Applying Todorovs theory of narrative structure to short films.
Short Film: OMG
Equilibrium: The begging of the film there is equilibrium as the character is calm and is sending a simple text message asking someone for '4giveness'
Disruption: He has poor service and cannot receive the reply.
Recognition: He realises that his home has poor service.
Attempt to repair: He goes out to find a telephone pylon to try and get more signal. however does not succeed so goes home.
Equilibrium: He realises he cant get signal and sits around and waits for a reply falling asleep.
Disruption: He gets a reply but the vibration causes the phone to fall of the table and into water and it breaks.
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Unit 29: Music Video Production (Working Log)
Monday 9th November 2015
Today at 8:30 we travelled to Saltburn-by-the-Sea via train to capture our footage for the first day of shooting! It was a great experience going out and doing our first ever proper shoot, we learned lots and had a great time!
After we left the train station we set of on the short walk down the bank to the coast, stopping half way to get establishing shots of the pier and the cliffs. We set up our first shot at the top of the bank and took a static establishing shot of the cliff, before ticking it off our shot list. Our first shot of many was done. Me (Director) and Matty (Director of photography) spent most of the day with the camera, setting up shots, adding new ones in to our shot list and making sure the framing and lighting looked correct.
After we had taken the shots we needed from up on the bank we walked down to the pier to film the first scene of the video, my genius planning of going first thing Monday morning meant that both the beach and pier where completely empty so we could get the shots we needed without anyone being in the way or in the background. Our actors Kelsey and Reece where very good and very professional, after a few hours on the pier we rapped up our first scene and headed for our long walk up the cliffs on Saltburn to get to our next location.
Overall it was a great experience the crew and cast were great and fun to work with, we were productive and got lots done, it was well worth the trip for the footage we got. Oh and it didn't rain the whole time, which was either very lucky or amazing planning skills!
Tuesday 10th November 2015
Today we met in college at 10am to start shooting the rest of our music videos. The scene was set in a dark interrogation room so we booked out a meeting room at 11am and go to work gutting the furniture and blocking out the windows. Then we brought in a big light to provide intense spotlight like lighting in the room. At 12am Reece arrived and we got shooting under way, we had to work fast as we only had the room until 2pm but we got it all done in time, plus a few extra shots. We shot the whole song 4 times from different angles and then shot some other individual shots. Kieran Dixon played the part of the police officer and Reece was the criminal. They were both fantastic, Kieran was so intense and scary when we needed him to be and Reece lip synced the song excellently. Overall another good day of shooting that went pretty smoothly.
Shooting is now finished and we will begin editing tomorrow, I had allot of fun directing the video and i'm really proud of the team. I'd also like to thank the actors for being so professional during shooting Kieran, Kelsey and Reece where great to work with!
Today at 8:30 we travelled to Saltburn-by-the-Sea via train to capture our footage for the first day of shooting! It was a great experience going out and doing our first ever proper shoot, we learned lots and had a great time!
After we left the train station we set of on the short walk down the bank to the coast, stopping half way to get establishing shots of the pier and the cliffs. We set up our first shot at the top of the bank and took a static establishing shot of the cliff, before ticking it off our shot list. Our first shot of many was done. Me (Director) and Matty (Director of photography) spent most of the day with the camera, setting up shots, adding new ones in to our shot list and making sure the framing and lighting looked correct.
After we had taken the shots we needed from up on the bank we walked down to the pier to film the first scene of the video, my genius planning of going first thing Monday morning meant that both the beach and pier where completely empty so we could get the shots we needed without anyone being in the way or in the background. Our actors Kelsey and Reece where very good and very professional, after a few hours on the pier we rapped up our first scene and headed for our long walk up the cliffs on Saltburn to get to our next location.
After we completed the gruelling walk up the side of the cliff we began shooting the last scene of the day, the wind was really strong up there near the edge of the cliff, so as director I had to make sure everything and everyone was safe. Reece our actor in the scene was really good and I'm thankful he put up with us dragging him to the top of a cliff in the freezing cold. After a few hours on the cliff we managed to get all the footage we need and we headed back down to get some fish and chips before we got back on the train and left.
Overall it was a great experience the crew and cast were great and fun to work with, we were productive and got lots done, it was well worth the trip for the footage we got. Oh and it didn't rain the whole time, which was either very lucky or amazing planning skills!
Tuesday 10th November 2015
Today we met in college at 10am to start shooting the rest of our music videos. The scene was set in a dark interrogation room so we booked out a meeting room at 11am and go to work gutting the furniture and blocking out the windows. Then we brought in a big light to provide intense spotlight like lighting in the room. At 12am Reece arrived and we got shooting under way, we had to work fast as we only had the room until 2pm but we got it all done in time, plus a few extra shots. We shot the whole song 4 times from different angles and then shot some other individual shots. Kieran Dixon played the part of the police officer and Reece was the criminal. They were both fantastic, Kieran was so intense and scary when we needed him to be and Reece lip synced the song excellently. Overall another good day of shooting that went pretty smoothly.
Shooting is now finished and we will begin editing tomorrow, I had allot of fun directing the video and i'm really proud of the team. I'd also like to thank the actors for being so professional during shooting Kieran, Kelsey and Reece where great to work with!
