Digital Film Year 2 - Storyboard.

Storyboard (Part 1) Heres my storyboard, Ive spilt the story up int 3 different parts. All the shots are going to be in first person, to give emphasis from the chracters point of view.



Shot 1 - This shots going to be a shot of the charcater walking down the drive in real time. I have picked the location for this which is the drive running upto my accomidation. Its going to be in full colour and I want it to be steady constant pace in the speed of the walk. Also Im hoping for a few people to walk past, to add create the real life atmosphere which im heading for in this shot.

Shot 2 - Moving on from the character walkin up the drive I want a shot of the character opening up the front door to my accomidation. I want to get the hands opening the door in this shot, shouldnt really be any issues with this apart from might take a few takes to get a shot im happy with as might be tricky getting the hands in shot and opening door at same time, but ready to give it a go.

Shot 3 - Continuing at a similar speed and in full colour plan for the charcater to walk down my accomidation corridor. Im not sure whether im using the kitchen or my bedroom for this shot, my bedroom is more apropiate I believe as its kind of more personal and belongs to me however the kitchen has alot more space to film.

Shot 4 - Similar to shot 3, just going to be a shot of the character opening the door whilst trying to get the hands in the shot.

Shot 5 - Is going to be a shot of the charcter picking up a book of memorys, which contains a picture of his ex girlfriend who got killed in a freak accident and is finding it hard to get over her death. I plan on including a couple of pictures of her around the flat which can be used as prop. So yeh I want to include hands again in this shot and basically he picks up the books and puts it on the table.

Shot 6 - Using hands he opens the book on the desk to the picture, which I forgot to mention I plan to take a picture of the girl who agreed to act and stick it in a book. Plan on using hands in the shot, and I want to express an upset and depressed character through the motion of just using his hands, whether that be stroking the picture or band my fist on the table, theirs a few ideas im going to experiment with to get an ideal result.I'm also going to have the character kind of blackout in this shot as to im not sure how im going tto do this, might just go simple and have the screen go black for a few seconds.

I plan for the music to build up in Part 1, as Its building up to the dream part of the story, Its all going to be in colour to resemble real life. One issue I just thought of though is how im going to hold the camera and get my hands in shoot. However to this part im thinking for someone to be behind me holding the camera for the hands part as they should be in stationary parts ie opening the door and picking up the book. I wont be moving so person holding the charcater wont have to keep up with me which could have been awkard. We shall try it out and see what the results come back like.

Storyboard (Part 2)



Shot 7 - Location for this shot is going to be in the subway right next to Dry Dock, reasons I have chose this location Is I believe would look nice in black and white due to the texture of the walls aswell and should'nt be too busy making it easier to film. From here on the film is going to be in black and white to represent that kind of dream feel and is gonna be shot at different paces of speed. I also may potentially go for three colour effect but undecided to this point. As for the storyline this is the shot where he wakes up from the blackout and is kind of dazed, so hes looking around and I plan to have his hands touch the wall representing that feeling of he's not sure where he is or whats going on.

Shot 8 - Getting further down the path, he's still in that confused state of mind however I plan on having his ex girlfriend who died, walk across the path at the end and turn around and look directly at him then walk of and disapear. This is the plan but not sure how to go about it as I want it to be a kind of ghost like figure ideally or maybe even a kind os syloette however would imagine that would be very difficult to proceed with, So might just have the actor walk across with very little effects. Would give more sense of believeing she's in the dream which could work well.

Shot 9 - Where the character runs towards the end of the subway, this shots going to be in a very fast paced, I want him to still be in a confused state and kind of move all other the place, to show sign of desperation.

Shot 10 - Shot where the character reaches the end of the subway, only to find she has disapeared, I still want the signs of desperation to be their and want the camera to move all over the place as he tries to find her or spot any clues as to where she is.

Shot 11 - Want this shot to be a more slowed down pace compare to the previous couple of shots, as the character starts to walk up the hill / path. Im using the path next to the Muti Story Carpark to film this, only issue I have with this is it good get very busy and ideally I dont want anyone in the shots. I also have ideas to have the muti storage carpark to a silohette kind of effect which could look great.

Shot 12 - Want the charcter to carry on walking up the hill however I want him to fall to his knees, and kind of blackout again, I want the hands to be in shot as they hit the ground, This could be very tricky to film and dont want to end up dropping the camera. Im gonna represent him blacking out by just going to a black screen for a couple of seconds I reckon similar to what I did earlier on.

