Story Board

My finished story bored which i will use to get all the footage i need. I have done this so i do not forget any important shots and hopefully ill be able to do it all on one day with no re shoots.

Music Video Exercise

On Tuesday, October 12, 2010 we began our music video exercise, were we watched the tenacious d video of the song tribute. In a group of 3 we then attempted to remake the first minuet of the music video. The reason why we did this is because it shows us the importance of camera angles in the video which will help us when we come to do our film. We would also be editing the video using Final Cut Pro and so this exercise is good for learning the basics. So when i come to edit my real product i will not be learning from scratch.

Planning

Today i finished my first draft of my story board. This includes all the shots i need to film for the the first two minuets of my film. I have done this so that on my day of filming i get all the footage i need so that there is no need for a re shoot. I have worked out all the sounds and lighting i need on the draft storyboard. There is a few more shoots that i have added to my project that are not in my treatment sheet.  I will now create the real storyboard. I better be of to do it now....

Preliminary Exercise

This is my Preliminary Exercise
Here I demonstrate the 180 degree rule, match on action and also shot reverse shot.

Treatment Sheet

This is the treatment sheet that i have made for the project. Here i have brefly described the camera angle and also what can be heared during the frame. This helps me as it makes me think about all the props that i am going to need to get hold of, also starting to think about efects and sound effects. This is the stage before a more detailed plan by drawing a story bord.

Planning - Lesson 1

Today was the start of the beginning stage of my planning stage of my project. I started by telling the rest of my class my initial idea. The idea that i told the rest of the class was about a gang doing a drug deal, there is a new gang member and this would be his first job. We would see the gang driving to the meet point and see this new gang member getting increasingly more anxious about the deal. Then this new guy would have a vision of the deal going wrong, the final scene that will be seen is the deal just about to happen before it goes wrong like in the vision. I told the class of a few ideas about camera angles that i wanted to use such as an extreme close up of the new gang member holding a gun, him shacking, also i told them about how i wanted to film from out side the car and have the camera strapped to the front bumper.
The the rest of my class told me what they thought about it, the majority of the class liked my idea. They suggested that i thought about music to go along with the scene or maybe even having a monologue. They also highlighted how important it was that i picked actor who 'looked the part'. This also made me start to think about the props i would need. To make this idea work i would need to find 2black sedans such as a BMW's or Mercedes.
This is my first idea and i am still open to change my idea if i feel i cannot make this idea work effectively.