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My Script part 4

My Script part 3

My Script Part 2

My Script part 1

This is our script for our opening sequence:

My Evening On Set Of 4,3,2,1

On The 7Th October i had the privilege to work on set of an upcoming film called 4,3,2,1 Directed by Noel Clarke. The Journey to old Street was long but worth it, When i arrived i met Yoko who introduced me to everyone Femi Oyerian who had previously starred in Kidulthood and Adulthood.
I then went and helped collect the extras from Kings Cross Station, we then travelled to set to have a sandwich and a packet of crisps, where sitting one table away from me was Noel Clarke, Femi Oyerian and Shanika Warren Markland ( Who was absolutely Gorgeous). At about 7pm we began shooting even though it was raining. All the actors had there runners who would go and get them tea, coffee, Jacket, Umbrella and so on. So for the evening i was Shanika's runner and when they weren't shooting i was able to ask a few questions about how she got into acting.

I also learnt something called Checking the gate, which is basically checking a piece of clear glass to see if it is clean because when the editors upload the shots they don't want to have a bit of fluff on the shot otherwise it would spoil the whole scene and they don't have time to re film the scene. So Being the runner for the most Gorgeous woman on set wasn't bad. At about 11pm we finished shooting i shook Noel Clarke's hand and thanked him for the opportunity to work on set i also thanked Femi Oyerian and Shanika for all the acting advice.

Overall it was a great experience even if i was a runner and would like to thank the Media Technician for for putting me forward in this once in a life time opportunity, and would gladly do it again.

Preliminary Task

We have finished our Preliminary Task and are very proud of it as a lot of hard work has gone into it. We have now put in quick time and now uploading it to our blog and then we must start the evaluation on our finished product.

Script Writing

Character

1st Protagonist
Name- Chichi Rodreguez
Drag Queen - Spanish Latino.
Attitude - Sassy
Job - Pole Dancer
Dress - Drag Queen (Female Clothes), hair done up and make up,
if she lost her husband she would just cry for 10 minutes then go out and find another man,
she would betray compay secrets without hesitation,
she would betray her husband if she had the chance.

This is the protaganist that we first came up with but this might change later on.

we have made a storyboard and also changed the character, i like it but i don't really know the story as good as Charrissa and Kai ( think that's how you spell his name).
I am really looking forward to doing the short film with Nackeisha, Charrissa and Kai.

Filming

With Miss Gordan we planned and filmed our Task of Someone walking into a room sitting down and having Dialogue with each other. I was working with Nackeisha and Charrissa it went really well and we got our filming finished in the 2 lessons that we had but unfortunatly we needed to refilm the entire task as we didn't get alot of shots. Overall we done really well and i am proud of what we accomplished. We then transferred our film to the Mac and edited our film to come to the finished product.

Opening Scenes of Different Movies Part 2

Saw 1

Mise En Scene
2 men in a bathroom chained up

Camera Shots
POV out of focus and Underwater
Panning Around the clock

Saw 2

Mise En Scene
1 man in a room connected to a death mask

Camera Shots
POV when he wakes up, quick shots show how he is thinking as he has 60 seconds to live

Saw 3

Mise En Scene
One man in a dark room with a dead body, Saw, Torch and a Gun

Camera Shots
Close ups of Smashing Foot and Non-Diegetic Sounds of crushing bones.

Opening Scenes Of Different Movies

Jaws Opening Scene

Mise En Scene
Underwater POV from Shark
Campfire build up of Relatioship

Ideology
Lots Of Sexual Inuendo
The Woman/Girl eaten by Jaws as a Moral Punishment for Stripping Off and Going swimming.

Sound
Theme is Orchestral, Building to attack
Non Diegetic sound of her screaming and gargling as water is rushing in to her mouth.

Shots
POV from Jaws, to put the audience in the film
Pannning shot of the campfire
Underwater shot of girl, with spooky music

Editing
Lots of quick edits for the killing and the shark is edited out which leaves our imaginations.

