Character development- Side-Kick

Character development- Main character

We began to go through our character development, and as you can see at this point were are working out the characters personality and how he will act. This will all play apart in making our opening sequence more typical of the genre; plus it would be easier to portray the character if we construct him from the inside out.

We wanted to experiment with names so we came across this website which allowed us to look up action hero names to put in our film. Here are a couple of examples

Synopsis

A 4 year old (name) hears the murder of his parents whilst in another room asleep. After his parents death he gets adopted into the biggest crime family. The family begin to train him, and gradually he becomes a very skilled assassin. After numerous missions he becomes more conspicuous about the death of his parents. which leads to him discovering a document which should not have been found. He remains silent, but when the boss of the family founds out he soon becomes a target. This leads to the main protagonist plotting his revenge on his own 'family'.

25 Word Pitch

Orphan trained to be an assassin by crime family,seeks to avenge his parents death but will the killers be closer to him than expected?

My Distribution company

Studiocanal was the right type of distribution company for my film as it is mainly based around action and thriller movies which was the same as my genre of film.

Studiocanal films:
Non-Stop- An Action/thriller, budget = $50 million.
Cliffhanger- An Action Adventure genre, budget = $60 million
Robocop- Sci-fi Action genre, budget = $100-300 million
Six Bullets- Action genre ,budget = $10 million
Taken 2- Action/Thriller, budget = $45 million
Jonny English- Action/comedy, budget = $45 million, Also set in England

Lots of Studiocanal's films have some sort of action element to them and lots of the main genre of the film is action. This matches my genre that I will be trying to film and therefore makes it a suitable choice of production company. Also lots of Studiocanal's films are relativity low budget which is better for me as I cannot afford to make a Hollywood blockbuster. A low budget film for an action adventure theme is usually anything below $50 million.

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Moodboard

Sixth Sense

Mise-en-scene is used to give the film a feeling horror. Low key lighting is used in the living room and basement. This gives the sense of something in the unknown which proves to be the case. The darkened lighting scares the viewers as the characters don't seem to paranoid about anything. Furthermore,on top of the fireplace is lots of cards from children that Malcolm has helped through his child psychology. This emphasises his success as well as the plaque he was awarded with. This makes the viewers realise that he is serious about his work and is very good at it as well.

Sound is used in Sixth Sense to also give the film a slight tint of a horror genre. For example ambient sound is used as when the wife gets closer to the phone it gets louder. This creates questions such as why is the phone on the floor? and how did it get there? Also a sting is used when Malcolm's former patient asks 'don't you remember one of your former patients?', this means creates a sense of confusion among Malcolm and the viewers as it is a big clue in why he is there but if Malcolm is such a successful psychologist, why has one of his former patients broken into his house in his underwear? Also a low pitch noise is used in the build up of finding the man who has broken into his house. This creates tension amongst the viewers as they know something is going to happen but do not know when nor what it is going to be.

Camerawork is used to create a sense of being watched. For example, the establishing shot of the living room from the middle of the stairs. This is quite a unique position to use for a shot as it doesn't properly show everything and almost seems as if the camera is from the point of something/someone watching them. This creates nervousness around the characters as the viewers are waiting for something to happen. Also a similar shot has been used when the wife is in the basement. As she looks down the wine cabinet, the camera follows her very slowly. This also creates a feeling of anxiety as the women doesn't know she is being watched. Another type of shot used is a tracking shot which follows the child as he is running down the street and in the background Malcolm can be seen following. Also a whip is used when Malcolm is watching the child come out of his house and then he spots him running away after he has looked at his notes. This creates a rush as Malcolm seems to panic when the boy leaves his sight.

Editing is used in Sixth Sense emphasise what is happening and create a sense of confusion. For example a small bit of slow motion is used after Malcolm gets shot to distort the view of what is happening. a question created due to this is: does Malcolm survive?  and what went wrong with his former patient? Just after the use of the slow motion, a fade to black is used. which gives the audience time to digest what has happened and come to their own conclusions so they can have their own view on what happened and why it happened.

Memento Analysis

The Brief

Opening Sequence Analysis

Title sequence- The incredibles

Title 1: 10 seconds- Title "The Incredibles" Title 2: 20 seconds- Written and Directed by... Title 3: 27 seconds- Producer Title 4: 35 seconds- Executive Producer Title 5: 39 seconds- Associate Producer Title 6: 47 seconds- Music Title 7: 53 seconds- Story Supervisor Title 8: 1 minute- Film Editor Title 9: 1:07 minute- Supervising Technical Director Title 10: 1:12 minute- Production Designer Title 11: 1:15 minute- Character Design Title 12: 1:20 minute- Supervising Animator Title 13: 1:26 minute- Directors of Photography Title 14: 1:36 minute- Art Directors Title 15: 1:44 minute- Character Supervisor Title 16: 1:48 minute- Hair and cloth simulator Title 17: 1:53 minute- Sequence Supervisor Title 18: 1:58 minute- Effects Supervisor Title 19: 2:12 minute- Production Manager Title 20: 2:18 minute- Sound Designer

Introduction

Name: Alexander Davey
Age: 17
Course: Media Studies AS
Why?: As technology is always improving and i believe that Media Studies will give me a better understanding in how most things work. Also the media industry is one of the biggest industries in the world and can change peoples opinions and views on various topics. 

Preliminary Project