Animatic Storyboard

Animatic Storyboard

These pictures create our animatic storyboard to show the target audience what happens in our opening 2 minutes.our aim of the clip is to persuade the audience to carry on watching our film by enticing them with action,crime and anticipation from the outset.As the pictures show,the clip focus's on dynamic camera angles and close ups of the main characters to show the audience there expressions no matter how subtle. Another great aspect of our film is the low lighting we use which allows the audience to relate to the dark criminality of our film,because of this i believe our film has all the right features of a high quality film.

Research And Planning Provisional Mark

Name of student:   Connor Moreton

	Done?	Comment/target
RESEARCH
Genre Research and mind-maps	Yes – action, romance, horror
Uploaded You Tube videos of openings - analysed	Yes – 10 posts
Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched	Yes
Uploaded You Tube videos of similar genre openings analysed in detail	Yes
Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken.	Yes
Actors and props photos and interviews	Yes
Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)	Yes
Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)	Yes
Institution research (Paramount etc)	Yes
Certificate research	Yes
PLANNING
Own film idea brainstorm	Yes
Own film treatment	Yes
Relevant Online Tutorials and Comment	Yes
Documenting of influences on production	Yes
Shot lists	Yes
Consideration of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.	Yes
Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!	Yes
photos and screen grabs	Yes
Mood board	Yes
Script	Yes
Practice titles created and uploaded	Yes
Storyboard – animatic.	Yes

Research and planning mark scheme:

Level 2

8–11 marks

Planning and research evidence may be partially incomplete;

There is basic research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is basic organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is basic work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is a basic level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management may not be good.

Level 3

12–15 marks

Planning and research evidence will be complete;

There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is proficient work on shot lists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management is good; there is a schedule of filming

There is no animatic storyboard and/or mood board

Level 4

16–20 marks

Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;

There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is excellent work on shot lists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management is excellent.

Research and planning mark      13  /20     Level 3

Codes And Conventions Of Oppening 2 Miunites

Codes And Conventions Of Our Opening 2 Minutes

This diagram shows the codes and conventions for our 2 minute clip,showing all the technical aspects of the clip (written and audio codes,conventions,symbolic and technical aspects).

Own Film Treatment

                                                        Own Film Treatment Viet-Con




Viet-Con


Cory and I created an action genre 2 minute opening scene clip at the the swan centre Leatherhead, we believe this is the perfect location for an action genre stand off because the location offers dynamic camera angles and aspects that other low level locations do not offer,it also has enough space to move freely with the camera shots.

At the start of the opening scene there is a shot of James and pat (villain and body guard) moving toward the location of the main scene,giving the audience an aspect of thuggery and danger as they are walking to a subdued ally way in a night back drop giving the aura of suspense.After the two characters reach there destination the camera pans up to the sky and the titles soon appear to fade out with the camera panning down to Cory (agent banks) with a over the shoulder shot of the two characters slowing down to there destination,once Cory has looked at his assumed opponents, the camera then moves down the stairs towards the characters walking down ;with the speed up effect of this shot will give dynamism to the opening two minutes.Once the camera moves overhead of the villain and bodyguard it shows me Connor being lifted up from a confined space.during the stand off scene we decided to do scene by scene meaning we didn't shoot mine and James shots in order because the angles were shot revers shots.after the intense stand off between me,James,pat and graham the camera tracks Cory running away where me and the two bodyguards are running showing the audience that agent banks is closely monitoring Connor.

once I get as far as i can i have a dialogue piece once again between me and James being protected by the bodyguards signifying that the villain has the control and power,suddenly agent banks jumps down from a eagle eye viewed ledge to finally confront the three villains and I and tells me to just hand it over which the audience understand from the earlier flashback.Now the audience can relate to the clip the last shot is all the characters running towards each other in an attempt to control me,the effect we use is a slow motion mid shot of the scene to show the audience who is battling between each other;the screen cuts black and shows titles of Viet con once again.

Soundtrack Research

                                                                   Soundtrack Research


http://www.freestockmusic.com/2013/international-production-music/free-African-stock-music-african-safari-drums/



African Safari Drums

Me and Cory decided to use this piece of music because it is an non copyrighted piece from a free music provider and links well with the chase scene as it builds tempo.
the song uses a wide variety of drum sounds to create an intense rhythm that builds to a powerful climax It also blends the sounds and rhythms of African beats into a complex, modern drum tune.we Incorporated this piece during the chase scene to give the audience music which relates to the scene aka African troops running into battle.
Me and Cory also Incorporated Vietnam war sounds during the flashback as this will suggest to the audience that someone was involved with the Vietnam war.This type of music will entice the audience to carry on watching the clip to find out who and why Vietnam is Incorporated.

Viet-Con Script

                                                                         Viet-Con Script

Scene 1-Flashback (fade in effect)

Agent Banks: I wouldn’t even try with him

Mysterious Character: Why? The world needs him

Agent Banks: No the world wants him, you got no fucking idea what you’re dealing with

(Fade out effect)

Mysterious Character: This geezer is one in a billion let alone million

Mysterious Character: He has no fear, no conscience and holds more power than you can think of. You better not under-estimate him

(Non-diegetic sound of Vietnam War)

Mysterious Character: He was the greatest, most feared man in Vietnam

Mysterious Character: Some say he's not even human, or even dare to speak about what happened to him

Scene 2- The conversation

James: So I finally get to see the famous Connor then. Hope I managed to ruin your holiday

Connor: nah its cool my whole life's a holiday. Mind you my Latina babes were a smidge upset when I had to vamos away.

(James looks at allay, anticipating Connor’s moves)

James: alright no funny business. You must know why your here by now

Connor: Of course

(James, the Villain, signals his henchman to maintain Connor)

 

Scene 3- Chase scene

(Connor finds himself at a dead end while the henchmen are closing in)

James: Come on Connor just give it up

Connor: ye know full well I can make it over that wall, and now you’re probably wandering why I wanna stand here yabbing at you

(Cory, Agent Banks, jumps down to Connor, leading to a confrontation)

Cory: end of the line

Connor: no feckin way #illnutyouinaminuite

Cory: Then hand it over

(Connor looks at his phone)

Connor: Ah feck it

Time Management Schedule

                                                              Time Management Schedule


In the first section of our filming we started  to do the shots which show the audience who and what is going on by using an over the shoulder shot of Cory looking down at the oncoming characters (James and pat) and graham escorting me to them suggesting a villain themed clip, filming in the dark also converts the idea of a villain film because of the link of black in a action genre.Half an hour after we finished the intro and first section of dialogue we then created a chase scene out of a stand off situation by using a tracking shot of me and Cory running to the peak of the second location Leatherhead Swan Centre Car Park) were the final stand off and dialogue will be.The last part of filming included Cory And James organising and acting the flashback scene.Overall i believe our time management was structured very well because of the way we managed to film in difficult conditions (to heighten the quality of film) and how well we could work around our problems which were the rainy conditions,we did this by improvising and only filming in covered places and using the rain to our advantage in tense situation scenes allowing the audience to relate to the film.

People	Date Friday 20Th of December Sunday 5Th of January Thursday 16Th  of January	Time 17:00 – 19:30 17:00 – 20:00 12:00 - 12:30	Involvement	Conditions The cast filmed in dark wet conditions ideal for a contemporary action film which features suspense
Connor Moreton			Main protagonist
Cory Nelson			Agent Banks
James Hill			Villain
Graham Burgess			Henchmen 1
Patrick Cowley			Henchmen 2