Role allocation In the Production of the Brief and my input

This is a blog post on what roles each person played in our group.

Director-

• Me - Deputy director
• Alex- Director
• Tom- N/A
• William- N/A

Cinematography-

• Me- Co cinematographer for the chase scene and main cinematographer for the gym scene.
• Alex- Main cinematographer for the chase scene and co cinematographer for the gym scene.
• Tom- N/A
• William- N/A

Editor-

• Me - Main co editor for the Gym Scene
• Alex- Main Editor for whole production + input into the Gym scene
• Tom- Main co editor for the Gym Scene
• William-N/A

Music-

• Me - N/A
• Alex- Found music from other sources
• Tom- Found music from other sources
• William- N/A

Actor-

• Me- N/A
• Alex- N/A
• Tom- Protagonist
• William- Antagonist

Pre Production work-

• Me- Location scouting,
• Alex- Shot list
• Tom- Story Board, Call sheet , Team manager
• William- Screen Play

What Roles did I play and what did they involve?

I did the following roles:

• Deputy director
• Main co editor for the Gym Scene
• Location scouting, diary for shooting
• Co cinematographer for the chase scene and main cinematographer for the gym scene

The deputy Director, involved commenting and suggesting changes during shooting while the actual director Alex made all of the primary decisions. Also while Alex was not there I did of course take the role as director during the majority of the gym scene.

The role as the main co editor of the gym scene, involved editing the vast majority of clips with the other main co editor Tom. While Alex came along to make changes at the end putting in good input.

During the pre production I took on the roles of locations scouting and doing a diary for when we were meant to shoot and when we had shot. 

Finally I took the role of co cinematographer for the chase scene and main cinematographer for the gym scene. This involved putting some input into the chase scene. And for the gym scene the role was a primary cinematographer who shot most of the scene with input from Alex.

Overall I feel I have put my fair share of effort into the production process, as I only didn't put input into the acting and music.

Case Study Infomation

Case studies

Macro Budget

Star Wars VII the Force Awakens (2015)

Director- JJ Abrams

Stars- Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac

Certificate- 12a

Production company- Lucasfilm, Bad Robot, Truenorth

Budget- $200,000,000 (Estimate)

 Box Office- $2.008 billion USD (Estimate)

 Distributor- Disney

EXTRA NOTES

They had a huge Ad campaign beforehand spanning across social media, TV, trailers in cinema, posters, billboards, games, apps, YouTube

Everest (2015)

Director- Baltasar Kormákur

Stars- Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright

Certificate- 12a

Production company- Working Title

Budget- $55,000,000

Box Office- $202,394,678 (worldwide)

Distributor- Universal Pictures

EXTRA NOTES

There were not that many different ways they distributed, however there TV ads which showed a trailer and of course they had a social media page and website however that normally comes as standard.

The Theory of everything (2014)

Director- James Marsh

Stars- Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior

Certificate- 12a

Production company- Working title

Budget- $15,000,000

Box office- $121,201,940 (worldwide)

Distributor- Universal pictures and Focus pictures

EXTRA NOTES

There was a large advertising campaign on TV and in cinema multiplexes. However there was no cross media convergence with this film. Also there was no technological convergence.

The Worlds End (2013)

Director- Edgar Wright

Stars- Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman

Certificate- 15

Production company- Working Title

Budget- $28,000,000

Box office- $46,089,287 (Worldwide)

Distributor- Universal pictures and Focus pictures

EXTRA NOTES

There were TV ads and trailers in cinemas around the world. They have social media pages on twitter and Facebook, however they did not have a website or app. This may be because of the genre.

Low Budget Indie

Four Lions (2010)

Director- Christopher Morris

Stars- Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar

Certificate- 15

Production company- Film 4, Warp Films and Wild bunch

Budget- £2.5 Million

Box Office- $4.6 million

Distributor- Optimum releasing and Drafthouse

EXTRA NOTES

There was a website for the film and there are social media pages. However there was no apps. They had not had an ad campaign on TV however there were ads in cinema multiplexes.

Withnail & I (1987)

Director- Bruce Robinson

Stars- Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths

Certificate- 15

Production Company- Cineplex-Odeon Films, Hand Made Films

Budget- $1,100,000

Box office- $1,544,889 (worldwide)

Distributor- Cineplex-Odeon

EXTRA NOTES

There were no ads at all just showed at cinemas, started off slow and turned into a cult film. Went onto DVD. NO social media or website.

This Is England

Director- Shane Meadows

Stars- Thomas Turgoose, Stephan Graham, Jo Hartley

Certificate- 18

Production company- Warp Films

Budget- £1.5 million

Box office- $8,176,544 (worldwide)

Distributor- Optimum release

EXTRA NOTES

No apps or anything of that kind. There were no TV or cinema ads due to the nature and budget of the film. Also there is no website.

Watt Films Ident

This is my final ident for my production company Watt Films. Overall im very happy with the way it has come out. I feel the font gives out the profesional feel I was looking for. Also my ability to use Adobe After effects aided me as it meant that I culd get the light of the bulb to only show the text when it was directly over it. Furthermore the shoot of the bulb its self went very well with the result I wished for.
Also I have recived positive feedback from several people.

