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Planning for Media Studies Coursework by Laurence Shelsher
Planning for Media Studies Coursework
By Laurence Shelsher UM3
The Bishops Stortford High School
Contents Page:
Planning for Media Studies Coursework 1
Contents Page 2
Introduction 6
Audience Profile 7
Focus group 13
Job-List 17
Rejected/other potential ideas 18
Plot Synopsis 19
Intertextuality: 20
Research into similar products 21
What I liked about each feature of my similar products research: 21
Cast/Crew auditions 22
Shot List 23
Shooting Schedule 25
Representation 27
Location 28
Evaluation on location: 30
Costumers and other research 31
Budget Plan 32
Storyboard 33
Introduction
For my final film project for my AS, I decided to stay in the same group that I was part of for my preliminary filming task. This is due to the fact that although as a group we did not combine fully during the first project, it made us closer as a group as we could all see the potential there to produce a visually exciting and engaging film. Therefore, we decided to stay as a group and improve on our preliminary task.
MediumAs a group we decided to base our film around an action genre. We felt we could create an opening that contained engaging action scenes that would convince the user to carry on watching. Through creating this effect, I feel we can effectively meet the brief of ‘a two-minute film opening including titles’.
Our audience survey also resulted in the genre ‘action’ being the most popular choose which is evident in my results later within my work. Therefore, due to the fact that our film will only be successful if it is popular within our target audience/market, we decided to make a film based around their needs and wants.
However, we changed our thinking behind this idea and decided on the genre of ‘War’ instead. This is due to the fact that we felt the genre of ‘action’ would not be as specific as ‘War’. We also felt that by attempting the genre of ‘War’, we would be attempting something completely different as well as following our directors (Charlie Johnston) love and passion for this genre.
Audience Profile
Survey
I used two sources for my audience survey, I used email to send my questionnaire out to people within my school, and I used ‘facebook’ to publicly ask people to complete my questionnaire. I feel that both methods are appropriate as it helps me to appeal to our target audience of 15-40 year olds. The use of email would concentrate on the age sector of 15-19. However, the use of facebook would also help me appeal to the older target audience in the age boundary of 15-40. Through the use of email and ‘facebook’ It allows me to target my research at the more electronic market users.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LQ8S83X
The link above is the link I used to ask people to complete my survey.
When we decided on a possible genre and style for our film, we first identified that an important process on deciding on this possible genre is to identify what our target audience what they want as they are our customers. Although, our questionnaire process revealed that ‘action’ was our target markets favourite genre, we felt the action element that we would include within our ‘War’ film would be favoured by our target audience.
Below is the questionnaire i constructured and sent to multiple sources:
1. What is your favourite film genre?
What is your favourite film genre? Adventure
Action
Comedy
Crime/Gangster
Horror
Romance
Romantic-Comedy
Science-fiction
Western
War
Youth Drama
Other (please specify)
2. What is the genre you would most likely visit at the cinema?
What is the genre you would most likely visit at the cinema? Adventure
Action
Comedy
Crime/Gangster
Horror
Romance
Romantic-Comedy
Science-fiction
Western
War
Youth Drama
Other (please specify)
3. What do you like about this specific genre? And if so, the reason for why you would rather watch it at the cinema?
What do you like about this specific genre? And if so, the reason for why you would rather watch it at the cinema?
4. What is your least favourite genre for watching at the cinema and why?
What is your least favourite genre for watching at the cinema and why?
5. How often do you go to the cinema?
How often do you go to the cinema? more than once a week
once a week
more than once monthly
monthly
yearly
Other (please specify)
6. Who do you most occasionally go to the cinema with?
Who do you most occasionally go to the cinema with? Friends
Family
Girlfriend/Boyfriend
By yourself
Other (please specify)
7. Is there a specific time when you would rather go cinema?
Is there a specific time when you would rather go cinema? Yes (please specify)
No
(answer to yes)
8. Do you find the genre ‘Action’ more entertaining to watch at the cinema and why?
Do you find the genre ‘Action’ more entertaining to watch at the cinema and why?
9. What barriers are there to you usually going to the cinema?
What barriers are there to you usually going to the cinema?
10. What are your main reasons for watching a film at the cinema as opposed to at home?
What are your main reasons for watching a film at the cinema as opposed to at home?
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Results of Audience Profile:
The first questioned I asked was ‘What is your favourite film genre?’
