LO2: Location Scouting

We chose 3 locations when we went location scouting these were Surrey street, Shude hill and Ponds street. We chose these locations specifically as we thought that they fit our digesis perfectly and the locations themselves had a uniqueness about them and none of them felt like the other, allowing them to stand out in our teaser trailer to the viewer.

LO2: Shot List

Green screen of age rating

First scene  Jack will be drawing this scenes

Establishing shot of the street (surrey st)

Introduction to the character tilt, over the shoulder and a medium crowd shot

Wide shot from outside the phone box of the phone ringing

Close up of phone ringing

Protagonist's reaction to the phone ringing (medium shot)

Wide shot of protagonist walking into the phone box

Close up of protagonist picking up the phone

Medium shot of protagonist conversing with employer in the  phone box

Close up of phone being put down

Next scene(The meeting)   Billy will be drawing these scenes

Establishing shot of shude hill (meeting place)

Tracking shot of protagonist walking down the street and into the tunnel

Over the shoulder shot from protagonist's perspective of the employer and his henchman

Then it will go back and forth between the protagonist and antagonist discussing the job this will be a shot reverse shot structure and will take up at least 3 shots

A side shot of both characters walking out the tunnel in separate directions

A shot of the protagonist walking towards the camera as he is walking out the tunnel

Slow ish editing but for action scenes it will be fast paced

Next scene (Action scene) we will both drawing these scenes

Tracking shot of prot4agonist entering car park

shot of protagonist coming up against a wall

Close up of protagonist pulling out a gun

Medium shot of him aiming the gun at the target

Over the shoulder shot of protagonist aiming at target

Cuts back to characters face and then fades to black

Assessed By Jack Hopkinson

Strengths

• Can understand and visualise your idea
• Shows Wide range of shot and the editing that occurs

Improvements

• You do not specify what shot type they are (e.g. CU/MS/WS) which can be beneficial
• You could specify the movement that occurs in each shot

From this we know that we need to add more detail about what our shot types are going to be and if there is any kinds of specific movement within the shots themselves.

LO2: Presentation from Hugh mann

Hugh mann is a director from let there be light productions. His role as a director is too make sure everything within a set project is going to plan under a certain vision.

Questions 

1. Where do you source your actors from ?








2. What do you think is the most important part of pre-production ?








3. How do you organise the project ?

LO2: Copyright permissions for music

Our music used

The Escalation Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/



Video of the music we used 

LO2: Call sheet

Name:Jack Shakeshaft & Billy Armitage

 

Date:11/02/15

 

Production Title:Accidental Hitman

Director: Billy Armitage

Camera Person:Jack Shakeshaft

Sound Person:Jack Shakeshaft

Assistants/Runners: N/A

Make up/ Hair artist: N/A

Actors: Johnathon Whittington

Meet Date/Time: 5:30pm 11/02/15

Meet Location: Surrey Street outside phone booth

Expected Weather:

Light Cloud

Location:

Surrey Street

Lighting:
On set

Wardrobe:

Jens, shirt and think jacket (winter jacket)

Contingencies:

Film the Scenes which we can without the actor. 

LO2: Location release form

The locations in which we have filmed our production "Accidental Hitman" were:

Surrey street-  we will be using this location for our intro scene for our trailer where our actor will receive the call from the employer. As a backup if the location is busy or unavailable then we will film this scene on shoreham st

Pond st- We will be using this for  2 scenes within our trailer. This location suites our needs as it provides us with a rather ominous setting that will fit the mood of the scenes as a backup if this location is unavailable to film in then we will film in the car park near the train station as these locations are rather similar

Shude hill - We will be using this for the meeting scene in which the hitman meets the employer. We chose this location as we liked the setting it provided and the lighting it gave off. For our backup we would be use bramall lane as a backup for this scene as this fits the needs of this scene.

All of the locations listed were public property therefore permission was not needed. However what we had to make sure of was that we did not capture video of children and we needed to use a shallow depth of field when filming so that members of the public could not be seen.

