German Expressionism Revision
13 years ago
Wednesday
Log Line...
A TEENAGE BOY CHALLENGES TO CONFORM TO HIS TYPICAL 'TEENAGE' STEREOTYPE BY TAP DANCING INSTEAD OF PLAYING FOOTBALL.
Friday
Music
I have chosen my music to go over the top of my film. I got it off www.lgfl.org.uk .
it's not letting me upload the song for some reason.
It is in the Indie genre and is by Gareth Johnson and the song is called Touch Me and its the 2:19 version.
it's not letting me upload the song for some reason.
It is in the Indie genre and is by Gareth Johnson and the song is called Touch Me and its the 2:19 version.
Editing!
I have started editing my project. So far it is coming along smoothly, i have started by putting together the clips i am going to use in full, and going to break them down individualy to gain a smooth flow and continuity.
I am not adding music after i am going to edit it at the same time so i can do my cuts to the music so it fits in time.
After doing much research i have changed my idea on how i am going to have my fonts. I was originally going to have graffiti as my titles however i have watched many social realism openings and the titles are very basic. usualy plain white , simple fonts.
This would also tie in with my theme as my shots and editing are slow and simple.
Thats it for now.
I am not adding music after i am going to edit it at the same time so i can do my cuts to the music so it fits in time.
After doing much research i have changed my idea on how i am going to have my fonts. I was originally going to have graffiti as my titles however i have watched many social realism openings and the titles are very basic. usualy plain white , simple fonts.
This would also tie in with my theme as my shots and editing are slow and simple.
Thats it for now.
Wednesday
Ken Loach & Shane Meadows
Ken Loach
I am going to look at bit into Ken Loach's work because he is another social realist film director who puts his views and emotions into his work. Loach doesnt use profesional actors in his films, he likes to use people who have had real life experiences and know the characters they are playing.
He tries to make sure that actors express as genuinely as possible the feelings of their characters by filming the story in order and, crucially, not giving the actors the script until a few minutes before the filming.
Two examples: in Kes the boy actor, discovering the dead bird at the end, believed that the director had actually killed the bird that he had become quite close to during the filming (in fact he had used a dead bird found elsewhere). In Raining Stones one of the actresses visited at her house by a loan shark had no idea that he was going to force her to take off her wedding ring and give it to him as part payment. There are many other such examples.
Shane Meadows
Shane Meadows is considered one of the rising starts of British cinema.Much of the content of his films are semi-autobiographical and based on his experiences he has had. Much of the content of his films are semi-autobiographical and based on his experiences in Uttoxeter. Twenty Four Seven was inspired by his youth, both at a boxing club, and also playing in a local football club. Despite some huge losses, the club's coach never lost faith in them. A Room for Romeo Brass was also inspired by his youth. After his best friend, neighbour (and later writing partner) Paul Fraser had a very bad accident and was bound to his bed for two years, Meadows instead hung around with some of the town's more undesirable characters.
I am going to look at bit into Ken Loach's work because he is another social realist film director who puts his views and emotions into his work. Loach doesnt use profesional actors in his films, he likes to use people who have had real life experiences and know the characters they are playing.
He tries to make sure that actors express as genuinely as possible the feelings of their characters by filming the story in order and, crucially, not giving the actors the script until a few minutes before the filming.
Two examples: in Kes the boy actor, discovering the dead bird at the end, believed that the director had actually killed the bird that he had become quite close to during the filming (in fact he had used a dead bird found elsewhere). In Raining Stones one of the actresses visited at her house by a loan shark had no idea that he was going to force her to take off her wedding ring and give it to him as part payment. There are many other such examples.
Shane Meadows
Shane Meadows is considered one of the rising starts of British cinema.Much of the content of his films are semi-autobiographical and based on his experiences he has had. Much of the content of his films are semi-autobiographical and based on his experiences in Uttoxeter. Twenty Four Seven was inspired by his youth, both at a boxing club, and also playing in a local football club. Despite some huge losses, the club's coach never lost faith in them. A Room for Romeo Brass was also inspired by his youth. After his best friend, neighbour (and later writing partner) Paul Fraser had a very bad accident and was bound to his bed for two years, Meadows instead hung around with some of the town's more undesirable characters.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Billy Elliot was where i got the inspiration for the narrative of my film from. The ideologies of being a teenage boy and challenging the expectations of your identity. Does being a tap dancer mean your less of a boy than your mate who plays football?
The opening of my film is going to be very unexpected. There are going to be no hints at all at this boy being a dancer. The viewer don't know where my character is going or why they are walking.
The opening of Billy Elliot doesn't give it away that the main character is going to turn out to be a ballet dancer but because i am only making an opening and i want some narrative in it i am going to show the boy dancing in mine.
