Saturday, 26 November 2011
"Split" - Title of Opening Sequence
The reasons being for our opening sequence, and the movie in its entirety, titled as "Split" is because the main protagonist, Bradley Kean, will have to counter three different paths and it would be as if he is not a whole person for majority of the storyline; especially in the climax of the storyline (this climax can be read in the "Split Storyline" blog post) and never actually seems to know what life would be truly for him and this could be seen as him having split emotions or a 'split' in terms of desires since he would desire the pursuit of more than one thing in the movie. Since the pound will also play a theme in the movie as gang themes will be present so it is likely that drug deals will take place involving money in the procedure, the "Split" title could also be linked to how there is a split between the benefits that Bradley and the dealer has, for instance, or even the split in how he feels about his 'gang life' -- does he feel as if he deserves the filthy money he's been gaining from crime life or should he split up with the gang for good and search for his own identity?
Our Presentation & Feedback
Regarding our presentation, we received some interesting feedbacks from different groups with this one being the most-detailed feedback and the feedback that we could look back on and use as inspiration to motivate ourselves into creating that defining opening sequence :-
(Feedback from Sarah Jeena & Tasnim Khanum)
Q: it is a lot to fit into two minutes, how will you narrow it down?
A: Well, by looking back at this, we will be able to narrow down the scenes by having brief scenes of the three paths that the main protagonist takes so it does not give away too much yet the scenes are not too brief.
Q: how are you going to book the facilities, be realistic, and think about the timing.
you may have to re-shoot certain scenes, is this possible?
A: Indeed, interesting question from the duo. We do not need to book any facilities as we had managed to ask the P.E teachers as of when the Astroturf would be empty and they had gotten back to us by saying it would be a limited period of time (in fact, around 10 minutes). We have, indeed, re-shot some of the scenes with the first scene being Nile dressing up in his sports kit being re-shot for 30 minutes. We need to make sure that we execute every aspect correctly in the procedure.
Q: Music- how are you going to include it in the scene? Will the grime suit the smart clip? why not use it as symbolism, maybe use stereotypes?
A: We are planning to include background music in the scene but not copyrighted music - more of instrumental music that does not have rights to any copyright laws as this would not be using the voice of any artists and we would not be using copyright infringement for our Coursework. Also, we aren't really going for music that would be grimy but more of motivational music -- not Rocky Balboa-style motivational music and stuff like that but obviously music that would suit all three clips.
Q: How are you going to have so many extras in an organised way? re-think exam scene.
Camera angles need to be thought about because there are so many different things he's doing.
A: We won't be including the exam scene in our opening sequence as we feel it would be too sudden to add a scene that could easily act as the climax of the whole movie itself; it would give too much of the plot away, to be honest, and we are trying to give a small amount of it away but not too small. Just the amount that would be expected from an opening sequence.
(Feedback from Sarah Jeena & Tasnim Khanum)
Q: it is a lot to fit into two minutes, how will you narrow it down?
A: Well, by looking back at this, we will be able to narrow down the scenes by having brief scenes of the three paths that the main protagonist takes so it does not give away too much yet the scenes are not too brief.
Q: how are you going to book the facilities, be realistic, and think about the timing.
you may have to re-shoot certain scenes, is this possible?
A: Indeed, interesting question from the duo. We do not need to book any facilities as we had managed to ask the P.E teachers as of when the Astroturf would be empty and they had gotten back to us by saying it would be a limited period of time (in fact, around 10 minutes). We have, indeed, re-shot some of the scenes with the first scene being Nile dressing up in his sports kit being re-shot for 30 minutes. We need to make sure that we execute every aspect correctly in the procedure.
Q: Music- how are you going to include it in the scene? Will the grime suit the smart clip? why not use it as symbolism, maybe use stereotypes?
A: We are planning to include background music in the scene but not copyrighted music - more of instrumental music that does not have rights to any copyright laws as this would not be using the voice of any artists and we would not be using copyright infringement for our Coursework. Also, we aren't really going for music that would be grimy but more of motivational music -- not Rocky Balboa-style motivational music and stuff like that but obviously music that would suit all three clips.
