Preliminary Task - Our Idea

This task is entitled 'Meeting Each Other'.

The brief of the task is to create a film 1 minute in length involving 'a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.'

Also, an accompanying A3 movie poster must be created.

The task was assigned on 8th November. The deadlines for the task are as follows:

Pre-Production: November 18th

Production Window: November 19th - November 26th 

Post Production: 12th December

The Films & accompanying posters are to be presented to the class on 15th December.

The Team

For the task I am working with Sam White.

Roles:
Pre-Production
Sam: Poster design & assistant screenwriter
Michael: Screenwriter, storyboard creation & assistant poster design
Production
Sam: Camera, Lighting & Production
Michael: Director & Production
Post-Production
Sam: Assistant editor & poster creation
Michael: Editor & poster creation

Our Idea

After contemplating over 3 or 4 different ideas, we came to a conclusion that we would follow through with the following idea.

A teenage boy, whose mum has passed away, goes to visit his psychologist who he sees regularly (the teenage boy is fed up of the visits and is adamant that he never needed them in the first place). During this visit he seems to be on edge & something seems wrong. [we aim to achieve an underlying effect of eariness and something being wrong during the filming and in particular, the editing]. As the session goes on, the boy puts his head in his hands, when he looks back up to the therapist, his mother is there. Mother and son converse, with the mother being extremely quiet and cagey. The mothers' voice is not hers, but is the therapists. After a rally of questions ending with 'who killed you mum' is fired at the mother, she murmers the first name of the therapist [undecided]. The camera will then pan from the mothers face, down to the therapists' name plate, then back up to where the mothers' face was. The boys mother disappears & the therapist is back in the seat. As the camera captures the puzzled emotion on the therapists' face the film will end abruptly. [possibly with a white flash like the image when you turn old TV's off].

Actors, filming location, characters & scripts will be decided in the next few days & added to this blog.

Over the next few lessons I hope to learn 

• How to direct the audiences attention using a change in depth of field, as this is an effect we intend to use during the production.
• How to create an underlying spooky atmosphere (necessity for the production)
• How to use one character's over the visual image of another character effectively & seamlessly.
• How to create the desired effect we want to create using premiere pro & after effects.
• How to find the right actors for the part(s), and how to organise them to get the best out of them for the film.
• Tricks & tips for filming & editing