Friday, 26 November 2010

Planning - Film poster, first draft

Above is the mock film poster that I have created for the first stage of my digipack. I decided to keep the poster simple and go with the theme of the name, 'Pop goes the weasel', so a Jack in the Box (renown for playing pop goes the weasel) was used as the center piece for the poster.

I have asked for some peer feedback on the poster, and I have summed it up below.

"The entirity of the poster looks too 'cheesy' and 'cheerful', and the simplistic fonts lead us to believe that the film is more childish then what you intend it to be."

Friday, 12 November 2010

Planning - Equipment/Props/Clothing

To ensure that my trailer can be filmed without any issues, I have outlined a list below of the equipment, props and clothing that will be required during my shooting schedule.

Equipment
-Camera
-Tripod
-Film-tape
-Spare tape
-Spare battery

Props
None, other then small location props such as white board pens etc for the Police station. These props however are already on scene and will not need to be located.

Clothing
Main victim
-Hoody
-Jeans
-Boots
These items of clothing have been selected to show that the victim is wearing casual items, with absolutely no further meaning put into them. This is because I intend my trailer to be realistic, rather then looking like everything has been 'put on' or spent large amounts of money getting Hugo Boss labels or whatever.

'The Stalker'
-Dark hoody, with the hood put up
-Dark jeans
-Trainers
Like the main vicitm, these items have been selected to portray him as a 'real world' stalker. Unlike high-budget movies, a real stalker wouldn't care about his appearance other then perhaps being able to blend in with the darkness and shadows, thus the choice of the darkened hoody.

Police officers
-Shirts, unbuttoned at the collar
-Suit trousers
-Suit shoes
These clothes have been shown to represent authority, your typical white shirt and black trousers. However, I have opted to lose the ties as it shows the stress the police officers are going through, trying to find evidence to incriminate the stalker. It's the subtle things that count.


Failure to get any of these could lead to discrepancies in my filming schedule, but I believe that all of them should be obtainable before the first day of filming.

Friday, 5 November 2010

Planning - Script

From my storyboard, I have deduced that my trailer actually contains very little dialogue, ergo it would be a waste of time, effort and resources to produce any sort of official script.

For the little bit of dialogue that is in the trailer, we will improvise the lines when it comes to shooting.