Q: How are you going to have so many extras in an organised way? re-think exam scene.
Camera angles need to be thought about because there are so many different things he's doing.
A: We won't be including the exam scene in our opening sequence as we feel it would be too sudden to add a scene that could easily act as the climax of the whole movie itself; it would give too much of the plot away, to be honest, and we are trying to give a small amount of it away but not too small. Just the amount that would be expected from an opening sequence.
Individual Storyboard for Opening Sequence
(Scene 6 and 8 may be removed from the final storyboard of the opening sequence as flashbacks are not necessarily needed for the opening sequence since the storyline will focus on these three personalities and the audience would know about the three pathways that the character takes on regardless. If any alterations are made, look out for a new blog spot with the finalized storyboard explaining what will happen, in detail, in each scene.)
"Dolls" Feedback - Omar Abasi
Dolls (Tasnim Khanum and Sarah Jeena):
Pros:
- Research proven and explained in presentation (e.g. Alfred Hitchcock, song choices etc.)
- The name is short and snappy and this is good considering that movies do not need complex names.
Cons:
- Due to the genre, mood and atmosphere of the film; classifying it a 12A would be more of a risk-taking choice as it is a psychological thriller so the horror genre would have more of a realistic tone to it.
- Doesn't explain if it will mainly show symbols and suggestions to emphasize its suspense (e.g. the main focus being on dolls) or the character emphasizing the suspense himself.
Pros:
- Research proven and explained in presentation (e.g. Alfred Hitchcock, song choices etc.)
- The name is short and snappy and this is good considering that movies do not need complex names.
Cons:
- Due to the genre, mood and atmosphere of the film; classifying it a 12A would be more of a risk-taking choice as it is a psychological thriller so the horror genre would have more of a realistic tone to it.
- Doesn't explain if it will mainly show symbols and suggestions to emphasize its suspense (e.g. the main focus being on dolls) or the character emphasizing the suspense himself.
Understanding camera shots/angles/movement in general
Extreme long-shot:
Used to express the setting of the scene that will be used as the setting throughout a movie (e.g. by showing the "Hollywood" sign in the picture above in an extreme long-shot for a movie, it is clear to the viewer that the movie will be indeed set in Hollywood/Los Angeles).
Tracking shot:
A 'tracking shot' is when a shot is taken by keeping track of something in particular (e.g. if somebody is walking, the camera will keep movement but also keep track of the person's own movements -- this is a tracking shot).
Bird's Eye View:
Filmed from a top-down perspective and, once again, more likely to be used to show the atmosphere of the setting (e.g. if a bird's eye view was taken of NYC and Miami -- they would use bird's eye view shots to highlight the gritty streets or the busy metropolis of NYC/humid and sun-filled beaches of Miami etc.)
Low Angle Shot:
Filmed from the ground looking upwards -- for example, a camera shot which is taken of a person but from the ground looking upwards therefore making him appear as some sort of 'giant' or having some form of superiority.
Close-up:
Panning:
Movement of a still/video camera but in the motion of a person shaking their head to signal a "no", meaning that panning is the horizontal movement of a camera.
Tilting:
In a simple explanation, tilting is the movement of a still/video camera yet it moves as if a person would when nodding his head (in other words, the camera stays stationary yet it rotates in a vertical plane).
Crew and Cast of Opening Sequence
Nile O'Meally-Newell: Bradley "Keano" Kean (protagonist)
Shingai Manungo: Cameraman
Liban Ali: Tyreese Lewis (friend turned into the main antagonist)
Omar Abasi: Editor
Info on props, costume planning and locations are explained in detail in its respective blog posts.
Shingai Manungo: Cameraman
Liban Ali: Tyreese Lewis (friend turned into the main antagonist)
Omar Abasi: Editor
Info on props, costume planning and locations are explained in detail in its respective blog posts.
