Wednesday 3 February 2016

It that time were the London groups need to at the end of the day be profoundly instructed about the British ways of life. We plan to make a film creation mostly taking into account adolescents and its like a montage of a run of the mill young people life from the hoods. Posse life is not a decision, it is a way of life to survive. Survive the chasing season, where predator and prey meet. The hunting season is going grasp the upsetting, unsafe and harmed way of life of group individuals. A supervisor who makes it his Hench men's main goal to discover and get a young person who owes him cash. In the same way as other pack individuals, they youngster then goes on a run and tries to survive. hunting season's unrivalled Hakim previous group part who understood that being in a pack was an exercise in futility, however his previous posse set aside a few minutes to ensure they get him. Hakim now is constantly joined by his closest companion Lucas, who is a previous pack part and a trafficker. Lucas constantly tends to black out and get to be damaged each time him and Hakim stroll down same passage their group use to stay and its where they had generally battles. So his harming contemplations and updates reason for him to get looked up some other time on. The wear, Donald Price "don" - Don is most famous and greatest medication master. He is seen as the posses supervisor and its him who relegates individuals to do things like discovering Hakim and offering medications to specific individuals. He tells two Hench men that he will give them 1 million pounds on the off chance that they discover Hakim and bring him back alive. We have a scope of various individuals in our film creation team to permit us to meet key traditions of a run of the mill British pack life. We relegated every group part to a part which we accepted would fit flawlessly with the acting and appearance. Additionally, we pick certain shots to permit every part to turn out most engaging and justifiable. It genuinely tries to offer from a true to life viewpoint with a specific end goal to make the genuine face of posse life as fascinating as it as of now seems to be.

Wednesday 27 January 2016

progress report

progress report 


All pre-production work, including script, storyboard, shot-list and mise-en-scene are up to date. we have finished the intro scene and picked the best shot that we feel was suitable for our production.

the storyboard may differ to the shot list due to the fact that the images on the storyboard may be different due to what the other person envisioned so it may have slight changes but i feel as if it would will still be produced the same.  


Plan to finish shooting scene of the movie. if there are problems with the storyboard and shot list we can change and alter the two documents.


I'm not sure yet but I believe and hoping it'll be done by the 8/02/16 or the latest 20th February.

photoshop


Wednesday 20 January 2016

print



In this BFI brochure the front cover show a title of publication where the central image is incorporated in the central image the colour scheme matches the BFI logo so their is a consistent colour scheme throughout. furthermore, there is a date of publication where it shows what date the BFI London film festival is so that people would understand when this event is taking place. in addition, it has name checks where it shows who they are partnered with  which is american express this gives the audience a sense of the target audience which would appeal to the more wealthy people. 



Image result for cinema brochures
in this brochure there is a consistent colour scheme with white black and red. This is simple but the use of the red is eye catching to the audience which makes them more likely to read the brochure. 




This brochure has a main central image where that is the focus point so this is simple but also affective so that it doesn't make the brochure have too much going on. 

Image result for contents page

in this contents page it is affective due to the use of the images so that the target audience know what may be in the magazine




 It has lots of images and information and images of different brands are all in one page. Images are a short way of putting messages all into a short amount of space.



the colour scheme has a look of the film magazine to look luxurious which is eye catching to the customers due to the blacks and the gold.

Image result for film programmes

in this program the central image is of a person the has paint covered over his face which adds colour and excitement to this program.

Image result for bfi

this image is the BFI which incorporates the central image with the title.

Friday 15 January 2016

La Haine

La Haine is a 1995 French high contrast dramatization film composed, directed, and coordinated by Mathieu Kassovitz. It is regularly discharged under its French title, despite the fact that its U.S. VHS discharge was entitled Hate. It is around three youthful companions and their battle to live in the banlieues of Paris. The title gets from a line talked by one of them, Hubert: "La haine clothing la haine

The mise-en-scene of this film is key in making the sad environment of the film. Case in point through the use of good range a urban, ghetto suburb can be shown to the social event of individuals The attire that the characters wear i.e. hoodies/calfskin coats, this can be associated back to the issue of police violance and how adolescents have been ambushed by the police in light of this.

