How did you attract/address your audience?
Friday, 27 April 2012
Evaluation- Question 3- Institutions
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Adelle and myself thought this would be a good idea and opportunity to advertise and distribute through Warner Brothers subsidiaries that are horizontally integrated within these areas of the media. Also in accordance with advertising, on their website homepage as soon as the webpage loads, advertisements for 'coming soon' and 'in cinema's now' where trailers play continuously without interaction. This would be a good opportunity to advertise.
Due to the amount of advertising of product placement within our film, the Guy Richie Production value and the Famous Actors we have used, Adelle and myself decided that our film was better suited to a Hollywood Blockbuster rather than an independent film. The film industry is oligopolised by a few major conglomerates, for example , time-waner, disney, viacom. these conglomerates own subsidiaries in different areas of the media which could advertise and distribute globally to our primary and secondary target audience, which we would not be able to do with an independent. This is why we decided that our film is a hollywood blockbuster.
Adelle and myself decided to research previous similar films which could fit into the Crime (Heist) genre to see who distributed them. The 'Oceans' trilogy because they fit almost perfectly into the same genre, and Guy Richie written films because of the name value he brings to our film. Here are the results:
Oceans eleven - Distributed by Warner Bros
Oceans Twelve - Distributed by Warner Bros
Oceans Thirteen - Distributed by Warner Bros
The Bank Job - Lionsgate and Paramount
Snatch - Sony Pictures, Columbia Tristar pictures
Rock n Rolla - Warner Bros
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Columbia, Universal
Revolver - Sony Pictures, Universal, Warner Bros
The 'Oceans' Trilogy are the most successful films out of the group collecting a gross profit of $450m, $311m and $125m. Whereas The Bank Job and Snatch made $30m and Rock n Rolla, Lock Stock and Revolver made between $1m and $5m.
Our film is similar to that of the 'Oceans' films because of genre and narrative, we have also gone for a Guy Richie production value which increases the appeal of the film and hopefully increases expected exhibition statistics and therefore profit margins.Also , due to the fact that our film is going to be a 12 rating, and therefore can be viewed as a blockbuster . Blockbusters ( give example of previous blockbusters). are usually produced and distrubuted in one of the subsidiuries that are part of a major conglomerate. Also, the major conglemareates in relation to marketing and distrubuting our film use the term ' blanket effect'. therefore, they are able to advertise and reach all areas of the media such as tv, the internet, radio, cinema, streaming etc. Uusally blockbusters are marketed and distrubuted effectively therefore making them a succesful film.
Judging by the success of the 'Oceans' trilogy, we have decided to use Warner Bros to distribute our film. They clearly executed the promotion and distribution perfectly to recieve the incredible gross profit they did with the 'Oceans' trilogy by using the major conglomerate Time Warner to saturate all area's of the media with their marketing. Also, Guy Richie's latest film he produced 'Sherlock Holmes' was distributed by Time Warner, which clearly indicates that Time Warner is a good choice because they have distributed his films before and therefore are more likely to distrubute them again.
Subsidiaries vertically integrated into Television, Film, Distribution and Print. Here are some examples of horizontal integration:
'Time' magazine - Print
CNN news - Television
New Line Cinema - Distribution
Our film could be advertised on television using Time Warner's television programmes such as Cartoon Network and CNN however CNN would target our target audience more suitably than cartoon network.
Our film could be advertised via print using Time Warner's magazines such as 'Time' and 'Fortune'.
Our film could be advertised and distributed through distribution companies such as 'New Line Cinema' and 'Warner Bros.'.
Also after looking on Warner Brother Pictures website, we found that it was vertically integrated into different areas of the media;
DVD/Blue-Ray
Film
Cinema
Video Games
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Evaluation- Question 6- Technology
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Evaluation- Question 2- Representation social groups
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Evaluation- Question 7- Preliminary
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Monday, 23 April 2012
Evaluation ideas
Our initial idea to make our evaluation 'creative' was to have a voice over our entire film. Adelle and myself describing ideas, and reasons for why we did certain things in our film opening. We decided that to answer each of the questions in detail, within 2 minutes 10 seconds, we did not have enough time.
Another idea we had was to have a voice over narrative of our evaluation, with images and video playing on screen, these images and moving image would accompany the voice over narrative where appropriate, and together give a clear description of why and how we did our film opening the way we did.
Another idea, through inspiration of a game review was to have a video commentary of myself and Adelle sat in chairs describing and answering the question. Scenes of our film and other films would appear and disappear using key frames and transitions where appropriate. The inspiration came from the game review for Bioshock Infinite;
This proved harder and longer than anticipated, and has taken some time to film, capture and edit. The end result should clearly answer the evaluation questions and in a creative way.
Another idea we had was to have a voice over narrative of our evaluation, with images and video playing on screen, these images and moving image would accompany the voice over narrative where appropriate, and together give a clear description of why and how we did our film opening the way we did.
This proved harder and longer than anticipated, and has taken some time to film, capture and edit. The end result should clearly answer the evaluation questions and in a creative way.
multi shot scene
Through the inspiration of TV programme '24' we decided to use a multi shot scene that shows different scenes at the same time.
This gave us the advantage of quickening a sequence that would take 3 times as it did. The shots run parallel to one another giving the audience an easier narrative to follow for a short while.
This also allows Adelle and myself to give a more in depth narrative, by explaining and showing events at the same time as one another. This was one way of exploring technology and also codes and conventions.
Character Profiles
Actors within the Film opening
In our 2 minute film opening, we will need actors/actresses that fit the profiles of four characters.
These characters consist of Michael Domino, Danny McCardy, Rose Domino and Eddy the barman.
Below is a factfile on the charcters within our film opening.
Name: Michael Domino
Age: 29
Occupation: Unknown
Michael Domino is a confident fraudster and conman, his actions have led him to a prison cell for five years after being caught during a fraud scam. Michael has also lost his wife due to his obsessive behaviour toward money and crime, Michael does not know this yet but will when he returns home and finds his wife's wedding ring left at home with a note. Michael is also the leader of a con team, who has engaged in several different scams and heists.
To play the role of Michael, we needed a reliable actor because Michael is the leader and main character, therefore we needed somebody who is always free to act for us. With the constant need for reliability, I decided to play the part of Michael Domino as I am always going to be there during filming and therefore I do not need to rely on anyone.
Name: Danny McCardy
Age: 27
Occupation: Unknown
Danny McCardy is also a confident fraudster and conman, however has never been caught. His wealth and greed has led him to steal his best friend's wife whilst he is in jail. Danny being a twisted man plans to twist Michael to his will and frame him in a new heist, to finally get rid of him once and for all. Danny needs to be smart, well groomed, smart and fashionable.
To play the role of Danny, we chose Daniel Knight. Daniel Knight is a good friend and was willing to help film our production, he was reliable and easily contacted because of his social life. This did not affect dedication or availability. Daniel is smart looking, handsome and well groomed. He has a good fashion sense and looks well educated.
