[Update] This was only the foundation for which we filmed our film, as we progressed we discovered what will work, what won't work and what can be improved, these storyboards were critical in this process.
Friday, 5 April 2013
Storyboards (Final)
This was the basis for which we decided to film, we wrote detailed notes on the various aspects that would be part of each respective scene, under each storyboard sketch.
[Update] This was only the foundation for which we filmed our film, as we progressed we discovered what will work, what won't work and what can be improved, these storyboards were critical in this process.
[Update] This was only the foundation for which we filmed our film, as we progressed we discovered what will work, what won't work and what can be improved, these storyboards were critical in this process.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Shooting Script (Final)
Scene one : Bright outdoor environment (Forest) :
(Music : Moonlight Sonata begins to play softly in the background.)
- Fade in from black.
- Point of view shot of tree from characters Point Of View on the ground.
- Camera cuts to reveal a close to mid shot of the character on the ground.
(Music : Moonlight Sonata begins to play softly in the background.)
- Fade in from black.
- Point of view shot of tree from characters Point Of View on the ground.
- Camera cuts to reveal a close to mid shot of the character on the ground.
(Monologue begins:)
''I don't remember...who I am, my.. name.... my past... but what I do remember... is fragmented... imprinted into my every thought, but inaccessible... "Through the fields of Elysium" echoes through my head...''
- Camera tilts back to the Low angle point of view shot.
- Leaves begins to descend towards the camera, they fall in slow motion at certain instances and the opening credits appear on them.
(Monologue ends:)
(Monologue begins:)
''...Elysium, the wonder drug. This was put on the market recently, legal and cheap.... this I remember... this I can not forget...''
- The environment begins to flicker or 'blur' between this scene and the next (Forest and Bedroom).
- Camera tilts back to character on the ground while the flickering occurs.
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Scene two : Bright indoor environment (Bedroom) :
- Camera reveals a mid shot of the character lying on the floor.
(Monologue ends:)
(Monologue begins:)
''A small dose will give you a high, enhance your mental and physical capabilities.''
- Camera cuts to a mid shot from behind the bedroom door frame as character stumbles into the frame and momentarily pauses, this is cross cut with the characters point of view shot as he stumbles to opens the door.
(Monologue ends:)
(Monologue begins:)
''Take more than advised, and well.. you end up where I am now... it shuts out the pain... the echoes... it's tranquil... at least for the time being..''
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Scene three : Dark indoor environment (Bathroom) :
- Point of view shot of the character stumbling into the dimly lit bathroom.
- (Section composed of cross cut shots) Close up of characters face looking towards the mirror.
- Over the shoulder shot as character picks up pill bottle, the bottle is dropped.
- Close up of bottle falling into sink.
- Point of View shot of character opening bottle.
- Close up of character opening the bottle of pills.
- Mid shot of character holding pills and pill bottle.
- Point of View shot of character pondering to consume the drug.
- High angle shot of Character taking the drug.
- Close up of characters face as blood begins to slowly descend down his cheeks, character wipes away blood
- Over the shoulder shot as character picks up pill bottle, the bottle is dropped.
- Close up of bottle falling into sink.
- Point of View shot of character opening bottle.
- Close up of character opening the bottle of pills.
- Mid shot of character holding pills and pill bottle.
- Point of View shot of character pondering to consume the drug.
- High angle shot of Character taking the drug.
- Close up of characters face as blood begins to slowly descend down his cheeks, character wipes away blood
(Monologue ends:)
(Monologue begins:)
''But get too greedy... if you.. if you don't feed the addiction.. it becomes a plague... you end up.. neither fully alive or dead...''
(Music stops as the phrase alive or dead is spoken)
- Over the shoulder Shot of character looking into mirror with blood smeared across his eyes and cheeks.
- Point of view shot as character takes capsule.
- Close up of character as he closes his eyes.
- Cut to Black.
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Scene four : Dark outdoor environment (Forest) :
- Cuts to close up of character who looks frustrated and fearful.
- Camera reverse zooms to a long shot.
- Various cuts crosscut together (first person, over the shoulder mid shot and front mid shot) the camera pans upwards to the dark sky, fade to black then the movies title appears.
** As stated in the development section in a later post as well as the evaluation we have altered many scenes and cuts as well as added a few minor elements throughout and made some extra changes to such elements as the monologue. We chose to do this because we wanted to develop and create a more aesthetically appealing outcome.
** As stated in the development section in a later post as well as the evaluation we have altered many scenes and cuts as well as added a few minor elements throughout and made some extra changes to such elements as the monologue. We chose to do this because we wanted to develop and create a more aesthetically appealing outcome.
