In this video we interviewed a few randomly selected people and told them about our film. We asked them to give us some feedback on our film and this is what they said.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Foundation Production: Costume
For the opening we are going to use simple, casual costumes like everyday people. The opening is in non- chronological order and we see the very begining so we see our main character (Ewan) before everything happens, he is an average guy meeting friends so its vital he looks casual.
We also see Ewan interact with a Waitress at the club, so she (played by Dani) will have to look like a waitress e.g. black top, dark skirt etc.
Jack is playing in his band during the club scene so he is also going to wear stage clothes.
We also see Ewan interact with a Waitress at the club, so she (played by Dani) will have to look like a waitress e.g. black top, dark skirt etc.
Jack is playing in his band during the club scene so he is also going to wear stage clothes.
Foundation Production: What we'll be doing during the club scene.
As we are going to be filming at an actual gig, we only get one chance to film these particular scenes. We've made a list of where we're going to be and what we're going to be doing at all times, so that we can film these scenes successfully.
-We will arrive at the Albemarle Centre slightly early so we can figure out where we will position the camera and how we're going to shoot the drink scene between Jake and Dani.
-We will film Jack playing first and get different shots of people dancing in front of the stage.
-We may film and record several songs, so that we have extra footage if we need it.
-After this Dom will film the drink scene between Jake and Dani, with Jack's help when he comes off stage.
This is our basic plan but as we can't see the set up off the gig yet, certain things will probably change.
-We will arrive at the Albemarle Centre slightly early so we can figure out where we will position the camera and how we're going to shoot the drink scene between Jake and Dani.
-We will film Jack playing first and get different shots of people dancing in front of the stage.
-We may film and record several songs, so that we have extra footage if we need it.
-After this Dom will film the drink scene between Jake and Dani, with Jack's help when he comes off stage.
This is our basic plan but as we can't see the set up off the gig yet, certain things will probably change.
Monday, 14 February 2011
Movie synopsis for the whole thriller
The film tells the tail of Ewan, a normal guy with normal problems, plunged into a bad crowd of gangsters, drug deals, pay-offs and murders. But when he is mistaken by some unwanted gangsters as being an undercover goon of one of their money obsessed competitors, he is forced into some extremely dangerous business. We follow Ewan as he is put through hell by the gang leader, as he is captured in a club whilst waiting for friends and dragged into transporting money and pulled into gun fights.
Foundation Production: Naming
We thought of two names for the film which were 'The 4th Day' and '4 Days'. In the end we named our film '4 Days' as the events of the plot take place over a period of 4 days in a non-chronological order which starts at the end.
Foundation Production: Inspiration
Within our group we came up with ideas, in the end we decided to mix two of them one was a chase scene in the woods and another was a club scene.
The inspiration for this came from the film 'Rock'n'Roller' specificly the club scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20DN9wDhbAo
This was the main inspiration that we used, this clip helped us to see how we could make the club scene work we then based the chase scene around that. Specifically, we liked the way you could here the music from the band inside, playing whilst the fight went on outside the club. It then switched onto the band inside, where they were playing that same song. It forms a sound bridge that links between scenes really nicely.
We also decided to to do the opening ion non-cronological order similarly to 'Memento'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z87iY8rPJF8&feature=related
The inspiration for this came from the film 'Rock'n'Roller' specificly the club scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20DN9wDhbAo
This was the main inspiration that we used, this clip helped us to see how we could make the club scene work we then based the chase scene around that. Specifically, we liked the way you could here the music from the band inside, playing whilst the fight went on outside the club. It then switched onto the band inside, where they were playing that same song. It forms a sound bridge that links between scenes really nicely.
We also decided to to do the opening ion non-cronological order similarly to 'Memento'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z87iY8rPJF8&feature=related
Foundation Production Lighting
When we film the bands for the club scene we won't need to set up any lighting. There will be stage lighting, including band blinders and strobes; these will really light up the stage and give a sense of realism for a club environment.
Again, for the chase scene we won't set up any of our own artificial lighting. For the realism of the forest environment we will shoot the scene in day light and have just natural lighting. Also it would probably be to difficult to set up lighting, as the characters will be running through the forest at quite a fast speed. We want the scene to flow as naturally as possible to build the tension and chilling atmosphere in the film.
As we are filming in natural light we will have to make sure that we set the white balance in between every shot we take. This is very important as it will affect our overall grade if we do not consider using it.
Again, for the chase scene we won't set up any of our own artificial lighting. For the realism of the forest environment we will shoot the scene in day light and have just natural lighting. Also it would probably be to difficult to set up lighting, as the characters will be running through the forest at quite a fast speed. We want the scene to flow as naturally as possible to build the tension and chilling atmosphere in the film.
As we are filming in natural light we will have to make sure that we set the white balance in between every shot we take. This is very important as it will affect our overall grade if we do not consider using it.
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