Props and location

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The Props

Story Board

--The flashbacks will be playing in slow motion and will have blacked out edges portyred on the story board with scribbles at the edges.

-- The main charcter will be holding an army bag and coat with black boots and jeans.

Mood board !

This mood board with pictures from varios films to shows my inspiration and ideas for my film.

Questionaiires

From my questionaiires which i have not been able to upload for technology reasons have shown me that poeple prefer a fast action paced opening sequence, relating to this point is the second question becuase most poeples favourite war genre film is saving private ryan(has a fast action packed opening)
I also discoverd that peoples favourite war sub genre was relating to true storys and finally the publics favourite destination for a war film to be set was in a rural location such as forests.

Textual Anaylisis 3 = Windtalkers

The opening scene consists of a close up of a flowing river surface which is then turned red by blood and finally a body floats past the camera this tells the audience straight away the type of film this is going to be which is a war film this can also be supported by the uniform and props the dead man is wearing and furthermore you can here the ambient sound of guns and explosions typically found in the war genre. Almost immediatly after the body there is a medium shot of the main character (Nicolas cage) shooting into the bushes across the river. The body was wearing the same uniform as cage's character which could mean that they are having trouble and are starting to lose the fight. the camera then pans across to the rest of the squad so we are introduced to more caracters whilst establishing more of the jungle setting also at this point there is another explosion in the background. There is a tense atmosphere because there is lots of smoke around so you cant see very far but there is also no music playing just the war ambience and the occasianl explosion to maybe make the audince jump which in turn then puts the audince into the characters shoes. Then the enemy soldiers start to attack at this point there is still no music put the pace of the editing does pick up to make it seem more chaotic and fast paced which is very common in the war genre. there are also some close ups of the charcters looking around this makes them come across as dazed or confused or in a war genre case it would make them come across as shell shocked or something similar.

Textual Analysis 2 = Rambo , First Blood

The opening scene of rambo fist blood consists of rambo walking(from a longshot ) on his own in the cold towards the camera (which is very similar to what i want in my film) with cars going past him this makes the audience feel that everybody has rejected him even though he has fought for there country.The sound in the scene has been kept diegetic as there are only noises are the assing cars . The editing is also very slow as there isnt much action to keep up with. The characters performance is kept very low key and emotionless as that is what he is trying to portray throught the film. the scene shows how his country have cast him aside after he quits the army which is similar to the idea of my film.
The mise-en-scen is kept very simple and is just a road with a car going past every now and then there is also a man walking ,Rambo, wearing what looks to be military clothes which tells the audience that he is or was once part of the army, the emptyness of the mise-en-scen could support the fact that he has now been rejected by the army and now lives alone which is why there is no life in the sequence.
The editing mainly consists of long takes which sets the slow pace for the rest of the sequence the slow pace because he's lived a life full of action and now all he wants to do is live peacefully,represented by slow editing using long takes.

Textual Anaylisis 1 = Saving Private Ryan

Saving private ryan begins with the action sequence of storming the beach on D-day. straight away this shows the audience thaty the film is going to be violent and establishes the scene and atmosphere of the scene.this opening sequence follows the generic conventions for both the action genre and war sub genre of fast paced editing and lots of camera wobble (signifying explosions and panic)with lots of bullet noise and generel war ambience, there are also guns and explosions which are expected of the war genre and are typicall for the action genre. This sequence also establishes the main character it does this by focusing on him and showing the scene from his perpective. The end of the sequence shows the camera pan down to a soldiers back labeled pvt ryan which then opens the plot of thew film.

The mise-en-scene in the opening scne is of a french beach with lots of metal obstacles littering the beach this is because it was trying to resemble the normandy invasion and its trying to be as true to its form as possible. There are also lots of boats floating in the backgorund.the costumes and props are those that would have been used in the actual invasaion so once again the film could show the real as it happend to a certain degree.

The sound used consists of both diegetic and non-diegetic with a strong abient sound. ther are plenty of explosions and gunshots with lots of shouting this builds up the chaos and panic that the soldiers are experiencing this again has been done to try and show the hard times that the soldeirs faced during the real thing.There has also been a lot of asynchronus sound added.

The sequnce has been heabily edited using lots of short takes and few transitions other than clear cuts they have also added in a lot post production sound.

Finally the camera work is following the generic conventions of both action films and war films by using lots of camera eyes( in the eyes of the soldier) and close ups to show the expression and emotion that is on the faces of the soldiers to make the audience feel for them.

Feedback from ideas presentation.

--I was told my film needs a clearer narrative.

-- I was also asked how i would show the flashbacks differing form the present times.

-- To start with i fixed the narrative by creating a deeper story and clear purpose.

--I have also found out how i will differ the past from the present, the past/ flashbacks will be shown with blacked out edges and in slow motion as opposed to the present being shown in normal modes.