Diary Of Filming - 21/10/15

Wednesday 21st October 2015

This was one of our first official filming days, we went to Chloe's sisters house after school and filmed some shots of Agent Miller researching the Cottee twins, as well as some fighting scenes which will be included in the end fast pace montage of the film so make it look action packed and exciting.

Institution Research

Our Film
Institution Research

Twentieth Century Fox Film is one of the six major American film studios. The company was formed in 1935. Twentieth Century Fox distributes various commercially successful films such as Avatar, Stars Wars. The majority of popular films that they have created are comedy and family for example Alvin the Chipmunks, Diary of the Wimpy Kid. They prefer to make these film genre as it’s most profitable however when it comes to action movies they do have many successful films under their belt. As they are a large corporation they have made a worldwide gross of over $250,000 for many of their X-men films, this shows 20th century fox could be a good institution to use. 

Lionsgate is a Canadian-American film production and distribution studio and a division of Lions Gate Entertainment. It’s the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. They produce and distribute motion pictures, TV programming, home entertainment and family entertainment. Majority of their films are similar genre and the genres they produce/distribute are Drama, Action and Thriller. Liongate has some of the best horror films in the decade; these include Saw, The Last Exorcism, and My Bloody Valentine. Its first major box office was American Psycho; it earned $4,961,015 (USA) and £749,526 (UK) in the opening weekend. After researching action films from Lionsgate I have found that they have produced many successful action films like Crank and more impressively the hunger games film series so are definitely a potential institution we could go for.

Universal is another of the six major American film studios, the company was formed in 1912. Universal has distributed various commercially successful films such as Jurassic world, Despicable me and the Fast and furious film series which has grossed over $3 billion worldwide. The majority of popular films that they have created are action for example back to the future, gladiator and the fast and furious film series which is perfect for us as we are looking to create an action film trailer - something which they seem to specialise in. They prefer to make these film genre as it’s most profitable and when it comes to action movies they do have many successful films under their belt. As they are a large corporation they have made a worldwide gross of over $6.5 million for their most successful film - Jurassic world , this shows Universal could be a good institution to use. 

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly called Warner Bros., Warners, or simply WB) is an American entertainment company that produces film, television and music entertainment. As one of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner. It was formed in 1923 as is known for producing the harry potter film series as well as other sensational blockbusters such as American sniper, The Blind side, Inception, Gravity amongst other things. Therefore it is a serious possible candidate for use to use for our institution as it's most successful film is the two films from the dark knight trilogy that grossed over $5 each.

Certificate Research

Certificate Research 

U:

·         Suitable for audiences aged four years and over

·         At U we only allow infrequent use of very mild bad language (e.g. ‘damn’ and ‘hell’).

·         Characters may be seen kissing or cuddling and there may be references to sexual behaviour

·         Violence will generally be very mild. A U film may include brief fight scenes or moments where characters are placed in danger.

·         ‘Baddie’ characters may carry or use weapons, but there will be no emphasis on these.

·         E.g. Curious George, The Bee Movie

PG:

·         PG stands for Parental Guidance

·         A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older

·         A PG film will not contain any theme which is inappropriate for a child. PG works can explore challenging issues such as bullying, bereavement or racism.

·         There may be mild bad language (such as ‘shit’ or ‘son of a bitch’)

·         Sex references are unlikely unless they are undetailed and infrequent.

·         Violence will usually be mild.

·         E.g. Saving Mr. Banks, Shrek

12A

·         12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12

·         The 12A requires an adult to accompany any child under 12 seeing a 12A film at the cinema

·         The BBFC's Guidelines state that strong language (e.g. 'fuck') may be passed at 12 or 12A (Non Aggressive)

·         Moderate language (e.g. uses of terms such as ‘bitch’ and ‘twat’ at 12 or 12A).

·         Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed at 12A or 12. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers also there may be nudity

·         At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood,

·         Some horror films are passed at this category. Moderate physical and psychological threat is permitted at 12A or 12A.