I've put the opening of Billy Elliot on here although it doesn't have ant music for some reason.
I also watched the opening of Juno when we first got given the brief for this coursework. That gave me the idea of someone just walking along in the opening, just simple.
I've put it up on here aswell.
The opening of my film is going to be very unexpected. There are going to be no hints at all at this boy being a dancer. The viewer don't know where my character is going or why they are walking.
The opening of Billy Elliot doesn't give it away that the main character is going to turn out to be a ballet dancer but because i am only making an opening and i want some narrative in it i am going to show the boy dancing in mine.
I've put the opening of Billy Elliot on here although it doesn't have ant music for some reason.
I also watched the opening of Juno when we first got given the brief for this coursework. That gave me the idea of someone just walking along in the opening, just simple.
I've put it up on here aswell.
Monday
Social Realism
The film opening i am making as you know is on the Social Realism genre. I have been looking at a few openings to some Social Realism films and getting more ideas of how i can construct my opening to have some of the characteristics that these have.
The first film i have looked at is A Room For Romeo Brass by Shane Meadows.
What i like about this opening is that at the begining there is no music just digetic sound. It makes it feel more than a film and brings you in. Theres no real dialog just a brief conversation between the two characters. The location in which it is set is very basic just a field, a chip shop.
I also like the titles, as they are just simple plain white fonts. I think this gives it more edge and more 'realism' to it.
At the beggining of my opening im only going to have digetic sound too, but about 10 seconds into it i will have non-digetic sound over the top.
The next opening i looked at was This Is England also by Shane Meadows.
This Is England is one of my favourite films so this had to go on here! My opening isn't going to be like this: clips from documentories etc. but what i do like is 27 seconds into this clip there are some garages with graffiti on them. I like the fact that it's not art graffiti just like someone has written it there.
I want my titles to be like that on a wall as my main character is walking past them. For example the directors name, editor ... you get my drift.
I think that will give it a modern feel as it is not set in another era but today.
Kes was another film i looked at.
I know the clip is 10 minutes long, but i am just looking at the first 3ish minutes.
This film again is very basic, no special effects just basic cuts as edits. this is what i'm going to do with my film, no fancy effects, i want to just keep it simple but effective.
Again the basic white font is being used, i don't think i could use both grafiti and plain white fonts, i don't think the flow would work.
Again, i like the music coming in at 2 minutes not straight away. Something i am going to consider with my opening.
The first film i have looked at is A Room For Romeo Brass by Shane Meadows.
What i like about this opening is that at the begining there is no music just digetic sound. It makes it feel more than a film and brings you in. Theres no real dialog just a brief conversation between the two characters. The location in which it is set is very basic just a field, a chip shop.
I also like the titles, as they are just simple plain white fonts. I think this gives it more edge and more 'realism' to it.
At the beggining of my opening im only going to have digetic sound too, but about 10 seconds into it i will have non-digetic sound over the top.
The next opening i looked at was This Is England also by Shane Meadows.
This Is England is one of my favourite films so this had to go on here! My opening isn't going to be like this: clips from documentories etc. but what i do like is 27 seconds into this clip there are some garages with graffiti on them. I like the fact that it's not art graffiti just like someone has written it there.
I want my titles to be like that on a wall as my main character is walking past them. For example the directors name, editor ... you get my drift.
I think that will give it a modern feel as it is not set in another era but today.
Kes was another film i looked at.
I know the clip is 10 minutes long, but i am just looking at the first 3ish minutes.
This film again is very basic, no special effects just basic cuts as edits. this is what i'm going to do with my film, no fancy effects, i want to just keep it simple but effective.
Again the basic white font is being used, i don't think i could use both grafiti and plain white fonts, i don't think the flow would work.
Again, i like the music coming in at 2 minutes not straight away. Something i am going to consider with my opening.
Friday
Continuity Piece
This is our continuity sequence. It's a bit short but as this was the first piece of film production we done we was very pleased with it.
We edited it on i-movie and it was really interesting to see the post production stages of film making.
Filming
I have filmed my project and i think it went very well. I got all the shots and angles that i intended to shoot. We filmed all the footage in the same day to maintain continuity.
I was very lucky that it didn't rain half way through the day but it was freezing!
Bring on the editing!
I was very lucky that it didn't rain half way through the day but it was freezing!
Bring on the editing!
Thursday
Titleee.............................
Because i got my idea of my film from 'Billy Elliot' i decided to look at the soundtrack names... I ended up deciding between two songs as the title of my film.
So it was between 'Cosmic Dancer' and 'Boys Play Football'.
I decided my film will be called Boys Play Football.
So it was between 'Cosmic Dancer' and 'Boys Play Football'.
I decided my film will be called Boys Play Football.
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