Wednesday 11th November 2015
Today I began editing our music video in premier pro. I wanted to make sure that the editing process can be as smooth and efficient as possible so before I started I got to work creating bins for all the different scenes after I exported the files onto my hard drive. After I got all of the footage off of the cameras and into the bins I began editing; I started by cutting down the length of the song, I cut out the pre instrumental at the begging of the song and chopped 5 seconds or so out of the instrumental in the middle, it took me ages to make the cut seamless by matching the beat properly. I only got as far as editing up to the introduction to the song, using the establishing shots to set the scene and adding tittles for the artist name and song.
Thursday 12th November 2015
At the start of the day we handed in our finished and completed folder full of our paper work, it felt really good handing in our first assignment and knowing that all of our paper work was done. I then went back to editing, I got quite a lot done and found it really easy to sync the singing in the video with the music so far! I have tried to use lots of different camera angles to increase the pace of the edit, cant wait to finish it!
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Unit 16: Film and Video Editing Techniques (Preperation for Editing)
One of the most Important parts of editing is the preparation. Good preparation can help save time and create a smother work flow, for example this can be done by organizing footage into bins and deleting footage that isn't useful with.
Checking Material: Checking your footage is essential to making sure you are well prepared for editing, without the material there would be nothing to edit so the first step to being prepaid is to make sure that all your footage is good and looks the way you want it to taking into a count weather or not you are happy with things like the lighting or framing and checking that the audio is good. if not then the footage has to be re shot before editing can start, but if its good then it can be imported into your editing software and then placed into bins.
Bins: Bins are folders were all your footage is stored, you can use bins to organise you footage so it is easier to access and all relevant footage is in one place. This helps the edit flow smother as all the footage is labelled and easy to find.
Setting the Correct Import Settings: Without setting the correct import settings your footage will not look how you want it too, it may be cropped down and be of low quality no matter how it was shot, before starting you should always check your import settings.
Producing an Edit Decision List: These are important because it allows the director to tell the editor what he wants to do with the footage, as the editor wouldn't normally on set this is crucial so that the editor can understand the directors vision.
Checking Material: Checking your footage is essential to making sure you are well prepared for editing, without the material there would be nothing to edit so the first step to being prepaid is to make sure that all your footage is good and looks the way you want it to taking into a count weather or not you are happy with things like the lighting or framing and checking that the audio is good. if not then the footage has to be re shot before editing can start, but if its good then it can be imported into your editing software and then placed into bins.
Bins: Bins are folders were all your footage is stored, you can use bins to organise you footage so it is easier to access and all relevant footage is in one place. This helps the edit flow smother as all the footage is labelled and easy to find.
Setting the Correct Import Settings: Without setting the correct import settings your footage will not look how you want it too, it may be cropped down and be of low quality no matter how it was shot, before starting you should always check your import settings.
Producing an Edit Decision List: These are important because it allows the director to tell the editor what he wants to do with the footage, as the editor wouldn't normally on set this is crucial so that the editor can understand the directors vision.
I started by copying the footage from the camera onto my hard drive.
Next I created bins. I made a bin for each scene and placed the appropriate shots into the bins, I did this so that I had a better work flow when it came to editing in premier pro. This means I could work faster and more efficiently as I could find the right shots easier
.
These are the individual shots in my bins.
I then reviewed all of the shots and then deleted the bad ones.
I then opened premier pro, giving my project an appropriate name and checking that the general settings were correct.
Next I set up my sequence settings; I used an AVCHD 1080I 25fps as it is the correct format to use with the footage from the cameras. Ensuring it will be high quality.
These are my bins in premier pro, creating bins first helped me work efficiently.
After I had finished editing the clips together and making sure that the audio was synced with the visuals, I added titles to the start of the video to credit the song and artist.
During editing I used multiple tracks to help organise my edit, I put master shots on the bottom track and overlaid the other shots with different angles above. I also used effects such as fade ins and fade outs and the start and end of my music video on both the video and audio. I ended with a dip to black to make the last shot extra dramatic.
After I was finished rendering my work area I was ready to export my music video. I exported it as a quick time file as then it would be in 1080I.
After this I burnt my music video to disc.
As well as this me and my team created shot lists for the music video, evidence of which can be found in our production folder.
Monday, 2 November 2015
Unit 24: Writing for television and video (Story Synopsis)
We were told to start thinking of an idea for a screenplay, this is mine.
Audience: 15 to 18 year old.
Title: The Truth
Synopsis: George is a 18 year old boy from England who's always dreamed of being a young James Bond, with his parents hounding him to get a job George joins a recruitment course at 'The Agency' a spy company looking for new recruits. However Georges curious nature and lust for adventure lands him in trouble when he accidentally steals from them.
Class Task- Review: Back To The Future (1985)
On Tuesday the 20th of October I watched Back To The Future for the first time and its safe to say that it lived up to the hype!
Michael J Fox made the movie for me, he fit the role perfectly and gave the film that extra thing it needed to go from just being a good movie to a being a great movie. He played the protagonist, Marty McFly, with so much charisma that its hard to think of a cooler charterer, I loved him. Fox had bags of confidence when playing the Marty he made him funny and extremely likeable, which made the audience buy into him and his story and root for Marty in any situation. As well as this Fox brought lots of variation to the table as he also managed to pull of scenes that were dramatic and required heaps of emotion. The part of Marty was originally written for him, however at the time Fox was to busy shooting for his show 'Family Ties' and wasn't available, so Eric Stoltz got the part. After only a few weeks of filming they scrapped everything, got rid of Stoltz and brought in Fox. This risky move from Director Robert Zemeckis turned out to be a master stroke, as Fox fit right into the part and made it his own the film just wouldn't be the same without him.