Alterations Made Along the Way
Opening Sequence Alteration:
An alteration we made in our opening sequence is the football scene that we found sort of difficult to film in the limited time period. The alteration was that our initial idea of this scene was to have Nile O'Meally-Newell a.k.a Bradley Kean dribble his way past two players before taking a definitive shot but we decided to change this to Nile dribbling his way past football cones before taking a shot at an empty goal as this would make more sense (since the audience could interpret it as Nile being self-motivated and working hard in order to rise to the top as a footballer and also get into big-name teams whereas the initial idea wouldn't really have as much interpretations in comparison).
An alteration we made in our opening sequence is the football scene that we found sort of difficult to film in the limited time period. The alteration was that our initial idea of this scene was to have Nile O'Meally-Newell a.k.a Bradley Kean dribble his way past two players before taking a definitive shot but we decided to change this to Nile dribbling his way past football cones before taking a shot at an empty goal as this would make more sense (since the audience could interpret it as Nile being self-motivated and working hard in order to rise to the top as a footballer and also get into big-name teams whereas the initial idea wouldn't really have as much interpretations in comparison).
Costume Planning for Opening Sequence
Costume Planning:
For this scene the character will be looking at his reflection in a mirror, when we film the character we will film him wearing:
· A football kit complete with football shirt, football shorts and football socks.
Mirror Scene II (Smartwear)
For this scene the character will be looking at his reflection, we will see himself wearing smart dress as this is what he will be wearing when he in his 6th form this will include:
· Smart trousers (Grey)
- Smart shirt (White) with a skinny tie (black)
Mirror Scene III (Gang-Esque Clothing)
For this scene the character will be looking at his reflection in the mirror; the character will be looking at him before he is about to go to his gang, in this scene the character will be wearing:
- Dark blue jeans
- White T-shirt
- Black jumper
- Black Bomber Jacket.
Font Analysis
Calibri:
Calibri is a font that is simple and bold yet it also oozes professionalism and would more likely be found in letters and documents on softwares such as Microsoft Word etc. It is proven to be more professional in comparison to other fonts by the fact that it replaced Times New Roman as the default typeface in Word on Microsoft Office 2007 and replaced Arial as the default on PowerPoint, Excel etc.
Century Gothic:
Century Gothic is a more rounded font in comparison to fonts such as Arial etc. and gives that sense to the viewer that this font would be less likely to be found on letters and professional documents and more likely to appear in magazine articles, leaflets and on video game covers etc. (as it is the font used for both BioShock and Battlefield Heroes).
Calibri is a font that is simple and bold yet it also oozes professionalism and would more likely be found in letters and documents on softwares such as Microsoft Word etc. It is proven to be more professional in comparison to other fonts by the fact that it replaced Times New Roman as the default typeface in Word on Microsoft Office 2007 and replaced Arial as the default on PowerPoint, Excel etc.
Century Gothic:
Century Gothic is a more rounded font in comparison to fonts such as Arial etc. and gives that sense to the viewer that this font would be less likely to be found on letters and professional documents and more likely to appear in magazine articles, leaflets and on video game covers etc. (as it is the font used for both BioShock and Battlefield Heroes).
Health and Safety Info
Health and Safety Info -- (Split Opening Sequence)
As part of our health and safety, we ensured that the environments/areas that we had used in our opening sequence would be beneficial to us and would not harm us in any way. An example of this includes the Astroturf football scene -- we ensured that Nile used football cones since if we had other characters be included in the scene, he may suffer from an injury of some sort whereas with football cones laid out as he's dribbling his way past them; he would be more comfortable doing what he can with the scene as there are less restrictions and it would be fully safe since he is the only character apparent in that scene.
Furthermore, in the football scene; Nile O' Meally-Newell made sure that he was not wearing the actual football boots but casual Vans since there would be a slight risk of him injuring himself (e.g. spraining his ankle -- this would cost us since he has to use his feet to dribble the ball in this scene so a character replacement would blow the whole opening sequence out of the water since we would have to replace Nile as the main protagonist with somebody else) whereas with Vans, the shoes have no studs and are simple sneakers so this means that Nile has little-to-no risk of spraining his ankle etc.
