I will ask the san, when we may shoot the first sequence. Still wondering, if I need a permission for fiming at the roundabout.
I still try to improve the script. It's pretty good actually...
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Monday, 26 January 2009
Titles...
Currently I am designing the titles for the introduction.
I'll keep everything very plain, I already developed a fade for the lettres.
The typography is HURTMOLD MD 80pt.
I'll keep everything very plain, I already developed a fade for the lettres.
The typography is HURTMOLD MD 80pt.
Friday, 23 January 2009
Script:
San - Int - Evening/Day
John lies in an artificial coma on his bed.
After some time Henry starts speaking.
Henry:
So how is his state?
Harry:
Bad. Catastrophic for being more exact.
The audience sees the BP and HR devices beeping.
A moment of silence.
Danny:
Do you still have objections concerning our rescue plan?
Main gate - Night - CCTV
A lorry rolls past the gate and disappears in the dark of the night.
Fade to black, Fade to silence.
San - Int - Evening/Day
The three boys are still standing around the bed.
Henry:
What is it?
He looks at Danny.
Danny:
You mean the disease? … Guillan Barré.
Silence.
Harry & Danny:
You were right… We should start before it´s too late.
Fade to black.
Main Campus road - Dawn - Ext
Danny, Henry and Harry walk down the street.
Fade to black, introducing titles. Behind the titles CU’s of precious canvas’ appear.
Hand in gloves sample the frames.
“MUTED FEAR”
Bench - Ext - Day
Harry and Danny are sitting on the bench at the roundabout when Henry arrives.
Henry:
Hi guys - bad news.
Harry:
Even more?
Henry:
There is no way to pay the treatment on time. I checked it twice.
Danny:
You remember Anderson?
Harry:
Oh no! - Wasn’t that guy who nearly blew up the hotel in Cannes?
Henry(grinning):
-accidentally-
Harry:
Yeah, sure, sorry - explain me how you can share out 10 pounds of semtex in a hotel…
Danny:
Quit chatting. He’s the only one left.
I attached pictures of the print version of the script, as well as a short shooting script.
Shooting Script
SHOOTING SCRIPT – MUTED FEAR
SHOT 1:
CAMERA PASSES BY THE BED OF JOHN, LEAVES THE BED HEADING UPWARDS
SHOT 2:
A HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BED ESTABLISHING THE RAW SITUATION. ONLY JOHN IS IN THE FOCUS.
SHOT 3:
A CU ON SOME MEDICAL DEVICES SHOWING THINGS LIKE PULSE OR BR.
SHOT 4:
A CU ON JOHNS FACE.
SHOT 5:
AN ESTABLISHING LOW ANGLE SHOT AS POV FROM JOHN’S HEAD./
DANNY’S FACE IN THE BLACK SURROUNDED BU A HALO OF LIGHT.
SHOT 6:
HARRY & HENRY TOGETHER IN THE SHOT STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. MIDSHOT.
SHOT 7:
A HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM A CCTV CAMERA OVER THE CAMPUS ACCESS GATE.
SHOT 8:
CU ON DANNYS FACE.
SHOT 9:
CU ON JOHNS FACE FOLLOWED BY AN ECU.
SHOT 10:
POV FROM THE GROUND ON THREE PAIRS OF WALKING FEET HEADING TOWN TO G-HOUSE.
SHOT 1:
CAMERA PASSES BY THE BED OF JOHN, LEAVES THE BED HEADING UPWARDS
SHOT 2:
A HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BED ESTABLISHING THE RAW SITUATION. ONLY JOHN IS IN THE FOCUS.
SHOT 3:
A CU ON SOME MEDICAL DEVICES SHOWING THINGS LIKE PULSE OR BR.
SHOT 4:
A CU ON JOHNS FACE.
SHOT 5:
AN ESTABLISHING LOW ANGLE SHOT AS POV FROM JOHN’S HEAD./
DANNY’S FACE IN THE BLACK SURROUNDED BU A HALO OF LIGHT.
SHOT 6:
HARRY & HENRY TOGETHER IN THE SHOT STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. MIDSHOT.
SHOT 7:
A HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM A CCTV CAMERA OVER THE CAMPUS ACCESS GATE.
