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Monday, 28 November 2011

Props ideas






Match.com website will be used on the laptop, this shot will be shown when the girl first signs up.

The blackberry will be the girls phone and will be used when the boy is texting the girl to tell her he thinks that they should finish.

The iphone will be used for the same thing, but this will be the boys phone.

Film Distributor Research

Arts Alliance Media

AAM's in-house Digital Lab handles every aspect of the digital cinema content supply chain, from encoding and encryption through to generation and delivery of play-out keys to cinemas. Our established and experienced team have processed thousands of titles and shipments of digital prints. All their processes are DCI compliant, and they QC films in one of their two fully kitted out digital cinemas, in London and Paris. They use a web based system for content processing, print and key management, and to allow enhanced client visibility to track product. We also work closely with clients to tailor KPI reporting to meet client needs, and offer 24/7 support. AAM has a working relationship with a vast number of digital cinemas around the world, and are experienced in shipping digital prints to many varied destinations. We are also a pioneer in satellite delivery of content to cinemas, and have achieved several firsts, including the first European transmission of a commercially-released film, and the first multi-territory satellite release in Europe.

Axiom Films
Established in 1997, Axiom Films is a leading independent label that brings together a range of film activities, including the production of feature films and a flourishing distribution division with a rapidly expanding library of high quality film content under direct ownership.
Over the past decade, Axiom has steadily built a reputation for taking creative risks, working with new talent and original ideas; producing a diverse body of work from directors from all parts of the world. Uniquely, each film project that the company has been involved with
has been both a critical and commercial success, frequently winning awards, sold for distribution in most key markets and, without exception, selected to screen at the major international film festivals.
As a distributor, Axiom directly exploits all rights in films acquired and is widely respected for its innovative and bespoke marketing that includes distinctive campaigns for films such as the Oscar nominated Half Nelson and Frozen River and the late Jun Ichikawa's adaptation of Tony Takitani by Haruki Murakami. Consistently adding to what is an already significant collection th
at includes major films from John Sayles, David O.Russell, Ryan Fleck/Anna Boden as well as established amateur filmmakers like Ramin Bahrani, Peter Greenaway, Tsai Ming-Liang, Jose Luis Guerin and Pablo Tarpero, the company also owns a major proportion of the acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wender's catalogue, including all the director's defining early works as well as classics such as Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, and Buena Vista Social Club.
Axiom is a company consistenly associated with quality rather than sheer quantity, and strives to develop its business by fostering close working relationships with
some of the most creatively outstanding filmmakers from all parts of the world. The fact that Axiom also acquires films for distribution as well as producing them provides a leading edge in terms of the demands of the international market.

Dogwoof
Dogwoof is the leading UK film distributor for social issue films and documentaries.
Founded in 2004, Dogwoof has released award winning independent films and world cinema such as Food Inc, Burma VJ, End of the Line, Age of Stupid, Milk of Sorrow and Restrepo.
Dogwoof releases films nationwide, acquiring all rights for exploitation
through theatrical, DVD, TV, Mobile and Online platforms, backing their releases with major marketing campaigns. Dogwoof believes that a good film can make a difference in how people see the world and social issues.
The aim of this approach is to trigger change, and get people to take action. The best way to do this is by making the film available at cinemas and venues around the country, as shown by their record breaking releases of The Age of Stupid and The End of the Line.
It is a social enterprise who's aim is to accomplish targets that are social as well as financial - often referred to as the triple bottom line. Many commercial businesses would consider themselves to have social objectives, but Dogwoof as a social enterprise is distinctive because our social purpose remains central to our operation.

Saturday, 26 November 2011

Research into tittle sequences

Title sequences and credits  have always been a way to begin and end a film. The title sequences were used to put important things out there such as to identify both the name of the film and the name of the production company that made the film.

They can vary between vary simple sequences where they only aim to get their point across, this is a very good idea as its not giving thge audience too much to look at yet still giving them the information that they are wanting to send out.





However they can aslo be very detailed and complicated, they are the exact opposite yet are a very good way of getting thier point across, when something is very detailed it makes the audience more focused. This is because so much is going that they need to watch carefully.




                            An example of a very detailed tittle sequence is for the film seven.....


The opening credits to this certain film were eye catching and to me deviate from the norm as they use a mixture of fonts/images and colours to create a certain ''creepy'' feel when watched by the audience. ultimately leaving the audience eager to watch and drawn in before the film even starts. Another reason this film was chosen by me was that the title is also different from those of a normal film as the letter V is replaced by the number 7 to emphasise the title and also gives the feel that number is a vital aspect to the film.