The majority of votes at 40% were towards action. Therefore, based on the opinion of our target audience that they wanted action, we decided to go with this genre. Due to the fact that the success of our film is based upon if our target audience approves or disapproves, I felt that it was important to make a film that they would want to see. Therefore, the genre that they would have decided to pick would have decided the genre of our film.
The second question I asked was what is the film genre you would most likely visit at the cinema?
I felt this was an important as we need to make a film were the genre will be popular at the cinema and attract a wide range of people to watch in order for it to be successful. Therefore, the genre that our target market wanted to view at cinema would be the genre that we cater for. The result was that people wanted to see ‘action’ as this received the majority of results.
The Third question we asked was ‘who do you most occasionally go to the cinema with?’
I felt that this was an important question as I needed to identify how people went to the cinema and who they went with. Therefore, if we could attempt to make a film that would cater for these groups of people then it should potentially result in a more successful film. The results showed that 80% of our target audience would most occasionally go to the cinema with friends. As a result I feel that our film has to be made so that groups of friends will enjoy it, therefore we need to make it action packed with a good storyline to keep them interested as well as a good humour.
Focus group
In order for me to research in greater depth and understand what my target audience sees and wants from an action film, I will show 2 example starts to famous and previous successful action films and get them to comment on the pros and cons of each technique used within the start. I will concentrate the focus group on factors such as: titles used, music composed, how the scene is set for the rest of the film, action and editing used etc. Through gaining a better understanding of what my target audience specifically wants from an action film, I can cater for all their needs and improve the making of our film.
Focus group selection:
As our target market consists of 15-40 year olds, I decided to choose a variety of ages within this age group to attempt to cater for all of our potential target audience. Therefore, the 5 people I selected for the focus group consisted of:
• Sam Charles, 16
• Sally Shelsher, 38
• David Fuller, 32
• David Luxton, 22
• Aaron Pugh, 28
The first film I showed my focus group was a short clip to the opening of ‘Rambo First Blood (1982)’ using http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6KZ55DA0kg
I composed a set of questions which I felt would be appropriate and effective in helping me find out what my focus group was feeling about the film. Once the questions were set and the focus group could read them, they gave their answers and after as a group we discussed the questions and other areas so I could receive qualitative data. I felt this was important as this could help me collect information about the film based on subjective factors such as opinions and reasons.
Questions set to focus group on ‘Rambo First Blood’:
1. Do you feel the audio is effect for the start of the film?
2. Does the audio fit the titles?
3. Are the titles effective to the start of the film?
4. How do you feel about the opening shot of the main character walking down the hill and how do you feel about this start to the film?
5. Do you feel the mixture of low and high chords gives the film a warm opening?
6. Do you feel the overall use of effects is the appropriate start to an action film?
7. Do you think that the dialogue between the two characters is effective to the start of the film?
8. Does the end of the dialogue and the use of audio set the mood for the rest of the film effectively?
Analysis of results:
In general my focus group liked the start of then film but felt that the titles could be improved. Although, they felt the music used was effective with the shot of the background and the character coming down the mountain terrain. They also felt that they were left on a cliffhanger as the main soldier wanted to seek revenge for the death of his friend which made them want to continue watching the rest of the film.
Main points learned:
My film opening needs to be more adventurous with the titles and link in more with the plot and start to the film. This was a major feedback I received that the focus group would liked to have seen different shots of the character walking down the hill through use of montage editing to show him walking to the village while the titles were visible in the background. They also liked the cliffhanger that they were left on as this effectively set the tone for the rest of the film. Therefore, I feel that it would be important to finish the opening to our film on a ‘cliffhanger’ to motivate our audience to want to continue watching our film.
The second film I showed my focus group was a short clip to the opening of ‘Black Hawk Down’ using http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V4joY1VwQM
I decided to choose a complete different war opening to the first one I chose. This would help me show my focus group a complete varied use of techniques to receive their feedback on this and see if they preferred this modern outtake on war. I composed the same set of questions to my focus group as I did for the first to gain feedback from the opening to the film and to make the results non-biased.
Questions set to focus group on ‘Black Hawk Down’:
1. Do you feel the audio is effect for the start of the film?
2. Does the audio fit the titles?
3. Are the titles effective to the start of the film?
4. How do you feel about the opening shot of the main character walking down the hill and how do you feel about this start to the film?
