PLANNING YOUR FILM : Individual film idea

INDIVIDUAL : You must plan and create a treatment  for an original short fictional  film ( 4-8 minutes in length) .

Your film idea  must have  a complete narrative ( main plot, opening and ending).


A Complete the following information about your film on the blog, in Word or on paper .


Genre(s): Horror


Draft title: The Noise


Brief summary of plot : ( Keep as simple as possible . e.g Who is your main character ?What do they want ? What's stopping him/her ? )
The main character is Ben. The film is based around the fact that he keeps hearing the same noise over and over again and he's trying to figure out where it's coming from.

Opening : How does your film start ? What is the first scene ? As your film is short, you will need to open your film in  a way which quickly establishes  the genre, setting, situation and characters of your film  :
It starts with the main character waking up in the living room. He hears noises in the house a few times by doesn't take notice

Ending what is your final scene? Is it an open or closed ending ?
It ends with the loudest bang the man hears and then the 'thing' is behind him and it blacks out. The ending could be considered both open and closed as you don't really know what has happened to the main character.

Single or multistrand narrative ?


Links and images from any  films , TV programmes etc. that have influenced you.




B    You  need to complete a draft  storyboard summarising  the  visual style , potential events, use of music /dialogue/sound fx   and  some possible  camera shots  from your film . This should be a minimum of   8 shots .

ASSIGNMENT A : Analysing the features of single camera productions

Example 1: Children of Men: Car Scene

P1: Format and genre:
Children of men would be a feature film. The genre of Children of Men would be a scifi. It doesn't really have the elements that a usual scifi film would have because it's more realistic than a scifi. 

M1 Narrative features
Single strand / multi strand narrative
I think that this film is a single strand because it mainly focuses on the main character Theo and how he is trying to save the young girl Kee from being taken away
Short form or longform narrative
This would be a short form narrative as the movie is only 1hour and 54 minutes.

Narrative pace

In some scenes the pace of the events have a faster timing to them then others. For example, when it is near the ending when Verbal is leaving the detectives office, it has a slower element to it as it makes it more dramatic, however when the detective finally realises it speeds up and he feels like he is running out of time to catch the real Keyser Soze
Linear/nonlinear elements
This would be a linear element as there are no flashbacks and it just stays in the present day.Open/closed endings ( analyse endings of  feature films, episodes and seasons )
I think that the ending was an closed ending because we saw that Kee got into safety with her baby and we saw the being nursed by a nun in a safe place.
Realist/ Non-realist style
This would be a non realistic film because it's very dramatic. It contains many elements of the Scifi genre that wouldn't really happening in the real world.
Technical methods 
Mis-en-scene  ( everything in the scene):

The mis-en-scene in very important in this scene. While the car is driving along the road, we see a burning car rolling down the hill, which entails that something bad is about to happen. The game that Julianne and Theo are playing with the ping pong ball plays an important role. Even though they're not in a relationship anymore, it shows that they can have a good friendship without it being weird, it's a representation of how their relationship used to be.

Use of camera shots,  framing , angles and movement
The whole scene is shot in the car. During the scene most of the camera shots are on the person who is most stressed at that particular moment. The movement of the camera isn't smooth and precise, which makes the scene even more dramatic and realistic and makes you feel like you are in car with them. The camera does 360 degrees turns which makes you see all the reactions of the actors faces throughout the scene. There are point of view shots within the scene, for example, when the shooters are coming on the bikes, we don't see them coming ourselves at first but instead we see Miriam's reaction to them coming and them the camera pans round quickly and we see the coming from her point of view from the back of the car. We see that the camera doesn't leave the car until the near ending when Theo gets out to see what has happened to the police after Luke shots them both. This kind of shows that he may have a more important role than we think. 

Use of editing: cuts, fades and pace of edits.
Throughout the scene there isn't any camera cuts. This makes the scene very dramatic. The scene flows because there are no pauses or cuts. Having a whole scene without any cuts makes the scene very realistic because in real life there wouldn't be a cut in a car while driving down the road. This keeps up the excitement and the tension rises as we are expecting something to happen. 

Use of lighting and colour

Throughout the scene the lighting is sort of dim and dull when they are in the car. There isn't that much light except outside the car. You can see the greenery from the trees and when the car crashes you can see the reds and orange colours when the flames start. I think the lighting in the car symbolises something. The only bright colours in the car would be the orange fruit that Miriam has. I think that this symbolises hope goodness, also, the fact that she is the only person in the car with brightly coloured clothes shows she could be the hope for all the characters but mainly Kee, because she is the one that needs the most help. Another colour in the car is the blood from when Miriam gets shot. This is important because she is one of the main characters at the start, and it looks like they wanted you to focus on her at the time of her death because of her importance.

Use of sound : diegetic music, non-diegetic music, sound effects.

