why i chose media studies

i chose media studies to gain a insight into the media industry and in the future be able to obtain a media career with the qualification that i would have gained . Also i have taken other visual media courses.

Monday, 10 January 2011

Filming Dates and filming order

--I wont be able to say what dates i will go and fiulm because it would probally be weather dependant but it would most likelly be on saturdays or sundays when my helpers and actors would be available.
--To start with i will film the scenes that dont need any helpers which are the first few flashbacks. Then i will film the scenes that only require a camera man and actor followed by filming the scenes with camera man and multiple actors

Shot List

--Panning out from the bushes.
--Very long shot.
-- (Flashback) Close up.
-- Long shot.
-- (Flashback) Close up.
--Medium Shot.
-- (Flashback) medium/long shot.
--Panning shot + close up + long shot.
-- (Flashback) close up.
--Low angle + medium/long shot.
-- (Flashback) 2 shot +medium shot.
-- (Flashback) 2 shot + close up.
--(Flashback) Close up.
-- Long shot .
-- (Flashback) Medium/long shot + pull focus.
--(Flashback) very long shot, looking through a telescopic scope.
-- Long shot.
--Close up.

Actors and Responsibilities.

--I wont need many actors for my film most of the scenes i will be playing the main character however there may be one or to shots where i will have some one else play the main charcter so that i could get the desired camera technique for that scene.
--There are 2 shots that do have actors in wchich i will use my two friends (Lewis and Jordan) to act and i will use the camera because in this case the camera work is more essential as opposed to the acting.
-- When i am acting however it would be because the acting part would be more important than the camera, so i can just show my camera man(Lewis) what i intend for that scene and he can follow instructions .

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

MUSIC+ garage band

The music is still undecided at this point due to the copyright restriction, i do know that it will be slow paced to go with the emotional side of the sequence.

I have recently been searching on youtube for uncopyrighted bands/artists and have decided on music played by either the bag pipes or pan pipes which both relate to the emotional side of war especially bag pipes which are commonly played at funerals

We used garage band to try and create music for my video as we were not allowed to use copyrighted music. I had combined two pre-made loops to create a great relaxing tune that contains an emotional asset that may link into my are drama genre. cool tune.

AGE RATING and TARGET AUDIENCE

If the film were to be produced it would achieve a rating of 15 from both the BBFC and the film censors office this would be because it would contain mild threat (the situation in a war) and it would also contain violence as is the problem with war however really bad language will kept to a minimum which is why it will only be a 15.

The target audience is going to be teenagers up to adults and as rubicam and young theory would describe them as 'explorers' this is because poeple watching films of this genre want to discover more about the idea behind the film. The large target audience would be because my research tells me that lots of older as well as younger poeple enjoy the war genre.

SCRIPT


There will be no dialogue in this opening sequence there will however be a voice over

voice over will go something like this = They used to call me major Eastwood...

I've served this country for 15 years...

I've fought in places you aint never even heard of...

I've seen it allI've seen the blood and fear war brings....

I've served this country for 15 years..

And now ,.. now I've be cast aside, rejected from society

This is my story.

(Subject to change if needed to)

CHARACTERS

There will be few characters in the opening sequence as it is supposed to show how alone and rejected the soldier is supposed to be however there will be a long shot that would be filmed though a telescopic scope with two characters talking to each other other than that i will only need the one actor.