Editing snaps
Few snap shots of how i got to my final product.
IDEA CHANGE
IDEA CHANGE
Already booking my camera i had my actors work around the schedule of the camera than working around the schedule of my actors because of everything had to be set and ready to be filmed.
The day of filming all my actors cancelled last minute leaving me with no way of filming anything at all as all the equipment was in their possession. I was able to find actors at short notice but the problem was the didn't fit entirely to my story- but with slight changes i was able to adjust and make it work.
Although majority of my production has changed i tried to keep it as close to the story line as possible so now its a orphan little boy grown up in an estate and has been rolling in a gang for al his young life. he looks up to the members as brothers and sisters and would do anything to fit in. so its still along the same lines as the original idea but slightly altered.
Originally i was meant to be doing the 2 minute opening to my script but with the footage and my scene selections it was hard to edit all the footage into 2 minutes and it was even harder to cut bits out without it not making sense.
Remaining with the original footage i decided to create a trailer, it was a struggle to come up with something a little different but it worked really well in the end.
Location -Grove park (LONDON)
Music-
With my previous idea i was going to use original music i produced myself because it was an adaptation towards the story line and the 2 minute opening. but after recently listening to a song by Kendrick Lamar-dying of thirst from a friend i realised the lyrics fit the mood in which the trailer was presented.
Cast
Jamal and Troy
Alexia and Had
SHOT LIST
SHOT LIST
Writing a shot list before hand helped as it allowed me to focus on what scenes i needed to focus on more that fits to the run of my story.
- Establishing shot- Wide shot- Bedroom
- Pan- Starting from the opposite end of the room from the door and ending at the bedroom door.
- Wide Shot- Main character enters bedroom
- Wide shot- drops down in chair
- Over the shoulder- Main Character holding note pad with lyrics on paper
- Blurred shot- phone on side table- main character in focus phone out of focus
- Blurred shot- phone on side table ringing- phone in focus main character out of focus
- Close up- of missed calls and message
- Wide shot jumps up to leave
- Long shot- walks through front door
- Tracking shot- walking through estate
- Long shot- walking to gang
- Close up - two characters exchanging task
- Multiple shots- The main character nervously walking around before walking up to estate
- Close up- Rings doorbell.
Script writing 1st draft
SCRIPT WRITING 1st DRAFT;
My first draft for 'THE MEETING'- completed and stapled in the top left had corner. My script was evaluated and i was given feedback on my progress. I nailed the story idea itself but the script layout was off and not enough detail for a 10 minute script.
STORY BOARD
Storyboard shows the setting and order i want the first part of my 2 minute opening to be presented in. I didn't only just do it how i envisioned it but according to me shot list to.
- Studio set up
- phone vibrating
- leaving bedroom
- leaving through door/ walking though estate
- meeting the gang on wall
- being handed the task.
Created trailer for 'soft'
Creating a trailer for "Soft"
Own perception of how the trailer for 'Soft' might be..
By C. Anderson and S. Laniyan.
We researched short films and other "soft" trailers to get inspiration for out own our biggest inspiration was;
The Strange Thing About The Johnsons.
'The Strange thing about the Johnsons' is a short film that about a young bout that grows up continuing to have sexual feelings for his father- I looked at this film to analyse the different sort of relationship and issues a family could have.
This film helped us to understand how to focus our trailer on a particular theme, i.e. The relationship between the two main characters rather than putting everything in and making it hard for the audience to follow.
Script Test- "THE JOURNEY"
Writing a script- Experiment
We were set a task to write a script with a partner based on our journey to the studio.
My partner (Shannelle Laniyan) and i chose to combine both our journey's together to create and interesting story line. We then handed it to our Tutor who evaluated our script and gave us feedback on what went wrong and how to improve it as a starting point to our own scripts.
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