Thursday, 18 November 2010
location filming police liason
I phoned the police station in Leamington, to ask if we could use a toy gun in our film trailer. They needed the time, place and how many of us there would be and they gave us an incident number for if we had any questions, the incident number was 215 16/11/10.
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Final Locations
George Ready's House
This is where Steon lives. We will shoot the scenes of Steon and his girlfriend, Steon getting the gun, and scenes of Steon walking out into his car. We chose this location because it was in a suitable area and was close to Monskpath park which is the second location we used for our filming. His house also had good features that we could use for our filming.
Monkspath park
This is where the drug swap between Boss and Steon happens, as well as the deal between Steon and another character. This is also where Steon gets mugged. We chose this location as it had a good alleyway that was appropriate for the drug deal, and also when it had got darker was a good setting to use for the mugging. It was quite and closed off so we weren't disturbing any of the public either.
Monkspath park
This is where the drug swap between Boss and Steon happens, as well as the deal between Steon and another character. This is also where Steon gets mugged. We chose this location as it had a good alleyway that was appropriate for the drug deal, and also when it had got darker was a good setting to use for the mugging. It was quite and closed off so we weren't disturbing any of the public either.
Possible Locations for Trailer
Because we have chosen Social realist Drama as our genre we need to shot around built up areas to follow these conventions. Below are the main locations and some possible locations for our trailer:
Location One: 48 Warwick Street, Leamington Spa
We will be shooting the last scene of the teaser in an alleyway next to 'Hobdays Pet Shop' down this road because it is a prime location for shooting. The alleyway creates the perfect atmosphere for a drug swap because it is in the centre of the town but looks dodgy because the connotation of two people swapping packages in a small alleyway or corner of a road creates the impression that they are trying to hide something which in this case is the drugs. The old pet shop also makes it look out of date and the high street fits in with the locations used in similar youth culture films.
Location Two: Shottery park
This is our back up for 'location one', we can easily access the alley leading to the park which would also be ideal for the meeting and swapping of packages. We could also use this as a possible location for other filming because with the graffiti on the walls could add effect to our film, chase scenes if we choose to use them would also work well in this location.
Location Three: Bishops Ichington
This is were we will be filming the car scene and the shot of inside the empty house. We will be using a different location and front of house for the outside shot because the we need a more built up area to fit in with our storyline and to keep in with the connotation of the character being portrayed.
Location One: 48 Warwick Street, Leamington Spa
We will be shooting the last scene of the teaser in an alleyway next to 'Hobdays Pet Shop' down this road because it is a prime location for shooting. The alleyway creates the perfect atmosphere for a drug swap because it is in the centre of the town but looks dodgy because the connotation of two people swapping packages in a small alleyway or corner of a road creates the impression that they are trying to hide something which in this case is the drugs. The old pet shop also makes it look out of date and the high street fits in with the locations used in similar youth culture films.
Location Two: Shottery park
This is our back up for 'location one', we can easily access the alley leading to the park which would also be ideal for the meeting and swapping of packages. We could also use this as a possible location for other filming because with the graffiti on the walls could add effect to our film, chase scenes if we choose to use them would also work well in this location.
Location Three: Bishops Ichington
This is were we will be filming the car scene and the shot of inside the empty house. We will be using a different location and front of house for the outside shot because the we need a more built up area to fit in with our storyline and to keep in with the connotation of the character being portrayed.
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Selected Magazine Font
As a group we decided on using an urban type font. The connotations of graffiti are prominent within youth culture so it will help to attract our target audience. The magazine is aimed at a wide audience,however by using the same font we create a branding for our film that is recognizable, as well as the typography the imagery, and content has to be similar. 
selected title font
After studying other films fonts, we selected this because it seems to be similar to those in profesional productions within our genre. The font is distorted which gives the film a look which says its different, the rugged nature also hints at rebellion hopefully attracting the teenage audience that the film is aimed at.
Film Title Fonts
These are what we have decided to compare for our fonts for our poster, and to represent the film. They are all taken from www.dafont.com.
http://www.dafont.com/base-02.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/28-days-later.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/breakaway.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/living-hell.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/harabara.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/coolvetica.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/aaaiight.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/que-fontita.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/base-02.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/28-days-later.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/breakaway.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/living-hell.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/harabara.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/coolvetica.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/aaaiight.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
http://www.dafont.com/que-fontita.font?nb_ppp=50&text=SKRILLA
Magazine font test
As a group we decided on "Follow-Up" as the title for our magazine, and tried to create it as a review magazine offering information about the latest film releases. Therefore we conducted a series of font tests to see which best represents our film whilst being an attraction to our target audience.
Shooting Schedule For Photography
As a group we decided that we needed to get a variety of photographs to choose from for our final project. we decide to host one of the shoots in the studio and the other on location to give us an option to use what was necessary. i intend to use a similar layout to what was used in the 1Day poster for the magazine, and use a similar layout to 4.3.2.1 for the poster. We will need to book the studio out and work around when our actors are available to do both shoots.
Studio Shoot: 16th December
Location Shoot: 22nd December
Studio Shoot: 16th December
Location Shoot: 22nd December
possible fonts
These our some of the possible fonts that we could use within our trailer, poster and promotional magazine front cover. We used www.dafont.com to get these fonts and to help us with potiental ideas:
Production Schedule
main Deadlines
- All Planning Deadline: 5th November 2010
- Main Product Deadline: 17th December 2010
- Ancillary Products Deadline: 4th January 2011
- Evaluation: 17th January
- Font Tests and Selected Fonts: 06th November
- possible locations for filming 10th November
- final location 12th November
- Police liaison 18th November
- Filming for final trailer 13th December
- Editing of trailer 14th December
- Final Main Product: Teaser Trailer: 17th December
- Ancillary Product: Film Poster: 4th January
- Ancillary Product: Film Magazine: 4th January
- Feedback from Audience: 10th January
- Evaluation: 17th January.
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Monday, 1 November 2010
Risk Assessment
Here is our risk assessment sheet for when we come to start shooting our trailer:
List of possible hazards:
Props:
- Gun: ensure its safe to use, only used as a prop and not aimed towards anyones face etc..
- Baby doll: (no action required)
- Iphone4: handle with care! (Expensive prop)
- Car: driven by licensed actor only! Make space and any stunts made have to be made when there are no people are around as not to harm anyone, be wary of location too!
| Location filming risk assessment: | |||
| Activity | Hazard? | Likelihood | Risk Factor |
| Audiences | Possibley | Likely | Low |
| Access to location | No | x | x |
| Camera / | No | x | x |
| camera movements | |||
| Cables - elecricity, mics, | Yes | Not likely | Low |
| extra lighting etc.. | |||
| Night Filming | Yes | Likely | Moderate |
| Stunts | Yes | Likely | Moderate |
| Traffic/Car shot | Yes | Likely | High |
| Props: guns, etc.. | Yes | Likely | Moderate |
| Action to prevent risk |
| Take precaution of the location of filming |
| and the public in this area |
| x |
| x |
| x |
| Need to choose a safe location, with |
| some form of lighting |
| Different action required - not |
| many stunts needed for filming anyway |
| Especially take precaution when driving |
| car and shooting around highly populated |
| areas with lots of traffic |
| Depending on the prop different action |
| required (list below) |
List of possible hazards:
Props:
- Gun: ensure its safe to use, only used as a prop and not aimed towards anyones face etc..
- Baby doll: (no action required)
- Iphone4: handle with care! (Expensive prop)
- Car: driven by licensed actor only! Make space and any stunts made have to be made when there are no people are around as not to harm anyone, be wary of location too!
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