Draft 1

Filming - Saturday 6th December: First shoot

Weather for 6th December

Script part 1.



Everything was planned but unfortunately, it had to be called off due to more than half the people cancelling last minute.

Mood Board

1. http://youtu.be/_op08hANyI8
2. http://youtu.be/w3bEpHdmBvU
3. http://youtu.be/1G9mNBUymP8
4. http://youtu.be/9rUsx3fuA_4
5. http://youtu.be/GPJ1uQwmNHk
6. http://youtu.be/7IZUG4gOd3s

Media Theory

Conventions of form: Short Film

What makes a good media product.

Bad examples of media products:

CAGED: Film Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZY3PfZyH04#t=85

This A2 media product isn't a good product due to the unclear, hard to follow narrative, the bad camera work, in which shots are poorly done which don’t look right, bad acting and terrible editing. This makes the product look very unrealistic and not successful as a media product.

Mise-en-scene	Cinematography	Editing	Sound
Bad use of location, un-realistic to trailer genre No effort put into thought of costume So basic, lack of everything within the macro feature of mise-en-scene Bad use of lighting Bad acting – not able to understand which character is which and who the bad and good characters are.	Incorrect camera shots used. Badly framed shots Shots too dark, so unable to see the action	Basic fade editing which is over used Badly done with ‘quotes’ and information of films, not convention and very cliché	Music doesn't fit the trailer, should be faced paced music. Unable to hear speech at some points, music too loud.

Good examples of media products:

Strangers: Film Trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpB0eG5ekc

This is a very successful A2 media product because it is well planned, editing, clear and concise as a trailer. It gives the audience a clear perspective of the narrative in a matter of shots, it is well shot with good camera shots and correct angles.

Mise-en-scene	Cinematography	Editing	Sound
Good use of mise-en-scene for the kitchen: realistic Good use of mise-en-scene to show after math of earth-quake Good use of filming within the trailer with another camera. Good use of costume to demonstrate the difference in characters and importance of them	Good use of pans as a location shot Good use of shots such as depth of field Good use of camera movement to demonstrate earth-quake Well shot, correct camera angles	Clear information with opening shot of the words ‘England 2015’ Clever use of cuts to title shots Good use of out of focus filming to make character and audience feel distraught. News report – good effect. Cut at right moments	Hard to understand V.O and what it is saying Good use of news V.O with realistic feel to trailer Good use of sound with the news reporter V.O Good use of V.O with the most important information louder

Screenplay codes and conventions

Above there is a section taken from the Superman film in which I have analysed to show what should be included in which is included in the slide below

This is showing the codes and conventions of a film script and where these are included, they should be included in each script for the following reasons:

• Page numbers -
  For reference in which page the actors/directors or need to be on. 

• Stage directions -
  For reference to know where, what and how the actors need to be doing
• Character names-
  To know who is speaking for the crew to know who to show in the shot
• Directors notes -
  For the crew, director and everyone else to be aware of what needs to be done for improvement.
• Way of speech -
  The way the character must speak the line to know the effect for the scene

This is a phony script I made copying the codes and conventions of a movie script.