Thursday, 24 November 2011

TITLE TEST



This is a little test we did to practice and try out a few ideas that we have for out title sequence. We created a avatar, downloaded a sound clip for the sound of a typewriter and then used a effect on final cut express to make the text come up as if the text is being typed on a keyboard. We really liked this but thought that the use of the avatars could give away the twist in our film so decided we would use some part of it and the other half could be used in the credits.

SHOOTING SCRIPT

SHOOTING SCRIPT
THE STORY LINE (5 MINUTE FILM)
A boy tells his girlfriend they should break up as he no longer feels the same, she takes the news badly and decides they should no longer see each other. The girl then sees a advert for match.com signs up, the boy too gets a leaflet through the post about match.com but he screws it up and throws it up. The girl continues speaking to the boy everyday and becomes very fond of him, hoping she has found her 'perfect match' they decide to meet up at the cinema and finally meet each other. However when she turns up at the cinema to meet the mystery boy its shown that the match was actually her ex boyfriend, a flashback is shown from when the boy received the match.com leaflet through the post. He took the screwed up leaflet out of the bin, opened it and decided to sign up. The couple then decide to get back together.

Characters:
Josh Jenkins
Grace Ella Turner
Friend one, Emma Gardiner
Friend two, Liz Brown
Friend three, Annvir Kaur

RUNNING ORDER
Interior – Josh's house, night
SHOT 1- long shot
SHOT 2- close up
SHOT 3- extreme close up
SHOT 4- mid shot
Interior – Grace’s house night
SHOT 5-long shot
SHOT 6- close up
SHOT 7-extreme close up
Interior- Josh’s house night
SHOT 8- close up
SHOT 9- extreme close up
SHOT 10- medium shot
Interior- Classroom day
SHOT 11-pan shot
SHOT 12- mid shot
SHOT 13-close up
SHOT 14-extreme close up
SHOT 15-long shot
SHOT 16-close up
Exterior-Park day
SHOT 17-long shot
SHOT 18-mid shot
SHOT 19-close up
SHOT 20-close up
SHOT 21- extreme close up
SHOT 22-shot reverse shot
SHOT 23-long shot
Interior-Grace’s house night
SHOT 24-long shot
SHOT 25-close up
Interior-Grace’s house day (1 week later)
SHOT 26-long shot
SHOT 27-medium shot
SHOT 28-close up
Interior-Grace’s house day
SHOT 29-Over the shoulder shot
SHOT 30-medium shot
SHOT 31-close up
SHOT 32-extreme close up
Interior-Josh’s house day
SHOT 33-crane shot
SHOT 34-long shot
SHOT 34-establishing shot
SHOT 35- close up
Interior-Grace’s house day
SHOT 36-medium shot
SHOT 37-close up
SHOT 38-medium shot
SHOT 39-extreme close up
SHOT 40-long shot
SHOT 41-pan shot
Interior-Grace’s house day
SHOT 42-close up
SHOT 43-medium shot
SHOT 44-long shot
Exterior- Town day
SHOT 45-long shot
SHOT 46-close up
SHOT 47-estreme close up
SHOT 48-shot reverse shot
SHOT 49-medium shot
SHOT 50-close up

Monday, 21 November 2011

Location Photos

College - Grace goes to college the day after she receives the message off Josh and is seen there again during the weeks where she gets to know her 'match'











Town - The location Grace has to walk through on her way to meet her 'match'





Cinema - The location where Grace finally gets to meet her 'match'

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Analysis of a Short Film








types of shot
editing
mise en scene
sound and music
story or narative
characters
title sequence
credits
what is on them and where they go

TO COMPLETE!
genre

Viral Ideas

One of our ideas is to do a viral similar to the one used to advertise the film 'Shifty' where we would create a picture that would allow recipients to 'frame their friend' by putting a photo of their faces into our picture. The theme which we would use if we decided to use this idea would be to create their own animated character, as used on Perfect Match in place of a photo to protect their identity, whilst allowing them to represent themselves. This would be an effective way to virally advertise our film as it not only links to the storyline of our film, but is easy to send around and is fun so people would do so.











Another one of our ideas is to organise a flash mob scene like the videos below. We would relate it to our film by using a love song and by coupling everyone up to dance, including our two main characters. This would be an effective way of virally advertising our film as it would introduce our characters as well as the theme to our film. It is also easy for people to send the link to all their friends who would hopefully enjoy it and want to watch our film.














Our final idea is to create a video featuring our two main characters singing (miming) and dancing along to a love song. It would be over dramatised to make it funny so that people would send it on to their friends. It would switch from the girl to the boy, as well as showing parts where they are performing together. This would also be an effective way of virally advertising our film as it would introduce our characters as well as getting the word out about our film.