Name: Rose Domino
Age: 26
Occupation: Bank Manager
Rose is a cheat and a lier. Her two-faced attitude has seen her cheat on her husband and eventually leave him for his best friend. She is secretive and very self absorbent, she keeps to herself and stays out of the way.
For the character of Rose we needed an actress who was reliable and always available. Adelle volunteered very early on as this was a logical choice because Adelle was always there during filming anyway. Adelle is good-looking, cute looking and fits perfectly into the quiet profile of Rose yet has a hint of secrecy too.
In our 2 minute film opening, we will need actors/actresses that fit the profiles of four characters.
These characters consist of Michael Domino, Danny McCardy, Rose Domino and Eddy the barman.
Below is a factfile on the charcters within our film opening.
Name: Michael Domino
Age: 29
Occupation: Unknown
Michael Domino is a confident fraudster and conman, his actions have led him to a prison cell for five years after being caught during a fraud scam. Michael has also lost his wife due to his obsessive behaviour toward money and crime, Michael does not know this yet but will when he returns home and finds his wife's wedding ring left at home with a note. Michael is also the leader of a con team, who has engaged in several different scams and heists.
To play the role of Michael, we needed a reliable actor because Michael is the leader and main character, therefore we needed somebody who is always free to act for us. With the constant need for reliability, I decided to play the part of Michael Domino as I am always going to be there during filming and therefore I do not need to rely on anyone.
Name: Danny McCardy
Age: 27
Occupation: Unknown
Danny McCardy is also a confident fraudster and conman, however has never been caught. His wealth and greed has led him to steal his best friend's wife whilst he is in jail. Danny being a twisted man plans to twist Michael to his will and frame him in a new heist, to finally get rid of him once and for all. Danny needs to be smart, well groomed, smart and fashionable.
To play the role of Danny, we chose Daniel Knight. Daniel Knight is a good friend and was willing to help film our production, he was reliable and easily contacted because of his social life. This did not affect dedication or availability. Daniel is smart looking, handsome and well groomed. He has a good fashion sense and looks well educated.
Name: Rose Domino
Age: 26
Occupation: Bank Manager
Rose is a cheat and a lier. Her two-faced attitude has seen her cheat on her husband and eventually leave him for his best friend. She is secretive and very self absorbent, she keeps to herself and stays out of the way.
For the character of Rose we needed an actress who was reliable and always available. Adelle volunteered very early on as this was a logical choice because Adelle was always there during filming anyway. Adelle is good-looking, cute looking and fits perfectly into the quiet profile of Rose yet has a hint of secrecy too.
Initial Idea
These are some of the initial ideas for our film opening;
Number 1;
Michael and his team are in mid-heist, when he receives a mysterious phone call giving a tip off that they are going to get caught. The title sequence appears, then the film goes back in time to the preparation stage of the heist.
This would include many codes and conventions, easily identifying the genre as crime. However there wouldn't be much character development. Also the setting of the beginning scene Adelle and myself decided was not feasible; a bank vault.
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Number 2;
The scene starts with an upward pan of Michael's feet, to waist, to head. Establishing he has just come out of prison, his back story. Voice over of Michael assist in the establishing of the film, introduction to everyone in the team through Michael's voice over.
Adelle and myself decided that this made a good film opening, however did not fit the criteria for the project. Although this would clearly establish genre, we believed that there was not enough time to show character development as there would be several characters within the scene and the audience would not be able to connect with the main character because there isn't a clear main character. Therefore did not use this idea.
After a lesson in school about 'Narrative' and 'Storyline Features' Adelle and myself decided to rewrite our final idea into a three act description of the sequence, this would show the linear storyline of the entire film and then a description in detail of the two minute film opening.
Shooting Schedule
Shooting Schedule
This is the shooting schedule, which myself and Adelle sketched up before the filming stage to keep us on track throughout the filming stage.
Mickey's Masterclass
During the planning stage of our film opening, myself and Adelle were watching 'The Hustle' on BBC1. During Season 8 episode 6; Mickey, the leader of the group talks directly to the audience giving them his 'masterclass'. In this Mickey states that hustling people is illegal, however they could only hustle people if the mark was looking for 'an unfair advantage' above anyone else in the market.
This would indicate that Mickey is doing society a deed, giving the impression that he is a modern Robin Hood, i.e a loveable rogue.
This scene within the Hustle gave myself and Adelle inspiration for our own film idea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00p7n5t
This would indicate that Mickey is doing society a deed, giving the impression that he is a modern Robin Hood, i.e a loveable rogue.
This scene within the Hustle gave myself and Adelle inspiration for our own film idea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00p7n5t
The Bank Job - Textual Film Analysis
The Bank Job
Establishing Characters;
Within the first two minutes, the main character 'Terry' is established. He is wearing a brown leather jacket, stands centre frame in front of a car lot with a sign labeled 'Terry Leather motors'. This clearly establishes the name of the character 'Terry leather' and the word 'leather' links with the clothing he is wearing. His accent is that of an East Londoner, and east London is associated with crime, his stubble and very short hair gives the appearance of a typical criminal, but not a mindless criminal, the care for appearance and good fashion could imply he is a criminal of interlect. Furthermore, later in the scene, a man dressed in blue overalls named Eddie, is using a machine to turn back the mileage on the cars, judging by the actions and dialogue of Terry Leather this is done with his authority and is part of his business, to add to this Eddie's dialogue states 'another Terry Leather low mileage'. This would suggest he is crooked, and perhaps a criminal. Terry asks 'Got your glad-rags sorted out for your wedding tomorrow' which suggests that Eddie is going to be getting married. Terry leaves Eddie, and a straight cut to another room sees Terry enter and exchange dialogue with a female sitting behind a desk; 'so, you getting married tomorrow Ingrid' this shows the audience that the two are getting married together. This gives connotations of friendship and trust between the three characters in the garage. When the two males dressed in black arrive in their black car, Terry mumbles 'Oh god' which suggests that these two visitors are not expected, not wanted and prepares the audience for the actions about to take place.
Establishing Setting;
A sunny beach, clear water and three people jumping and splashing in the sea sets the scene. 'The Caribbean 1970' appears at the bottom as part of editing. The exotic location instantly appeals to the audience, and the sexual nature of the play in the sea especially appeals to the male target audience. The people in shot, playing in the sea are of mixed race ethnicity and each have an afro, this conforms to the location stated through the editing. All of thi9s is accompanied with fun, upbeat non-diegetic music. After the title sequence a new location is presented to the audience. A garage down an empty street, grey sky and no activity in sight. The cars in the garage are all British made cars, the 'Austin Healey' car which is focused on with a close up, gives the feel that the film is set in England. To confirm this, text appears at the bottom of shot, 'East London 1971'. The accents and appearance of Terry are typical to that of an East Londoner. The non-diegetic music stops now and later turns to a low suspicious tone. The change in music between the two locations enhances the expectations of the locations.
