chosen sountracks.

Royalty-free music for professional licensing


We chose this first sountrack for when our hero is on screen. This sountrack will act as a sound motif for our character. We liked this track because it seems very light and happy and helps create a possitive atmopspher and helps further suggest who is the hero. The title of the song in itself is also relevent as it is called 'fixing my brain' . This is clearly relevent to our plot as our hero has a mental issue yet this isnt being suggested through the music. The music consists mainly of light acoustic guitar which is often linked to very light sounding music and also is a good way of expressing feelings. This again is relevent as he has issues expressing himself as he is confused at some times.


 

Royalty-free music for professional licensing


We liked the begining of this soundtrack as we thought that it created a dreary creepy atmospher stertypicial for a villain. Also the music consists of low key instruments such as wind instruments this is steretypical for a villains sound motif as it help create a powerful strong and sinister feel reflecting the villains power and strength. This also highlights his evil qualities and helps make his role more recogniseable more an audience.
 

 

 

We also wanted to include short sound effects such as this static nose to help create our sinister creepy atmospher. This noise is highly linked to horror films as it creates a gratey unpleasant noise and because of this direct link this helps make our villain appear more scary and also adds some sort of fear and thrill to our film.

Classification of our film.

 From looking at the audience that have veiwed the dark knight and spider man we see that these action films are generally rated as a 12. This will be because there will be mild language however some scenes of violence .

When looking at films such as donnie darko and black swan we see that they are rated Along the ages of 15. This is because stronger language will probably be used and also they will be exposing to the public a diffucult and advanced storyline of a mental condition. This is something that an older auduience will only understand.

Because our film will have the mild violence and steretypical hero and villain figures this will make our film attractive to a younger audience. However because of our chosen plot about the personality disorder this is something that 12 year olds should not be particulary exposed to. So from what i have researched i think an apropriate age rating for our film would be age 15.

script

 ( Girlfiend appears in the doorway )

Girlfriend:   "I'm going now, I'll see you later."
(  Matt gets up to quickly catch her before she goes.)

Matt; " Ooh, wait !"

( Conversation in hall )

Matt; "We got plans tonight ?"--- This will show his slight confusion as what he is supposed to be doing at the present time and can also reflect his disorder as he seems not right and not organised as a hero should be.

Girlfriend; " Yeah we're going to that meal tonight with my parents remember?"--- This implies she has alread told him of there plans and that he has fogotten, again suggesting that something isnt right with his time keeping and that he isnt very organised.

Matt; " Oh right, yeah, have a nice day"---- Cuts off the conversation. This shows hjow socially withdrawn he is as he minimizes the conversation. This presents our hero as very unsocialable and makes him less likable to the public audience and is also a slight hint that something isnt right about him.

Girlfriend; " Alright, I'll see you later" ---- See's nothing of it and carries on with her day.

Throughout this conversation we wanted to make Matt seem very closed off and disorganised. This is not what a hero should be and indicates that he is not your everyday hero for a very sinister reason.

planning the time of the shots.

• Opening shot of Matt putting costume away - 4 sec
• Wide angle shot of Matt, action match from previous - 4 sec
• Close up of clock - 10 sec
• Villain with pocket watch - 5 sec
• First shot of Matt with breakfast - 4 sec
• Peter looking at news clippings - 10 sec
• Over the shoulder shot - 8 sec
• Back to Matt eating - 3 sec
• Girlfriend enters - 4 sec
• Matt gets up and goes after her - 3 sec
• Conversation, shot revers shot - 25 sec
• Girlfriend walks out the door - 4 sec
• Matt walks out of the shot - 4 sec

All together this all adds to : 88 seconds or 01:28

We are aware that our film opening has to be be either 02:00 or 02:30 minutes however we did want to leave time for some edited parts as some scenes are guna be repeated and shoprtly added throughout the film opening.

Hero and Villain names.

The Egyptians created a device that dates to c.1500 BC. This measured the passage of time from the shadow cast by its crossbar on to a platform which had different times on.This was the first ever sun dial. The T was posistioned eastward in the mornings and at noon it was turned around so that it could cast its shadow in the evening direction.The most precise timekeeping device of the ancient world was the water clock, or clepsydra, this was found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I (1525–1504 BC). They could be used to measure the hours even at night, but required manual upkeep to keep the flow of water going and the device working. The Eygptians were basically the first to create an efficiant way of keeping and measuring time.

