Meetings for our Single Camera Production
Thursday 15th of November (All attended)
within this meeting we discussed what we wanted to include in our 5 minute film. Then we produced a mind map of ideas and a structure for the video. We also decided that we need to produce a questionnaire and gain some secondary research so that we can support our ideas and conclude to a final decision within the group.
Monday 26th of November (All attended)
We discussed the shooting schedule and what are roles would be for the filming. This allowed us to spread out our work load and establish what each team member would be doing in order for the production to be less time consuming.
Thursday 6th of December (All attended)
We started filming and discussed various aspects of the shots taken; we looked at the shots taken and seen ways in which we can improve during the next shots, furthermore allowed us to identify out strengths and weaknesses.
Monday 17th of December (All attended)
We finished filming and as a group discussed and planned out our editing process so that we could split the different shots between the groups so that we can edit them. We then separated the areas and provided to each team member.
Dairy Log
Within our production we kept a log of dates that showed the different tasks completed, throughout my planning you will see the completed work for our production alongside the date and what we did during this day. Below from this point will include the different activities taken for the planning and production of our Single Camera Production, within each activity and task carried out will include description of the date and a brief outline of what is completed following the outcome of the day and time spent.
This was done by Syranpreet
Planning
Thursday 15th November
During this day we completed the following, we produced a mind map of ideas on the different genres we could as a group select from, we did this by gaining primary and secondary research. We carried this task on during our free time gaining data and producing graphs to make information more presentable from our question results received.
During this day we completed the following, we produced a mind map of ideas on the different genres we could as a group select from, we did this by gaining primary and secondary research. We carried this task on during our free time gaining data and producing graphs to make information more presentable from our question results received.
Secondary Research Gained:
To further from our ideas and get ideas for our single camera production, and better knowledge of the different approaches we could have take we then decided to gain secondary research to gain better understanding of the different films that gained the interest of individuals, below shows the research gained:
Top Movies of the year - http://www.the-numbers.com/market/
This information gained allowed us to indentify the wide range of genres that we that can be used but also the top movies of each interest, looking at this allowed us to gain better ideas for our production and allowed us to take the next step in generating ideas for our single camera production. Looking at our results gained from our secondary research you are able to see that the there is a wide range of genres, therefore we moved onto then narrowing these to the different genres of our interest.
This was done by Banho and Zahra
Ideas generated for Single Camera Production:
Above shows the different genres that we as a group looked at, furthermore to this we looked which would be easier and which brought us a better advantage in presenting. These were the different genres of and themes of our interest, we narrowed our interests down from our secondary research gained. To further our decision in what we want to do and what idea and genre, we moved onto then collecting our primary research. We did this by doing a questionnaire to gain better understanding from our target market, below shows the questions asked and results gained:
This was done by the whole group
Genre, Ideas & Structure
Monday 19th November 2012
We then gained all our research and initial ideas from this we then decided what genre we were going to do and also made an idea for genre, this was briefly developed by listing the genre we wanted to do and also a list of ideas, furthermore to this we also developed a short amount list for the ideas. We spent around an hour making our decision and making ideas for our production. We decided for the task to be completed to insure that our ideas are all approved and for us to think for 30 minutes individually of the structure for our production. We then gathered around placing all our ideas from together producing a structure to our camera production.
Below includes our decision for the genre and ideas we developed as a group from our research:
· Action/ Crime
· Within the plot there is the equilibrium of the main character living the life he wants, includes, money, cars, girlfriend,
· He quitting the drug business
· Informs the group he’s leaving
· They blame girl and take action and kidnap her.
· he helper is Adam providing the area that they are in
· Get the girl- kills the drug dealer.
This was done by the whole group
Original structure to Single Camera Production
Intro
1. Guy walks on his own – voice over- flashbacks: of his girlfriend and when she got taken – graveyard: the guys smiling and looking down.
