Wednesday 28 November 2012

Background Music for film trailer








UPDATE
After using these in some footage I have gathered for the film trailer I realize I may need to find music that blends together better to make transitions between different parts of the soundtrack smoother. I also need to look at different combinations of the music which I can do on movie maker with the timings and pictures from my storyboard as reference for where the music needs to start and finish.

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Shooting Session 29/11/12

During the first shooting session we filmed one of the office scenes in a classroom relying on things like the computer, whiteboards and careful camera angling and shooting to ensure it doesn't just look like a classroom. This shooting session was extremely helpful as I learnt how difficult it is to get the perfect shot in an imperfect environment.

I now know that I need to scout out environments in advance and make them available  maybe even get some shots before the cast arrive and know peoples positioning beforehand to get better footage. I also need to know if anything is going on in the area around the set as during the shooting music from nearby classrooms could be heard in the background.

Full script



Establishing shot of Hull 0.00-0.01
Animation of producer that made the movie (horizon productions) 0.02-0.04
Tracking shot from behind of Northcott and Malory leading the drug dealer out into the street 0.05-0.06
Establishing shot of street opening arrest scene will be in. 0.07-0.08
Medium shot of whole group meeting up after catching drug dealer 0.09-0.10
Close up of Malory 0.11-0.12
Close up of Sylvester 0.13-0.14
Close up of Gold- starts speaking towards end of close up, carries on to next scene 0.15-0.16
Close up of drug dealer while Gold speaks 0.17-0.19
Close up of Gold by end of the speech 0.20-0.21
MCU of Northcott who turns to the camera and says "It's what I do Sir" 0.22-0.24

Shot of Northcott, his partner and his boss walking into an office, throwing envelope on table 0.25-0.27
MCU of Gold with Northcott and Malory in the foreground, says "Excellent work gentlemen" 0.;28-0.29
Medium Close of of Northcott explaining "With this new evidence we will be able to bring down these drug dealing scumbags 0.30-0.33
MCU of Malory saying "We are on the case sir" 0.31-0.33


Text shot on black background saying "When a crime..." 0.34-0.35
Medium shot of Gold pacing with the envelope 0.36-0.37
Text shot on black background saying "Goes deeper than anyone thought possible..." 0.38-0.39
Close up of envelope in Gold's hand as he paces 0.44-0.45
Text shot on black background saying "Loyalties will be tested..." 0.46-0.47

Black background with phone ringing in background 0.48-0.49
MCU of Northcott on the phone, picks up and answers "Hello" 0.49-0.50
Golds voice over Northcott saying "Northcott, the case is now in more specialist hands"
Northcott replies "But I have worked on this case for months you can't just..."
MCU of Gold on the phone: Gold replies "This is what's happening Northcott...trust me...it's better for everyone this way.
MCU of Northcott who lowers the phone, hang up sign plays.
Shot of boss putting phone down and destroying evidence

Text on a black background saying "Friendships will be stretched"
Northcott speaking to his colleague his colleague insisting something is wrong
Northcott's colleague telling Northcott to "Let is go"


Text on black background saying  "Bonds will break"
Northcott stood in office with Malory on chair, Northcott says "I can't believe they took me off the case"
MCU of Malory on chair saying "Calm down, this sort of thing happens from time to time"
MCU of Northcott stood saying "Not to be...
Shot of him turned towards Malory then saying "Something isn't right here"

Shot of Northcott marching up to Sylvester
Text "Rivalries will form" 
Shot of Northcott in front of Sylvester saying "What is going on Sylvester?!" 
Shot of Sylvester grabbing Northcott's shirt (less than a second)
Close up of Northcott as bosses Sylvester explains "Back off while you can, this goes deeper than you know

High angle shot of Northcott sat on a sofa with his head in his hands at home
MCU of Northcott's wife asking him "Why can't you just let this go"  
MCU of Northcott who says "This is my job...if I let this go it will tear me apart."
MCU of Northcott's wife saying "It's not the only thing that will be torn apart"