Because the egyptions had such an input of the development on time measurment and creating devices which keep track of time we thought we would use this as a platform to kick start us off on names for our hero and villain. We looked into god names that the Egyptians used.

Ma'at is the godess of justice and order. This stood out to us as stereotypically the hero brings justice to the people of the city and keeps things in order so there is no chaos. We wanted to simplify the name however to reflect his normaly average life and personality. So we decided to call our hero Matt.

Apophis is the god of war and choas. We did have difficulty simplifying his name into a normal average everday name. So we decided that the closest we could get was peter.

Mind over matter

Psychokinesis

The possible first use referring somewhat more directly to psychokinesis could be the 1903 book titled 'Mind over matter: the influence of will power on disease' by J. W. Martin. In 1972 the parapsychologist Louisa Rhine published a book titled Mind over Matter: Psychokinesis. Another researcher D. Scott Rogo published Mind Over Matter: Case for Psychokinesis (1986). Jeffrey Mishlove wrote The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter (2000) which discusses the controversial claims of Ted Owens regarding his alleged ability to influence the weather by psychokinetic activity.

A definition of the term mind over matter:

''the mind is very powerful. it creates 'reality' in a sense, because what we think determines what we can and can't see or do.
if we 'put our minds to it' we can overcome many obstacles, including physical ones.
take drinking urine as an example. many people cannot do it because they think it's disgusting or harmful. it's their mind which determines what can and cannot be done, however when we decide to do it (e.g. for survival) we find it easier than we thought.''

This goes with our plot because we are making a film about a man with a personality disorder. Therefore his state of mind and his mental health and his mental strength are all import5ant and relevant. Also the feedback we got from the public about having the title 'night and day' was because there was a definite contrast between the two and this links to our characters. However we didnt think this linked to the characters conditionh enough so we chose 'Mind over Matter' to be our title.

Filming Day 4 - video diary,outakes,original shots

This is the last day of filming. For this Imogen had to come to the hero's setting in her costume and with her same props (i.e. the handbag.). Aaron also had to wear the same costume and remember the tripod. Imogen also had to bring her own camera again and me? i just had to show up to do the filming.

00:00-01:00
Me talking about what we are about to do. As you can see from this video diary we are completely relaxed about our filming and we are all comfortable in our filming enviroment. We are also however completely organised about the schedule of our filming and what we all need to do and remember. This also shows how we all took some responsibility in organising the filming shoots.

01:00-01:06
Aaron was asking about his acting and his upcoming scene.

01:06-01:11
Aaron wasnt happy with his acting. In these next few shots Aaron become very nervous with the camera shooting him from quite close up and this time he had an organised script to follow. This added pressure on Aaron and gave us some unusable shots.

01:011-01:19
This is a good shot.

01:19-01:27
Aaron wasnt happy with his acting in these shots.

01:27-01:32
good shot.

01:32-02:09
Throughout these shots Aaron either wasnt happy with her acting or we had camera difficulty with the camera going out of focus.

02:09-02:12
good shot

02:12-02:25
Imogen also felt the pressure of having to get the script right and the acting and did feel uncomfortable in some of the shots.

02:25-02:30
good shot.

02:30-02:47
out of focus but we thought as it was near the end of the shot we could use this as it had a nice effect.

02:47-02:51
good shot

02:51-finish!
 All filming done! this is our video diary of us putting things away. 2 weeks worth of filming done.

 

 

 

Filming Day 3- video diary,out takes and orginal shots

 

Video Diary

00:00-04:11

 

This video diary was so we can show you the new setting we are filming in which is the school hall and also give a slight indication to the time it is. We aranged to meet at 8:00 to film however my alarm hadnt gone of and i was running a few minutes late thats why im not there till 03:42.

In this video we also see Aaron in his filming costume which is his black shirt and black trousers. He also is wearing glasses which add intelligence to the character. For this day of filming Aaron had to bring in the small hand held light in again so i could hold and posistion the lighting for the frame and i also had to bring in a pocket watch for some scenes we wanted to include. Also because of the difficulty filming the previous day imogen had to bring in the pictures of the clocks again so Aaron could rip them down. Aaron also talks through what we needed to film on this day and imogen clearly shows the 'villains' corner.

 

04:11-04:20

good shot.

 

04:21-04:25

the watch didnt spin correctly.

 

04:25-04:36

the lighting didnt look right.

 

04:36-04:40

the clock didnt spin for long enough.