5. Do you feel the mixture of audio used gives the film a positive opening?
6. Do you feel the overall use of effects is the appropriate start to an action film?
7. Do you think that the dialogue between the two characters is effective to the start of the film?
8. Does the end of the dialogue and the use of audio set the mood for the rest of the film effectively?
Analysis of results:
The focus group liked this much different start compared to the other they viewed. They felt the action packed start much suited genre better than the opening to ‘Rambo’. They also liked the use of montage editing to paint the picture and dramatic effects of the war. Therefore, the use of montage editing would be an effective feature to be used in the opening of my film. However, on a negative note the focus group commented on the lack of structure to the opening to the film, they felt that the characters were not introduced as effectively compared to the opening of ‘Rambo’ that they viewed before.
Main points learned:
Although I feel that our film needs to impressively introduce the titles, characters and set the scene. The main feedback and what I learnt from this film is that our opening needs to contain action to keep the audience interested. The focus group also said that they felt the introduction of characters is vital, therefore I will aim to achieve this In the opening to my film.
Genre/style
The genre of our final idea was going to be ‘Action’ with themes and styles of war/soldiers also included. We decided on this genre as my research revealed that our target audience of males 15-40 preferred action films and my audience profile questionnaires revealed that the genre ‘action’ is preferred to be watched at the cinema. As a group we decided to base our genre around the results of our questionnaire as we need to please our target audience. As a result, the genre ‘action’ was the most popular genre picked by the genre we used.
Although, we changed our idea to specifically suit the ‘War’ genre. We felt this due to the fact that there is a reliable target audience for this genre with:
• Historians
• People connected and who have been affected by war
• People interested in how the story is told and how soldiers are represented
Job-List
Director – Charlie Johnston
Editing – Sean Godfrey
Mise-en-scene - Laurence Shelsher (myself)
Sound – Jamie Campbell
Role as head of Mise-en-scene:
I feel that through being in charge of our use of Mise-en-scene within our film, I can ensure that all props, costumes and other effects during our film can be arranged to represent how a war scene would be enacted. Therefore, making the audience believe how real our film is. I feel that use of costumes is vital and the time used to prefect this will be spent wisely.
Rejected/other potential ideas
Due to the fact that this film project is the main piece of coursework for our AS a-level, as a group we spent a prolonged period of time proposing different ideas and trying to agree as a group how we could most appropriately meet the brief while achieving a visually challenging and exciting opening to a film.
Our first proposed idea was a gang theme set in a major city; this was based on the potential test and experiment that could be carried out with the vast range of camera shots, angles and movements available within a city. As a group we decided on London and felt that in and around a historic and well known as such as ‘Covent Garden’. Furthermore we felt a gang theme such as ‘Layer Cake’ would be perfect to meet the brief of a 2 minute opening, our idea was camera shots of London with a voice over along with the titles. We even felt that the soundtrack of ‘Hayling’ by ‘FC Kahuna’ would have suited our film perfect. However, we soon realised the negative concepts of this idea for our film. Firstly, there would have been the increased costs of getting to and from London on numerous occasions to research, film and prep. Also, the reality of getting busy streets clear within London for shots would have been slim.
However, we eventually eliminated this idea and settled on the war/soldier theme which was located nearer and meant we could visit this location on numerous occasions. We felt as a group that having a nearer location means we can spend more time planning and visiting the location to perfect the shots etc.
Narrowed it down to between a war theme occurring in London, although we didn’t felt this was appropriate
Plot Synopsis
Our film will begin with the soldiers walking across the wood land and here we will have dialogue and ‘banter’ between the soldiers. We will most likely have the characters discussing ‘sex, affairs, their wives etc’ as my research showed that men look for this in action films. There will be a long shot of the characters to show the audience through montage editing that somebody is watching them. There will then be a camera panning to the right through the forest to watch the soldiers. They will temporary stop before a loud sniper shot is heard and one by one the soldiers are picked off by a sniper in the distance, they all duck for cover but they are all shot and instantly suffer before dieing, until there is only one character left (main character) hiding behind a tree. There are extreme close ups on his fact to show how scared and frightened he is. Eventually he jumps up and runs before there is a flash back to his child hood of the character playing football. The theme of revenge is showing from the sniper killing all of the soldiers.
We changed this plot synopsis to better suit our new chosen genre of ‘War’. This is due to the fact the similar products do not contain much ‘banter and jokes’ between the soldiers due to the seriousness of the situation that they are in. Therefore, we discarded this idea.
