January Production DIary Vocast

Production Diary

This is a diary that shows the days we tried to film and whether we achieve the filming. For example we failed to film on the 21st of March however we were able to film on the 28th which is of course evident from the diary. Sadly the quality is not very high on the screenshots, I was unable to fix this.

Working Title Revision

Working title

Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London and owned by Universal Studios. Working Title has made over 100 films that have grossed over $6 billion worldwide. Working title are a mainstream movie and TV production company who mainly focus on profits unlike warp who tend to focus on the quality of the film not the monetary success.

Films;

·         Everest (2015)

·         The Theory of Everything (2014)

·         The World's End (2013)

All these films were created for a mass audience, so working title can make much money as possible. The combined budget for these three films was $98000000 ($98 million).

Everest (2015)

·         Story; A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm.

·         Director; Baltasar Kormákur

·         Stars; Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright

·         Certificate; 12a

·         Budget; $55,000,000

·         Gross; $202,394,678 (worldwide)

The Theory of everything (2014)

·         Story; A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

·         Director; James Marsh

·         Stars; Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior

·         Certificate; 12a

·         Budget; $15,000,000

·         Gross; $121,201,940 (worldwide)

The Worlds End (2013)

·         Story; Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.

·         Director; Edgar Wright

·         Stars; Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman

·         Certificate;15

·         Budget; $28,000,000

·         Gross; $46,089,287 (Worldwide)

Rough Cut 1 Audience Feeedback

• If you were to give the film opening a rating out of ten what would it be?

Response 1- 5

Response 2- 6

Response 3-7

Response 4-5

• Was the narrative clear during the film opening? If not why?

Response 1- No as the match cuts were hard to see in context.

Response 2- Not sure why they he gave the bag over.

Response 3-  I really did not know what was going on.

Response 4- No why was he training. 

• Did you find the film opening engaging or did you find yourself bored?

Response 1-  In away ,however the narrative made the film hard to follow.

Response 2- Yes it was good because of it's fast pace.

Response 3- Lack of music made it hard to engage.

Response 4- Needs music as its hard to concentrate when the footage is this raw.

• Rate the cinematography out of ten?

Response 1- 8

Response 2- 7

Response 3-8

Response 4-7

• Rate the editing out of ten?

Response 1- 6

Response 2- 7

Response 3-6

Response 4-6

• Rate the Setting of ten in relation with the genre?

Response 1- 6

Response 2-5

Response 3-6

Response 4-7

• Rate the music of ten?

Response 1- N/A 

Response 2- N/A

Response 3- N/A

Response 4- N/A

• Did you feel there are any improvements that need to be made?

Response 1- Music is needed to provide a link to genre

Response 2- Music is a must

Response 3- Lack of music

Response 4- Music is needed

• Specifically which part of the film opening did you enjoy and why?

Response 1- The match Cuts

Response 2- I liked the use of several shot types. 

Response 3- The match cuts

Response 4- The Go-pro shots were engaging

The Brief Match Cut (Rough Cut)

This is video so we could see what the match cuts like on there own. I feel like all the match cuts look good in general as the flash transitions looks suitable as it gives the viewer an idea of going back in time. Also these cuts don't last to long so this means we are able to gather a good idea of what these cuts mean in relation to the plot.

The Brief Rough cut 3

This is The Brief Rough cut 3. In this video with have more clips as we had done more filming in between the last rough cut we did. This is much better than before as we have more match cuts so the story is more relevant to the plot.Also we have more chase shots for the chase scenes as before. Furthermore we have reshot some of the shot from before. For example when he gets caught most of those shots have been reshot. I'm again overall happy with the progress we have made as these rough cuts a promising. I'm very happy with new shots, but we forgot the bag in certain shots meaning we had to do time consuming reshoot.

The Brief Rough Cut 2

This rough cut is very similar to our first Rough Cut  but, they a few slight changes because of different transitions and a small sample sound track that we are trying out, but I feel like the song is not what we are looking for so we are going to use garage band to make are own. This will allow us to put a heart beat within the song. Which should add to the suspension of the film opening. I feel this version is better to the last one. But obviously it is not yet the full finished version as of the music and the lack of running shots and the first shot.