 

04:40-04:45

the clock opened as it was spining.

 

04:45-04:49

good shot.

 

04:50-04:55

good shot.

 

04:55-04:58

Aaron was just making sure he knew what he was doing.

 

04:58-05:05

the camera went out of focus.

 

05:05-05:12

good shot however could of used better lighting.

 

05:12-05:13

Aaron again wants to make sure that what he is about to do is right before he goes through with it.

 

05:13-05:17

He was just making sure again to be completely possitive.

 

05:17-05:25

good shot.

 

 

 

Filming Day 2 - out takes and original shots.

1. 
   

 

 

00:00-00:16

good shot.

 

00:16-00:31

the camera was tilted the wrong way.

 

00:32-00:48

good shot but the lighting was too dark to see anything clearly in the shot.

 

00:48-00:58

good shot

 

00:58-01:01

Aaron smiled.

 

01:02-01:10

would have been a good shot but a blackcurtain was in the way of the lighting and camera.

 

01:10-01:44

good shot could have used better lighting.

 

01:45-01:46

Aaron wasnt clear on what he was doing.

 

01:46-01:52

good shot.

 

01:53-01:56

Aaron couldnt grip the paper.

 

01:57-01:59

Aaron was unclear on what he was doing.

 

01:59-02:08

too fiddley for Aaron to grip the paper.

Before hand we had asked to rent this room for our filming however we only has a limited amount of time as the room had to be used at a certain time. So we took the liberty of arriving early to get the filming done. We all met at the room at 08:00. Because of the little amount of time we had we did not have time to create a video diary for this day. However for This day I had to bring in some scriptures such as 'Hero doe sit again' So we could stick them to the wall and use them as props. Imogen had to bring her camera and some images of clocks to use as props. Aaron had to dress in his villain costume WITH GLASSES! and also remember to bring the small light. Because we were wanting to use rolling shots for these scenes we did not need the tripod.

 

 

Filming Day 1- video diary,out takes,original shots.

 

The video diary 00:00 - 04:59

 

In this video diary we basically wanted to show us as we were in the filming enviroment. At first Aaron was on the laptop to find the manual for the camera we was using to see if there was anything we needed to know about the filming setting that we already didnt know. We then see Aaron making some of the props which is his breakfast for the first scene we filmed. For this day of filming i had to bring a tripod for the camera as we used it for the breakfast scene and the wardrobe scene. Imogen had to bring her camera so we could film. We chose to use imogen's camera as it provided better quality filming than the ones school had to offer and imogen who was the main filmer felt more comfortable using her own camera. Aaron had to dress up in his super hero costume which was a white shirt and black trousers.Imogen also had to wear her costume for her shots as she was involved with being filmed near the end of the video.

 

Scene 1- Out takes and original shots

 

04:59-5:12

 Aaron sits down to eat his breakfast. This is a good shot to use.

 

5:12-5:20

Aaron is eati8ng his breakfast the camera goes out of focus.

 

5:20-5:36

Aaron eating this is a good shot.

 

5:37-5:42

 Aaron looked too face on and too posistioned he didnt look comforatble in the shot.

 

5:43-5:49

Aaronh had complecations swallowing.

 

5:50-5:57

Aaron swallowing again.

 

5:59-6:04

Aarons gets up and there is dialogue of him saying ''oo wait''

 

6:05-6:11

he got up to slow to catch his girlfriend before she leaves.

 

6:11-6:19

Aaron caught his foot on the chair and he looked awkward getting from the chair.

 

6:20-6:23

Aaron drank his drink at the wrong time.

 

6:23-6:27

good shot. He gets up nice and quickly.

 

6:28-7:24

We filmed the clock changing for a small scene we wanted to include.

 

Video diary

7:25-8:51

video diary. This shows Aaron getting thew suit ready on a hanger ready for the next scene. This is also a chsnce for us to introduce you to the next setting and scene. It also allowed image to get into posistion for filming.

 

8:52-8:59

the shot looked too slow and fiddley.

 

8:59-10:10

melfunction with the suit.

 

10:10-10:12

the camera went out of focus.

 

10:12-10:22

we couldnt see the suit well in this shot.

10:22-10:29
Aaron got distracted.

10:29-10:34
He didnt hold the suit up long enough.

10:35-10:46
Aaron let go of the door as he was opening it,

10:46-10:55
door melmunction.

10:56-11:00
Aaron dancing.

