Friday, 14 February 2014

Actors

Well, we have before you is a behind the scene look at who our Actors who starred in the 2 minutes short film of OUTGONE.
These actors have starred in various other films such as;

  • The lookout
  • Darkness
  • Hold up
  • Batman - The Dark Knight
  • Star Wars trilogy
  • Blood Diamond
And plenty more.

Here we have a photo of one of our actors playing a part of a Native American in the film "The Lookout"

Here is our very own actor, Avraj, he is a very popular actor around the globe, mainly in America and has starred in the films such as "The lookout", Batman - The Dark Knight and played a small role in Blood Diamond.
That was only a little bit of fun, now to the serious agender.
We all enjoyed making this openiong 2 minutes of our film (Outgone) and we have here the two main actors that were a part of our final piece, unfortunatly one of the other actors who starred in the film has departed from our group and wont be showed in this post. In the picture below will have a picture of our actors, Max Chillman and Avraj Chagger.
Max Chillman, on the left, played the role of the 'Henchman' in our opening two minutes of our film and enjoyed playing the role, he quotes "It was an enjoyable experience, one that I will take everywhere I go".
Avraj Chagger, on the right, played the role of the antagonist which was the lead interrorgator, also known as "The King" in the opening two minutes of our film and enjoyed playing the role, he also quotes "It was a conjunction of both high intensity, emotions and hardwork.
We also have the actor, Sam McCool playing the part of the protagonist who was the person being interrorgated, sadly he departed from our group and we also dont have a photograph of the actor
Overall, the opening 2 minutes was a success and was highly enjoyable to direct and watch the actors do their work. 

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Soundtrack Research (2) - Interrorgation Room



This type of interrogation is one of the soundtracks that we all looked at and one of the various pieces of soundtracks that we might of used in our opening two minutes. This soundtrack sounds very hard-hitting and 'dark' in the sense that this type of soundtrack is a very good piece to use if making an interrogation room scene. The use of drums in this piece of music gives it that hard hitting/dark feel to it as it increases the tempo of the music giving us the nervous feeling and would have an effect on the audience. We didn't use this soundtrack due to the fact that it would be a bit 'epic' for our opening two minutes and also that it is copyrighted by the Alpha Protocol game and their producers, but this could easily be mimicked in the sense of using drums to make a dark/hard-hitting/scary piece of music. We used this type of music to get various ideas for our music soundtrack for our opening 2 minutes, the use of drums was a part of it. Overall, this is a very good piece of interrogation music and it does give us the nervous feeling and the nervous/hard-hitting impact on the audience and this is what we intend to do with our opening two minutes.

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Audience Research - Action


This audience research is what we used to help make our decision on what genre to make our opening 2 minutes. We can see from the Age, Gender and Children categories on what sort of audience are more likely to watch an action film

In the Age category, the ages more likely to watch an action film would be from the ages of 18-44 with an overall percentage of 69%, this could be because most action films are around 15 years+ making it more appealing for the youthful/young adult population and also the middle ages population.

The Gender category shows that the Male Gender is more likely to watch an action film than the female audience. With the male audience having 61% of the total percentage, this means that action films are more likely to appeal to the male audience, this could be because of the fight scenes, car chases, shootings, blood etc. this could be what appeals to the male audience stereo-typically, but this wouldn't appeal to most of the female audience.

The children Category shows us the percentage of adults that have/do not have children and how action films would appeal to them. The highest being people with no children with 54% this could be that they would be able to watch the films they like, without any hasell of a young child, who would not be suitable to the young child.


 Overall, this is what helped us make the decision of making our opening 2 minutes an action film, as this audience research show us what type of audience that our film would appeal and also what target audience we should be going for.


Sunday, 2 February 2014

Research and planning provisional mark


Name of student: Max Chillman

 
Done?
Comment/target
 
RESEARCH
 
 
Genre Research and mind-maps
YES
 
Uploaded YouTube videos of openings - analysed
YES
 
Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched
YES
 
Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre openings analysed in detail
YES
 
Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken.
Comment on the setting image you uploaded – how it has contributed to your planning and ideas
 
Actors and props photos and interviews
Props photos
Upload some interviews with the actors – these could be video diaries.
Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)
 
 
Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)
Make sure you get this completed and uploaded
 
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
?
 
Shot lists
YES
Comment on this post – why have you made the choices you have? Did they change when you filmed? Develop your comments in more detail, showing clearly your thought processes and the journey you have undertaken
Consideration  of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.
?
 
Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!
NO
 
Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs
NO
 
Mood board
YES
 
Script
YES
 
Practice titles created and uploaded
YES
Make sure you comment on you posts
Storyboard – animatic.
NO
This is vital to your mark
Time Management Schedule
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 shotlists, 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 shotlists, 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      12/20       Level 3

Max - make sure you comment on each of your posts - – why have you made the choices you have? Did they change when you filmed? Develop your comments in more detail, showing clearly your thought processes and the journey you have undertaken