More Problems :S

well, so far we have got to the editing stage, and we are encountering more problems, we have lost our film footage meaning we have spent valuable time searching for it, we have also lost our soundtrack meaning we have to spend even more time finding things! but we are trying to solve them as we speak (or type) and we should have an amazing film sequence (hopefully- Josh), We'll give you more when the problem is solved. Also Josh says our Ident SUCKS!

Consent Forms

In order to use external actors it is necessary to have release forms to show their consent. These are used in real life media situations, as if they are not actors can sue producers for using or exposing their identity. Below is a form that we will need to get filled in.

Problems with filming

Our original idea didn't happen because the extras didn't show so we couldn't film. Also when filming in some shots the camera and cameraman were in the picture. Another thing the extras did wrong is they were looking at the camera and taking and putting on clothes between shots.

Sound Track Inspiration

The conventional sound tracks to British crime capers are upbeat dance/trance tracks such as tiesto and prodigy. Here is a track from pendulum

Call Sheet Wednesday 11th February 2009 - 15:00 to 20:00

Contact numbers --- Ben, Josh, Stephen, Tom(Exchanged in class)

Local Emergency Contact Numbers - 999 / 112
Non Emergency
- 01223 358966 (Cambridge Police)
- 01223 245151 (Addenbrookes)
- 01223 376200 (Parkside Fire Station)

Time for filming 15:00 to 20:00 (hopefully recording will be finished within two hours but the worst could occur)

Location - Cambridge cycle and footpath subway - round-a-bout centre near grafton

Actors Required - Josh, Ben, Stephen, Tom and One Extra

group of extras required for crowd

Costumes - Casual clothing for extras smarter "gangster" clothing for main characters

Props -

* Three cups

* One Ball

* Table

* One wall (for jumping)

* Wallet (to be stolen)

* Car (to wheel spin)

Risk Assessment (to be completed)

(all work is being done by Steel Productions - thanks to google maps for supplying map to location and to Long Road for giving equiptment)

Edit:

-Lighting: The lighting was a difficult to get right in the poker scenes and required the bulbs to be taken out of the lights and put a tin over one light to give the right lighting for the scene and make sure it wasnt too bright.

Target Audience

Traditionally with crime capers they are aimed at a mass audience, for example the 'Italian Job' and 'Oceans Eleven'. However we are doing a British Crime Caper which has a nation or regional audience due to the cockney attributes of most British films. Therefore the target audience we are aiming for the UK's population as it has a sarcastic and traditional feel to it.

Call Sheet, Example

This is a professional example of a call sheet. It is a schedule of a days filming it includes:

- Who is acting
- What time filming is
- Who is recording
- Location
- Emergency contact numbers (local)
- Costumes
- Props
- Risk assessment
- Production Roles
- Contact numbers
- Map

Ident and anamatic ... Finally

Finally the anamatic video is online it took four finished files but eventually it has worked

Feedback

Positive Feedback:

- lots of stage construction
- clear illustration of ideas
- lots of detail in their work
- good preparation for filming e.g. actors, location, costume
- good font research for title
- very well planned
- unique idea, shots explained well on synopsis and through the shot list
- nice mood board

Areas of Improvement:

- cant read the storyboard
- another film analysis
- animatic not posted yet
- not many blog posts
- project hasn't got potential


How the group is going to respond to the feedback:

we have decided to post more blogs, these will be based on ideas that can help make our film opening much better etc. We can't make the storyboard any clearer because it was shot on post-it notes, the animatic is being posted right now and the film analysis will be done shortly after, we aren't sure about how we can deal with the 'lack of potential' so we've decided to look at our work and see if there are any flaws which we can improve,


How does our blog compare to our thriller blog?

In general the film opening sequence blog is much better than our thriller opening blog, there is much more detail, more pictures and much more information.

Planning! Post-Shooting

It has got to the point where it is almost time to shoot, this is a bit scary and worrying as we need external actors and non tennage actors so we could be in for a tough ride, however if it is pulled off then there is no reason it cannot work effectively.

Location

We need a good area to do this, in all hope we will be able to find some where like a back street or industrial area, a very quiet place or a run down place time will tell what we can find however here is what we are hoping for (something similar)

Ideas - Cambridge subway near the Grafton Centre

Hustle

As we described in our synopsis we are going to have a crowd gathered around a man trying to hustle them. This idea came from adapting Snatch's title sequence and the program Hustle (BBC). Although still a very primitive idea the ball in the cup is likely to be the game used.

Actors

This is the toughest one I am still not convinced we will be able to find a group of adults to act for us or at very least appear as the extras. The only real way to do this is probably to buy them something and hope for the best. However time will tell on this matter, we might have to scrap it and just try to make people look older. Whatever happens we need all the extras and all the actors in one place at one time, we probably need them for an hour or so at very least.

Ben - Hustler

Josh - Pick Pocket

Tom - Brains

?? - Muscles

?? - Rubber

Costumes

Still undecided on this, conventionally in British crime capers they would wear tacky suits that look dated however had this been the case now there is a possibility they would wear trackies, saying this it would be better to stick to the conventions we have seen and not the comedy conventions.

Story Board - Animatic Deadline Problem

As we all know the animatic deadline was on 30th January unfortuantly we did not meet this as our technology let us down however I have taken the time to take photos of the storyboard and will post them up and use until our mac works with final cut. In all fairness it was just as much our fault as we did not save it but never mind and hopefully soon the storyboard will be on the blog.