Monologue (Final)
I don't remember...who I am, my.. name.... my past... but what I do remember... is fragmented... imprinted into my every thought, but inaccessible... "Through the fields of Elysium" echoes through my head...
...Elysium, the wonder drug. This was put on the market recently, legal and cheap.... this I remember... this I cannot forget...
A small dose will give you a high, enhance your mental and physical capabilities.
Take more than advised, and well.. you end up where I am now... [it shuts out the pain... the echoes... it's tranquil... at least for the time being..
But get too greedy... if you.. if you don't feed the addiction.. it becomes a plague... you end up.. neither fully alive or dead...]**
**we edited out the scenes within the brackets towards the end of production, we felt that it dragged on for a more than desirable duration and we felt the removal increased the movies appeal and also has an even stronger influence with the monologues we looked at during the planning stage such as in sleepy hollow at certain points when describing the Hessian and likewise in Matrix at certain points.
...Elysium, the wonder drug. This was put on the market recently, legal and cheap.... this I remember... this I cannot forget...
A small dose will give you a high, enhance your mental and physical capabilities.
Take more than advised, and well.. you end up where I am now... [it shuts out the pain... the echoes... it's tranquil... at least for the time being..
But get too greedy... if you.. if you don't feed the addiction.. it becomes a plague... you end up.. neither fully alive or dead...]**
**we edited out the scenes within the brackets towards the end of production, we felt that it dragged on for a more than desirable duration and we felt the removal increased the movies appeal and also has an even stronger influence with the monologues we looked at during the planning stage such as in sleepy hollow at certain points when describing the Hessian and likewise in Matrix at certain points.
Saturday, 9 March 2013
Mise en Scene (Summary)
Location: We intend to use both an indoor and outdoor environment and for continuity we wish to keep these variables constant throughout filming. We will be using the following locations:
Costume/Make up Design: For attire we wish our character Dante to have both a casual but unusual costume design, we will be using:
Props: Concerning our props our main focus is on creating an enigma and an atmosphere, both the character Dante and this drug Elysium are intended to be portrayed in this way. For this the following props will be used:
- Bottle of pills
- Drug capsule
- Mirror
Actors: We decided that the most appealing outcome was for one of our group to be the protagonist of this film, this was decided because we know the character better than anyone else, we know how we wish for him to be presented and his mannerisms and personality. We chose Jonathan because his appearance correlates with the character of Dante the most.
- Jonathan McChesney
Mise en Scene: We wish for the introduction to our movie to begin fairly bright with warm colours in an outdoor scene with available light illuminating through the trees (Donnie Darko influenced), then artificial light will be used in the indoor (bright warm colours) bedroom environment as the scenes begin to flicker (Matrix influenced), this leads into the bathroom mirror scene (Donnie Darko influenced) which is presented using artificial light and back lighting, ending our introduction is a fairly dark and atmospheric scene in the same forested area as before, artificial lighting (flashlights) will be used to give basic lighting and toning (Dark cold colour design) to the scene (this scene uses the same monochrome with a single highlighted colour art design as Sin City, we have altered this throughout our development and we have decided that the protagonists eye will remain in colour- blue while the rest is in monochrome).
- Forest (an outdoor environment with foliage and fairly large trees will portray this)
- Bedroom (an indoor environment with a bed/lying space and white ceiling will be used)
- Bathroom (an eerily lit indoor space with a mirror and sink will be used for this)
Costume/Make up Design: For attire we wish our character Dante to have both a casual but unusual costume design, we will be using:
- Black and white baseball shirt.
- Black and grey scarf
- Black trousers
- Black Converse trainers
- Dark messy short-medium hair
- Smeared blood across cheeks (dripping from eyes)
Props: Concerning our props our main focus is on creating an enigma and an atmosphere, both the character Dante and this drug Elysium are intended to be portrayed in this way. For this the following props will be used:
- Bottle of pills
- Drug capsule
- Mirror
Actors: We decided that the most appealing outcome was for one of our group to be the protagonist of this film, this was decided because we know the character better than anyone else, we know how we wish for him to be presented and his mannerisms and personality. We chose Jonathan because his appearance correlates with the character of Dante the most.
- Jonathan McChesney
Mise en Scene: We wish for the introduction to our movie to begin fairly bright with warm colours in an outdoor scene with available light illuminating through the trees (Donnie Darko influenced), then artificial light will be used in the indoor (bright warm colours) bedroom environment as the scenes begin to flicker (Matrix influenced), this leads into the bathroom mirror scene (Donnie Darko influenced) which is presented using artificial light and back lighting, ending our introduction is a fairly dark and atmospheric scene in the same forested area as before, artificial lighting (flashlights) will be used to give basic lighting and toning (Dark cold colour design) to the scene (this scene uses the same monochrome with a single highlighted colour art design as Sin City, we have altered this throughout our development and we have decided that the protagonists eye will remain in colour- blue while the rest is in monochrome).
