MAIN Post 12: Evaluation Introduction

MAIN Post 11: Final Opening Sequence

MAIN Post 10: Post-production

MAIN Post 9: Production

At the start of the project we made our choose on what genre we would be doing by the way the questionnaire was answered, we found out that comedy and action was the most popular. Because of this and the fact that we are a group of 2 boys and 2 girls we felt that the final outcome would work for us as a  Action Comedy. This allowed us to spelt the Target audience so that we could bring two groups together to get a wider audience so the film would be a hit. We felt that this would benefit us in the long run if we were all happy with the genre that we based our film on.

 

After sending out questionnaires we felt that it was important to investigate on our chosen genre. We watched opening sequences of films such as The Hangover, clips of Project X, Hot Fuzz and 21 Jump Street. After watching the opening sequences we became aware of the factors needed to attract an audience to a film. The Hangover demonstrated a comedy factor in the opening sequence, following typical conventions such as opening titles and names of the cast and crew. The Hangover seems exciting with the choice of location and the well known actors which create a buzz. We knew that we wouldn't be able to have well known actors but we knew we could have actors that the audience could recognise and connect to in different ways.

Although we knew what our film was going to be like we faced difficulties when it came to actually filming our film, we came across issues such as the following:-

• Finding moments to film - we decided we wanted to film at someones house to build up the party atmosphere. This led us to come across complications as we had to find transport to the house along with being organised with all of our filming equipment, we also had to find time in the day when we were all able to find time to go.

• Ensuring we had 'extras' to be in our film - this was hard as this meant that we sometimes had to film at night so we are able to create the party atmosphere so it was a realistic depiction and also so we were able to get people there at the same time.

• Having to re film - we had to re film a couple of times. After filming and watching our footage back we felt unsatisfied with editing it and decided it would benefit us in the long run to re film. We made silly errors such as cutting actors out of the frame it was hard to re film cause we had to come across the issues previously faced again. 

 

MAIN Post 8: Pre-production documentation

Synopsis of whole film:-  The film is based around an unpopular teenage girl who holds a large party in an attempt to gain popularity, however as the night unfolds a close friend of hers dies and several others go missing. The film shows the seemingly amazing party unfold before the morning after reveals the missing people and deal with the died body before the parents return.

Synopsis of opening sequence:- The opening sequence begins in a trashed garden with one person waking up the morning after the party and questioning what happened the night before. The film then cuts to just hours before the party is due to begin and follows several people as they prepare to get ready for the party. As a small group arrive at the house and the door opens, the title will appear across the screen.

Risk Assessment:

Alcohol - The consumption of alcohol by the actors in the film means that the entire process of filming carries dangers because of health risks and troubles with coordinated movements such as walking.

Setting - parts of the film include using the stairs for filming, this puts both the cameraman and the actors used at danger because a fall could cause serious injury.

Activities - For one clip in the film, a game of darts is shown to be played, though we plan to take maximum precautions when handling the darts, there is a possibility of harm if someone were to be hit by a dart.

Lighting - To improve the quality of our filming we plan to use artificial lighting, though there is little chance of these catching fire it is a possibility in which case they carry a risk.

Crew list -
Jordan Mann: Camera, editing and acting
Georgia Lythaby: Camera, editing and acting
Lily Hawkins: Acting
Ryan Peach: Acting
Shot List:-

Storyboard:-

Location Reece:-

script:-

MAIN Post 7 - Focus Group

MAIN Post 6: History of your chosen genre

The history of comedy films has varied as the technology has involved. Ever since movies gained popularity in the early 1900s, filmmakers realised we love to laugh just as much as we love on-screen drama. Early comedy films were silent and relied upon the actors' talents with timing and physical theatre to get a rise out of the viewers. Technology involved allowing the film makers to get across comedy in a different way, they can now do it through animations and also through more props.

Comedy has grown into a vital genre that people enjoy. Below are the most common sub-genres of the comedy.

• Comedy of manners - A satire on the lifestyles of the social class

• Dark comedy - Based on taboo subjects such as murder or war.

• Fish out of water - The main character finds himself in a strange environment, such as gender-swapping roles or a rural chap in the big city (Crocodile Dundee).

• Gross-out films - Another popular style of comedy film in recent years, these movies focus on toilet humour and are often aimed at younger audiences.

• Parodies and spoofs - One of the most common types of comedies, these films satirise other genres or classic films with sarcasm and mockery.

• Romantic comedy - A comedy centred around a developing relationships.

• Screwball comedy - Most popular in the early days of films, screwball comedies are the most difficult sub-genre to define. They usually involve wacky, almost unbelievable situations and include lots of physical humour.

In addition to the above sub-genres, comedy is often merged with other types of film to produce sci-fi comedies, action comedies, by doing this they can attracted a different audience.

Post 5a: Macro/Micro analysis of an opening sequence from your genre.

Here you have a video of me explaining the opening seen of The Dilemma, it this clip I will be talking about sound, camera work and editing.

 

This next viedo clip will be me explaing the same areas but for the opening sequence of the 21 jump street>

MAIN Post 5 - Title Timeline.

The time line below is for rush hour 3 which I did with Jordan as it enabled us to be able to get and understanding as a group.

MAIN Post 4b - Narrative / Character Research

To help me I had to research how to make a character that the audience would relate to and how to make them realistic. I found a website that helped be with all of this and allowed me to create my characters. The link is below:-

http://www.writing-world.com/screen/film3.shtml

MAIN Post 4a - Plot Development

MAIN Post 4 - Group Meeting

We thought that we need a group meeting to be able to get all our views across and be able to agree on what type of action comedy we will be making. One of the things we discussed as a group was that our opening sequence wouldn't be your typical car chase and fighting but we would make the actions side more realistic and at points funny.

After we discuss about the type of action comedy we want we went onto the idea stage, the ideas that we come up with was: -

• Party.
• Teenagers.
• Out of control.
• People missing and one death.

We put all these ideas together to get that it would be a teenage girl who had a party which is a large party to gain popularity and be known around school, but there is a twist where people get drunk and out of control and people go missing and one dies. The story line is two girls waking up and trying to remember the night before and trying to deal with the death and find the missing friends.