Not just Marty but all of the charterers were written for fantastically by writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, they made every one unique and memorable. Christopher Lloyd played his part of Doc Brown near perfectly, him and Fox played off of each other really well, the two characters felt real and gave the audience the feeling that they'd been friends for years and not just two guys on a movie set playing a character, which in turn created extra emotion during the last scenes where Doc Browns life is in danger and Marty must warn him.
As well as this the film had fantastic special effects and CGI for its time, the CGI still holds up well to this day despite the film now being 30 years old! The thing I did not enjoy about the film was the length of the ending, obviously the director chose to draw out the ending to try and create tension and I will give him that, it is tense. But it was just drawn out a little bit to much, especially in the scene where Doc is moving across the clock tower. The scene is good, the use of pathetic fallacy through the storm helps create that extra sense of danger and makes us feel on edge as Doc slowly navigates his way across the thin ledge of the clock tower however the pace of it doesn't fit the pace of the rest of the film and I think that's why it threw me off. I'd rather end on a high though! My favourite scene is the one where Marty punches Biff in the face in a packed diner whilst defending his (future) father George McFly and then is chases through the street by Biff where he manages to one up him again. Marty just makes you wish you were this cool!
Overall I would give the film 9/10 nothings perfect, but this is close!
Michael J Fox made the movie for me, he fit the role perfectly and gave the film that extra thing it needed to go from just being a good movie to a being a great movie. He played the protagonist, Marty McFly, with so much charisma that its hard to think of a cooler charterer, I loved him. Fox had bags of confidence when playing the Marty he made him funny and extremely likeable, which made the audience buy into him and his story and root for Marty in any situation. As well as this Fox brought lots of variation to the table as he also managed to pull of scenes that were dramatic and required heaps of emotion. The part of Marty was originally written for him, however at the time Fox was to busy shooting for his show 'Family Ties' and wasn't available, so Eric Stoltz got the part. After only a few weeks of filming they scrapped everything, got rid of Stoltz and brought in Fox. This risky move from Director Robert Zemeckis turned out to be a master stroke, as Fox fit right into the part and made it his own the film just wouldn't be the same without him.
Not just Marty but all of the charterers were written for fantastically by writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, they made every one unique and memorable. Christopher Lloyd played his part of Doc Brown near perfectly, him and Fox played off of each other really well, the two characters felt real and gave the audience the feeling that they'd been friends for years and not just two guys on a movie set playing a character, which in turn created extra emotion during the last scenes where Doc Browns life is in danger and Marty must warn him.
As well as this the film had fantastic special effects and CGI for its time, the CGI still holds up well to this day despite the film now being 30 years old! The thing I did not enjoy about the film was the length of the ending, obviously the director chose to draw out the ending to try and create tension and I will give him that, it is tense. But it was just drawn out a little bit to much, especially in the scene where Doc is moving across the clock tower. The scene is good, the use of pathetic fallacy through the storm helps create that extra sense of danger and makes us feel on edge as Doc slowly navigates his way across the thin ledge of the clock tower however the pace of it doesn't fit the pace of the rest of the film and I think that's why it threw me off. I'd rather end on a high though! My favourite scene is the one where Marty punches Biff in the face in a packed diner whilst defending his (future) father George McFly and then is chases through the street by Biff where he manages to one up him again. Marty just makes you wish you were this cool!
Overall I would give the film 9/10 nothings perfect, but this is close!
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Unit 29: Music Video Production (Being a Director)
A director is the driving creative force in a film's production they visualising and define the style and structure of the film and bring it to life. They carry out duties such as casting, script editing, shot composition, shot selection and editing and act as the crucial link between the production, technical and creative teams.
To do this role I will need to:
have exceptional artistic vision and creative skills
have unerring commitment
have a deep passion for filmmaking
be a strong and confident leader
make decisions
delegate and collaborate with others
have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
inspire and motivate the team
work intensively for long hours
pay attention to detail
remain calm and think clearly under great pressure
have great self-belief
be determined to succeed
What Does a Director Do?
Directors are responsible for creatively translating the film's written script into actual images and sounds on the screen. They are ultimately responsible for a film's artistic and commercial success or failure. Directors may write the film's script or commission it to be written, or they may be hired after an early draft of the script is complete. They must then develop a vision for the finished film and work out how to achieve it.
During pre-production, Directors make crucial decisions, such as selecting the right cast, crew and locations for the film. They then direct rehearsals and the performances of the actors once the film is in production.
They also manage the technical aspects of filming including the camera, sound, lighting, design and special effects departments.
During post production, Directors work closely with Editors through the many technical processes of editing, to reach the final cut or version of the film. At all stages, Directors are responsible for motivating the team to produce the best possible results. Directors must also always be aware of the constraints of the film's budget and schedule and manage the expectations of the film's financiers.
To do this role I will need to:
What Does a Director Do?