Our new plot synopsis will consist of the 4 characters walking along the woodland with the camera following them with use of titles in the background. The next shot will consist of one of the soldiers boot treading into the grass and more titles are used. The soldiers are then viewed on a number of occasions of walking through the landscape and some dialogue occurs, until one of the soldiers is unexpectedly shot down and the others take cover. One soldier than try’s to follow the enemy and then we is also shot down. The remaining two soldiers then seek more sensible cover. Before the other soldier is also killed. This leaves the final soldier left to fight the enemy following them.
Intertextuality
The potential shots we could use during our film could be referenced and linked to other previous war/action/soldier themed films. Furthermore, my research on other films linked to our theme/concept could inspire us for camera shots and character positions during our film.
This shot from the film 'Behind Enemy Lines' shows a wood land with the soldier running through. The use of special effects for the smoke adds for a good effect along with the woodland.
This can be referenced as our character will run through the woodland away from the sniper seeking to kill him.
Use of titles:
Research into similar products:
In order for our film opening to be successful, I need to carry out in-depth research into our similar films/products within this target market.
He his a list of war films I have researched and watched clips from to get an idea of how they are made, camera shots, storylines, costumes, mise-en-scene etc:
• Platoon
• Behind enemy lines
• Saving Private Ryan
• Schindler’s List
• Inglourious Basterds
• Hotel Rwanda (discusses different war than considered in our film)
• Braveheart
What I liked about each feature of my similar products research:
Cast/Crew auditions
Our cast consist of the following:
- Adrian Fergus Fuller
- Laurence Shelsher
- Jamie Campbell
- Sean Godfrey
- Angus Lloyd Skinner
All of our cast consist of friends our contacts we have as a group between us.
I feel that using a professional actor of ‘Adrian Fergus-Fuller’ as our main character will benefit our film. This is due to the fact that his vast experience will help us in filming and as he is aged 22, he will also help us attract an older target audience.
In his career he has featured in:
Grange Hill, Child, BBC Television
Noah & Saskia, Clive, BBC/Australian TV Network
Whistle Down the Wind, Curly, Aldwych Theatre
A Raisin in the Sun, Travis, Young Vic
Harry Potter Game, Voice of Various Characters, Electronic Arts
Harry Potter And the Prisoner of Azkaban, Choirboy, Warner Bros
Going For Gold, Alfie, Gibber Theatre Company
Skins (series I & II), Lynton, E4
Barcelona Tour, Principal Actor, The English Theatre Company
However, we did not use our professional actor within our film. Instead we he was on scene to offer tips and advice on appropriate camera shots and acting for each of the characters.
Shot List
Shot No. Aim Shot duration Sound
1 - Establishing shot of landscape with titles explaining the events 5 seconds Use of non-diagetic sound. Audio track of high chords to represent war music from a copyright free source.
2 - Side on shoot of the characters walking through the woodland (use of titles) 6 seconds Distant diagetic sounds of the characters talking
3 - Extreme close up of soldiers boot in the mud and soldiers foot carry’s on walking leaving shot of ‘boot print’ in the mud (use of titles) 10 seconds Diagetic sound of the soldiers walking through muddy terrain, sound may be emphasised after (non-diagetic)
4 - The camera is stationary as the soldiers walk towards the camera (use of titles) 10 seconds Diagetic sound of wind
5 - Panning shot of the characters walking past with dialogue (use of titles) 10 seconds Dialogue between characters
6 - Long shot of the characters in the distant before on of the soldiers is shot and the soldiers scramble for cover 20 seconds Diagetic sound of the gunshot (however recorded and added after) and the reaction of the soldiers
7 - POW shot of the sniper running for cover to prevent being seen 5 seconds Diagetic sounds of the sniper moving and finding cover
8 - Medium shot of the characters discussing what to do before one of the characters goes for the enemy before being shot 15 seconds Diagetic sounds of the gun shots (however recorded and added after)
9 - Panning shot of the characters moving for cover 15 seconds Diagetic sounds of gunshot (however recorded and added after)
10 - Medium close up of the character following the enemy into the woodland 10 seconds Diagetic sounds of the crunching of leaves
11 - Extreme close up of the character being found dead 15 seconds Dialogue
12 - Long shot of the character walking into the distance and the name of the film – ‘Lost Boys’ comes onto the screen 10 seconds Audio music
Music being played to the soldiers walking across the landscape and the sounds ot eh river and the crunching of leaves when soldiers walking through the open land.
Sean (Sean Godfrey): Where the fuck are we?
Tony (Jamie Campbell): Think were still in Poland, we have been walking for days.
Sound of gunshot
Distant shouting of ‘take cover’ and ‘get down’ by the soldiers
More gunshots
Nigel (Laurence Shelsher): You see him?