The Brief 1st Rough Cut

The video is our first rough cut for our opening scene of The Brief. We have collected a few shots, this has enabled us to make a rough cut of what we had done. Doing rough cuts is useful because means we can see what works best, and what needs to be reshot. We found that we need to add in a few clips in between so it will make sense. We also found that it would be better if we were to shoot a couple of clips to make it look more real. All together I am happy with this rough cut because it shows we have some room for improvement.

GoPro Test Footage

This was my first use of the GoPro I felt it went well. The problem that has arrived is the footage is shaky and it's not ideal. I then edited it down to a select few clips in premiere pro.

Storyboard

This is the story board for the brief. We have followed it best we can ,but this has not been possible because of various reasons such as:

• The weather
• A idea which is better than the last one
• location problems
• Time restraints

Sadly we did it by hand meaning that the picture does not show much and is not very clear. Also I have been unable to rotate this picture because of the blogger format.

The Audience for The Brief

Target Audience

The target audience for our film opening The Brief is of a predominantly male based with an age range of 12-50 ,but I feel most views will be male and have an average age between 15-25. This is because we have chosen the action thriller hybrid genre which is mainly aimed at me of this age. But we do have a female side kick who gives the protagonist instructions.

The Brief

We feel the audience will expect a fast paced film with a storyline which is built into the chase furthermore I feel we have achieved this as we have the ending which ties up the plot.

How we log and Grade are clips

Folders

We put them all into Final cut and as a group choose the clips we wish to use. We then use a separate folder to put all our primary shots in this means we don't get confused which clip we wish to use.
With the other clips we put them in another folder so if we spot an error we are able to either reshoot or swap out that clip for another.





In terms of grading them we have the best ones at the start of the discarded clip folder. While the other ones are at the back of the folder. Furthermore we have named the clips with a description of the shot and the rank of it compare to the other ones.

Grading of clips

How we plan to target our audience

We will use a range of methods in order to attract and address our audience, this will include BBFC Ratings, actors, production, practices and mise-en-scene.

Core Target Audience
Our core target audience would be a male of any ethnicity or social class aged between 15-30. As we exist within the action/thriller genre which as a convention aims for these criterion.

Secondary Target Audience
Our secondary audience would be parents who have taken there children to go see the film. So this would mean the audience would be parents male/female between the ages of 35-60. Also we would apply a 12A certificate for our film so we could have an audience younger than 12 meaning we would have access to wider viewing figures. Also if males aged between 15-30 are watching the film then it may mean they will bring their girlfriends, which would widen the audience further to 15-30 females.

BBFC RATING
I would like our film to have a BBFC rating of 12A as I feel this will give us the widest audience. Our film fits this category as it has the same overall tone as other movies in the 12A category much like James Bond Spectre (2015).

ACTORS

Actors

The protagonist very much addressed the audience as he is of their age and their gender. Meaning we gave the audience somebody to directly relate to which I feel will create a clearer image of the character in the audiences head. Furthermore at the start of the chase scene agent Cross gets a call from somebody with a southern accent. As a general convention action films have a side kick who has a southern accent like the ones in the James Bond sequels.

LOCATION
We addressed said the gym was in Leeds, this means we were addressing a higher proportion of the audience than if we just said the actual location Ilkley.

PRODUCTION PRACTICES

We used shot takes which suit the YouTube generation. Also We addressed the gym was in Leeds, this means we were addressing a higher proportion of the audience than if we just said the actual location Ilkley.

MISE-EN-SCENE

We used an urban Mise-en-scene which many of our audience would be used to as urban places are highly populated with the younger generation which of course is our target audience. Because it was it we shot it in overcast weather many of are target audience would understand this. As of course we would be looking for a UK release. In one of our shots we used a sign that says police on it. This represented the criminal side of the story. This was great as it addressed the audience, also connoting what was to come.

PROOF OF AUDINECE

Evidence for the fact action thrillers have an audience would be firstly, San Andreas (2015) when they received a worldwide box office of $473,790,832. Also Fast & Furious 7 (2015) received  a worldwide box office of  $1,516,045,911. Furthermore an example of a British action film that was successful would be Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011 which received a worldwide box office of $545,400,000.

Kingsman opening analysis

Spectre opening analysis

Our experience

December

We first planned to film in the opening part of the Christmas holiday, but this was not possible because of the weather conditions. However we were able to get out for some location scouting in early December. We then decided to film after Christmas but again the weather did not allow this. Also we already had other things planned for these remaining days that were not effected by the weather.