The cinematography and the changing of the film is crucial in making La Haine a popular arthouse film. The utilization of cinematography gives the film an old look,  however this furthermore highlights its feeling of authenticity. I have also seen with the cinematography that the camera improvement is altogether smooth which recommends that a great deal of steadicam which keeps the camera steady. An impressive measure of long shots have been utilized as a piece of spot of the regular medium shots which allows the group to see from a more broad perspective moving that is taking place

photoshoot

1) Which of your main characters will appear on the front cover of your programme?

The main character and also the villain would be facing back to back with an edit splitting them down the middle. 
2) What image or images do you need for the contents page?

the images that i would need are more random shots of different other things of different movies so that it allow the contents page to have a little variety in the images that I use. 

3) What image or images will you use for the double-page spread?
I'm going to have a shot from the film where two of the friends are running and splitting up in the tunnel 

 4) Write a shot list for the photoshoot. Make sure you plan a variety of camera shots you will look to capture - medium shots, close-ups etc.

Medium shot - a shot of the main protagonist and friend together, whilst Hakim holding a gym bag

Long shot-  A shot showing the villains holding hakim

5) What costumeprops or make-up will you require for the photoshoot?

Black gym Bag
joker mask
Black hoodie
Normal hat
A baseball bat ( rounder's school bats)
magnum gun
sword


We would need mainly black clothes for the villain and we would have a more casual look for the protagonist 
we would also need a gym bag so that we could use it in out photoshoot

6) How will you make sure you have everything prepared for the photoshoot on Wednesday 20 January

we would do this by planning what we are going to do and also what costumes to wear on the day of shooting. 

Wednesday 13 January 2016

Production planning

casting details-


Darnell- Darnell will be portraying the character Donald price who is perceived as a king pin and is the head of the gang. he is not like a general leader of the gang as he is perceived like a veteran and they refer to him as 'Don' or 'Mr Price'

Lele- Mr Lele Obetto will be portraying the roll of 'Benjamin' a hired mafia mercenary

Abdi- will portray the character Malik who is the main protagonist in this production. Malik is a former gang member who has been experiencing flashbacks of his experience as a gang member after crossing paths with old settings.

John- Marvin will portray the character of Lucas who is now Maliks closest freinds and has relatively never been involved in the supposed 'gang life'

further casting will be confirmed

location

park royal tunnel- why we chose this as our original setting is because of the dark setting we can implicate by generate with each of our shots. this will truly clarify our camera work. this will be our secondary location as it cannot signify the importance of our primary location.

another location we chose to shoot in was grand union village, why we chose this location is because it is a convenient location to film clear shots where the set up of the area is relative to our production. grand union village also features a canal which carefully links to the plot of possesses elements of violence.


characters

Malik
Lucas
group of gangsters
Benjamin
Donald Price

props 

magnum gun- this will explore elements of the protagonists troubled childhood and how he has dealt with guns throughout his life and is still having issues with them now.

knife- not definitely used but explicitly details the dangers that symbolise the power and destruction in which can be caused by the knife.

iphone- not entirely important but links to the scene.


smoking products- needed to link in our scene

costume and make-up

hoodies and sweatshirts- basic clothing

make up may be needed if in fact we do decide to participate in a fight scene, however we do not intend to make it seem cliche.


malik may be shown in formal dressing  when we see the transformation he had from a gang member to a sophisticated young man.


lighting

high key lighting will be used at specific elements especially in the tunnel due to the darkness during when we are shooting

low key lighting will be used when we finally meet the boss' Donald Price' as it will implicate he has a sense of power and dominance



script 

Fade In:
Park Royal - Dusk



Malik and his friend, Lucas enter a narrow tunnel way, exchanging jokes and laughing.
Malik, Londoner, from Hackney and ex-gang member, formerly ranked Capo laughs, telling Lucas jokes about his night out in a club.

                 Malik
                 [Laughing hysterically]
                  A... and then I slapped that slut away from me,                     she tried groping me! 

Lucas, Londoner, from Hackney  ex-drug trafficker, walking lifelessly with noticeable enlarged pupils.