MCU of Malory (Stood up in front of chair) saying "You need to let this go!"
MCU of Northcott saying "I can't...I need your help in this"
MCU of Malory turning away saying "I don't want to be dragged down with you"
Shot of Northcott who has turned Malory around and is saying "This isn't about being dragged down...it's about doing what's right"

Scenes
Magazine review *Simply Amazing* The Sun
Shot of Northcott turning as if seeing someone
Magazine review *Incredibly Intrigue*
Tracking Shot from behind of Northcott chasing hooded figure
Magazine review *One of the best of 2012*
Shot of Northcott running around a corner before being hit in the face
Black screen with Northcott Breathing in the background
High angle shot of of Northcott bloody, kneeling on the floor with a club/blunt object in front of his face
Title of Movie appears here
List of producers and actors appears and release date

Northcott's Voice Over
"And I won't give up on this..."
"...even if it kills me"




Friday 23 November 2012

Mise-En-Scene

Clothing
4 plain shirts
4 ties (3 would work but 4 is preferable
4 pairs of dark trousers
1 leather jacket
1 suit jacket
1 hat
Street clothese for the drug dealer and Northcott's wife

Miscellaneous 
1 Bat or club
1 Envelope with 'confidential' written on it
Two telephones, one needs to be in an office. One can be a mobile.

Sources for Materials
Alex Woodard and Josh Yorgeson can provide their own costumes which covers 2 of the shirts, 2 pairs of trousers, the suit jacket and the hat. For any remaining shirts or trousers if the other people who need to wear them don't own them then I have clothing that will suffice which I can lend them.
The street clothes are simple and can be general clothing the characters own.

For the bat/club I have the option of a real baseball bat or a padded silver one which would look safer but less realistic. This may not be incredibly important as the bat won't be in shot much.
I have an envelope suitable for the evidence one, all I need to do is write on it.

The mobile phone is easy, the office one will dictate which office I shoot in a little more unless I can find a wireless handset.

Voice Recording schedule

For the outside scenes the voices will likely be of a bad quality due to wind and other weather affecting the camera. To remedy this I plan to have the actors read off their lines into a microphone and then place it over the shots and sync the lips.

Voice schedule
Cast required
Josh Yorgeson
Alex Woodard
Scene
All outdoor scenes
When?
After shooting the outdoor scenes.



Shooting schedule

Scenes
Opening arrest scene+Chase scene 
Cast required
Alex Woodard
Adam Toomes
Josh Yorgeson
Jack Branton
Yosef Sugarman
Location
Town, scenes in location shots.
When?
Saturday and/or Sunday 1st+2nd December

Office Scenes
Cast Required
Alex Woodard
Josh Yorgeson
Jack Branton
Adam Toomes
Location 
Offices in college
When?
Wednesday 28th November. Last period

Home Scene
Cast required
Steph Kyle
Josh Yorgeson
Location
My house
When?
Monday or Tuesday the 26th-27th November (to be confirmed)


Animatic

Tuesday 20 November 2012

Location Shots for outdoor scenes

For the outdoor shots of my film trailer I want areas that will represent a gritty, run down area of a city where crime may be higher. These shots are from an older area of Hull which have a broken or industrial feel to them. Also, not many people were around these areas which could give a bleak atmosphere as if everyone was hiding away.


Pic 1- This shot was taken down a small street near trinity church. This street would be suitable because it seems secluded from this angle and looks almost abandoned. it seems like a place a crime organisation may be able to lie low and not get detected.  
Pic 2- This is taken down the same street as pic 1 and looks like a loading bay to some sort of warehouse type building which, in films, is often a place where villains may hide. Using this would be suitable however filming there may be an issue if it isn't open all the time or if the owners aren't happy with us being there.

Pic 3- This area was chosen because of the run down look of it and because it looks like a place not many people would go unless they needed to. This area would give more space to film as it was a lot wider than the first two however it is a little plainer. The first street had more detail in the architecture of both the buildings and the road and looked more secluded than this one does.

Pic 4- This are has a slight industrial feel to it which could represent it being an area behind or near a warehouse which may be used for loading. Again it could represent a stereotypical area in which criminals may hang around.




Pic 5- Similar shot to Pic 4 with more space but less features. It is fairly close by and does look similar so these shots could be used in conjunction with each other.

