Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Aims
My aims are:
To achieve a specific meaning through the use of cinematography, adding different styled shots to give a better understanding of the characters involved in the narrative, as well as the narrative itself. This making the narrative easy to understand, as well as using the cinematography to create a well placed storyboard.
To achieve a specific meaning through the use of cinematography, adding different styled shots to give a better understanding of the characters involved in the narrative, as well as the narrative itself. This making the narrative easy to understand, as well as using the cinematography to create a well placed storyboard.
Thursday, 28 February 2013
The Sequence
The sequence from my film, that I have chosen to feature on the story board is the dis-equilibrium moment. This being when Tom actually walks in on his partner cheating on him. I have chosen this scene because of the suspense I can create before hand, and also the emotion that can build up inside the audience during the scene.
What happens in the scene I am story boarding, is we see Tom on an average day in his private study, which is featured in a sound enclosed room where he where he lives. The room looking like an average teenagers bedroom, it featuring some run down junk that no-one needs. This being where he writes his novels. From there, I'm going to show a few shots of Tom's partner meeting a girl in the street. That way the audience know what is going on, before Tom does. In a sense this can make the spectator feel guilty, or also make them shoot to the edge of their seat.
From there, we see Tom leaving his study, but by then, the audience have already seen Tom's partner becoming passionate with the antagonist. This once again building suspense of what is going to happen next within the audience's expectations. This of course, leading to shots of Tom entering the flat bedroom. This is when a shot of Tom's expression will be used. Once again, making the audience feel guilty, and also emotional for the protagonist. This being the ending to the storyboard.
What happens in the scene I am story boarding, is we see Tom on an average day in his private study, which is featured in a sound enclosed room where he where he lives. The room looking like an average teenagers bedroom, it featuring some run down junk that no-one needs. This being where he writes his novels. From there, I'm going to show a few shots of Tom's partner meeting a girl in the street. That way the audience know what is going on, before Tom does. In a sense this can make the spectator feel guilty, or also make them shoot to the edge of their seat.
From there, we see Tom leaving his study, but by then, the audience have already seen Tom's partner becoming passionate with the antagonist. This once again building suspense of what is going to happen next within the audience's expectations. This of course, leading to shots of Tom entering the flat bedroom. This is when a shot of Tom's expression will be used. Once again, making the audience feel guilty, and also emotional for the protagonist. This being the ending to the storyboard.
Synopsis
The genre of my film is Romance. But more along the lines of a gay love romance. It is set in the modern day, and also in the low run down city of Hull, England. The protagonist of the film, is Tom, himself being 21 years old and also a new and upcoming novelist. The film will only consist of three characters, two of them being in a newly wedded relationship. The audience love the protagonist because he is a kind hearted person, who only wanted best for everyone in the world. Himself being helpless when it does come to the antagonistic event in the film, which will make the spectator feel sorry for the character.
During the sequence, no-one actually helps the protagonist, and I'm leaving the sequence on a cliff hanger. This meaning, the audience only get to see up to the part where Tom finds his partner cheating on him, in their own flat. Not much special equipment is actually required for the film, due to the fact the characters are basic and down to Earth. They aren't rich, or even out of the ordinary. I want the film to be like 'The Full Monty' in the sense that realistic lower class people can relate to the characters. The audience for the film can actually be anyone, but mainly homosexual males, seeing as the actors are being homosexual males in the sequence. The best bit of the film will have to be the suspense of the cheating scene, purely for the raw emotion that will build up inside the audience.
During the sequence, no-one actually helps the protagonist, and I'm leaving the sequence on a cliff hanger. This meaning, the audience only get to see up to the part where Tom finds his partner cheating on him, in their own flat. Not much special equipment is actually required for the film, due to the fact the characters are basic and down to Earth. They aren't rich, or even out of the ordinary. I want the film to be like 'The Full Monty' in the sense that realistic lower class people can relate to the characters. The audience for the film can actually be anyone, but mainly homosexual males, seeing as the actors are being homosexual males in the sequence. The best bit of the film will have to be the suspense of the cheating scene, purely for the raw emotion that will build up inside the audience.
Friday, 22 February 2013
Characters
In my storyboard plot, I'm keeping the characters down to a maximum of three. These being:
The hero: saves the day and restores equilibrium; sometimes he’s been on a quest to find something. The central protagonist in the action of the narrative. In this case, the hero is the character who started off happy at the beginning, goes through a depression stage, due to the antagonistic event, and then in the end finds happiness once again.
The villain: creates the narrative complication / disequilibrium. In this case, the villain is the female who drives the hero's partner to cheat on him. This causing the disequilibrium, and the hero's sorrow and depression.
The princess (male): has to be saved by the hero and is the hero’s reward. In this case, the princess is also the slight cause of the disequilibrium, due to the affair which takes place. But the hero rescues the princess once again, in the end. Which leads to the happy ending, and the re-equilibrium.
The hero: saves the day and restores equilibrium; sometimes he’s been on a quest to find something. The central protagonist in the action of the narrative. In this case, the hero is the character who started off happy at the beginning, goes through a depression stage, due to the antagonistic event, and then in the end finds happiness once again.
The villain: creates the narrative complication / disequilibrium. In this case, the villain is the female who drives the hero's partner to cheat on him. This causing the disequilibrium, and the hero's sorrow and depression.
The princess (male): has to be saved by the hero and is the hero’s reward. In this case, the princess is also the slight cause of the disequilibrium, due to the affair which takes place. But the hero rescues the princess once again, in the end. Which leads to the happy ending, and the re-equilibrium.
The Film Structure
My film follows the basic Todorov structure, this meaning the film starts off with an equilibrium, then an antagonistic event happens, the event is then solved, which means a re-equilibrium has been created. The story type being 'The romance'.
A film following a similar structure:
The Notebook (2009)The Notebook is a film directed by Nick Cassavetes. The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
A film following a similar structure:
The Notebook (2009)The Notebook is a film directed by Nick Cassavetes. The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
Thursday, 7 February 2013
I Love You Phillip Morris - 2009
I Love You Phillip Morris, is a 2009 film, directed by Glenn Ficarra and also John Requa. This film actually being based on a true story, although the narrative does not follow the usual conventions.
The film starts off with Steven Russell (Jim Carrey) playing the role of a family man, himself having a wife and also a daughter. Although he knew he is gay, he kept on playing the role as the family man, to keep up a living, and to keep his family well looked after. This being until he gets himself into a fairly serious car crash. This being the turning point in his life, he comes out as gay, and moves to Florida, where he gets a boyfriend named Jimmy.
"Being gay is really expensive." This is one of the quotes which Steven says in the film, himself having a low down job selling rotten tomatoes doesn't allow him to keep up with the latest trends, bars and also hotels. So he becomes a con-man, himself owing several credit cards and forms of ID under different names as well. Until he gets found out, which leads Steven straight to jail. In Jail, Steven meets his boyfriend to be, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor) who is in jail for a petty reason. Steven not being able to give up his con-man career, ends up pretending to be a lawyer, and manages to get Phillip out of prison. Lots of twists do happen in the plot, hense why the narrative doesn't follow the usual conventions at all. After keeping up the con-man career, Steven ends up in jail once again at the end of the film, without Phillip.
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