11:00-11:11
good shot.

11:12-11:19
This seemed too relaxed and no real body language was shown.

11:19-11:31
door melfunction.

11:32-11:45
good shot.

11:45-11:54
starting at a new angle. cant see the suit well.

11:55-12:07
good shot.

12:07-12:18
stopped filming too soon.

12:18-12:32
the lighting was too dull.

12:32-12:33
i had pressed a wrong button when filming.

12:33-12:47
good shot.

12:48-12:49
Imogen said 'no' which wasnt in the script as i started to film.

12:49-12:52
too quick.

12:52-12:58
Aaron was messing as i started to film.

12:59-13:08
good shot.
 

 

 

 

comic book films

 

The original age limit for this film is 14. This film contains some violence and mild language and is therfore not suitable for anyone under 14. This film is about a man who has took on a superhero identity to protect a city from villains in this case the joker.

 

 

The average age of the audience that watched the film was more males and females aged under 18. This fits their classification catergory.

 

 

The age classification for this film is age twelve. This will be because this film only contains mild violence and hardly any language. This film is about a boy who gets bitten by a spider and develops obnormal powers which he chooses to use for good but he gains enemies on the way to becoming a hero.

 

 

 

 

The average age of the audeince that watched this film is under 18 which fits their original classification catergory.

 

 

pychological films Audience ratings

 

Donnie darko is a pychological film and is about a boy who has a mental illness and sees a man dressed as a giant bunny who convinces him to do things. However he is unaware that he is doing these events. This is fairly relevent to our film and has a similar plot.

 

 

 The original film classification age limit on this film is 15. The average viewers for this film are for male and female 18 and under.

 

The black swan has a plot of a girl who is unaware of her mental illness that is caused by the pressure of becoming a proffesional ballet dancer. She is completely unawareof her illness unlike donnie darko and fully believes that her hallucinations are real.

 

The age rating for this film is 16 because this thriller is seen as  too intense for young teens. The average audience for black swan are males under 18 and also males and females ages 18-29.

 

because these films contain difficult and complexed scenes these film are not aimed at younger people. I think for our audience we are aiming for the similar audiences as donnie darko and black swan.

our characters disorder

accidentily when i had made a facebook status to allow us to get feedback as a group i had wrongly diagnosed our character with schizophrenia however ur character suffers from multiple personality disorder. So here is the difference to make it clear how they are different illnesses and have different side effects.

Phychosis: refers to an abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality". People suffering from psychosis are described as psychotic. Psychosis is given to the more severe forms of psychiatric disorder, during which hallucinations and delusions and impaired insight may occur.

Neurosis: Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations, whereby behavior is not outside socially acceptable norms. It is also known as psychoneurosis or neurotic disorder, and thus those suffering from it are said to be neurotic. The term essentially describes an "invisible injury" and the resulting condition.

Our character has a neurosis disorder.

lighting

 For the villains scenes i was incharge of the lighting. We experimented with different angles to posistion and highlight different areas of the scenes and characters. Some points i was stood on stools and others i was on my knees. But me eing in different posistions helped create different effects with the lighting. We used this small white light as it created a nice low lit effect on the character and was still powerful enough to light the scene. The low lighting helped create the dark sinister atmosphere and also connotes to the dark character and his personality.

 This is an example of the effect the lighting created. Personally i think it helps create that sinister feel and also creates strong bold shadows and shadows are also linked to darkness and evil. With the posistion i am holding the light in this picture wesee that half of aarons face is hidden in the dark this helps connote to the plot of half of aaron being a different character someone who is completely different. This also makes our character look mysterious and intriging to the audience.

Main characters costumes

 This is aaron as the hero. We got him to wear a white shirt with it buttoned up to the top and the sleeves down. This shows he is a very precise and smart character and takes pride in his appearence and how he is presented to other characters.we also made him wear the white shirt as stereotypically white represents all things good and this relates to his characters good nature and job of being a 'goodie; super hero. The black trousers also show he is a smart man and also probably has a very smart and interlectual job. The hair is sleek and down this presents him as neat and very well groomed. All together he is a man who cares what other people
think of him which is what we would expect from a main character and a hero.