I plan for this part the music will be at its heaviest and fastest as its one of the main parts in the story however up to the point in where the charcter blackouts then im going to have the music go much softer again where it will build up to the finale. Many worries I have about these shots is getting the public included by accident which I dont want, thats why I think its best to have a member of the crewing team to warn the public of filming and indicate when the ghost is clear. Im also slightly worried about some of the effects im hoping to use however if they dont look great i'll just leave them out, Im mainly thinking about the shot inwhere his ex comes across the screen.



Shot 13 - Carrying on from the previous shot I Want the characters hands to be in the scene kind of like feeling the floor, as he's dazed still, and not sure as to where he is. Im hoping for effect in which it will show some footage and then go to a black screen kind of to resemble that dazed feeling and trying to open his eyes fully, which I believe could look nice. I want this to be quite a long scene and take some time for him to get to his feet as I want it to build up and give the feeling of when he gets to his feet his night mare continuing.

Shot 14,15 - Not really anything set in stone for this. Just want the charcter to be walking around aimlessly still searching for his ex. I have a couple of locations which I plan to use which I think could look good such as the Broadcasting Tower and Millenuim Square however theres are very busy areas still, but I belive would look good and want to go for that silohette feel. So could try out a few locations and speed the pace up which could hopefully look good and emphasise the point in looking for.

Shot 16 - This could be a very challening shot. What im going for is that the character realises ihis only escape from his nightmare is to pull the trigger on himself. However for this shot I want you to be able to see the character for the first time so its the effect of him looking at himself in the mirror. Im not sure as to how to link the shots together, probably the best idea from shot 15 is to have the charcter walk into complete darkness and then follow onto this shot. Chances are im going to have to use the greenscreen as I want the character to be a silhouette.

Shot 17 - Following on from the previous shot still in silhouette I want the charcter to Pull a gun from his head and shoot himself, However im tempted with the idea of using blood, obviously like a silhouette red, but could look a good effect what with the sin city kind of aproach, its an idea to investigate with.

Shot 18 - Final Shot in which he wakes up, I want the music to finish to this point, and it goes back to full colour, and hes dazed and everything, it goes back to first person as he thinks everything is OK he checks his hands and theirs blood all over them to leave the ending in a suspense.

Digital Film Year 2 - Music, Ideas and Crewing

For the film I choose this music of free music archive, the song is called "Transisor" by Bildmesiter whoch can be viewed here

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bildmeister/You_Are_Not_Stealing_Bor_Land/06_Bildmeister_Transistor

reasons I chose this song, apart from the very poor selection of music they had uploaded to the site, Firstly I didnt want any lyrics in the song because I thought it would ruin the atmosphere Im trying to create and I didnt want to spend time relating some of the lyrics to the music video and make it feel more apropiate, So idealy a kind of instrumental was best searching for and I believe my selection whilst not perfect does create an apropiate atmosphere and I actually didnt mind the tune, alot better than most of the rubish uploaded. Secondly I liked the structure of the song and I really like the build up into the more heavy part which I think could potentially work well in the build up to an event possibly to the part inwhich he enters the dream, which could look great if done well and maybe when later on in the structure it breaks down again to a softer tempo which I have an idea in where the charcter falls over and have the music build up again to a main part in the storyline which Im undecided too.

Carrying on in the development I have a idea on some potential locations inwhich to shoot my film which I will talk about more in my next blog where I will display my storyboard and How im going to tackle certain issues. The basic plot im going for, is the character all shot in a first person view comes home,the character is slighlt depressed as he cant get over a part in his life which im not sure as to what yet. maybe a unavoidable event. And goes into a dreamlike state where he's reminded and he tries to escape until he puts the gun on himself and awakens up. Thats the basic plot though will go into a more detailed aproach next blog and I beleive the Music will relate well to the storyline and create a great atmosphere.

For crewing on my project, I didnt think I would need alot of people for the shooting, one person to do the filming, I wont need any lights with it been outside so can cross that of the list. I might need one actor, been thinking of having somone who we keep seeing in the dream state, prefebly a girl inwhich Ive asked about a friend helping me out to which she said yes. I could do with someone warning the public of filming, whilst ideally I dont want anyone to feature in the film I might have to compremise as to the area of leeds im hoping of filming is a failry busy place and me and Dan are going to do the editing and effects part of the film.

