I believe that the final idea we have at the moment is a bit complicated and a bit unbelievable. I think that having a guy believe it is the 50s when it is infact the year 2007 would be a bit hard to take in, in such a short opening sequence. I also don't know if the guy should be a buisiness man or a gangster, maybe more of a normal guy with a mental illness.
I think we will have to choose which direction to take this idea.
Either 1. The whole film is set in the 1950s so that we get a chance to focus on the mise-en-scene. Also the fact that mental illnesses werent as easily recognised in the 50s means we would be providing something that may not have existed in films previously, created in the 50s.
or 2. Have the film set in the modern day and not complicate things by having a confusing mix of time eras.
I (James) personally would prefer the first idea but we will need to think very clearly what the film would be about and what his mental illness will lead to later in the film. We will also need to suggest in the opening sequence what he would be capable of and deside whether he will be a good or evil character.
James
Showing posts with label ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ideas. Show all posts
Friday, 9 November 2007
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Idea mk. 3.1 (addition of a gun?)
The main character could say some things near the end of the conversation that are really chilling, and say something about having to pay, and then pick up a gun, and leave, which then shows the pill bottle, and the calendar.
the gun could be one of the out of timeperiod mise en scene items, as guns from now and then look different.
just an idea.
might be making it too complicated.
the gun could be one of the out of timeperiod mise en scene items, as guns from now and then look different.
just an idea.
might be making it too complicated.
Idea mk. 3 (aka current final idea)
Our current final idea involves just one actor, and relies on mise en scene to tell the story more than the other ideas, but uses it in such a fab way. It is the mise en scene that reveals the story more than the gesture codes, or the script.
there is one central main character. dress code of 1950s gangster/businessman. i'm not too sure on the set dress of the room, but i think that it is mostly plain with one desk in the room. The desk has an old black telephone with a dial on it, and a notebook and a bottle of pills.
It is in black and white.
We see shots of the character from different angles, and shots of in the room, maybe closeups of the phone, or the reciever when he's talking into it.
he talks over the phone about some kind of business, something along the lines of "why weren't you there yesterday when you said you would" or "the money's in the briefcase?". Businessy things like that, but slightly crooked business things, with a slight menacing threatening tone to his voice. After he finishes talking, he walks out of the room, and we get a closeup of the pot of pills, in a modern pillbottle, and a closeup of a wire from the telephone, but it is not connected to anything, it just has a frayed end.
then there is a shot of a calender in the room, which says a 2007 date, and it fades from black and white into colour.
I am just thinking at the moment of how to impliment the credits and title into this, i'm sure we'll think of it soon enough.
there is one central main character. dress code of 1950s gangster/businessman. i'm not too sure on the set dress of the room, but i think that it is mostly plain with one desk in the room. The desk has an old black telephone with a dial on it, and a notebook and a bottle of pills.
It is in black and white.
We see shots of the character from different angles, and shots of in the room, maybe closeups of the phone, or the reciever when he's talking into it.
he talks over the phone about some kind of business, something along the lines of "why weren't you there yesterday when you said you would" or "the money's in the briefcase?". Businessy things like that, but slightly crooked business things, with a slight menacing threatening tone to his voice. After he finishes talking, he walks out of the room, and we get a closeup of the pot of pills, in a modern pillbottle, and a closeup of a wire from the telephone, but it is not connected to anything, it just has a frayed end.
then there is a shot of a calender in the room, which says a 2007 date, and it fades from black and white into colour.
I am just thinking at the moment of how to impliment the credits and title into this, i'm sure we'll think of it soon enough.
Idea mk. 2
The idea evolved onto the next idea after discussion, which itself had adapted from an adaptation of my idea that steph and angela had, but James and i had some good idea evolution, and decided to break away as just a pair. We thought that in a group of us there would have been way too much trying to muscle in with creative control, especially because of the characters in the group.
the second idea is this.
There is a girl, waking up in bed with her boyfriend, we see her slightly hung over, and the camerawork and framing help to add to the disorientated feel that the girl is feeling, and makes the audience identify with her.
There are some quirky, slightly comical shots of the girl getting up. All the things that girls do when getting up in the morning, like putting on lippy, struggling to get on tight boots, struggling to fit into a pair of jeans that she could have sworn fit her in the shop, etc. From this we get to see that this girl is very ordinary, and is slightly quirky, on the borders of emo but not quite, with black thick rimmed glasses possibly.
ANyway, we get shots of her trying to get dressed, all in a slightly hung over tilted kind of way, maybe going to the bathroom to put on some makeup, then she comes into the bedroom where she tries to wake up her boyfriend, and is laughing and joking that he won't wake up, then poulls off the duvet, saying something like "wake up sleepyhead!" and there is a shot of his body lying in the bed with a bloodstain on the duvet and matress as if he has been stabbed horrifically, and there is a reaction shot of her screaming, and then cut to black.
out of this idea and our final idea, personally i (luke) like this one the most, but i definately agree with james with the fact that it would be definately too hard to do as a pair of boys, as we don't have enough of an insight into the female morning ritual. We would also have to rely too heavily on an other external actress, and it is often the acting that lowers the quality of the work. Also, this idea is too complicated, and we are sure that something simple and strong would be easier to make, and may also be more effective.
the second idea is this.
There is a girl, waking up in bed with her boyfriend, we see her slightly hung over, and the camerawork and framing help to add to the disorientated feel that the girl is feeling, and makes the audience identify with her.
There are some quirky, slightly comical shots of the girl getting up. All the things that girls do when getting up in the morning, like putting on lippy, struggling to get on tight boots, struggling to fit into a pair of jeans that she could have sworn fit her in the shop, etc. From this we get to see that this girl is very ordinary, and is slightly quirky, on the borders of emo but not quite, with black thick rimmed glasses possibly.
ANyway, we get shots of her trying to get dressed, all in a slightly hung over tilted kind of way, maybe going to the bathroom to put on some makeup, then she comes into the bedroom where she tries to wake up her boyfriend, and is laughing and joking that he won't wake up, then poulls off the duvet, saying something like "wake up sleepyhead!" and there is a shot of his body lying in the bed with a bloodstain on the duvet and matress as if he has been stabbed horrifically, and there is a reaction shot of her screaming, and then cut to black.
out of this idea and our final idea, personally i (luke) like this one the most, but i definately agree with james with the fact that it would be definately too hard to do as a pair of boys, as we don't have enough of an insight into the female morning ritual. We would also have to rely too heavily on an other external actress, and it is often the acting that lowers the quality of the work. Also, this idea is too complicated, and we are sure that something simple and strong would be easier to make, and may also be more effective.
Idea mk. 1
The first idea i had was in my individual blog, which i'll just lift out for time save:
(link here)
Then, the idea evolved a little bit, which, again, i blogged:
(link here)
we decided to abandon these ideas, as they are way too complicated, and would require too much story to fit into a 2 minute sequence. This idea, however, evolved into our next idea.
(link here)
Then, the idea evolved a little bit, which, again, i blogged:
(link here)
we decided to abandon these ideas, as they are way too complicated, and would require too much story to fit into a 2 minute sequence. This idea, however, evolved into our next idea.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)