After completing our preliminary task, we had to think of a genre or an idea for our main task. The original idea was that of a James Bond/gansgter genre. After thoroughly discussing this idea, we felt the idea on the whole was unrealistic as many James Bond films are filmed in areas where it would be impossible for us to film and many James Bond films include explosions and the use of guns. Instead, we developed on the idea of gangsters. Our group felt this would be more of a successful genre because we would be able to film in suitable locations and would be easier to act out. Our group had a lot of knowledge of football hooligan films such as Green Street and The Football Factory and we built on this.
The film begins at a game involving Dover and Folkestone. The protagonist is Harry Wall, son of the Folkestone's firm leader. A member of the Dover firm, Shane, describes what happens with the use of a voice over and describes the atompshere of the crowd and fights that maybe occurring. There are many shots of the Dover and Folkestone fans with the cuts getting quicker every time the camera switches from the Dover to Folkestone fans.
After Folkestone win, the fans get very arrogant including the hooligan firm, now thinking they are superior over Dover. Harry comes up to Alex and Shane, members of the Dover firm who are minding their own business walking along an alley way. Alex and Shane are seen as the antagonists in the film. Harry gives the Dover hooligans verbal abuse and the Dover thugs retaliate by punching him and Harry eventually manages to escape only for the Dover firm members to be right behind him.
The scene then cuts back to an office, where Harry works. Out of nowhere, Shane enters the room and hits him hard with blood everywhere. The next scene then cuts to the pub with Alex and Shane walking towards it with the voice over describing how these are the first steps to becoming a respected firm leader. There is then a fading transition into the titles which explains why Dover and fans are fighting. The tension between the two firms is reaching boiling and the real hooligans belong to non-league football. Further on in the film, there is constant fighting between the two firms and a lot of tension between the two but also some fighting internally in the firm, especially in the Dover firm as they fight to become the next firm leader.
Monday, 4 January 2010
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Task 1.3 - Preliminary Evaluation
After showing our preliminary film to the class, the piece needed to be evaluated not just by our group, but also the class as a whole. The film was generally good but our group and the class picked out some errors and mistakes.
The film had a very good composition of shots and showed off the fast paced action we were trying to produce. Not only was the film kept at a high tempo, it showed the emotion of the protagonist. The fast pace can say he is stressed and angry about his daughter being kidnapped by the antagonist. There was many quick cuts to show the pace Shane is walking at and when he goes to walk in to the room, the cuts are quick to show how angry he is when he says, "I've come here, now tell me where my daughter is!" The fast pace had been maintained until the protagonist had calmed down and sat down. The protagonist was still in a bad mood but was not going to snap and the antagonist was dominant in the situation. The protagonist almost snaps by drawing out a pistol from his blazer yet the calm antagonist tells him to stop - "There will be consequences" and "Do you know who I am?", making out the antagonist is powerful and a figure of authority. The film obeyed the 180 degree rule although it was exaggerated at times.
There was a continuity error in the film, when the protagonists rushes angrily in to the room, he leaves the door open but when he enters the room at the point where the protagonist is pointing at the antagonist, the door is closed. There is also a lot of wasted space around the characters, at times, realising the audience could be distracted by another object in the room. As well as wasted space, it occurred to us the shots were badly composed especially when the protagonist is in the process of sitting down. Another good example was the antagonist standing up to walk out the room and the audience can only see half of his head. When the camera was behind the antagonist and he was facing the protagonist, the 180-degree rule was exaggerated leaving wasted space and the shoot looking badly composed.
The film had a very good composition of shots and showed off the fast paced action we were trying to produce. Not only was the film kept at a high tempo, it showed the emotion of the protagonist. The fast pace can say he is stressed and angry about his daughter being kidnapped by the antagonist. There was many quick cuts to show the pace Shane is walking at and when he goes to walk in to the room, the cuts are quick to show how angry he is when he says, "I've come here, now tell me where my daughter is!" The fast pace had been maintained until the protagonist had calmed down and sat down. The protagonist was still in a bad mood but was not going to snap and the antagonist was dominant in the situation. The protagonist almost snaps by drawing out a pistol from his blazer yet the calm antagonist tells him to stop - "There will be consequences" and "Do you know who I am?", making out the antagonist is powerful and a figure of authority. The film obeyed the 180 degree rule although it was exaggerated at times.
There was a continuity error in the film, when the protagonists rushes angrily in to the room, he leaves the door open but when he enters the room at the point where the protagonist is pointing at the antagonist, the door is closed. There is also a lot of wasted space around the characters, at times, realising the audience could be distracted by another object in the room. As well as wasted space, it occurred to us the shots were badly composed especially when the protagonist is in the process of sitting down. Another good example was the antagonist standing up to walk out the room and the audience can only see half of his head. When the camera was behind the antagonist and he was facing the protagonist, the 180-degree rule was exaggerated leaving wasted space and the shoot looking badly composed.
Monday, 7 December 2009
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Task 1.1 - Preliminary Storyboard
As well as action scenes, we decided to explore the 180 degree rule. It involved the protagoonist walking into a room and the protagonist walking out of a room and using the 180 degree rule with a conversation being said over a table. 
The synopsis is the protagonist is angry after his daughter has been taken hostage by the antagonist. The stressed protagonist is waling briskly to find the antagonist and finds him in a room on his own. He comes rushing in and asks where his daughter is. The antagonist is calm and composed and asks the protagonist to take a seat. The antagonist asks for the protagonist to do one last job for him and then he can have his daughter back. The protagonist accepts this but is worried about the task ahead.
In our short sequence, we felt no high amount of action should be taking place and wanted to show that we can manintain and obey the 180 degree rule. Our storyboard was used as a guide on how to make our preliminary film but we lacked a variety of shots.
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