Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Major Project: Auditions

A big part of any film production is the cast, and to get the cast you must carry out auditions. AUDITIONS Ellie arranged the auditions. On the day we had three pairs of people to audition. Ellie thought it'd be a good idea to audition male and female pairs as Bobbie & Clive together, which I...

Monday, 29 January 2018

Major Project: Character Profiles Draft 1

In preparation for our auditions, I have created some character profiles for Bobbie, Clive, and our security guard, who is now called Frank (named after Frank Hamer, the sherif who captured Bonnie & Clyde). CHARACTER PROFILES DRAFT 1 Each profile details: - Name - Age - Height - Build - Gender - Description - Apperance - Personality - Actions - Character Development These character profiles...

Friday, 26 January 2018

Major Project: Triptych Logo Creation

As part of this project we needed to come up with our own production company to use in the film. TRIPTYCH LOGO CREATION As a group we came up with the name 'Triptych'. It's definition is: "a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together" We...

Major Project: Script Draft 7

Following on from our feedback on the sixth draft, we have written a new seventh draft. SCRIPT DRAFT 7 Changes to this new script draft include: - Some minor dialogue changes during scene 2 to speed the pace of the scene up slightly. This mostly included cutting down or rewording some of the lines. - We have cut out the lines about the guns during scene 2, as this conversation is now going to...

Monday, 22 January 2018

Major Project: Location Recce

In preparation for our shoot, we completed a location recce. LOCATION RECCE Pretty much from the start of the project, when we wrote our first idea down, we knew that Ellen had a good location in mind for us to use. It's an office/warehouse location that some of her family members work at. After conversations...

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Major Project: Script Draft 6

Based on feedback from our fifth draft, we have written a new sixth draft. SCRIPT DRAFT 6 Changes to the script include: - We've removed what was scene 4 where they run across the car park towards the building. We felt this didn't work with the story anymore, and was just a scene we had left in from the original idea. Instead the two now leave the car, and it cuts straight to the scene that takes...

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Major Project: Script Draft 5

Before receiving any feedback on our fourth draft we have decided to write a fifth draft as their are some major changes to we want to make to the story. SCRIPT DRAFT 5 The new story flows as follows: - Bobbie & Clive drive into the car park and park up outside the warehouse. We have decided that both of the characters should arrive at the location at the same time. This makes more sense...

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Major Project: Shooting Script Draft 1 & Shot List Draft 1

Now that we have a script and storyline we are happy with, I have created a first draft shooting script and shot list. SHOOTING SCRIPT DRAFT 1 Before I created a shot list, I went through the latest script draft and made a note of the shots I would like to use for each section. I did it in the style of a live TV show script, where the shots are written onto the script in the order they appear on...

Monday, 15 January 2018

Major Project: Mood Boards

An important part of the pre-production process for me as a director is to ensure that everyone else on the production, especially the DOP, understands my vision for the film. To do this I have created some mood boards. MOOD BOARDS I have created a mood board for each of the three main locations currently...

Saturday, 13 January 2018

Major Project: Directors Statement

To help others understand my vision for 'Bobbie & Clive' I have come up with my own directors statement for the film. DIRECTORS STATEMENT In the past my directors statement for all of my projects has been: "I take a great interest in the filmmaking process. Watching something go from being...

Thursday, 11 January 2018

Major Project: Costume Design

As the Director, one of the many things I have to think about is costume design. COSTUME DESIGN The costume design for each character plays an important part in the story, so nothing should just be chosen for the sake of it. I have thought carefully about each character and what they should wear,...

Major Project: Bobbie & Clive Test Logo Graphic

One of the first things I always like to do for every project is create a test graphic which often features a test logo for the project. 'BOBBIE & CLIVE' TEST LOGO GRAPHIC I often create these test graphics so I can show others what kind of style and tone I'm going for. It also helps me begin...

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Major Project: Pulp Fiction, & Baby Driver

Pulp Fiction. Baby Driver. What do they have in common? Absolutely nothing, but I have chosen to base my research for 'Bobbie & Clive' on them. PULP FICTION Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It's about a few different stories of crime taking place in...

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Major Project: Script Draft 4

Following on from the feedback on our third script draft, we have written a new fourth draft of 'Bobbie & Clive'. SCRIPT DRAFT 4 This new draft involved making some minor story and dialogue changes. By changing the dialogue, we are beginning to mould the characters into who we think they should be. The changes include: - Removing Bobbie's line "No! We're going to go in there and scare the...

Monday, 8 January 2018

Major Project: Script Draft 3

As we now have a new idea for our major project, a new script draft needs to be produced. SCRIPT DRAFT 3 This new script draft still contains some elements from the original 'Stick Up' idea. These elements include some dialogue, the 'apples' plot twist. Most other elements have changed. The new idea breaks down as follows: - Clive meets Bobbie at the location. She has clearly been waiting a while...

Major Project: New Idea 'Bobbie & Clive' & 25 Word Pitch

Although we haven't received feedback on our initial idea yet, we have decided to make some major changes. NEW IDEA: 'BOBBIE & CLIVE' When I was looking into the genre of heist movies, I found the original 'Bonnie & Clyde' movie from 1967. I liked this idea of a husband and wife crime duo,...

Sunday, 7 January 2018

Major Project: Script Draft 2

After sharing the initial script draft with the rest of my group, we worked together to write a second draft. SCRIPT DRAFT 2 My group's initial thoughts were positive. They liked the idea, but the script needed some work. So we all sat down to produce this second draft, and these are the changes we made: - The first change was to set the story at night rather than during the day. This made certain...

Saturday, 6 January 2018

Major Project: Script Draft 1

After coming up with an initial idea, and once I had completed some additional research into screenwriting, I wrote the first draft of a script for our Major Project: 'Stick Up'. SCRIPT DRAFT 1 This first draft of the script was written without any input from Ellie and Ellen. I wrote it to better help them understand my idea, before we began working as a group to make changes to it. It follows...

Friday, 5 January 2018

Major Project: 'Stick Up' 25 word pitch

All good ideas can be summarised in 25 words or less. This is known as an Elevator Pitch because it designed to be short enough to be said to someone in the time between two floors in an elevator. 'STICK UP' 25 WORD PITCH After completing some research into 25 word pitches, I found that there are...

Thursday, 4 January 2018

Major Project: How To Write A Good Script

Before I began writing the first draft of the script, I wanted to complete some more research in the area, to ensure I wrote the best one possible. HOW TO WRITE A GOOD SCRIPT My first thought was to go back to what I learnt in the first year during my unit about screenwriting. I felt if I refreshed...

Wednesday, 3 January 2018

Major Project: Comedy Drama

For my major project I want to create a comedy drama short film, so I have conducted some research into the genre to better aid my idea development. COMEDY DRAMA A comedy drama, also known as a dramedy, is something that combines elements from both the comedy and the drama (also known as tragedy)...

Major Project: Initial Idea- 'The Stick Up'

For the  major project I will be working with Ellie (Producer & Co-Writer) and Ellen (DOP & Co-Writer). As a group we decided that we wanted to create a short fiction film (about 10 mins). We all like the idea of doing a comedy drama, as opposed to a drama or a sci fi etc... INITIAL IDEA- 'THE STICK UP' At first I struggled to think of a good idea for this project. I guess you could...

Tuesday, 2 January 2018

Major Project: Brief

The Major Project is the final project on this course. MAJOR PROJECT For this project, there are three options that can be taken: Pre-Production Continuation - This option allows us to develop our project from the Pre-Production unit into a film. So in my case I would be taking Pleasure Park...