About a boy analysis

About a Boy (2007)

Producing - Working Title Distribution - Universal

Budget - $30m

Box Office - $130m (World) $41m (USA)

Cinematic release in 51 separate countries

• Co-Directed by Chris and Paul Weitz

Production Companies

20 seconds

10 seconds

10 seconds

Idents

• 3 company idents in the centre of the shot
• Universal Studios, Studio Canal and Working Title

Titles

• 2 production company's titles, centre shot, white on black - connotes a professional film
• Font connotes that the film is a comedy

•  The producers of the film
• Does not obey rule of thirds, names are in the right third of the shot
• Audio bridge with diegetic sound

Opening Shot

•  Diegetic sound from the TV
•  Chris Tarrant Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - achieving verisimilitude
• medium shot

•  Large book denotes that the character reads books, this is stereotypically middle class
• The book juxtaposes with the opened can of RedBull and signifies the film will not be stereotypically middle class

• The title of the film does not have any upper-case lettering, this connotes that the film is targeted at youth. 

• Tracking shot

• The opening is using narrative enigma by not showing the face of the protagonist
• However, the opening is also showing a lot of the house giving the audience an idea of the class of the protagonist

• Each take ranges from 4-25 seconds in length
• No regularity in editing

•  Non-diagetic voice over
• Voice of the character on screen

• 34 total names used in the title sequence
• 8 scene set-ups in the title sequence

•  Establishing shot is a two shot with the protagonist and another character
• This denotes that these two characters will be connected later on in the film

• Ninth scene set-up of the opening
• Shot reverse shot

•  Breaks shot reverse shot pattern
• The house is a stereotypical middle class british house
• In contrast, the house is cluttered, which signifies and gives anchoragethat the film will not be the stereotypical middle class british film

• Master shot of the room
• Long shot

1st Shot

• Long shot 
• Cross fade transition from opening sequence to main body of the film

Running time of opening - 5:41

Length of idents - 40 seconds

Time between idents and opening shot - 5:01

Source: http://westgatefilms.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/about-boy-opening.html

Bridget Jones Analysis

Genre: 
Rom-Com
Romantic Comedy...


The Players:
Richard Curtis- Wrote the original book of which the film was based upon, Andrew Davies adapted that to create the film.

Production Budget:
According to box office mojo, the procession budget was: 
$25 Million

Production Companies

The first few shots taken from Bridget Jones's Diary are the production companies involved in making of Bridget Jones's Diary.

'Working Title' are a major film company, and attract the biggest stars, typically American, and if British, white and southern, this is because, from a marketing point of view, this sells more copies, therefore, more income for Working Title, which is the primary focus of the company.

-4 company idents:

-Universal Studios // 20 seconds

-Studio Canal // 16 seconds
-Miramax Films // 14 seconds

-Working Title // 10 seconds
Altogether 60 seconds

The 1st Shot:

• In BJD, the opening shot contains the main character, with a medium close up shot. Rarely do you see the main characters face immediately, however due to the nature of the film, it is logical with reference to the non-diegetic sound of her thoughts, therefore we can see who's voice it is, helping the viewer follow the plot. 

• Female main character, this could suggest it relates to girls more than guys, potentially making it a romantic film, or 'chick flick'. Uses cross fade for transition between shots. The mise en scene has only a small level of importance, however, it is key in determining the time of year and what this could denote it is Christmas/winter due to the weather (snow).

• The film opening lasts 11 minutes and 54 seconds.

• The opening sequence begins at 60 seconds / 1 minute.

Titles

• Main Title is in bold, and a larger font than the subtitles



Non Serif.
Positioned left side of the screen.
They include names of directors and procures etc
Each last the same length of time and fade in and out
each are the same size apart from the main title
The size of the sub titles don't change, signifying each person has contrubted the same to the overall production and making of the film
The job of which each person named is smaller and thinner, whereas the name is a bigger font and in bold.
the colour stays the same throughout
there is no animation to the titles 
 

Subtitles before main title...

• These subtitles come before the main title... 'Bridget Jones's Diary', the subtitles are a lot thinner in comparison, this could denote that every person involved in production adds up to something much bigger, 
• Signified by the font // Serif font.
• All positioned on the left and in the same font and size.
• 19 subtitles in total before main title
• Each title has a 9-10 second gap between each one and last for 4 seconds each
• Overall the subtitles last 1 minute and 40 seconds after 1 minute of company idents.

Sound, Music:

• The opening sequence has non diegetic and diegetic sound.

• Non diegetic is in the opening shot, we hear 'Bridget Jones's' thoughts over watching her go to her mums for Christmas denoted by the heavy snow, which leads to verisimilitude.
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• All By Myself, as linked at the top - https://youtu.be/t8iTZm8-mbA

Characters:

The opening scene follows the main character, and uses non diagetic speach from her, from this we get to know the character and can see things from her perspective. There is also binary opposition between 'Bridget', and a 'divorced single man' who her mother tries unsuccessfully to set her up with to begin with.


Shot Variety:
The shot type varies throughout the opening sequence, including and establishing shot in the opening scene. Along with a close up which brings power to the scene.

Source: Shot type studios