We are editing!
Here is a picture of Daniel editing our film together! This was taken after we had put all of the footage onto the PC, and playing about with individual clips!
Background Music for Film
As we were origionally looking into our film genre, we noticed that many films similiar to what we aspired ours to be, had one thing in common; their introduction music. Although music is a huge part of allot of films (It helps create, at times, a particular moood & ambiance). Throughout brief analysis of some similiar films, we noticed that the music used was also very similiar. (Some of the films we looked at included: Layer Cake, Lucky Number Slevin, Reservoir Dogs, Crank, Se7en, The Boondock Saints, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Twelve Monkeys, Hooligans)
Most of the theme music to the films, were well known (This is because either a) They production company got rights to the music, or b) the music artist gave the production company the music to boost publicity). We knew that we were unable to use Copyrighted music in our short film, so we had to carefully search for Royalty Free music which was appropriate!
Most of the music on the films we found, was soft rock; included guitars, and didn't always start singing immediatley.
Out of many Royalty Free music websites we found, a site called DanoSongs.com had a very wide range of music for us to search through.
After careful consideration, we found two songs that we liked (One of which is the one we used for the actual film)
http://www.danosongs.com/music/danosongs.com-crawledoutofagrave.mp3 - This introduction was similiar to what we were looking for... No singing right away, which helped the viewer listen to the main character's voice much more.
http://www.danosongs.com/music/danosongs.com-thetimeisntright.mp3 - This we felt was also very good, but it had talking at the beginning (We also tried this track, turning the volume down and up, around the character talking.. but we felt it wasn't as effective.)
Most of the theme music to the films, were well known (This is because either a) They production company got rights to the music, or b) the music artist gave the production company the music to boost publicity). We knew that we were unable to use Copyrighted music in our short film, so we had to carefully search for Royalty Free music which was appropriate!
Most of the music on the films we found, was soft rock; included guitars, and didn't always start singing immediatley.
Out of many Royalty Free music websites we found, a site called DanoSongs.com had a very wide range of music for us to search through.
After careful consideration, we found two songs that we liked (One of which is the one we used for the actual film)
http://www.danosongs.com/music/danosongs.com-crawledoutofagrave.mp3 - This introduction was similiar to what we were looking for... No singing right away, which helped the viewer listen to the main character's voice much more.
http://www.danosongs.com/music/danosongs.com-thetimeisntright.mp3 - This we felt was also very good, but it had talking at the beginning (We also tried this track, turning the volume down and up, around the character talking.. but we felt it wasn't as effective.)
Example Music
As we are searching the internet for some royalty free music we could use for our film and that fits the nature of the film, I thought I would post some examples of the music we like from films very similar to ours.
This is the opening music for Rock n Rolla, it's called 'I'm a man' by Backstrobe. The music is Rock the same kind of genre we are looking for and it contains a guitar riff all the way through that gives the music power.
Reservoir dogs also contains an older soft rock song, it has a guitar rythm opening before the music starts much like what we are wanting. The song is the song is 'Little Green Bag' by George Baker.
Hopefully now that we have had a look at examples of music we like we will find it easier to find a piece that will fit our film.
This is the opening music for Rock n Rolla, it's called 'I'm a man' by Backstrobe. The music is Rock the same kind of genre we are looking for and it contains a guitar riff all the way through that gives the music power.
Reservoir dogs also contains an older soft rock song, it has a guitar rythm opening before the music starts much like what we are wanting. The song is the song is 'Little Green Bag' by George Baker.
Hopefully now that we have had a look at examples of music we like we will find it easier to find a piece that will fit our film.
Call Sheet/ Daily Schedule
Film title - What Goes Around...
Filming Date - Sunday the 14th of March
Crew Details:
Producers: Andrew Kerr, Daniel Stammers and John Jones
Directers: Andrew Kerr, Daniel Stammers and John Jones
Camera: Andrew Kerr and Daniel Stammers
Sound/Editing: Andrew Kerr, Daniel Stammers and John Jones
Call Time: 11am
Actors: Andrew Kerr, Chris Reed, Daniel Stammers, George Baker, John Jones and Paul Bennet
Location 1
Location/Directions:
Carlton Industrial Estate, (Carlton Industrial Estate, Carlton, Barnsley)
Schedule:
Time: Details of Item: Location:
11am, Location 1 derelict car park, Carlton Industrial Estate.
