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.
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Monday, 23 April 2012
StoryBoards
Storyboards
To plan our filming stage Adelle and myself needed to create an in detail storyboard to assist the filming stage and keep us on track. Here is the original set of storyboards created by Adelle and myself before filming;
During the filming stage, we encountered problems such as location issues such as the Prison not allowing us to film outside the gates, also during filming we decided that certain shots did not work and we decided to change particular shots in order to enhance the film opening. We had to create a new storyboard which accounted for these mishaps.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Ident Production
For our 2 minute film opening, we need to create our own Ident. An Ident is the branding identity for moving image companies. Famous Idents include Paramount pictures with their stars around a mountain, and 20th Century fox with their monummental '20th Century Fox' surrounded by searchlights as triumphant music plays.
First Ident Creation
Myself and Adelle have no experience with creating an ident, therefore we used adobe photoshop to create an animated practice version of 'Sunshine Pictures' which demonstrates a simple sequence in which certain layers, such as the clouds, people and sheep move across the screen to reveal the sun.
For our actual Ident, our ideas consisted of sequences containing some of the codes and conventions of a Crime-Heist genre, Such as:
Both these are feasable and relevant to the genre we are doing.
Here are a few storyboards indicating our ideas for the ident.
Adelle and myself attemted to film 2 Die rolling, but the die were too quick for the camera we had, the die also moved too fast and would not fill the time required. We could slow this down using Final-Cut express but this did not look realistic. The main problem however was that we had no control over where the die would land, they bounced and rolled out of camera shot conastantly.
We also tested the Pack of Cards idea and fanned them out in camera shot. This proved alot easier and overall looked much more professional. The cards are slowly left behind one by one by the cardholders hand as it moves in a curving motion. This will be a memorable association for the audience.
After deciding to go with the Pack of Cards idea, we used Final-Cut express and Live Text programmes to add sound effects and animated text to attract the audience's attention. These both link with the genre of the film 'Crime'. The annimated text appears on top of an image of blank cards and moves in a slot machine motion, side by side revolving around virtically. The cards and slot machine motion connotates to gambling which has potential and popular crime associated with it. The sound effect as the annimated writing appears is a typewriter, this is a relevant convention of the 'Crime' genre as a typewriter may connotate to the conclusion of a crime, the police officer typing up the report of the events. This also may connect with the opening of the film itself as the character has already been caught.
First Ident Creation
Myself and Adelle have no experience with creating an ident, therefore we used adobe photoshop to create an animated practice version of 'Sunshine Pictures' which demonstrates a simple sequence in which certain layers, such as the clouds, people and sheep move across the screen to reveal the sun.
For our actual Ident, our ideas consisted of sequences containing some of the codes and conventions of a Crime-Heist genre, Such as:
- A Roulette board
- 2 Die rolling
- A pack of cards
- A stack of cash - burning
Both these are feasable and relevant to the genre we are doing.
Here are a few storyboards indicating our ideas for the ident.
Adelle and myself attemted to film 2 Die rolling, but the die were too quick for the camera we had, the die also moved too fast and would not fill the time required. We could slow this down using Final-Cut express but this did not look realistic. The main problem however was that we had no control over where the die would land, they bounced and rolled out of camera shot conastantly.
We also tested the Pack of Cards idea and fanned them out in camera shot. This proved alot easier and overall looked much more professional. The cards are slowly left behind one by one by the cardholders hand as it moves in a curving motion. This will be a memorable association for the audience.
After deciding to go with the Pack of Cards idea, we used Final-Cut express and Live Text programmes to add sound effects and animated text to attract the audience's attention. These both link with the genre of the film 'Crime'. The annimated text appears on top of an image of blank cards and moves in a slot machine motion, side by side revolving around virtically. The cards and slot machine motion connotates to gambling which has potential and popular crime associated with it. The sound effect as the annimated writing appears is a typewriter, this is a relevant convention of the 'Crime' genre as a typewriter may connotate to the conclusion of a crime, the police officer typing up the report of the events. This also may connect with the opening of the film itself as the character has already been caught.
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