·         E.g. Hancock, The Switch

15:

·         Strong violence

·         Frequent strong language (e.g. 'fuck). Occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (e.g. 'c***'),

·         Portrayals of sexual activity

·         Strong verbal references to sex

·         Sexual nudity

·         Brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

·         Discriminatory language or behaviour

·         Drug taking

·         E.g. 21 Jump Street, Bridesmaids

18:

·         Very strong violence

·         Frequent strong language (e.g. 'fuck’) and / or very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’), There is no limit

·         Strong portrayals of sexual activity

·         Scenes of sexual violence

·         Strong horror

·         Strong blood and gore

·         Real sex (in some circumstances)

·         Discriminatory language and behaviour

·         E.g. Taken, Kill Bill

Considering all the features of each certificate we have decided our film is a 15 as it will contain some use of strong language and violence, although there will be no sexual  activity we still feel  is should be classed as a 15 as that’s the  most appropriate seen as the level of violence and strong language wouldn't be appropriate for a 12 year old yet we want to avoid an 18 certificate as that would cut out to large a portion of our audience would be unnecessary as the blood/gore won't be that strong and nor will the violence

Costume Research

Costume Research 

Costume of the protagonist: The protagonist will be wearing some smart clothes as she is an agent so has a formal job and its conventional for agents to dress smartly, unless undercover. At the party scene she will wear a dress to blend in and in America it's likely she'll wear a coat due to weather differences - black is conventional though, or at least darker colours. 

Costume of the antagonist: The antagonist's costume will be very straight forward, the spies costumes are often more causal than the 'bad guys' who are usually very smartly dressed therefore our antagonists will be dressed in suits or similar attire. Our two antagonists will probably be dressed very similar to agent smith (far left) from the matrix and even adopt similar sunglasses like him.

Soundtrack Research

Soundtrack Research

The expression soundtrack generally refers to the music in a movie or television program, and to an album sold containing that specific music. Sometimes the music has been recorded just for the film, often but not always depending on the genre of the movie the soundtrack album will contain portions of the score, music made for dramatic effect s the movie's plot occurs. There are three different types:

- Musical film soundtrack (not relevant to our genre)

- Film scores (background music)

- Albums of pop songs heard in whole/part of non-musicals

• Action: usually include high energy, big budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires etc.), non-stop motion, therefore a soundtrack with spectacular rhythm and pacing as well as being fast paced and having a high tempo would be suitable to carry the audience on this physical journey and to get them feeling energised like the characters. 

Soundtrack Ideas - Initial Planning

Initial Planning 

Soundtrack Ideas 

We were able to find royalty free music which suited the action genre at http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ ; there were numerous music clips we were able to choose from. We shortened the clips on https://mp3cut.net/ as we only needed certain parts for our trailer. 

• Volatile Reaction & Movement Proposition: Features blasting bass and percussion which is suitable for fights or chase scenes because it reflects the intense and aggressive actions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFccanl49Ts & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RVDpmPh7GM
• Black Vortex: It’s an orchestral piece; it begins slowly however the pace builds up into fast and pounding melody. https://youtu.be/cMi9NIzdfFk
• The Complex: This piece is mechanistic and electronic which starts off loud, building up a powerful and mysterious feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLd-inVgFaM
• Full On: Includes little sections of soaring French horns which could fit into a spy genre because the pace gradually speeds up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I9lUw2D9MQ
• Junkyard Tribe: The pace accelerates with hits and electronic percussion however there is no melodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8TwEDctFiE&spfreload=10
• Cut and Run: It’s a modern club music that we thought would go well with the party scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1mVzSlddPo

Diary Of Filming - 13/10/15

Diary Of Filming - 13/10/15


This was the evening of our boat party which was at festival pier on the Thames, we were able to record a good atmosphere and London all lit up which looked very nice and will look great in our trailer. Getting shots of the inside of the boat party represented the night life in London which we wanted in our trailer also.

Trailer idea Mind-map

From the ideas that we discussed on Friday 2nd of October, we then made those ideas neater and more visual onto a new story board which clearly displays the potential factors of our trailer.

Planning for Movie Trailer

Rough Ideas 

On Friday 2nd of October our group met up and had an ideas meeting where we all said lots of idea which we then discussed to see if they would work, this is when we decided that having the help of two other boys from our class would help us, we were then able to come up with more ideas such as a possible love interest. we discussed setting,title of the film and story line, Although these ideas will be looked back on at and rethought to see if we still like them. We also created a rough story board with enabled us to see our plans in order and see if they would work.