Title Sequence (Final)
Introductory Credits:
'A Charade Production Film'
In Association With Warner Bros. Pictures.
Produced By: Charade Productions.
Executive Producer: Amy Nolan.
Production Designer: Jonathan McChesney.
Director of Photography: Ryan Beatty.
Casting By: Amy Nolan.
Starring: Jonathan Mcchesney.
Costume & Make-up By: Laura Hughes.
Music By: Amy Nolan.
Story By: Jonathan McChesney.
Written by: [Anagram of Limbo].
Set Design By: [Anagram of Limbo].
Directed By: Ryan Beatty.
'Limbo'
Above is our listed opening credits, this list is informed directly from the Alien opening title sequence as shown below:
The opening title sequence should be fairly short so as not to diminish the remainder of time available for our short opening to our movie. We have taken direct influence from both this opening sequence and the likes of Donnie Darko and A Scanner Darkly, not only the text but rather the font, colour scheme and atmospheric presentation ( Sci-fi feel as shown above - adheres to the codes and conventions of the Sci-fi genre).
For our opening title we have experimented with various opening titles sequences, ranging from basic descriptions of the drug Elysium, a static flickering image of the title 'Limbo' (influenced by A Scanner Darkly) to a promotional advertisement style title influenced by the likes of Resident evil. These where just basic designs and could possibly be used in post production, they do not have any credits and are only a concept design. These designs are presented below: the music used is from the video games Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil, both which follow influences and the Codes and Conventions of the Sci-fi genre.
We intend to use these templates and the Donnie Darko, A Scanner Darkly and Alien introduction specifically as influences for our title and introduction sequence. Credits will appear on falling leaves as they descend, this is at the start of the sequence (informed by A Scanner Darkly) and the title will be displayed at the end of the short movie intro similarly to the presentation style in Donnie Darko. The font should be stereotypically ''blocky'' in style and have the Sci-fi elements recurring.
Friday, 8 March 2013
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Script (First Draft)
It starts off with a character staring up at the sky, it is a first person sequence as the camera slowly pans up to reveal the tree canopy as leaves gracefully and peacefully fall off and descend to the ground. suddenly the sky leaves and trees begin to flicker similar to a monitor, the outdoors environment quickly shifts between the foliage and the ceiling of an indoor room. Now the scene has changed into a room environment. A voice over begins with soft and gentle piano music in the background, the voice over begins talking about an object such as a drug or the equivalent being able to give the subject enhanced abilities such as perception and awareness, as a result you become more conscious of the physical world and so a hallucination occurs in which the subject is transported into a an apparent serene environment in which the advantages could be used to ones advantage, such as possibly the slowing down of time, being able to hear peoples thoughts and so one, essentially in this part of the monologue the audience is introduced to this drug and only its benefits. then suddenly the music begins to fade and the lighting darken as the scene changes to the main character facing a mirror and slowly raising his head to be revealed by the camera, blood seems to be dripping from his eyes and nose as the monologue turns darker in turn. An eerie buzzing/booming sound can be heard as the camera zooms in towards the mirror. The character slowly closes his eyes and then the music stops as the scene fades to black, an eerie ambient noise of leaves rustling and the wind blowing can be heard as it one again switches to a Point of View shot as the camera rises and shows an outside environment, yet unlike the previous scene it is dark and more sinister. The camera cuts to a mid-close shot and begins to circle round the character followed by reverse zoom as the camera pulls away leaving the character in the distance and revealing more of the scenery, once zoomed back far enough what appears to be a person or monster can be seen hiding behind a tree... this scene fades to black and the movies title appears.
Psychoactive Drug:
Name : Elysium
Chemical formula : Ge2 N8 Es4 I10 S3 Fe2 Ar5
Effects :
Small Dose : Enhanced perception (can see things clearer), attributes such as cognitive abilities are also increased. things appear in the surroundings that normally you wouldn't pay attention to (useful for solving police cases etc.).
Medium Dose : reality slows as they are transported into Light Limbo where the scenery is tranquil and peaceful. If taken at night one an delve into Light Limbo in their dreams and carry out actions until they wake.
Large Dose : Person is trapped in dark limbo facing inner demons, Dark Limbo is a sinister/ version of light limbo where it's always night.
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