Actors: Chris Reed, Daniel Stammers, John Jones and Paul Bennet
Estimated wrap time: 2 hours
Additional Info/Contacts/Equipment: HD Video Camera
Location 2
Location/Directions/Parking:
Regina Cresent, Ryhill, Wakefield. Driveway
Schedule:
Time: Details of Item: Location:
1:30pm, Location 2 Driveway, Regina Cresent (Paul Bennet's house)
Actors: Chris Reed, Daniel Stammers, John Jones and Paul Bennet
Estimated wrap time: 1 hour
Additional Info/Contacts/Equipment: Hd Video Camera
Location 3
Location/Directions/Parking:
Regina Cresent, Ryhill, Wakefield. Driveway
Schedule:
Time: Details of Item: Location:
3pm, Location 3 Garage poker game, Regina Cresent (Paul Bennet's house)
Actors: Andrew Kerr, Chris Reed, George Baker and John Jones
Estimated wrap time: 2 hours
Additional Info/Contacts/Equipment: Hd Video Camera
Preliminary Casting
Each of the three in Penguin Productions will be undertaking similar duties throughout the planning, production and editing of the two minute introduction. To keep things organized, we have created a simple plan, which we can rely on to delegate responsibilities where appropriate to ourselves and other members of the cast
On the first location (car park)
On the first location (car park)
- John Jones - will act
- Daniel Stammers - will act
- Andrew Kerr - will film
- Paul Bennet - will act
- Chris Reed - will act
On the second location (drive)
- John Jones - will act
- Daniel Stammers - will act
- Andrew Kerr - will film
- Paul Bennet - will act
- Chris Reed - will act
On the third (garage) location
- John Jones - will film & act
- Daniel Stammers - will film
- Andrew Kerr - will act
- Chris Reed - will act
- George Baker - will act
Editing (studio)
- John Jones - will edit
- Daniel Stammers - will edit
- Andrew Kerr - will edit
Script update!
The script has been printed out and given to each character to take a look at, and of course Joe Porello (Played by Daniel), to memorise the diegetic sound! :D
Preparing for Filming
Today, the three members of the production team have been at location B preparing to film at the weekend.
Some of the duties carried out, involved..
- Making sure all props were there (This included the cards, guns, and that everyone had correct costume)
- Making sure all characters were available and able to stick to the schedule.
- The car was cleaned (Just incase..)
- Cleaning the garage out, and making sure everything looked nice.
We feel we are now fully prepared for the weekend!
Some of the duties carried out, involved..
- Making sure all props were there (This included the cards, guns, and that everyone had correct costume)
- Making sure all characters were available and able to stick to the schedule.
- The car was cleaned (Just incase..)
- Cleaning the garage out, and making sure everything looked nice.
We feel we are now fully prepared for the weekend!
Weather forecast for weekend
Here is the weather cast for this week. As you can see, the weekend is ideal for us (and all of the actors), as the weather should be good on Saturday, and Sunday if it is not finished!
As you can see, on the map below (Around the Wakefield area), there is no rain forecasted for the weekend! We will be posting again to show the timetable for the cast (etc)
As you can see, on the map below (Around the Wakefield area), there is no rain forecasted for the weekend! We will be posting again to show the timetable for the cast (etc)
Buying Props
This morning me and Andy have been into Barnsley town centre to try and find some of the props we needed for filming with later on. We already had most of them, we all owned cards and poker chips and glasses and cans could be found easily around the home. We bought some ties for our characters from Burtons a clothes store. However we still needed some guns to use as props so me and Andy went into some toy shops and found some that were a good size and even though they are blue they should look alright when we edit the film into black and white.
Camera Positions
Along with the shot list, we thought it would be a great idea to plan out our shot list. Although this is not certain, at least it will help us position the camera a little better when we come to filming. The pictures are not too complicated, but cover the whole 34 shots during the filming process
Shot List
Shot list for opening two minutes
Exterior – Derelict Car Park – Daytime
Shot 1 – Static wide angle establishing shot featuring all four characters. (Here, narration & music starts)
Shot 2 – Panning very wide angle shot, establishing scene
Shot 3 – Long shot of Mickey Sullivan, zooming into to medium/medium close up whilst lent on the car whilst reading tabloid & lent on car
Shot 4 – Long shot of Paul Dunham, zooming into medium-long shot (different from previous shot to keep variety)(handling gun)
Shot 5 – Medium-long shot of Tony Coster, zooming into Medium shot (drinking)
Shot 6 – Static medium shot, showing Joe Porello stood in front of car (with dialogue)
Shot 7 – Return to original wide-angle shot to re-establish the scene, and show all characters getting into the car,
Shot 8 – slightly high angle shot of the back of Tony Coster approaching car door
Shot 9 – Closeup of Tony Coster opening door handle (match on action)
Shot 10 – Low long shot of car rear (maintaining 180* rule)
Shot 11 – Closeup of character putting key into ignition barrel and turning key
Shot 12 – Wide shot from side of car as it drives away, panning to the right with the car
Shot 13 – Wide angle shot of car approaching, then quickly pan to the right to show speed
Exterior - Driveway – Daytime
Shot 14 – from passenger seat, film driver opening door and starting to get out
Shot 15 – Wide angle shot, zooming out as car approaches
Shot 16 – Static wide angle shot of characters exiting car
Shot 17 – Very wide shot of characters approaching camera (with dialogue) getting out guns, going to a medium-closeup as they approach the camera
Shot 18 – Back of the characters, as a medium-closeup, and goes to a wide angle shot as the get further away from the camera... to open the garage door
Shot 19 – Wide-angle shot showing (other) 4 characters inside (one pointing gun, one with arms up in the air)
Interior - Garage - Daytime
Shot 20 – Wide angle shot of 4 characters (One character dealing cards)
Shot 21 – Closeup of props (cigarettes/poker chips/2 cards)
Shot 22 – high angle point of view shot, revealing cards
Shot 23 – Closeup shot of same character’s face, panning vertically upwards to show expression
Shot 24 – Medium shot of character putting chips into middle of the table
Shot 25 – (Shot reverse shot) similar medium shot of other character (later edit for a graphic match) putting chips in the middle of the table
Shot 26 – Again medium close up of other character (will be edited, so as to alternate between this scene and previous scene), putting more chips on the table.