Iconic Directors
Spike Lee:
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
Lee's movies have examined race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award . He has also received two Academy Award nominations.
Awards, honors and nominations:
Lee's film, Do the Right Thing, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1989. Many people, including Hollywood's Kim Basinger (who announced her feelings live during that year's Oscar telecast), believed that Do the Right Thing also deserved a Best Picture nomination. ''Driving Miss Daisy'' won Best Picture that year and according to Lee in an April 7, 2006 interview with New York magazine, this hurt him more than his film not receiving the nomination.
His documentary, 4 Little Girls, was nominated for the Best Feature Documentary Academy Awardin 1997. On May 2, 2007, the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival honored Spike Lee with the San Francisco Film Society's Directing Award. He was the recipient of the 2008 Wexner Prize.
Quentin Tarantino:
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (2003, 2004), Death Proof (2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and the upcoming feature Django Unchained (2012). He has earned an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or, as well as Emmy and Grammy nominations. His movies are generally characterized by stylistic influences from grindhouse, kung fu and spaghetti western films. Tarantino also frequently collaborates with his friend and fellow filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
Lee's movies have examined race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award . He has also received two Academy Award nominations.
Awards, honors and nominations:
Lee's film, Do the Right Thing, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1989. Many people, including Hollywood's Kim Basinger (who announced her feelings live during that year's Oscar telecast), believed that Do the Right Thing also deserved a Best Picture nomination. ''Driving Miss Daisy'' won Best Picture that year and according to Lee in an April 7, 2006 interview with New York magazine, this hurt him more than his film not receiving the nomination.
His documentary, 4 Little Girls, was nominated for the Best Feature Documentary Academy Awardin 1997. On May 2, 2007, the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival honored Spike Lee with the San Francisco Film Society's Directing Award. He was the recipient of the 2008 Wexner Prize.
Quentin Tarantino:
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (2003, 2004), Death Proof (2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and the upcoming feature Django Unchained (2012). He has earned an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or, as well as Emmy and Grammy nominations. His movies are generally characterized by stylistic influences from grindhouse, kung fu and spaghetti western films. Tarantino also frequently collaborates with his friend and fellow filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.
Audience Expectations from Genre of Film
Since our genre of movie will be particularly hard to execute and keep refreshing as the same ideas have been recycled and used in previous movies such as Kidulthood, Adulthood, Anuvahood and Shank and over the time that had passed, each movie had been receiving less favourable reviews from the audience meaning that there is nothing new brought to those movies as even the storylines of those movies bear many similarities.
With that being noted, that is why Split's storyline is a storyline played from three 'perspectives' but all played by the main protagonist (Bradley Keano) where an equal amount of time will be spent fleshing out the football character, gang member character and academic character so that none of these three personalities are felt by the audience as not being able to be fully fleshed-out or leaving any 'plotholes' in the movie as any questions that are unanswered about any of these personalities would leave the audience being questionable too.
As shown above, the trailer is of Kidulthood with the "top comment" on YouTube being that the person had actually felt a sense of nostalgia by watching the movie as it reminded him of his teenage memories; (Top comment): "This film reminds me of being a teenager. The ones that spent their time acting 'hard', behaving like these characters never went anywhere in life. This crap they come out with for being this way's nonsense. It's got nothing to do with having no opportunities, or coming from a deprived neighborhood. It's down to sheer laziness - Being more concerned with material objects, acting like their sad excuses for role models, and drink/drug taking, instead of getting your head down and working hard"
This top comment reflects how our movie will have an impact on the main protagonist and how it will be able to relate to the audience's expectations, opinions and also answer their questions about why gang societies are relentless to the innocent and won't just give up being criminals as the storyline will revolve around Bradley Keano actually wanting to leave his crime life yet he cannot banish it as it will not set him free.