Establishing Narrative;
The very start of the film begins with a sound bridge of 'T.Rex - Get it on' and a disorientating shot into water, the sun is shining and as an upward track surfaces the camera, the audience can see three people playing in the sea; one female has no clothing on her and another is having her bakini bottoms taken off by a male. As the scene develops, there is an over the shoulder shot of a man taking pictures of three persons performing sexual acts. This immediately sets an enigma in the audiences mind. There is then a fade to black edit, with the title sequence, and then a fade in to a garage in London. The fade in, fade out edit shows the audience that there has been a change in location. The dialogue between Terry and Eddie indicates there is going to be a wedding. Soon after the dialogue at the garage, a loud non-diegetic screech can be heard, followed by a long shot of a black car pulling up outside. Two males dressed in black suits wielding crowbars exit the vehicle. The non-diegetic music changes to a more dramatic lower tone to add suspense to the scene. This scene could suggest that 'Terry' is in some sort of trouble and could conotate that Terry owes money, as that is what usually happens to people who owe money to powerful men in crime genre films.
Establishing Characters;
Within the first two minutes, the main character 'Terry' is established. He is wearing a brown leather jacket, stands centre frame in front of a car lot with a sign labeled 'Terry Leather motors'. This clearly establishes the name of the character 'Terry leather' and the word 'leather' links with the clothing he is wearing. His accent is that of an East Londoner, and east London is associated with crime, his stubble and very short hair gives the appearance of a typical criminal, but not a mindless criminal, the care for appearance and good fashion could imply he is a criminal of interlect. Furthermore, later in the scene, a man dressed in blue overalls named Eddie, is using a machine to turn back the mileage on the cars, judging by the actions and dialogue of Terry Leather this is done with his authority and is part of his business, to add to this Eddie's dialogue states 'another Terry Leather low mileage'. This would suggest he is crooked, and perhaps a criminal. Terry asks 'Got your glad-rags sorted out for your wedding tomorrow' which suggests that Eddie is going to be getting married. Terry leaves Eddie, and a straight cut to another room sees Terry enter and exchange dialogue with a female sitting behind a desk; 'so, you getting married tomorrow Ingrid' this shows the audience that the two are getting married together. This gives connotations of friendship and trust between the three characters in the garage. When the two males dressed in black arrive in their black car, Terry mumbles 'Oh god' which suggests that these two visitors are not expected, not wanted and prepares the audience for the actions about to take place.
Establishing Setting;
A sunny beach, clear water and three people jumping and splashing in the sea sets the scene. 'The Caribbean 1970' appears at the bottom as part of editing. The exotic location instantly appeals to the audience, and the sexual nature of the play in the sea especially appeals to the male target audience. The people in shot, playing in the sea are of mixed race ethnicity and each have an afro, this conforms to the location stated through the editing. All of thi9s is accompanied with fun, upbeat non-diegetic music. After the title sequence a new location is presented to the audience. A garage down an empty street, grey sky and no activity in sight. The cars in the garage are all British made cars, the 'Austin Healey' car which is focused on with a close up, gives the feel that the film is set in England. To confirm this, text appears at the bottom of shot, 'East London 1971'. The accents and appearance of Terry are typical to that of an East Londoner. The non-diegetic music stops now and later turns to a low suspicious tone. The change in music between the two locations enhances the expectations of the locations.
Establishing Narrative;
The very start of the film begins with a sound bridge of 'T.Rex - Get it on' and a disorientating shot into water, the sun is shining and as an upward track surfaces the camera, the audience can see three people playing in the sea; one female has no clothing on her and another is having her bakini bottoms taken off by a male. As the scene develops, there is an over the shoulder shot of a man taking pictures of three persons performing sexual acts. This immediately sets an enigma in the audiences mind. There is then a fade to black edit, with the title sequence, and then a fade in to a garage in London. The fade in, fade out edit shows the audience that there has been a change in location. The dialogue between Terry and Eddie indicates there is going to be a wedding. Soon after the dialogue at the garage, a loud non-diegetic screech can be heard, followed by a long shot of a black car pulling up outside. Two males dressed in black suits wielding crowbars exit the vehicle. The non-diegetic music changes to a more dramatic lower tone to add suspense to the scene. This scene could suggest that 'Terry' is in some sort of trouble and could conotate that Terry owes money, as that is what usually happens to people who owe money to powerful men in crime genre films.
Codes and Conventions
After film analysis and audience research, Adelle and myself decided to list and explain codes and conventions of a crime heist genre. This would then allow us to then conform to codes and conventions in our oown film opening which hopefully helps identifiy the genre to the audience easily.
Codes and Conventions of Crime Genre
Police - Police are usually associated with safety and the rightiuos hand of the law, therefore they usually factor within Crime films. Anything that is illegal becomes a police matter, a heist is illegal and therefore police would be a factor within a Crime-Heist film. Police would connotate to other things such as prison, security or higher police such as FBI.
Mystery and Secrecy - Usually within Crime or Crime Heist films there is a factor of the unknown. For example in 'Oceans Eleven' or 'The Hustle' the audience never knows every aspect of the job until the end where all is revealed and everything begins to make sense. Hidden factors stop the film being predictable and allows the audience to use their imagination.
The Double Cross - Sometimes within the mystery element to crime films, there is a double-cross. Where one of the team become greedy and try to steal all the money for themselves. This usually ends with failure and the double-crosser losing out all together.
Dark Clothing - usually worn by those engaging in the criminal acts, the dark clothing allows the criminals to go unseen. The dark clothing usually links in with the time of day which usually happens to be night.
Female role - There is almost always a female character which plays a huge influence to the main character. She must be beautiful, slim, have some connection with main character. This is usually the driving point for the main character. For example 'Oceans Eleven' the main character Danny Ocean is driven by his ex-wife who has left him for 'the mark'
Gambling - There is more often than not an element of gambling, this is more a refelection on the characters thenselves, gives the impression of greed and shows that money is a drive for them. Gambling is also associated with 'Confidence Scemes' in which the participant cheats to get more money.
Alcohol - This is usually within a crime heist film as the type of drink the con artists drink is sophisticated and shows their class. For example in 'The Hustle' the team drink champagne after a job, in 'Oceans Eleven' the team are usually seen drinking whiskey. The expense and acquired taste shows the characters class and financial status.
Crime - There is always an element of crime within a crime-heist film because a 'Heist' is illegal. There is usually criminals and poeple associated with criminals within a crime-heist film aswel
Casino's - Casino's are usually a social place where people can have a good time, sometimes they are places to make money through 'cons' and heists. 'Oceans Eleven' sees the bank vault of a casino broken into and the contents stolen. 'The Hustle' usually 'cons' the dealer and cheats for money.
Loveable Rogue - In a crime-heist film the main character is almost always a Loveable Rogue. This is because we feel empathy for them, their motives are good but they are still a criminal. As the genre revolves around crime yet we are supposed to like the main character, this provides the audience with a loveable rogue.
Money - This is the goal for any criminal. Whether it's robbing a bank, selling drugs or mugging poeple on the street. Money is the cause for most crime, and plays the main part in any crime film. This is because money equals wealth and criminals are always looking for wealth and the exotic lifestyle.