Directors are responsible for creatively translating the film's written script into actual images and sounds on the screen. They are ultimately responsible for a film's artistic and commercial success or failure. Directors may write the film's script or commission it to be written, or they may be hired after an early draft of the script is complete. They must then develop a vision for the finished film and work out how to achieve it.
During pre-production, Directors make crucial decisions, such as selecting the right cast, crew and locations for the film. They then direct rehearsals and the performances of the actors once the film is in production.
They also manage the technical aspects of filming including the camera, sound, lighting, design and special effects departments.
During post production, Directors work closely with Editors through the many technical processes of editing, to reach the final cut or version of the film. At all stages, Directors are responsible for motivating the team to produce the best possible results. Directors must also always be aware of the constraints of the film's budget and schedule and manage the expectations of the film's financiers.
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Class Task- Alan Silvestri
Alan Silvestri:
- In over thirty years as a film composer, Alan Silvestri has blazed an innovative trail with his exciting and melodic scores, winning the applause of Hollywood and movie audiences the world over. Born in Manhattan in 1950, Alan was first drawn to music at an early age. Beginning as a drummer, his love for instruments quickly grew to include the bassoon, clarinet, saxophone and guitar. Writing his own music and forming numerous bands during his early school days, his musical life would lead him to the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he was to enroll as a composition major.
Alan wrote the music for Back To the Future, the films success helped propel his career as afterwards he went on to write hundreds of scores for successful films including Forrest Gump (for which he received an academy award nomination for best score). He often composes for films by director Robert Zemeckis.
Trivia
Lives in Carmel, Northern California.
Attended Berklee College of Music in Boston.
He was originally hired to score Mission: Impossible (1996) and had written roughly twenty-three minutes of music before he was replaced by Danny Elfman. Bootleg copies of his Mission: Impossible (1996) score are in circulation.
During the late 60s Silvestri went on the road as a guitarist with the band Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders.
Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2004 by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA).
Monday, 19 October 2015
Unit 29: Music Video Production (Music Video Proposal)
Music Video Proposal:
Song: Jenny was a friend of mine.
Artist: The Killers.
Year Released: First released in 2003.
Duration: 4:04
Genre: Indie/Alternative rock.
Audience: Young adults, mainly males.
Analysis of lyrics: The song is about a man who is accused
of killing his girlfriend because she cheated on him. Throughout the duration
of the song the man is being interrogated and the lyrics he sings recall the
events of what happened. The first verse is a flashback to the night he killed
his girlfriend, he sings about what she said and that she was going to leave
him ‘she said she loved me, but she had
somewhere to go.’ The lyrics from the chorus hint to us that he has been
caught and interrogated by the police, the lyrics; ‘tell me what you wanna know’ and ’there ain’t no motive for this
crime’ portray a desperate man trying to proclaim his innocence. The next verse
is the man arguing with his interrogators, he is overwhelmed with guilt and
remorse and breaks down; ‘I Just can’t
take this. ’ After this the guilty man then says ‘She couldn’t scream while I held her close’ the audience now
believe that the man killed his girlfriend but still feel empathy for him as
its clearly from the raw emotion in the song that he loved her and didn’t want to
kill her. The song then ends with a reputation of the chorus.
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Class Task- Sitcom Log
TUESDAY (13/10/15)
Today me, Kane, Matty and Danny worked on our sitcom. Our idea was called 'Undercover: Lines of justice' and is about a desk jockey at the FBI who finally gets his big break and gets to go undercover in various scenarios, however he is inexperienced and clumsy and gets into some wacky situations. We pitched the idea to the class and got some feedback. After this we created a story pyramid for our sitcom to help develop the main plot of the story of our pilot episode. Next we all researched different aspects of our sitcom, for example I researched the history of sitcoms and the location that we are planning to set our sitcom in. Now we are begging to develop our sitcom more and are creating a detailed plan to keep track of our ideas.
Today me, Kane, Matty and Danny worked on our sitcom. Our idea was called 'Undercover: Lines of justice' and is about a desk jockey at the FBI who finally gets his big break and gets to go undercover in various scenarios, however he is inexperienced and clumsy and gets into some wacky situations. We pitched the idea to the class and got some feedback. After this we created a story pyramid for our sitcom to help develop the main plot of the story of our pilot episode. Next we all researched different aspects of our sitcom, for example I researched the history of sitcoms and the location that we are planning to set our sitcom in. Now we are begging to develop our sitcom more and are creating a detailed plan to keep track of our ideas.
Monday, 12 October 2015
Class Task- Story Starter: A Bad Situation That Turned Out For The Best
A Bad situation that
turned out for the best...
In class we gotten given a slip of paper with a premise of a story on it, we had to write something based on it as homework. Apology's for any spelling mistakes I'm tired.
