This week we intended to confirm and complete our titles by getting a friend who does high quality graffiti to write them out for us. We then planned to scan the titles in and insert them into various parts of our sequence.
To sum the titles situation up, it has gone pretty bad. As per usual the friend we selected to help us out with the titles is either very busy or just plain lazy and as a consequence we have not completed them.
However through attempting to complete them we have managed to come up with the different titles we will be using and also targeted a selected amount of time to display titles in the clip in order to allow enough screen time for our footage. This information can be found on the 'Titles' post.
As a result of not getting the titles completed, we are not going to panic and rush to get them sorted but leave them for another week - during which we will be finding ways of getting round this problem whilst fosucing on other aspects of the opening sequence.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Pre-Production: Production Log Week 5
This week we focused on aspects such as the monologue and locations for shooting.
Our idea of a monologue running throughout the trailer was influenced by the film 'Trainspotting.'
Our main character will be speaking about his life whilst a variation of cut up clips are shown throughout the majority of the 2 minute sequence.
Together we both came up with our own brief couple of paragraphs to get an idea of what the monologue would be sounding like from both of our point of views. Although we have still not come up with the final piece, our ideas are strong and focused. Now all we must do is wait until the sequence is fully edited and adapt our monologue to the plot of the opening to ensure a clear connotation of themes and ideas.
After thinking of as many different locations locally as possible we came up with two final ideas, one which was a dark alley way with some graffiti and liter etc. However the lighting was not good enough to sustain a clear image throughout each shot unless we had majorly expensive lighting equipment which would not be suitable for our brief as it is out of our budget.
This led on to us finding a new location locally, which was hassle as our actors were fairly inpatient and annoyed by the fact that this meant a five minute walk! However, we did make it and it was worth it as the location was perfect in terms of its natural lighting, mise-en-scene including tonnes of graffiti and general grittiness that we were looking for. (shown below)
Our idea of a monologue running throughout the trailer was influenced by the film 'Trainspotting.'
Our main character will be speaking about his life whilst a variation of cut up clips are shown throughout the majority of the 2 minute sequence.
After thinking of as many different locations locally as possible we came up with two final ideas, one which was a dark alley way with some graffiti and liter etc. However the lighting was not good enough to sustain a clear image throughout each shot unless we had majorly expensive lighting equipment which would not be suitable for our brief as it is out of our budget.
This led on to us finding a new location locally, which was hassle as our actors were fairly inpatient and annoyed by the fact that this meant a five minute walk! However, we did make it and it was worth it as the location was perfect in terms of its natural lighting, mise-en-scene including tonnes of graffiti and general grittiness that we were looking for. (shown below)
Production Log - Week 5
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This is our production schedule. Changes will be made if there are any problems or editing with the schedule.
Pre-Production: Recci Shots
Recci Shots
This is a typical location of an abandoned building in Crystal Palace where a squat rave would take place. This is somewhere we may record.
This is what a rave would look like inside. This rave is quite a big one and therefore has a lot of expensive decor and lighting. Such as the big arch on the main stage and big flame lights.
Pre-Production: Titles
Titles
For our titles we have commissioned a friend to write all of them out in a typical graffiti style, such as the one shown below. However ours will be much clearer. To show these we will be scattering drug paraphernalia around them and taking photos. These are two main themes of our film and we're very happy that out titles will be communicating them strongly.
We plan to have each title displayed for around 2.5 seconds with the exception of the title which is currently undecided. This means out credits will take up a total of around 27 seconds screen time, leaving us with around 1 and a half minutes for film footage.
We plan to have each title displayed for around 2.5 seconds with the exception of the title which is currently undecided. This means out credits will take up a total of around 27 seconds screen time, leaving us with around 1 and a half minutes for film footage.
List of Titles:
- HalfOunce Presents
- A MainFilm Production
- Directed by David Salisbury
- Starring James McRoy
- Elliot Saunders
- Harry O'Connor
- And introducing Ross Garside
- Music By ReecaA
- "Title Of The Film" TBC
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