2. The name of the film comes up.
3. The date will come up after the name.
4. Primrose park- the couple walks together – the guy picks up his phone and walks off.
5. She walks to the shop – comes out of shop.
Main event
5. Bad people waiting for her in a car - as she comes out the shop- she drops bags
6. The bad people kidnap her and put her in car – long shot: The guy watches from a distance.
7. Shot from the back of the guys as they get in car and drive off- guy looks back at phone.
8. Guy goes home – tries ringing her in his room
9. Scene from car- she struggling, phone falls on floor calling but not picked up.
10. Scene is in the room which girl is trapped- hears voice of girl – screaming,
Ending event
11. Guy takes a moment and looks at the photo frame of him and girl.
12. Walks out the house/ slams door.
13. Helper bumps into him and phone falls – guy sees text
14. Guy knows what he has to do and where he has to go.
15. Sneaks into back, the guys are sitting in the living room- shot of then with door open a bit as the camera peers in.
16. Guy goes upstairs – looks out window to see bad guys in garden.
17. Guy goes downstairs – finds the girl- goes out door- bad guy at front door
18. Couple tries to get away- fight scene
19. Black out- gunshot noise- mystery of who was shot
20. Grave yard scene- sees couple together – standing over grave of bad guy.
The end
This was done by the whole group
Synopsis, Treatment, Mood Board and Story Board
Thursday 22nd November 2012As a group we then produced the synopsis for our single camera production, we did this so that we can gain a better understanding of the story that we should include for our story and creates atmosphere, surrounding and ideas of how the story will be. Furthermore to this we also created a Treatment, Mood Board and the production of a storyboard was made for storyboard, the tasks were started on this date however in the meeting we had on the 26th November by establishing our roles we separated the tasks between us to produced our documents.
Synopsis
Its 10.00am on a gloomy wet Monday morning. We meet Shak, a tall handsome young man who walks solemnly through a quiet empty graveyard. He looks up as he approaches a grave and kneels down and places a single rose on a grave.
Shak has a flashback. Shak and an attractive female walk hand in hand through a park on a bright day; they are laughing and smiling at each other’s conversation. They stroll towards the exit of the park when Shak receives a phone call. He stops and turns away from his partner to answer the call. She continues to the steps at the exit and sits to wait for him to finish his call. She pulls out her mobile phone and stares down at the screen. Two men emerge from the exit and run up behind her.
They throw a bag over head and pull her of the bar. She screams for help but Shak is too late and shouts in desperation No! Shak ventures out to find her as he is left with a message indicating the kidnap. He goes to collect the sum of money needed for her retrieval. We are taken to a mysterious door as a knock is made and the bag is placed outside with no figure but the hand being shown. Shak takes the bag he reaches the allocated spot of pick up to find himself lashing out at the boss which inflicts into a fight. Ceez and Steel turn their backs on The Boss as they take the money and run. Words are exchanged by Shak and The Boss about Ceez and steel that reveals their bond and partnership.
Shak's angry causes him to think irrationally as he pulls out a gun and faces it at the Boss. Warning is made; the trigger is pulled. Shak's ruthless decision sees the end of Rose as she suddenly appears from the car. In seconds of his relief the Boss pulls the trigger to activate the car explosion. This reveals the identities of the mystery characters at the graveyard to the audience.
This was done by Bahno
Treatment
Treatment
Our single camera production genre is crime and action based. The main themes are love, betrayal and deceit, which will gain interest of our target audience. The production will be aimed towards teenagers and young adults (between 12-25) and is set in an urban environment. The target audience is able to relate to the main production of the single drama as it is an anti drug morality, which provides a warning for those whom may inhabit with this aspect of living.
Characters are aged between 16 to 18 years old, the hero being Shaky who is trying to escape the evil lifestyle. The lead character is Strong and brave, his disruptive behavior causes a stir between the other individuals in the group. He decides to depart from the drug lifestyle and aims to head off to Spain with his girlfriend Rose. His potential in the business of drugs threatens the rest of the group's success. The villain known as The Boss who is furious of Shak's decisions in departing Coventry, with greed he sets his own plans in preventing this with blackmail and revenge. He ventures out to Kidnap Rose the damsel-in-distress. She is tangled with the danger for love and the blame she gets for driving shaky out of the Coventry.
The film will be a Low-Budget action based movie, and the focus will be placed in creating the effects required, lighting and camera work will express the atmosphere and lifestyles of the group. The acting will complement well to the Low Budget production, as it will portray the relationships of the characters making the storyline easy to understand.