Thursday 15 November 2012

Possible Health and safety hazards

Hazard
Swinging a blunt object near someones face.
Whose at risk
One of the actors who is 'being hit'
Controls
Pad the object or only make the illusion that it is swinging towards them.
Severity of injury
Probably serious, depending on what is used
Chance of injury
Low
Risk
Low

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Location Ideas

First scene, street arrest
Idea 1
Some old streets around the trinity market area or behind the deep look old, empty and rundown. These may be suitable to represent somewhere a drug dealer may have been found lying low. I am familiar with these locations though need to get pictures to find the most suitable area.
Idea 2
Indoor, warehouse looking building
Though this would look effective it may be difficult to find. It would make sense to film in an indoor area like this and also make for better sound quality than outside but again, finding a safe, legal location to film in wouldn't be easy.

Bosses Office
Idea 1
Offices within college
With minor alteration (getting rid of items that make it obvious that the filming is being done in a college) a college office could be made to look like a believable detectives office. If it is allowed by college staff this would be the easiest option.

Idea 2
Heavily altered room 
A room with a computer and/or desk could be altered if the effort was put in. The difficulty with this would to make it look believable so that it isn't obvious the room has been deliberately altered and doesn't look like a home enviroment.

Idea 3 
Actual Office in a workplace
Whilst probably the most believable, neither of my parents work in a place with an office and it would be difficult to get access to one other ways and filming time in an office like this could be restrictive and difficult to get re-shoot time.

Northcott's home
Idea 1
Living room of any house
This doesn't really require any effort to make believable though the lighting may need to be altered depending on the mood of the scene.

Chase Scene
Idea 1
Same streets as first scene
Could be same area, streets easy to film in.

Corridors
Any college corridors with either blank walls or with posters or leaflets you would find in a detectives office would work fine.













Friday 9 November 2012

Character Names and Descriptions

Main Characters

Nick Northcott (Northcott)- The main protagonist of the film. Northcott is an experienced detective who believes in doing the right thing as laid down by the law before considering his own interests. With his trademark hat and his trusty partner Northcott has never failed to bring his case to a close.
Character Mise-en-Scene: Hat, similar to a bowler hat, dark coloured jacket for outdoors scenes. Shirt and tie for office scenes, dark trousers.

Paul Malory (Malory)- Northcott's long time partner who follows him with almost awe and listens to him before anyone except his boss. When Northcott goes up against his boss, Malory is tested having to choose with his colleague and friend and the authorities who give him orders.
Character Mise-en-Scene: Shirt and tie, dark trousers.

Victor Gold (The Boss)- The chief detective at Northcott's place of work, often referred to simply as "The Boss" by  the other detectives. Maytrock is the main antagonist of the movie, keeping Northcott in the dark on what is going on and using his superior power for his own personal gain. Using his power and knowledge over the lower ranking members of the team The Boss really is in charge of the situation though finds the honest Northcott to be a constant thorn in his side.
Character Mise-en-Scene: Suit and tie, shirt underneath, dark trousers.

 Bryan Sylvester (Sylvester)- A junior detective being groomed by 'The Boss' and made into his cronie, Sylvester has half a brain which is all that The Boss needs from him. Sylvester sees himself differently, as a valuable asset to the boss who he believes is rearing him for promotion. Because of this, Sylvester will do anything asked of him if he thinks it will increase his standing.
Character Mise-en-Scene: Leather Jacket, shirt underneath though isn't often seen without jacket on. Dark trousers.

Minor Characters
Susan Northcott- Northcott's wife, a woman who looks after the house whilst her husband supports her at work. She feels she is happily married and comfortable as things are. She initially tries to comfort Northcott when things go awry with the case but soon becomes frustrated and thinks he is over-reacting, leading to tension between them.
Character Mise-en-Scene: Regular street clothes.

Drug Dealer- Short appearance at start. Rough looking, just been arrested by Northcott who is taking him in to question him further on the drug ring.
Character Mise-en-Scene: Regular street clothes, maybe a white t-shirt to contrast with the darker colours of the detectives