Suits - Suits have connotations of wealth and smartness, they could also connotate to business which could mean illegal business when in a crime film. Smart dressed criminals give a different impression than stereotypical criminal dress which would be either standard clothing or dark clothing with balaclavas, because the style of crime is smart and more sophisticated than than that of the hard boiled criminal. The dress reflects and represents the style of crime and breaks the convention due to the fact the crime is different.
Technology - Within a crime film there is usually some sort of technology, for example security cameras and mobile phones. Technology keeps up with the modern lifestyle of the audience. In sophisticated crime films such as Oceans Eleven, the technology they use is high tech gadgets. Engages the audience which for crime films is an adult male.
Narrative based around main character - Usually within crime films there is a team or group of criminals. Within the group there is a predominant main character and the narrative of the story follows that of the main charcter. The story follows the characters role through the story and expand on a backstory, shows the emotion and feeling of the character.
Victim or Mark - There is always a victim or mark within a crime film. There has to be a victim to steal from or a mark to con otherwise there is no film. The victim or mark doesnt have to be a person, it could be an organisation or group of people. Without a mark or victim there is no crime to commit and if there is then the storyline will not be strong enough to make a film.
Wealth - There is always some value of wealth within a crime film, whether it be money, a lifestyle, object or a person. Wealth describes the financial stature of something or someone. Successful criminals appear to be wealthy with an exotic lifestyle and top of the range commodities. This offers an escapism for the audience as this is a lifestyle they cannot usually access.
Codes and Conventions of the main Character
Confident - The main character needs to confident as he is a con-man (Con - Confidence). Usually pretending to be somebopdy else in order to infiltrate areas to prepare the heist, therefore they will have to do a considerable amount of acting, which means they must confident.
Arrogant - There will be a certain level of arrogance with our main character because of his confidence. His wealthy lifestyle and upper-class living enhance his confidence and gives the impression of arrogance. The criminals in these films come across as over confident as they want the crimes to work.
Manipulative - The main character has to act to infiltrate restricted areas or information and therefore must be able to manipulate people to allow him to get what he wants. He needs to be clever with his mind in order to organise the con, his manipulative behaviour helps him do this.
Good-Looking - The main character is usually a good-looking male. Mickey from the Hustle and Danny Ocean from Oceans Eleven, are both good looking
Sophistication -
Greed - The main character is usually greedy. The goal of any crime they commit is for personal gain, either money or a woman. Usually there isn't a huge amount of consideration for anybody else, there is meanly a view to make more and more money.
Codes and Conventions of Crime Genre
Police - Police are usually associated with safety and the rightiuos hand of the law, therefore they usually factor within Crime films. Anything that is illegal becomes a police matter, a heist is illegal and therefore police would be a factor within a Crime-Heist film. Police would connotate to other things such as prison, security or higher police such as FBI.
Mystery and Secrecy - Usually within Crime or Crime Heist films there is a factor of the unknown. For example in 'Oceans Eleven' or 'The Hustle' the audience never knows every aspect of the job until the end where all is revealed and everything begins to make sense. Hidden factors stop the film being predictable and allows the audience to use their imagination.
The Double Cross - Sometimes within the mystery element to crime films, there is a double-cross. Where one of the team become greedy and try to steal all the money for themselves. This usually ends with failure and the double-crosser losing out all together.
Dark Clothing - usually worn by those engaging in the criminal acts, the dark clothing allows the criminals to go unseen. The dark clothing usually links in with the time of day which usually happens to be night.
Female role - There is almost always a female character which plays a huge influence to the main character. She must be beautiful, slim, have some connection with main character. This is usually the driving point for the main character. For example 'Oceans Eleven' the main character Danny Ocean is driven by his ex-wife who has left him for 'the mark'
Gambling - There is more often than not an element of gambling, this is more a refelection on the characters thenselves, gives the impression of greed and shows that money is a drive for them. Gambling is also associated with 'Confidence Scemes' in which the participant cheats to get more money.
Alcohol - This is usually within a crime heist film as the type of drink the con artists drink is sophisticated and shows their class. For example in 'The Hustle' the team drink champagne after a job, in 'Oceans Eleven' the team are usually seen drinking whiskey. The expense and acquired taste shows the characters class and financial status.
Crime - There is always an element of crime within a crime-heist film because a 'Heist' is illegal. There is usually criminals and poeple associated with criminals within a crime-heist film aswel
Casino's - Casino's are usually a social place where people can have a good time, sometimes they are places to make money through 'cons' and heists. 'Oceans Eleven' sees the bank vault of a casino broken into and the contents stolen. 'The Hustle' usually 'cons' the dealer and cheats for money.
Loveable Rogue - In a crime-heist film the main character is almost always a Loveable Rogue. This is because we feel empathy for them, their motives are good but they are still a criminal. As the genre revolves around crime yet we are supposed to like the main character, this provides the audience with a loveable rogue.
Money - This is the goal for any criminal. Whether it's robbing a bank, selling drugs or mugging poeple on the street. Money is the cause for most crime, and plays the main part in any crime film. This is because money equals wealth and criminals are always looking for wealth and the exotic lifestyle.
Suits - Suits have connotations of wealth and smartness, they could also connotate to business which could mean illegal business when in a crime film. Smart dressed criminals give a different impression than stereotypical criminal dress which would be either standard clothing or dark clothing with balaclavas, because the style of crime is smart and more sophisticated than than that of the hard boiled criminal. The dress reflects and represents the style of crime and breaks the convention due to the fact the crime is different.
Technology - Within a crime film there is usually some sort of technology, for example security cameras and mobile phones. Technology keeps up with the modern lifestyle of the audience. In sophisticated crime films such as Oceans Eleven, the technology they use is high tech gadgets. Engages the audience which for crime films is an adult male.
Narrative based around main character - Usually within crime films there is a team or group of criminals. Within the group there is a predominant main character and the narrative of the story follows that of the main charcter. The story follows the characters role through the story and expand on a backstory, shows the emotion and feeling of the character.
Victim or Mark - There is always a victim or mark within a crime film. There has to be a victim to steal from or a mark to con otherwise there is no film. The victim or mark doesnt have to be a person, it could be an organisation or group of people. Without a mark or victim there is no crime to commit and if there is then the storyline will not be strong enough to make a film.
Wealth - There is always some value of wealth within a crime film, whether it be money, a lifestyle, object or a person. Wealth describes the financial stature of something or someone. Successful criminals appear to be wealthy with an exotic lifestyle and top of the range commodities. This offers an escapism for the audience as this is a lifestyle they cannot usually access.
Codes and Conventions of the main Character
Confident - The main character needs to confident as he is a con-man (Con - Confidence). Usually pretending to be somebopdy else in order to infiltrate areas to prepare the heist, therefore they will have to do a considerable amount of acting, which means they must confident.