                                         Lucas
                 Malik, bro, you gotta rock this joint, mannnn... -
                 Focused on Lucas, Malik suddenly stops

                 Lucas
                 Was' up with you? Les go man, boss is gonna get                      pissed! 

  Malik stares into space as he looks back, completely ignoring 
  Lucas.

                 Malik
                 I been here holmes.

  Lucas squints his eye, laying his right hand out.

                 Lucas
                 The fuck you talking about, Malik? 

  Malik, looking around almost as if he's exploring a ruin.

                 Malik
                 This is where Life 1 ended for me, bro.

  Lucas, looking at his cigarette confusingly, carelessly     throws it on the floor.

                 Lucas
                 Mali, tell me I'm not on a bad trip...

  Malik again staring straight ahead of the tunnel, lifelessly.

  Transition pan in from iris. 

Dissolve in:
Park Royal - Midnight
  
Gloomy surroundings, muffled, eerie voices.
                  
  BENJAMIN, hired mafia mercenary, associated with rival gang
                Benjamin
                KEEP running, Malik. It only makes me more                       excited.
                
                Malik
                FUCK AWAY FROM ME, MAN!!!

  Benjamin, slowly lifting his magnum caliber... Shoots

  Loud flash bang is heard, sending Malik back to his normal       state
  
  Malik, on his chest on the floor and arms spread

  Lucas, looking completely alien 

               Lucas
               BRO, are you okay?! 
               
               Malik
               Yea-... Yeah... lets go.
    
               Lucas
               You got problems, man... or is it me that's just been                blazing one too many...

 Malik smiles and pats Lucas once on the back, and continues  walking through the tunnel

               Malik
               Sorry, bro.

 Slow fade out.


Scene 3, fade in:

Malik constantly looking back...

Malik, overflowing with paranoid thoughts of him being chased, so he turns around

               Malik
               AHHHH!!!
                 
                Lucus
              Fix up bro, what's the issue
Malik hears a group of people speaking, he then turns around and notices that 3 men are walking slowly behind them.

Malik stops one time and turns around, instantly the 3 men also stop and carefully analyse his face and then bring out a picture. Malik releases they where people after him, so he turned around swiftly and walked very fast forward

                
                 Malik
                 LET US GET OUT OF HERE NOW!

                 Lucas
                What you talking about man, just couple Donnie's 

A gang of mercenaries - 3 men each with weapons held in their hand starts following Malik from behind, slightly increasing their pace over time.

Malik looks back once more and the gangsters are only a few metres away, then Malik goes for the run 

Malik then runs into a dead end and stops breathing heavily 

                                    Malik 
                               Oh shit!! Come on lets talk about this
                           
                               Gang Member 
                            OH? NOW YOU WANT TO TALK BUT BEFORE ALL YOU DID WAS RUN, YOU PUSSY!!!!!!

The first villain throws a punch and lands it on Malik in the face
Malik drops to the ground
Then Both gangsters start brutally beating Hakim on the floor

                                    Malik
                               HELP!!!

Then the boss comes into the scene, in his car 
Pulls out a gun 

Then a fade in to black out 

Background sounds of Gun shots 

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Wednesday 6 January 2016

Script



Our 3 minute production 


1. two young males enter the tunnel,(John to be exact) who as he is walking inside the tunnel notices something very suspicious - his past here in this very tunnel
(John pauses turns to look back at the narrow tunnel)

His mate asks, "Yo man, you okay?"
He replies, "Yeah"

2. (The tunnel)
 Enters character 2 (when the protagonist has a claustrophobic, traumatic flashback) who then grabs John and places and lifts his gun towards the protagonist.
The protagonist hears a loud bang, along with a muffled voice of him screaming "Nooo!"

3. The protagonist returns to his reality state after the shot's loud bang woke up out of the delusion, however he is laying on the floor, looking at his friend.

He then begins to question how much John knows about his family, and his mate asks "Bro, are you really okay?"
  
4. (John stands up dramatically, with a bewildered face)
 John begins to express how he has no idea about what just happened, (knowing to keep the past experience to himself) and walks along, responding "Nothing, lets