Sound of the gun being loaded
Sean (Sean Godfrey): everybody alright?
Nigel (Laurence Shelsher): Jacks down, I think he’s dead!
More gun shots and the panting of the sniper running away
Nigel (Laurence Shelsher): I’m going for him!
Loud cry of NO! from the others soldiers
Another gunshot
Sean (Sean Godfrey): ‘gotta’ move?
More gunshots
Panting of the soldiers running for cover
Loading of the guns
Sean (Sean Godfrey): cover me!
Nick (Angus): No! No! No!
Heavy breathing
Nick (Angus): ‘ahhh, fucking hell’!
Nick (Angus): ‘Sean! No! ahhh No!, Fucking hell!’
Shooting Schedule:
Date Aims Shot duration
Costumes and other research
4th-6th January
Research location, decide on exact suitable positions for shots and any other additional factors we need to consider N/A
16th January
Start filming and perfect first 4 shots. We will then assess the situation to see if we can add or improve upon any ideas. First shot = 1 minute
Second shot = 20 seconds
Third Shot = 10 seconds
Fourth shot = 20 seconds
Total time for filming that day: 3 hours (this takes into the account the time to set up, apply mise-en-scene, costumes, props etc)
18th January
Second day of filming and next 3 shots will be filmed and re-done to get the exact shot that we want.
Fifth shot = 15 seconds
Sixth shot = 20 seconds
Seventh shot = 5 seconds
Total time for filming that day: 2 hours
19th January Will be assess the first 7 shots achieved, discuss better or ideas or ways to improve them N/A
21th January We will go back and re-film any shots that we need to alter or improve to the appropriate standard Total time for filming that day: 3 hours
23th January We will film all of the shots left to film Total time for filming that day: 3 hours
24th January We will go over all the film and re-consider any areas we can improve upon or re-do. We will re-visit the location and attempt to achieve our aims. Total time sent on each shot and filming time that day will be updated after analysis process.
Representation
I feel that representation during the start to our film will show positive and negative representation. The negative representation will be through the film only containing male character and old stereotypes will be reinforced that men together always argue and cause violence. However, the positive representation is that the message is that when men cause violence and revenge, it leads to negative and sad consequences for may parties involved which is emphasised during our film.
The fact we aim our film at a male target audience is because my research has revealed that in general males do prefer action films. Although some females do prefer action films, in general most of our target audience is male and therefore I feel we need to concentrate on adapting and aiming our film at this audience.
‘There are "women's films" and there are "men's films," conventional wisdom holds. Women’s films are not simply “romance” films. They concern films where the story is told from the woman’s point of view (The Piano, Muriel’s Wedding), the woman is the clear protagonist or heroine (almost any Jodie Foster movie), or the story centers around women and women’s issues (The Color Purple, Beaches). “Men’s films” tend to focus more on action, sex (rather than romance) and competition (Andrews, 1993, Fischoff, 1994). If conventional wisdom is accurate, we would expect that favorite films should express a gender bias such that males would be partial to “men’s films,” and females would be partial to “women’s films.”. These expectations are consistent with Social Identity Theory which holds that people seek out particular messages which support their social identity (Abrams & Hogg, 1990). Harwood (1997) extended the theory to selective choices in media viewing as a form of social identity gratification. Film preference which is consistent or congruent with gender identity is what Fischoff’s 1994 study revealed. It was expected that similar results would be found in the present study.’
Source: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/sfischo/media3.html
Location
The location for our film needs to represent a real life war and forest situation. Therefore, the location is key to making the audience understand and believe the theme and concepts of our film. As a result, my research on a suitable locations will be in depth to show possible ideas for camera shots/positions, character positions and other key factors of the location which will be vital within our film.
I visited and researched different forestry locations in and around the area of ‘Bishops Stortford – Hertfordshire’ where our film will be located. Through visiting and researching locations, I can experiment with different potential camera shots and character positions. As a result, it will allow me to determine which location will be most suitable for our film.
When researching this location, I noticed the muddy area within the wood. I immediately felt that this would an appropriate for the extreme close up of the soldier’s boot stepping into the mud and
leaving the foot print behind.
The negative factors of this location are the fact that the wood is fairly open and there would not be enough canopy and undergrowth areas to film the soldiers in. Also, houses, fences, chopped tree trunks etc would be visible in the background of our shots. Therefore, this is not realistic in helping us make the audience believe the idea of a war occurring and does not fit in fit our original ideas and concepts for location.