Suddenly Patrick awoke in cold sweats, the headboard rattled against the wall as he fiercely shook. It took him awhile to return to reality, for a moment he thought his biggest fear had come true. ''Christ'' he wept, as he checked himself so see if he was still in one peace. ''It was just a dream,'' he thought to himself as he reached over toward his oakwood end table to flick his bed side lamp on. The light blinded him for a few seconds as his eyes adjusted to the sudden bright light. As his vision came back into focus he slowly sat up, and reached for his phone. Unwillingly he checked the day. Friday the 13th of November 2015, the day Patrick was set to start his new life in LA. He had just signed a new 3 year deal with LA Galaxy in America, this was his big break, finally a chance to get some first team action at a professional level. He was viewed by a good young prospect in football, but he couldn’t get his break in the premier league because of his lack of experience. The plan was for him to make his name in the states playing 'soccer' and hopefully catch the eye of a big premier league team and eventually come back to England and be a star. A reverse David Beckham. He exited the front door of his parents house at 7: 15 am only 3 hours until his flight. Patrick knew that he was running a little behind schedule but he didn’t live far from the airport and he had faith in his driving ability. His car, a BMW 4 SERIES, was a gift from his dad for passing his drivers test, he entered it alone to travel to the airport as he had said his goodbyes the night before. Then he began his drive.
Patrick slammed on the
breaks as the car infront of him went from 70 to 0 in no time at all.
Smash! Patrick went straight into the back of him, his face hitting
the steering wheel he came to a sudden halt. He bellowed profanity’s
as he questioned why the 'idiot' had just stopped with no warning in
the middle of the motor way. The accident was bad and both cars
blocked the road. They would have to call the police to clear the
road and get traffic moving again and both cars looked written off.
As Patrick swapped insurance details with the driver in front of him
he came to the realisation that he was still meant to be catching
that flight. ''No'' He shouted in frustration kicking the side of his
already totalled car.
''You don’t
understand im late for a flight'' he pleaded with the officers and
medical staff at the scene of the accident. ''Theres nothing we can
do about that sir, we have to question you its protocol'' said the
officers. ''But it wasn’t my fault he just stopped!?'' whined
Patrick.
''Please sir calm down,
isn’t there another flight you can get?'' asked the officer trying
to be sympathetic. Patrick explained that in order to make a good
impression with his new manager he wanted to arrive early, before the
start of next week to settle in and plus that was the last flight to
LAX until Sunday night. But the officers persisted that due to the
time the accident would take to clear and sorting everything out with
the insurance company’s that Patrick would most likely miss his
flight.
Later that afternoon
Patrick was sat in waiting room at his insurance company when he got
a phone call from the owner of his new club. ''Jesus Christ Patrick
are you okay?''
Patrick was confused
but the owner interrupted him before he spoke. '' On the News they
said there were no survivors, I nearly passed out when I heard the
news but I thought id call to make sure, thank god your okay, but
how?!''
''What?!'' Patrick
gasped horrified at the news. '' I missed the flight sir what
happened?''
''It went missing
Patrick, they think it crashed into the ocean!'' It took a few
moments to sink in but if it hadn't have been for his car accident,
then his biggest nightmare would have finally come true...
Friday, 9 October 2015
Class Task- 'What if...' Story: Synopsis
Last one out gets the lights:
What if you woke up and you were the only person left in the world? After passing out at new years party, Enrique awakes to discover his friends and the rest of society are missing. He must team up with a strange 'man' leading the resistance against Earth's new alien population. Only with Enrique's help can the man restore the world back to normal order and save society from its new Alien captors.
What if you woke up and you were the only person left in the world? After passing out at new years party, Enrique awakes to discover his friends and the rest of society are missing. He must team up with a strange 'man' leading the resistance against Earth's new alien population. Only with Enrique's help can the man restore the world back to normal order and save society from its new Alien captors.
Class Task- 'What if...' Story: Character Profiles
As homework for class we have been writing stories based on the premise 'what if...' My story is called 'Last one out gets the lights' and is based on the tag line 'What if you found out you were the only person left in the world.' Now that we've finished the story we must create characters profiles for our main characters. This is the charterer profile for my protagonist 'Enrique' and secondary characters 'Marshal' and 'Charles.' For a brief overview of the story check out its synopsis in the post above!
World:
Character Profile - Enrique:
Dominant Impression:
Age: 17.
Sex : Male.
Mannerisms: Loner, Kind, Saddened, Tries to hide insecurities, Lacks confidence.
Clothes: Black Jeans, White T-Shirt, Bomber Jacket, Black Trainers.
Grooming: Medium length hair short at the sides, Well Groomed Beard.
Movement: Walks fast with his hands in his pockets.
Style of speech: Neutral English accent, Talks at a normal pace.
Dominant Attitude:
Intelligence: Well educated, In his 2nd year of college.
Personality: Loving, Kind, Honest, Negative, Helpful, Funny.
Temperament: On edge, gets stressed easily sometimes over nothing.
Self Image: Doesn't particularly like who he is or his appearance.
Fears: Not being accepted, whatever comes after death.
World:
Relationships: Best friends with Marshal and a few others from the party, Single.
Ethnicity and Cultural Background: His mother is Spanish making him 1/2 Spanish, Middle class.
General History: Born in 1982, brought up through the late 80's/90's.
Personal History: Lived in Devon all his life, bad experiences with friends in the past.
Character Profile - Marshal:
Dominant Impression:
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Mannerisms: Funny, Confident, Natural leader, Instinctive, Reliable
Clothes: Blue skinny jeans, Baggy chequered shirt with a white a T-Shirt underneath.
Grooming: Long but well styled hair, Clean Shaven.
Movement: Walks proud.
Style of speech: Enunciates his words well, talks slowly.