Arrogant - There will be a certain level of arrogance with our main character because of his confidence. His wealthy lifestyle and upper-class living enhance his confidence and gives the impression of arrogance. The criminals in these films come across as over confident as they want the crimes to work.
Manipulative - The main character has to act to infiltrate restricted areas or information and therefore must be able to manipulate people to allow him to get what he wants. He needs to be clever with his mind in order to organise the con, his manipulative behaviour helps him do this.
Good-Looking - The main character is usually a good-looking male. Mickey from the Hustle and Danny Ocean from Oceans Eleven, are both good looking
Sophistication -
Greed - The main character is usually greedy. The goal of any crime they commit is for personal gain, either money or a woman. Usually there isn't a huge amount of consideration for anybody else, there is meanly a view to make more and more money.
Sound
For our film Adelle and myself needed a selection of music tracks to add to our film opening to create a certain atmosphere. One needs to create a sad atmosphere, two need to create a happy/determined/new begining atmosphere, and one to open our film and intice the audience immediately. After watching crime films and listening to the correct genre of music we found a selection of songs to choose from. The songs we chose must conform to the codes and conventions identified by our audience research and film analysis; which was up-beat, fast, relaxing, stylish with a hint of jazz. After listening to Indie Rock music and Casino Jazz music we found a selection of songs that conformed to the codes and conventions.
Kasabian - Where did all the love go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xyAoGT9MKc)
Kasabian - Swarfiga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLp4DDJMZPU)
The Casino Jazz Trio - Unknown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N59rnL8ILQ)
The Rolling Stone - Monkey Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNY8eYmzdH4)
Bruno - Sadness (Located from the site - http://www.freesound.org)
David Holmes - 69 Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWissIWxqKk)
David Holmes - Pickpockets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIdaNkPlKiQ)
After picking the songs, Adelle and myself placed the songs into our film opening to see which of them worked, unfortunately not all of the songs worked with the filming footage we have. Therefore we narrowed down the selection to:
Kasabian - Swarfiga (upbeat happy atmosphere)
The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man (this starts the film opening with a build up and climax)
Bruno - Sadness (this creates a sad atmosphere)
David Holmes - Pickpockets (upbeat happy atmosphere)
Eventually Adelle and myself decided to use all four of our chosen songs in our film opening, as we had our criteria filled; one sad song, 2 upbeat happy songs, and one song that provides a build up and climax for the begining.
Kasabian - Where did all the love go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xyAoGT9MKc)
Kasabian - Swarfiga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLp4DDJMZPU)
The Casino Jazz Trio - Unknown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N59rnL8ILQ)
The Rolling Stone - Monkey Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNY8eYmzdH4)
Bruno - Sadness (Located from the site - http://www.freesound.org)
David Holmes - 69 Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWissIWxqKk)
David Holmes - Pickpockets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIdaNkPlKiQ)
After picking the songs, Adelle and myself placed the songs into our film opening to see which of them worked, unfortunately not all of the songs worked with the filming footage we have. Therefore we narrowed down the selection to:
Kasabian - Swarfiga (upbeat happy atmosphere)
The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man (this starts the film opening with a build up and climax)
Bruno - Sadness (this creates a sad atmosphere)
David Holmes - Pickpockets (upbeat happy atmosphere)
Eventually Adelle and myself decided to use all four of our chosen songs in our film opening, as we had our criteria filled; one sad song, 2 upbeat happy songs, and one song that provides a build up and climax for the begining.
Naming the film
When naming our film, Adelle and myself took into consideration all codes and conventions of a Crime-heist film. We tried to choose a name which would stand out and entice the audience. After a lesson with Mrs Wicks about Eric Fellner, in a video cometary about his film; Looking for Eric, stated that a name change could affect the positioning of your film on a shelf in stores, which could in turn affect revenue. So we decided to keep our ideas; short, precise and for the first two letters, use letters fairly early in the alphabet to achieve better shelf space.
Chance - This links in with gambling, because you take a chance when gambling. This also links in with the narrative; where Michael is looking to prove he is better than his father. This is an intriguing and enticing way of presenting our film.
Initiative -This attracts the audience because its quick, snappy and to the point. It does not give anything about the film away but sets an enigma in the audiences mind. This is also quite vague and doesn't really have any reference to the narrative.
Second Chance - This links in strongly with the narrative; where Michael is looking to prove he is better than his father. However the use of the word 'second' implies he has tried once before. The story begins with Michael walking away from prison which would imply he has already had one chance.
Grifters - This clearly links with the genre of Crime-Heist, 'Grifter' means 'A practitioner of confidence tricks' this gives quite a bit away about the narrative implying there will be con's.
After consideration, Adelle and myself decided on 'Chance' because of the reasons listed above and also because we decided that the other possible options were not suitable, and did not give the impression we wanted.
Chance - This links in with gambling, because you take a chance when gambling. This also links in with the narrative; where Michael is looking to prove he is better than his father. This is an intriguing and enticing way of presenting our film.
Initiative -This attracts the audience because its quick, snappy and to the point. It does not give anything about the film away but sets an enigma in the audiences mind. This is also quite vague and doesn't really have any reference to the narrative.
Second Chance - This links in strongly with the narrative; where Michael is looking to prove he is better than his father. However the use of the word 'second' implies he has tried once before. The story begins with Michael walking away from prison which would imply he has already had one chance.
Grifters - This clearly links with the genre of Crime-Heist, 'Grifter' means 'A practitioner of confidence tricks' this gives quite a bit away about the narrative implying there will be con's.
After consideration, Adelle and myself decided on 'Chance' because of the reasons listed above and also because we decided that the other possible options were not suitable, and did not give the impression we wanted.
Oceans Thirteen - Textual Film Analysis
Oceans Thirteen
Establishing Narrative;
The opening sequence instantly conforms to the crime genre, with props such as balaclavas and settings such as vaults. The male after rappelling into the store, proceeds to take a mechanical gadget and place onto the vault door; the gadget shows the intended target audience as a 20-30 year old male as gadgets appeal to that age range and gender. The gadget allows him to see through the door into the vault, this shows that the goal of the crime is wealth, this conforms to the genre. Diagetic sound of a phone ringing can be heard, and the male answers the phone. The ringtone of his phone is an up-beat tone usually associated with the standard sounds you get with a new phone, this adds a comical element to the scene. Dialogue is exchanged and the male leaves the rest of the men with dialogue stating 'gotta go'. This challanges a convention of the character; being part of a team, and committed, this could imply that this isn't the real team which the story is based around. Non-diegetic sound of a strong, loud beat begins to play as the character leaves the room, the other males lean over and watch him leave. There is a straight cut to an airport at night time in which the character walks across to a small jet, usually associated with private jets for wealthy individuals. This shows that the character lives the high life and is quite wealthy. The non-diegetic sound picks up and begins to play casino jazz. This conforms to the genre of a crime-heist film. Inside the plain is another man and the two of them begin to chat immediately as if they know each other. After lines of dialogue exchanged, there is a straight cut to a long shot of the sun through the plain window. This shows there is a time change, and as the camera pans down to an extreme long-shot of the Vegas strip. Las Vegas is 'The Home of Gambling' and sets an enigma in the audiences mind of, why are they in Las Vegas?
