protagonist to have a weakness or downfall so we are still following the conventions of the thriller genre.
GRASPING ATTENTION Sam:- The fast paced editing will mean that the audience are more than likely going to miss pieces of information. This will cause the audience to ask questions and create enigmas, a common convention of the thriller genre. Jump cuts will be used for the same effects. A dramatic soundtrack will consist of low and slow brass and/ or string instruments as these are closely associated with tense moments in almost every genre. Every time the man blinks, we might use a non diegetic sound effect of a bang or slam which will make the audience wonder what the sound is. The sound would be later revealed in the film, as a machine noise, coming from a machine that is being used to test on him.
George:- Thank you for listening to our pitch, do you have any questions or feedback for us?
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Post 21: Initial ideas 2
This is a rough summary of the group's second possible idea for the product:
1) The ident is shown
For this ident we were thinking of the name 'Trppd', which would be the word 'Trapped' without the vowels, this is to reflect the lack of freedom that the man in the sequence has.
2) The opening sequence starts
The first shot is of a man (the protagonist) in a bed, trapped in a coma with his wrists and legs bound to the table. The scene fades into a flashback - this will be shown by adding a red/brown filter and distortion around the edge of the screen. In the flashback the man will be arguing with his wife, there will be diegetic audio but the words will be muffled and unclear. The scene will change back to the man lying in the bed, the shot will be a mid/close up shot of his closed eyes, this will be to raise a feeling of suspense with the audience. There will be another flashback, the mans face will be off camera and the focus will be on his torso and arms, which will be holding a bottle of alcohol. Back out of the flashback there will be a close up of the mans face. The editing around this point will increase to build suspense and to suggest to the audience that there will be a climax building. It will quickly cut to another flashback of a man looking into the mirror and taking some tablets, to a close up of the mans face in the coma, back to the man falling back on the floor and the bottle of pills falling from his hand.
The jump cutting will stop and so will any music, there will be a close up of the mans eyes, his eyes will suddenly open and the title will cover his eyes.
3) The credits start
In between each of the scenes the camera will fade to black as if the camera is blinking slowly, this will emphasise the fact that the man is dazed and confused. The man's eyes are frantically looking around the room, the first credits will appear on the screen - we'll decide on the specifics as to colour and font as we edit it as we will either use either dark or really bright lighting. The second credits will appear after the camera fades back in again and the man will still be frantically looking around the room, sweating and breathing heavily. This will emphasise his desperation and further build on the suspense and give the audience more questions, making them want to find out the answers by watching the film. The third set of credits will appear on a different scene, the man will seem to wake up in a bed next to his wife. This scene is to hint at the confused and/or hallucinogenic themes that would appear later in the film, as well as surprise the audience. The camera will fade to black and the final credits will appear, they will fade out as the scene fades from black to reveal a midshot of the mans face. The diegetic sound of the heavy breathing will slowly fade back in. The camera will cut to a mid shot of a nurses waist, she will be wearing the stereotypical blue 'scrubs' and a green apron (both of these have been stereotypically chosen so that the audience can quickly grasp what is going on). The final scene will be of darkness, with an echoing scream of the man.
2) The opening sequence starts
The first shot is of a man (the protagonist) in a bed, trapped in a coma with his wrists and legs bound to the table. The scene fades into a flashback - this will be shown by adding a red/brown filter and distortion around the edge of the screen. In the flashback the man will be arguing with his wife, there will be diegetic audio but the words will be muffled and unclear. The scene will change back to the man lying in the bed, the shot will be a mid/close up shot of his closed eyes, this will be to raise a feeling of suspense with the audience. There will be another flashback, the mans face will be off camera and the focus will be on his torso and arms, which will be holding a bottle of alcohol. Back out of the flashback there will be a close up of the mans face. The editing around this point will increase to build suspense and to suggest to the audience that there will be a climax building. It will quickly cut to another flashback of a man looking into the mirror and taking some tablets, to a close up of the mans face in the coma, back to the man falling back on the floor and the bottle of pills falling from his hand.
The jump cutting will stop and so will any music, there will be a close up of the mans eyes, his eyes will suddenly open and the title will cover his eyes.
3) The credits start
In between each of the scenes the camera will fade to black as if the camera is blinking slowly, this will emphasise the fact that the man is dazed and confused. The man's eyes are frantically looking around the room, the first credits will appear on the screen - we'll decide on the specifics as to colour and font as we edit it as we will either use either dark or really bright lighting. The second credits will appear after the camera fades back in again and the man will still be frantically looking around the room, sweating and breathing heavily. This will emphasise his desperation and further build on the suspense and give the audience more questions, making them want to find out the answers by watching the film. The third set of credits will appear on a different scene, the man will seem to wake up in a bed next to his wife. This scene is to hint at the confused and/or hallucinogenic themes that would appear later in the film, as well as surprise the audience. The camera will fade to black and the final credits will appear, they will fade out as the scene fades from black to reveal a midshot of the mans face. The diegetic sound of the heavy breathing will slowly fade back in. The camera will cut to a mid shot of a nurses waist, she will be wearing the stereotypical blue 'scrubs' and a green apron (both of these have been stereotypically chosen so that the audience can quickly grasp what is going on). The final scene will be of darkness, with an echoing scream of the man.
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
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