 In this image we see aaron posing in a very open manor (his own choice not ours to put a light mood on his very dark presentation) In this image like the previous drawings we see him wearing the black shirt which connate darkness and evil. However some chages had to be made for example. The sleeves where kept down as we wanted to still present our villain as quite smart and tense and if the sleeves were rolled up this would connate a relaxed personality. Also his hair is kept as normal because to style it would have been too time consuming for our shots and we only had limited time for these shots as we could only rent the room for so long.

codes and conventions of science fiction

Normally we are presented with a unusual setting that we are unable to recognise and this creates a sense of wonder and also allows the producers and directors to create more different scenes and scriptures to be as weird as they like as they connot be corrected on something that already doesnt exist. There will normally be a main character and a sidekick symbol we are introduced to as they are children or younger having some sort of dream to be a hero or where something significant to plot will happen. There will also most likely be some sort of 'alien' species that wants to destroy or take over earth. The hero characters are presented by being quite different this make them interesting. this will be through their personality and dress sense this will alow them to stand out to audience.Quick cuts and low angles are used to help make the film look action packed and make characters and scenes look superior and powerful. Scores of music will mainly consist of strong wind instruments to add power and strength to the music and help create an atmosphere. Sometimes dialogue can consist of many different languages to help create that foriegn feel.

codes and conventions of real life drama

real life drama is often an exagerated show or film that reflects a true real life event or situation. It is eiter something that people can relate to (most often in a show) or something that people want to understand or see for entertainment purposes only (most often shown in a film). We may normally see a character going through a mid-life crisis and this will show conflict between the character themselves and others. Real life dramas connect with the audience and make a connection as it is a reality that some people can relate to. Situations may get tough and reach a braking point however there is always a happy ending and problems are normally always resolved. Wev are normally made to focus on one main character however minor characters will be used to show how there situations touch the lives of others as a real life drama would. The sound used will normally be heavy and dramatic to reflect the trauma and tradedgy going on in this characters life. Camera movement such as rolling shots and close ups helps the audience make more of a conection with the character and feel involved with their situation. The character is normally presented to the audience as a normal everyday person with costume and make so again the audience can make a connection through similarities. The settings will normally consisit of an average city or town if they used a capital or a very distinc place it would be harder for the audience to relate however this may also highlight the difficulties in there life and living and may make our audience intrigued if the character lives in a different place.

Comic adapted films list

Marvel website- Iron man 3 website

 

This is a snap shot from the marvel website. As we can see they are boldly advertiseing there new film iron man 3. This will attract veiwers easily and tempt them to look into the new film. Also with marvel being a mainstream company the website will probably be very popular with many veiws so advertising a new film on this website will be an effective way to promote there film. We also see a character we do not recognise from iron man 1 and 2 and this will intrigue veiwers to have a look as it suggests a new story with new characters and therfore unexpected. However the title 'iron man 3' is still in its traditional colours red and gold.

 

 

They have made the website intereactive by adding links and videos. This makes veiwers feel more involved with the new film and also is a great way of advertising. They also have a section called movie news this updates there viewes on the news and progress of the film almost drip feeding them small bits of information to build them up ready for the film.

 

 

 

This is the fist page of the iron man 3 official website. Immediately as you enter the page the trailer begins to play automatically this will instantly attracts the veiwers attention and draw them into watching the full trailer they have provided and this makes the film more attractive.

 

 

They also have an online gallery which shows snap shots from the film such as the one above. These types of snap shots will attract veiwers as it helps builds curiosity as to why she is holding the battered broken mask and where is iron man. This also indicates a twist in the plot of iron man being defeated. This again will make veiwers curious and interested in the film.

 

Action film classification catergories

The avenger is an age 12. This will be because there will be scenes of mild violence and language perhaps not thought to be suitable for younger children. Batman is also the same.

 

 

 

Film Opening Idea

At first when we first formed as a group it was quite clear we all wanted to do the theme of comic/action for our film opening. Together we discused different super heros and comic book films. This way we created ideas from things that have been done in the past. After discussing hero's and villains we decided on a plot for our film opening. The film idea we came up with was that the hero is a stereotypical hero who has a secret identity and fights crime in a superhero costume. However we added a twist to our plot as we decided that the villains should also be played by the same character and that the hero is not aware he is also the villain. However the villain is aware he is also the hero. We had basically decided that our hero has multiple personality disorder.

After we had decided on the plot we needed to come up with other small details that would be vital to our story line such as a super power for our hero and villain. We had come up with the idea that the hero can control time. Instead of giving the villain his own power we again wanted to make the plot realistic and add a twist. The twist being that the villain cant control the time and this frustrates him and also makes him become obsessed with the hero.