At the beginning of the scene the main character Luke is told to stop snoring, the snoring is the first thing that we hear from anyone in this scene. During the scene you can hear the sound from the tyre on the floor when they are driving down the road. This makes it sound more realistic. Throughout the scene you can hear music in the background from the radio. The music on the radio is very subtle and calm. The music is continuous through the scene and different moments it changes in tone and speed, for example, when Julianne and Luke are playing with the ping pong game with their mouths, the music sort of speeds up and gives the audience a feeling as if something will happen between the two of them. Throughout the whole scene you can hear the song until the very end, where it just fades out as the scene ends and the car drives away down the road. You can hear the noise when the explosion from the car happens and it gives a big effect. After the gunshot to the front window that kills Julianne, you can hear the cracking and breaking of the window until it finally smashes. A few times during the film, a loud, ringing tone evocative of tinnitus is heard. This sound generally coincides with the death of a major character (Julian, Jasper) and is referred to by Julian herself, who describes the tones as the last time you'll ever hear that frequency. In this way, then, the loss of the tones is symbolic of the loss of the characters. When the two people on the bikes are coming next to  the car to get to the other passengers, you can hear the smash sound of the bike and the car door connect when Theo goes to block them from harming anyone else.

Use of script and dialogue :  Information about plot , character  and setting. Amount and level of information, including use of slang and terminology.
The dialogue in the scene helps us see what is actually happening without having to look. While they are in the car getting away from the madness and they see the police go by, Luke lets us know that the police may be following them after they have gone past. When we finally see that the police have turned around in the distance, Luke then starts shouting that he has to slow down repeatedly, even though we couldn't see them at the specific moment and continues to say it until the police are behind them.

Example 2: The usual Suspects: Ending Scene

P1: Format and genre: 
This would be a feature film. I think the genre of Children of Men  would be crime, action and drama, as there are many different elements of each of these.

M1 Narrative features
Single strand / multi strand narrative:

I think that this film would be a multi strand narrative because we see two different situations happening. First we see what had happened leading up to the boat and how the person was killed. This is also the first time that we see the three main props used by Verbal, who may or not may not be Keyser Soze. Then we see many different scenarios play out to make sure that no one gets convicted of the murder.
Short form or longform narrative:

The usual suspects is a feature film so it would be a short form narrative as the movie is 1 hour and 46 minutes.
Narrative pace
In some scenes the pace of the events have a faster timing to them then others. For example, when it is near the ending when Theo is trying to rescue Kee, at some points the camera speeds up and other points it is at a normal pace.Linear/nonlinear elements:
This film would be a non-linear element. I think this because there are some flashbacks to past times to present day even though it's a made up past. First we see Keyser Soze and what happened to the man that got killed. When we see some of the stories being told by Verbal, it goes back to the point on the boat with different people being the killer.
Open/closed endings:
The ending is sort of an open ending because we never really find out who the real Keyser Soze is. However, we do see that the detective has some what sussed out that Verbal might have been the killer.
Realist/ Non-Realist style:
The usual suspects would be a realist style as the story line is realistic in the way that the people are talking and the situations that are happening. The editing of the camera is realistic as some of the camera shots aren't all perfect and still, there are some jittery shots which makes it look more realistic. In the mis-en-scene, it seems to have normal items are a realistic place would have, for example the detectives office, there are papers of evidence around which would be there in the real world.

D1 Technical methods

Mis-en-scene  ( everything in the scene)
During this scene, when Verbal is talking, he is making up his story by looking at the stuff that is scattered around the room, like the papers on the walls and the mug that the detective is holding. 
Use of camera shots,  framing , angles and movement 
Throughout the scene the camera shots vary depending on what is happening at that very moment. There are loads of close ups to see the facial expressions of the actors. The ending scene starts with a shot of Verbal walking out of the office in the background and the detective in the foreground; this makes the audience feel and look like they are part of the scene and they are in the office. The camera cuts and from inside the office to outside and we see the detective closing the door, while this is happening the camera starts to zoom out for us to see a full shot of him. The movie looks as if it was going to end there due to it panning out and the man closing the door, it looks like the film is leaving and thats the end, but it cuts to another scene.

Use of editing: cuts, fades and pace of edits.
In the scene the editing has many face pace cuts for more of a dramatic effect. When there has been some sort of realisation, the shots become more chaotic  and they aren't that smooth.
Use of sound : diegetic music, non-diegetic music, sound effects.
In this scene, the music symbolises that something is going to happen, so its like a build up to the result. The music builds it up and then the voice takes over. The music is very dramatic, so that it leaves an impact of the audience. When we see the detective suddenly realising what just happened, the music is representing the fact tat he is reliving what has just happened and how he just let Keyser Soze walk away free.

MARINA - AUTUER

Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator.

Tim Burton would be considered as an auteur because his films all have a similar aspect to them. He is known for his dark, gothic, macabre, and quirky horror and fantasy films.

He has done films such as the horror comedy fantasy Beetlejuice (1988), the romantic dark fantasy Edward Scissorhands (1990), the musical fantasy-thriller The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), the comedy-drama biopic Ed Wood (1994), the fantasy adventure Sleepy Hollow (1999), the animated fantasy Corpse Bride (2005), the musical horror film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), the horror comedy Dark Shadows (2012) and the animated horror comedy Frankenweenie (2012).