For the briefe I had to help out on atleast 2 other projects because I was directing my own film,In which I helped out on 3 projects.

Chris Project - Didnt really do much but just help out a little on the set, nothing important but helped out a little with the green screen, was benificial cause I was thinking of using it so was helpful to see it in use which I was greatful about.

John and Matts Project - Was a very technical project and I found it really intersting helping them out and they came up with a brilliant idea, and liked the way they tackled their problems, such the use of a remote control. I helped out a little in controlling the car and did a little shooting / photography on the project. Heres a couple of bad pictures, just to confirm I was their basically.




Finally I helped out on Robbie's project, Just did some behind the scenes footage which he asked for, and helped out some more on set, and he did a few tests on me first before he went ahead with filming, I also helped out a little with the lighting.

Digital Film Year 2 - Research

Here is some research I cam across. Following on from my previous project, I really liked the idea of having some kind of syloette feel for this movie video, however having seen a fellow students briefe for this project I wanted to stay away from using the actors as syloette.



Parkway Drive - Sleepwalker

This is the main focus point of research I found as its the style of work im highly influenced by. I found the video by watching scuzz TV one day and upon first viewing I instantly loved it and would like totry something to a similar effect for my music project. Reasons I'm hugely influenced include I love the use of effects that are included such as the shot in where the you can see the character spraying on the wall in red which works really well upon the black and white , I really acquired to the first person view of the movie as it makes you feel more in the video and gives you a dimension as to what the character is feeling and the emotions going through, which is something I could see working in my video. I also liked the syloette feel of the buildings which I used a similar feature in my title credits sequence and know of some key points in leeds I could use for settings to get a similar feel to what is shown in the vide. I also really admire the kind of constant change in pace of the first person camera which could work really well for that kind of dreamlike effect to express the feel of the charcter is not sure whats happening and I wont to express to the viewers that feel of you cant get settled as and feel relaxed as something new is happening frequently. I also love the shot in where you see the character getting shot which is something I could potentially try on the green screen and I have an idea for my film inwhich thats the last scene in which he tries to escape his dream by shooting himself to wake up to reality. So yeh definatly this video has given me alot of ideas and I have some basic lines inwhich I can follow and develop.



The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

Another video of research, completly forgot about this video but was reccomended to check it out, but if I was aiming for a first person kind of film this was great reference to use, similar to the previous film it goes through constant change of speed which im looking for to keep the viewers guessing.Another thing I noticed on was some of the effects they have used to give the feeling of a drunk character which Could potentially work well for my film, im not sure as to the exact effect they have used, but seems like a simple way inwhich to take my project forward and experiement with. I also noticed the way in which they have used the characters hands to interact with, and to this moment im unsure as whether to use the hands as could be a issue, but thought of a couple of good shots which could include him looking at his hands with blood on which could be potentially tricky to film but theres an idea their inwhich to take development further.




Heres a trailor for the Sin City film, dont want to mention too much as Ive covered this to death, but its the kind of similar effect im planning on going for the. The Three Colour effect and I know upon many tutorials out their inwhich I can use. Only problems I may occur is getting a good contrast as my idea for my film could'nt have come at a worse time what with the bad weather and everything.



Heres A Extract from the film Doom, in which it goes into First person which is easily the best moment of the film. I just really like who they took influence from the game and put it in the film to great effect, dont really have much to say on it as ive covered what I like about it in other research but Its just another example of a kind of theme im going for within my video.

Digital Film Year 2 - Introduction

For our new brief we have to create a music video no less than 30 seconds and no more than 5 minuites. They was only one rule we really had to follow which was we had to pick a song this website.

http://freemusicarchive.org/

Included on the brief was that we had to work on atleast 2/3 other projects, which was my personal choice as I had decided that I wanted to direct my own video, however I had no idea from this stage inwhich direction I should go for my 1 minuite video, however the one idea that I thought of was to take influence from my other project which was the title credits,which was kind og going for a three colour effect which Ive used before, which actually turned out alright with the green effect I used for the bottle in last years digital film module. so it would be nice to experiment with that idea again. I had no idea how or where to take influence from though I plan to have a look around youtube at different music videos though I had a feeling Im kind of aiming for a sinster atmosphere on first thought.