Establishing Character;
The character rappells from the roof into shot, central to the camera amongst toy shelves. The character is wearing dark clothing with a balaclava and black leather gloves. This gives connotations of the darker side of life, mystery and crime. The tracking shot indicates that he is the main character of the scene, keeping him close and central emphasises his importance. He walks confidently and with a quick pace. As he enters a room in the back, identified as the room next to the vault indicated by the door, the character begins to pin a gadget to the door, the sudden action indicates that he knows what he is doing and belongs amongst the other males now in shot wearing similar clothing. As the story progresses, the character pulled off his balaclava to reveal a good looking, male, blonde man (Bradd Pitt). The seriousness on his face shows he means business. As the next scene comes into shot through a straight cut, the same male walks confidently across an airport runway to a private jet. He is wearing a beige suit, black shirt and no tie, carrying a brown leather bag over his shoulder and a coffee stretched out in his hand. The fact he is wearing no tie, takes the seriousness of the suit away from the character. The coffee stretched out indicates that the character is fond of his appearance and does not want to spoil his image by spilling his coffee on him. This also shows he is a careful and appreciative man, because he doesnt want to ruin his suit even though judging by the connotations of wealth he could afford another one easily. The private jet is a clear indication that this character is a wealthy man, that lives the high life with the most classy commodities around. This character is well spoken and comes across as an educated man. This shows that the more sophisticated crime is more suited to him.
Establishing Setting;
The film begins with a long shot of shelves in a toy store, the character enters from the roof. The low key lighting and silence adds tension to the scene, this also sets an enigma in the audiences mind. The Toy store is empty and no lights are on, from this and the costume, the audience can instantly extract that the character should not be there and the store is closed. The camera follows him through the shop with a tracking shot, into a room which contains a vault door. The team of men in dark clothes and balaclavas, along with the gadget placed on the vault door, establish clearly that the goal is the vault. After the phone call, the scene cuts to an airport at night time, the tracking pan shot establishes that the character is on the runway heading toward the private jet. As the scene cuts to a long-shot at the sun with the aeroplane window still in shot, the camera pans down to an extreme long-shot of the Vegas strip, clearly identifyable by the MGM Grand and the Luxor hotel.
Establishing Narrative;
The opening sequence instantly conforms to the crime genre, with props such as balaclavas and settings such as vaults. The male after rappelling into the store, proceeds to take a mechanical gadget and place onto the vault door; the gadget shows the intended target audience as a 20-30 year old male as gadgets appeal to that age range and gender. The gadget allows him to see through the door into the vault, this shows that the goal of the crime is wealth, this conforms to the genre. Diagetic sound of a phone ringing can be heard, and the male answers the phone. The ringtone of his phone is an up-beat tone usually associated with the standard sounds you get with a new phone, this adds a comical element to the scene. Dialogue is exchanged and the male leaves the rest of the men with dialogue stating 'gotta go'. This challanges a convention of the character; being part of a team, and committed, this could imply that this isn't the real team which the story is based around. Non-diegetic sound of a strong, loud beat begins to play as the character leaves the room, the other males lean over and watch him leave. There is a straight cut to an airport at night time in which the character walks across to a small jet, usually associated with private jets for wealthy individuals. This shows that the character lives the high life and is quite wealthy. The non-diegetic sound picks up and begins to play casino jazz. This conforms to the genre of a crime-heist film. Inside the plain is another man and the two of them begin to chat immediately as if they know each other. After lines of dialogue exchanged, there is a straight cut to a long shot of the sun through the plain window. This shows there is a time change, and as the camera pans down to an extreme long-shot of the Vegas strip. Las Vegas is 'The Home of Gambling' and sets an enigma in the audiences mind of, why are they in Las Vegas?
Establishing Character;
The character rappells from the roof into shot, central to the camera amongst toy shelves. The character is wearing dark clothing with a balaclava and black leather gloves. This gives connotations of the darker side of life, mystery and crime. The tracking shot indicates that he is the main character of the scene, keeping him close and central emphasises his importance. He walks confidently and with a quick pace. As he enters a room in the back, identified as the room next to the vault indicated by the door, the character begins to pin a gadget to the door, the sudden action indicates that he knows what he is doing and belongs amongst the other males now in shot wearing similar clothing. As the story progresses, the character pulled off his balaclava to reveal a good looking, male, blonde man (Bradd Pitt). The seriousness on his face shows he means business. As the next scene comes into shot through a straight cut, the same male walks confidently across an airport runway to a private jet. He is wearing a beige suit, black shirt and no tie, carrying a brown leather bag over his shoulder and a coffee stretched out in his hand. The fact he is wearing no tie, takes the seriousness of the suit away from the character. The coffee stretched out indicates that the character is fond of his appearance and does not want to spoil his image by spilling his coffee on him. This also shows he is a careful and appreciative man, because he doesnt want to ruin his suit even though judging by the connotations of wealth he could afford another one easily. The private jet is a clear indication that this character is a wealthy man, that lives the high life with the most classy commodities around. This character is well spoken and comes across as an educated man. This shows that the more sophisticated crime is more suited to him.
Establishing Setting;
The film begins with a long shot of shelves in a toy store, the character enters from the roof. The low key lighting and silence adds tension to the scene, this also sets an enigma in the audiences mind. The Toy store is empty and no lights are on, from this and the costume, the audience can instantly extract that the character should not be there and the store is closed. The camera follows him through the shop with a tracking shot, into a room which contains a vault door. The team of men in dark clothes and balaclavas, along with the gadget placed on the vault door, establish clearly that the goal is the vault. After the phone call, the scene cuts to an airport at night time, the tracking pan shot establishes that the character is on the runway heading toward the private jet. As the scene cuts to a long-shot at the sun with the aeroplane window still in shot, the camera pans down to an extreme long-shot of the Vegas strip, clearly identifyable by the MGM Grand and the Luxor hotel.
Shot List and Script
Original Script
After Completing the final idea using all audience research; we started our planning with a script. This is because, to write the storyboards its easier to know what is going to be said and then from that a shot list could be sketched up. Also we decided to create the script so that the actors in our film knew what to say and when in preparation for when the camera was rolling. Here is the Original Script;
List of Actors;
Samuel Nixon is Michael Domino
Daniel Knight is Danyy McCardy
Adelle Auckland is Rose Domino
Film begins- black screen; diegetic sound present. ( keys rattling, gates opening and shutting, locks twisting, officers shouting " take him to the desk!").
First Location- St Augustine Primary School Gates (TO REPRESENT PRISON GATES)
Sam walks away from the gates.
Next Location- Peterborough Prison.
Sam puts a chewing gum in his mouth; 1second later - voice over begins.
Sam- " The names Michael Domino"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " 29"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " Con-man".
Sam walking across town whilst stating the next lines.
