Progress Report

Progress report- we have completed the story boards and now have is camera to start recording. We are familiar on how to use the camera and tri pod.

Action plan- we plan on filming the different shots on our storyboard also we will try different angles and shots in order to see which is the best and more appropriate for the trailer. We would make ourselves more familiar with the software, Adobe Premier.

HARDEEP KOONER

Mean Girls Trailer

While focusing on the protagonist in this trialer, a scene in particular we were focusing upon was the scene when Regina George was doing the run way walk through the isle. Her hair was blowing to make a dramatic effect possibly to distinguish her beauty and amazement in comparison to the other averagely popular characters. We will incorporate this in to are trailer possibly using a van to create the effect.

Media Presentation

Progress Report - Mark & Hardeep

We have now completed our story boards in total we have done 104 shots and we believe that we are now ready to film, we are looking forward to refining and mofidying are footage. an action plan we will commence is to pre-learn the media software so we are prepared and more eager to learn.

Progress Report - Amar

Mon-Research Task
Tue-Story Board Ideas
Wed-Research
Thu-Draft Story Board
Fri-Final Story Board

Progress Report - 13/01/11

Mark
Amar
Shahid
Hardeep

This week each member has created most parts of our storyboards and we have planned out our trailer completey. Also this week we have looked at another relavent trailers and compared our work to them to make sure our work is in line with the genres to the best of our abilities.

Furthermore, Each member of our group has analysed one chosen trailer related to our work to gain some ideas and information on shot types to give us more ideas and futher improve our ideas.

Also, the name "Dinner death" was reconisdered as a result of a class vote and as a group we have made a choice to change this name which we will work on next week.

Some Trailers We Liked - Shahid

Some Trailers We Liked

HOSTEL:

One Missed Call:

Broken:


Freddy VS Jason 2:

15 Year Old Classifaction

As we believe our film will be 15 classified, I have done some research into the guidelines we must follow,

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudyit

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely  to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Trailers To do with Sound - Amar

 We could use this sound in some parts of our trailer...

Check out the first 25 seconds of this trailer, is quite good - Ignore the rest though, is not relavent to our narrative...

Saw;Trailer  - The editing in this trailer is quite good...

Analysis of 3 Romantic Trailers - Shahid

Bend It Like Beckham





The story in Bend it like Beckham centers around Jess, an Indian girl who loves football star David Beckham and Jules, an English girl who befriends Jess after she observes her running circles around a group of young men playing football in the park.


Jess comes from a very strict Indian family where gender roles are clearly defined. Women are expected to learn to cook and care for their husbands, who are, of course, expected to be the sole breadwinners. This might be fine for Jess' older sister Pinky, however Jess has a dramatically different vision of her own future, and it doesn't entail settling down and cooking the perfect chapatti. Jess sees herself as a female version of her hero, David Beckham, competing in football rather than cooking for an acceptable Indian man as tradition dictates.


Jess secretly joins Jules' competitive women's football team, and is forced to lead a double life in order to not disappoint her parents and still play the sport for which she lives and breathes. Sneaking out to practices and traveling with the team to tournaments puts a strain on her home life. She must concoct outlandish lies to justify her absences from home. To complicate matters, she finds herself falling for her football coach, a guy who is off-limits for many reasons including the big one - he's not Indian and also her family do not approve which makes the audience feel sympathy for jess.


Love Actually




Love Actually is a story about several different couples in London, England that deal with love in various ways. They are all connected to each other in some way or another but have different sexual situations. It follows all of these people and their intertwining relationships through the 5 weeks leading up to Christmas. Some of the characters are falling in love, some are cheating on their spouse, some are falling out of love, and some are just with the wrong people. The main character is the newly elected Prime Minister of England played by Hugh Grant. He looks to be in his late twenties, he is white, heterosexual, and is most likely in the middle to upper class.


He falls in love with a member of his staff named Natalie who is very nervous when they first meet at his office. The Prime Minister has her let go from her job with him because he feels uncomfortable trying to work with her after an incident with the President of the United States. By Christmas Eve he regrets his decision of ex-communicating her and finds her by knocking door to door in her London neighborhood.


At the end we find out how the stories are all connected and it all involves even more love. However, one of the main problems in this romantic comedy is that it runs far too long at 2 hours. 

Pride and Prejudice

In pride and prejudice The viewer is likely to find himself caught up in the worries of Elizabeth's mother, who is ever concerned about the matrimonial prospects of her five daughters, moved by the spitefulness of some of the persons Elizabeth encounters, and captivated by the hidden motives or half revealed lives of others. Moreover, besides being interesting on their own, each of these elements also contributes to the increasingly intense romantic feelings which dominate the movie. 

Such emotions, which Wright arouses with his depictions of the mingled attraction and animosity Elizabeth feels for Mr. Darcy, as well as with his presentations of the latter's surprisingly shy and touching infatuation with the former, are thus so enhanced that the moviegoer is left with a poignant sense of the profound love these two come to share.

Fortunately, most of the individuals around whom the film's events revolve are nicely brought to life by the actors. While I cannot say that many of the performers are especially impressive, and a few do exaggerate somewhat, the majority of the members of the cast are enjoyable to watch. Keira Knightley, in particular, brings a real vivacity and charm to her role.

The films greatest weakness is its inclusion of a number of anachronistic touches. There are, for instance, times when the characters behave in very modern ways. Some of the young female protagonists are particularly liable to moments of defiance and vivacity which are more reminiscent of the behaviors of women of our own age than of persons from the time in which the film is set. While these various mannerisms, as well as a few comedic touches, do draw the viewer out of the Early Nineteenth Century, they also, very probably, make the characters more approachable than they would otherwise have been.