I think our film was made fully Public enemies would be its closest match
The heists in the movie are quick and calculated in ours there would only be one at the very beginning but in the same speed as the public enemies heists. The main bulk of the film would be them living their lives after the robbery much like in the scenes of which john dillinger and his girlfriend talk about moving away and quitting. There are no clips available that would be useful in describing the similarities between these two films but i can post the trailer here.
It was hard to find a film much like ours because it has many elements from lots of other films.
We began filming for our opening film project on friday. At 10:30 we all arrived at Coleridge. For the next forty minutes we sorted out whether the sound and video on the camera's were capturing properly. Luckily they were so we headed off. Elliot and rob took the bus while i cycled home we all arrived at my place at around 11 oclock. We immediately started filming as we knew time was of the essence. We could only do the shots without dolly's as we had the long road dolly booked from 1 to ten past four. So we filmed all the shots that didn't need the dolly up to 1 oclock then from 2 till 3 30 we filmed the rest of the shots. We just have 1 more scene to do which is outside any bank.
The opening will be 3 crooks in a car stopping outside a house. Inside the house is two people waking up, one of them is preparing for work and the other is just lazing about. It turns out that the one getting ready for work is actually going to join the crooks in the car as he is part of the heist. The heist itself happens very early on, the whole movie is mostly about how they all cope with the heist and live their lives.
Egomania by Paul Alexander and Simon Braithwaite - Hotshot young lawyer Michael Stark becomes so successful, so arrogant and so full of himself that his ego decides to go solo - with disastrous consequences.
The Cleaner by Peter Michael Rosenberg - When a crime scene cleaner haunted by his past uncovers evidence that suggests LAPD cops are working as assassins, he becomes their next target.
Shoeless Joe by Andrew Clyde - A holiday of a lifetime across the desolate heart of the Australian outback turns into a living nightmare for five friends.
Storage by Chris Denne and Matt Winn - Terror stalks a storage facility. Survival for those trapped inside depends on the secrets in those endles
We did a green screen activity where jahmal walked on a treadmill in front of a green screen.
I took out the background (keying) and replaced it with the juno long road we created. I animated juno walking around using motion keyframes and copied the clip to make two of jahmal.
It is composed using only two pictures. A cartoon monkey looking at a banana and a cartoon piece of chicken. I chose the name Bumbaklot productions because i planned to do a jamaican style logo. I animated the monkey moving in and the chicken flying in using final cut and found a music loop from garageband as the background music. I recorded my own voice on garageband to animate the "Jerk Chiicken" phrase. I've always liked logo's that were quirky and different which is why i like my logo. Its not over complicated and it's fun to watch.
We were told to put 9 frames of any material we want together to show the opening of a film.
We used the idea of complete contrast. Death crossed with happiness. Spongebob squarepants then a nuclear explosion is the biggest contrast. This title sequence might be for a documentary seeing as it features brands and celebrities that people recognize.
We did an exercise on continuity in filming and editing. This is when the camera shots link together so the flow of the film is not interrupted.
The 180 degree rule
This rule states that if we have two characters talking to each other lets say mr a and mr b if i was the have one shot over mr b's left shoulder looking a mr a, in order for the shot to look right i would have the next shot over mr a's right shoulder. If i were to set the shot over mr a's left shoulder it would look as though mr a has moved or is looking in another direction
Match on action
This is when an action that a character is making in one shot has to continue smoothly onto the next shot. If we had someone opening a door we would have him walking to the door and opening it then having a close up of the hand opening the door. Match on action is simply when these the camera shots link together so the character doesn't look like they're opening the door twice
Shot/reverse shot
This is used when there is a conversation between two characters. If two characters are talking facing each other, when one talks the shot is over the shoulder of the character who isn't talking. This is another technique to keep the flow of the film smooth.
This is an example that me angelica and alex made demonstrating all three of these techniques being used in a scene.
In my opinion i think we succeeded in demonstrating all of these techniques the match on action is smooth, the dialogue seems to flow as in a conversation and we didn't break the 180 degree rule.
A Bumbaclot productions presents A Long Road Film (cast) David Skinner (cast) Sam Dilan (cast) Alison Ford Costume Design by James Hendon Art Direction by hannah Manson Production Design by Tom Bennit Casting by Anna Ross Film Editing by Dorn Samson Cinematography by Dody Zimmer Original Music by Sean Scott Produced by Elliott David Directed by Jamse Handson Main Title.
Action: Bruce willis in an explosives truck. Maverick widower cop has to stop foreign terroist plot. Kills all of them with his truck
Supernatural: Girl falls in love with werewolf. Werewolf kills girls dad, Love or revenge? Chooses love villagers learn to like werewolf. Werewolf accidently kills girl.
Indie: Young musical savante in abusive family turns to drugs and crime. meets girl, girl gives ultimatum, drugs or her? he chooses her, she dies. He writes amazing piece
Animated: Felon escapes to moon. Transport cut off. People trying to find way off while looking for the felon. Protagonists finds felon, felon kills everyone and is left alone