Sam- " Involved in numerous confidence schemes,bank robberies,poker schemes,theft,fraud,illegal gambling,pick pocketing,sales of faulty goods,identity theft and even managing to steal the odd girlfriend! You name it I've done it!
-pause for half a second
Sam- "Rehabilitated? Pftttt they wish!".
Sam walks continues to walk across town, straightcuts to a street and then walks into a house.
Next Location- Sam's Mum's House ( OR MICHAELS HOUSE)
It then straightcuts to a shot of a answer phone machine. Sam picks up the envelope with the prop; wedding ring inside it. Then presses the answer phone machine button. When the message begins to start sam is clenching the wedding ring tightly in his hand.
Adelle -" I've heard you have been released and Im guessing when you listen to this message you would have found my wedding ring.
- pause for half a second.
Adelle- " I trusted you and you went back to being selfish and only thinking of the money! The schemes, the crime , its not what I wanted and you knew that ! Its over. Goodbye Michael."
Sam then keeps looking at the wedding ring ,facial expressions are to be full of regrett and disappointment. The prop; Iphone then begins to ring. Sam should then receive the call.
Daniel- " I heard your out. Meet me at Ed's Bar in 5 minutes. Got business to discuss.
Sam- " See you there".
After this dialogue has been exchanged Sam looks down at the wedding ring, then back to the picture ,
squeezes it tightly for the last time and then throws it next to the picture of him and Adelle.
Sam walks towards the door and closes it . Doesn't look back.
Next Location- The Swiss Cottage ( OR ED'S BAR)
Sam walks through the door, looks directly at Daniel and sits down on the stool next to him.
Bar Manager hands them the prop of fake whisky ( Apple Juice)
Daniel- " Long time no see Mike."
Sam- " Yeah I guess it has...... its hard when your in jail" ( Slight Saracastic tone of voice)
Daniel- " Well I'm glad your out , as I've got some news for you"
Sam- " What sort of news ?" ( Apprhensive and exicted tone of voice)
Daniel- " A new job lined up, if your interested ?"
Sam- " I've only just got out!"
Daniel - " When has a little thing like that ever stopped you from a chance of money".
Sam- " Well, what sort of job then ?"
Daniel- " A bank".
Sam - " A bank is that it , oh c'mon Danny!"
Daniel- " It's a big bank! You no , the one on 5th Avenue."Sam doesnt say anything. Daniel continues to talk. Pause for a second and a half.
Daniel- " Its bigger than any of the legendary ones your dad broke into! Look, I know its been tough for you....but do you want the chance to prove yourself to be better than your dad or not ? This is the god damn honest truth, this job will be the history of cons I just know it!"
- pause for half a second.
Daniel -" soooo... are you interested ?"
Daniel gives sam a sly and confident smile
Sam begins to open his mouth.
The End.
List of Actors;
Samuel Nixon is Michael Domino
Daniel Knight is Danyy McCardy
Adelle Auckland is Rose Domino
Film begins- black screen; diegetic sound present. ( keys rattling, gates opening and shutting, locks twisting, officers shouting " take him to the desk!").
First Location- St Augustine Primary School Gates (TO REPRESENT PRISON GATES)
Sam walks away from the gates.
Next Location- Peterborough Prison.
Sam puts a chewing gum in his mouth; 1second later - voice over begins.
Sam- " The names Michael Domino"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " 29"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " Con-man".
Sam walking across town whilst stating the next lines.
Sam- " Involved in numerous confidence schemes,bank robberies,poker schemes,theft,fraud,illegal gambling,pick pocketing,sales of faulty goods,identity theft and even managing to steal the odd girlfriend! You name it I've done it!
-pause for half a second
Sam- "Rehabilitated? Pftttt they wish!".
Sam walks continues to walk across town, straightcuts to a street and then walks into a house.
Next Location- Sam's Mum's House ( OR MICHAELS HOUSE)
It then straightcuts to a shot of a answer phone machine. Sam picks up the envelope with the prop; wedding ring inside it. Then presses the answer phone machine button. When the message begins to start sam is clenching the wedding ring tightly in his hand.
Adelle -" I've heard you have been released and Im guessing when you listen to this message you would have found my wedding ring.
- pause for half a second.
Adelle- " I trusted you and you went back to being selfish and only thinking of the money! The schemes, the crime , its not what I wanted and you knew that ! Its over. Goodbye Michael."
Sam then keeps looking at the wedding ring ,facial expressions are to be full of regrett and disappointment. The prop; Iphone then begins to ring. Sam should then receive the call.
Daniel- " I heard your out. Meet me at Ed's Bar in 5 minutes. Got business to discuss.
Sam- " See you there".
After this dialogue has been exchanged Sam looks down at the wedding ring, then back to the picture ,
squeezes it tightly for the last time and then throws it next to the picture of him and Adelle.
Sam walks towards the door and closes it . Doesn't look back.
Next Location- The Swiss Cottage ( OR ED'S BAR)
Sam walks through the door, looks directly at Daniel and sits down on the stool next to him.
Bar Manager hands them the prop of fake whisky ( Apple Juice)
Daniel- " Long time no see Mike."
Sam- " Yeah I guess it has...... its hard when your in jail" ( Slight Saracastic tone of voice)
Daniel- " Well I'm glad your out , as I've got some news for you"
Sam- " What sort of news ?" ( Apprhensive and exicted tone of voice)
Daniel- " A new job lined up, if your interested ?"
Sam- " I've only just got out!"
Daniel - " When has a little thing like that ever stopped you from a chance of money".
Sam- " Well, what sort of job then ?"
Daniel- " A bank".
Sam - " A bank is that it , oh c'mon Danny!"
Daniel- " It's a big bank! You no , the one on 5th Avenue."Sam doesnt say anything. Daniel continues to talk. Pause for a second and a half.
Daniel- " Its bigger than any of the legendary ones your dad broke into! Look, I know its been tough for you....but do you want the chance to prove yourself to be better than your dad or not ? This is the god damn honest truth, this job will be the history of cons I just know it!"
- pause for half a second.
Daniel -" soooo... are you interested ?"
Daniel gives sam a sly and confident smile
Sam begins to open his mouth.
The End.
New Script
After trouble with filming locations and change in preference to which shots we would like, the script changed as well. We also realised that there was not enough time to show all dialogue in the original script, so we changed the script to ensure we still established what we needed to, but within a certain time frame. Here is the new script;
Sam’s Mums House
Sam presses the answer phone machine button.
Non- Diegetic Sound- Voiceover
Adelle -" I've heard
you have been released and Im guessing when you listen to this message you
would have found my wedding ring."
- pause for half a second.
Adelle- “I trusted
you and you went back to being selfish and only thinking of the money! The
schemes, the crime, its not what I wanted and you knew that! It’s over. Goodbye
Michael."
Sam then keeps looking at the wedding ring; facial
expressions are to be full of regret and disappointment. Squeezes the wedding
ring tightly for the last time and then throws it next to the picture of him
and Adelle. Sam then gets ready, “back into the game”.
