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Friday, 12 February 2010

Story boards proposals









1. Dusk Of The Dead







































2. The slayer













































The storyboards for "the slayer" are what we will be basing our final piece on. The storyboards contain many of the generic features of a stereotypical horror film.

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Preliminary film task.

This task is to illustrate the "continuity" feature of shots, not breaking the 180 rule for shooting

this rule is so a conversation/action can run smoothly on playback.


Monday, 1 February 2010

Genre Specifc Film Opening Analysis.

Dawn of The Dead (2004)
Company: Universal Picutres
Director: A.J Romero
Time: 2:40
TITLES

Universal sequence of globe and logo, high pitched violins and loud heartbeat.
Strike Pictures logo

Skull appears on screen, flames. close up.
Cuts to x-ray close up of skull. Doctors dialogue of phone call.

Costumes of doctors and nurses
Nurse requests an opinion on chart (Mise) , foley effects of footsteps. Two shot of doctors.

"suspicious bite wound" on patient. Close up on nurses Facial expression of annoyance after no help from the doctor.

Nurse desk. Close up over the shoulder shot of receptionist.
Mise: computer screen checking for patients status.

Nurse leaves shift as new "bite wound" patient is wheeled in. Stretcher and ambulance staff.
Close up of legs hanging out the back of parked ambulance. Sudden low atmoshpere bass tone.

"hey" dialogue from nurse. Character rises with a " uuuugh" zombie like noise, realisation that he is not a zombie cuts all tension.

Long shot of hospital, no sound.
Framing Aerial shot of flag poles, Stars and Stripes flag and state flag frame nurse.

Leaving the hospital, E.C.U on radio, new flash of " virus spreading" tunes into ironic soundtrack "Have A Nice Day" by Stereophincs. Aerial shot of peaceful suburbian america.

1. Film Opening analysis

School Of Rock
company:Paramount pictures
Director: Richard Linklater.
Actors: Jack Black, Joan Cusack.
Time: 2mins 25 seconds.
TITLES.
paramount logo and rock music of band palying in the bar.

The bar scene.
A tracking shot of man with t-shirt(closeup behind) . Credits are mise on scene.
Foley effect of footsteps in bar and phone conversations.

Mid shot of fans and School Of Rock flouresecnt sign on wall. close up on sign.
Music: diagetic rock band. Bar scene with a scarce crowd.

Credits now on screen over picture.
Close up of band on stage and main character, Jack Black. Tracking stage movements (mid)

Two shot of singer and Jack showing strange relationship.
Awkward guitar solo, over the top acting and out of key notes show awkwardness.

Mise on stage, Amps guitars and drum kit.

Close up of band during solo, facial expressions show anger.
Shot of fans phone, close up on message on screen "these guys suck"

mid shot of characters.
Crowd laugh and scream at a topless jack black.

Stage dive failure and high angle over the top of jack on the floor.
Dialogue " that was lame" foley effects: laughing from crowd. Close up of face on the floor. Scene end.