MAIN TASK Post 8 - Pre-production

Synopsis of entire film: The film is based around an unpopular teenage girl who holds a large scale party in an attempt to gain popularity, however as the night unfolds a close friend of hers dies and several others go missing. The film shows the seemingly amazing party unfold before the morning after reveals the catastrophes that must be uncovered and fixed before the girl's parents return.

Synopsis of opening sequence: The opening sequeunce begins in a trashed garden with one person waking up the morning after the party and questioning what happened the night before. The film then cuts to just hours before the party is due to begin and follows several people as they prepare to get ready for the party. As a small group arrive at the house and the door opens, the title '

Risk Assessment:

Alcohol - The consumption of alcohol by the actors in the film means that the entire process of filming carries dangers because of health risks and troubles with coordinated movements such as walking.

Setting - parts of the film include using the stairs for filming, this puts both the cameraman and the actors used at danger because a fall could cause serious injury.

Activities - For one clip in the film, a game of darts is shown to be played, though we plan to take maximum precautions when handling the darts, there is a possibility of harm if someone were to be hit by a dart.

Lighting - To improve the quality of our filming we plan to use artificial lighting, though there is little chance of these catching fire it is a possibility in which case they carry a risk.

Crew list -
Jordan Mann: Camera, editing and acting
Georgia Lythaby: Camera, editing and acting
Lily Hawkins: Acting
Ryan Peach: Acting

Location Reece:

Shotlist:

Treatment:

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An action film is commonly known as a genre involving heroes who are thrown in to challenges which often require bravery and courage to overcome the obstacles. There is commonly a villain whos role is to attempt to stop the hero from reaching thier goal. Hollywood have been making more action films than ever due to advancements of CGI effects. The genre is closely linked with thriller and adventure film genres and may sometimes include elements of spy fiction.

In the 1940's-50's the majority of action films made were based around the cowboy scene. Later on Alfred Hitchcock made action films in the form of the spy-adventure genre, with films like ‘north by northwest’ and ‘the guns of navarone’. These films later inspired the popular series of films based on Ian Fleming's James Bond novels.

Sub genres of Action Adventure may include:

Action Comedy, Action Horror, Disaster Film, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi Action, Spy Film, Super Hero.

We have chosen the Action Comedy element specifically.

POST 5 - Timeline

Below is a timeline analysis of the Rush Hour 3 opening sequence, complete with annotation. I have chosen to look at this film because it fits the action/comedy genre, which are film is also in.

 

 

 

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Within our group it was decided that our action film should not be the typical car chases and fight scene style of film, and so we thought about types of films that we could relate to and also with the comedy genre ranking second in the questionnaire we would want a story line that could incorporate both a action and comedy. From this we decided that our film would be based around a teenage girl who decides to throw a large scale party in an attempt to gain popularity, however as the night goes on the party gets out of hand, leading to destruction, death and several missing people. The story line is based around a group of friends from the party attempting to discover the happenings of the night before, in hope to find their missing friend.

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Notes for Main Task Post 3.

 

MAIN TASK Post 2

To gather information about poeple's preferences about films, we created a questionnaire that would provide us with both qualitive and quantative data.

From the pie chart it can be seen that the 'Action' genre was the most popular amongst the audience we asked. From this information we have been influenced to produce an opening sequence for a 'Action' style film.

Allowing us to gather more Qualititative date we asked:
"What do you want and expect to see in an opening sequence?"
We found that audience expect the following:

• Film title
• Cast and Crew
• Sightings of Characters
• Creates mood
• Sets the scene
• Make you want to watch the film
• Soundtrack

When asking about cinema attendance we found that most people go the the cinema around once a month and ususally with friends or family as opposed to strangers or on thier own.