Initial film idea

Since i am no longer in a group, I have had to come up with a different film idea, therefore I came up with some thoughts. My main though is that I should do a split screen of two people who are going through there morning routine in the same way, they will then meet. If it was feature length film the characters would fall in love and a stereotypical romantic comedy. some of inspiration is from the john lewis advert from 2012.

Film Inspirations

Rules of Attraction- Roger Avary (2003)

In the Rules Of Attraction, the use of split screen was very smart in showing the audience the relationship between the two main characters, it also shows the personalities of theses characters, in the two minute opening i will attempt to show the similarities and differences between the two main characters.

500 Days Of Summer- Marc Webb (2009)

In 500 Days Of Summer the uses of split screen shows Tom's reality in comparison to his expectation. I liked this clip because the shots are very  and very different, showing the two sides of reality and imagination. I want to attempt to show my characters as very different people with similar shot types.

Changing plans

Due to some problems my group have now separated and I am working on my own.

I am now trying to think of some new film ideas.

Filming Timetable

We have established which days we will be filming on and they are as follows:

• Saturday 14th November- we will film some establishing shots of Central London
• Saturday 21st November- we will film all external Central London shots such as by St. Paul's Cathedral, Parliament, the Millenium Bridge, the London Eye and the Shard as well as the shot on the train into London. 
• Sunday 22nd November- we will film all internal shots from the start of the film opening as our protagonist gets ready for her job interview, the location for this will be my house.
• Monday 23rd November- we will film the final few shots including an external of Enfield Civic Centre to establish that the location of the interview is a professional building. We will also film inside our school on Monday for the final few internal shots.

Asda Storyboard

A few week ago Asda came to film at our school. we are looking at examples of storyboarding. This is Asda's storyboard for the advert.

Shot Ideas

My group and I discussed our ideas about shot composition, and ideas. We decided to write down our ideas.

The Usual Suspects Opening Scene

I haven't seen The Usual Suspect before, however it is  highly critically acclaimed. At first I didn't understand the opening, which could be a credit to the film as it left me asking questions about what was happening. However the film opening did not capture any of my emotion and make me like or dislike any characters. Overall I believe the film opening was effective as it left the audience asking questions.

Coursework Task and Assessment Criteria

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Gogglebox

Our group did a Gogglebox, analysing clips from British T.V shows, this helped are group hone our editing skills.

Setting Ideas

currently my group are planning where we where going to film, and these are some of the ideas:

we are planning to start in one of our group members houses, and then we plan on filming some scenes on the tube or underground.

After that we plan on filming our main protagonist walking through London, and see some of London's major landmarks.

Furthermore we are planning to film in Enfield, and in particular outside the civic Center.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E review

The Man From U.N.C.L.E review

Last week I saw The Man From U.N.C.L.E, a film directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Hugh Grant. The film displays a CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin, in early 1960's participating in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

I found the film quite predictable at moments and it was a classic take on the a spy and action film. The beginning of the film is a high speed car chase, which was full of quick shots that kept the pace of the movie going. This fast pace travels all the way through the film with all the action packed fight scenes. There where some negative aspects such as the story line was quite predictable and some of the subplots didn't make sense.  However overall it was a good film that delivered what the title and trailer promised.

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