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The document discusses potential opening sequences for a film about a flower seller with a dark side. Ten options are presented. Option 2 is summarized in more detail, which would involve following an unaware female character walking through the city center while holding a red rose, using a romantic and poetic visual style similar to a romantic comedy. The pros are that it requires only one main character with no acting skill needed, allows for handheld camera and improvised filming on location with no specific permissions. The cons are it could be difficult to film in crowded locations and elicit reactions from passersby, and color adjustment may be needed in editing to fit romantic comedy conventions.
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- A timeline of story events involving a main character stalking and filming a second character on social media and in public.
- Inspiration taken from real films involving themes of obsession, manipulation, and social media.
- Discussion of conventions for the psychological thriller genre, including mystery, flashbacks, and tense music.
- Consideration of the target audience for the film, focusing on those interested in social media and technology.
- Details for filming locations and shots involving interactions between the main and secondary characters.
- Information on the actors cast in the roles of the stalker and victim characters.
- Props and costumes planned for the characters
Assignment 16 draft two planning
This document contains planning details for an assignment involving a short film. It includes a timeline of story events, proposed shots, inspiration from real films involving themes of stalking and manipulation, conventions of the psychological thriller genre, descriptions of target audiences, proposed locations, and details of the main characters and their costumes. The story involves a character stalking and filming another character through social media and in public without their consent.
New pre prod jay
- Help set up equipment
- Hold reflectors/lights
- Help with props
- Monitor sound
- Help direct extras
Crew:
- Camera operator
- Sound operator
- Gaffer
- Production assistant
Schedule:
Week 1: Pre-production - Storyboarding, scheduling, casting
Week 2: Principal photography
Week 3: Post-production - Editing, colour grading, sound design
Week 4: Finishing touches, evaluation
Budget:
Camera - £0 (borrowed from college)
Props/costumes - £50
Catering - £20
Contingency - £30
Total - £100
Health and Safety:
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New pre prod jay
Here is a revised production schedule with more details:
Week 1 (March 28-April 1):
- Mon 3/28: Meet with actors to go over script and schedule filming dates
- Tues 3/29: Test camera equipment, practice filming techniques
- Wed 3/30: Film intro scene at park in afternoon
- Thurs 3/31: Film scenes 2-4 in alley in evening
Week 2 (April 4-8):
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- Th
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- 1. AS MEDIA STUDIES FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO FINAL FILM OPENING SEQUENCE • Idea options Xue Bai
- 2. RED ROSE Synopsis: He may seem like a common flower Seller but a dark side lingers behind. What most people associate with woman’s fun, is actually a detector for who will live and who will die. Stained with the colour of blood, this rose is a sign for death.
- 3. FINAL OPENING SEQUENCE OPTIONS Option 1: -Following a person carrying bunch of flowers through city streets of Belgrade. The overall scene is cheerful and happy clappy. Option 2: -The filming style is opposite to a traditional horror film genre. Very romantic and poetic visual style similar to romantic comedy. Camera follows unaware female character happily walking through city center while holding a red rose. Option 3: -Snap shots of a balloon seller setting up his stall during opening sequence, setting up his equipment. At the end of the opening sequence, we see snapshots of hidden dangerous tools that are not associated with flower equipment. Option 4: -Camera follows a random person to suggest that there are being followed, as the tension builds up, the happy and smiley flower seller appears in front of the random person who was being followed.
- 4. Option 5: -Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde representation of a lead character with overlapping snap shots of somebody being abused and in complete contrasts somebody having normal everyday life. Option 6: -Following a person holding bunch of flowers and giving them to random people. Option 7: -Filming flower seller constantly offering to random people to buy a red rose. Option 8: -A person sitting in his living room and ordering flower stock over the phone, the conversation is districted by unrecognizable and maffled sounds of crying, sobbing, begging… Option 9: -The opening sequence starts with a rose song and cheerful crowd gendering around flower seller, the film starts once flower seller gives a red rose for free to a person. Option 10: -The shots of washing bloody hand with running water and the person lifting his head towards the mirror, the red rose obscures his reflection.
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