Script Read Through - Change Draft 1

Edited by Sneha

Script - Change 1st Draft

Treatment

Script To Screen - Jigsaw

This is our script to screen analysis for the short independent film Jigsaw.

Script to Screen from Aperture Productions

Sneha: Mise en scene, What will this exercise make me think about when you write your script?

Kanaiya: Editing, Soundtrack, Explain what you would have done differently in the production and post production if you were working with that script.

Jay: Screening, what will this exercise make you think about when you are in production and post production?

Pitch: Treason

LOGLINE: A spy, sets out on a mission to stop an assassination but the challenges he faces are life-threatening. Will he give in?

HEAD ON: Consists of storyline outline, types of shots that may be used to convey certain messages along with the type of suspenseful, thrill-seeking music that could be used.



PITCH:



FEEDBACK:

This is the feedback that I received based on my pitch. It was helpful and I was able to learn how to improve my pitching skills and how my story could be further developed to make it clearer and more understandable.

Pitch: Change

LOGLINE: After discovering the identity of an infamous serial killer, the renowned and expert detective is killed, leaving his partner, a newly promoted detective, to do the impossible and piece everything together to solve the case while dealing with the loss of this idol and changes in his life.

HEAD ON: A series of images to give an idea of the overall feel, complimented with an outline of the story. It also features music that is similar to what could be used in the opening while also detailing little specific aspects that can also be used.



PITCH:

Pitch: Different Identities

LOGLINE: Twins, separated at birth, followed different pathways in their lives. In a journey of a renowned Detective to find a renowned criminal, will their paths ever meet?

HEAD-ON: Consists of background non diegetic music we could expect, which would be synchronous, and types of frames in relation to the plot of my movie, which would contain a high amount of mystery and even confusion.



PITCH:




FEEDBACK from CLASS:

This feedback was useful because it allowed me to realise where I went wrong and how I could adapt my story to make it less confusing.

Random Story Game

This is the random story game that we played in order to "get our creative juices flowing". This helped us think about our potential story line and how we would adapt to different scenarios.


Edited by Kanaiya

Additional Research - Sneha

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Secret Intelligence Service - Student Opening Analysis:

WWW:

• The background non-diegetic synchronous music works well with the genre and it builds suspense.
• The addition of news reports adds verisimilitude.
• In some parts, the handheld camera was successful at portraying the nervousness the character is feeling.
• The panning and establishing shots were successful at showing the location.
• The costume (suit) matched the role of the character.

EBI:

• The opening credits were shown for longer.
• The lighting in some parts could have been brighter to reduce the blurriness.
• In some parts, the handheld camera was not successful. It made it look like the main character was being watched even when he wasn't. Made the audience feel uneasy.
• There could have been more short cuts to make the action appear faster. This could've been enhanced with fast-paced editing.

Additional Research - Kanaiya

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Feedback of other student's work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMQR_pPHOWg

WWW: Good use of micro elements, typography is matches the genre, location helps to create an atmosphere, good transition between scenes, good use of conventions of a title sequence

EBI: storyline wasn’t so stereotypical, if the pace was more fast paced, if there was more dialogue for audience to engage with, if characters were introduced quicker

Additional Research - Jay

The importance of music.

Music is extremely important and can decide whether a movie is good or not. Music helps build up impressions and feelings throughout the movie. Softer slower music can instil a calm feeling but can also be seen as sad depending on the images that accompany it. Music itself can be split into several small factors:

Pace - The speed.
Pitch - The degree of highness or lowness of a tone.
Dynamics - Volume and the feel (soft or hard).

Using these elements in combination together gives unlimited possibilities. Slow music, paired with high pitched and quiet notes can help create an ominous feel. While fast paced high pitched notes can give a happy feeling.
For our opening we want to encapsulate the idiom "the calm before the storm". We decided that it should include both the calm as well as the storm. Because of this we decided that our music should crescendo and include a variety of instruments. We want to create texture and have a plethora of layers that start off calm but build up to create that storm.