Lighting
Sunset so it is quite dark

The Birds By Alfred Hitchcock

Mise En Scene
From Drawing room to crow flying with bold titles, uses titles and quotes like a newspaper.

Editing
Attcks are very Quick

Lighting
it is set during the day but the drawing room i lit by a candle.

Narrative
Blond Heroine and hero who looks after her by protecting her from seagulls.

So I Married An Axe Murderer End Sequence

On the 22nd September we watched the end sequence of SIMAM

We are at the honeymoon spot and they are at a creepy hotel much like the Addams Family Home. At ths point in the story we are guessing that harriat is Miss X, so we get alot of zooming in to her face along with creepy music which suggests that she is definatly is the murderer Miss X.

There are alot of POV shots, Pov shot from the view of harriat which is a code and convention and the effect is that we are put in the position of the killer.

The phones go dead which is another convention of horror.

We Come to the Marital Room in the hotel and dim lighting sets the scene.

Diegetic Sounds of the axe and charlies screams for help whilst Tony (the Cop) is Questioning Harriat.

Non-Diegetic sounds Rose's Voice echoing Charlie

Diegetic Sound: Sound that is real and is captured while filming.

Non-Diegetic sound: Sound that is added later.

So I Married An Axe Murderer part 2

On Wednesday 16th September we watched the next scene where we meet Charlie's (Mike Myers) family who are Scottish.

While Watching this we took notes on Scottish Stereotypes: E.G. proud of Heritage, Alcoholics and they hate gays.

Later on we see a scene at the Police Station and we see Charlie's Friend Tony the cop moaning how being a policeman is not all Car Chases and Gun Shooting.

We also see the Police Chief Subverted because Police Chiefs are normally seen as brutish and Bossy where as this chief isn't but is very Calm.

The third scene is in the Butchers were we see Harriet and Charlie Interact for the first time and become Romantically acquainted. This is seen as Humour and Sexual innuendo as they are making Sex jokes around Sausages.

We learnt about Vladamir Prop who has a theory based around Characters. E.G. Hero,Princess,Villain and a Helper.
Also a Man Who goes by the name of Todorov who believes that every film has a Balance,Disruption,Complication, a Resolution and a new Balance.

So I Married An Axe Murderer Part 1

On Tuesday 15th September, the media studies and Mr Weaver group watched the opening Sequence of

"So I Married An Axe Murderer" also known as SIMAM and used GRAINI to explore the Movie in a greater depth.

Genre - Horror Spoof (Comedy) or Parody

Representation - Scottish people (Parodies)

Audience - +15 teens to 30 year olds. also aimed at a mixed gender

Institution - Tristar Pictures

Narrative - Storyline, Boy meets Girl, Romance, Complication and Revolution

Ideology - Men Vs Women In Marriage

We also took some notes on the opening of the Film

Sound /Music - Young Popy appeals to Target Audience (There She Goes)

Theme/ideology - Relationship- Search for love

Location - San Fransisco

Camera Shots - High Angle Camera zooms into start level, letter credits Bold, Simple, Childish

Time Of Day - Night

Characters/Dialect - Gay Stereotype Poet. Dumb Cop - Dressed as Huggy Bear

Media Studies 1#

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On Monday the 7th September I met my AS Media group and Miss Gordon for the first time. We Shared our interests in Media and we where explained the overall courseline for the year.

We also Discussed the key concepts, Representation, Institution, Audience, Media Language: Forms and Conventions. It was explained that i would be setting up a blog, planning and filming the Preliminary task.The Preliminary task is filming a character walking into a room, sitting down and taking part in a Dialogue with a second character.

On Tuesday The 8th September we met our second teacher Mr Weaver and he explained the key Concepts in more detail by giving us "GRAINI" which is an acronym to help us remember the key concepts in Media Studies.

Genre

Representation
Audience
Institution
Narrative
Ideology

On Wednesday the 9th September we set up our Blog accounts and we begun to start planning and storyboarding our Preliminary Task.