Post 9 - film development

Post 8 - Film language

Mise-en-scene, camera, editing and sound are all extremely important in film making.

Sound
Sound is hugely important in film making, it can turn something fairly bland into a masterpiece. Sound fills in the quiet gaps and makes the whole film/short film more engaging.

Camera
Getting the right shots is crucial in all forms of film making

Mise-en-scene
A key element of mise-en-scene is props. Props need to relate to the genre of film for it to be more realistic.

Editing
Films have to be edited in the right ways in order for them to be complete. It can turn a totally uninteresting and boring sequence of images into a different sceptical.

Post 7d - Focus group

Upon agreeing on the treatment we explained our ideas to our focus group. We read them our treatment and we waited for their feedback as we wanted to take whatever they gave us and put it on board. The whole group all enjoyed the idea and thought that it would be an idea that definitely appeals to them. There were however a few views of concern from some of them, most notably the point that it will be particularly time consuming to successfully dress the 'zombies' and to do their make-up, and at the same time make them realistic. We need plenty of time to get all of the zombies right the way we want them, if we rush this process then the whole project will look very cheap.

Post 7b - genre and conventions

Post 7c - Chosen Genre

We have decided to create a horror/comedy zombie spin-off short film, reasons being because we all have an interest in zombie films and this works to our advantage, also because we feel that it would be a good challenge to make a short film based around zombies. 

Cargo
A man stranded in the middle of the zombie apocalypse, sets out to save him and his infant daughter.

Beats

1) Man wakes up in the car and realises his wife is now a zombie.

2) He rescues his baby daughter from the back seat of the car.

3) He maps out the route to try and get him and his daughter safe.

4) The man picks up some meat.

5) He collapsed in pain but is determined to carry on.

6) He turns into a zombie.

7) Someone shoots him from a distance.

8) A group of people come over to him, the woman there spots that his daughter is still alive in his bag.

9) She rescues her.



Post 6 - Group Work

Now that I have a better understanding of how to write up a script I am going to select, from within my group, the best logline written by a fellow group member of mine has been selected and will be developed further.

A girl makes the best of a bad situation and uses her found abilities to keep her partner safe

Below is a group brainstorm for our chosen logline.



Post 5 - Formatting your script

When it comes to script writing for beginners, there are 3 basic points to remember for the whole script. They are 'Headings', 'Narrative description' and 'Dialogue'.

Headings - There are several headings to remember when writing a script, they include 'The camera location, the scene location and the time of day'. This can be expressed as the following,

SCENE NO.       INT/EXT       LOCATION         TIME OF DAY

 

Narrative Description - This includes 'action', 'sounds' and 'character and settings (visual)'. This is shown to be apart from the dialogue. This is pretty much stage directions and instructions that the characters must follow.

 

Dialogue - This is all forms of speech and soundtrack when possible, speech is shown to be in centred in the page underneath the Characters name in bold which is also placed in the centre of the game.