Jobs for our group

After evaluating each others strengths during the continuity task we have a better understanding of who will be given which tasks when planning/filming/editing our final piece.
Here are the roles we have decided.

Benoit - Director, writer and editor.

Jamie - Co-editor, writer and cinematographer.

Aayush - Story-writer and actor.

Ashley - Co-editor and cinematographer.

Each member of the group will have input on deciding on mis-en-scene, shots and sound before and during filming. However, me and Benoit will be writing most of the screenplay and directing Aayush, hence we both drew the storyboard.

Shot list for final piece

To ensure we met the 2 minute time frame with out final piece we decided to write a shot list from our storyboard. This will also guide us when filming to know which shots are required. I am happy with the variety of shots we have chosen, although we may cut up some shots when filming to give multiple perspectives on objects and the character; this will also aid our match-on-action objective.

Storyboarding final piece

As I had been given the role of co-editor and writer, I drew out and planned the storyboard along with Benoit (the director). Our goal was to make the shots as fluid as possible with match-on-action and fluid transitions. Whilst storyboarding, Benoit and I discussed other film-making techniques we could us to present the character as deranged and mysterious. This led to us deciding to use low-key-lighting in the first few shots, as well as choosing the most important aspects of mis-en-scene, for example: the items on the desk would relate to the bomb; the colours featured should convey danger and mystery etc...

We then decided that these features could play in contrast to the one's used when filming in school. In effect a clear divide between the two locations, and the characters personality in these locations, would be signified more clearly.

Therefore, high-key-lighting will be used when in school, where as low-key-lighting will be used in his own environment. In addition to this the diegetic music will also fade out when in school to establish that the subject is trying to appear less disturbed in order to fit in.

As the genre we are aiming for is 'thriller', the shots chosen had to build up tension in some way. We decided the best way to do this was to reveal very little, and simply tease the audience of what the subject is doing/looks like until he enters the school. Therefore no shots focus on the subjects face until the end of this short scene, instead he will be blurred in the background as medium and close-up shots of other objects are used. We have chosen for these objects to relate to the character in order to gradually give the audience a better understanding of him and his intentions. Pans across and towards these objects will be use to dignify their importance.

After finishing the storyboard the group is happy to film and see how it turns out in editing. We have decided that is the rough cut is not how we visualised it we may tweak the storyboard and re-film certain areas of the opening.