We are producing a short Crime/action and romance based film, which will be filmed in Coventry; the main locations are Saint Peters Church Graveyard, Primrose Hill Park and an individual's house.
This was done by Bahno and Zahra
Mood Board
Mood Board
This was done by Bahno
Thursday 29th November 2012
As a group we then moved onto by making aware the locations we are including, with a quick explanation to why, we then also made auditions for our actors to see whom to select from, within this task we had a wide range of individuals and we then narrowed them down to suit our single camera production. Moving on we also looked the props that will be used within our production and also a risk assessment for when going out and doing the production work. We also produced risk assessments and a shooting script to prepare us in advance to the production and also we made a script for our production.
Locations
We have selected the three locations of Saint Peters Church, Primrose Hill Park, Car Park near an individual's house as they are all near each other and not very far away. This will mean that production in terms of camera production will be less time consuming as the locations and distances are easy to get to.
Location 1 – Saint Peter Church (Graveyard)
The use of Saint Peters Church within our production is that the opening as it fits in with our storyboard. It has building, which also includes a small memorial with gravestones that we are able to use in our production. It is based in Coventry and is considerable near to the other locations therefore making the placement very appropriate within our production.
It includes a graveyard and this will be the best place to record our production, this area with the scenery allows a great opportunity to create an atmosphere. The characters will be introducing themselves within the production as mystery identities. By having gloomy settings it will allow build on the mystery aspect.
Location 2 – Primrose Hill Pathway & Park
This is the primrose hill street we will use to record Shak going to retrieve the money; this is a great place to record, as it is minutes away from the park from the earlier scene. In addition the narrow path can show the struggle that Shak goes through to get the money from the mystery man.
You are able to see below the location selected to record the kidnap scene within our production we have selected this area, as it is a friendly environment, which Shak and rose are at. The element of surprise is better to take place in the park as it makes it unexpected therefore making our production more dramatic.
The path way will show where the Shak and Rose walking towards the stairs, creating a fun atmosphere. They will be giggling and laughing before the separation takes place at the end of the stairs.
This is the pathway where Shak and Rose will be walking before she gets kidnapped. This angle of shoot will hint out this sense of danger. We can feel this danger as the camera is creeping out towards the characters.
You are able see below the area where Rose will get kidnapped; this is at the end of the park and the steps to get out. The reason for the use of this specific area within the production is because it creates Irony. This being that as soon as she is about to leave the park and the fun atmosphere she will be facing towards danger.
Near Individuals House
This is where the scene of exchange of the bag of money for Rose, it includes the scene for rose death and the fighting that takes between the Boss and Shak.
This was done by Shamin
Actors
Within the production for our film we decided to insure that are production is at satisfactory level. For the roles allocated within our production we gained audition to allow the right actor to be used within our production. Below shows our top 4 actors of choice:
The Hero
One of the characters we had an audition from is
Props
This was done by Syranpreet
Risk Assessment
Shooting Schedule
This was done by Zahra
Original Script including Mise-en Scene and Overview
We as a group produced a script that we will use within our production, we outlined the char actors and made this script to prompts us during the production of the single camera production. This script was provided to both the group and the actors so that everyone was aware of what will be required of them. For us this was a great tool in organising the production done.
Mise-n-scene
Shaukat - Shak: jeans and jacket
Syran - Rose: jeans, parka and black shoes
Sahedul- Boss
Anhar - Steel Black hoodie and jeans with any trainers
Kamiul - Cezz Black hoodie and jeans with any trainers
Over view of each character
Shak: (Shak is manly, strong and brave)
Shak is the main character who’s is in a relationship with Rose and saves Rose from the drug dealers.
Rose: (Rose is soft and kind)
Rose Is the damsel in distress who is kidnapped and saved by her boyfriend Shak.
Boss: (Boss is harsh, mean and ruthless)
Boss is the villain who kidnaps rose and blackmails Shak.
Steel and Cezz: (Steel and Cezz are gullible, strong and feeble minded)
Steel and Cezz are the henchmen of Boss, they help kidnap Rose.
This was done by Syranpreet.