LO2: Release and constent forms

LO2: Risk assessment

LO2: Recce forms

LO2: Gantt Chart

LO2: Production Schedules

LO2: Storyboards

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Animatic

LO2: Script

Accidental Hitman

By

Jack Shakeshaft & Billy Armitage

1. EXT. PHONE BOOTH. EVENING.

{Phone rings}

PROTAGONIST

“Hello? who is this ?”

{cuts to the view from outside the phone box}

(2 second pause)

PROTAGONIST

“Who?,Why?”

(2 second pause)

PROTAGONIST

“your asking alot of me”

(1 second pause)

PROTAGONIST

” ok, ill be there”

{cuts to protagonist putting down phone}

DISSOLVE TO BLACK (NEXT SCENE)

2. INT. shude hill tunnel. afternoon

PROTAGONIST walks into the tunnel at shude hill

PROTAGONIST

“I assume your the man who called me?”

ANTAGONIST

“Youd assume right, i hope you've considered my offer”

PROTAGONIST

“I've considered it.”

ANTAGONIST

“Well, if you don’t like it i am sorry to say but you've made the wrong choice in coming here.”

PROTAGONIST

“So do i even have a choice?”

ANTAGONIST

“You do, but one of them may end not so well for you”

PROTAGONIST

“So who's the guy?”

DISSOLVE TO BLACK (NEXT SCENE)

LO2: Media pitch

Link for questionnaire

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BJGFSL7

Our media pitch link

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z4HETo-2k38ntZjRca8PrXghQ83er5wXI0vTl_stvGE/edit?usp=sharing


After looking at our feedback from our media pitch we can see that people like the narrative of our film and feel that the protagonist genuine. Everyone who took part in our survey thought that are locations where suitable. The only real changes that are needed is in the genre of our film as most people thought that a action, thriller most suited our film.

Pictures from our media pitch

LO2: Treatment

The Brief 


The brief is to create a film trailer in the style of Warp films.

Genre of the film

Our film is a Action Thriller

Synopsis

The narrative follows a Normal man who faces many different problems along the course of the story.

The narrative starts off by him getting a job accidentally

 He is then forced to follow it up as the client threatens to kill him

The narrative then follows him going to kill the intended target but he doesn't kill him at the last minute

By the end the employer comes after the hitman for not completing his job and the trailer ends on a cliff-hanger

Target audience 
Our target audience for our film is males between the age of 16-45 as the film features characters of a similar age. Therefore these ages we've chosen will relate to the film the most. The target gender is mainly male as our film features only male actors and the action genre stereotypically focuses on males more than females. In terms of demographics, the dominant group who would watch the film is urban venturers, as the audience is mainly students and young people who relate to several characters within the film. They would probably target an ABC1 social grade of B or C1, middle class / lower middle class, as they fall into the same category as their parents who would likely be paying for them to see the film as they may not be old enough to see the film themselves due to the action thriller genre.


Locations and contingencies:
Surrey street-  we will be using this location for our intro scene for our trailer where our actor will receive the call from the employer. As a backup if the location is busy or unavailable then we will film this scene on shoreham st

Pond st- We will be using this for  2 scenes within our trailer. This location suites our needs as it provides us with a rather ominous setting that will fit the mood of the scenes as a backup if this location is unavailable to film in then we will film in the car park near the train station as these locations are rather similar

Shude hill - We will be using this for the meeting scene in which the hitman meets the employer. We chose this location as we liked the setting it provided and the lighting it gave off. For our backup we would be use bramall lane as a backup for this scene as this fits the needs of this scene.


Equipment:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 -  We will be using this as it is a high quality camera allowing us to film in resolutions up to 4K and it has its own microphone meaning we will not need a extra equipment for when were filming

Tripod -  We will be using a tripod for when were filming as this will allow us to stabilise our footage and easily focus our camera when we are in the process of filming.