With that being noted, that is why Split's storyline is a storyline played from three 'perspectives' but all played by the main protagonist (Bradley Keano) where an equal amount of time will be spent fleshing out the football character, gang member character and academic character so that none of these three personalities are felt by the audience as not being able to be fully fleshed-out or leaving any 'plotholes' in the movie as any questions that are unanswered about any of these personalities would leave the audience being questionable too.
As shown above, the trailer is of Kidulthood with the "top comment" on YouTube being that the person had actually felt a sense of nostalgia by watching the movie as it reminded him of his teenage memories; (Top comment): "This film reminds me of being a teenager. The ones that spent their time acting 'hard', behaving like these characters never went anywhere in life. This crap they come out with for being this way's nonsense. It's got nothing to do with having no opportunities, or coming from a deprived neighborhood. It's down to sheer laziness - Being more concerned with material objects, acting like their sad excuses for role models, and drink/drug taking, instead of getting your head down and working hard"
This top comment reflects how our movie will have an impact on the main protagonist and how it will be able to relate to the audience's expectations, opinions and also answer their questions about why gang societies are relentless to the innocent and won't just give up being criminals as the storyline will revolve around Bradley Keano actually wanting to leave his crime life yet he cannot banish it as it will not set him free.
Mood Board
This is the mood board for the topic we are doing as "Split" will include football themes which are evident in the pictures of the Nike kit which Nile O'Meally Newell uses in the opening sequence and throughout the start of the film before he digs in deeper by trying to get into Arsenal and the football pitch which is similar to the Astroturf where we had filmed our football scene from the opening sequence that will also be used as a location in the 'Split' movie as Bradley Keano attempts to rise from being the school star player to superstardom by playing in the Emirates Stadium.
Other themes are also present in this mood board such as the gang pictures which represent Keano's life as a gang member and the Union Jack flag which represents the fact that the filming will take place in Britain and the gangs that will be present in the movie will be British gangs. This means that the 'Split' movie will not take on different gang cultures but attempt to include British gang culture in the movie only.
Split Storyline
SPLIT STORYLINE
The film would be about a teenager called Bradley Kean/ keano (Nile O’Meally- Newell), Keano lives with his mum and his little brother his mum, his dad left when he was 5 which left his mum to bring him up on her own as well as his younger brother and working two jobs, it doesn’t need to be said that he grew up seeing his mother struggle and as soon as he was able to he joined a gang and made a little bit of money of which he told his mum that he was making from working in a shop.
He is a gifted footballer but he also has been included in gang culture for a long period of time. But he has decided to focus on his football and education, after he experienced what he could be facing if he keeps on including himself in gang crime.
But keano will find that it isn’t that simple, as he is very high up in the gang and the other gang member don’t want him to leave and if he does he has been threatened with all sorts of threats on his family and his life, and to show Keano that they (the gang) aren’t messing around they have kicked the front door of his house and stole most of the valuables, with now other choice he has to explain what he has been doing and why this has been happening, after the shock of this Keano’s mum kick him out. Keano then goes to stay with his best mate Sam Walters who is still involved with the gang. After this keano has started to miss schools and has not been training for a long time.
He finally manages to get everything back on task and is revising for up and coming exams and if in training for trials that he has been given for Arsenal. Meanwhile the gang have found out that Keano has been living with Sam and they beat Sam up so badly that he gets rushed into hospital, after hearing this Keano goes to see Sam who tells Keano that the gang are going to his mums house, keano runs to his mums house to find the door kicked in again and his brother on the floor in a blood puddle, keano gets his little brother to a hospital and finds that the doctors are worried that his brother will not be able to walk again, upon this his mother arrives at the hospital SLAPS Keano, who then kisses his little brother and his mother on the for head.
He then goes to the leader of the gang and beats him to near death, the gang then decide instead of killing Keano they phone the police the and report the event. When keano arrives home he receives two phone calls one from his mother telling him that the doctors got it wrong and his little brother will be fine, the second call is from his school saying that he has passed all of his exams and should decide on a university to apply for after hearing this keano thinks that life is starting to look up then he finds a letter on the floor addressed to him when he open it he finds a letter from Arsenal asking him if he would sign for the youth arsenal reserves. Now Keano thinks that things are finally looking up, he sits down on the sofa at his mums house, he closes his eyes and then police lights are seen through the door and then the door is heavily knocked by policemen.