Job Roles - Sneha

Job Roles - Kanaiya

Job Roles - Jay

Target Audience Research

Edited by Sneha

We created this video for our target audience research. From this information, we were able to learn about what stood out the most in a title sequence. We were also able to find out how different micro-elements (particularly sound) would have an impact on the moods and atmosphere. It will assist our initial ideas and planning because we will be able to go more into depth with the films that they said were the most iconic. Finally, we will be able to make the title sequence appeal to the target audience by using conventions that worked from other movies for our own title sequence development.

Directors - Michael Bay

Directors - Christopher Nolan

Directors - Quentin Tarantino

Target Audience Profile

Facebook Page (Jay): (Full size: http://imgur.com/a/3ZPm6)

Instagram Page (Sneha):

 

Story and Narrative + Representation

The name of the people who created each slide is at the bottom of the slide.

Typography and Design

Action and crime movies have similar fonts due to them often being hybridised or acting as sub-genres to one another (Either crime as a sub to action, or action as a sub to crime). Both are intertwined due to the nature of the genres, crime involves action and violence, similarly, action involves a crime of some sort. Therefore, the font seen with these genres are almost always bold and sans-serif which implies seriousness, as it looks simple and straight to the point, not fancy like serif fonts. They're large and captivating as it's almost in your face and taking up some of the canvas, they're unmissable which suits the overall tone of the movie. the colours are dark to suit the eerie criminal, serious, action-packed mood (as action/crime aren't usually brightly coloured or happy/jovial), or colours that have dangerous connotations like Red. Furthermore, the bold typeface often connotes power and portray the main character as being dominant.

Billing Order

Jay:

Nightcrawler, which is a crime/thriller movie, has a typical billing with a few added features. It possess the standard and important bills such as Studios involved, actors, producers and director. The order simply has a few extras such as Music Supervisors.

Sneha:

Casino Royale is an action/crime movie that has an unconventional billing order. It includes mostly all of the credits whereas, usually there would be just the starring actors, directors and producers. This opening credits for this film includes hair and make-up along with costume designers which would conventionally be at the closing credits.


Kanaiya:

The Dark Knight Rises is an action/crime movie which has an interesting billing order, particularly because there are more credits than the conventional. One example of this is of "Created by..." and "Story by..." which shows that synergy has been used. We also see that the amount of seconds between each credit varies.

Iconography and Conventions

Conventions of a Title Sequence

Genre Typecasting

Film Opening Analysis 2 (Genre) - Sneha

Film Opening Analysis 2 (Genre) - Kanaiya

Film Opening Analysis 2 (Genre) - Jay

Genre and Sub-genres

We decided on our genre by making an online pros and cons list. We first chose our two possible genres and went on from there. We came to the conclusion of choosing the action/crime genre due to it having a greater number of pros. Below is our pros and cons list.

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Genre and sub genres from Aperture Productions

Genre Importance

Film Opening Analysis (General) - Kanaiya

Film Opening Analysis from Aperture Productions

Film Opening Analysis (General) - Sneha

Film Opening Analysis (General) - Jay

Purpose of a Film Opening

We all collaborated on Google slides to then publish using slide share. 

Shot by Shot Remake (Snatch) + Analysis

Here is how our shot by shot remake turned out:



Edited by Jay and Sneha

And this is our analysis:

Edited by Jay

Shot List for Shot by Shot

This shot list was created to be a tool when filming our shot by shot:

Production Name & Logo Ideas - Jay

Production Name & Logo Ideas - Sneha

Production Name and Logo Sneha from Aperture Productions

Ident

Production Name & Logo Ideas - Kanaiya

Production name and logo ideas from Aperture Productions

Preliminary Task Analysis 1 - Jay

I had analysed my Preliminary task through writing and pictures. In the poster I included a full analysis of each aspect of MECS as well as improvements. Furthermore, I'd also commented on my role within the group.

Preliminary Task Analysis 1 - Sneha

This is my preliminary task analysis which includes my role in the group task, the areas that we met, the production process and our improvement and development.

Mind mup screenshots from Aperture Productions

Preliminary Task Analysis 1 - Kanaiya

Preliminary Analysis Kanaiya from Aperture Productions

Preliminary Task

We created and edited the preliminary task based on the storyboard and script. Here is how it turned out:

Jay's Edit:


 Kanaiya's Edit:


Sneha's Edit:

Preliminary Task Storyboard

Preliminary Task Script