P2-41 : FILM OPENING PROJECT 2008/9

2009-03-13T04:56:00.001-07:00

2009-03-13T04:36:00.000-07:00

This is Maurice Moss. he was part of the inspiration for our lead character "Josh blackwell"

Final Sequence

2009-03-10T02:13:00.000-07:00

2009-03-06T04:03:00.000-08:00

we had to cut this because we ran out of time. oh dear

images

2009-03-03T02:22:00.000-08:00

Rough Cut

2009-02-27T04:20:00.000-08:00

2009-02-25T08:09:00.000-08:00

2009-02-25T07:26:00.000-08:00

This photoshopped image of Josh and a baboon face emerging from his face shows his early sketches of his angry scene.

character dev.

2009-02-24T02:02:00.001-08:00

character ideas

2009-02-24T01:48:00.001-08:00

Animatic

2009-02-13T04:16:00.002-08:00

Here is our Animatic.

we've decided after much deliberation to use "Amylase" by Cajun dance party as our soundtrack. Not all the shots are here yet, as you can see there's still a few frames of black. But the frame work is there.
hope you like it

Animatic

2009-02-13T04:16:00.001-08:00

Test footage 1

2009-02-13T04:12:00.001-08:00

This is the drawing from our Animatic, of the Reporters introduction.

and this is the Shot. (Gareth is standing in for the as yet not cast leading female)

Mood board

2009-02-13T04:02:00.000-08:00

This is our mood board, It combines examples of films we like, juxtaposed against films that are classic examples of the teen Rom-com genre. also there is a picture of Alec Baldwin, we put this in because we like the way he narrates the royal Tenenbaums intro. we are considering using a Narratior.

Risk Assesmemt

2009-02-13T03:14:00.000-08:00

There seems to be a very low overall risk to our safety that come with any of our filming ideas. There is one shoot where we plan to film a Reporter with Luke playing Basketball in the background, this may come with hazards such as spraining ankles or breaking fingers. But as Luke is an experienced Basketball player, the likelihood of this happening is slim. There can also be other hazards such as dropping the camera, which could damage or even break the camera, but this will be countered through keeping the camera attached to a tripod at all times whilst out of its case. In addition there are possibilities of tripping over wires of equipment left laying around, which may hurt any of our team, but we will ensure that all equipment is safe, and wires are not left laying around. If any of the incidents above do happen, we will ensure to get help from a professional first aider as quick as possible, and to inform a teacher of any damaged equipment.

2009-02-10T02:00:00.000-08:00

TARGET AUDIENCE

Our target audience will be independent, targeting large picture and art houses such as 'the regal' in central Cambridge.
We will be independent to keep costs as low as possible, and so we can reach a niche audience.

Prop list

2009-02-10T01:18:00.000-08:00

This is a preliminary prop list:
. Alarm clock
. Cerial
. Bowl
. Milk
. Christmas/10th birthday stuff
. Tag for Juper
. Paint brushes
. Set of pens
. Camera
. Sketch books
. Brief case
. Dictaphone
. Book
. Pen
. News paper
. Table for news room
. Cartoonists book
. Sign on door "news room"

Some information about our little move

2009-02-04T08:02:00.000-08:00

Heres a little list of the things we've decided:

- Location
school
- Actors:
(these aren't all the actors we want to use but these are the characters we've defiantly cast)
- Josh Jones: Cartoonist
- Patrick hallett: Photographer
- Luke fuller: Basketball player
- Henry Jones: Cartoonist age 14
- Thomas Jones: Cartoonist age 10

- Risk assessment
Basketball shot possible risk?
One of the planned shots involves a basketball player (Luke) to play basketball in the background of a shot. This is really the only shot that could cause anyone injury.

2009-02-04T07:49:00.001-08:00

PRO'S AND CON'S OF OUR BLOG

POSITIVES:
Lots of pictures and good video usage.
Evidence of work
Good mood board

IMPROVEMENTS:
Needs more writing in general
More posts
Needs an animatic and no opening sequence information

Blog Feedback

2009-02-04T07:33:00.000-08:00

Positives:
Overall most groups seemed to think out blog looks good, through the use of images. They also thought that our mood-board reflected well on our vision for our Opening Sequence. Through use of images, other groups commented on evidence of work, and it looks like we are all really enjoying the subject.

Improvements:
The main conclusion for improvement on our blog was that it just needs more done to it. More explanation as to our overall goal, and onto all of our previous blogs, more blogs are needed telling you what we've done. In addition our Animatic is missing, so we need to develop and upload that.

What we're up to.

2009-01-30T03:48:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday we pitched out idea to Emma and the rest of the group. We received a lot of positive feedback from our peers as well as some constructive criticism. The group seemed to like our ideas, but thought we needed to work more on our synopsis and were concerned about how we would execute the animation within out piece.

We are now working on our storyboard/animatic and pictures or videos will shortly follow. Trying to work on introducing the characters, and giving the piece a slight Wes Anderson feel.

2009-01-30T03:35:00.000-08:00

This is Pat blogging it up, he loves it, oh such a hard worker.

Gareth is hard at work on the animatic, very hard at work.

Josh is revealing his inner artist upon our storyboard, hard at work.

its Luke, showing the team his mad skills on photoshop

by Luke, Gareth, Josh and Patrick

P2-41 FILM OPENING PROJECT

2008-11-28T05:25:00.001-08:00

2 analysis of title sequences.

Juno:
http://www.shadowplaystudio.com/juno/

Donnie Darko:

And our mood board:

P, J, L, G.