BBFC Rating (Certification)
The reason that the certification is 15 is because Split, once again, takes inspiration from drama movies that are based on modern-day gang culture and this includes Kidulthood, Adulthood, Anuvahood and Shank and all of these movies were rated 15 by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) so it would make less sense to give 'Split' an 18 certification as it wouldn't even be suitable for teenagers and Bradley Keano, the main character of Split, is a teenager himself and it would not be suitable to give the movie a 12/12A certification as it would be too suitable for the younger audience and the movie will, most likely, include weapons and scenes in which characters bleed so the violence would be too graphical for the younger audience to watch whereas by giving Split a 15 certification also means that the movie can relate to its target audience, being teenagers, even more as this movie is about the lifestyle of teenagers so it is not based on a true story but it is based on true lifestyles.
Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, strong language, moderate-strong violence/sex references, and mild non-detailed sex activity; and with the sort of atmosphere/feel we want to go with the "Split" movie, it is more likely that drug themes will definitely be used as it is a take on the gang culture and gangs usually fight for notoriety by dealing in drugs and there will be some strong language such as cursing and yelling.
The violence is most likely going to be moderate/strong as there is even a particular scene that appears in the Split movie/synopsis and this is the part where Keano's best friend, Samuel Walters, is beaten to a bloody pulp and left for dead before Keano goes back to his house which means that the violence will be strong indeed as it is also directed towards teenagers so the movie should fulfil its purpose by adding themes that would, likely, be targeted towards people from the age range of 15 and over.
Split Opening Sequence (Final)
After group discussions and agreements, we had decided not to go with the initial opening sequence ideas at all and had decided to think of a totally different plot, characters and genre in particular. The reasons that I felt that the initial opening sequence analysis would not have worked is because the "thriller" genre is particularly difficult to nail and considering that there were some parts of it made little sense meant that we needed to think of an opening sequence that the audience would fully understand and be engaged in from start to end.
The opening sequence is going to be filmed in different areas in comparison to my initial opening sequence idea (which was simply going to be filmed inside the school premises only) and the locations for the opening sequence will be in the Astroturf, the Pool Meadow alleyway and the school cafe which will be used for when Keano revises for his upcoming exams.
The scene will start off with the production company logo (e.g. "Metro-Goldwyn Mayer presents") and then that brief production company scene will lead to the next scene being Nile (Keano) who will be fixing up his tie as he's ready to go to school. The next scene will be followed by a different production company presenting the opening sequence (e.g. "An Hourglass Times Production") and then the brief scene will lead to the next one being Liban (Tyreese) walking towards Keano as Keano's revising for his exams and Tyreese will try and convince Keano to finish revising at that moment and go with him but Bradley will refuse which leads to Liban leaving the scene. The scene after that will be the introduction of the characters' names (e.g. "NILE O-MEALLY NEWELL and LIBAN ALI") for a mere number of seconds before Nile will be putting on his football kit before looking in the mirror once more as the camera takes a tracking shot from top-to-bottom showing his Nike socks.
The next scene will be him dribbling over 7 football cones before taking one more step and then blasting the football into the back of the net. The introduction of more characters' names will appear after that scene which will then lead to Keano dressing up in a black bomber hoodie as he is ready to rendezvous with the gang and the next scenes will be him meeting up with the gang before the title of the movie appears as the final scene ("SPLIT").
The opening sequence is going to be filmed in different areas in comparison to my initial opening sequence idea (which was simply going to be filmed inside the school premises only) and the locations for the opening sequence will be in the Astroturf, the Pool Meadow alleyway and the school cafe which will be used for when Keano revises for his upcoming exams.
