I managed to get the first scene filmed and hopefully it will all be salvagable footage that I can use so I can start testing my editing technique. I have also completed my animatic of the storyboard.
I am going to try and start editing my footage on Tuesday.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The Fun Begins.
I have finished my storyboard and I am begining to make it into an animatic with the effects and the music included to get a sense of the timing. I have also been researching how to do the editing technique I want to use on Adobe Premier. I have found these.
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I have begun filming tonight and have the footage for the first scene already recorded. I will hopefully get the thrid scene done later on in the week and then the second scene later on in the month. I am happy with the footage filmed and will be able to have a test edit when I am back at college.
I have also wrote my screenplay for the sequence I am filming.
INT. ANA’S ROOM. NIGHT.
A hand holding a gun comes onto screen. The gun fires.
ANA
(voice over)
It’s hot as hell. One of those sticky summer nights. Never pictured it as my last. The dame filling my room with the sweet smell of Virginia Slims is the Mayors number one squeeze and the force behind my abrupt departure. She had pins as deadly as the heat she packed and was the most ruthless broad ever to stand at the Mayors side. As soon as I put my finger on what was happening she put her finger on the trigger. I’ve done some dumb things. I never thought finding the ‘Black Lace Killer’ was going to be one of them but, I guess I was wrong. Mother always told me New York was a dangerous place; she didn’t know the half of it. Corruption runs through this city like raw sewage in underground pipes, bringing with it the cloying scent of decay. You turn the wrong corner in this city and it could be your last. Tell the truth, you’re dead as soon as it leaves your lips. And just before I bit the big one, all I could think was ‘You’ve come a long way, baby’.’
EXT. STREETS. NIGHT.
A view through the window of a car moving through town.
EXT. CRANBROOK AVENUE. NIGHT.
ANA has just got out of her car. She begins walking down the street. She pulls out her mobile phone and calls her boss DOLPH.
ANA
(urgently)
Dolph, it’s Ana. Call me back, it’s urgent!
ANA puts the phone away and turns her head as if hearing a noise. She ignores it and continues walking at a faster pace. She turns her head again sure she heard someone behind her.
ANA
(voice over)
I was being followed.
She begins walking again even quicker.
POLICE OFFICER
(shouting)
STOP!
ANA begins running now.
ANA
(voice over)
I wasn’t naïve enough to stop, with what I know the police are the last people I could trust.
ANA has reached the corner to get to the back entrance of her house. She runs around the corner and pulls keys from her bag as she does so.
ANA
(voice over)
I needed to get out of there.
ANA fumbles with the keys. She opens the gate and locks the gate again.
and
I have begun filming tonight and have the footage for the first scene already recorded. I will hopefully get the thrid scene done later on in the week and then the second scene later on in the month. I am happy with the footage filmed and will be able to have a test edit when I am back at college.
I have also wrote my screenplay for the sequence I am filming.
INT. ANA’S ROOM. NIGHT.
A hand holding a gun comes onto screen. The gun fires.
ANA
(voice over)
It’s hot as hell. One of those sticky summer nights. Never pictured it as my last. The dame filling my room with the sweet smell of Virginia Slims is the Mayors number one squeeze and the force behind my abrupt departure. She had pins as deadly as the heat she packed and was the most ruthless broad ever to stand at the Mayors side. As soon as I put my finger on what was happening she put her finger on the trigger. I’ve done some dumb things. I never thought finding the ‘Black Lace Killer’ was going to be one of them but, I guess I was wrong. Mother always told me New York was a dangerous place; she didn’t know the half of it. Corruption runs through this city like raw sewage in underground pipes, bringing with it the cloying scent of decay. You turn the wrong corner in this city and it could be your last. Tell the truth, you’re dead as soon as it leaves your lips. And just before I bit the big one, all I could think was ‘You’ve come a long way, baby’.’
EXT. STREETS. NIGHT.
A view through the window of a car moving through town.
EXT. CRANBROOK AVENUE. NIGHT.
ANA has just got out of her car. She begins walking down the street. She pulls out her mobile phone and calls her boss DOLPH.
ANA
(urgently)
Dolph, it’s Ana. Call me back, it’s urgent!
ANA puts the phone away and turns her head as if hearing a noise. She ignores it and continues walking at a faster pace. She turns her head again sure she heard someone behind her.
ANA
(voice over)
I was being followed.
She begins walking again even quicker.
POLICE OFFICER
(shouting)
STOP!
ANA begins running now.
ANA
(voice over)
I wasn’t naïve enough to stop, with what I know the police are the last people I could trust.
ANA has reached the corner to get to the back entrance of her house. She runs around the corner and pulls keys from her bag as she does so.
ANA
(voice over)
I needed to get out of there.
ANA fumbles with the keys. She opens the gate and locks the gate again.
Monday, 19 October 2009
I have begun storyboarding and I'm close to completing the storyboard. I'm also in the process of writting out the scene structure so I know how it should run narratively. I have also begun scripting my piece using the hardboiled language and I am begingin to layout the screeplay version as I continue writing.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Aims and Context
I am creating a short opening sequence for a film. My target audience is late teen to middle aged, both genders (although crime/comic films are more aimed at males this one has a lead female role which will appeal to women) and who are interested in crime films, classic film noir or comic style films.
The genre is based around film noir, which has roots in German Expressionist cinematography, and has very set stylistic aspects. I am going for a neo-noir genre, that is close to the style of ‘Sin City’ by Robert Rodrigruez following their style on the use of isolated colour editing.
I aim to use my previous learning from FM1 about cinematography to combine the basic elements and conventions of the film noir genre and the comic book genre without making the sequence look like two styles put together.
I am directing the piece so have been researching some film noir directors such as; Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Billy Wilder to get inspiration from their styles of directing.
I have started decided the structure of my scene also and I am going to begin stroyboarding my piece soon.
The genre is based around film noir, which has roots in German Expressionist cinematography, and has very set stylistic aspects. I am going for a neo-noir genre, that is close to the style of ‘Sin City’ by Robert Rodrigruez following their style on the use of isolated colour editing.
I aim to use my previous learning from FM1 about cinematography to combine the basic elements and conventions of the film noir genre and the comic book genre without making the sequence look like two styles put together.
I am directing the piece so have been researching some film noir directors such as; Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Billy Wilder to get inspiration from their styles of directing.
I have started decided the structure of my scene also and I am going to begin stroyboarding my piece soon.
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