Dominant Attitude:
Intelligence: Not as clever as Enrique but has more 'street smarts'
Personality: Joker, Funny, Smooth, Good with words, Helpful, Kind, Secretive.
Temperament: Chilled out and relaxed.
Self Image: Confident in himself.
Fears: Death, Airplanes, Elevators, The dark.
World:
Relationships: Has lots of friends but secretly likes Enrique the best. In a relationship.
Ethnicity and Cultural Background: White British.
General History: Born in 1982, brought up through the late 80's/90's Along side Enrique.
Personal History: Secretive past, His dad left him at a young age.
Character Profile - Charles:
Dominant Impression:
Age: 51.
Sex: Male.
Mannerisms: Selfish, Sceptical, Doesn't trust anyone, people see him a being crazy, Hard case.
Clothes: Ragged combat gear.
Grooming: Long messy hair, Doesn't look after his appearance, Long shaggy beard.
Movement: Walks fast to avoid contact with other people.
Style of speech: Loud, heavy Scottish accent.
Dominant Attitude:
Intelligence: He's wise but in a kind of insane way.
Personality: Crazy, Smart, Straight to the point, Conspiracy Theorist, No time for others.
Temperament: Has a short fuse.
Self Image: Doesn't have time to care about himself.
Fears: Being wrong, not being able to save the world.
World:
Relationships: Distant from people doesn't have time for them, he thinks they slow him down.
Ethnicity and Cultural Background: White Scottish.
General History: Born in 1948. Grew up around the threats of the cold war.
Personal History: Joined the Army at age 16, Recruited into the SAS by the time he was 18 and served until he was 33, Dishonourably discharged even though he was a great soldier but he knew to much, Wanted for treason, Currently on the run.
Personality: Crazy, Smart, Straight to the point, Conspiracy Theorist, No time for others.
Temperament: Has a short fuse.
Self Image: Doesn't have time to care about himself.
Fears: Being wrong, not being able to save the world.
World:
Relationships: Distant from people doesn't have time for them, he thinks they slow him down.
Ethnicity and Cultural Background: White Scottish.
General History: Born in 1948. Grew up around the threats of the cold war.
Personal History: Joined the Army at age 16, Recruited into the SAS by the time he was 18 and served until he was 33, Dishonourably discharged even though he was a great soldier but he knew to much, Wanted for treason, Currently on the run.
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Class Task- Six Word Stories
An exercise we do on Tuesdays during our script writing lesson is writing these ''Six word stories.'' The idea is to convey a coherent a story in just six words, the exercise helps to get creativity flowing and improve our writing skills.
Happiness is: A beautiful sunset gazed upon together.
Childhood memories: A joyful road trip through Europe.
When I grow up: I want to be very successful.
The best thing about this week will be: Something that will make me happy.
Romantic Gesture: A beautiful dream finally come true.
Future Epitaph: A great man, a great lover.
The Uninvited Guest: Sorry your not on the list.
The Reason You Write: I do it for the vine.
Some Really Bad Advice: You should just go for it!
The future world will be: bleak and unforgiving a bad time.
The past was: Things were much cheaper back then.
A message from someone you have not seen in years: I still miss you, please reply.
They can take my life, but they can never take my: away everything I have believed in.
Being a writer is: Having detailed and creative thought process.
The World Today is: unnecessary terror dividing peace and justice.
The thought of this assignment makes me: I feel out of my depth
Happiness is: A beautiful sunset gazed upon together.
Childhood memories: A joyful road trip through Europe.
When I grow up: I want to be very successful.
The best thing about this week will be: Something that will make me happy.
Romantic Gesture: A beautiful dream finally come true.
Future Epitaph: A great man, a great lover.
The Uninvited Guest: Sorry your not on the list.
The Reason You Write: I do it for the vine.
Some Really Bad Advice: You should just go for it!
The future world will be: bleak and unforgiving a bad time.
The past was: Things were much cheaper back then.
A message from someone you have not seen in years: I still miss you, please reply.
They can take my life, but they can never take my: away everything I have believed in.
Being a writer is: Having detailed and creative thought process.
The World Today is: unnecessary terror dividing peace and justice.
The thought of this assignment makes me: I feel out of my depth
Thursday, 24 September 2015
Class Task- Emil Nava and music video commisioning
Emil Nava, famous director who is best known for his work on music videos, says that his job involves writing pitches for music videos on a day to day basis. It involves generating ideas from a brief given to him by the record label. After this he gathers a team to collect the right picture references so that who ever he is pitching it to will get the idea visual. If he wins the pitch, Emil will go into pre production with his team and get straight into it. He will be responsible for choosing the crew including camera operators and finding locations whilst gathering his cast. He says its all about leading his team and making decisions quickly to stay on schedule. After the pre production he goes straight into shooting which is very intense as music videos are usually shot over 1 or 2 days with little time, as the artist has other stuff to do and will only be available for a limited amount of time. After this it is post production which is slower and focuses on editing and GCI.