SHOT 8:
CU ON DANNYS FACE.
SHOT 9:
CU ON JOHNS FACE FOLLOWED BY AN ECU.
SHOT 10:
POV FROM THE GROUND ON THREE PAIRS OF WALKING FEET HEADING TOWN TO G-HOUSE.
Friday, 16 January 2009
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
New Project details...
Coursework MS:
Logline:
Three boys try to finance a medical treatment for their friend John (Aaron) by stealing and selling a very expensive canvas in the north room.
Treatment:
John has an acute cell inflammation disease called Guillan-Barré syndrome. The treatment is very expensive and the fact that he is not insured makes everything worse.
His three best friends want to help him and decide to sell a very precious canvas from the north room, which will be stolen by them. But the way to the successful completion of that plan is long and hard.
Genre:
Crime / Heist scenario
Audience:
15yrs-45yrs / Male / higher Education
Sets:
The san / Evening / chamber / Int.
Campus Road / night / Ext.
Bench at the roundabout / day / Ext.
Storyboard:
Is attached to the PDF
Look:
Dark, cold ambience, slow editing, menacing music (Piano / Orchstra) Electric music…
SFX: none
Cast:
John: Aaron Chopra
Danny: Oscar Lyons
Harry: jamie Paxton
Henry: Mori Thompson
Director: V. Stephanopoli
FONTS: Vandiana Platin
Bank Gothic
A Bite
Dirty & Classic
Formate: 16:9 / 14:6 /PAL/PAL
The characters Part II:
Danny: In a certain way he’s the leader and a tough guy with notorious ambitions of being the coolest guy in school. he always wear quite swanky clothes.
Harry: He is a bright mind but his social competences suffer from his incredibly big egoism. The only reason why he takes part at this business is the expectation of being more respected by his friends and the opportunity to make some money.
Henry: Is the average guy, who likes to do some riot sometimes, but he is very loyal to everyone he knows, even if it will put him into a lot of controvert situations.
John: He’s the guy lying in a coma. The only thing the audience is going to know is that he is a friend of the gang.
Monday, 12 January 2009
Change is coming...
Due to the fact that my first story seemed to be to far away from feasability,
I changed my mind and I gonna make a "remake" of Ocean´s eleven - only a softer version with less extras. It´s possible to do that.
The genre will be the classic heist scenario.
Sounds will be a soundtrack (piano music) recorded by myself.
The actors will remain Oscar and Jamie. I will need two more to make the plot function.
The props
will be normal objects - nothing very special.
The locations will be the south room the bench at the roundabout and the san.
I changed my mind and I gonna make a "remake" of Ocean´s eleven - only a softer version with less extras. It´s possible to do that.
The genre will be the classic heist scenario.
Sounds will be a soundtrack (piano music) recorded by myself.
The actors will remain Oscar and Jamie. I will need two more to make the plot function.
The props
will be normal objects - nothing very special.
The locations will be the south room the bench at the roundabout and the san.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Preliminary Task II
I have worked on the preliminary task and seriously, I tried to create an interview situation.
The main Problem I had was the time factor and the camera.
I had not enough time to set everything at my pleasure and I wasn't able to find a control for the focus... Some pictures went blurry.
I developed two very simple characters without depth. One rockstar and one reporter. The engine of the story is an interview to which the star has been invited.
There was no script, no props except a sheet of paper and a pen. Very simple.
The editing was okay, I haven't problems using Adobe any longer.
This movie has no meaning. The dialogues were flat and insubstantial, but in a certain way training. The rockstar is designed as a stereotype. A guy whose ego is more important than anything else in the world, and who really doesn't care about others opinion. The reporter is the open minded, talkative guy. He is very polite and welcomes the star warmly and does some small-talk. Let's talk about details:
What am I going to do for my preliminary task?
Filming a short story and using different angles and zooms and the 160°-rule. After that I will edit that story on the computer and export it as a file.
What is my story?
A rockstar gives an interview.
Who will I use as actors?
Oscar Lyons and Jamie Paxton will help me.
Do I need props or extra items?
Yes. Only a pen and a sheet of paper, a table and two seats.