Sam- “Yep”
Daniel- “I heard
your out. Meet me at the Swiss in an hour”.
Sam- “See you
there".
Sam walks towards the door and closes it. Doesn't
look back.
Next Location- The Swiss Cottage (OR THE
‘SWISS’)
Sam walks straight up to the bar.
Daniel- “How’ve you
been”.
Sam- “Surviving”.
Daniel- “We’ve got
business to discuss”.
Cuts to Sam and Dan sitting down at the same time.
Daniel- “This is a
bigger heist than any of your fathers has done”.
Sam -“But I've
only just got out!".
Daniel - “This is a
chance to prove yourself better than your father”.
Sam displays as facial expressions of confusion and
worry.
Daniel- “You in?”
THE END
Original Shot List
After creating the Storyboards and Script, Adelle and myself sketched up a shot list for reference when filming, this made sure we didnt forget anything when filming. Here is the original shot list;
Establishing Shot; of prison gates (school gates) with
the character Michaels stood centre frame.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s black shoes.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s waist.
Medium Shot; of Sam’s face.
Medium Shot; of Sam’s face.
Medium Close –up Shot; of Sam standing next
to the prison sign.
Close-up Shot; of Sam placing a
chewing gum into his mouth.
Asymmetrical Medium Shot; of Sam walking past the
prison sign.
Long tracking Shot; of Sam walking past a fountain.
Establishing Shot; of Sam’s characters house (
Sam’s Mums House)
Long Shot; of Sam opening the door to
the house.
Medium Close-up Shot; of items on the table ( The
items are a photo of Sam and Adelle, a phone and answer phone machine and a
envelope with the name ‘Michael’ written on it.
Medium Shot; of Sam picking up the
envelope.
Medium Shot; of the Wedding ring falling
into Sam’s hand.
Close-up Shot; of the Wedding ring in
Sam’s hand.
Medium Close-up Shot; of a picture of Sam and
Adelle.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s facial expression(
Disappointed and regretful).
Close-up Shot; of Sam clenching the ring in
his hand.
Close-up Shot; of the answer phone message
appearing.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam pressing the answer
phone machine button.
Long Shot; of Sam listening to the
answer phone machine message.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s facial expression(
regretful and upset)
Close-up Shot; of Sam clenching the
ring.
High angle Shot; of Sam crying on the sofa.
Medium Shot; of Sam crying head in his
hands.
Medium Shot; of Sam’s legs and the phone
clearly visible in his pocket.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam’s phone vibrating (
incoming call)
Medium Shot; of Sam answering the phone
call.
Two person shot; of Sam having a
conversation with Daniel.
Medium Close-up shot; of Sam grinning slightly.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam chucking the ring
onto the sideboard.
Medium Close-up Shot; of a shower and then Sam
chucking a PURPLE towel over the top.
Medium Shot; of Sam putting on his PURPLE tie.
Camera tilts upwards as this happens.
Close-up Shot; of Sam styling his hair.
Long Shot; of Sam walking out of the
house ( in his grey suit)
Long Shot; of Sam closing the door.
Long Shot; of Sam walking into the bar.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue
“ How have you been ?” to Sam.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam using the
dialogue “ Surviving” to Daniel.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue
“ We’ve got business to discuss” to Sam.
Long Shot; of Sam and Daniel sitting
down at the bar in sequence together.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the
dialogue “This is a bigger heist than any of your father has done” to
Sam.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam using the
dialogue “ But I’ve only just got out ?” to Daniel.
Long Shot/ Wide Shot; Daniel using the dialogue
“ This is a chance to prove yourself better than your father” to
Sam.
Medium Close-up Shot; Sam is using the facial
expression of being apprehensive and annoyed.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the
dialogue “ You in?”
New Shot List
After changes to our film opening due to time restrictions and dis-allowance to film at the prison, Adelle and myself sketched a new shot list to keep us on track and make sure we didn't forget any shots tat we needed. Here is the final Shot List;
1. Establishing Shot
; of Peterborough Prison . Sam is walking away from
the prison and towards the camera.
2. Title Sequence the
begins to play- ‘Chance’.
3. Low
angle shot; a car driving into the frame – establishing the
main character’s house. Sam then begins walking towards the house.
4. Long Shot; of Sam walking
into centre frame (into the living room) and looks around.
5. Close-up Shot; a picture of
the character Michael and his wife , Rose, an answer phone machine ,
a whiskey bottle and two whiskey glasses.
6. Close-up
Shot; Sam pressing the answer phone machine message
button.
7. Long Shot; of Sam
picking up a bottle of whiskey then hesitating as he see’s something on the
table.
8. Point of View
Shot; of Sam picking up the envelope.
9. Medium Shot; of the
Wedding ring falling into Sam’s hand.
10. Close-up Shot; of the
Wedding ring in Sam’s hand.
11. Medium Close-up
Shot; of a picture of Sam and Adelle.
12. Close-up
Shot; of Sam’s facial expression( Disappointed and
regretful).
13. Close-up Shot; of Sam
clenching the ring in his hand.
14. Close-up Shot; of the
answer phone message appearing.
15. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam pressing the answer phone machine
button.
16. Long Shot; of Sam
listening to the answer phone machine message.
17. Close-up Shot; of Sam’s
facial expression( regretful and upset)
18. Close-up Shot; of
Sam clenching the ring.
19. High angle Shot; of Sam
crying on the sofa.
20. Medium Shot; of Sam
crying head in his hands.
21. Medium Shot; of Sam’s
legs and the phone clearly visible in his pocket.
22. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam’s phone vibrating ( incoming call)
23. Medium Shot; of Sam
answering the phone call.
24. Two person shot; of Sam
having a conversation with Daniel.
25. Medium Close-up
shot; of Sam grinning slightly.
26. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam chucking the ring onto the
sideboard.
27. Medium Close-up
Shot; of a shower and then Sam chucking a PURPLE
towel over the top.
28. Medium Shot; of Sam
putting on his PURPLE tie. Camera tilts upwards as this
happens.
29. Close-up Shot; of Sam
styling his hair.
30. Long Shot; of Sam
walking out of the house ( in his grey suit)
31. Long Shot; of Sam
closing the door.
32. Long Shot; of Sam
walking into the bar.
33. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue “ How have
you been ?” to Sam.
34. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam using the dialogue “
Surviving” to Daniel.
35. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue “ We’ve
got business to discuss” to Sam.
36. Long Shot; of Sam
and Daniel sitting down at the bar in sequence together.
37. Medium Close-up Shot; of
Daniel using the dialogue “This is a bigger heist than any of your
father has done” to Sam.
38. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam using the dialogue “ But
I’ve only just got out ?” to Daniel.
39. Long Shot/ Wide
Shot; Daniel using the dialogue “ This
is a chance to prove yourself better than your father” to Sam.
40. Medium Close-up
Shot; Sam is using the facial expression of being
apprehensive and annoyed.
41. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue “ You
in?”
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