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Unit 29: Music Video Production (Star Image)
Brief Biography
Miley Cyrus is an American Singer, songwriter and actress who was born in 1992, her father is well known American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Miley started her career young as a child actor landing roles in some minor TV shows. However it wasn't until 2006 that Miley rose to fame when she landed the leading role in a Disney show named Hannah Montana. This made her an idol for teenage girls all over the world as she played the role of Miley Stewart and her secret alter ego (pop star) Hannah Montana. She quickly became a role model for young girls as the show portrayed her and her charterer as a goody two shoes Disney sweetheart who never put a foot wrong, as well as this the show helped her further her music career as she released many successful albums as both Miley Cryus and her adopted alter ego Hannah Montana. She singed a recording contract with Hollywood Records in 2007 and released her first album 'meet Miley Cyrus' which was certified quadruple platinum. After her TV career ended, Miley veered toward producing more country music than pop music. However in 2010 her latest album 'cant be tamed' made little commercial impact and became her lowest selling album, Miley would then go onto shed her Disney image and reinvent her self as a rebellious 'bad girl' to gain media attention and become relevant again, she did this through her 'wrecking ball' music video which got the whole world talking about her again, making her more popular than ever.
Early Career.
Miley started her music career with her debut double album 'Meet Miley Cyrus', all 20 tracks are from Miley however the first disc is credited to her alter ego Hannah Montana and is the sound track for the second season of the show. Miley used her alter ego Hannah Montana to created an image for herself. For example she realised hit song 'best of both worlds' (2006) under her alter ego. The music video established her early image. The video shows her performing at a concert in front of lots of screaming teenage girls, it portrays her as an idol and role model. In the video she is modestly dressed to appeal to a young female audience, this helps her gain a child friendly image and make her some one you would want your kid to look up too. (which contrasts with her later music videos but we'll get on to that later.) The music video is basic and doesn't portray the lyrics or a story, instead it builds her image of pop star as it is her performing on stage with a band in front of lots of people, it uses lots of close up shots of instruments and herself singer to establish that she is an entertainer. Overall in her early career her goal was to convey her self as a role model toward little girls and act as a good example to children. This was all well and good but once her TV show ended Miley fell under the radar for a good while and had to make some drastic changes to gain media attention.
Recent Career.
After her hit TV show Hannah Montana came to a close back in 2011 Miley stopped producing music under the name of her alter ego and started making her own type of music. Obviously influenced by her father Miley released some very average, very dull country songs which didn't have the same appeal to her young audience as her previous pop songs. Miley had almost fallen from fame entirely until all that Disney finally got to her head an she went insane. Well that or it was an excellent play from her marketing team who managed to get the whole world talking about Miley Cyrus again. They say any publicity is good publicity and Miley proved that with her 2013 hit 'Wrecking Ball' and the music video that showed off her new image. Miley was no longer portraying her self as a role model for little girls, she shaved her head, bleached her her and removed most of her clothes, for the new video. In the video Miley rides around naked on a wrecking ball and plays with a sledge hammer, pretty odd yes. But it got everyone talking about her and listening to her new song, the proofs in the numbers as at this point wrecking ball has almost 800 million views on Youtube. Its pretty tasteless, some would call it an obvious cry for attention but it made Miley famous again. But that was just the begging, after this she gained more attention by causing controversy at the VMA's with a raunchy performance with Robin Thick, and then realising a second music video to the single 'we cant stop' from the 2013 album Bangers. The video opens with Miley using a giant pair of pink scissors to free her self from a shackle, portraying she is breaking free from her old persona and being who she wants to be. The song is a complete contrast to her old child friendly stuff, she talks about doing 'molly' (MDMA) and other 'inappropriate' things. As well as this in the video Miley trys (far to hard) to sell her self as a sex icon with failed attempts at twerking, she also dances in a very sexual manner, smacks other girls bottoms and then makes out with a doll that reassembles her self, there's a message there some where i'm just not sure I want to find it. So yeah she's about a hundred million miles away from the performer she used to be and the polar opposite of a role model, but hey who needs morals when your more popular than ever?
To Conclude.
All of a sudden Miley has become popular with an entirely new audiences, her lyrics are aimed toward young adults with constant references to alcohol and drugs, shes also opened herself up to a new male audiences and tried to use herself as a sex icon through raunchy music videos and live performances, her 'twerking' at the VMA's was so bad that I'm ashamed to be white. The reason why Miley's new image is so extreme is that she is trying to shed her original Disney star image so that she can have her own personality and not be restricted to living the life of Hannah Montana, shes now free to do what she wants. That or she's really really clever and understands how to manipulate her image to gain fame and thus gain fortune. She's gone from Innocent teen idol to someone you want to be hiding your kids from. Love her or hate her she must be doing something right or at least someone in her management team is...
Miley Cyrus is an American Singer, songwriter and actress who was born in 1992, her father is well known American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Miley started her career young as a child actor landing roles in some minor TV shows. However it wasn't until 2006 that Miley rose to fame when she landed the leading role in a Disney show named Hannah Montana. This made her an idol for teenage girls all over the world as she played the role of Miley Stewart and her secret alter ego (pop star) Hannah Montana. She quickly became a role model for young girls as the show portrayed her and her charterer as a goody two shoes Disney sweetheart who never put a foot wrong, as well as this the show helped her further her music career as she released many successful albums as both Miley Cryus and her adopted alter ego Hannah Montana. She singed a recording contract with Hollywood Records in 2007 and released her first album 'meet Miley Cyrus' which was certified quadruple platinum. After her TV career ended, Miley veered toward producing more country music than pop music. However in 2010 her latest album 'cant be tamed' made little commercial impact and became her lowest selling album, Miley would then go onto shed her Disney image and reinvent her self as a rebellious 'bad girl' to gain media attention and become relevant again, she did this through her 'wrecking ball' music video which got the whole world talking about her again, making her more popular than ever.