Locations for shooting
Graveyard scene: saint peter’s church graveyard- for opening scene.
Primrose park: kidnap scene- main event
Outside of Shamim’s house: rescue and fighting scene – finale
This was done by the whole group.
Script scene one (Description – opening scene – graveyard)
Graveyard
Voice over of thoughts
Shak: I’ve done some bad things in my life. That’s all behind me, well I thought. I said I was out, but, they didn’t take that lightly. (Smirk) Its time to pay my respects.
Title and date
Script scene two (Description – kidnap scene.)
(Shak and Rose hand in hand walking up the pathway, talking and giggling)
(Voice over) Both: (Giggling)
(Holding hands shot, face shot)
Rose: Can’t wait to go.
Shak: Have you packed for Spain?
Rose: Hmm, yeaaah.
Shak: Isit everything or half of it (sarcasm)
Both: (Giggling)
(Shak’s phone rings.)
Shak: Hold on, lemme take this.
(Walks off answers his phone)
Rose: Ok, I’m over here.
(Split screen: Shak’s phone rings. He answers his phone and walks off. Rose continues walking up the stairs. Split screen ends)
Shak: (shouts aggressively) NO!
(Rose looks back for a second with curiosity. Suddenly she screams as she is grabbed and taken)
Rose: (shouts with fear) SHAK! HELP!
(Shak hears rose’s cry for help. He turns around quickly in shock. He runs up towards the end of the stairs and is left to find rose’s phone on the floor. Pan shot of him looking around. Bends down and picks up the phone. Zoom in of message on rose’s phone. Message says ‘Rose?… money. 8pm. Spot. Be there.’)
Shak: (head in hands. Reads the text. Panting heavily.) FUCK SAKE! ARRRRRR!
[Fade out]
Script scene three (Description – rescue/fighting scene)
(Takes his phone out of his pocket. Calls his friend Adam.)
Shak: Yo… I need your help. Its urgent. You got my money. I need it now. I’m coming.
(Running on his way to Adams house.)
Voice over of thoughts:
Shak: Shit… this is all of my fault. Soon as I get the money its over.
(Runs to Adams house. Knocks on the door. Turns around to look away. Finds money on the floor in a rucksack. Picks it up and takes the money.)
[Cut scene]
(He is at the spot. Boss, Cezz and Steel are standing in a line in front of him.)
Shak: Take it! (throws rucksack on floor.)
Boss: laughs (smirking)
Shak: Where is she?
Boss: Why did you leave Shak? We could’ve had it all. Been partners. Was the money not good enough for you? Was I not good enough? (Laughs)
Shak: WHERE IS SHE? I DON’T WANT TO PLAY ANY GAMES ANYMORE! (Shouting with anger)
Boss: why would you want that slag anyway. That slag took you away from us and the great things you could’ve had. You could’ve had it all.
(Shak goes face to face with boss and grips him by the color.)
Shak: I’m not going to ask you again (aggressively)
Boss: (Laughs in Shaks face.)
(Shak throws the first punch at Boss. Boss punches him back. Cezz and Steel come and take the rucksack.)
Cezz: Take the bag, Take the bag.
Steel: Take the money, let’s go.
(Boys pick up the rucksack and run off.)
Shak: Where’s your boys now (pulls gun out and faces it towards the boss)
Boss: (Music start playing slowly) You don’t want to do this, this is the end.
(Shak reaches to pull the trigger as Boss pulls forward the remote trigger to activate the explosion of the bomb. The song plays while rose is screaming and kicking as Shak pulls the trigger. The boss presses the activation button and an explosion takes place. Shak turns around to realize that Rose was in the car the whole time. Shak screams with disbelief.)
Production Draft 1
Changes required in the video:
Looking at the video we decided as a group that we need to improve aspects within the video, we started by looking at the common areas and decided on the following improvements as a group:
Looking at the video we decided as a group that we need to improve aspects within the video, we started by looking at the common areas and decided on the following improvements as a group:
- Title used needs to be adjusted
- The ending is very cheesy and unprofessional and needs to be adjusted
- The ending can have a narrative to sum up the story and this shows consistency within our work as it is being used in beginning and end
- The visual effects