Props and models:
Fake gun -  We will need this in many of our scenes as this will be a key part of the plot

Models - We will need only 1 middle aged male actor to play the part of the hitman


Health and safety considerations

Getting run over - be safe when around areas with vehicle activity

Harsh weather - make sure to wear the right clothing for the weather

Public - make sure we dont put ourselves or the public in any sort of danger

Have emergency contact numbers - make sure to ring emergency contact or services if someone gets injured

Make sure equipment is not unattended at all 

 Milestones

1. Planning (narrative, song permission, storyboards, animatic, location scouting, risk assessment, permissions for an actor and recce forms ) - 25th january
2. Filming - First and some of the second scene need to be done by the start of February in order to hand in a first draft on the 5th February. Filming will be fully done by March.
3. Editing - need to put a rough draft together in the first week of February. Then we have until april the 8th to complete our final product.
4. Launch date - the day we hand in our completed trailer 8th of april

Recce Forms and Risk assessments

A recce form is where you scout out a possible filming location in order to see if it is suitable for your team to film your desired production in. Therefore for every location we will be completing a recce form as this will help us decide on what locations to film in and help us organised

It is a good idea to take pictures whilst doing your location recce as this will allow your team to go back at a later date so you can go back and look at it when you are not at the location so you can make a decision on whether it is suitable compared to another location. Therefore we will be taking pictures of all possible filming locations.

A risk assessment is where you list out all the possible risks that could happen to you or someone else while filming in your desired location. You can then find ways of preventing these risks from happening by previously doing a risk assessment. Therefore when we are filming we will make risk assessments for every location we film in so that we will be able to look out for all possible risks.

Legal, ethical, scheduling and certification 

The genre of our film is an action thriller, and the narrative includes violence, strong language and graphic content. Therefore we feel that the appropriate age rating for our film would be 15, because the BBFC guidelines state that a film can only feature excessive use of strong language and graphic content in a 15 certificate. These are the right guidelines for our film as it may contain quite a bit of strong language and violence, however the violence will not be gory.

It is important to follow BBFC’s rules and regulations set as they are they are a board of the parliament. This means the rules they set must be adhered to as otherwise the product may be deemed illegal. By following the BBFC’s rules and regulations it allows our content to be legally broadcasted, allowing a profit to be made on the film. If our product fails to follow these guidelines it could force a higher film rating which could impact our intended target audience and lower our potential profit.

Our production adheres to the BBFC’s rules and regulations for the 15 rating. Because of this we are then allowed to use scenes of violence and strong language in our film. As our film does not contain any sexual content or gambling, this is not something we must worry about. As our film may contain violence in the forms of death or murder we must not contain prolonged images of violence and/or gore as this could up our age rating. Also our film may contain bad language which is allowed in moderation for a 15.

In terms of using music for our film, we can use royalty-free Creative Commons music found online. If we did want to use a copyrighted song, we would email its creator directly, asking for permission to use it in our film trailer.

Distribution
The 1998 Data Protection Law states that consent must be gained from people who are featured in our video footage for it to be published. In order to adhere to this law, we will make sure that all actors we use sign a release and consent form. If we end up catching any members of the public in a shot, we can ask for their consent to have them in the trailer.  If they decline, we might have to edit them out or re film the scene.

LO2: Gaining permission from the Actors

Email to Standby Method:

Reply from possible actor:

LO2: Mind map of ideas

LO2: Team roles

As a group

Treatment
Media pitch   
Script
Storyboard

BILLY:
Gantt chart
Recce forms
Risk assessment
Call sheet


JACK:
Production process
Release and consent forms
Location release
Copyright permission

LO1: Reader profile

I believe that the typical age for the viewers of my video would be around the ages of 20-40yrs old and would consist of both genders. I would expect them to live in a urban setting due to the theme of the trailer being set in  Sheffield. I believe that their hobbies and interests could consist of things such as watching films, going to music gigs and local sporting events. They will probably be watching this trailer because they are fans of the action and thriller film genre. They will probably purchase their DVDs from places such as HMV and Amazon. They would probably purchase up to 2 films a month. They would probably fall under the social classes of C1-D.