Tim Burton has worked repeatedly with Johnny Depp, who has become a close friend of Burton since their first film together. He has also worked with musician Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but two of the films Burton has directed. Actress Helena Bonham Carter, Burton's former domestic partner, has appeared in many of his films.

Tim Burton says that he was influenced by the works of such childhood heroes as Dr. Seuss and Roald Dahl.

As a student in CalArts, Burton made the shorts Stalk of the Celery Monster and King and Octopus. He graduated in 1979. Stalk of the Celery Monster attracted the attention of Walt Disney Productions' animation department, which offered Burton an animator's apprenticeship at the studio. He worked as an animator, storyboard artist and concept artist on films such as The Fox and the Hound (1981), The Black Cauldron and Tron.^[7] However, Burton's personal style clashed with Disney's standards, and he longed to work on solo projects.

Tim Burton uses the same types of colours for all of his films. He uses a lot of dark colours such as blacks, greys, reds, and other dull colours. However, he does use brighter colours but darker colours are one of his signature things.

Charlie and the chocolate factory:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket, the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father (played by Christopher Lee). ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film made over $207 million domestically. Filming proved difficult as Burton, Depp, and Danny Elfman had to work on this and Burton's Corpse Bride at the same time.

This film might be one of the only films that he has done with the most colours, even though there is a section when he has flashbacks to his childhood and those scenes are in grey dull tonal colours.

Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street:

It is an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical of the same name and re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber and serial killer who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, processes their corpses into meat pies.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORK - DENISE

Improvements:

M2: Review strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal interactions.

Room Size:

There are many positives of changing the room size to fit the service user’s needs. One positive is that it will make them feel more comfortable and so that they can feel more at ease to talk about their problems. This will be a good thing to do because it will not only benefit the service user but also the therapist.

Also, there are some negatives to changing the room size. One negative is; even if you do change the room, it still might not be the appropriate room for them so it could make them even worse or more uncomfortable, also the previous room may be warm but when you move, it might not have the same atmosphere the first room had. Another negative could be that the room that you are changing to may be cluttered and it could make the patient feel enclosed in the space. So, to ensure that the patient feels most comfortable, the therapist needs to clear out the room and put the clutter into a storage cupboard so that the room has the right comfortable in it for the patient.

Cultural Differences:

The advantages of cultural differences in health and social settings are; it involves different people who have similarities and differences in relation to nationality, race, colour, gender, religion or age, in other words, and wide range of culture throughout people from diverse backgrounds. Organisational behaviour relates to the nature of interactions among people and groups within an organisation. The positive influence of cultural diversity encourages the organisational staff to build relationships and be aware of each other regardless of their differences of origin and background.

The disadvantages of cultural differences in health and social settings are that diversity is generally seen as a positive for companies that manage it effectively. There are barriers that aren’t visible such as communication issues which could be cause by the differences in ethnicity, race, religion, gender and other individual qualities that can produce negative effects, particularly if they are not well-managed. The negative effects of diversity are preventable if the organisation doesn’t support tolerance and acceptance of differences.

Questionnaire Feedback

For my primary research on my film idea I did a questionnaire to get the opinions of others on my film poster. I asked 2 guys and 1 girls what they thought of my film poster and the results came back varied. All 3 people I asked all had a different favourite genre of film, unfortunately none of them chose drama as theirs, which made it harder for me to try and convince them to like the film. However, I did ask if they all like the poster and two out three of the people actually liked the poster which is a good thing. one person said that it was mysterious, which is good because I didn't really state what the genre was, which makes it still a mystery until it has been watched. I asked what improvements that i needed to make to the poster and they said the font, this wasn't effective enough for the viewers and I agree with that.

Magazine questionnaire evaluation

ORIGINAL FILM PROMOTION PACK 2 : Production proposal

The aim for my poster campaign is to appeal to those from the age of years 15+. The target audience would be both men and women from the age of 15 upwards as this would have some content that might not suitable for younger age. On my poster, I have put the ratings as 5 star from the magazine 'The Guardian' to try to make it appeal to more people as they would think that it is a good film if it has 5 stars from a well known critic magazine. I should hope that my poster reached audience expectations of what type of genre this film is by the title itself as it's a one worded title and it's a very emotional word which would have an effect on the audience. The use of colour relates to the title to show what type of film this would be, for example, because the title is 'Revenge', the colours would look suitable if they were darker than lighter as it fits in more. The lighting is very dim and dark as it also relates to what will be happening in the film. The image I have chosen is a simple black silhouette which is mysterious and grows mystery on the audiences minds. The fact that you can't see the person's face makes it more effective as you don't know type of person he will be and even what he looks like now.

The production company I have chosen to approach my film is Von Zerneck Sertner Films which is a American Independent producer. They have done films such as 'Revenge of the Bridesmaid', Sorority Wars and Tornado. The distributors for 'Revenge of the Bridesmaids' were ABC Fmily, film 1, Nets5, Sky Cinema