We really like this idea and we think we can reprisent the character through contrasts of different lighting,body language, and costume. We also think that working with just the one character will benefit us for time and will make our filming less complicated as we do not have to rely on other actors. We will be experimenting with the connotations of good vs evil and we will be experimenting with how to present this idea.

 When imogen presented our idea to the lass the feedback we got back was mainly posstive as people said they thought the idea was original and sounded very interesting in general however they thought it would be difficult for us two portray two different characters from the same actor. However i think we can do it with the use of sterotypes and connotation and the way we will use our mise en scene and camera angles.

Feedback and 25 word pitch

 

This is a picture of public feedback after we breifly explained our idea and asked for peopled oppinions on the idea and also asked for any name ideas. I think this was important as it gave us a chance to alter our plot if people didnt like it and also gave the public a chance to feel more involved with our film and helps us create an aimed audience that we would like to watch the film. For example all the people who commented with possitive feedback are all teenagers and this is what our target audience is.  I think allowing them to also come up with the name helps make our quite complicated plot more understanding.

 

 Imogen had also explained our idea to our class and teacher. We mainly got possitive feedback about our plot and ideas for our film opening however they did make fair comments on the difficulty the techniques will be that we will have to use and that it would be quite hard to portray.  We will however achieve this by using stereotype methods of presenting a hero and presenting a villain to an audience to make their role clear to the audience. All in all they said they really likethe sound of our idea and that they are genuinly interested as we are not showing your stereotypical hero and villain.

Sound design- The speration

 When we were first introduced to this video we were not shown the video itself ut told to listen to the first 2 minutes of the clip without watching it.
When we did this experiment i first pictured some type of old fashioned nursery with dirty walls and poor toys and it was quite an abandoned place as yu could only hear the one toy being played with. The heavy breathing had a sinister effect as this isnt an attractive noise and sounds actually quite scary and also highlights the fact that this 'person' is on their own. I then pictured a faulty light as we heard the lights flickering this again made my mental image quite sinister as the scene i have pictured has bad lighting. We then hear a very high pitched noise this made me thing that something is happening that has scared the child that he is mortified at this event and this dreadful noise highlights his fear. I then image the baby who was playing in the nursery is now in a hospital as we hear a monitor and some beeping noises which are stereotypical heart monitor noises and helps me create this scene.

After i had watched the video over i saw that the mental image i had created wasnt really that far off from what the video was showing and this proves the point of david lynch that music really doe splay a big part.
The person who also created this video did play around with sound effects and likes to make sounds using weird noises and playing with effects. For example when the sewing machine is on he used thew sounds of mating elephants played backwards and sped up to create the sound of the sewing machine. This inspires us as a group to try and create our own sound and find things around us to make sound and help create our film and set an atmosphere.

 

 

Mirror scene spiderman

 

 I like this video as we see how they have reprisented two characters played by the same person. I like how they are closer to the man in the mirror and we mainly focus on his reflection this allows us to see more of the villain and also helps make it clear it is really him. The bit were he also turn around away from the mirror helps clarify that he is also good. I think mirrors are a great way to show an audience two different characters played by the same person and it also is a great way to represent some sort of mental illness and difficulties. Mirrors reflect peoples identities and playing with this conclusion is a great way to create connotypes of peoples characters.

Location of villains secret room and risk asessment

  This is where we would like to set the villains secret room. We have chosen this area because it looks very confined and compact which makes our character seem iscolated and this adds a sinister effect to his obsession and actions. We can also control the lighting well in this area to make it suit us. We hope to use very little lighting as we again play with the stereotypical ways of presenting a villain.

 This is an example of the type of lighting we will be filming under. We used a small hand held white light to highlight areas we wanted to film. Using a white light will also make it easy to alter colours using filters in editing software. We want the lighting to be minimal in the villains corner as it will help create the sinister atmosphere we need to create to make this area realted to the villain and relevant to the plot.

 To show how personal this area is to the villain we placed pictures and notes on the wall that were supposedly put up by the villain. This almost labels the area as the villains corner as he has personalised it more.

 On one wall we included photos of clocks and pictures of diagrams of clocks. This highlights his obsession with time and makes it clear to our audience.