Early Career.
Miley started her music career with her debut double album 'Meet Miley Cyrus', all 20 tracks are from Miley however the first disc is credited to her alter ego Hannah Montana and is the sound track for the second season of the show. Miley used her alter ego Hannah Montana to created an image for herself. For example she realised hit song 'best of both worlds' (2006) under her alter ego. The music video established her early image. The video shows her performing at a concert in front of lots of screaming teenage girls, it portrays her as an idol and role model. In the video she is modestly dressed to appeal to a young female audience, this helps her gain a child friendly image and make her some one you would want your kid to look up too. (which contrasts with her later music videos but we'll get on to that later.) The music video is basic and doesn't portray the lyrics or a story, instead it builds her image of pop star as it is her performing on stage with a band in front of lots of people, it uses lots of close up shots of instruments and herself singer to establish that she is an entertainer. Overall in her early career her goal was to convey her self as a role model toward little girls and act as a good example to children. This was all well and good but once her TV show ended Miley fell under the radar for a good while and had to make some drastic changes to gain media attention.
Recent Career.
After her hit TV show Hannah Montana came to a close back in 2011 Miley stopped producing music under the name of her alter ego and started making her own type of music. Obviously influenced by her father Miley released some very average, very dull country songs which didn't have the same appeal to her young audience as her previous pop songs. Miley had almost fallen from fame entirely until all that Disney finally got to her head an she went insane. Well that or it was an excellent play from her marketing team who managed to get the whole world talking about Miley Cyrus again. They say any publicity is good publicity and Miley proved that with her 2013 hit 'Wrecking Ball' and the music video that showed off her new image. Miley was no longer portraying her self as a role model for little girls, she shaved her head, bleached her her and removed most of her clothes, for the new video. In the video Miley rides around naked on a wrecking ball and plays with a sledge hammer, pretty odd yes. But it got everyone talking about her and listening to her new song, the proofs in the numbers as at this point wrecking ball has almost 800 million views on Youtube. Its pretty tasteless, some would call it an obvious cry for attention but it made Miley famous again. But that was just the begging, after this she gained more attention by causing controversy at the VMA's with a raunchy performance with Robin Thick, and then realising a second music video to the single 'we cant stop' from the 2013 album Bangers. The video opens with Miley using a giant pair of pink scissors to free her self from a shackle, portraying she is breaking free from her old persona and being who she wants to be. The song is a complete contrast to her old child friendly stuff, she talks about doing 'molly' (MDMA) and other 'inappropriate' things. As well as this in the video Miley trys (far to hard) to sell her self as a sex icon with failed attempts at twerking, she also dances in a very sexual manner, smacks other girls bottoms and then makes out with a doll that reassembles her self, there's a message there some where i'm just not sure I want to find it. So yeah she's about a hundred million miles away from the performer she used to be and the polar opposite of a role model, but hey who needs morals when your more popular than ever?
To Conclude.
All of a sudden Miley has become popular with an entirely new audiences, her lyrics are aimed toward young adults with constant references to alcohol and drugs, shes also opened herself up to a new male audiences and tried to use herself as a sex icon through raunchy music videos and live performances, her 'twerking' at the VMA's was so bad that I'm ashamed to be white. The reason why Miley's new image is so extreme is that she is trying to shed her original Disney star image so that she can have her own personality and not be restricted to living the life of Hannah Montana, shes now free to do what she wants. That or she's really really clever and understands how to manipulate her image to gain fame and thus gain fortune. She's gone from Innocent teen idol to someone you want to be hiding your kids from. Love her or hate her she must be doing something right or at least someone in her management team is...
Monday, 7 September 2015
Class Task- Starting out in Film and TV
At first I thought if I got into the industry I would prefer to be an editor, someone who is tasked with an important creative roll but doesn't have the same directive vision as the director. Now after thinking about the music video projected I've decided I want to take control of it and direct it because I have what I believe to be a great idea and a song that means allot to me to help me create a story through my music video. I think I would love to work with people to make my idea happen and just see how it goes really.
Class Task- Brief Analysis of My Favourite Music Video (Eminem- Stan)
Stan is one of those songs that aims to tell a story, it was the third single from Eminem's third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP. The reason it stands out to me is that the song and the video link perfectly to convey a message and meaning, which is a nice change to more modern songs that lack thought and integrity, songs that fail to reflect any meaning at all in terms of the lyrics and the basic music videos that go along with them. The video acts almost as a mini movie to display the final months of the life of Stanley, the protagonist, who's obsession with Eminem causes him to grow distant from reality and his girlfriend. The point is the videos good because it has meaning and successfully tells a coherent story with a start, middle and end. Dim lighting and pathetic fallacy is used to display the bleak mental state that Stan's obsession with Eminem leads him to before a tragic climax, were Stan kills himself and his girlfriend because he feels no purpose in the world as Eminem, who he views as his idol, is neglecting him. How cheery.
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