What shots do I have?
I will work with (E)CU's, MS's and some OS's.
What mood do I try to represent?
That's cracky... A preliminary task in which I prove that I'm able to use a camera and angles?
The main Problem I had was the time factor and the camera.
I had not enough time to set everything at my pleasure and I wasn't able to find a control for the focus... Some pictures went blurry.
I developed two very simple characters without depth. One rockstar and one reporter. The engine of the story is an interview to which the star has been invited.
There was no script, no props except a sheet of paper and a pen. Very simple.
The editing was okay, I haven't problems using Adobe any longer.
This movie has no meaning. The dialogues were flat and insubstantial, but in a certain way training. The rockstar is designed as a stereotype. A guy whose ego is more important than anything else in the world, and who really doesn't care about others opinion. The reporter is the open minded, talkative guy. He is very polite and welcomes the star warmly and does some small-talk. Let's talk about details:
What am I going to do for my preliminary task?
Filming a short story and using different angles and zooms and the 160°-rule. After that I will edit that story on the computer and export it as a file.
What is my story?
A rockstar gives an interview.
Who will I use as actors?
Oscar Lyons and Jamie Paxton will help me.
Do I need props or extra items?
Yes. Only a pen and a sheet of paper, a table and two seats.
What shots do I have?
I will work with (E)CU's, MS's and some OS's.
What mood do I try to represent?
That's cracky... A preliminary task in which I prove that I'm able to use a camera and angles?
Thursday, 27 November 2008
The Actor
I think I will take Oscar Lyons as Derek.
Still looking for someone who would be able to star Mcreagan...
Still looking for someone who would be able to star Mcreagan...
Friday 28th of November
The next step is working on the preliminary Task.
I have chosen a story, which will be using a documentary style, combined with Pans and trackings. I want to set a part of the Intro during nighttime, because I need a exiting setting.In the first scene I will introduce Derek Tailor, who stands on a parking lot, lighted by powerful spotlights, covering everything ion white light.
In that sequence Tailor will talk about his business for approx. 30 seconds. Then he will go away into the darkness. It will be very similar to the Lord of War Intro.
The stroy is the allday life of a businessman who knows neither suavity nor respect opposite of higher positioned persons.
The plot gains tension, when a mad cinema-fan calls Derek, telling him, that he will kill him, when he dares to continue working in a way, which destroys the culture of cinema...
Extra items... Well a mobile phone, of a landline phone would be helpful. The majority of the characters in that clip will be wearing suits and ties. The prop which will be the hardest to find wil lbe a all terrain car or a Limo...
I'd like to work with 2 to 3 cameras, giving the location a certain 3-dimesionality. For tracking shots I will use a bike or somethin else making not a lot of noise.
The emotion in this movie will be surprisement and general stunning about the way of functionment of Derek and his partner McReagan. I will try to make that clip in a way, that the audience will experience that clip like a flight through a lot of different worlds.
I will use some music from mobygratis.com
I have chosen a story, which will be using a documentary style, combined with Pans and trackings. I want to set a part of the Intro during nighttime, because I need a exiting setting.In the first scene I will introduce Derek Tailor, who stands on a parking lot, lighted by powerful spotlights, covering everything ion white light.
In that sequence Tailor will talk about his business for approx. 30 seconds. Then he will go away into the darkness. It will be very similar to the Lord of War Intro.
The stroy is the allday life of a businessman who knows neither suavity nor respect opposite of higher positioned persons.
The plot gains tension, when a mad cinema-fan calls Derek, telling him, that he will kill him, when he dares to continue working in a way, which destroys the culture of cinema...
Extra items... Well a mobile phone, of a landline phone would be helpful. The majority of the characters in that clip will be wearing suits and ties. The prop which will be the hardest to find wil lbe a all terrain car or a Limo...
I'd like to work with 2 to 3 cameras, giving the location a certain 3-dimesionality. For tracking shots I will use a bike or somethin else making not a lot of noise.
The emotion in this movie will be surprisement and general stunning about the way of functionment of Derek and his partner McReagan. I will try to make that clip in a way, that the audience will experience that clip like a flight through a lot of different worlds.
I will use some music from mobygratis.com
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