Evaluation on location
Although the location would have good potential shots of the soldiers and the boot print, I do not feel that the location would hold enough factors to make the audience believe the war zone and concept of our film.
Second Location visited – Snowly Wood
The second location I visited was Snowly Wood, which is located in Bishops Stortford. I feel that this location would represent more of a wood/forest location due to the thicker canopy and trees and better represent a army/war theme for our film. This would have positive and negative factors on the shooting of our film. The canopy and number of trees at this location are much greater than the location as Thorley. Therefore, the range of shoots would be limited, however I feel that would be more clear and distinctive and feature a better use of mise-en-scene within our film.
The location of this forest has an excellent tree canvas and areas for a superb range of shots.
Evaluation on location
I feel that this location could potentially be perfect for our film as it also has a playing field next to it which could tie in with the other concept within our film with the soldiers reliving his memories. In conclusion I will seriously consider this location for our film.
Third Location visited – Clavering Park Wood
The third location I visited was Clavering Park Wood. When experimenting with different camera shots and character positions, I felt that this location would be least favourable. This is due to the fact that there was too much shrubs and undergrowth. Therefore, the area for character positions and area for longer shots was limited. As a result, it would make the filming process not practical
as we would have to cut back some area in order to allow us to film effectively.
However, the one feature I liked about this location was the amount of leaves and detail they would add to our shots. Furthermore, they would add some ‘crunching’ sound effects from the soldier’s boots walking across the wood land. These non-diagetic sounds could be used to emphasise the tension and through montage editing emphasise to the audience that something bad is about to occur.
Evaluation on location
Although there was some features about this location that I liked, in conclusion I feel that it would not be suitable for our film. This due to the fact that we cannot use our long shots of the soldiers during to the film due to the thick undergrowth within the wood.Costumers and other research
As I am head of mise-en-scene for our film, I will be in charge of researching, collecting and sorting props, costumers and other additional items when we are on set. I have researched across the internet and around shops within my local area. I have concluded that the most appropriate website to buy inventory for our cast would be from:
For example, one gun available from the inventory range on the website would be the AK 47. However, this was not realistic gun as it would have not been used when our film is set during World War 2.
http://www.moretoyguns.com/ 
Another additional feature we need for our film is ‘fake blood’. I researched shops and the internet and decided the best source for this was: http://www.brandsonsale.com/fake-blood.html
The website contains a range of blood and make-up effects we can use on the cast when they are gradually shot one by one. I feel this effect will help us achieve the mise-en-scene effect that I want to create when the soldiers get shot.
However, we decided against the use of fake blood when filming due to meeting the certification of a 15.
Rough ideas of character appearance
Factors considred in this image form Mise-en-scene: lighting, costumes, make-up etc
Other factors for Mise-en-Scene
In order for my film to have a successful and effective use of Mise-en-scene, I will attempt to follow and use examples from previous successful movies, TV dramas such as ‘Star Trek’. I will consider all of the elements I have labelled in the diagram above as they are clearly effective within the shot.
Use of Lighting
Due to the fact that we are attempting to create ‘dulled’ shots with limited lighting due to the canopy we need from the location, I feel that lighting should not be a major issue that we consider within our mise-en-scene. Furthermore, we do not have the appropriate funds within our budget to pay for lighting etc. We feel our funds could be spent in more purposeful areas such as costumes.
This shows that our potential locations already receive sufficient lighting; in order to alter this we can simply film during a different time during the day to alter the affect.
Other similar war films such as ‘Platoon’ do not use sufficient lighting as they background is often dark and dulled to emphasise the mood of ‘war’.
Use of Make up
The simple use of make-up that we will apply to our actors could extremely help our Mise-en-scene. It can make the characters seem more believable and help create the mood and feel to the opening of film that we want. For example, this image would be a good example of how our actors will appear.
I have already stated appropriate sources where we can buy our costumes from, however in order to create the effect we need to dress of characters from head to toe in appropriate equipment used by soldiers.
We have created a Budget plan so we can estimate all the costs we need for the production of our film. We have roughly used costs based on research that we feel as a group is realistic with all aspects of filming that we need. In order to be organised and to prevent over or under spending, we will attempt to stick to this budget.
Item Cost
Costumes £120
Make-up £20
Transport £10
Additional expenses £30
Inventory £80
Storyboard
These were our first storyboards, we then improved upon the reflect our new chosen genre of 'War' and new layout of our film and shots used. However, we did keep some shots and aspects from our original storyboard.
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