Music research

With looking for the right music track to go over the top of our 2 minutes of a biginning of our film, we needed a piece of music that would last that amount of time.The type of music we where looking to find was an up beat tone that would go well with out genre that we are filming in, it took us a while in the search for the right music as the music we have to use had to be a non copyright materiel meaning that the artist couldn't be sighed to a music label. we now have found our music for the video and will be placing it over the top but it will be faded into the background as we are also having as voice over over the top of the music so the voice over will be louder than the music.   

Group Responsobilities

Within my group there are 4 people involved in the making of our 2 minute video they are:

Mabel Pearce - http://a-sfoundationportfoliomabelpearce.blogspot.com/

Christie Ewens - http://a-sfoundationportfoliochristieewens.blogspot.com/

Ryan Baker -  http://shakenbake713.blogspot.com/

as well as myself Liam Conlon.

In our group we all have our part to play in the the making of the video.

Both me and Ryan are the characters in our film (Vinnie & Tommy) we play the main parts in  the video although we are in the video within our group Mabel and Christie are the two who are filming us in the video, although there are filming we like to take turns now and again so that we all have the chance to film different shots, this is also the same for the editing so that we all are able to get involved with the making of the video. 

First day of filming, location & character photo

This was first day of filming with Vinnie and Tommy, as it was our first filming session we decided to take a lot of camera shots even if we don't use all the video, we thought it was best so that we can get the right shot. With the first couple of shots, we filmed within a wooded area of both Vinnie and Tommy walking as well as we also took shots of them both walking alone.

With both characters fully in costume they are both wearing leather jackets which suit both the characters as well as their personality that we are trying to represent within the video.

with our first filming session we didn't brink our story bored so we weren't fully sure on the types of shots we had to film, but we filmed a couple of shots altogether and most of them turned out successful as we where able to perform different shot angles. we plan to improve our work and take a lot more camera shots so that we have a range to chose from within our film as well as we will be following our story bored a lot more closely so that we get are shots that we planned to do. 

Analysis Of The Godfather

Is the Genre Established? What is it?

the film itself is shown to have a dark feel to it as the show the first character as he is surrounded by a black background as he tells a tragic story about his family, at the beginning he is looking directly towards the camera giving it quite a scary look as he is looking right at you but as the camera pans around he is talking to a character who is sat in a chair, so far from what has been shown in the first two minutes I could say that it was gangster related from what is going on as well as the way it is being film I could also say that it could also possible be a thriller.

How is the Genre established? What convention are used? 

not much is shown in the fist two minutes of the film other than a man talking, a reason into why I assume this is a gangster type genre is that a shot is shown that every person in the room is that they are all wearing black suits that mobsters would wear as well as the man talking, takes about crime as well as violence people have put him and his family through. 

What else does the audience find out in the first 2 minutes? 

A main character is presented in the film the man sat in the chair listening to the guy speaking although he doesn't speak within the two minutes she shows a lot of intimidation as well as power over the other person as he is sat behind the desk higher up showing his level of power, as well as the company behind the film is shown at the beginning of the film as well as the film itself in the two minutes seems to give and scary look upon knowing that something could happen at any time. 

How does the audience find this out? 

with the beginning of the film a dramatic music is being played over the title's of the film as well as as it starts to go into the film but the music that is in there, starts to get you wondering what is going to happen cause the sound of the music is deep, making it just Wright for this type of film genre. 

LRMC FILMS

With our company long we finally came up with a final decision onto how our logo should look we chose to have it the same sort of look to have the title is as it will be shown along with the title so that it will make both pieces of text stand out. we also went for a graffiti type of look with the text as it shows to stand out more from any other type of font.  

Final title design

in the final decision we decided on our logo font to have a edge about it, they way the font is shown is like it has been spray painted on which can usually be related to gangs, gangsters or just for art, in any case the title is shown to stand our from any other, the colour of the font will be black with big bold writing so that it is able to stand out as well as the letter are all shown in capitals. 

Discussing the Title of our Film

while talking about the film we would be making we decided as a group it would be a good idea to come up with a name for our film so that we could flash up on the screen at some point with the video that would show our name. the name we decided in the end to come up with describes the film as it is, we named it Crafty, the reason for this was that we needed a name that would both fit the characters as well as the story line that we have given to them, with both the characters being shady men who sell of dodge goods we though it would be good to give the film a name that just rounds it up altogether in one word we also tried out a range of different fonts to get this.

Discussing the location

With discussing the location we wanted to get something that would go well with the characters as well as the scenes that we will be showing we went out and did some test shoots as well as took some pictures the reason was this was that we needed to get an understanding for where the characters should be filmed  as well as with our genre being Gangster we needed the scenes to look as they would be in a gangster film meaning that they would need to look old as well as it needed to be a suitable place for us to film in. As with our two main characters at points in our two minute beginning of a film they are both in different locations meaning we would need to find two different places to film in so that the effect that the characters are apart from each other was able to work. 

Analysis of Pulp Fiction

Is the Genre Established? What is it?

the genre is hard to understand as within the first two minutes it is all based within a coffee shop so that you don't really get a good understanding of what is going on, there are two characters shown so far a man and a woman, the only way that I was able to maybe establish the genre was with their conversation that was going on they where both talking about stories of robbing banks as they think about that it mite be better than robbing licker stores which could mean that they have robed storeys in the past aiming to move up in the ranks, be the sounds of the story so far I would say the genre is crime related as well as could involve action.