 On another wall we had photos of our 'hero' and we made newspaper headlines and attached news paper clippings. This shows his obession with the hero character and this intensifies the scene. Having the clocks on the wall next to him also shows there is some direct link somehow with this character and the time theory. We are trying to make this link quite clear. The images are also supposed to be candid photo's so our character is unaware his photo is being taken and therefor this makes a villain a stalker and makes him more obsessive and quite sinister and weird.

 We have included a scene were the villain goes through a fit of rage as he is frustrated with the fact he cannot control time. We used scrap pieces of paper and clock images to make this scene look effective as he throws the paper off the table. It also makes our villain seem quite smart and organized with all his paper work. There will also be a scene of him flipping the table to reflect his violent rage even more so. This will show in general he has a temper and is capable of violence.

 This is a prop we would like to use in a scene where the villain is holding the clock. This will again show a direct link between him and time and his frustration at the fact that he cannot control or change time.

 This is the small LED white light torch we used. This enable us to posistion the lighting easily and also helps us to use the torch at different angles to create different effects. This light was key to highlighting our character and his little room so we can see important scenes.

Risk asessment

 

For the scenes that we included in the villains secret room precautions had to be made as we were filming in pitch black. Before we started filming we  made sure our filming space was clear and that all the props were all in place so we wasnt messing about in the dark. Because i was incharge of the lighting i had to make sure that the lighting was always focused on the character when film,ing but also on imogen and Aaron after filming so they could get into different positions for the next upcoming scenes and that we could handle props with the lighting. We also has to make sure that there was a clear space for the scene Where Aaron would flip a table. We also made a pre warning to people in the area to stay back and me and imogen was stood behind Aaron as he did the stunt so we wasnt in the way of the table. Overall there was nor real danger and we handled the table scene responsibly and effectively.



Locations of hero's house and props and risk assesment.

In this first image you see the tripod we set up to place the camera onto to give us a level and steady shot when filming this will make our film look more professional and also seem quite real. This also makes it easier for the audience to view as everything is in focus and where it should be.

 

For this picture we placed the camera onto the tripod and this way we are able to show you the veiw of the video camera for oneof our scenes. I like how the mirror shows a slight reflection of the rest of the room as this acts as an establishing shot so we can see more of the setting.

 

This is the wardrobe we used as aaron put away his costume. This is also ghe veiw of one of the scenes were we use a long shot to use an action match of him putting the suit away so you get two perspectives of the scene.

 

This is the wide angle shot done at a slightly high angle were we will have a scene of him putting the costume away. This will enable the viewers to see the costume more clearly.

 

This clock is a prop we used for a scene when the time changes from 7:29 to 7:30. We did this so we add more relevance to the clocks and it will also add dramatic effect and tension to our film.

 

 

These are our characters. Imogen is wearing a dress that we thought would be suitabe and stereotypical for a womans work dress. This shows she is average and also has a normal job. Aaron is in his 'hero' costume which is his white shirt which connotes good purity and also slight innocence all the things a hero character would need to empasise. This also makes him look very intelligant and sophisticated

This is a morph suit we used to reprisent the hero's costume. We used a morph suit because stereotypically hero's wear a type of full body suit suit. This make the suit look more outstanding than a two piece costume and is supposedly more efficiant for the hero. This prop is very important in our scene were he puts it away we also made sure our character handled the suit carefully and stared at it for a few seconds to show him embracing his costume. This shows he has passion for his hero job and takes good care of his costume.


Risk asessment

What we did is made sure that the area we were filming was clear and that there was no chance of our actors being injured by tripping up or so and so. Also we did try and be really careful when handling the costume of the hero as we didnt want to damage it. We also had to be careful with the scene of Aaronh putting the costume away as there was a possibility of costume of setting melfunction.

 

Costume Designs

This is the costume for the villain. For this we have gotten our character to wear a balck shirt. This will create an immediate contrast with our hero character and will clearly show the differences between the characters. We are also going to style his hair differently this is again to show a clear and immediate contrast between the two characters and show there are no similarities.

 

This is the costume design for our hero. He is dressed in a white shirt and white is the sign or purity and is often linked to goodness. We are using stereotypes with our heros and villains with the use of our costumes.

 

This is the hero's girlfriend. We wanted her to look average and like a working woman so we got her to wear stereotypical clothing and therefore she doesnt stand out as a character .

Camera angle and editing story board

 

In this scene we see our hero hanging up his costume. For this we want to use a slight high angle so we get a good veiw of the costume and his hands as we are slightly looking over him. This scene will also be a wide angle shot so we see the character and the wardrobe in the scene.

