Searching for music

This is a screenshot of us searching for possible music to add the our film for the shots in which Stella's character Monroe is punching pads in the gym. So we are aiming to find fast paced music to match the action on scene.

Suitable actors/actresses for our film roles

  

Vinnie Jones-  a possible candidate to be an actor for one of the burglars in our film is Vinnie Jones. He has a background of acting as hard characters often being gangster.

Plan to add more

After seeing that our initial film, once edited, only takes up about 1 minute 40 seconds we have decided that we need to film more. Our idea for the added shots will be of Stella in a gym possibly shadow boxing or hitting pads.  We will film this soon.

Character profile

Character profile
This is the character profile for my character, Gary.

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Codes and conventions of action genre

This type of film often have very big budgets and are made by big Hollywood companies. This is becuase they often include exotic locations, fast cars and big explosions. However as we are obviously working with little or no budget we can't have this sort of thing filmed but what we are able to do is make it seem as though this sort of thing could feature later on in the film. This should help to make our opening exciting and make the audience want to watch more.
Setting: exotic locations, big buildings
Props: fast cars, guns
Costume: uniforms, suits
Plot: tension, jeopardy, car chases, fight scenes, antagonist/protagonist

Change from crime to action genre

Originally when we came up with the idea for our film we thought it was to be in the crime genre. However when we got closer to filming we realised that it would be more action than crime. This change means that our research into similar films and our actual production must be altered slightly to fit the stereotypes of action films.

First Mark and Further Improvments

The first mark i achieved for my blog was 8/20, to improve these results i will need to be more creative with my posts. I will also need to add the storyboards that were drawn up, possibly put in a Voki to show my target audience and put in research into our genre.

Location Shoot (pictures 10-13)

10. Next up will be a shot of the burglars running out of the house, one of the burglars will push Monroe over so her head hits the radiator.

11.There will then be another high angle shot from the stairs, this time showing the three still escaping the house.

12.This is a shot from the upstairs window in which a high angle shot is shown of the three burglars running out the door and into the Land Rover that will be in the road.

13. The last shot we planned for was a birds eye close up shot of Monroes hand reaching out to answer a phone call.

Location Shoot (pictures 7-9)

7. There will then be this shot, a high angle of Monroe walking through the door and into the hallway and looking through into the living room.

8.This will be followed by an eye-line match to a shot of a burglar looking in a cabinet.

9.Next will be a cut to where the camera is facing the burglar in question from the side and can see the door in which Monroe is looking through. The burglar will get up and turn to the other two to say he has found what they were searching for but as he says this the light will be turned on by Monroe who punches him to the floor.

Location Shoot (pictures 4-6)

4. This shot is a tracking close up of Monroes (Stellas) footsteps as she walks home.

5.The following shot is a long shot of Monroe walking up her path towards the camera, in this shot she will notice that there is someone in her house as a torch light will be flashed across the window.

6.This will then cut to an over-the-shoulder shot of her point of view when she sees the flash from inside her house.

Location Shoot (pictures 1-3)

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The first shot will be a long one of the three burglars (me, Liam and Thomas) running from the lane across the road, with Stella tracking us and turning round to follow our run.

2.The next shot was going to be of the burglars pick locking the door from the doors view but we thought this may be a difficult shot so when we film it will be a shot from the side looking at both the burglars and the door.


3.The third shot is to be of the three burglars opening the door and walking past the camera, as it will be filmed in the darm to keep the realism of a burglary being at night, visibility will be low so we will shine a torch across the camera to make the audience realise and see roughly what is going on.

Change Of Costume

Due to not being able to find or buy a smart business looking costume for Stella's character Monroe, we have had to change it to a sportier look and film her coming out of a gym instead of her coming back from a meeting. We decided to change to this as there is a gym on the road we are filming on anyway and seemed like a good and plausible alternative. Although it is plausible it still doesnt fit to the stereotype of a woman as she generally wouldn't be expected to be going to the gym.

Location shoot

We met up as a group at the location in which we will film. We created a written list of shots that would be in our film and then took pictures from the place the camera will be when we film. So for example we took a picture of a phone becuase there is a shot of a phone ringing in the film. Each of these shots was carefully thought about and are in there to do a certain job.

Initial ideas for filming

1. Burglars running down the road - Tracking from lane
2. Burglars breaking into the house - From the doors perspective
3. Burglars walking into the living room - Shot from armrest on sofa
4. Monroe walking home - Camera tracking feet.
5. Maybe a cut to burglars inside house (Max 2 seconds)
6. Monroe sees a light flashing through the window - Over the shoulder shot
7. Monroe subtly enters house - Camera at the top of the stairs
8. Eye line match of Monroe seeing one of the burglars
9. Burglars says "I think i've got it"
10. Monroe punches the burglar (Blood on burglars head) - Camera in the middle of the room in line with burglar
11. Other burglars push Monroe out of the way - Camera in the same place as number 10
12. Monroe hits her head on the radiator (Sound from hitting stool) - Camera in the same place as number 10
13. Burglars run out of the house - Camera at the top of the stairs
14. Burglars run out of the house and get into the land rover - Camera in the upstairs window
15. Shot of burglars getting in (from inside)
16. Gavins dialogue.
17. Close up of Monroes phone (Mystery name)
18. Camera slowly pans out and then sees Monroes hand pick the phone up.

This is the original idea we came up with for the film. This was discussed as a group and we all contributed our ideas.