The scene will start off with the production company logo (e.g. "Metro-Goldwyn Mayer presents") and then that brief production company scene will lead to the next scene being Nile (Keano) who will be fixing up his tie as he's ready to go to school. The next scene will be followed by a different production company presenting the opening sequence (e.g. "An Hourglass Times Production") and then the brief scene will lead to the next one being Liban (Tyreese) walking towards Keano as Keano's revising for his exams and Tyreese will try and convince Keano to finish revising at that moment and go with him but Bradley will refuse which leads to Liban leaving the scene. The scene after that will be the introduction of the characters' names (e.g. "NILE O-MEALLY NEWELL and LIBAN ALI") for a mere number of seconds before Nile will be putting on his football kit before looking in the mirror once more as the camera takes a tracking shot from top-to-bottom showing his Nike socks.
The next scene will be him dribbling over 7 football cones before taking one more step and then blasting the football into the back of the net. The introduction of more characters' names will appear after that scene which will then lead to Keano dressing up in a black bomber hoodie as he is ready to rendezvous with the gang and the next scenes will be him meeting up with the gang before the title of the movie appears as the final scene ("SPLIT").
Background Music for Opening Sequence
The first song that sounded like it would have fit with our description of the BGM for our opening sequence was 'Kanye West - Runaway' but the instrumental without the hook. However, when we actually used it as the background music for the opening sequence, it didn't really work well with it as the instrumental had a slow but brutal beat to it whereas there is the football scene in the opening sequence that shows a change of pace as Nile O-Meally Newell is swiftly dribbling his way around football cones so we realized that we needed a faster instrumental.
Despite the mixed martial arts picture used in the video, I had also thought about using this motivational song, named "Ready for War", which is an instrumental remix that was also used for the De La Hoya/Mayweather showdown. My thoughts about this song are that it doesn't only work well with boxing or fighting sports but in general as it would work well with the fact that Keano is ready for gang warfare as he attempts to find his own identity in the movie, he is ready for a war in football since there is fierce competition and if he is able to get into Arsenal, it would benefit him heavily but introduce him into a lifestyle he would have never encountered before and he would also be ready for competition in school as it would be a war between several students to determine who the most academic student would be and Keano would not want to be a close second or even a second at all.It would also work well because it would add more intensity to the opening sequence since the opening sequence consists of "split" clips which are video clips of him taking on different types of activities/hobbies and the music would work well with the film and opening sequence because it would give the audience a sense of how difficult it is going to be for Keano's final decision as to which lifestyle he would generally want to consider pursuing.
Props for Split Opening Sequence
Props List:
- 7 Football Cones
- School Bag
- School Folder
- School Work
- Set of Earphones
- Mobile Phone
- Pen
- Football
Production Company Name/Logo
The colours are pretty much simple which is what I had tried to go for with the production company logo since the mood, atmosphere and synopsis of the movie are all pretty simple and to create a complex production logo would contrast the film and opening sequence itself so this is why I had decided to go with red and black with a white background in my production company logo as these three colours are not only primary colours but also plain colours.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
"Gloves Up" Feedback - Omar Abasi
Gloves Up (Luke Thornton, Junuz Jakupovic, Titas Taskunas and Ishaaq Nabi):
Pros:
- Great planning.
- Great presentation in the small time given.
- The name and locations have been thought out well as the name is short but snappy.
- Presentation covers almost every piece of information needed to let the reader know exactly what is happening in the opening sequence, the synopsis of the film itself etc.
Cons:
- Despite the great planning, the amount of content they are planning to add into the opening sequence may be successful or may flop.
- The last sequence in which there is a flashback to the main character being left by his parent as a child could be difficult as a fifth and sixth character that are of different ages would possibly be needed for that scene.
Pros:
- Great planning.
- Great presentation in the small time given.
- The name and locations have been thought out well as the name is short but snappy.
- Presentation covers almost every piece of information needed to let the reader know exactly what is happening in the opening sequence, the synopsis of the film itself etc.
Cons:
- Despite the great planning, the amount of content they are planning to add into the opening sequence may be successful or may flop.
- The last sequence in which there is a flashback to the main character being left by his parent as a child could be difficult as a fifth and sixth character that are of different ages would possibly be needed for that scene.
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