 

 

Match on action will be used as we will se a shot go to the hero putting away the costume. This gives the veiwers two perspectives on his surroundings and adds dramatic affect to him putting his other identy away in a cubbord. This match on action will also make his movement seem fluent and realistic. A quick cut will be used straight to a big close up on a clock this adds significance and relevance to the prop. This will also act as a cut away shot as it is away from what the hero is doing. We then want to use a fade out transistion with some edited effects this will keep our veiwers interested. Another cut away shot will be used to the villain with selected focus on the clock to make this prop stand out and look more important to look at for the viewes. This will then also go from an extreme close up of the clock to a big close up of the villains face this will reflect the slight connection that is shared between this prop and this character. Before this scene stops we want to use the fade out again with some edited effects. The last scene you see in this image is a mid-shot of out hero reading the news paper. This is showing him doing normal everyday life showing the audience that he is leading two lives at the moment. However the cut asway of the villain wilol be the hero character this will intrigue our viewers and may also hint to our plot of him being the villain as well as the hero.

 

 

After seeing the hero going about his normal everyday activities we will then have a cut away shot of the villain doinhg his as he is in a secret room obssing over thye hero. During this scene we will also include camera movement which will be a rolling and a panning shot. This will make out veiwers feel more involved and as we circle the character this will also give the viewers more to see and also act as an establishing shot for the secret room. The next scene is an over the shoulder shot of the villain looking at the images again. The over the shoulder shot will make our audience feel involved and raise curiosity to what he is loooking at. An exstreme close up will then be used to a newspaper clip that says 'Super Hero' this is a clear statement that the villain is obsessed with the hero. A transistion will then be a fade out with some edited effects to give our film a sinister feel to match its sinister plot. The last scene we see in this image is a cut away shot to the hero reading the paper again.

 

 

We then see the cross cut scene of the hero's ''girlfriend''. Giving the character a girlfriend adds normality to his life and also hints at a possible damsel in distress and will again keep our veiwers interested. The scene is then back to the hero reading the newspaper however this time he gets up to say goodbye to his girlfriend. This will lead us to the next scene which is him arranging plans with his girlfriend again highlighting his normal everday life. The last scene we see in this image will be shot reverse shot structure as they have the conversation this allows the audience to moniter facial expressions and see which character is talking when. Over the shoulder shots will also be used to make our audience feel part of the conversation. These shots will be took with close ups so we see the characters faces.

 

 

A medium shot will be used as the girlfriend leaves this will highlight the facts that the hero is now on his own in the house. A big close up is then used to the hero's face so we see his face clearly and hopefully the audience will recognise the face and match his face with that of the villain they saw for a short period of time as a cut away shot earlier in the film. The fade away transistion is then used again with the editing to him walking into the secret room. We then see him again obsessing over photo's of himself.

 

 

 

 

The two top scenes will happening quickly and will be repeated to add dramatic effect and build tension. Also zoom will be used to intensify the scene. A rolling shot and wide angle shot will then be used as we see suddenly the villain loosing control with anger. This will add emotion and action to our film.

 

 

 

film opening story board

This is a presentation of our general first draft of our story board and what scenes we would like to include in our film opening and at what order. This gives us a general rough idea on how to layout our film and can also give us a sense of time as we can see how many scenes we would like to include and if we can fit them into the time limit we have been given.

sound design

Sound design is the process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements. It is used in many different industries including film making, television production, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production and video game software development. Sound design most commonly involves the manipulation of previously composed or recorded audio, such as music and sound effects. In some instances it may also involve the composition or manipulation of audio to create a desired effect or mood. this is how a film maker could create ambient sound,sound motif and buildup tension and create recognisable moods for the audience. A sound designer is one who practises the art of sound design.

Hans zimmer is a music composer who is famous for his dramatic scores and creating a powerful atmospher. He knows how to present images through sound to a viewer or listener and he is relatively known for his involvment in composing music for Inception,Gladiator and batman which are all action movies.

David Lynch- 'Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound.Sometimes sound even overplays the visual'

classification catergories

 

The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. But it is impossible to predict what might upset a child however it is most likely suitable and will not contain any explicit content.

PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for younger children so children younger than eight in general would not be advised to watch a film with this certificate. A PG film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content might upset younger or more sensitive children.

 

 

12A means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. The A stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (eg someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.

 

 

 No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.

 

 

Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy/rent an 18 rated DVD. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.