January

Finally, on the 5 of January we were able to go film. But we found that we did not bring a key prop which we needed for all shots, but one. So this showed us that shoots are not always successful. We are filming on the 6th and 7th January. I will update this blog once more filming is carried out.

We had a very successful day of filming on the 6/1/16. With most shots going well. Also we found are location was perfect for what we were trying to capture. My group will film the last quarter tomorrow. Editing will also be taking place tomorrow

We have now filmed on the 7/1/16 this was successful as we now have the training side of the opening. We found the location was not perfect ,but manageable as it did not seem like an appropriate gym environment. I feel we did get good shots in the end to create effective match cuts. We will be finishing the shoots soon, but so far it has been a positive experience.

We have been unable to film for a while as the weather has caused us problems. As the ground has not been wet, so between each shots the conditions would change underfoot. We also need to reshoot some shots as we found a lack in continuity between them. So next time we film we need to make sure we preview each shot before we shoot the next one so the actors are stood in the correct places in each shot so it flows smoothly.

We Filmed again on the 17th-20st we were able to get quiet a few sections of the opening done.

So now we only have a few more shots left to get for the very first scene. This will probably be done on the weekend of the 23th-24th as some of the members of my group are ill so are unable to go film between the 21st and the 23rd, also the weather is not quite similar enough to what it was in the other scenes. Overall the filming has been a bit shaky as we have needed several reshoots because of mistakes like forgetting the bag or have actors in different places between cuts. Although the shots we have done so far are exactly what we wanted, and we feel we have little change to make. As we have seen because we have done a few rough cuts to test these shots. We had then prepared to take February off.

March

Finally, in March we attempted to film on the 10th however this failed because of the weather, yet again. However we were able to film on the 12th and the 13th, because the whole group was available meaning we were able to do it. However at this point me and Tom were doing the gym scene on our own. On the 21st-22nd we tried to film, but on both days we had other arrangements, but luckily we were able to have our last day of filming on the 28th.

Call Sheet

Following on from our shot list, here is our call sheet...

• 15th shot

• 8th shot

• 10th shot

• 11th shot

• 12th shot

• 13th shot

• 14th shot

• 1st shot

• 2nd shot

• 3rd shot

• 4th shot

• 5th shot

• 6th shot

• 7th shot

The reason I have chosen to film the clips in this order is because it is easier in relation to locations and timings for us, as shot 8-15 are all shot in a similar area. We have already got the 15th shot which is why that has been placed first. Shots 1, 2, are in the same location

Insperation for idea (Point Break) Video

This is a video about the aspects of Point Break which have impacted are idea.

Inspiration for Idea (Casino Royale) Video

This is a video about the aspects of Casino Royale which have impacted are idea

Shot list

This was done by Alex Hey in preparation for our shoot.
Alex's blog (http://alexheyprod.blogspot.co.uk)

First Shot- High Angle Extreme Long Shot (protagonist in centre of shot) Using DSLR Camera this shot will zoom in gradually turning into a close up shot of the protagonists hand

Second Shot- Close up high shot of the protagonist using DSLR Camera this shot will gradually turn into a long shot as the protagonist spins and runs away from the camera

Third Shot- Long Shot (full body) of protagonist running away from antagonist using DSLR Camera.

Fourth Shot- Low angle long shot of protagonist running towards the camera, which will gradually turn into a close up shot as the protagonist gets closer. Using DSLR Camera.                      

Fifth Shot- Low angle close up of protagonist running away from camera, which will gradually turn into a long shot as they get further away. Using DSLR Camera.   
                  
Sixth Shot- First Person shot from the protagonists view. Using GoPro.

Seventh Shot- Close up low shot of characters feet running past the camera (shallow depth of field). Using DSLR Camera.

Eighth Shot- Close up shot of the protagonist pulling himself up a wall. Using DSLR Camera.

Ninth Shot-This shot is a match cut of the previous shot but just in a different location. Using DSLR Camera

Tenth Shot- Over the shoulder shot behind the antagonist looking towards the protagonist. Using DSLR Camera

Eleventh Shot- Extreme close up shot of hand holding bag and then hand dropping bag. Using DSLR camera

Key:
The type of shot...
What camera we are using... 
Source: http://alexheyprod.blogspot.co.uk