Shot 27 – (Shot reverse shot) Similarly, alternative character in same medium shot putting remaining poker chips on the table
Shot 28 – Medium shot of character in black throwing cards on table
Shot 29 – High angle Extreme-closeup (again) of the same cards
Shot 30 – Wide angle showing white-dressed character, stop the black-dressed character from collecting poker chips; grabbing cards and throwing them on the table.
Shot 31 – High angle Extreme closeup of winning cards
Shot 32 – Medium shot of black-dressed character revealing a gun
Shot 33 – (Shot reverse shot) Medium shot of white-dressed character putting hands up
Shot 34 – Wide-angle shot showing (other) 4 characters stood outside the garage holding guns
** EDIT - You may notice that some of the shots are grayed out.. this is because, although we filmed these shots.. we couldn't include them in our final piece due to the 2:00 limit of the film introduction.
Exterior – Derelict Car Park – Daytime
Shot 1 – Static wide angle establishing shot featuring all four characters. (Here, narration & music starts)
Shot 2 – Panning very wide angle shot, establishing scene
Shot 3 – Long shot of Mickey Sullivan, zooming into to medium/medium close up whilst lent on the car whilst reading tabloid & lent on car
Shot 4 – Long shot of Paul Dunham, zooming into medium-long shot (different from previous shot to keep variety)(handling gun)
Shot 5 – Medium-long shot of Tony Coster, zooming into Medium shot (drinking)
Shot 6 – Static medium shot, showing Joe Porello stood in front of car (with dialogue)
Shot 7 – Return to original wide-angle shot to re-establish the scene, and show all characters getting into the car,
Shot 8 – slightly high angle shot of the back of Tony Coster approaching car door
Shot 9 – Closeup of Tony Coster opening door handle (match on action)
Shot 10 – Low long shot of car rear (maintaining 180* rule)
Shot 11 – Closeup of character putting key into ignition barrel and turning key
Shot 12 – Wide shot from side of car as it drives away, panning to the right with the car
Shot 13 – Wide angle shot of car approaching, then quickly pan to the right to show speed
Exterior - Driveway – Daytime
Shot 14 – from passenger seat, film driver opening door and starting to get out
Shot 15 – Wide angle shot, zooming out as car approaches
Shot 16 – Static wide angle shot of characters exiting car
Shot 17 – Very wide shot of characters approaching camera (with dialogue) getting out guns, going to a medium-closeup as they approach the camera
Shot 18 – Back of the characters, as a medium-closeup, and goes to a wide angle shot as the get further away from the camera... to open the garage door
Shot 19 – Wide-angle shot showing (other) 4 characters inside (one pointing gun, one with arms up in the air)
Interior - Garage - Daytime
Shot 20 – Wide angle shot of 4 characters (One character dealing cards)
Shot 21 – Closeup of props (cigarettes/poker chips/2 cards)
Shot 22 – high angle point of view shot, revealing cards
Shot 23 – Closeup shot of same character’s face, panning vertically upwards to show expression
Shot 24 – Medium shot of character putting chips into middle of the table
Shot 25 – (Shot reverse shot) similar medium shot of other character (later edit for a graphic match) putting chips in the middle of the table
Shot 26 – Again medium close up of other character (will be edited, so as to alternate between this scene and previous scene), putting more chips on the table.
Shot 27 – (Shot reverse shot) Similarly, alternative character in same medium shot putting remaining poker chips on the table
Shot 28 – Medium shot of character in black throwing cards on table
Shot 29 – High angle Extreme-closeup (again) of the same cards
Shot 30 – Wide angle showing white-dressed character, stop the black-dressed character from collecting poker chips; grabbing cards and throwing them on the table.
Shot 31 – High angle Extreme closeup of winning cards
Shot 32 – Medium shot of black-dressed character revealing a gun
Shot 33 – (Shot reverse shot) Medium shot of white-dressed character putting hands up
Shot 34 – Wide-angle shot showing (other) 4 characters stood outside the garage holding guns
** EDIT - You may notice that some of the shots are grayed out.. this is because, although we filmed these shots.. we couldn't include them in our final piece due to the 2:00 limit of the film introduction.
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