How is the Genre established? What convention are used? 

the way the dialogue  is presented, the way they talk about committing a crime as well as how to co mite a better crime that could get them more money in the proses as well as how to get away with committing the crime without getting caught.
What else does the audience find out in the first 2 minutes? 

what else is established within the first two minutes was that it was established of a possible two of the main characters in the film as those two is the only ones with dialogue so far as we'll as they are the first to be shown in the film itself. it is allows shown the time period of the film when it was made that it has an oldish look towards the film, also what else is shown was the film company's long who was the makers behind the film which was shown right at the start of the film. 

How does the audience find this out? 

they way it was showmen to have an oldish look about the film was that the way they both where dress as it was shown they where wearing old cloths that you wouldn't see in the newer day an age as well as the dinner that they are in seems to look old as well as, the man himself is smoking in a restaurant whitish you wouldn't see in a modern film.  

Final SCRIPT

Vinnie (voiceover); Well here is Vinnie a young man, one hell of a grafter. This man could sell sand to the Arab’s, snow to the Eskimos and tax to the government he is so crafty. Yeah certainly brain of the operations.

(Shot changes to character Tommy)

Not like Tommy he is what we call a bit of a wet towel, completely and utterly useless but he is a smooth talker with the ladies. God knows why with a face like that (Freeze-frame photo of Tommy looking rough). We always reckon he was a mummy’s boy.

(On screen talking now)

Vinnie; Tommy what do you see around here?

Tommy; Nothing much Vinnie, buildings houses streets

Vinnie; No Tommy, it is an ocean around here, and it is full of sharks Rule number 10 NEVER TRUST NO-ONE

Voiceover; Tommy is Vinnie’s best friend and Tommy looks up to Vinnie like an older brother but he would never cross him. Vinnie is teaching Tommy rules of the way.

Tommy; What was rule number nine again Vinnie

(Voiceover) like I said Vinnie is the brains of the operation.

Draft of the Script

Scrip draft/ film ideas

Story plot over Vinnie and Tommy as they where growing up.

Idea #1

Tommy needs to use the phone, walking over to some ladies he asked politely if he is able to use one of their phones, saying yes they hand him the phone, making a quick call he hangs up and starts talking to the women as they are distracted he quickly removes the simcard and places the phone back together with ought the people knowing, politely saying thank you she walks of with a smile on 

Idea #2

First extreme close up of vinnies clothing (shoes, buttons on the jacket)  close up of the back of the head paned around to he side of vinnies face.

Idea #3 Voice over (narrative) Cockney accent

Well here is Vinnie a young man one well of a grafter this man could sell sand to the Arabs, snow to the Eskimos. Clearly the brains of the operation.

Not like Tommy he what you could call a bit of a wet towel and complete and utterly useless, he may have his flaws but surprisingly he is a smooth talker with the ladies and can win over any woman.

As this is going on shots of Tommy walking to meet Vinnie, with a crosscut  between both characters. Vinnie walking around the corner.

Dialog

Tommy: Hello Vinnie were we of to today

Vinnie: going to be making some money you better be on your top game today

Tommy: I'm always on game mate a grafter, hard working as they come.

Vinnie: don't make me laugh you dummy. You are just a cocky flirt 

Preliminary video summery

With filming the preliminary video we used match on action to show the characters as well as over the shoulder shots. them length of the video is around 30 seconds, we tried to place in a number of shots within the video as we had only a short space to film in as well as there has also been some dialog shown in the preliminary as well as a couple of props of lolly's and headphones. 

Preliminary video

Lighting

With filming our two minute video we need to think about how the lighting will effect our video for example if we where using natural light from outside, we cant film in the morning and stop half way through and wait until later on in the day as the lighting will change,  making the video look off from the rest of the video. the same goes for inside if we are where to be using a light source inside the lighting will be changed if we where to move around. her are a couple of techniques of lighting:

• Background lighting
• Cameo lighting
• Fill light
• Flood lighting
• High-key lighting
• Key Lighting
• Lens flare
• Low-key lighting
• Mood lighting
• Rembrandt lighting
• Stage lighting
• Soft light

character profile: Clarie

Claire

with Claire she can be really quiet around new people that she has met for the first time but once she has gotten to know they she is a fun, bubbly person. Claire and Louise are both very two close friends I don't think there has ever been a time when you haven't seen them together. being the quiet one she is normally in the background of things but once she gets confident she is always up for a laugh. 

character profile: Louise

Louise

there isn't much about l Louise you hardly ever see her around the neighbourhood she allays is hanging out with her friends, she is mostly always seen with her good friend Claire they like to chat a lot and I mean a lot they are normally seen hanging around on the street corners also around field areas. she knows both Vinnie and Tommy pretty well as they see each other around the streets and like to chat now and then, she always likes to flirt when it comes down to boys.  

possible fonts for the Logo

with thinking about a company name, we though it would be best to have a choice of logo font that are all shown in different ways so that we could have a range to chose from. having those options to pick from gave us more font to chose from as well as to establish how big we wont the font to be.L.M.R.C films is the logo that we have given our film company we chose to pick those four letters as they are all the first letters of our names who are within the group, we though it was only fair that everyone's names was placed in the logo as we are all apart of making the video.

Possible Target Audience #1 Tim Wilkins

for my target audience I went around asking people what kinds of films they watch and what makes them interested in watching it.

Tim Wilkins a 17 year old student was among those people I asked. out of his film genres he enjoys watching gangster related films that have be filled with non stop action as well as a film involve crime for example pulp fiction which was among his favourite film choice, the reason why Tim likes to watch these types of films is that you don't see many good ones around any more, so finding a good gangster film is something that you should always watch. although he enjoys watching gangster films, Tims favourite genre is comedy/action  as he enjoys films like the hangover where there is a funny story line to the film and you never can expect the thing that are to happen.